Only the Soul

“Disperse now.” The Guardian Beast God, hovering above Purple Thorn Island, looked down, its voice echoing across the entire island. “Remember this... Daohe King is an inheritor of my Ancestral God Sect. Assassinating him will incur the Ancestral God Sect's relentless pursuit.”

“Understood.”

Countless inheritors bowed.

Immediately, the Guardian Beast God in the sky vanished into thin air. Only then did the inheritors, who had been holding their breath, finally let out a sigh of relief.

“What's going on? Didn't Swamp Corrosion Venerable assassinate Daohe King? In the history of the Ancestral God Sect, there have been killings among inheritors before, but we've never seen the Ancestral God Sect specifically pursue them. To think that even if Swamp Corrosion Venerable is revived by reversing time and space in the future, he'll still be hunted down, this is truly...”

“Foolish fellow, don't you understand? Clearly, the Ancestral God Sect is treating Daohe King specially. Haven't you seen... how biased the Ancestral God Sect is towards Bug Chaser King? Now they're starting to be biased towards Daohe King too!”

“Daohe King, will he be the second Bug Chaser King?”

“Hmph, with Daohe King's potential, once he truly becomes an undying, he might not be inferior to Bug Chaser King.”

“Oh, no wonder the Ancestral God Sect treats him specially.”

The inheritors from various cosmic races chatted amongst themselves, then dispersed in twos and threes, transforming into streaks of light and flying away. For the vast majority of them, this was merely an interesting spectacle. However, some inheritors who were truly burdened with their race's commands felt troubled.

“How... how can we kill him now? It's impossible to kill him.” Jueguang Venerable gazed at Luo Feng standing at the entrance of his mansion, his mind in turmoil.

Suddenly...

Luo Feng looked up, grinned at Jueguang Venerable, as if saying... 'Come and kill me!'

“Hmph.” Jueguang Venerable knew this human had guessed he was an assassin, so he wasted no more words, instantly teleporting and vanishing into thin air.

...

Luo Feng stood at the mansion's entrance, watching the countless inheritors depart, his mind filled with various thoughts. Earlier, the Guardian Beast God had publicly declared that even if Swamp Corrosion Venerable were revived by reversing time and space, the Ancestral God Sect would still pursue him. At that time, although Luo Feng's Earthling true body was still gestating, his Demon Killer Clan clone, transformed into a cushion, had heard everything clearly.

“The Ancestral God Sect is certainly treating me specially,” Luo Feng mused. “However, it seems my status in their eyes isn't as high as Bug Chaser King's yet. Bug Chaser King was bestowed two supreme treasures by them. I haven't received any significant treasures from the Ancestral God Sect.”

Luo Feng then turned and re-entered his mansion.

“Creak.” Heart Refining King proactively closed the door.

“Although the mansion is incredibly safe, now that my clone technique has been exposed, I'm afraid various races will guess that there must be a vital weakness to the clone technique. My core should still remain in human territory.” Luo Feng immediately walked into a quiet side hall. His Demon Killer Clan clone had already returned to his inner world, and the ring rested in Luo Feng's palm.

Standing in the side hall.

*Buzz~~~*

A shimmering golden light flared, activating the God Kingdom teleportation. Luo Feng faintly saw the endless God Kingdom on the other side of the golden passage.

*Whoosh!*

He had already teleported away.

Five minutes later, the golden light flared again, and Luo Feng reappeared.

“Master.” Heart Refining King was already waiting in the side hall.

“Haha...” Luo Feng chuckled. Since his innate talent for cloning had been exposed, he naturally sent his core to the 'Original Secret Region,' a crucial area in the Virtual Universe. Furthermore, Luo Feng specifically arranged for his servant, Sky Array King, to wear the ring, which contained his Golden Horn Behemoth clone and his core.

“Master.” Another voice sounded. A Moyun Vine, swaying with its 360 tendrils, flew into the side hall. Luo Feng had known he might be assassinated, so he naturally hadn't worn his Moyun Battle Armor when he went out earlier.

“I'm going to receive the inheritance, Moyun. You and Heart Refining King will remain in the mansion,” Luo Feng instructed.

“Master, I want to go out with you too.” Moyun's numerous tendrils swayed.

“Although the probability of another assassination now is extremely, extremely low, it's still better to be cautious,” Luo Feng said with a smile. “Don't worry, when I go out on adventures again, I'll definitely bring you.”

“Understood.” Moyun obediently replied, its tendrils drooping slightly.

Luo Feng then directly left the mansion, not teleporting, but walking leisurely on Purple Thorn Island. It took him over half an hour to reach the teleportation channel in front of the Island Lord's Palace. As Luo Feng walked for so long, he was naturally watched by countless powerful beings, including the two Venerables who had been ordered to assassinate him. Yet, they were helpless.

If they could kill him by fighting with all their might, then so be it.

But they feared that even if they truly fought to the death and killed Daohe King, he would reappear alive in the blink of an eye. Dying for nothing, those two Universe Venerables would certainly not do such a thing.

*Whoosh!* Luo Feng stepped into the water curtain.

“Daohe King has gone to receive the inheritance.”

“He has over 600,000 honor points. He can receive the inheritance whenever he wants. The inheritance grounds have become his territory; he can go whenever he pleases.” Some alien inheritors who witnessed this scene couldn't help but feel jealous.

...

While Luo Feng was receiving the inheritance, all the major cosmic superpowers had already learned of the previous events. The Monster Race, Insectoid Race, and Machine Race were particularly enraged! It was one thing for this human to be so powerful, but to also possess the innate ability of cloning? This was simply too much favoritism towards the human race, to have such an unparalleled individual.

The ability to clone cannot be obtained through cultivation.

It is an innate talent bestowed by the cosmos upon certain rare races and special life forms. Gods who possess the innate ability to clone are generally very difficult to kill. Because even if one clone is destroyed, the other clones can still re-condense and restore the destroyed clone, at most incurring a significant cost.

“Universe Lords, there's no other way for us to kill this Daohe King. There's only one method: through the soul. Either soul infiltration and erosion, or soul control. Only these are the sole means to deal with a powerful being who possesses innate cloning abilities.”

“Go and formulate a plan.”

...

“His Sector Lord life core must be hidden in the safest place within the human race. To kill him, it can only be done through the soul; there's no other way.”

...

The super-beings of various powers all understood this. When Luo Feng was a Sector Lord, his core was his vital weakness. But if he became an undying God... breaking the core to achieve a God Kingdom, then the vital weakness would be the God Kingdom! And a God Kingdom could be hidden in extremely distant and remote spatial rifts, making it almost impossible to find.

Undying Gods with innate cloning abilities generally leave one clone in their God Kingdom to prevent other clones from being destroyed.

If the God Kingdom cannot be found, then the only way to kill an undying God with innate cloning abilities is through the soul.

Different clones share the same soul, the same consciousness!

For instance, the souls of Luo Feng's three bodies are interconnected, forming a single entity. If one of them is soul-controlled, then the other clones will also be affected! The same applies if 'soul infiltration and erosion' occurs; it's like a viral infection that will cause the other clones to also be infiltrated and eroded.

The soul—is the common link connecting different clones.

...

“Even if Swamp Corrosion Venerable reverses time and space, he will still be pursued by the Ancestral God Sect. They are strongly demanding more compensation from our Monster Race.”

“I've already agreed to revive Swamp Corrosion Venerable by reversing time and space and provide compensation to their race. Now they're increasing their demands?” In front of Sirius Hall, Sirius Lord let out an angry roar. Among the enraged Monster Race, Machine Race, and Insectoid Race, the Monster Race was undoubtedly the most furious, and Sirius Lord, who was in charge of this incident, was even more enraged.

Losing a Universe Venerable, at an enormous cost, only resulted in a slight energy loss for a Sector Lord human. The world power needed to re-condense his body probably wasn't even 1 Chaos Unit.

“Swamp Corrosion Venerable will have a miserable future, so it's not surprising that their race is increasing their demands. Sirius Lord, if we don't comply, it might dishearten other races in the alliance.”

“Damn it.”

Sirius Lord was indeed filled with rage.

He was angry at humanity, angry at Chaos City Lord, and also angry at the inconspicuous Daohe King.

“You handle their compensation. I ask you, do you have a way to kill that Daohe King?” Sirius Lord stood in front of Sirius Hall, staring at the giant snake shadow.

The snake shadow prostrated itself: “Sirius Lord, only through the soul; there is no other way.”

“How will it be executed?” Sirius Lord asked.

“Sirius Lord, the most infuriating thing now is the Ancestral God Sect's decree. From this, it's clear that the Ancestral God Sect highly values that human, wanting to cultivate Daohe King just as they cultivated Bug Chaser King in the past. It's just that Daohe King's current strength isn't yet strong enough, so the Ancestral God Sect hasn't truly revealed the extent of their favoritism. But at the very least, that publicly issued pursuit order... is enough to ensure that not a single Universe Venerable from our Monster Race Alliance within the Ancestral God Sect is willing to kill Daohe King.”

“Furthermore, our Monster Race Alliance has so few Universe Venerables within the Ancestral God Sect that we cannot afford any losses. Now, we can only wait for a suitable opportunity.”

“Wait until when?!” Sirius Lord roared.

The giant snake shadow prostrated in the void, but remained silent.

When?

Who knows when? Anyway, they had no way to deal with that human within the Ancestral God Sect. Even Universe Venerables skilled in soul techniques would fear being pursued by the Ancestral God Sect. The Ancestral God Sect is the cosmic's foremost power! These Universe Venerables might not fear human pursuit, but they definitely feared the Ancestral God Sect's pursuit.

“Go.” Sirius Lord turned and entered Sirius Hall. He knew his subordinate couldn't answer.

...

Purple Thorn Island, the secret grounds of the Beast God inheritance.

In the void.

Jiufeng Venerable smiled at Luo Feng: “Daohe King, congratulations. Your name has disappeared from the Triple Inheritor ranking and entered the Quadruple Inheritor ranking. It seems your Triple Inheritance is complete.”

“Yes,” Luo Feng nodded.

The previous over 620,000 battles against geniuses from various cosmic races had indeed helped immensely. Coupled with 900 years of comprehension and cultivation, and then receiving the Triple Inheritance, he had directly perfected it in one go. After that, he even directly received a Quadruple Beast God Inheritance, though Luo Feng's gains this time were very, very minimal.

“Work hard. The super-beings of our human race are all very optimistic about you. Although I once favored Rongjun, now I am also very optimistic about you,” Jiufeng Venerable told Luo Feng.

Luo Feng smiled, then stepped into the teleportation channel and returned to Purple Thorn Island.