Chapter 469: Evolution

The colossal golden-horned beast, resembling a black mountain, slowly stretched its scaled wings. At the same time, its entire body began undergoing astonishing transformations. Massive waves of golden mist descended directly from the high sky, enveloping its scaled surface and being continuously absorbed. One could clearly see the dense black scales visibly increasing in size.

Its bones thickened and elongated, becoming denser!

Its hooves and claws became stronger and sharper!

Golden secret patterns, like armor covering its entire body, expanded proportionally along with the beast’s growth. Not only externally, but internally the golden-horned beast underwent even more startling changes. Every cell and every bone experienced a complete transformation, a metamorphosis at the fundamental level.

From Cosmic-level to Domain Lord, it was a leap in physical quality!

“Wu!” The golden-horned beast raised its head and let out a delighted roar.

Not far away, a black life crystal core, covered with intricate golden secret patterns and faintly radiating golden light, was slowly spinning… This was the true form of the Mosha Clan’s clone! The Mosha clone mainly consisted of this life crystal core, which could emit energy and transform into any desired appearance.

Therefore!

The evolution of the Mosha clone was, in fact, the transformation of the “life crystal core.”

With different life forms, evolution varied. For flesh-blood beings, it was the synchronized evolution of the physical body and soul.

For energy-based beings, it was the evolution of the life core!

The Mosha Clan’s core was embodied in the “life crystal core.” As they cultivated, the life crystal core absorbed energy and gradually transformed itself, just like the evolution of a human’s physical body. The life crystal core would also become increasingly indestructible. However, the Mosha Clan’s cultivation and evolution also had bottlenecks. Only by combining willpower, the life crystal core, primal energy, and other factors could they break through.

But Luo Feng’s Mosha Clan clone was different from ordinary Mosha beings.

Because the core of the Mosha clone was not the life crystal core. Even if the Mosha clone was destroyed, it could regenerate! Luo Feng’s three physical forms were not essential… His true core was the “Primordial Core.” As long as the Primordial Core remained intact, he would not die. Once the Primordial Core was destroyed, all three bodies would perish!

Now, the soul of the Primordial Core had broken through to the “First Stage of Domain Lord.”

Therefore, all three clones could cultivate up to the First Stage of Domain Lord. The only complication was physical limitations. The Earthman body evolved slowly, while the life crystal core, with an unlimited energy supply, evolved quickly. The golden-horned beast was the fastest evolving of all!

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

The entire life crystal core had slightly shrunk.

“Hu hu~~”

From the life crystal core surged a large amount of black mist, which then transformed into a figure—a black-robed Luo Feng!

In the rest chamber of Luo Feng’s cultivation residence in Chaos City.

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

Crossing from Cosmic-level to Domain Lord, the galaxy was completely swallowed by a black hole. A supermassive black hole collapsed into a “singularity”—the gray sphere that had previously appeared within Luo Feng’s Primordial Core. At this moment, one could be considered to have entered the Domain Lord stage!

Though extremely small, the singularity was incredibly heavy!

In theory…

As the smallest point, formed by the swallowing of countless galaxies, a “singularity” would gradually give birth to a world within. This gestation would span the entire journey from the First Stage to the Ninth Stage of Domain Lord. When the gestation was fully successful, a fundamental transformation would occur, and the gestating world would become a true world!

At that time, one would become a World Lord!

A World Lord’s body would naturally form a world within. With a mere wave of the hand, one could wield “World Power.” Moreover, a World Lord’s world could support life, store objects, and function exactly like the real world.

The “inner world” of the golden-horned beast existed even in its juvenile stage… However, any life or object placed inside would be digested. If too much was placed inside and could not be digested, the entire space would be torn apart! The inner world of the golden-horned beast would continuously grow…

Only upon reaching World Lord would the “inner world” of the golden-horned beast undergo a fundamental transformation.

Only then could humans and objects be placed inside.

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

“The golden-horned beast possesses extraordinary talent, its inheritance memory is astonishingly vast, and its lifespan is ten times that of a human World Lord. However, throughout history, it has been extremely difficult for golden-horned beasts to become Immortal. Most of them remained at the peak of World Lord until their deaths.” Luo Feng understood the reason during the recent transformation of his Primordial Core into Domain Lord.

It must be known!

To become an Immortal from a World Lord, one must allow the inner world to break free from its “shackles,” fusing with some spatial fragments in the crevices of the universe, forming a truly stable and powerful space—a Divine Kingdom!

Breaking free from the “shackles.”

Here, the shackles refer to the “singularity.”

As one’s power grows, the singularity continuously condenses, becoming increasingly solid, making it extremely difficult to break through.

But for golden-horned beasts, it was ten to a hundred times harder than for humans!

Because golden-horned beasts were born with a singularity—the Primordial Core! A golden-horned beast’s inner world was born the moment its Primordial Core formed. So when Luo Feng reached Domain Lord this time, the galaxy within his body collapsed into a black hole forming a “singularity,” which then began to shed its shell and merge into the Primordial Core. Over time, the singularity would completely fuse with the Primordial Core.

Because, in essence, they were one and the same.

After the fusion, the Primordial Core became even harder, far more solid than the “singularity” of ordinary humans.

“A golden-horned beast at the First Stage of Domain Lord already has an inner space measuring 100,000 kilometers in both length and width.” Luo Feng sighed. “What would it be like when it becomes a World Lord?”

The larger the inner space, the better.

But it also meant that the Primordial Core bearing this inner space was even more solid. When Luo Feng reached the Ninth Stage of World Lord, facing an unshakable Primordial Core… he would understand the helplessness of generations of golden-horned beasts.

“Breaking free from the shackles, allowing the inner world to merge with the external space to form a Divine Kingdom, is merely the final condition for becoming an Immortal. There are many conditions before that.” Luo Feng shook his head. “Becoming an Immortal—I’m still just a Domain Lord. The distance is still far. I’ll cultivate slowly. Lian Luo, who created ‘Drifting Blood,’ became an Immortal in less than 100,000 years and was even ennobled.”

“Could it be that with a lifespan ten times that of a human World Lord, I still can’t become an Immortal?” Thinking this, Luo Feng smiled.

Life has only one core, only one inner world.

Luo Feng’s three bodies shared one core and one inner world.

Prosper together, perish together!

“Master, someone is visiting.” A robotic voice sounded inside the cultivation residence.

“Okay.” Luo Feng stood up, walked out of the rest chamber, and opened the living room door. Standing outside was a tall woman wearing a black robe, her eyes purple.

“The Black Robe Messenger?” Luo Feng thought to himself.

“Congratulations, Luo Feng, on conquering the first three tiers of the Celestial Ascension Bridge,” the Black-Robed Envoyess smiled with arcane grace. “Within our Empyrean Metropolis, those who transcend these initial trials are deemed worthy to glimpse the mysteries of the ‘Chaos Monolith.’ Henceforth, you may seek enlightenment beneath the tutelage of our paramount sect founders. Behold—the archives of the Eighteen Primordial Masters from our ‘Nine Firmaments’ lineage. Choose your path of wisdom, and attend the celestial discourses of whichever archmage calls to your soul.”

She handed him a black-covered book about an inch thick.

“Thank you.” Luo Feng accepted it.

“I should remind you, although you may attend lectures under any of them, your choice for your first lecture… is extremely important.” The female Black Robe Messenger said solemnly. “I believe the details are in the book, so I won’t elaborate further.”

“Okay.” Luo Feng nodded.

He watched the city lord’s messenger leave. Attending lectures? That could wait. After all, after ten years of hard cultivation, he had just passed two levels in one go and broken through to Domain Lord. In this moment of joy, he longed to share it with his family, his eyes filled with anticipation: “It’s been a while since I’ve seen my family. I should spend some time with them.”

In the virtual universe network, on Qianwu Continent.

Dreamka City on Qianwu Continent was a massive metropolis, ten times larger than the Black Dragon Mountain Island.

Pinghai Company was a relatively large enterprise in Dreamka City, ranking among the top 100 in the city.

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

“Hello, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Luo.”

“I’m equally honored to meet Vice Director Botelai, the representative of the Virtual Universe Company on Qianwu Continent.”

Xu Xin, dressed in a red traditional Chinese-style dress, shook hands with a tall man with a sharp nose.

On both sides of the conference table sat the executives of both parties.

“To be precise, I’m the Deputy Director Botelai.” The sharp-nosed man smiled. “Ha ha, I believe this meeting won’t be stressful for Mrs. Luo. Your husband is a high-ranking member of our core team, and your Pinghai Company becoming one of our subsidiaries will bring you many benefits.”

Xu Xin smiled and said, “Although my husband is a major shareholder of the company, all decisions rest with me.”

“Ah, Mrs. Luo, please share any thoughts you have.” Botelai smiled. “Let’s speak openly, and everything will be easier to discuss.”

“First, I must have control of the company.” Xu Xin said solemnly.

“Mrs. Luo!”

Botelai smiled. “You should know that our Virtual Universe Company acquires many promising companies, and we must gain controlling stakes! At the very least, we must achieve 51% ownership.”

“I understand. I just want to emphasize that the company must be managed by me. You must not interfere in any operations, only sharing in the profits, etc.” Xu Xin explained.

“Oh?” Botelai nodded slightly. “Please continue.”

“You should also be aware,” Xu Xin smiled, “that our Pinghai Company has three main businesses: chain restaurant operations, financial investments, and real estate. Just my younger brother Luo Hua alone was once approached by the Galaxy’s Number One Bank, showing you the profitability of this sector.”

“I’m well aware of Pinghai’s financial investment capabilities.” Botelai smiled. “That’s also why we’re offering six times your company’s net asset value.”

“No, I need twelve times!”

Xu Xin looked at Botelai. “I believe Mr. Botelai understands the irreplicability of our chain restaurants.”

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

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

“Hmm?” Suddenly, she looked down at her wrist, where a small screen displayed a message. A delighted smile appeared on her face. “Finally decided to come home to visit.”