Life Gene Level

Howling Mirror King was right; relying on treasures might grant temporary dominance, but not eternal supremacy! A supreme treasure like the Star Tower requires immense power just to fully activate. So, having treasures without the strength to wield them is useless. As for things like Feimo Venom, they hold no value in Universe Venerable-level combat.

Even the Golden Armor worn by the Golden Horned Beast would be shattered by a desperate, life-or-death attack from someone like Howling Mirror King, who burns his divine body.

Therefore, many items that were previously extremely beneficial to Luo Feng, such as the General Armor, King Armor, and Feimo Venom, would either be eliminated or their effectiveness drastically reduced.

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After Luo Feng and Zhenyan Venerable, among others, concluded the feast, Chaos City Lord summoned Luo Feng for a meeting.

Atop Thunder Island in the Virtual Universe, before the majestic palace amidst endless currents, Chaos City Lord gazed down at Thunder Island.

“Teacher,” Luo Feng appeared out of thin air, bowing respectfully.

Chaos City Lord turned, looking at Luo Feng with eyes as profound as the starry sea, a smile on his face. “You obtained one of the 108 treasures?”

“Yes, it’s a top-tier heavy treasure resembling a flying palace,” Luo Feng replied. “It’s called the Silver Dragon Phantom Ship.”

“Silver Dragon Phantom Ship?”

Chaos City Lord pondered for a moment, unable to recall such a treasure, but still said, “If it’s a flying palace type, then you’ve truly profited. These types are always rare and precious. A top-tier heavy treasure of the ‘flying palace’ category would likely incite even more fervent pursuit among Universe Venerables than the Wu Qi Wings I gave you.”

Luo Feng nodded, understanding this point.

“Who left the treasure?” Chaos City Lord pressed.

“The Master of Wine,” Luo Feng answered. “I looked it up; he was one of the eight Beast Gods from the earliest days of the Ancestral God Sect.”

“The Master of Wine? Chengfeng?” Chaos City Lord immediately chuckled. “I see, it’s his wine ship. I never expected it to end up in your hands. This Master of Wine was a very interesting Universe Master. As a natural-born Beast God, his strength was extremely formidable, but natural-born Beast Gods are destined to be besieged and hunted, so…”

Chaos City Lord shook his head with a sigh.

Luo Feng’s heart trembled with surprise upon hearing this.

Natural-born Beast Gods are destined to be besieged and hunted? This made Luo Feng recall the ancient images he saw in the Xueluo World. Indeed, there was a super-being who fought against the Beast God of the Xueluo World, and from what followed, that Beast God eventually perished.

“Why are they hunted?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but ask.

Chaos City Lord glanced at him, calmly stating, “Natural-born Beast Gods are different from acquired Beast Gods. They are born from the essence of the universe, natural treasures. Their scales, fur, and blood all possess miraculous effects, far more precious than thousands of ordinary treasures. Besieging and killing a natural-born Beast God is a grand feast, a feast for many super-beings.”

Luo Feng’s eyes widened in shock.

“Strive!”

“Strive for resources, strive for opportunities,” Chaos City Lord said. “Striving takes many forms. The various races of the universe scheme and battle each other for resources—that is one form of striving! The Ancestral God Sect, by proclaiming that it doesn’t favor any faction or seize territory, manages to remain independent. On the surface, it doesn’t strive, yet it achieves another level of striving.”

Luo Feng nodded.

As the ancient Huaxia saying goes… He who does not contend, none in the world can contend with him!

However, to achieve a state where ‘none in the world can contend with him’ requires an extremely strong foundation and power. The Ancestral God Sect, precisely because it has three Ancestral Gods overseeing it and adheres to the principle of ‘not favoring any faction, not seizing any territory,’ can reach a higher level of striving. Through methods like ‘inheritance tokens,’ it attracts geniuses from countless races in the universe. And because these countless races know the Ancestral God Sect does not contend, they naturally willingly send their geniuses to be nurtured by the Ancestral God Sect’s resources, for the future of their own races.

Thus, the Ancestral God Sect became the universe’s foremost power.

“Everyone is striving,” Chaos City Lord sighed. “Ever since the first natural-born Beast God perished, and the various races of the universe learned of the many miraculous uses of a natural-born Beast God after its death, other natural-born Beast Gods were destined to be besieged. No matter how powerful, facing a siege, or even attacks from some of the universe’s most peak existences, unless they permanently hide, their demise… is almost inevitable.”

“Like the Xueluo Crystal you use, isn’t it one of the treasures left behind by a natural-born Beast God?” Chaos City Lord looked at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng trembled.

Indeed… the one who died in the Xueluo World was a natural-born Beast God.

“Remember.”

“The law of the jungle,” Chaos City Lord looked at Luo Feng. “This is the law of the strong! Among the billions of races in the universe, you are an ‘alien’ to every other race. There will be no mercy. Only contention! So what you must do is continuously acquire resources to strengthen yourself. Your strength represents the strength of your race. The true strength of a race is composed of its highest-level beings, each a pillar of the race. You, in the future, have a great chance to become a pillar of your race.”

Luo Feng nodded.

“Speaking of Xueluo Crystals, remember to fuse Xueluo Crystals to their limit before you break through to Undying,” Chaos City Lord instructed. “This will also help you raise your life gene level in the future. You are a Black Warrior… your life gene level has a great chance of reaching a hundred times that of ordinary cosmic lifeforms.”

“A hundred times?” Luo Feng was puzzled.

Because he cultivated the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, his Earth human true body’s life gene level had already reached 48 times the normal. If he activated the power of Xueluo, it would even reach 480 times! This was already considered quite good for a special cosmic lifeform.

“A hundred times is the limit,” Chaos City Lord nodded. “Body strength amplification, a hundred times is the limit. Soul amplification, a hundred times is the limit. Raising the life gene level, a hundred times is also the limit… This is part of the universe’s operating laws, just like the fastest flight in the original universe reaching light speed. These are ironclad rules.”

Luo Feng held his breath.

Both body strength amplification and soul thought amplification are extremely rare! For example, the ‘Demon Sound General Inheritance’ Luo Feng received was a soul thought amplification technique, and even now, Luo Feng only had a little over 32 times amplification. As for body strength amplification, Luo Feng hadn’t encountered such an opportunity yet.

“The limit is a hundred times?” Luo Feng murmured.

Yes.

A hundred times.

But his Earth human true body’s life gene level was already 480 times, and his Golden Horned Beast clone exceeded a thousand times.

“Is there no way for the life gene level to exceed the hundred-times limit?” Luo Feng pressed.

“There is,” Chaos City Lord nodded.

“What method?” Luo Feng quickly asked.

“Body snatching,” Chaos City Lord said. “Body snatching a special lifeform. Once you snatch a body and possess the special lifeform’s physique, only the soul changes. Innate secret techniques related to the soul might disappear, but some innate secret techniques caused by the body, as well as the life gene level, can all be inherited.”

“But it’s very difficult,” Chaos City Lord explained. “Firstly, an Undying God’s life imprint is integrated into every cell fragment. Destroying the opponent’s life imprint is equivalent to destroying the entire divine body. So, body snatching can only be performed on beings ‘below Undying.’

“Secondly…”

“If I were a Sector Lord, wishing to body snatch a Universe-level special lifeform,” Chaos City Lord continued. “Defeating it is easy, but body snatching is hard. Even if I succeed… my soul is that of a Sector Lord, which would place an immense burden on the physical body! If the body cannot withstand it, it will still collapse.”

Luo Feng nodded repeatedly; the soul and body must be compatible.

For a normal human, a Sector Lord Ninth-tier human’s soul requires a physical body of at least Sector Lord Seventh-tier, otherwise, too strong a soul would cause the body to collapse.

“To find a special lifeform’s body that can bear the soul, if it can bear it, it means the special lifeform’s strength is very close to yours. Coupled with its innate abilities, it might not be you hunting it, but rather it hunting you,” Chaos City Lord explained. “Moreover, Sector Lord-level special lifeforms rarely leave cosmic secret realms. Even if you encounter one, even if you can defeat it, the special lifeform might prefer to self-destruct rather than be body snatched.”

“In short…”

“Body snatching a special lifeform, while offering many benefits, is difficult to succeed,” Chaos City Lord concluded. “Very few in the universe can achieve it.”

Luo Feng asked again, “Are there other methods?”

“Like you, you have the innate talent for cloning, and you’ve nurtured a special lifeform clone, haven’t you?” Chaos City Lord said. “Of course, the special lifeform clones that can be nurtured are generally very weak special lifeforms.”

Luo Feng nodded repeatedly.

Yes.

He couldn’t nurture a World Tree. One must know that his inner world was that of a Golden Horned Beast, and an enormous inner world formed by devouring metal. The limit of clones he could nurture… was probably only at the ‘several hundred times’ life gene level.

“In summary, most methods generally achieve this through special lifeforms,” Chaos City Lord stated.

“Are there any other methods?” Luo Feng asked again.

“What other methods could there be?” Chaos City Lord shook his head. “None!”

Chaos City Lord hesitated slightly, then added, “Of course, the universe has billions of races, and there are some super-beings, some secrets that have yet to be discovered. Perhaps there are methods even I don’t know. But I can confirm that the universe’s operating laws are fair. Even if there is some heaven-defying method, the cost will be extremely high.”

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

Indeed, the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual was created by the universe’s strongest being, Sitting Mountain Guest, after countless efforts, and required the priceless Heavenly Soul Crystal to carry its inheritance. Even so, only one life could receive the information of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual. The harshness of the universe’s operating laws was evident.

“Don’t overthink it, a hundred times is the limit,” Chaos City Lord smiled. “Reaching a hundred times is rare in the universe. Many Universe Venerables only have a life gene level of 10 times. And you are a Black Warrior… you’ve already reached 10 times now, and with ‘Beast God’s Blood’ later, you can increase it significantly further.”

Luo Feng nodded.

He had already planned to fuse Xueluo Crystals before breaking through to Undying, so that upon becoming Undying, his divine body could directly reach an extremely powerful level.

“Go. If you need Beast God’s Blood, you can directly apply for resources from the Virtual Universe Company,” Chaos City Lord said.

“Yes.”

Luo Feng bowed respectfully, then withdrew.

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In the primal secret realm, inside the palace.

The Demon Killer clone sat cross-legged, and within his inner world… the Golden Horned Beast began another fusion of Xueluo Crystals.