Evolving infinitely from ground zero

The colossal Palace of Water God fell suddenly like Mount Tai descending from the heavens, crushing the incoming ferocious beast with the force of blotting out the sun.

The deep-blue beast held a high rank and moved as fast as a flash of light, capable of escaping a hundred miles away with just a thought.

However, during the suppression by the Palace of Water God, it was stiffened in mid-air, unable to move, controlled by an invisible force emanating from the Palace.

"Boom——!"

A loud explosion resounded.

Under the watchful eyes of Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, the beast was directly crushed into a mist of blood, mixed with a deep blue vapor that dispersed into the air.

Where did this beast get its blood?

Lin Zichen gazed at the blood mist in front of him, filled with confusion.

He had always thought that the ferocious beast was formed entirely of vapor, lacking a flesh and blood body.

But now, it seemed that this was not the case.

The beast did possess a flesh and blood body, possibly only a heart, small enough to be enveloped and unseen within the vapor.

Lin Zichen did not dwell on this for long; his thoughts flickered momentarily, and he absorbed the large swath of blood mist before him with a thought: Devour!

[You have devoured a large amount of "Source Devouring Beast's" Life Origin]

[Source Devouring Beast Catalogue: 100%]

[You have successfully opened the Source Devouring Beast Catalogue, obtaining Biometric Attributes——Devouring Source]

[Devouring Source: You can devour Origin Force and convert it into Qi-Blood Spirit for your own use]

Can devour Origin Force for one's own use?

Lin Zichen stared at the text information that floated into existence in the void, at first slightly stunned, then a surge of excitement washed over him.

Origin Land here is abundant with Origin Force.

Now with the [Devouring Source] biometric attribute, all living beings in the Origin Land are his Evolution Resources.

Future evolution speed would see a qualitative leap.

After stabilizing his emotions, Lin Zichen thought of Qin Chuan and their corpses, feeling a sense of regret.

When the Source Devouring Beast killed the three of them, it completely obliterated them, leaving nothing to devour.

Such a waste.

Those were the corpses of three Epic Level Experts...

The more Lin Zichen thought about it, the more he felt the loss.

In his subconscious, any devoured corpses belonged to him.

As he was pondering these things,

The suddenly appeared Palace of Water God instantly transformed into strands of flowing light, pouring into Shen Qinghan's Heaven's Gate and returning inside her Sea of Consciousness.

"Lin Zi, it's so strange. The Palace of Water God wasn't under my control at all, it just came out on its own, then went back on its own,"

Shen Qinghan spoke, her delicate face showing a hint of unease, "I suspect, there's someone living in the Palace of Water God, secretly controlling it from the shadows."

Lin Zichen's expression slightly changed after hearing this.

After a moment of thought, he said, "Could it be that the Water God is not actually asleep and has always been conscious, with its consciousness attached to the Palace of Water God?"

Upon hearing such a conjecture, Shen Qinghan's complexion also turned ugly, "Lin Zi, could I be targeted for Soul Possession?"

"I don't want to be possessed."

"I want to always be myself..."

By the end, Shen Qinghan had grown somewhat panicky.

Because Lin Zichen's family all wrote novels, she had been exposed to many from an early age,

among them, she read the most about novels on Immortal Cultivation and knew about the concept of Soul Possession.

Lin Zichen soothed her gently, "It shouldn't come to that. Such a high-level existence probably wouldn't covet our bodies."

These words were merely meant to comfort Shen Qinghan a bit.

In truth, Lin Zichen was also somewhat worried about this.

The revival vessel of the Water God, upon hearing that, sounded very much like a script for powerful beings to possess others.

Hope it's just me worrying too much...

Lin Zichen silently thought.

Just then——

"Wala!"

The surface of the water above suddenly cracked open a vast opening, and a large amount of pool water rich in Origin Force instantly cascaded upon Shen Qinghan.

This scene arrived quite abruptly.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan hadn't even reacted yet.

By the time they did react, a large portion of the pool's water had already fallen.

All of it fell onto Shen Qinghan's Heaven's Gate. Experience more on empire

Lin Zichen didn't get a single drop on him.

At the moment these waters touched Shen Qinghan's Heaven's Gate,

they instantly turned into a brilliant blue radiance.

It rapidly poured into the Heaven's Gate,

becoming a part of the Sea of Consciousness,

expanding its area.

Afterward, Shen Qinghan's blue lustrous hair lifted without wind, and a very strong pressure emanated from her body.

She had evolved.

After absorbing the entire pool of water, her Biological Level broke through the Rare Level shackles and entered the Epic Level, which countless living beings dream of.

And it wasn't just Epic Level One.

She had leaped several levels, evolving directly to Epic Level Five.

"Epic... Level Five?"

Feeling the powerful biological pressure emanating from Shen Qinghan, Lin Zichen was shocked, his face full of disbelief and astonishment.

A Living Being of Rare Level had evolved to Epic Level Five in just a brief moment.

Such an event, even considered in a dream, would seem exaggerated.

Yet in reality, it was simply achieved.

"Lin Zi... I evolved, evolved to Epic Level Five, am I dreaming?"

When Shen Qinghan perceived that her Biological Level had suddenly evolved to Epic Level Five, her entire face looked bewildered, feeling very unreal.

Lin Zichen gave a confirming response, "You have indeed evolved to Epic Level Five."

Shen Qinghan still felt it surreal, "But I can't understand... How was this achieved?"

"I didn't feel anything distinct; just felt water continuously pouring in, the Sea of Consciousness expanded, and then my Biological Level just evolved all at once."

"It feels so unreal..."

"..."

The more Shen Qinghan spoke, the more bewildered she felt.

Lin Zichen offered an explanation, "Your Sea of Consciousness now contains a Palace of the Water God, for you, everything is possible, you could suddenly soar to the Mythical Level any day, and I wouldn't be surprised."

"Soar to the Mythical Level?"

Shen Qinghan murmured, feeling it was an impossibility.

Lin Zichen felt differently; he truly believed it was possible.

The power of the Water God must be beyond imagination.

After all, even the Sea God, such a powerful being, only serves as her gatekeeper.

It could be imagined how high the Biological Level of the Water God really is.

Lin Zichen didn't dwell much on this topic with Shen Qinghan, quickly shifting his focus to the surrounding Source Crystals.

With the resident Source Devouring Beast dead, all these Source Crystals around became ownerless items, ready to be claimed.

A Source Crystal as large as a fist was already priceless.

The Source Crystals in front of them could easily be piled into a small hill.

The amount was unbelievably large.

What was most astonishing was that Qin Chuan previously told the traitors, Bai Wubian and Shangguan Yuehua, that there were many other places like this within the ruins, filled with Source Crystals.

If what Qin Chuan said was true,

then the gains from this trip might make even a Mythical Level Expert envious.

By the way, I wonder what the effect of this "Devouring Source" Biological Level is.

Let's try devouring...

With this thought, Lin Zichen walked up to the nearest columnar Source Crystal and stopped.

Touched the surface with his hand.

Thought to himself: Devour!

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PS: Splitting into two chapters, the next one should be tomorrow afternoon.