Emergence

“I’m well aware of my own strength,” the Demon Killer Clan clone said to the alien Venerable standing by the colorful pool. “I have no ambition to seize the Space Heart, but I also don’t wish to perish. However, right now, I don’t know how I can trust you not to kill me.”

The alien Venerable’s three faces twisted slightly, then he suddenly said, “Let’s apply to form a joint exploration team. Once we’re in the same team, teammates are absolutely forbidden from killing each other. Violators will be hunted down by the Ancestral God Sect.”

“No, no, no, Venerable, have you forgotten? My Honor World sensor is already damaged.” The Demon Killer Clan clone looked at him.

“Damn it,” the alien Venerable couldn’t help but roar. This won’t work, that won’t work. What should I do?

“Venerable, propose a plan that guarantees my survival, and I assure you I won’t leak the information. I’d even be willing to stay by your side, guarded by you, until the Space Heart fully matures,” the Demon Killer Clan clone said.

...

While haggling with the alien Venerable, the Demon Killer Clan clone’s thoughts were almost entirely focused inward.

The Life Core and the Space Heart.

One small, one large.

One with meager energy, merely at the Universe Lord peak; the other with formidable energy, enough to become the core of a supreme treasure.

One was an ordinary lifeform within the Demon Killer Clan, while the other was formed after countless ages, absorbing primordial energy from the colorful abyss.

Buzz! Buzz!

They resonated with each other.

Streams of energy continuously flowed into the Life Core. This energy was the essence of the ‘Space Heart,’ accumulated over countless ages, the very foundation of its power as a supreme treasure’s core! Yet, at this moment, it was constantly being transferred into the Life Core. Almost every stream of energy transferred surpassed all the energy the Life Core itself possessed.

The Life Core expanded! Contracted! Expanded! Contracted!

With almost every expansion and contraction, a qualitative change occurred. The entire Life Core was undergoing fundamental transformations every second.

Continuously evolving...

The true foundation of the Demon Killer Clan is the ‘Life Core.’ For instance, when Luo Feng cultivated his clone back then, the Demon Killer Clan clone he birthed *was* that Life Core. Logically, reaching the Universe Lord peak should be the limit, with no further improvement possible unless one breaks through to become an Undying God. Yet, at this moment, the Life Core was continuously evolving, a leap in life-level.

It was similar to how Luo Feng cultivated the ‘Nine Tribulations Secret Manual,’ allowing his Earthling true body and Golden Horned Beast clone to continuously improve beyond the Universe Lord peak.

The same was happening now.

Humans have methods to enhance their life gene bloodline, such as using ‘Blood God Crystals’ (Beast God blood)... and various other means. The universe is fair; Demon Killer Clan lifeforms also have opportunities to elevate their life-level. However, the difficulty for the Demon Killer Clan to raise their life-level is greater, the conditions more stringent. Coupled with the Demon Killer Clan’s rarity in the universe, this secret of evolution... is known only to the Demon Killer Clan’s high-ranking members, with only a handful of super powerhouses from other races in the universe aware of it.

Swish, swish, swish~~ The Life Core continuously evolved, and the energy it contained, capable of myriad transformations into any form, was also undergoing qualitative improvements.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Like a bursting dam, the Space Heart’s essence, accumulated over endless ages, continuously transferred. Especially as the Life Core’s capacity strengthened after its evolution, the transferred energy grew increasingly potent. The Life Core continued to expand, contract, and transform. Gradually, a secret pattern emitting golden radiance slowly appeared within the Life Core, as if a painter were meticulously drawing it, stroke by stroke... The secret patterns multiplied, and the more energy transferred and absorbed, the faster these patterns grew, until an incredibly complex secret pattern gradually took shape.

The Life Core itself already possessed secret patterns; now, a second set of secret patterns appeared, even more complex than the first.

...

Feeling his continuous evolution, the Demon Killer Clan clone was overjoyed, yet on the surface, he continued to haggle with the alien Venerable.

“Alright, in that case, then—” The alien Venerable’s words had just begun when he looked up in astonishment at the space above the Demon Killer Clan clone.

The Demon Killer Clan clone also sensed the anomaly above and looked up.

Both of them watched the scene... The 10,081 spatial rifts that originally encircled the Space Heart, after flickering out, had vanished permanently, never to reappear.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng immediately noticed the faint energy surging within the Space Heart. If the Space Heart before had been solidified over billions of years, now, after losing a vast amount of energy, it had become unstable. It was like a half-empty bottle that rattles more than a full one; when the energy was less, its aura was paradoxically grander.

“The spatial rifts are gone?” The alien Venerable looked at the Space Heart, its internal energy surging and radiating pressure. All three of his grotesque faces showed ecstatic joy. “It’s matured! It’s finally matured! Hahaha, the Space Heart is mine! No need to waste words with this annoying inheritor anymore.”

Whoosh!

The alien Venerable directly flew forward, reaching out to grab the Space Heart.

“Crack!” The Space Heart suddenly trembled, and a crack abruptly appeared on its crystalline surface. This made the alien Venerable flinch in fright, staring at the Space Heart in astonishment.

“What’s going on? This, this, this...” The alien Venerable stared at the Space Heart. He had only gathered some information about Space Hearts and had never seen a real one, nor did he have experience witnessing a Space Heart mature. So, for a moment, he was bewildered and confused. He felt that true maturity shouldn’t be like this, yet the spatial rifts had clearly vanished, which was proof of its maturity.

Crack, crack, crack, crack~~

A second crack, then a third, quickly appeared on the crystal, and the cracks multiplied.

“No, no...” The alien Venerable grew flustered but was powerless to stop it.

In the blink of an eye, the spherical crystal with 10,081 facets was already covered in fissures. Immediately after, a terrifying surge of energy erupted. For a moment, the energy radiating from the Space Heart was incomparably powerful, as if it had become a sun, illuminating the entire mountain cavern. This made the alien Venerable slightly bewildered and secretly wonder: “Could it be destruction before rebirth? This energy is so unique, causing such intense spatial vibrations. The Space Heart’s power is indeed formidable.”

Even at this moment, the alien Venerable still held onto hope.

...

Meanwhile, the Demon Killer Clan clone felt the transformation of his Life Core. New secret patterns were continuously imprinted on the Life Core, faster and faster. By the time the Space Heart was covered in fissures, a complete and complex set of secret patterns had already formed on the Life Core, radiating golden light.

Now, the Demon Killer Clan clone possessed two sets of secret patterns: one innate from the past, and one newly born from this event.

Just as the Life Core within the Demon Killer Clan clone reached the peak of its transformation and the secret patterns were fully born, the continuous transfer of the Space Heart’s essence energy finally ceased. No more essence energy was being transferred. Simultaneously—the Space Heart itself erupted with a final surge of powerful energy, spreading throughout the mountain cavern, causing the alien Venerable to secretly wonder and feel a hint of joy.

“It looks like a final burst of light, its last glimmer,” the Demon Killer Clan clone knew very well. In just a short while, the Space Heart had transferred an immense amount of essence energy.

“And the evolution is complete.”

The Demon Killer Clan clone felt the changes within himself, a profound harmony with the surrounding space. If the previous relationship between the Demon Killer Clan clone and space was like a fish and a river, then now the Demon Killer Clan clone was like a ‘water droplet’ within the ‘river,’ having become an integral part of it.

“I’ll study my own mysteries later. It seems the Space Heart is almost done for.” Luo Feng dared not linger.

“You can watch the Space Heart; I’m taking my leave,” the Demon Killer Clan clone said, looking down at the colorful abyss.

Previously, the alien Venerable had used a divine power shield to protect the colorful abyss, constantly maintaining it, fearing that the inheritor’s self-detonation might damage the colorful abyss. But when the spatial rifts vanished, and the alien Venerable believed the Space Heart had matured, he no longer focused on maintaining the colorful abyss, and the divine power shield naturally disappeared.

Whoosh! The Demon Killer Clan clone suddenly plunged into one of the golden pools below, vanishing in a flash.

“Hmm?”

The alien Venerable looked down slightly startled. “Gone? Vanished into the colorful abyss? Did this inheritor die in the colorful abyss, or did he escape?” The information he possessed was clearly less detailed than Luo Feng’s. This alien Venerable only knew that the colorful abyss provided primordial cosmic energy to the Space Heart, but he didn’t know that they were actually five abyssal passages.

“He’s gone, so be it. The Space Heart has already matured anyway. Even if he notifies someone, it’s probably too late,” the alien Venerable thought, full of anticipation, looking up at the Space Heart radiating powerful energy before him.

The Space Heart was dazzling beyond compare!

Bang!

Like shattering glass, the Space Heart, radiating powerful energy, directly exploded. Countless fragments transformed into energy in mid-air, vanishing within the mountain cavern.

“This, this, this...” The alien Venerable’s three faces were filled with shock and disbelief.

“How is this possible?”

“How could it shatter?” The alien Venerable never even considered that the inheritor was the problem, because he had been watching the entire time, and the inheritor hadn’t touched the Space Heart at all.

“I’ve never heard of a Space Heart shattering. Could it be, could it be that the detestable inheritor rushing into the colorful abyss caused a special reaction?” The alien Venerable looked down at the colorful abyss below. He couldn’t think of any other reason; only the inheritor’s strange act of plunging into the colorful abyss struck him as odd.

“No, no—” The alien Venerable refused to believe it.

He had suffered for 3,000 epochs. For these 3,000 epochs, he had been waiting for the day the Space Heart would mature. Especially in the most recent epoch, he discovered that the Space Heart had already taken shape and was about to mature, so he came to sweep the area daily, preventing other powerhouses from snatching his prize at the last moment.

This was the Space Heart! A Space Heart capable of refining a ‘Primordial Supreme Treasure.’

Moreover, the Space Heart was a core material for high-grade Primordial Supreme Treasures. In terms of value, it was even more precious than some items barely considered supreme treasures. Any supreme treasure... any core material for a Primordial Supreme Treasure, was enough to drive countless Universe Venerables mad. He had endured for so long, only for it all to end in futility.

“Even if he plunged into the colorful abyss, that happened *after* the spatial rifts vanished and the Space Heart had fully matured,” the alien Venerable shook his head repeatedly.

“How could it shatter? How could it shatter?” The alien Venerable was filled with pain, rage, and unwillingness.

Roar~~~

All three faces simultaneously let out furious, ear-splitting roars. Formidable divine power erupted, shooting out from the numerous caves in the dwelling. For a moment, the floating conical mountain vibrated with the piercing roars, and countless cave mouths spewed forth pillars of divine light.