Chapter 169: Law Cultivation, the Insect Swarm’s Full-Scale Expansion

Chapter 169 -161: Law Cultivation, the Insect Swarm’s Full-Scale Expansion

In the Cultivation Room, Qin Yu closed his eyes and concentrated, fully immersing himself in the analysis of the Divine Patterns.

The Tier Three Insect Nest operated at maximum computational capacity. Countless fine, dense tentacles connected to his skin, sensing the resonance with the Laws of Heaven and Earth generated when the Divine Patterns were activated.

The Insect Swarm was inherently a single entity. Through the Mind Network, the Insect Nest could synchronously sense the Law Fluctuations between heaven and earth, perceiving their profound mysteries.

The first to be activated was the Wind and Thunder Divine Pattern on his back. Cyan and purple patterns lit up, intertwining and flowing as the aura and Dao rhythm of wind and thunder surged forth. Inside the Cultivation Room, a wind stirred out of nowhere, and faint sparks of lightning flickered.

Waves of strange Law Fluctuations, sensed through Qin Yu’s body, were recorded into the Insect Nest. Simultaneously, the fluctuations of the Divine Patterns connected to his body were also documented.

At the same time, a deeper level of analysis began.

It was like deconstructing the human body—from the muscles, bones, skin, and membranes, down to the internal organs, deeper into the cellular level, and even down to the genetic structure—conducting the most minute and fundamental analysis. As the in-depth dissection proceeded, the Insect Nest discovered that the seemingly simple patterns branded on his body actually contained extremely microscopic internal structures!

This was the true reason why his Law Insights into heaven and earth instantly became clear whenever Primordial Power poured into them.

It wasn’t just his own body. Meanwhile, inside the Nurturing Pool, countless microscopic tentacles were also connected to the body of the Flood Dragon King as it recovered from its injuries.

Special Law Patterns existed within the Flood Dragon King’s body as well. Or rather, they existed within the bodies of the vast majority of Demon Fiends.

Why could Demon Fiends possess Innate Secret Techniques? Why was it that after the Flood Dragon King devoured the Bishui River Dragon King and its bloodline mutated, it gained the talents to “Call the Wind and Summon the Rain” and “Wishful Size”?

Fundamentally, the mechanism was the same. The only difference lay in the complexity and structure of their Law Patterns.

The vast majority of Demon Fiends did not walk the same path as humans. Instead, they walked the path of bloodlines. By excavating the bloodlines within their bodies and continuously undergoing atavism, they unearthed the deep-seated power in their bloodlines to grow stronger.

Of course, massive races like the Dragon Race would also use their inherent advantages to comprehend the Laws of Heaven and Earth, making breakthroughs far easier for them than for humans.

The Red Feather Demon King, the Mountain-Splitting Demon King, and the Seven-Colored Spirit Deer all harbored special Law Patterns within their bodies. It was just that their elemental directions were different. Even the corpses of aquatic Demon Fiends that the Insect Swarm had quietly collected during the great battle were all undergoing analysis!

Qin Yu experimented by stimulating different parts of the Divine Patterns with Primordial Power at varying frequencies and intensities. The Insect Nest then recorded the Divine Patterns’ responses, their interactions with the Laws of Heaven and Earth, and their changes in properties during each stimulation.

Within the Insect Swarm, other units were also conducting tests. Mountains of data were collected, analyzed, and modeled.

Gradually, the Insect Nest began to construct a “Law Mapping Model” for the Wind and Thunder Divine Patterns. Although it could not fully comprehend their essence, it was already able to deduce certain underlying rules.

This was, in fact, Cultivation! The so-called comprehension of heaven and earth’s mysteries was precisely the comprehension of Laws.

However, Qin Yu’s lifeform was far too unique. The Insect Swarm was essentially a single entity; if the Swarm were compared to a human, then he was its core and its brain. The Insect Nest served as its internal organs, while combat units like the Flood Dragon King and the Thunder Rocs—along with the nurturing Leviathans and Thunder Beasts—were its hands and feet.

All Law Insights ultimately converged entirely onto him.

The logic of biting off more than he could chew did not apply to him at all. With the increasingly massive Insect Swarm and the Insect Nest’s astonishing computational power, he could simultaneously comprehend multiple different Laws across various directions. His Cultivation speed was far faster than anyone else’s!

When hundreds of thousands, tens of millions, or even billions of Swarm units comprehended Laws at the same time, just how fast would that be? Broad yet comprehensive, diverse yet refined. This was the path that suited him best.

For instance, because of the Flood Dragon King’s existence, the Swarm’s comprehension of the Law of Water was absolutely on par with that of Wind and Thunder. It was only his physical limitations that prevented him from exerting stronger power. After all, the Cultivation Technique he practiced, the Wind and Thunder Poison Dragon Technique, primarily focused on Wind and Thunder.

“The Wind and Thunder Power is sufficient for me for the time being, but I still need to accommodate others as much as possible in future deductions,” Qin Yu pondered. “I’ll first deduce and merge the Wind and Thunder Tribulation Destruction Scripture with the Wind and Thunder Poison Dragon Technique.

“Perhaps when I reach the County City, exchanging for a stronger Cultivation Technique in the Demon Suppression Bureau will resolve the issue of merging Mental Realms and Laws. As an Alpha-level Technique, the Five Poison Sect’s Five Poison Reunification Holy Scripture can merge at least five different Laws, namely Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Other top-tier Cultivation Techniques should have similar capabilities.”

While cultivating, Qin Yu’s voice also echoed throughout the Swarm’s network.

As the Dominator of the Insect Swarm, his Soul was incomparably powerful, making multitasking a hundred things at once a breeze. That was why he could rapidly unleash immense combat power right after obtaining the twelve Flowing Light Flying Sabers, and why contemplating other matters while cultivating was naturally no issue for him.

The Cultivation Technique known as the Wind and Thunder Tribulation Destruction Scripture was quite interesting. It allowed one to improve through various hardships, whether it was life-and-death battles or uniquely harsh environments. This actually shared a striking similarity with the evolutionary methods of the Insect Swarm.

If it was useful to him, it would be equally useful to other units in the Swarm.

Life-and-death slaughter and frenzied combat were merely routine meals for the Insect Swarm. Death was never something worthy of fear.

At this very moment, the Swarm units spreading outward from the Wilderness Mountain Range were experiencing one brutal slaughter after another.

Deep within the mountains of the Wilderness Mountain Range, led by a Qi Sea Realm Profound Flood Dragon, an Insect Tide composed of tens of thousands of Swarm units was frantically assaulting a large Demon’s Nest.

The Qi Sea Realm Profound Flood Dragon had already developed some true “Flood Dragon” traits, growing Dragon Horns. It was currently locked in a fierce battle with a barbaric bear that stood upright at a towering height of over seventy feet.

Blood splattered, and scale armor shattered and flew.

The rest of the Insect Swarm roared as they clashed with numerous Demon Fiends, while the bombardments from Heaven-Burning Fire Crows in the distant sky rapidly cleared the battlefield.

In an even farther direction, over a thousand Thunder Rocs, led by a Qi Sea Realm leader, directly executed a combined strike, instantly obliterating a Demon’s Nest. Under such terrifying might, even the mountains themselves collapsed.

Combined strikes were the Swarm’s strongest single-target attack method. After breaking through to the Qi Sea Realm, their attack range increased significantly, making it entirely possible to execute a combined strike with a thousand, or even ten thousand, units!

If tens of thousands of Qi Sea Realm Thunder Rocs unleashed a combined strike, the resulting power would be absolutely terrifying. Even a Myriad Phenomena Realm expert might not be able to withstand it. This was a qualitative leap!

In the great marsh, large numbers of Swarm units transformed into an Insect Tide, extinguishing all life wherever they passed. They left behind one Insect Nest after another in the desolate, uninhabited regions as they continuously extended deeper.

Every single moment, a vast number of Swarm units perished, and an even greater number were nurtured and born.

Combat, death, evolution! This was the eternal, unchanging melody of the Insect Swarm.

Moreover, it was evident that the Swarm’s expansion was not random, but possessed a clear directional focus.

The longest extension in one direction had already exceeded five thousand miles. Strikingly, it was heading straight toward the Cyan Profound Sect. They only needed to cross one more mountain range and two large marshes to arrive directly at the Cyan Profound Sect. There were even some ordinary reconnaissance units already lurking around the sect.

A distance of ten thousand miles was very far. But for the Thunder Rocs that had broken through to the Qi Sea Realm, it was nothing. Sustaining a flight speed of Mach 5, even factoring in resting time, they could arrive in just half a day.

Although the mountain peaks where the Cyan Profound Sect was located were shrouded by an Array, requiring sect members and disciples to use special Tokens to enter and exit, ordinary snakes, insects, birds, and beasts could still slip inside.

Even not far from Yunlong County City, traces of the Swarm began to appear. In a remote mountain forest several hundred miles outside the County City, a Thunder Roc dropped off a Worker Insect. The Worker Insect quickly burrowed underground and, with the assistance of other Swarm units, began nurturing an Insect Nest in the extreme depths of the earth.

The entire Insect Swarm was already expanding on all fronts.

Through their frenzied slaughter, the Swarm devoured massive amounts of flesh and blood, continuously evolving as their overall numbers began to skyrocket at a near-insane pace.

Immersed in his Cultivation, Qin Yu paid these matters no mind, allowing the Swarm to gather intelligence and expand on its own.

Until the Leviathans hatched, he would not casually provoke a war against foes of the same tier. But conventional expansion was not an issue.

Half a day later.

Around the Leviathan, three Mountain-Splitting Thunder Beast Eggs shattered simultaneously with a loud CRACK.

Three massive behemoths stepped out, unleashing heaven-shaking roars.

Unlike the Thunder Beasts in the Swarm’s memory, these three Mountain-Splitting Thunder Beasts, which resembled gargantuan mammoths, were even bulkier. Their bodies were draped in an earth-yellow carapace that was over a meter thick.

Four terrifying tusks, each over thirty meters long, gleamed with a cold light. Secret Patterns surged along both their carapaces and their tusks.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

As they walked across the earth, they were like walking hills, causing the ground to tremble beneath their feet.

“Excellent. With this batch of Primordial Stones, the complete version of the Mountain-Splitting Thunder Beasts has finally been nurtured,” Qin Yu thought. “Although their integration with the Mountain-Splitting Demon King’s bloodline isn’t too profound, they can still manipulate Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. I’ll just slowly optimize the rest later on.”

During his Cultivation, Qin Yu attached his consciousness to the Mountain-Splitting Thunder Beasts.

HUM—

The Secret Patterns on a Mountain-Splitting Thunder Beast’s body lit up. The massive creature lowered its head, and its four tusks pierced forward, directly ramming into a designated testing mountain within the valley, causing the mountain’s rocks to crumble and collapse.

Meanwhile, another one burrowed underground like it was diving into water. This created a mound on the earth’s surface that surged forward rapidly like a moving wave. Its speed underground was just as fast as its sprinting speed on the surface.

For the final one, earth and rocks continuously gathered from its surroundings onto its body, ultimately forming a layer of Rock Armor that was two to three meters thick.

After a series of tests, Qin Yu already had a solid grasp of the Mountain-Splitting Thunder Beasts’ strength.

They were inferior compared to the Primordial Mansion Realm. However, relying on their formidable defense and terrifying impact force, an ordinary Primordial Mansion Realm cultivator would absolutely not dare to take them head-on. Furthermore, they possessed devastating capabilities against defensive measures like a Mountain Protection Array.

“Send them to the battlefield for actual combat,” Qin Yu decided.