Chapter 404: Chapter 345: Incubation, Part 2
[Bloodline: Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent (Mutation 77%) △]
As things stood.
The only way for Hu Qi to increase his power was through his Three-Eyed Primordial Snake Bloodline.
As far as he knew, there were three ways to advance his Bloodline’s Mutation.
First, devouring creatures from the Spirit Realm.
This method could increase the Bloodline’s progress, but it was very slow.
Second, condensing and reclaiming Spirit Seeds could push the Bloodline’s advancement.
Third, using Modification Points to upgrade it, which was the most convenient path.
However, its drawback was the enormous consumption.
Hu Qi had tried it before. Just increasing the progress by one percent required one thousand Modification Points.
In the past, Hu Qi would have chosen to wait patiently, accumulating progress slowly by devouring creatures from the Spirit Realm.
But now, there was no need for that.
With over one hundred fifty thousand Modification Points, he had more than enough to max out the progress bar.
With this in mind, Hu Qi spoke directly.
"Crimson! Modify. Raise the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent’s Mutation progress to one hundred percent."
The moment he finished speaking, the number in the Modification Point column began to drain rapidly.
A brilliant crimson light flared up on the panel.
It then enveloped his vision.
His vision blurred, and a scene appeared before his eyes.
In the boundless, pitch-black depths of the universe, the darkness was as thick as ink, its dead silence so oppressive it could make a soul tremble.
Suddenly, space rippled like a shattered mirror.
A colossal serpent slowly emerged, its form like an ancient mountain range stretched across the void. Its entire body was a grayish-white, like frost condensed at the dawn of the universe, exuding an eternal, unchanging coldness and deathly stillness.
The great serpent’s body coiled endlessly.
It disappeared into the depths of darkness.
Each of its scales was as large as a star, their surfaces covered in patterns resembling ancient runes.
It lifted its head slightly, its serpentine eyes glowing with a dim luster, like two ancient, dying suns.
A single glance seemed enough to scorch a soul to ash.
On its forehead was a pitch-black fissure, like an abyss, that emanated an aura of utter annihilation.
The moment it appeared, everything else faded away.
Only the giant serpent remained, coiling in the dark heart of the universe with an air of absolute dominion, radiating a terrifying and suffocating pressure.
Yet as he watched this scene, Hu Qi felt no tension or fear.
Instead, a sense of familiarity rose within his heart.
It was as if the creature before him was a kindred spirit, one who shared his bloodline.
Just then,
The grayish-white serpent suddenly began to move.
Its body slithered, like a grayish-white thread, using itself to draw a circle that encompassed the entire world.
Finally, its head met its tail, forming a giant ring.
It seemed to symbolize circulation, rebirth, and eternity.
The vision flashed and then shattered.
He was once again surrounded by green points of light.
"Hm? What’s this..."
Hu Qi immediately noticed a change in his body.
A very faint, tingling numbness spread through him.
He scanned his body with the Power of the Heart.
He discovered that every cell inside him was undergoing some sort of special transformation.
It seemed to be driving his very life form to change in some unknown direction.
However, the change was extremely slow.
He looked at the panel.
His gaze fell upon one of the lines.
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[Bloodline: Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent (Mutation 100% - Incubating)]
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[Modification Points: 130,681 (11%)]
On the panel, over twenty thousand Modification Points had been consumed.
The text in the Bloodline column was now emitting a rich, crimson glow.
The Mutation progress had reached one hundred percent, and the word "Incubating" had appeared after it.
’Incubating?’
Hu Qi’s expression flickered.
If nothing unexpected happened, once this incubation was complete, his Bloodline would likely be related to the grayish-white serpent he had just seen.
Looking at the word "Incubating," he saw there was no triangular rune after it, which meant it couldn’t be modified.
Seeing this, he could only give up for the time being.
He dismissed the panel.
He didn’t know how long this incubation would take.
Naturally, he couldn’t just sit around and do nothing.
What he needed to do next was continue searching for worlds, use the Spirit Seed Technique to accumulate essence, and strive to condense Divinity and become a True God.
This was also Hu Qi’s current goal.
As for whether a path existed beyond that of a True God, Hu Qi currently had limited information.
He simply didn’t know.
He wasn’t worried about it. Only by standing taller could one see farther.
His current strength seemed formidable.
But in reality, it was nothing in the vast Sea of Sumeru.
He could barely manage to roam the Intertidal Zone and the Shallow Wave Zone.
As for the deeper Deep Dark Zone,
Hu Qi had no intention of going there at the moment.
The worlds within might be more powerful and offer greater opportunities, but they were also far more dangerous.
If he were an ordinary Apostle Level being nearing the end of his lifespan, he might choose to venture inside.
But Hu Qi didn’t need to.
He had the Crimson panel and an abundant lifespan. As long as he followed the steps—condensing Spirit Seeds and increasing his essence—becoming a True God was only a matter of time.
There was simply no need to risk his life in worlds that might contain True Gods.
...
The worlds within the Shallow Wave Zone were surrounded by the Spiritual Sea Water of the Sea of Sumeru.
Therefore, they almost all possessed Extraordinary Power, making them far superior to the mundane worlds of the Intertidal Zone.
However, there were still differences in strength among them.
Therefore, unlike last time, he didn’t rashly find a world and enter it. Instead, he began to choose carefully.
This time, he wanted to find a world with a complete and powerful Extraordinary System.
The only problem was that the countless worlds in the Sea of Sumeru were constantly shifting their positions.
Even though he possessed the inherited memories of the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent and knew of some powerful worlds, he couldn’t pinpoint their exact locations.
Coupled with the boundless expanse of the Sea of Sumeru, finding a specific world was largely a matter of luck.
