Evolution

The Golden Horned Beast, resembling a black mountain range, slowly unfurled its scaled wings. Simultaneously, its entire body began to undergo astonishing changes. A vast amount of golden mist descended directly from high above the continent, enveloping the Golden Horned Beast's scales and being continuously absorbed. The dense black scales visibly and gradually expanded.

Its bones thickened and lengthened, becoming denser!

Its hooves grew sturdier and sharper!

The golden secret patterns, like armor covering its entire body, expanded in sync with the Golden Horned Beast's growing size. Not just its exterior, but the internal changes within the Golden Horned Beast were even more astounding. Every cell and every bone underwent a fundamental transformation, a metamorphosis in its very essence.

From Universe-level to Domain Lord, it was a leap in physical constitution!

“Whoosh!” The Golden Horned Beast raised its head, letting out a roar of exhilaration.

Not far away, a black life crystal core, its surface covered in incredibly intricate golden secret patterns and faintly emitting golden light, was rotating… This was the true form of the Demon Killer Clan clone! The Demon Killer Clan clone primarily consisted of this life crystal core, which could emit energy to transform into any desired appearance.

Therefore!

The evolution of the Demon Killer Clan clone was, in essence, the metamorphosis of the 'life crystal core'.

Life forms vary, and so does their evolution. For flesh-and-blood life, it's mainly the synchronized evolution of body and soul.

For energy life, it's the evolution of the life core!

The core of the Demon Killer Clan existed as a 'life crystal core'. As it cultivated, the life crystal core would absorb energy to gradually transform itself, much like the evolution of a human body. This life crystal core would become increasingly indestructible. However, the Demon Killer Clan's cultivation and evolution also faced bottlenecks, requiring a combination of willpower, the life crystal core, origin energy, and other factors to break through.

But Luo Feng's 'Demon Killer Clan clone' was different from ordinary Demon Killer Clan members.

Because the core of the Demon Killer Clan clone was not the life crystal core; even if the Demon Killer Clan clone was destroyed, it could recover! Luo Feng's three bodies were not the most crucial… his true core was the 'Origin Core'. As long as the Origin Core remained, he was immortal; if the Origin Core was destroyed, all three bodies would perish!

Now, the Origin Core soul had broken through to 'Domain Lord First-tier'.

Therefore, all three clones could cultivate to Domain Lord First-tier. The only problem was physical limitations. The Earthling body evolved very slowly, while the life crystal core, with an unlimited supply of energy, evolved quickly. The Golden Horned Beast was the fastest to evolve!

“Ding~~~~” Several hours later, the rotating black life crystal core faintly emitted a sound.

The entire life crystal core had shrunk by one size.

“Whoosh whoosh~~”

A large amount of black airflow surged from the life crystal core, then transformed into a person—Black-Clothed Luo Feng!

…

In Chaos City, inside the resting room of Luo Feng's cultivation residence.

“Domain Lord?” Luo Feng's eyes lit up. “No wonder there are no Domain Lords among the slaves for sale.”

The transition from Universe-level to Domain Lord involves a galaxy being completely swallowed by a black hole, and a supermassive black hole collapsing to form a 'singularity'. This singularity, which appeared as a gray sphere within Luo Feng's Origin Core earlier, now marked his entry into the Domain Lord level!

The singularity, though extremely tiny, was incredibly heavy!

Logically speaking…

As an extremely small point and a 'singularity' formed by the swallowing of countless galaxies, a world would gradually gestate within it. This gestation would span the entire process from Domain Lord First-tier to Domain Lord Ninth-tier! When the gestation was fully successful, a fundamental metamorphosis would occur, and the gestated world would form a true world!

At that point, one would become a World Master!

A World Master truly possessed an internal world, capable of wielding 'world power' with a wave of their hand. Furthermore, a World Master's world could sustain life, store items, and so on, just like a real world!

The Golden Horned Beast's 'internal world' existed even when it was a cub… but any life or items placed inside would be digested. If too much was put in and couldn't be digested, the entire space would burst! The Golden Horned Beast's internal world would continuously grow…

Only upon reaching World Master would the Golden Horned Beast's 'internal world' undergo a fundamental change.

At that time, it would be able to accommodate humans and items.

Now? It could only accommodate Luo Feng's own body.

“The Golden Horned Beast has heaven-defying talent, and its inherited memories are astonishingly vast. Its lifespan is also ten times that of a human World Master. Yet, throughout history, Golden Horned Beasts have found it incredibly difficult to become Immortal. Most die at the peak of World Master.” Luo Feng understood the reason when his Origin Core underwent its metamorphosis to Domain Lord.

One must know!

To become Immortal, a World Master must break through the 'shackles' of their internal world and merge with spatial fragments in the cosmic void, forming a truly stable and powerful space—a God Kingdom!

Breaking through the 'shackles'.

Here, the shackles referred to the 'singularity'.

The singularity would continuously condense and become harder as one's strength grew, making it extremely difficult to break through.

However, for Golden Horned Beasts, it was ten or even a hundred times harder than for humans!

Because Golden Horned Beasts were born with a singularity—the Origin Core! From birth, the Golden Horned Beast's internal Origin Core gave rise to an internal world… So when Luo Feng reached Domain Lord this time, and the galaxy within his body formed a black hole that collapsed into a 'singularity', this singularity began to shed its shell and integrate into the Origin Core. With the passage of time, the singularity would completely merge with the Origin Core.

Because, they were originally one and the same.

The merged Origin Core would be even harder, far harder than an ordinary human's 'singularity'.

“A Domain Lord First-tier Golden Horned Beast has an internal space with a length and width of 100,000 kilometers,” Luo Feng mused. “What will it be like when it reaches World Master?”

A larger internal space was a good thing.

But it also meant that the 'Origin Core' supporting this internal space was even harder. When Luo Feng reached 'World Master Ninth-tier' and faced an unshakeable Origin Core… he would understand the helplessness of previous Golden Horned Beasts.

“Breaking through the shackles, and the internal world merging with external space to form a God Kingdom, is merely the last condition to become Immortal. There are many other conditions before that,” Luo Feng shook his head. “Becoming Immortal? I'm only a Domain Lord now, still a long way off. I'll cultivate slowly. The creator of 'Flowing Blood', Lian Luo, managed to become Immortal and a Marquis in less than 100,000 years.”

“Could it be that with a lifespan ten times that of a human World Master, I still won't be able to become Immortal?” Thinking this, Luo Feng smiled.

A life form has only one core and one internal world.

Luo Feng's three bodies shared one core and one internal world.

One prospers, all prosper; one suffers, all suffer!

“Master, you have a visitor.” An electronic voice echoed in the cultivation residence.

“Hmm.” Luo Feng rose, walked out of the resting room, and opened the door to the living room. Standing outside was a tall woman in a black robe with purple eyes.

“A Black-Robed Envoy?” Luo Feng thought to himself.

“Luo Feng, congratulations on passing the first three levels of the Sky-Reaching Bridge.” The female Black-Robed Envoy smiled. “In our Chaos City, passing the first three levels of the Sky-Reaching Bridge signifies that you have gained an initial understanding of the 'Chaos Tablet' and are qualified to attend lectures from some of the super powerhouses who founded their own lineages. Here is some information on the 18 founding powerhouses of our Chaos City's 'Jiuyu' lineage. You can choose to attend any of their lectures.”

As she spoke, she handed him a black-covered book, about a finger's thickness.

“Thank you.” Luo Feng took it.

“A reminder,” the female Black-Robed Envoy said solemnly, “although you can attend any of their lectures, your choice for your first lecture is very important. The details are in the book, so I won't elaborate.”

“Understood.” Luo Feng nodded.

He then watched the City Lord's Mansion envoy depart. Lectures? He wasn't in a hurry for now. After all, he had painstakingly comprehended for ten years, then passed two levels in one go, and just broken through to Domain Lord. In this moment of joy, Luo Feng really wanted to share it with his family. A hint of anticipation was in his eyes: “It's been a while since I've seen my family. It's time to spend some time with them.”

…

Virtual Universe Network, Ganwu Continent.

Mengka City on the Ganwu Continent was a super city, ten times larger than Black Dragon Mountain Island.

Pinghai Company was a relatively large company in Mengka City, ranking among the top 100.

On the 86th floor of Pinghai Company's office building, in the conference room.

“Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, Madam Luo.”

“It's also my honor to meet Vice Director Botelai of the Virtual Universe Company stationed on the Ganwu Continent.”

Xu Xin, dressed in a red women's Tang suit, was shaking hands with a tall, sharp-nosed man.

On either side of the conference table sat executives from both parties.

“To be precise, it's Vice Director Botelai,” the sharp-nosed man smiled. “Haha, I believe Madam Luo won't feel any pressure during this meeting. Your husband is a high-ranking core member of our Virtual Universe Company. Your Pinghai Company becoming one of our subsidiaries will bring you many benefits.”

Xu Xin smiled, “Although my husband is a major shareholder, everything is decided by me.”

“Hmm, Madam Luo, please share any thoughts you have,” Botelai smiled. “If we speak openly, everything will be easier to discuss.”

“Firstly, I must retain control of this company,” Xu Xin stated solemnly.

“Madam Luo!”

Botelai smiled, “You should know that our Virtual Universe Company, when acquiring promising companies, must gain a controlling stake! At least 51% ownership.”

“I understand. I'm just saying that the company must be managed by me. You are not to interfere with any of the company's operations; you can only share in the profits, and so on,” Xu Xin said.

“Oh?” Botelai nodded slightly. “Continue.”

“I'm sure you know,” Xu Xin smiled, “our Pinghai Company has three main businesses: chain restaurant operations and financial investments are the primary two, and the third is real estate. Just my younger brother, Luo Hua, the Universe First Bank once sent people to poach him. You know the profitability of that sector.”

“I am well aware of Pinghai Company's financial investment capabilities,” Botelai smiled. “That's why we're offering you six times your net assets.”

“No, I need twelve times!”

Xu Xin looked at Botelai. “I believe Mr. Botelai should understand the irreplicable nature of our Pinghai Company's chain restaurants.”

“Twelve times is absolutely impossible,” Botelai shook his head.

“Mr. Botelai!” Xu Xin was about to continue.

“Hmm?” She suddenly looked down at her wrist, where a small screen displayed a message. A hint of excited smile appeared on her face. “He finally knows to come home.”