Chapter 1001: Creation!

Above the vast grasslands, the Blood Sea churned, attempting various methods to expand, yet failing repeatedly.

“The Abyssal Sea can no longer absorb any more energy; the energy reserves have long reached their limit. The Blood Sea itself has also reached its maximum capacity. Not even the slightest expansion is possible. Nine Netherworlds Sovereign, how exactly did you manage to expand the Abyssal Sea?” After three full days of attempts, Luo Feng finally realized that no matter what he tried, he failed!

“Maybe I should go ask the Nine Netherworlds Sovereign?” Luo Feng in black muttered to himself, standing on the grasslands, gazing up at the churning Blood Sea high in the sky.

This was clearly a secret.

When the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds first appeared, his Nine Nether Sea was not this vast. He must have discovered some unique method, which even his 108 Princes mastered, granting each of them their own expansive Imperial Sea.

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After many trials, Luo Feng could only temporarily admit defeat.

“Then I’ll look into the second secret art, ‘Creation.’ The ability to create life is truly wondrous.” Luo Feng’s consciousness completely merged with the Blood Sea. As soon as he activated the second secret art, he felt as though he had entered a new domain. The ‘air’ in the surrounding space, the weeds on the ground, and everything else were rapidly analyzed.

As though seeing through the essence of life itself.

“Creation.” As he looked at the weeds on the grasslands, Luo Feng willed it, and suddenly a small blade of grass was born within the Blood Sea.

“Creation.” A flower bloomed within the Blood Sea.

“Creation—Mosha Clan clone.” Luo Feng attempted this next, but as he examined the Mosha Clan clone, he felt that its life composition was far too complex to create instantly.

“Creating plants and flowers doesn’t bring satisfaction. I need to create life.” Luo Feng suddenly found himself somewhat addicted to the feeling of creation.

World power could transform plants, rivers, and such, but that was a kind of transformation.

However, the innate secret technique ‘Creation’ enabled one to first perceive the life composition of other species, then replicate their life structure through this innate secret art, thereby forming new life. According to Luo Feng’s speculation, replicating the life structures of other beings was likely the most fundamental stage. Advanced practitioners, such as the Nine Nether Sovereign, could even forge formidable races.

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Creation was a dreamlike ability.

Although it didn’t increase one’s power directly, creating an entire race was a wondrous thing.

“No wonder Teacher ‘Sitting Mountain Guest’ encouraged the creation of a race,” Luo Feng mused. “But I’m different from him. I rely on innate secret arts, while Sitting Mountain Guest guided already existing races, evolving them into new races under special conditions.”

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Luo Feng began his experiments, first capturing some weak creatures into his inner world. This quickly revealed to him that the weaker the being, the simpler its life gene structure was. The stronger the being, the more advanced its genetic makeup, making it extremely difficult to even fully comprehend, let alone replicate and construct anew.

“After half a month of practicing the secret technique ‘Creation,’ Luo Feng came to understand: ‘The Nine Nether Sovereign first transformed into an ocean, then gave rise to an energy clone and an entire race.'”

First, creating a completely new race was extremely difficult.

Life structures were highly complex.

The Nine Nether Sovereign probably expended immeasurable effort before finally succeeding in creating a mature race. His 108 princes likely inherited this capability, merely replicating it without creating new races themselves—most likely due to the extreme difficulty involved. To forge a race capable of effortlessly advancing to the Monarch level, endowed with life imprints, intelligence, and the capacity for self-cultivation… the energy required for even a single lifeform was astronomical.

“No wonder the Monarch-level princes don’t create life. The higher the life form, the more energy it consumes.”

“But…”

“The easiest life to create is still oneself.”

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Since every drop of water in the Blood Sea was transformed from the Nethersea Clone, the Blood Sea inherently contained the life gene structure of the Nethersea Clone! Thus, creating another Nethersea Clone didn’t require analyzing life structures, as every drop of seawater already possessed that structure.

“Creation!” Luo Feng willed it.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~”

The Blood Sea surged, and within it, a naked body suddenly appeared. Then it vanished, its energy returning to the Blood Sea.

“Creation!” Another figure about a hundred meters tall emerged from the Blood Sea, then dissolved back into it.

“Creation!” Another figure about a kilometer tall appeared, then returned to the Blood Sea.

“Creation!”…

Attempt after attempt.

Eventually, he discovered that the maximum height for a created body was 1,000 kilometers—identical to the previously miniaturized Sea clone.

“Wait, the life gene level of the Dark Sea clone was 300 times, but why is this newly created Dark Sea clone only 30 times?” Luo Feng noticed the issue.

The new Sea clone…

Only 1000 kilometers tall—just one-tenth the original size. Its life gene level was only 30 times, also one-tenth of the original.

“It seems my innate secret art of Creation still has some flaws,” Luo Feng realized. The innate secret art of Creation was still somewhat different from naturally evolved life in the universe. Even when fully replicated, it still fell short. The innate secret art lacked something, and the life gene level was reduced by 90%.

“Hahaha, this finally makes sense.

“If I possessed both the Blood Sea and the ability to create new Nether Sea clones as powerful as my original self, that would truly be absurd.” Luo Feng’s consciousness, now fully integrated with the Blood Sea, suddenly sensed the entire Blood Sea naturally absorbing energy. Evidently, creating a new Nether Sea clone had consumed nearly ten percent of its energy, even slightly reducing the Blood Sea’s volume. Now, the Blood Sea was autonomously absorbing and replenishing itself.

“Absorbing energy?”

“When the Blood Sea is intact, it cannot absorb energy. But after sustaining damage, it can absorb energy to recover.” Luo Feng suddenly had a thought.

“Replenish! Hurry up and replenish!”

Boom!

The surging power of his inner world rapidly surged into the Blood Sea. In just a short while, the Blood Sea absorbed enough energy, returning to its original size. It no longer absorbed world power.

“The Blood Sea has fully recovered, and nearby lies the new clone of the Nether Sea. Both share the same energy source!”

“Disintegrate!”

The new clone of You Sea plunged into the Blood Sea, dissolving entirely. The seawater formed from this dissolution merged with the existing Blood Sea… the two combined, causing the Blood Sea’s volume to skyrocket! The originally 100,000-kilometer-wide Blood Sea expanded outward, compressing the surrounding space.

And the space-time controlled by the Blood Sea also expanded in range.

“Hahaha, so that’s how it works.

“Create a new Nether Sea clone, then restore the Blood Sea, let the new Nether Sea clone dissolve into seawater, and merge it with the Blood Sea! Naturally, it grows larger.” Luo Feng was instantly delighted.

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“Creation!”

“Restore the Blood Sea!” Each time it expanded, the Blood Sea could absorb energy and recover to the new limit.

“Disintegrate, merge!” The Blood Sea expanded again.

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Expanding ten times in succession.

“Return to original form.” When Luo Feng tried to revert to his original form, he was shocked to find he couldn’t.

It was like a thin person who could easily jump high, but after eating and eating until very fat, couldn’t jump anymore.

That’s exactly how Luo Feng felt—the entire Blood Sea seemed too large to revert back to his original form.

“No wonder the Nine Nether Sovereign, despite dying repeatedly, can always revive. Because the clones he created perish, but his true original form… is that ‘Nine Nether Sea,’ which has grown to an unimaginable size.” Luo Feng fully grasped the truth, his excitement mounting, and he burst into laughter.

Every drop of seawater in the Blood Sea emitted laughter, a deafening sound.

“Disperse!”

“Disperse!” Large portions of the sea dissolved back into world power, dispersing away.

In moments, the added world power from before was gone, and the Blood Sea ‘slimmed down’ again to a diameter of 100,000 kilometers.

“Restore original form.” Luo Feng attempted once more. Boom~~~ A figure nearly ten thousand kilometers tall reappeared—the true original form of the Nether Sea with a 300-fold life gene level. The newly created Nether Sea clones had only a 30-fold gene level and were significantly smaller in size.

“While attaining immortality, the Nine Nether Sovereign also diminished his combat strength, as he now fights solely through the clones he creates.”

“A loss and a gain.”

“Expanding the Blood Sea is a long-term and stable process. For the Nine Nether Sea to grow so vast, it must have taken an immeasurably long time. For the Nine Nether Sovereign to decompose and dissipate his divine power, reducing it to merely 100,000 kilometers in diameter, is simply impossible.” Luo Feng now understood why the Nine Nether Sovereign was invincible.

Having already attained the realm of Cosmic Sovereign, he amassed divine power to expand the Nine Nether Sea, enlarging it to a diameter exceeding ten light-years.

Quantity transformed into quality.

The Nine Nether Sea alone could rival the most formidable treasures in the universe. The only regret was its immobility.

“The secret has finally been uncovered by me.” Luo Feng was overjoyed.

“I won’t rush into transforming into the sea or expanding the ocean just yet.

“There’s another extremely important matter—to have the Sea clone cultivate the ‘Nine Calamities Secret Canon’!” Luo Feng had been looking forward to this all along.

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The life gene level of the Nethersea clone had reached 300 times, while completing the first five calamities of the “Nine Calamities Secret Canon” would bring it to 48 times! Once the Nethersea clone began cultivation… theoretically, it could reach 14,400 times! But according to Luo Feng’s knowledge, even the unique special life forms in the universe only reached several thousand times, approaching ten thousand times.

“Ten thousand times! This seems to be the upper limit for special life forms’ life gene level.”

“I really want to see what the true upper limit of life gene levels in the universe is!” Luo Feng was excited.

If the limit was indeed ten thousand times, then the Shadow Sea clone could reach that limit through the ‘Nine Calamities Secret Canon.’

But if the limit exceeded ten thousand times, then the Nethersea clone… would step into a brand new, unknown realm.

How could he not be excited?

“Could the Nethersea clone truly reach the pinnacle of life gene levels in the universe?” Luo Feng grew even more eager. Of course, the prerequisite was… whether the Nethersea clone could even cultivate the ‘Nine Calamities Secret Canon.’

“Although it is a special life form, it is still a blood-and-flesh being. It must be able to cultivate.” Luo Feng muttered to himself, yet he also feared the suppression and restrictions imposed by the cosmic operational laws. After all, both his Earthman original form and the Gold-Horned Giant Beast clone originally were ordinary life forms, and even after cultivating to their current levels, they had only reached several thousand times.

This time, however, they had the potential to challenge the legendary limit.

“Begin!” The towering clone of the Nethersea, nearly ten thousand kilometers in height, sat cross-legged on the vast grasslands as it commenced cultivating the first calamity of the ‘Nine Calamities Secret Canon’…