Chapter 1199: Mythical Rank·Unique Lord Talent—Book of Genes!

Chapter 1199: Mythic-Class · Unique Sovereign Talent – The Book of Genes!

"What does it mean to have a gene potential at the level of the Supreme God?"

Zhou Zhou asked, puzzled.

The moment his words left his lips, a text prompt appeared.

[Race Artifact Annotation: Gene potential at the level of the Supreme God means that beings possessing this gene, upon reaching adulthood, naturally develop a genetic constitution comparable to that of a Supreme God's body. Compared to ordinary Supreme Gods, such beings may possess a Supreme God-level body, yet lack the Supreme God-level divine power and understanding of cosmic laws. In terms of combat strength, they are far inferior to true Supreme Gods, even falling short of main gods. However, ordinary main gods cannot destroy the physical forms of such beings—making them effectively 'pseudo-Supreme Gods'.]

"Ah, so it's merely pseudo-Supreme God-level potential, not genuine Supreme God-level potential."

"By the way, can they still normally cultivate and gain insight into the laws of the universe?"

Zhou Zhou nodded thoughtfully, then asked with curiosity.

[Race Artifact Prompt: Yes, and due to their gene constitution at the level of the Supreme God, they are vastly superior to ordinary beings—indeed, even to the most elite bloodline races—in both divine cultivation and understanding of cosmic laws.]

Zhou Zhou saw this and a spark of interest flickered in his eyes.

So it seems, this so-called pseudo-Supreme God is truly formidable!

If he possessed a divine body at the level of a Supreme God, then he would no longer fear threats from the myriad races across the cosmos—indeed, the myriad races might even come to dread his very existence.

Supreme God!

Even a pseudo-Supreme God!

Within the vast expanse of the cosmos, he would be absolutely invincible!

With that thought firmly settled, he hesitated no longer and immediately claimed mastery over it.

Soon.

A sense of profound oneness blossomed between him and the Book of Life.

At the same time, He could feel the Life Book spreading out countless threads—threads invisible to ordinary life—reaching into every living being, even the deities, of the Sunlight Empire, weaving their genetic records into the very fabric of the Life Book.

As one by one, genes were inscribed upon the Life Book, Zhou Zhou also sensed his divine body’s genes slowly ascending—though at an immeasurably slow pace.

Normally, if any other lord had been given access to the Life Book, their gene levels would have surged rapidly, far surpassing Zhou Zhou’s sluggish progress.

Yet Zhou Zhou carried the bloodline of Chaos Humans, had absorbed the genetic essence of countless races—including the most elite bloodlines—and had recently intensified his cultivation through the Supreme Holy Body. All these factors had already elevated his initial gene level to an extraordinarily high state.

In such a condition, even though the Life Book, as a race-tier artifact, could absorb the genes of countless Sunlight Empire citizens to elevate Zhou Zhou’s gene structure, the potential for further growth was minimal.

At best, it could only identify gaps and make minor corrections.

Zhou Zhou himself understood this limitation, and thus did not concern himself with the sluggish pace of his own gene ascension.

But soon enough.

He seemed to sense something—first a moment of astonishment, then an overwhelming joy.

"My Chao-ling race bloodline level... it's actually rising slowly?"

"If this trend continues, perhaps I truly don't need to consume vast quantities of bloodlines at all to break through my bloodline bottleneck and elevate my bloodline to the level of lower-tier True Gods!"

At that moment, Zhou Zhou felt a deep sense of emotion, almost like gratitude.

The Chao-ling race's bloodline bottleneck had constrained him for too long, too deeply.

He had absorbed countless bloodlines—even many of the highest-tier ones—and still could not surpass this barrier, unable to elevate his Chao-ling bloodline from upper-tier God-level to lower-tier True God-level.

Now, through genetic manipulation, he had unexpectedly discovered a new path, a different route to transcendence.

"Such a precious find!"

With satisfied eyes, Zhou Zhou gazed at the emerald life book in his hands.

Then He placed it into His own Crowned Treasure Chest.

From this point forward, He would merely need to conquer further territories, gather the subjects of the myriad races across the heavens, bring them into His fold as His own, and naturally, the genetic records in the Book of Life would grow ever richer. His own genetic tier would ascend correspondingly, and eventually, He would effortlessly transcend into a higher bloodline echelon.

Then He turned His gaze toward the final Mythic-Class Unique Sovereign Talent Sphere and the Mythic-Class Unique Sovereign Talent Crystal Fragment.

[Item Name: Sovereign Talent Sphere – Book of Genes]

[Item Rank: Mythic-Class · Unique]

[Item Effect: Upon absorption, the Sovereign shall possess the Mythic-Class Unique Sovereign Talent – Book of Genes!]

[Item Description: A Sovereign Talent Sphere purified by the Supreme Will; upon absorption, one gains a Mythic-Class Unique Sovereign Talent.]

Zhou Zhou studied these details and gave a slight nod.

He remembered that the original Sovereign Talent of the Insect Sovereign had been the Gene Map—now, after ascending to the Mythic-Class Unique rank, it had transformed into the Book of Genes.

Then He simply chose to absorb it.

Quickly.

A textual prompt appears.

[Lord's Talent: The Book of Genes (Mythical Tier · Unique)]

[Specific Talent Effect 1 – The Eye of Genes: The Book of Genes grants the bearer a unique blessing. With the Eye of Genes, you can perceive the genes of any living being below your own tier and record them into the Gene Repository within the Book of Genes. At any time, you may retrieve and review them as needed.]

[Specific Talent Effect 2 – Gene Seed Repository: The Book of Genes can collect the genes of deceased beings, store them in the Gene Seed Repository, and then implant them into living organisms, enabling gene modification experiments on living lifeforms.]

[Specific Talent Effect 3 – Chosen Genes: When conducting gene modification experiments, you receive a divine blessing from the laws of genes, gaining new knowledge of gene manipulation and intuitively understanding the optimal gene modification strategies, thereby maximizing the success rate of your experiments.]

[Specific Talent Effect 4 – Forbidden – Gene Weapons: You have acquired partial forbidden knowledge of gene-based weapons. Through reverse gene dissection experiments, you can develop gene-based weapons designed to eradicate an entire race!]

Zhou Zhou read it through and gave a slight nod.

The key difference between this Book of Genes and the Gene Map lies in the Lord's Talent effect known as "Chosen Genes."

The Gene Map does not possess the "Chosen Genes" effect.

So even though the Insect Lord Sovereign possesses a master gene map—a sovereign talent of legendary status—its gene experiments succeed only about 10% of the time.

Yet, with the gene book bearing the divine-selected genes, one might say without exaggeration that if used for gene experiments, the success rate would at least reach 50%!

Even higher, perhaps!

The legendary sovereign talent and the mythic-tier, unique sovereign talent—though differing by only one level—demonstrate a completely different effect.

To this end,

Zhou Zhou had firsthand experience.

Then, he glanced at Blue Star, his gaze settling upon a blonde-eyed man in the Western world.

That man was the Dragon God Sovereign.

However, his soul strength was weak, and he had not yet escaped Zhou Zhou's mental control, appearing instead in a state of dazed confusion.

"There's another legendary sovereign talent within him," he mused.

Zhou Zhou murmured to himself, then smiled faintly, and instantly flew over.