Chapter 476 – Mu Lin, I Can Tell at a Glance You're Not Human!

Surviving in the Void always prioritizes combat strength above all else.

Falling behind in this aspect means more than just being beaten—it means being devoured, flesh and bone.

Thus, the Goddess of Life of the Celestial Spirit Clan prioritizes combat strength as the selection criterion.

As for why they must engage in battle only after merging Divine Power and Authority, it is also for survival.

Though it may sound unpleasant, relying solely on Mu Lin and the others, they cannot establish a foothold in the Void while carrying so many people.

Only by merging with the Divine Position of the God of Life and unleashing the combat strength inherent in this Divine Position can Mu Lin and the others confront the Evil Gods in the Void.

Therefore, the Goddess of Life evaluates their strength after merging with the Divine Position, not their current state.

“However, in the end, a battle must still take place.”

With this thought, Mu Lin looked toward the Storm Giant Tian Yu, the Fourth Prince of the Human Race Ji Ming, the Ember Flame Qian, and the Dragon Clan True Lord Ji Chang—they would be his main opponents.

And the others… also turned their gaze toward him.

Clearly, although they had found various reasons to believe that Mu Lin, stripped of the world’s support and not arriving in his Main Body, had limited combat strength, his past achievements were too terrifying. Thus, they were deeply fearful and wary of him, and many wanted to eliminate him first.

The reason it was “many” and not “all” was because the Fourth Prince of the Human Race, Ji Ming, secretly sent a message to Mu Lin.

“Young Master Mu, as fellow members of the Human Race, whoever wins will be a great asset to humanity. Therefore, I will not attack you later, and I ask that you, Young Master Mu, refrain from targeting your own kin.”

“Naturally.”

The Fourth Prince’s unwillingness to engage Mu Lin first reduced one of his enemies. To Mu Lin’s surprise, aside from his fellow Human Race member, another person showed him goodwill.

She was a young woman with a Black Lotus mark on her forehead, dressed in black robes. Since Mu Lin arrived at the square, she had been staring at him intently.

But there was no hostility in her eyes, unlike the other Foreign Races—only curiosity and warmth.

Noticing Mu Lin’s gaze, she walked directly to his side, looked up at him, and smiled. “Fellow kin, you’re quite hated, aren’t you? Do you need my help?”

“???”

Her address left Mu Lin momentarily stunned.

“Fellow kin? What does that mean? And aren’t you afraid of me? Don’t you hate me?”

“I have no intention of invading your world, so why should I fear or hate you? Will you attack me?”

“…No.”

Mu Lin was no madman; he wouldn’t attack someone without malice.

However, since arriving beyond the heavens, he had encountered nothing but hostility. Even the Celestial Spirit Clan, who had invited him, showed little goodwill toward him. Some radicals even viewed him and the others as invaders.

In such circumstances, suddenly encountering someone who harbored goodwill toward him left Mu Lin momentarily at a loss.

Just as he was reflecting that he wasn’t universally feared, the young woman answered his other question.

“As for fellow kin, it’s because we share the same race, of course.”

Mu Lin: “That’s not something to joke about. I’m human…”

“Pfft…”

To Mu Lin’s chagrin, as soon as he said this, the young woman burst into laughter.

Afterwards, she even looked at him with a strange gaze, as if saying, ‘Don’t pretend in front of me.’

Being stripped of his human identity like this was not what Mu Lin wanted—he had always believed himself to be human.

Because the girl’s attitude was unfriendly, Mu Lin activated Sky Observation slightly to examine the girl’s essence, and then he froze.

With the girl making no attempt to conceal herself, Mu Lin discovered that her state was indeed somewhat similar to his own after cultivating Mahakala.

Currently, Mu Lin’s Main Body was actually the True Spirit Karma Diagram. As long as this diagram remained unbroken, Mu Lin would not perish.

The core of the True Spirit Karma Diagram was the Simulated Black Hole, Mahakala.

Like a supermassive black hole in the galaxy, it caused everything to revolve around itself.

As for the girl before him, she was also a product akin to a black hole.

It was widely known that black holes formed when stars reached old age and collapsed in destruction.

The girl’s essence was a forbidden existence formed from a world collapsing toward its end—the Black Lotus.

As for the relationship between the Black Lotus and black holes… in this mystical world, the sun was not merely a sphere emitting light and heat. Within the world, it also represented justice, light, sanctity, nobility, resurrection, and even life… among other Authorities.

The same applied to black holes, which represented concepts such as world-ending, destruction, nothingness, and finality.

The Black Lotus was a conceptual aspect of black holes, representing world-ending and nothingness—a kind of side projection of a black hole.

Mu Lin’s core was a Simulated Black Hole, while the girl was a side aspect of a black hole—the World-Ending Black Lotus. Conceptually speaking, it was indeed accurate to say they were of the same kind.

“…”

While Mu Lin was speechless, another statement from the girl made his face twitch.

“You’ve realized it too, haven’t you? We’re the same kind.”

Saying this, the girl spoke with an innocent and sentimental expression:

“I knew you weren’t human. I could tell at a glance back then.”

“No, I am.”

“Then I’m human too.”

“…”

Encountering someone of the same kind made the girl very excited, and she grew extremely close to Mu Lin.

Mu Lin felt somewhat helpless about this, but he didn’t drive her away.

Her existence allowed Mu Lin to better understand the black holes and mysteries of this cultivation world.

…

“Accept the seeds, and you will gain the Authority and mysteries of life. You will then have three days to adapt to the Seed of Life. After three days, the battle will commence. The final victor will inherit my Divine Position.”

“Hum!”

While Mu Lin was conversing with the Black Lotus Girl, the Goddess of Life of the Celestial Spirit Clan had already condensed over a hundred Life Seeds.

In the next moment, these seeds transformed into beams of green light, shooting toward the foreheads of Mu Lin and the others.

Offering no resistance, the seeds easily took root and sprouted within Mu Lin’s current body.

As they grew and strengthened, countless insights about life flooded into Mu Lin’s mind.

Alongside these insights, the genetic blueprints of countless races and various methods of utilizing the Life Authority by the Goddess of Life also poured into Mu Lin’s consciousness.

As a contingency and hope of the Celestial Spirit Clan, the Goddess of Life was quite powerful, and her Authority was incredibly profound.

Mu Lin discovered that she even mastered the Authority of Creation of Life—able to use Divine Power, combined with other elements, to create races out of thin air.

“Only slightly inferior to the legendary Nuwa.”

Of course, being able to create is one thing, but whether the created race is strong is another matter.

Much of Nuwa’s divinity stems from humanity becoming the protagonists of heaven and earth. Otherwise, the Asura were also created, yet the Ancestor of the Blood Sea did not attain sainthood because of it.

…

The Authority granted by the Goddess of Life came with some memories, and through these, Mu Lin discovered that the Goddess of Life had used the ability to create life a few times. However, expending vast amounts of Divine Power, the races she created all had certain flaws, some even unable to survive independently in the natural world.

Moreover, as the Racial God of the Celestial Spirit Clan, she never intended to shake the dominant position of the Celestial Spirits, which led her to merely dabble in the Creation of Life.

Her development of the Life Authority leaned more toward healing, life, and bestowing longevity.

This focus allowed her to nearly cure all diseases in the world and grant others greater vitality.

The longevity of the Celestial Spirit Clan was bestowed by her, and through numerous grants of vitality, she even created the Sacred Trees Lush Abundance and Memory Flow, capable of traversing the cosmos.

It can be said that the scope of the Life Authority is vast, its concept immense.

After some research, Mu Lin had only one thought.

“What a waste!”

“Such a powerful Life Authority, yet only developed into abilities of life, healing, and longevity… Indeed, even a Deity’s vision is limited by knowledge and experience!”

(End of Chapter)