Chapter 120: 119: The Will Is Generous!
In the depths of the Origin Universe.
Within a secret realm spanning a staggering diameter of 1.6 billion light-years, there existed a vast and boundless sea.
The sea itself stretched across a diameter of 12 light-years.
The surface of the sea continuously shifted in color, perpetually shrouded in a dreamy mist, as if encapsulating the birth and death of countless worlds.
At this moment, a tall and imposing man in a flowing robe, exuding an aura that was both sinister and enchanting, floated above the vast expanse.
He was one of the Supreme Beings serving the will of the Origin Universe, a deity within the Cosmic Divine Sect.
— Nine Nether.
He was one of the unparalleled powerhouses within the Origin Universe.
The endless sea below, larger than a star system, was none other than his true form.
At a certain moment, his tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, revealing countless laws swirling endlessly within them.
"You require star-level blood sea water...?"
"My descendants currently have cultivation levels no lower than Domain Lords. The sea water collected in the past was, at the very least, of Universal level."
The Nine Nether Sea—or Blood Sea—was, in fact, a unique lifeform that could only naturally emerge within the universe.
The so-called descendants were essentially kin, lifeforms of the same species as Nine Nether.
"Universal-level is acceptable? Understood, esteemed Origin Will," Nine Nether muttered softly, as if talking to himself, or perhaps communicating with an unseen supreme existence.
He suddenly extended his hand and extracted a water droplet hundreds of meters in size.
"What should I do with it? Send it into the Dark Universe? Understood."
Space laws surged around Nine Nether.
He tore open a passage into the Dark Universe and cast the droplet into it.
After completing this task, he paused briefly, ensuring the Origin Will issued no further instructions before closing his eyes once more.
Unbeknownst to Lyon, the Origin Will had sought out Nine Nether personally to secure a suitable droplet of Nine Nether Sea water for him—a gesture that would surely leave him deeply moved.
Simultaneously.
A golden cocoon-like egg drifting aimlessly through the cosmos was suddenly propelled by a faint surge of energy in the void.
It shot toward the nearest Dark Universe passage.
...
A day later.
Without warning, a pitch-black passage of the Dark Universe tore through the space near the Solar System.
Two massive entities enveloped in cosmic energy emerged from the void, and the passage vanished once more.
It was as if it had never existed.
Even a secret technique once cast to encompass the entire Solar System showed no reaction throughout the event.
Within the entire Solar System, only Lyon sensed the spatial tear.
Awakening from his meditation, the laws of light and time swirled in his eyes.
In just one day, he had advanced to the peak of the Universe Level.
The stars within his body had transformed into nebulae.
He had even stepped into the threshold of the Laws of Light, comprehending the Sevenfold Domain of Light Rays.
This progress came entirely from a natural process of growth, attributed to the exceptional law-related talent of his unique life form.
The so-called "domain" refers to a phenomenon arising during the comprehension of universal laws.
It is the fusion of genetic source energy with the spirit and physical body, creating a field that connects with the external universe, forming an aura that aids in combat.
It is akin to the "unity of man and heaven" described in ancient texts.
Reaching the seventh level of a domain allows life to approach the laws and grasp their essence.
However, Lyon's extraordinary talent in the Laws of Light meant he didn't need the domain's assistance to touch upon the laws directly.
In fact, during the process of advancing his genetic source energy, slight fluctuations in the laws occurred, enabling him to effortlessly comprehend and step into the threshold of the laws.
In terms of raw power, Lyon's strength had also reached a staggering 200 billion tons.
With a single arm, he could lift the equivalent of Mount Tai—a terrifying feat.
Yet, for a Kryptonian, this was merely the beginning of his journey.
A fully matured Kryptonian, like the Superman depicted in Superman Returns, could push the planet Apokolips, weighing tens of quintillions of tons.
In the vast starry universe, such strength would place him among the peak Immortal-class figures who could claim a royal title.
These were beings so rare that even an empire spanning tens of thousands of star systems and hundreds of thousands of light-years might not produce one.
Lyon, feeling the immense progress he had made, smiled in satisfaction.
A single day basking in the sun had yielded such astonishing growth.
Indeed, all his strength was thanks to his own diligent hard work!
Following the spatial fluctuations, Lyon turned to look behind him.
With his super vision enhanced by the Primordial Will, Lyon's gaze pierced across billions of kilometers to see two massive clusters of cosmic energy rapidly approaching near Saturn.
"They're here!" Lyon's face lit up with joy.
Instinctively, he raised his right hand and traced a circle in the air, intending to summon the Gate of Arcane Arts.
He was now capable of channeling his internal genetic source energy or the power from his internal world to cast magic.
However, as a few radiant arcs of light appeared briefly in the void and quickly faded away, the Gate of Arcane Arts failed to fully manifest.
"It seems there are slight differences in the spatial laws between the two dimensions," Lyon mused.
"Looks like I'll have to retrieve my delivery the old-fashioned way."
Without hesitation, he tilted his body and darted toward Saturn.
His temporal biofield unfolded!
Time acceleration activated!
The Laws of Light surged into operation, boosting his speed further!
In an instant, Lyon reached sub-light speed, his form vanishing into the dark expanse of space like a streaking phantom.
Two and a half hours later...
Near Saturn, Lyon intercepted the two clusters of light and used his genetic source energy to disperse the surrounding cosmic energy.
As the energy dissipated, a crimson-red pool of water about a hundred meters in diameter was revealed, along with a golden egg standing ten meters tall.
"So these are for my avatar!" Lyon grinned ear to ear.
First, he connected with the Primordial Will to confirm that these two objects were indeed his "deliveries" and then acknowledged receipt.
He immediately absorbed the crimson water into his internal world, letting his consciousness dive into its depths.
His internal world expanded alongside his cultivation progress.
Currently, it spanned six hundred kilometers in length, width, and height.
Although it wasn't as vast as Luo Feng's one-thousand-kilometer internal world at the cosmic level, it was still impressive.
The crimson water hovered at the center of the internal world.
Lyon directed the energy of his internal world to envelop it completely.
A torrent of information streamed into his consciousness.
"This is actually a drop of cosmic-level seawater, perfectly matched to my current realm! The Primordial Will is so thoughtful!"
Lyon's thoughts surged as he eagerly activated his energy.
"Avatar formation, begin!"
The innate secret technique of avatar creation was initiated.
The sky and land within his internal world trembled simultaneously.
It was as though boundless world energy gathered like storm clouds, pouring violently into the blood-red seawater.
In just an instant, the seawater evaporated completely.
What remained was the densest genetic material capable of carrying inherited traits.
This material was swiftly enveloped by the energy of the internal world.
A golden, egg-shaped energy sphere began to take shape.
Inside it, the genetic material from the blood sea started transforming into a peculiar embryo under the influence of the internal world's energy.
From here on, it was simply a matter of waiting for the embryo to fully develop and break out of its shell.
Once this happened, the avatar would be successfully created.
Lyon received feedback from his consciousness.
' Hmm.. The avatar has begun forming. Time required should be... s-six thousand years!? The fuck!"
"This can't be right!"
"Even Luo Feng only took six hundred years to create his avatar, and that was a Domain Lord-level one. How is mine... Wait, it must be because my internal world is too small!"
In the original story, Luo Feng's avatar emerged as a towering giant over ten thousand kilometers tall, supported by an internal world with a diameter of a billion kilometers.
In Lyon's case, even though the universe-level Blood Sea avatar would be about a few hundred kilometers tall, his internal world's height was only six hundred kilometers.
It was akin to forcing an elephant embryo into a lioness's womb for development.
Simply being able to complete the process without failure would already be a miracle.
Expecting it to happen in minimal time was wishful thinking.
"It seems I need to quickly enhance my cultivation level," Lyon muttered.
"Although the avatar's development has started and won't encounter failures later on, six thousand years... That's almost two hundred times the length of two mortal lifetimes. I can't wait that long."
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