Chapter 108: Domain Lord! Domain Lord!
"Tut tut, what a pity."
"At that moment, my hand was too fast and I killed that old man. Otherwise, I'd have another 'power bank'."
Sensing the ever-growing essence energy within the banner mark on his forehead, Jiang Zhe clicked his tongue in regret.
Five months ago, Leo left with the Primordial Umbrella.
After returning to the royal city, he brushed off the incident involving Daro and began executing Jiang Zhe's "Conversion Plan."
Starting with the family's close followers, then his drinking buddies, and finally the Holy Realm gladiators from the royal city's arena—one after another, powerful individuals in Bear King City bowed before the light of enlightenment from the Candlelight Clone.
They longed for deeper insights into the lower-tier (Thunder, Earth) and higher-tier origin laws under the influence of the "Enlightener."
This forbidden knowledge was dangerously addictive.
The deeper they fell, the more they were completely converted, becoming mentally enslaved.
Each time he gained a new fanatic follower, Jiang Zhe essentially acquired a new "power bank"—steadily providing him with essence energy until their individuality was fully consumed and they became mere "earthly vessels", extensions of the Candlelight Clone itself.
Though the harvested essence from each was minimal, the steady flow made it more efficient than killing high-level beings in single bursts.
During this period, Jiang Zhe lived in the City Lord's Mansion, wholeheartedly cultivating the "Blueprint of Life."
The 10th Month in the Ancient God World
In the mansion's underground cultivation chamber, Jiang Zhe sat cross-legged, palms upward, entering the final breakthrough phase.
Two domain-level guards, Oriana and Colin, stood vigil at the entrance. On the ground floor, Drake and Hayden patrolled.
The entire Tianwu City Lord's Mansion was heavily fortified inside, though it appeared lax outside.
Jiang Zhe focused his mind on the "Ten-Point Star Diagram" from the second volume of the Blueprint of Life.
From this visualization, refined energy flowed from his sea of consciousness to every part of his body.
The banner mark on his forehead glowed, emitting heat as crimson rune patterns spread across his brow. The stored essence within these runes circulated, being refined into a unique energy before merging into his body.
Two streams of energy began to intertwine and merge...
Life evolution had begun!
Within Jiang Zhe's body, nine distinct points—his brain, both shoulders, both palms (Lao Gong acupoints), heart, chest (Shanzhong acupoint), and both soles (Yongquan acupoints)—lit up like stars.
These nine "stars" resonated with one another, drawing the dual energies toward his lower abdomen, where they condensed into a tenth star.
But it didn't stop there.
The ten stars linked up, pulsing together like a harmonious constellation, forming a unique life force field.
This field pulsed gently, refining and evolving Jiang Zhe's entire body into a perfect state.
He could feel every cell splitting, every tissue transforming...
His spirit, flesh, bones, and blood were no longer loosely connected components, but now united as a complete, integrated individual.
This pulsing life field was like a forge hammer; his body, the raw material being tempered.
With each metaphorical hammer strike, his internal systems fused more tightly—spirit, flesh, bone, and blood now functioned in seamless harmony.
Eventually, the ten stars synchronized completely, resonating like universal waves, as if breathing in tune with the cosmos—imbued with profound meaning.
Then, the life force field dissipated.
Life evolution was complete!
Jiang Zhe stood from his meditation cushion, clenching his fists and stretching his muscles, feeling the vast strength within—comparable to a Golden-Horned Beast.
"So this is what a 10x life gene level feels like? Equivalent to the top-tier bloodlines of Demonkill Race or Cosmic Beasts. Many human Lords and even some Venerables don't reach this."
Sensing his transformation, Jiang Zhe raised an eyebrow.
"There's more? My talent technique…?"
Of course, he didn't mean Conqueror—that ability came directly from the Origin Will of the Primordial Universe and wouldn't change with cultivation progress.
He focused his mind and activated another innate technique.
From the Thunder Prison Realm in his chest, dark purple runes spread throughout his body, his aura rising to a terrifying level.
"Haha, is this a 3x enhancement? That's a whole level higher than before! My talent technique 'Monstrous Strength' has now evolved into 'Divine Power'!"
"The Blueprint of Life… it's truly remarkable!"
After adapting to his 10x enhanced body, Jiang Zhe summoned Oriana into the chamber. She handed him a blood-red curved blade—Blood-Curse Godblade.
Since they were bonded, Oriana could also use many of the items Jiang Zhe had claimed ownership of. She had already been able to activate the blade's first sigil layer.
In this world, such sigils were also called "Sigil Diagrams."
Just like Luo Feng's Star Tower, which had nine layers of sigil diagrams, each with three techniques—27 in total—making it a God-King level weapon, equivalent in value to a 10x gene embryo.
"Blood-Curse Godblade… let's see your true power!"
Jiang Zhe channeled his mental energy through the dark golden hilt and, with his gene level now qualified, activated the first sigil. A profound diagram formed in his consciousness.
Because he had already bound the weapon, he didn't need to understand its mechanisms—just trigger it for full effect.
"A technique named 'Oblivion'?"
"One slash pierces armor and wounds the body, two slashes disturb the soul, and three slashes collapse the target's genes!"
Remembering the agonizing pain during the binding process, Jiang Zhe involuntarily shivered.
"Savage. But since I can only activate the first sigil, its power is still limited."
"The third slash's full effect only works on targets below the 10x gene level. Once struck three times, the blood toxin executes a 'judgment'—instant gene collapse and death."
"Tut tut, can't wait to try it on an undying being with so-called immortality."
He gently stroked the blade before storing it in his inner world. This weapon would be his hidden trump card for a long time.
Jiang Zhe turned and asked,
"Anna, how long until you break through to Domain Lord?"
"Master, I estimate within 60 days."
"Two months? Good. Inform Colin that it's time to depart. We're heading to the Ancient God Arena."
"Yes, Master. I'll make the arrangements."
Colin originally chauffeured Jiang Zhe and Oriana in his personal vehicle toward the Ancient God Arena.
But an hour into the journey, they switched to a small, worn-out starship gifted by the Virtual Universe Company.
The native-made ships were simply too slow.
Colin's ride would've taken 80–90 days, while the new ship—traveling at 100,000 km/sec—would get them there in around 60 days.
The distance: about 500 billion kilometers, or roughly 1/18th of a light-year.
Time was tight, and Jiang Zhe's plan didn't allow room to waste an extra month just traveling.
Four days before arrival, Oriana finally broke through to the Domain Lord level.
Her life gene level skyrocketed from 69x to 88x.
Originally, it should've jumped from 81x to 100x, but 12 of her clones were elsewhere—2 with the Silver-Clad Soul, and 10 left behind on Earth with the Jiang family.
No worries though—once the main body advanced to Domain Lord, those clones could also ascend by absorbing origin energy.
"Anna, how large is your inner world now?"
"Master, as a newly advanced Domain Lord, it's one hundred million kilometers in diameter. If I devour F-grade treasures and reach peak Domain Lord, it should expand to over 900 million kilometers."
"Whoa…" Jiang Zhe gasped.
"That's already far beyond Luo Feng's peak of 90 million kilometers! You've already matched the most elite Golden-Horned Beasts—and you're just Domain Lord level one!"
"A world projection of 60 million km can rival a normal Undying's law field; 90 million can crush a basic Marquis's field…"
"I can't imagine what a 1 billion km projection would do. Actually, even your current 100 million is terrifying!"
As for Luo Feng's 1 trillion km inner world?
Theoretically, Oriana could also achieve that.
Her gene level wasn't capped at the 100x human limit—it could go even further.
But Jiang Zhe couldn't help but wonder—
"Would pushing Anna that far be... humane?"
As that thought passed, he remembered a treasure he brought from Earth that remained unused.
"Anna, since you can now devour F-grade items, let's see what happens when you absorb the corpse of that mechanical Undying. Let's verify our hypothesis."
Jiang Zhe tossed a five-meter-tall purple-bronze robot corpse into the ship cabin.
Oriana drew it into her inner world and activated Material Lord, starting the devouring process.