263: The fragments of the Enlightenment Monument are returning to the embrace of the human race

Every Human Race Foundation Level possesses three to five Main God Level clones, and non-Main God Level clones can also be divided into eighteen.

Main God Level clones are generally the primary clones of Foundation Level individuals before they break through, such as Lin Chen's Three Souls Clone and artifact clones. These are carefully cultivated clones, with top-tier combat power at their level, and a certain probability of forging a second Foundation Level path.

Non-Main God Level clones are energy projections. Limited by cosmic rules, there can only be eighteen: three Upper God Level, six Middle God Level, and nine Lower God Level.

Because the power of energy projections comes from the Foundation Level, the clone's strength is invincible at its level, capable of fighting across ranks, and its death will not affect the Foundation Level.

If the Foundation Level could infinitely divide God Rank projections, the universe would inevitably fall into chaos.

The probability of ordinary beings breaking through to become Gods would be greatly reduced. At that time, God Rank projections of Foundation Level individuals would be everywhere, leaving no opportunity for development for races without a Foundation Level individual overseeing them.

After all, a single Foundation Level individual dividing into a thousand, or even ten thousand, God Rank clones could directly destroy ninety-nine percent of the races in the universe. This is the deterrent power of peak powerhouses like the Foundation Level.

Therefore, the cosmic consciousness imposed a limit on the number of clones, not wanting the universe to be ultimately locked down by a group of Foundation Level individuals, eventually leading to a loss of energy, decay, and an end.

The Human Race currently has fifty-two Foundation Level individuals within its territory, and the clones they have divided amount to 1,144. Each clone is tasked with finding three to four enlightenment stele fragments.

Over a thousand God Rank clones are still formidable, but at least the number is within a reasonable range, belonging to the inherent power of the Foundation Level, and cannot destroy the universe.

"Old Thief Wufa, take your supreme treasure, the Void Crystal, and go to the western part of the universe to rendezvous with the clones recovering fragments there. Don't let that Holy God from the Yisha God Race detect any issues."

"Old Deng, I've brought the Void Crystal, so I can definitely retreat safely with the fragments. I might not be as good as you in a fight, but when it comes to escaping, I'm the most authoritative."

"Alright, you're getting cocky now."

Over a thousand Foundation Level clones, carrying the distribution map of the enlightenment stele fragments, chose to fall into the void to travel across the universe. This method is also the fastest way to travel.

Traversing the void, arriving at the void corresponding to the desired cosmic location, and then shattering the cosmic barrier allows one to reach the corresponding desired location in the universe.

Western part of the universe, Krull Starfield, Banana Star.

"Found you."

Fire Lord's clone once again arrived in the western part of the universe, landing in a starfield near the main territory of the Yisha God Race. An enlightenment stele fragment remained there.

Banana Star, Banana Race, a small demigod race with human-like long ears.

This small race was fortunate not to be enslaved because their birthplace was too close to the Yisha God Race. The Yisha God Race did not enslave them; they merely had to pay a certain amount of resource taxes to the Yisha God Race.

As long as the resource taxes were continuous, the Banana Race would be protected by the Yisha God Race, allowing them to develop steadily. In the future, they even had the potential to advance to a Ascension to God race, and even a God Race was possible.

This was simply because in a small city of the Banana Race, there was a good-for-nothing young man from the Banana Race who had even unsealed an enlightenment stele fragment.

Barring any accidents, this young man would be able to become a God within a few thousand years, leading the Banana Race to become a God Race under the Yisha God Race and reaching the pinnacle of his life.

However, an accident occurred.

"A bit interesting."

The Banana Race's young genius, Artia, was attacked by rich second-generation enemies. Before he could unseal the enlightenment stele fragment, Artia was beaten half to death by his enemies' thugs, and the few resources he had were stolen.

Fortunately, that enlightenment stele fragment, being inconspicuous, was left behind as a broken stone, and it had already been stained with Artia's blood, about to be unsealed.

Fire Lord's clone did not delay, quietly took the enlightenment stele fragment, and then left without looking back, preparing to head to the second location of a fragment.

As for what would happen to Artia after losing his opportunity, what did that have to do with Fire Lord's clone? Artia had already quietly died from excessive blood loss, and he would never know, even in death, how close he had been to an opportunity to become a God.

Eastern part of the universe, Profound Moon Starfield, near the main territory of the Ancient Immortal Clan.

A clone of Moon Lord Shen Yu descended silently.

"Found it. Another low-level nobody obtained an enlightenment stele fragment. Does this fragment only like good-for-nothings? Does it like to help people rise from despair?"

Shen Yu's clone pointed a finger, and the current host of the enlightenment stele fragment, whose cultivation was only at the eighth order, turned into ashes, leaving only an enlightenment stele fragment in a dormant state.

This was the third enlightenment stele fragment collected by this Shen Yu clone. The starting points of the hosts of all three fragments were very low; they were either low-level individuals from small races or enslaved individuals, with extremely humble origins.

But these hosts, after obtaining the enlightenment stele fragment, embarked on a cultivation path of showing off and slapping faces, growing stronger along the way, and with the blessing of heaven and earth's luck, they had some characteristics of children of luck.

Shen Yu's clone was puzzled, but this did not stop him from happily taking the enlightenment stele fragment and falling into the void, returning to the Human Race Territory.

The enlightenment stele fragments prefer to choose low-level beings in distress as hosts, which actually makes it easier for the Human Race Foundation Level clones to recover them.

After all, seizing an enlightenment stele fragment from a God Rank individual is much more difficult than seizing one from a being not yet God Rank, and it is more prone to unforeseen circumstances.

Eastern part of the universe, near the front lines of the Nether Race and Demon Race battlefield.

Old Deng's Main God Level clone was patiently waiting for a Nether Race Upper God Level host of an enlightenment stele fragment to leave the battlefield.

That's right, this host had already grown up because the enlightenment stele fragment he possessed was quite large, capable of providing five-element blessings even to a Main God Level individual.

That's why this host was able to cultivate to the Upper God Level and was chosen as a key Main God seed to be cultivated by the Nether Race. Going to the battlefield was merely to gain experience and earn some cultivation resources.

"Yin-Yang Reversal."

To help the Upper God host quickly leave the battlefield, Old Deng's clone interfered with his enemies, allowing him to seize the opportunity to kill his enemies. He could then carry the enemies' corpses and his gains back to the rear for recuperation.

Then, on his way back, Old Deng's clone instantly struck, using absolute strength to kill this host and take everything he possessed.

Old Deng's clone couldn't erase the fluctuations of a Main God Level attack, so it was discovered by the Foundation Level individuals of the Nether Race and Demon Race on the battlefield. However, they made no move, and the Nether Race only dispatched a few Main God Level individuals to pursue Old Deng's Main God Level clone.

The Foundation Level individuals present did not detect anything unusual, believing it to be an ordinary God Rank battle, and none of them suspected that an enlightenment stele fragment was involved.

Old Deng's clone ran very fast, successfully entering the void, and rendezvoused with other Foundation Level clones who had already completed their missions. They traveled together, protecting the recovered enlightenment stele fragments.

In five months, the footprints of over a thousand Human Race Foundation Level clones spread across the universe, recovering a total of 3,688 enlightenment stele fragments.

Another 34 enlightenment stele fragments, due to special reasons, were located in the main territories of the other six super-large races. The Foundation Level clones dared not enter these territories to recover them, as the main territories of each race are very strictly monitored for outsiders.

These 34 fragments could only be temporarily abandoned. As long as their hosts did not choose to hand them over to their respective races, there would be a chance to obtain them in the future.

Therefore, the Foundation Level individuals informed all Human Race Gods and territory-level prodigies about the locations and owners of these 34 fragments, to see if they had any way to acquire them.

It's best if they can get them, but it doesn't matter if they can't.

After all, the Human Race already possessed 3,688 enlightenment stele fragments of varying sizes, which could enable 3,688 talented Ninth Order Gods to cross the threshold of Godhood and become a Lower God.

Moreover, the enlightenment stele fragments can be used repeatedly, only requiring the consumption of resources to restore the power contained within the fragments. This is not a problem; the Human Race has plenty of resources, and every promising powerhouse will choose to accumulate resources, awaiting a future opportunity to use them to change their destiny.

Now, the opportunity to use resources to change destiny is at hand. By simply paying some resources and corresponding merits, one can obtain a top-tier enlightenment opportunity. This is the chance to change one's destiny.

The 3,688 single-use enlightenment stele fragments, and the enlightenment domain with a radius of a million kilometers, made the Human Race Ascension to God and God Rank powerhouses very eager, desperately hoping to obtain an enlightenment opportunity, cross their realm bottlenecks, and advance their cultivation.

This era is the best era for the Human Race.