Swallowed Star: Copy God

Previously, Ye Yun had always regarded this black hole universe as the 'infinite storage space' inherent to the Eye of Replication, without considering its other functions.

The massive amounts of experience, insights, secret techniques, and so on, replicated within the black hole space, had played a significant role in enhancing Ye Yun's strength over the years.

But besides this, the black hole space had never exhibited any other anomalies.

He never expected that this time, under the immense pressure of the Original Universe's will, the black hole space would undergo such a transformation.

Although Ye Yun's sea of consciousness was completely enveloped by the black hole, his consciousness within was not disturbed in any way. He could clearly sense the changes in his sea of consciousness and felt equally astonished.

At this moment, Ye Yun was like an outsider, quietly waiting for the situation to develop.

What Ye Yun didn't know was that under the expansion and enveloping of the black hole, his entire sea of consciousness had become illusory and ethereal, as if it didn't exist at all. No external means could even detect or sense it.

Ye Yun's consciousness remained in his sea of consciousness, so naturally, he felt nothing. However, the Original Universe's will in the boundless sky, which was about to descend, suddenly halted due to the changes in the black hole space!

It was as if the anomaly that it had just detected, which was enough to threaten its safety, had suddenly disappeared without a trace!

If the Original Universe's will were like human thought, it would probably be dumbfounded at this moment. In its own absolute home field, such unpredictable changes could actually occur.

His consciousness buried deep within his sea of consciousness, firmly enveloped by the expanded black hole, Ye Yun even became somewhat blurred about the concept of time.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but the Original Universe's will in the boundless sky had not left.

At this moment, within the silent sea of consciousness, deep inside the heavy and profound black hole, a pair of strange eyes suddenly appeared.

These eyes looked ordinary, their very state seemed to be illusory, filled with an eerie feeling of non-existence.

Ye Yun had been paying attention to the changes in his sea of consciousness, so naturally, he noticed the appearance of these strange eyes immediately. Upon closer inspection, he felt an immense sense of familiarity.

In the next moment, Ye Yun immediately recognized them. The appearance of this seemingly ordinary pair of eyes was exactly the same as his own!

Ye Yun was incredibly astonished. After obtaining the Eye of Replication, he had never experienced such a scene.

Although he couldn't see himself, his instinctive senses wouldn't be wrong. After Ye Yun's consciousness entered this pair of strange eyes, he immediately sensed the situation outside.

Just now, his consciousness was under the protection of the black hole space, allowing Ye Yun to temporarily escape the gaze of the Original Universe's will and not have to directly face such a terrifying will. But now, after the perspective shifted, Ye Yun instantly felt that immense will in the inexplicable sky even more clearly.

What was strange was that Ye Yun didn't feel too much pressure at this moment. It seemed that with the support of the black hole space and the strange eyes, he had the capital to temporarily converse with the Original Universe's will!

Just as Ye Yun was feeling somewhat puzzled, he suddenly had an inexplicable feeling. His consciousness immediately controlled this pair of eyes and looked towards the sky.

This gaze seemed to penetrate the barrier of the sea of consciousness, transcend the limitations of infinite distance, and directly 'gaze' at the originally illusory, ethereal, and vast Original Universe's will itself!

At the same time, through this pair of special eyes, Ye Yun subconsciously activated his innate secret technique, the Eye of Replication!

As the Eye of Replication scanned, no progress bar appeared in his sea of consciousness. Ye Yun immediately understood that the target of the Eye of Replication's scan, the Original Universe's will, was following the process for facing living beings!

This activation of the Eye of Replication was strangely beyond Ye Yun's control. He felt that as the Eye of Replication's scan began, an incredibly rich and massive stream of information poured into his sea of consciousness madly.

Such a massive stream of information was beyond description. Ye Yun estimated that even a powerful Universe Venerable or even a Universe Master might not be able to withstand such a sudden and ferocious influx.

However, for Ye Yun, there was no such concern. Facing the overwhelming stream of information, the opening of the black hole space widened, as if embracing all rivers, allowing these streams of information to pour into the black hole universe.

There was a reason why Ye Yun initially called the black hole space the black hole universe.

Within this black hole space, the experience, insights, inheritances, and so on that he scanned and replicated would transform into stars of various sizes. The composition pattern was incredibly similar to the universe.

But even the experience and insights from a powerful Universe Master like the City Lord of Chaos were completely insignificant compared to the territory of the entire black hole universe.

So, until now, Ye Yun had replicated the experience and insights of quite a few powerful individuals, but the entire black hole universe still seemed very empty.

Precisely because of this, Ye Yun didn't have the slightest worry when he sensed this unprecedentedly massive stream of information.

In fact, as Ye Yun had expected, the way this stream of information originally poured in was extremely violent, but after being guided into the black hole universe, it became incredibly docile. Under the unique special rules within the black hole universe, it rapidly condensed into the shape of stars.

What made Ye Yun feel rather strange was that such a massive stream of information gradually formed three enormous stars within the black hole universe.

This time, the duration of the Eye of Replication, which was used through the strange eyes, was very short. Ye Yun had no sensation at all before it ended directly.

After completing this step, the Original Universe's will, which was originally suspended in the inexplicable sky, quietly disappeared, as if it had never appeared. Ye Yun immediately felt the pressure ease, and he returned to a state of freedom.

With the Original Universe's will's gaze gone, Ye Yun immediately sensed his sea of consciousness space rapidly changing and instantly returning to its original state.

The black hole space that had expanded and filled his sea of consciousness returned to its original inconspicuous little black pit, and the pair of strange eyes standing above the black hole space also disappeared without a trace.

The replicated models, arranged in every corner of his sea of consciousness, reappeared: the Star Tower, the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, the Ten Saint Spirit Pearls, and so on. None of the replicated models had changed or been affected by the spatial anomaly within the black hole.

However, when Ye Yun's gaze turned to the last scanned and replicated model, his consciousness suddenly faltered, filled with a sense of disbelief.

Despite having just experienced something unimaginable to others, Ye Yun hadn't forgotten that he had inexplicably attracted the will of the original universe by scanning and replicating the fiery god stone statue that resembled Li Lanqing.

At that time, the progress bar of the fiery god stone statue's replicated model had been stuck at ninety-nine percent, unable to cross that final hurdle.

But now, after the Copying Eye and the black hole space had worked their magic, finally driving away the will of the original universe, Ye Yun discovered that the unfinished, ninety-nine percent complete progress bar of the fiery god stone statue still existed!

Ye Yun had never encountered such a situation when using the Copying Eye before. If he couldn't complete the final one hundred percent of the progress bar, the unformed model would simply dissipate, making it impossible to sustain!

Perhaps it was because he had experienced too many bizarre events in one day, but Ye Yun didn't feel too shocked at this moment. Instead, he had a sense of inevitability.

Facing the ninety-nine percent complete replicated model before him, Ye Yun's consciousness subconsciously wanted to touch it. But just as he was about to make contact, he felt a sudden premonition in his heart, and he abruptly withdrew his consciousness.

'Why would I be so impulsive? Continuing this strange progress bar will likely attract the will of the original universe again. I'm afraid it won't be as easy to overcome as the first time.'

Ye Yun was now certain that this fiery god stone statue resembling Li Lanqing, which he had obtained from the clear spring in the void mire, was definitely not as simple as it appeared on the surface. Otherwise, it wouldn't have attracted the attention of the original universe's will during the copying scan.

The fact that the ninety-nine percent progress bar had remained in his sea of consciousness and subtly influenced him was enough to reveal some clues.

Ye Yun felt a lingering fear. His consciousness moved, and in the next moment, he saw the strange, ninety-nine percent progress bar from the fiery god stone statue slowly fading away, directly dissipating into Ye Yun's sea of consciousness.

Having completed this step, Ye Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the function of his Copying Eye hadn't been affected by the progress bar. Otherwise, having such a strange progress bar existing in his sea of consciousness at all times might have influenced him one day, leading him into an abyss of no return.

'It seems that I can only try to unravel this mystery when I am qualified to face the will of the original universe directly, or when I leave the range of the original universe...'

This series of changes—the jade stone statue resembling Li Lanqing, the descent of the original universe's will, the mutation of the Copying Eye, and the strange progress bar—each was shocking.

After temporarily determining that he couldn't figure out the reason behind it, Ye Yun quickly regained his composure. It wasn't that he didn't care, but that he wouldn't let such doubts affect his normal cultivation and improvement.

Ye Yun had deeply realized a truth from a very early age: when one's own strength is insufficient, due to the limitations of realm, vision, and experience, one will encounter too many incomprehensible problems.

However, as one's own strength increases and one's experience becomes richer, looking back, one will find that many of the problems that once plagued oneself were just temporary bewilderment and could no longer cause any confusion to the current self.

Although Ye Yun had the blessing of the Copying Eye, he never thought that he should know everything. When facing difficulties, he wouldn't get entangled, doubt himself, but would instead turn them into motivation to work harder and move forward.

Ye Yun believed that as his strength increased, the past troubles and doubts would eventually disappear completely.

Solemnly putting away the fiery god stone statue, Ye Yun's mood returned to a state of tranquility. His consciousness remained in the sea of consciousness, slowly approaching the black hole universe that had been transformed back into a small black pit.

His consciousness passed through the black hole without any obstruction and entered the black hole universe within. Without needing to search carefully, Ye Yun easily discovered the three newly formed celestial bodies scanned from the will of the original universe.

'This is too big...'

Ye Yun couldn't help but exclaim in his heart. It wasn't that there weren't huge stars in his black hole universe, but Ye Yun had never seen stars as huge as these three.

Before scanning the will of the original universe today, the largest star in Ye Yun's black hole universe was the one formed from the experience and insights of the Chaos City Lord.

As the top universe overlord, the star formed from the Chaos City Lord's own experience and insights was naturally extremely large, even larger than the inheritance Ye Yun obtained from the Water Beast God, and the copied experience and insights of the Zijing Island Lord.

However, compared to the three stars in front of him, the star formed from the Chaos City Lord's experience and insights was completely insignificant.

But upon further reflection, Ye Yun also felt that it was very normal. After all, although the Chaos City Lord was powerful, his own realm had not yet reached the strongest in the universe. To put it bluntly, he was still a 'child' nurtured by the original universe.

The massive information stream that Ye Yun directly copied from the will of the original universe was naturally not something a 'child' like the Chaos City Lord could compare to.

With a curious mood, Ye Yun's consciousness slowly touched the first giant star, and he immediately sensed the vast information contained within.

After a long time, Ye Yun finally figured out the specific information within this star.

The first star formed by scanning the will of the original universe contained very complex information, including all aspects of the original universe.

Among them were introductions to billions of different races, as well as geographical information about various places within the original universe. There were even the locations of various divine envoy inheritance crystals and divine general inheritance lands.

Most exaggeratedly, the information within this star also recorded the current situation of various heavy treasures and supreme treasures naturally produced within the original universe. In addition to those treasures that already had owners, it also marked the location of the supreme treasures!

In general, the information within this star was the know-it-all of the original universe, encompassing a vast amount of complex information. Most of it was actually useless geography and culture, but some of the information had unimaginable value.