Legend of the Mythological Genes

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Name: Feng Lin

Vitality stat: 18,289

Houtian Gene: Sun Wukong Gene x1

Heaven Gene: Monkey King Gene x10; Daoheart Gene x10

Transcendent Gene: Spiritual Stone Monkey Gene x10; Beast King Gene x10

Primeval Genes: Stone Monkey Gene x10; Spirit Gene x10; Bestial Gene x9; Violence Gene x8; Coercion Gene x6

Basic Genes: Monkey Gene x10; Stonebirth Gene x10; Adrenaline Gene x4; Mental Gene x9; Psychokinesis Gene x6; Spirituality Gene x8; Bloodthirst Gene x10; Beast Heart Gene x7; Strength Gene x9; Savage Gene x8; Pressure Gene x8; Prestige Gene x6

Genetic potential: 23,890

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The brand new life information was displayed and Feng Lin’s eyes gleamed with light. His spirit force was as sharp as a sword, spreading outwards and causing others to not dare to look him in the eyes.

Vitality stat of 18,289!

He just needed one more step to improve the Sun Wukong Gene and allow his vitality stat to break through the 20,000 mark.

For cultivators, the difference of each realm was like the disparity between the different levels of heaven!

He was completely born anew.

The Sun Wukong Gene was as expected of a mythological gene that belonged to a paragon level mythological path. Each of its tiers was perfect-grade and invincible among the same level. His vitality stat also surpassed his peers.

From the looks of things, once he broke through to the late-phase of the adept realm, he would be powerful enough to fight equally with cultivators of the elite adept realm.

He managed to become the second heavenly king with a cultivation base at the adept level. Feng Lin was very clear that countless people would be jealous of him and would be waiting for him to screw up.

Weakness was the original sin. This is the greatest logic in the world.

The position of a heavenly king was just far too tempting.

Most probably, many people wanted to challenge him. Even if they couldn’t seize the title away from him, as long as they could defeat a heavenly king, they could boast about how glorious it was.

The tree wants to be still but the wind doesn’t allow it. A large tree would always attract the wind.

Feng Lin understood this in his heart, he wasn’t foolish.

But this was only for a period.

As long as his cultivation base reached the late-phase of the adept realm, ordinary elite adepts would be like vegetables on a chopping board if they dared to fight against him.

At that time, he really wanted to see what the expressions on their faces would be like.

A cold smile appeared on Feng Lin’s face as he immersed himself in his cultivation.

The Sun Wukong Gene was just awakened by him.

This gene shared the same name as his Sun Wukong Mythological Path. It was a gene at a level where it could allow him to achieve a qualitative transformation.

His heart stirred as information about this gene of his appeared before his eyes.

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Gene: Sun Wukong Gene

Grade: Perfect-grade Houtian Gene

Strengthening Tally: 1

Ability: The grand-grade heavenly immortal verifies his dao fruit, proficient in the seventy-two transformations.

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Perfect Houtian Gene!

What was Houtian?

It meant anything that was not innate. It referred to everything acquired by one’s efforts after they were born.

It meant everything that was born after the heavens and earth was created.

The chaos split apart, opening up the heavens and earth!

Houtian lifeforms referred to some extremely powerful lifeforms that had reached a certain limit in the universe. In this world, they had an aura of invincibility to them.

Only such people could be considered houtian lifeforms.

And Houtian Genes also represented certain profound mysteries with regards to the laws of heaven and earth.

What did the Sun Wukong Gene represent?

(The grand-grade heavenly immortal art verifies his dao fruit, proficient in the seventy-two transformations.)

Under the immersion of his Heart Monkey Force, rays of treasured light were emitted from his body.

His blood, his flesh, his bones, his cells—each part of his body was flooded by transcendence force; his entire body was undergoing a qualitative change at the genetic level. It gradually transformed into a type of matter that was non-energy and non-material. Although it maintained its physical quality, it also existed in a strange energy-like state.

This was a profound transformation involving the true nature of the universe.

Feng Lin drew in a deep breath. He only felt that everywhere his Heart Monkey Force flowed into, the universe would form a resonance with him. Each tiny cell in his body would breathe and shake, while faint runes could be seen within them as well. These runes would change according to his will, transforming to whatever he had a resonance with.

Endless Transformations!

A burst of insight flashed in Feng Lin’s heart.

He spread his hands out, and his Heart Monkey Force began to sweep through his surroundings. It was like he was sending out invisible tentacles to take root in the universe itself, allowing him to control the laws of the universe, bending them to his wills and thoughts.

With just a wisp of his will, endless transformations would occur.

Wind would rise, water would gather and freeze, thunder would manifest, fire would burn…all of these energies were under his control, containing countless transformations.

This time, Feng Lin’s ability wasn’t as restricted as to when he had used the Monkey King Domain previously. The ‘Domain’—the limits in terms of distance—had dispersed.

After all, the size of the boundary completely depended on how much Heart Monkey Force he had. In theory, as long as he was strong enough, even the entire universe could be part of his domain. His power now seemed boundlessly vast.

This was also the reason why Feng Lin could destroy the calamity when he was clearly just at the adept realm.

Gathering the light of souls of everyone and controlling its usage. In that instant, he felt like his existence had touched upon the realm of gods.

Water and fire transformed into mist. Wind and mist transformed into clouds. Clouds and wind transformed into lightning. Lightning created fire upon impact. Fire burned the earth causing a storm of sand to gather…

Under the control of his spirit force, countless phenomena appeared. Truly, this scene could only be described by the words ‘endless transformations’.

The spiritual stone monkey was proficient in transformation, understood astrology and geography, and could even cause stars to shift their positions.

However, endless transformations were the true source of power of the heart monkey.

The heart could be boundlessly vast, so could one’s strength.

The states of energy rapidly transformed. This time, Feng Lin had the intention of testing where the true limits of his strength lay.

A ball of energy floated in the air. It would occasionally crackle with lightning, burn with fire, frozen by ice… the states of energy changed continuously.

Feng Lin finally felt mental fatigue when the changes reached 1,000 times. He couldn’t continue any longer.

Soon after, he understood in his heart. Right now, the strengthening tally of the Sun Wukong Gene was only at 1; thus, the number of times he could transform a matter was at most a thousand times.

As the Sun Wukong Gene continued to be strengthened, the number of times he could transform something would also increase, a thousand for each increase. If he maxed it out at 10 points, that would reach ten thousand transformations or the so-called endless transformations.

Once one maxed out the mythological gene, they could transform into a mythological creature similar to the gene. At that time, Feng Lin would become the true Sun Wukong, possessing the ability of endless transformations and capable of almost anything in the world.

“Good divine ability!” Feng Lin mumbled when he sensed the power of the gene. His heart remained calm, but even so, it was inevitable for joy to appear on his face right now.

The Sun Wukong Gene was as expected of a perfect-grade Houtian Gene. This ability of endless transformations could be said to be peerless at the same level. Feng Lin could transform freely, and this was sufficient for him to deal with any complex situation.

In truth, it was not only so!

This endless transformation wasn’t simply energy control of the external world. It also meant that he could perfectly control the changes in his body.

Feng Lin’s thoughts caused his will to move. His own transformation immediately occurred. He became a white tiger, then a malevolent figure resembling a savage crocodile, then a stone on the ground that showed no signs of life…

Endless transformations. This naturally meant that he could change anything and transform into anything.

This was similar to controlling energy in the external world. The transformation of himself was also limited to a thousand times. And if the object he wanted to transform into was too complex, his Heart Monkey Force would be depleted even faster, causing him to have less number of transformations.

As he grew increasingly familiar with the ability of the gene, Feng Lin then turned his attention onto the gene itself.

In the human genetic map, an astral river akin to a bridge linked three golden constellations together, forming a triangular structure.

Monkey King Gene x10 + Daoheart Gene x10 = Sun Wukong Gene.

And what Feng Lin was concerned about was what his future path would be.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… Different level genes had sequences to them, they were filled with profound mysteries and logic, faintly involving the laws of the universe.

Level 4 genes were known as Houtian Genes, while level 5 genes were known as Xiantian Genes.

What was Xiantian?

It meant everything that had existed before the birth of the heavens and earth.

A xiantian lifeform referred to those primordial lifeforms that shared longevity with the heavens and earth. Their lifespan was endless.

The deduction of mythological paths required the mythological characters from the legends to provide clues and guide them. They had to research the ancients before they could perform a step-by-step deduction.

With regard to his own cultivation, Feng Lin already had some sense of it. He didn’t feel trapped and instantly began to deduce.

He hypothesized the Level 5 Gene of the Sun Wukong Mythological Path to be the Horse Protector Gene and began his deduction.

But contrary to his expectation, the genetic equation didn’t seem to work. His genetic potential wasn’t reduced at all.

(What? Something’s wrong?)

Feng Lin was startled as such a situation actually occurred. Could it be that the path he hypothesized was wrong, resulting in the genetic equation not being able to work?

In that case, there was a problem.

(What’s the gene after the Sun Wukong Gene?)

(The Great Sage Equal to the Heavens Gene?)

(No, this couldn’t be the case.)

According to his mythological knowledge, Feng Lin was very clear about this. There was still a very large distance between Sun Wukong and the Great Sage Equal to Heavens, something which he would become in the future.

The gap wasn’t something the increase of just a level would be able to mitigate.

The truth was like this as well!

The Great Sage Equal to the Heavens Gene was his target, but the genetic equation seemed ineffective; it was not working at all.

(In that case, what’s the next gene?)

Feng Lin was in deep thoughts. There were simply too many mysteries concealed within mythologies. Even when you thought you knew all there was to know about a mythology, that would only mean that you sank into a knowledge barrier, which blocked you from any more future discoveries about the other mysteries.

The path of one’s mythological genes was within the myths and legends.

They originated from there, hence, one had to find out the mysteries of their genes within the respective mythology where their genes originated from.

Feng Lin sat cross-legged on the ground and sank into deep contemplation. His mind was spinning at great speed.

He, who had become an adept, had a vitality stat over 10,000.

His physique was extremely powerful, and his intelligence was enhanced greatly as well.

At this moment, Feng Lin’s brain could be compared to an A.I.. It began to extract all the information he knew about Sun Wukong as he began to dissect and analyze, trying to deduce something.

All of a sudden, a memory suddenly sprang up in his vision.

“Within the cycle of heavens, there were five immortals namely heaven, earth, god, human, and ghost. And also five mortal creatures namely scales, feathers, fur, insects, and shell. Other than them, there was also one more category known as the Si, a creature that was completely different from the others. Not belonging to these categories was the four chaotic world monkeys. The first was the Spiritual Stone Monkey that was proficient in transformation, understood astrology and geography, and could cause stars to change positions. The second was the Crimsonback Macaque that controlled Yin and Yang, understood the affairs of humans and kind by nature. It could even evade death and prolong its life. The third was the Tongbi ape that could seize the sun and the moon, wrap around a thousand mountains and even control fate. The fourth was the Six-eared Macaque that could hear things from extremely far away and was good at investigation. It excelled at knowing the past and foretelling the future, understanding the nature of all living things. These four monkeys were excluded from the ten categories, not being a part of the system!”

Four chaotic world monkeys?

Feng Lin’s eyes suddenly opened, gleaming with a bright light.

As he came to this conclusion, at the next instant, a surge of energy from his dantian began to flow through his genetic map.

Something was going on.

(Could this conjecture be correct?)

Genetic potential -120, -120, -120…

His potential rapidly reduced.

With the Sun Wukong Gene as the starting point, another clear path of genetic combination appeared before him.

Things were the same as the past. The Sun Wukong Mythology Path was a paragon mythological path. It was unique and every stage of it had just a single and unique genetic formula.

Feng Lin smiled as a brand new formula floated before his eyes.

Sun Wukong Gene x10 + Cultivation Gene x10 = Chaotic World Demonic Monkey Gene!

Background info:

In the novel ‘Journey to the West’, Sun Wukong was appointed the Protector of Horses by the Jade Emperor of the Celestial Court. The Jade Emperor wanted to give him a position of no importance to tie him down so he would stop making trouble. Hence, Feng Lin guessed that there might be a gene named the Horse Protector Gene.