Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Chapter 195 - 193: Refining God (Part 1)

After briefly testing the two Divine Techniques,

Hu Qi reined in his thoughts.

His gaze fell back on the panel before him, focusing on the Bloodline section.

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[Bloodline: Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent (Incomplete 69%) △]

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[Modification Points: 861 (9%)]

"Crimson, modify. Perfect the Three-Eyed Primordial Snake Bloodline to 75%!"

The moment Hu Qi finished speaking,

the surrounding scenery changed in an instant.

He felt as if he were in a vast, boundless universe. In the pitch-black void, points of light occasionally glimmered with varying brightness.

Hu Qi was already familiar with this situation and felt no panic.

He understood that Talents were powers originating from the Three-Eyed Primordial Snake Bloodline, which would gradually awaken as the Bloodline was perfected.

This must be a sign that he was about to awaken his third Talent.

Thinking of this, Hu Qi couldn’t help but feel a surge of anticipation.

He already had some guesses about this third Talent.

Suddenly, the void before him changed abruptly.

Hu Qi looked on from a third-person, top-down perspective.

In the boundless void, a massive green planet appeared.

A colossal Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent of exaggerated size and seemingly endless length was slowly circling the planet.

The planet’s surface seemed to be protected by a translucent, indestructible crystalline barrier composed of countless hexagons, like a honeycomb.

No matter how hard the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent coiled and squeezed, the barrier didn’t budge in the slightest.

Not only that, but behind the planet’s crystalline wall,

floated ant-sized, bizarre-looking Mecha and warships.

This crystalline barrier was extremely peculiar; attacks from the inside could pass through it, while external attacks were blocked.

At this moment, beams of light of varying thickness shot through the crystalline barrier, striking the scales of the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent.

However, for a creature as massive as the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent,

such attacks could at most leave shallow marks on its body, causing neither pain nor an itch.

But this action succeeded in enraging it.

The next moment, a formless roar echoed through the void.

The single eye on the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent’s forehead suddenly split open, widening.

A thick beam of black light shot out from it. Everywhere it passed, the void twisted, shattered, and dissolved into nothingness.

The planet was not spared. The once indestructible cyan crystalline barrier was instantly pierced.

A massive hole appeared as the entire planet was run through, and it then erupted into a blazing inferno.

The vision didn’t end there.

The Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent seemed to sense something and suddenly raised its head to look where Hu Qi was.

Its three eyes—two red and one black—stared over.

It exuded an indescribable pressure, as if the creature was destruction incarnate. Once targeted by its gaze, one would inevitably face annihilation, ultimately returning to nothingness.

Even though Hu Qi knew this was just an Inheritance Illusion Realm, he couldn’t help the twitch at his brow as an immense sense of danger washed over him.

The feeling was too intense and real, as if in the next second,

the creature would do the same to him, shooting a beam of black light from its third eye to destroy him.

Fortunately, no matter how real an Illusion Realm was, it was still just an illusion.

Then, his vision blurred.

The Illusion Realm vanished, and Hu Qi opened his eyes.

At this moment, his eyes had turned into Crimson serpentine pupils, and a faint, thin black line had appeared on his forehead.

With a thought, the thin line suddenly split open, revealing an eyeball that was entirely pitch-black.

Its pupil was dead and devoid of light, like an abyss.

Instantly, Hu Qi felt his field of vision become somewhat wider.

But that was secondary. More important was the destructive power it contained.

It seemed that if he unleashed it, he could annihilate anything.

This was the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent’s strongest offensive ability—the Primordial Eye.

As he obtained this Talent, Hu Qi also received more of the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent’s inherited memories.

The Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent had another name: the Snake of Destruction. It was a dominant creature from the Spirit Realm.

’The Spirit Realm... what is that?’

Hu Qi’s eyes flickered.

He had caught a piece of information from the inherited memories.

’The Spirit Realm... I have a feeling it’s anything but simple.’

Unfortunately, the inherited memories were limited, mostly concerning the third Talent, the Primordial Eye.

The term "Spirit Realm" was just a passing mention, with no detailed explanation.

For now, Hu Qi could only commit it to memory and inquire about it later.

Then, after briefly assessing his physical condition,

Hu Qi closed the Primordial Eye on his forehead, which turned back into a very faint thin line and faded away.

With his bangs covering it, it was almost unnoticeable unless one looked very closely.

He didn’t pay it much mind.

For now, all of this was secondary.

Only by opening the third Divine Treasure in his body, the Celestial Essence Divine Treasure, and stepping into the Refining God Realm could he become one of the few who stood at the pinnacle of this world.

With this in mind, Hu Qi focused his attention, his gaze landing on the Three-Eyed Primordial Snake Spirit Devouring Map section.

After his Three-Eyed Primordial Snake Bloodline reached 75%, the restriction that previously prevented him from modifying and upgrading it had vanished.

Seeing the △ Rune that could now be modified, Hu Qi didn’t hesitate and tapped it directly.

In an instant,

as his Modification Points were consumed,

the surrounding scenery changed again, and the giant gate he had seen before reappeared.

Unlike before, this time, the several black snakes on the giant gate, which had been motionless, all came to life, blinking their Crimson serpentine eyes as they stared at Hu Qi.

Hu Qi’s expression remained unfazed.

Compared to the Essence Element Divine Treasure and the Qi Vein Divine Treasure, which Secret Martial Artists opened in fixed locations, the third one, the Celestial Heart Divine Treasure, was distinctly different.

If ordinary people could briefly open their Essence Element Divine Treasure or sense the location of their Qi Vein Divine Treasure under the influence of certain drugs or special circumstances,

then the Celestial Heart Divine Treasure was an exception.

It doesn’t have a precise location; it is only known to be within the head.

However, an unopened Celestial Heart Divine Treasure is even smaller than a cell.

Trying to find it by luck is simply impossible.

The only way is for one’s soul, nourished by a powerful physical body, to reach a certain limit. Only then can it be found.

But that only allows one to find it. To open it, a medium is still required.

The medium is the Martial Arts Will that a Secret Martial Artist cultivates by practicing Secret Martial Arts.

In other words, the giant gate standing before him.

Thinking this, Hu Qi reached out and pressed his hand against the great gate.

Unlike last time, when it didn’t move at all,

the moment Hu Qi’s palm touched it, the gate began to tremble slightly.

It slowly opened inward a crack, and a piercing red light seeped out from the gap, instantly flooding Hu Qi’s vision.

At the same time, a booming sound echoed in Hu Qi’s mind.

The sound appeared very abruptly.

A space suddenly formed within his mind.

The space was at first a mass of Chaos, accompanied by the aftershocks of that sound.

A flash of white light ignited. The Chaos began to dissipate, returning to clarity and revealing a boundless, star-like space.

Here, there was no up or down, left or right—only a vast emptiness.