Chapter 481 – Giant of Light

“When has Mu Lin ever been one of your Celestial Spirits? He’s human!”

Fourth Prince Ji Ming of the Human Race was exasperated to find someone trying to poach his people’s Prodigy.

Moreover, the respectful attitude of the Celestial Spirit Clan genuinely gave him a sense of crisis.

What made him even more anxious was that he knew perfectly well who was responsible for maintaining stability in the Central Continent—it was Mu Lin, whose supremacy above and below the heavens swept through and crushed the evil spirits and demonic beings of the Northern Wastelands, keeping the Profound Spirit World stable.

He understood even more clearly that the crisis facing the Profound Spirit World was far from its peak… that *** calamity affected countless dimensions and myriad worlds.

As a place of calm amidst the *** calamity, deities from alien realms after their worlds were destroyed, as well as sinful divine abominations, would mostly come here.

And when the number of deities reached a certain point, those deities—whether sinful abominations or righteous gods from alien realms—would harbor thoughts of breaching their Profound Spirit World.

There was nothing to discuss with Evil Gods or maddened divine abominations; they possessed the desire to destroy and annihilate everything.

As for alien deities, even righteous ones, their priority would always be their own children.

For the sake of their own race’s hope, they would not hesitate to breach the Profound Spirit World, either to plunder resources for themselves or to occupy a territory and take root anew.

Because the arrival of deities was inevitable, there were so many surrender factions, traitors, or pessimists within the world.

But recently, the situation for humans had improved significantly, with those discussing escape or surrender decreasing by eighty percent.

Mu Lin’s rise had given some people hope.

Although the current crisis had not yet reached its peak, Mu Lin himself had not fully matured either.

Fourth Prince Ji Ming had not forgotten that Mu Lin had been cultivating for less than three years.

“If he fully matures, he might truly be able to withstand the threat of Evil Gods, and perhaps even that calamity affecting multiple dimensions.”

Such a Mu Lin was naturally someone Ji Ming did not want others to take away.

He was the hope and future of the Human Race, and could potentially become its guardian deity.

However, while Mu Lin’s existence was beneficial for the race, at present, the two were competitors. That Divine Position of Life was crucial to his personal future, which also made him unwilling to speak well of Mu Lin.

Thus, torn between the collective and the individual, Fourth Prince Ji Ming found himself in a dilemma.

As for Mu Lin, he paid no attention to any of this.

The Genesis Authority was like a gene editor, capable of accomplishing far too much.

With this tool in hand, besides forcing his Celestial Spirit body to evolve through calamities and desperate situations, Mu Lin could also cut and paste superior genes from other organisms into his Celestial Spirit body—in his previous life, this technique was widely used in plant cultivation and called grafting.

Although most grafted fusions were useless, even detrimental, weakening the Celestial Spirit body further, it didn’t matter. After all, these clones had no souls; they were merely piles of pure flesh and blood. Destroying them caused Mu Lin no guilt or moral remorse.

Destroying continuously, creating life continuously… in this process, Mu Lin failed countless times and consumed vast amounts of energy. But after achieving controlled nuclear fusion, Mu Lin had one thing in abundance: infinite energy.

And among the genes of myriad races, there were always suitable ones.

Driven by this endless energy to wield the Genesis Authority, after several hours, Mu Lin succeeded once again.

And this time, it was no longer a minor success like making the Celestial Spirits grow larger or smaller; he had caused his Celestial Spirit physique to undergo a transformative evolution.

—After integrating the genes of a creature called the Fluorescent Insect, Mu Lin’s Celestial Spirit body gained the characteristic of absorbing light energy and continuously growing stronger.

Well, this characteristic could not be considered extraordinary.

But when paired with Mu Lin’s nearly limitless, controllable nuclear fusion energy supply, everything became different.

At this moment, Mu Lin even felt that his Celestial Spirit body had the potential to surpass his main body.

“…This truly turns the natural order upside down!”

The fact that his clone’s Celestial Spirit body could surpass his own main body was something Mu Lin had never expected.

However, upon careful consideration, he found it quite reasonable.

After all, the emergence of his Celestial Spirit body, as well as its subsequent optimization and transformation, all relied on the Life Authority.

And although the Goddess of Life was nearing her end, her Genesis Authority was a genuine True God’s authority—a lofty level far beyond what Mu Lin had previously achieved.

“The Goddess of Life’s Genesis Authority touches upon the fundamental roots of the world. Compared to that, my understanding of death and calamity remains at the level of a Celestial Master, at best a powerful one among them. Using the Genesis Authority, which transcends death and calamity, to create a body surpassing my main body is entirely reasonable.”

“In fact, even if my main body’s understanding of death reached the level of a True God, it might not necessarily create a body stronger than the current one. After all, while life and death are opposites, occupying equal levels and authorities, death involves the finality of all things, eternal stillness. When it comes to the development and creation of living beings, death is, if not entirely unrelated, then at least diametrically opposed.”

“In contrast, the Life Authority is a perfect fit. Under such circumstances, it is entirely reasonable for me to use the Life Authority to create a body that surpasses my main body.”

…

The prospect of his main body being surpassed by a clone left Mu Lin somewhat speechless.

But these were his only emotions on the matter.

The clone was merely a body, without a soul of its own. This body was still governed by Mu Lin’s will, so naturally, he harbored no other thoughts about it.

Moreover, Mu Lin did not possess the purity obsession of a purebred human. In his weaker days, he had absorbed and integrated the blood of a black snake and a Jiao Dragon. Now, his main body could even be called a Candle Dragon.

Thus, having an additional Celestial Spirit clone was simply like having another alias or donning a suit of armor to him—aside from the sigh of emotion at his main body being surpassed, there were no other ripples in his heart.

…

Here, relying on the Genesis Authority and infinite energy, Mu Lin had created a body with immense potential.

Meanwhile, the other Foreign Races were not idle either.

Wielding the Genesis Authority, they too had their own gains.

Among them, the Storm Giant Tian Yu reaped the greatest rewards.

As a world-nurtured savior spirit, his potential was that of a Titan Giant God capable of supporting heaven and earth.

His degeneration into a Storm Giant was solely due to the rapid destruction of his world, which left him underdeveloped.

But now, the might of the Life Authority and the immense vitality it brought had slightly repaired Tian Yu’s foundation.

As a result, he once again evolved from a Storm Giant toward a Titan Giant God.

“Hum!”

It was clearly visible that as a vast amount of warm, gentle life force poured into his body, Tian Yu’s eight-hundred-meter-tall giant form began to swell once more.

Eight hundred meters, eight hundred and thirty meters, eight hundred and ninety meters, nine hundred, nine hundred and seventy…

The wildly expanding body and the gradually perfected Titan essence all caused the Storm Giant Tian Yu’s aura to grow stronger and his confidence to surge.

“I am now invincible among my peers!”

With his foundation perfected, Tian Yu was brimming with such confidence.

He had also observed some of Mu Lin’s manipulations, but with his newfound belief in the invincibility of his Divine Power, he considered Mu Lin’s actions nothing more than flashy tricks.

“Power—only power is fundamental. No matter how much support you garner, as long as my strength is overwhelming enough to shatter you with a single blow, this Divine Position will be mine!”

With his power surging and his confidence inflated, Tian Yu believed that Mu Lin’s frail body would not withstand even a single strike from him.

However, just as he was convinced of his unrivaled Divine Power—

“Hum!”

Mu Lin’s body also began to swell.

Powered by controlled nuclear fusion, combined with the newly acquired ability to absorb light and continuously evolve, and fused with the genes of the Greater Celestial Spirits, the evolution of Mu Lin’s Celestial Spirit Body had begun.

Thirty-three meters, fifty meters, seventy, one hundred and eighty meters, three hundred and sixty meters, five hundred meters…

In an extremely short time, Mu Lin’s body transformed from that of a normal human into a towering, colossal deity.

Unlike Tian Yu, whose giant form radiated the majestic brilliance of Thunder, Mu Lin was enveloped in the divine might of the sun and light.

At this moment, Mu Lin had truly become a Giant of Light.

Apart from the increase in size, the fundamental essence of the Celestial Spirit Clan—the intricate patterns covering his body—did not fade from Mu Lin’s form.

Instead, they grew even denser and more profound, with additional characters appearing on his body.

—Having transformed into a Giant of Light, the load-bearing capacity of Mu Lin’s Celestial Spirit Body had increased, allowing his other abilities to naturally manifest on his Celestial Spirit Body.

As his growth continued, the size of Mu Lin’s Giant of Light gradually approached that of Tian Yu.

This sight also stunned the others.

It was important to note that Tian Yu was a world-nurtured savior spirit, a giant Titan, whose physical talent was already the pinnacle of the world.

Now, for Mu Lin to approach him meant that, beyond comprehension and mastery of rules, Mu Lin’s physical talent had also reached the level of a sacred spirit.

That was a divine body, a natural-born sacred spirit, surpassing even first-class talent and extraordinary-grade talent.

Among them, the most excited, astonished, and awestruck were naturally the Celestial Spirits.

Watching Mu Lin’s body continuously expand and grow, his aura becoming vast and profound, while his Celestial Spirit essence remained unchanged, they could only think one thing: “Could the talent of our Celestial Spirit Clan truly be this powerful?!”

(End of Chapter)