After advancing to the Celestial Terrace, Zod felt that both his body and soul had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.
If his original body was characterized by its sheer power, then now, on top of that power, there was an added hint of immortality.
And his previously scattered divine sense had now completed its refinement and transformation; with his current cultivation, even if he lost his body, he would not die.
In the world of 'Shrouding the Heavens,' the Celestial Terrace secret realm is considered a major watershed in a cultivator's journey.
Only after stepping into this realm can one barely be called a master, and it can also be said that only at this realm does one barely have a sliver of a chance to seek immortality.
However, the difficulty of cultivating the Celestial Terrace secret realm is many times higher than that of the previous few secret realms combined.
Each minor realm is an insurmountable chasm, truly describable as ascending to heaven with each step.
Zod couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Next, my cultivation might not be so smooth!"
Looking at his Natal Weapon, which was still wantonly devouring Sunlight not far away, Zod thought for a moment and did not retrieve it.
"Ordinary battles don't require it now, so it's better to leave it in the Sun, using the Sun's energy to help it complete its first growth and transformation."
Zod didn't have as many tribulations as the Heavenly Emperor Ye, who could use various lightning tribulations to help his Cauldron of All Things Mother Qi undergo repeated transformations.
Now, its ability to grow by absorbing Sunlight was already an unexpected pleasant surprise!
"Then it's time to consider the next steps. At this point, I can barely say I have some confidence in this world, so next, I can set about improving the overall strength of Krypton!"
Thinking of this, Zod instantly flew out of the Sun's range.
He silently chanted in his heart: "Open the Dark Matter Plane!"
Instantly, Zod entered his Dark Matter Plane operating system.
As early as when he was forging the artifact, he had heard the notification that the gene system upgrade was complete, but at that time, he was fully immersed and had no mind to pay attention.
Now was a good time to use the gene system to launch his next plan.
At this moment, the upgraded Dark Matter Plane had undergone a very obvious change from before.
"We meet again, Sunlight. Welcome to the Dark Matter Plane operating system!"
"Immediately analyze my current physique!"
"Scanning target body, building analysis model, construction successful!"
"Building energy channel, construction successful, activating miniature celestial body algorithm, starting analysis!"
"1%, 10%... 50%, analysis failed. The target body belongs to an unknown divine body. Gene system data information is insufficient, unable to complete analysis. Requesting connection to the Heavenly Dao Tower database!"
Hearing 'Heavenly Dao Tower' from the gene system's words, Zod was still a bit surprised.
That was the foundation of the Lieyang Civilization in the Super God world, the crystallization of Lieyang's cutting-edge technology and civilized wisdom. He hadn't expected that the Sunlight's gene system would have relevant information.
Unfortunately, this was not the Super God world, and there was no Heavenly Dao Tower.
"Cancel analysis!"
"Extract one drop of my blood, remove all other genetic information, and only retain the gene sequence of Sunlight and Dark Matter Plane information."
"Extracting target blood, extraction successful."
"Separating Sunlight gene sequence, separation successful, retaining Dark Matter Plane information!"
"Requesting gene information deletion permission!"
"Permission granted!"
"Permission obtained, deleting gene information, deletion successful."
Exiting the Dark Matter Plane system, at this moment, a drop of crimson blood appeared in Zod's hand.
And within it was contained the technological crystallization of the god-making project, Sunlight.
Originally, Krypton's core technology was in genetic engineering. With this drop of blood, Leto and the others would have a new direction for research!
Just as Zod was thinking this, he suddenly noticed that something seemed to have happened on New Krypton.
Without the slightest hesitation, he took a step forward, and spatial fluctuations instantly spread out.
The next moment, his figure had already appeared on New Krypton.
However, the current state of New Krypton caused a surge of furious anger to ripple across his calm face.
He saw that New Krypton, which had originally been a scene of prosperity, was now filled with ruins. Half of the tree of life's canopy had already disappeared.
All twelve outposts were destroyed, the newly established large Genesis Chamber was also a ruin, and many scattered limbs lay around.
Fiora and Martian Manhunter were dragging their injured bodies, protecting the remaining children.
And a bare-chested, unusually robust figure stood upon this ruin, silently looking down at them, his indifferent gaze as if he were looking at a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
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Rewind to half an hour ago, Zod was immersed in the critical juncture of his cultivation breakthrough, but unexpectedly, New Krypton received an unexpected guest.
He was Hel, who had gone missing during a spaceship flight experiment before Krypton's destruction.
Initially, everything that happened was the same as his original fate; he activated his various super talents while drifting in the universe.
At that time, he was determined to return to Krypton, so he spent a considerable amount of effort to locate Krypton's interstellar coordinates in the vast universe.
However, just as he appeared outside Krypton, a sudden spacetime turbulence abruptly swept him into it.
When he came to his senses, he found himself still outside Krypton, seemingly unchanged.
But when he re-stepped onto Krypton's soil and saw those familiar yet strange people, he understood.
He had arrived in another universe, and in this universe, he hadn't even been born yet.
He had originally intended to start a new life in that universe.
But when Jor-El in this world examined his body, he discovered that he had the unique sequence number of a cloning experiment.
Through such a twist of fate, he learned his true identity as a clone.
He had always been taught that cloning was illegal and had an extreme aversion to cloned Kryptonians, yet he never imagined that he was the very type of existence he detested most.
All the beliefs he had built up in the past collapsed, leading to an extreme reversal.
His original extreme aversion to clones now turned into an aversion to all Kryptonians.
Therefore, he displayed his terrifying power as a Super Kryptonian, personally destroying Krypton in that universe, killing all Kryptonians, and annihilating Kryptonian civilization.
Afterward, he drifted aimlessly in that universe for nearly thirty years, and his own strength grew even more powerful under the nourishment of various stellar radiations.
He acted entirely according to his likes and dislikes, causing many destructive events on numerous life-bearing planets, eventually attracting the attention of the Guardians in that universe.
For such a fellow who disrupted the cosmic order, the Guardians naturally chose to suppress him.
However, Hel's formidable strength exceeded their expectations, causing them heavy losses, and even Oa nearly fell.
Ultimately, the Guardians tried to eliminate Hel by detonating the Green Lantern Central Power Battery.
But they didn't expect that the exploding Green Lantern energy not only failed to kill Hel but instead triggered spacetime turbulence again, bringing Hel back to this original universe and timeline.
The returning Hel saw the ruins after Krypton's destruction and encountered a Brainiac clone left on the ruins to collect resources.
As expected, Hel easily dealt with him and learned a lot of current information from this clone.
This included the events before and after Krypton's destruction, as well as the fact that the opponent had stolen Kandor City before Krypton's destruction.
However, what he found most unacceptable was that Zod had now re-established New Krypton in that place with a yellow Sun, which reignited the hatred in his heart.
Thus, he attacked New Krypton.
Facing a Super Kryptonian with a higher genetic level and a longer period of absorbing various radiations, Fiora and the others were completely overwhelmed.
Only Martian Manhunter could barely contend with him, relying on his powerful telepathic abilities.
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