He looked at the screen in front of him with shock.
Abyssal Void Devourer? What kind of bloodline was that?
His eyes widened even more as realization struck him.
"No way..." He could barely hide his smile.
When his soul mutated and became a void soul thanks to his Abyssal Void Flame, he had been disappointed that he didn’t get the bloodline back then. But it seemed that the bloodline was right there all along - he just needed to claim it. Now that his soul and body had been bridged, the bloodline was finally able to come to him.
So this was why his body was reacting so intensely, even more intensely than before with the four divine bloodlines.
He looked at the bloodline itself.
It was divine rank and at the pure blood level, just like the rest.
He felt a little disappointed. Wasn’t it supposed to be much stronger?
He had expected it to be primordial level, after all, it came from such a terrifying creature.
But when he thought about it, this actually made sense. The void flame was just a speck shed from the original void flame - such a tiny speck, yet it had divine level bloodline. This just went to show how incredibly powerful the original void flame was.
It probably had primordial level bloodline, like the empress had guessed.
He decided to check the benefits of the Abyssal Void Devourer bloodline.
They didn’t disappoint.
Where do I even start with this one?
First was Void Absorption, which allowed him to devour anything that’s layered onto the void in the building blocks of existence.
This included space, time, chaos, and basically all other concepts except the absolute source/end which are a layer below the void.
Even abstract concepts like fear and despair were all there. These would all be converted into energy - qi, law energy, elemental energy, soul power, and even emotional energy. He could then assimilate all these with himself to continue growing stronger infinitely.
This even allowed him to devour people and completely assimilate their memories, law mastery, physiques, everything about them. It was really scary.
Next was Abyssal Regeneration. This made it so that as long as the void existed, he would always revive, essentially making him virtually immortal.
The only problem with this was that if his soul was completely destroyed, the regeneration would take millions of years as he was recreated in the void. But as long as his soul was intact, he could regenerate instantly. It was even more powerful than his already existing regeneration, though he couldn’t make a comparison since they were both so good.
Another ability was Flame Evolution. This allowed all flame-based abilities he had to take on the properties of the Abyssal Void Flame. Like his phoenix flames, for example, even his fire law - it would mutate to have void-like properties. His affinity with void also increased greatly, making him control the void concept intrinsically and seamlessly.
Even so, this wasn’t an instant mastery, just a boost in affinity, so he still had to scale it.
He also received absolute resistance to all mind-related status effects like fear, intimidation, mind control, charm, and all that.
Another thing was that his body essentially becomes a sort of dimensional storage with virtually infinite space. Xiang Yu thought to himself that this was quite useful. Even if he was completely destroyed and even his soul was scattered, all the things in this storage would still be with him when he regenerated later.
He smiled. He should start hiding all sorts of cheats in there just in case. You never know.
Of course, there was also the immense increase in his base physical power.
His base physical strength had increased by more than ten times, and he could still feel it slowly growing. Apart from the base physical strength, he’d also received a boost in his body refining. His earlier sixty-third layer of refining jumped straight to the eightieth layer.
He couldn’t even imagine how much stronger he had become just from this alone.
...
The only downside to this power was that it came with an eternal debuff.
Though he wasn’t sure if it really was a debuff. The debuff was that he would always be in the state of ’hunger’ no matter how much he devoured, meaning he’d always need to eat more and more.
Even now, he was beginning to feel the immense hunger.
The reason he wasn’t so sure he could call this a debuff was that because of this status, he could constantly devour immortal grade food and above unlimitedly and never have to worry about his spiritual root limit like before, which caused him to always eat small amounts unless it was on overdrive.
But with this, he didn’t need to be on overdrive anymore and could devour as much as he wanted without limit.
As he was thinking of this, he felt his energy begin to move again.
"Oh no, I almost forgot," he thought, quickly summoning his absolute source law.
Because of the integration and the new bloodline, his energy reserves had been replenished and expanded even more.
He acted quickly and selected the laws to upgrade this time.
[Creation, Chaos, Strength, Speed & Defense Law: Resonance (3,500,000/100,000,000)] [Absolute Source Law: Resonance (4,500,000/100,000,000)]
He smiled as he observed the stats before him.
His mastery in the absolute source law was really advancing quickly. He now felt that he might have a chance against the sage in a month. As long as he continued growing at this rate, there was nothing to be afraid of.
...
Energy began circulating around his body like a raging storm, flowing through his meridians and gathering in his spiritual sea. The power condensed and refined itself repeatedly, each cycle making it purer and more potent.
Wave after wave of power crashed through his cultivation base, each one pushing him closer to the threshold. The energy grew denser and more volatile until finally, something clicked deep within him.
He felt a profound transformation sweep through his entire being as he smoothly entered the Tribulation Realm.
He thought to himself that now that his junior sister’s breakthrough was almost coming to an end, she didn’t need spirit food anymore. He waved his hand and summoned thousands of immortal grade spirit food.
He then transformed into his true form.
This time, it wasn’t an imitation like before, but rather the genuine transformation of his Abyssal Void Devourer bloodline.
His body instantly bloated, becoming a few meters large ball with hundreds of tentacles protruding from him.
His flesh turned pitch black, seeming to absorb all light that touched it.
Even so, one could still see the reactions of his stellar physique through it.
...
AN: Starting to think the sage might not have a chance 🤔