A Night of Desperation-Chapter 585: Gift 583 One

Inside the safehouse.

Quan He was lounging in the first-floor lobby, sipping fruit juice and watching TV.

The variety shows on Flame Star had become her new way to pass the time.

As for cultivation, she was no longer under Yu Hong’s influence. She trained for twelve hours daily, allocating the rest of her time as she pleased, eating and drinking without restraint.

Although she had also experienced the Source Disaster, she could not be as singularly focused as Yu Hong, who forsook all entertainment solely to improve his cultivation and strength.

Boom.

Just as she picked up her phone to order takeout, a sudden, dull tremor echoed from Yu Hong’s cultivation chamber downstairs.

Quan He felt a jolt in her heart and furrowed her brows;she had a vague sense of foreboding.

"What’s going on? The Black Black Spirit should guarantee absolute safety, so why this feeling...? Where is it coming from...."

She stood up, closed her eyes, and carefully sensed any changes within her body.

At the same moment, drastic changes were occurring in Yu Hong’s cultivation chamber unlike anything before.

The walls, ceiling, and floor of the chamber were all flowing with a layer of strange, multicolored fluorescence.

Ads by PubFuture

Within this fluorescence, countless human eyes with black pupils on white backgrounds could faintly be seen, densely packed and moving fluidly like schools of fish.

Yu Hong sat cross-legged in the chamber’s center, his face calm and his eyes covered with a black cloth.

He had never anticipated that merging the Innate Body with the Withered Body would invoke such large-scale changes.

At this moment, all his Divine Sense was focused on his mind, intently observing the newly fused trait.

It was an enormous golden sphere of light, within which countless black-pupil eyes could be faintly seen, continuously blinking.

’Fusion complete, successfully obtained new trait: Ancient God Body.’

’Ancient God Body (The Ancient Gods existed before the emergence of intelligent beings. They are special entities that the universe naturally endowed with certain dominions. They are eternally lasting, as old as heaven itself, and the most revered among natural-born beings. They are unaffected by faith.)’

’Due to the Ancient God Body, you have gained 200% increased resistance to all energy. Time-space resistance increased by 100%.’

’Due to the Ancient God Body, you have acquired Primal Pollution, where the area you inhabit will gradually experience material solidification over time.’

’Due to the Ancient God Body, you have obtained Primal Control, passively increasing your cultivation speed to 50 times that of your original form, and enhancing your strength, speed, and recovery by 100 times.’

’You have gained the eternal dominion: Decay (You can accelerate or decelerate, even completely stop decay.)’

’Your body density has been greatly increased. Please note that your body density has reached the space-bearing threshold. You may choose to enlarge your body to disperse the density or enter an isolated space to avoid space-time collapse.’

’Space-time collapse is imminent.’

The series of notifications from the Black Mark left Yu Hong momentarily stunned.

Before he could react, anomalies began appearing in the surrounding space, and layers of multicolored fluorescence lit up the chamber.

He knew he had to make a choice.

After a brief pause, he immediately released the magic that constrained his body.

Hiss...

In an instant, his body rapidly expanded, growing from two meters to six meters in seconds.

The colorful glow in the surrounding room began to dissipate slowly.

Whew.

He exhaled deeply and raised his hand to examine his palm.

His originally slightly pale skin now had a jade-like luminescence.

It was smooth and unmarked, like porcelain, devoid of any skin texture.

’My body feels immensely stronger, but I can’t quantify it at the moment. I’ll have to test it later. Then there’s the dominion of Decay...’

Previously, the Withered Body had the power to induce decay in its vicinity, but now this had directly upgraded to a dominion.

Immediately, Yu Hong spread his Divine Sense, directing it to a potted green plant set on the chamber floor.

This was a small gift Quan He had brought back after a stroll.

’Accelerate decay.’ Yu Hong willed.

Hiss.

In an instant, the plant began to wither visibly, turning black, wilting, and drooping.

Its leaves and stems started to sprout tiny mildew spots, then melted like ice, turning into a thick, dark green liquid that soaked into the black soil below.

’No energy consumption at all;this is quite powerful....’

Yu Hong then targeted a wooden chair.

The chair quickly turned yellow and black, its surface cracking and breaking apart.

It soon deformed, softened, and finally disintegrated with a snap.

’This dominion is incredible... but I wonder if it works on high-energy-level objects.’ ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

Pondering for a moment, Yu Hong took an Outer Eye from his storage bag. Under the dominion of Decay, the Outer Eye swiftly blackened, softened, cracked, and oozed thick liquid, eventually shriveling into ashes and disappearing.

Yu Hong contemplated for a moment, then turned to the Black Phoenix Jade, a magic treasure gifted by his teacher.

Holding this Jade Pendant, he activated the dominion of Decay.

Hiss.

Soon, the pendant’s luster visibly dimmed, losing its shine.

He sensed that the array within the pendant had already incurred slight damage and aging.

"It even affects Immortal-level magic treasures....!" Yu Hong’s heart trembled. He immediately initiated Decay Reversal.

Soon, the Black Phoenix Jade quickly regained its fluorescence, looking brand new without any energy consumption.

"This ability might prove unexpectedly useful." Yu Hong’s thoughts stirred, and he tried directing the dominion towards the wall.

Ads by PubFuture

The walls not only had the highest level of reinforcement from the safehouse itself but also the protective Golden Immortal Array, boasting extraordinary defensive power.

Crack... Crack...

Then, unexpectedly for Yu Hong, even the Golden Immortal Array on the wall showed signs of decay and yellowing.

Frightened, Yu Hong quickly reversed the decay, restoring the wall to its original state.

After testing those, he began testing the cultivation speed.

As soon as he entered into meditation, the surrounding space instantly darkened. Then, countless purple light points, like grains of sand, swarmed in from all directions, rapidly pouring into Yu Hong’s body.

"This is... Heavenly Vitality!!?" Yu Hong recalled the difference between the three types of vitality mentioned in the Cultivation Technique.

Seeing the countless purple lights, he immediately recognized their origin.

As the massive amount of Heavenly Vitality crazily poured in, his Qingyuan Heavenly River Miao Technique also began to rapidly improve.

After a while, he stopped cultivating and exited meditation.

’At most one month, and I can break through to the Middle Stage... this....’

Divinity Transformation mainly involves absorbing vitality to transform into Divine Sense, allowing the Divine Sense to grow to its peak.

In just that short moment, Yu Hong felt his Divine Sense surge enormously under the nourishment of Heavenly Vitality.

Usually elusive and extremely rare, Heavenly Vitality now poured into his body freely....

’It seems that constantly strengthening the Black Mark is also a powerful path. If so, why should I laboriously cultivate the Immortal Dao? Directly strengthening the Black Mark continuously would be much easier.’

Yu Hong was deeply doubtful at this moment.

But he quickly came to his senses.

’Still not right, Immortal Cultivation can quickly increase my Energy Level, which in turn provides energy for strengthening the Black Mark.’

’If the Black Mark also needs to strengthen the Cultivation Technique, it would be a huge waste.’

Soon, he redefined his approach: Immortal Cultivation focuses on enhancing Energy Level as the core, while Black Mark strengthening serves as a supplementary protective measure.

’Next, which one should I merge...’

He pondered for a moment and decided to merge Cloud Hand and Piercing Eye.

’Let’s try and see, maybe it can merge into an offensive trait.’

The two light orbs quickly fused together, and a countdown appeared: January 11th, 8:42 AM.

*

*

*

Time passed in an instant.

On Flame Star, the activities of the Moon Palace became increasingly evident and aggressive.

Under Yan Wei’s leadership, the Moon Palace launched multiple terror attacks on the Yinluo people, causing significant casualties.

Simultaneously, with the covert support of Yu Hong’s summoned holy creatures, military lockdowns appeared worldwide.

Yinluo people were constantly being assassinated.

In response, Yinluo’s Prince Badis dispatched a powerful team called the Conquerors to Flame Star, launching a comprehensive assault on the Moon Palace.

This team’s weakest member was an elite in high-level Life Armor.

Compared to Yan Wei, who only had a single high-level component, the disparity was enormous.

Yu Hong initially thought Yan Wei wouldn’t withstand the assaults, but to his surprise, she managed to dodge the Conquerors’ pursuits, using her External Eye Ability and armor components.

Five days after the last confrontation between the Conquerors and the Moon Palace...

Yu Hong’s new trait completed its strengthening, and he broke through in cultivation, entering the Divinity Transformation Middle Stage....

Boom!!

Streaks of purple Thunder Spears descended from the sky, striking Yu Hong’s forehead violently.

He remained motionless, sitting cross-legged in the cosmic void.

Not far away, Quan He watched the scene in bewilderment.

Just a couple of days ago, she had been delighted with her slight advancement in cultivation, expecting to reach the Golden Core Late Stage in two more years.

Then... she heard Yu Hong saying he was going out to undergo tribulation again!?

What tribulation?

Hadn’t he just broken through to Divinity Transformation? Why is he undergoing tribulation again?

Quan He watched Yu Hong continuously struck by tribulation lightning. Even if she tried to ignore it, the commotion was too significant to overlook.

’Moreover, why has he grown so big??’ Quan He glanced at the now six-meter-tall Yu Hong, sensing something was off.

Shortly after, Yu Hong calmly passed the Heavenly Tribulation and flew back to the safe house.

"The Moon Palace and the Yinluo people have become entangled, just as we anticipated," he said, barely acknowledging the tribulation.

"Should we then hide on Flame Star and focus on cultivating until we can no longer improve before leaving?" Quan He proposed.

"We can, but I’ve had a bad feeling recently," Yu Hong frowned. "I plan to return to the Floating City. Will you come with me?"

"Yes," Quan He agreed.

She had also felt the same unease during Yu Hong’s cultivation, without finding a reason.

No time to lose, they activated the Black Black Spirit and swiftly moved through the Wind Disaster toward the Floating City.

They hadn’t stabilized the safe house when they noticed something amiss.

In the cosmic space, the Absolute Balance Floating City was silent. The previously abundant Black Disaster Monsters had vanished, and the defensive light screen and force field around the city had also disappeared.

"What... happened here?" Yu Hong looked around, quickly forming a spell, then waited quietly.

"Ku Chan and the others are still there;the Black Tide must have retreated!" he sighed in relief.