Chapter 1468: Chapter 1468

1468: Chapter 1464: Undying 1468: Chapter 1464: Undying Soy-red Phoenix Blood resembled a gemstone yet felt almost like magma to the touch.

But as it merged with the cauldron, it naturally began to dissolve.

Inside, the Centaur of the flames swam joyously.

Expanding into a hot spring-like cauldron, it was a “Hatching House” of life, as well as the cradle where Magic Pets were born and evolved.

As “Lu Ping’an’s Heavenly Set,” a kind of “Divine Artifact,” it too grew steadily and slowly alongside Lu Ping’an’s evolution.

Remolding life, especially in terms of traits for Lu Ping’an’s creations, turned it into something like an “artificial womb.”

Right before Lu Ping’an, the Centaur…

the young girl was growing.

Her body visibly grew slowly before our eyes.

Those untainted pupils seemed to mature as well…

Then, in the next moment, she took a big gulp of bath water and started singing “I love bathing, my skin feels great” – the bathing song – and began to dog-paddle in the cauldron.

“Indeed, the increase in intelligence is all an illusion…”

However, the pricey and rare resources were not without effect; the “rules” and “Elements” had gradually dissolved in the cauldron and merged into Little Flame’s body.

But this time, it was not a “World Fragment.”

Unlike the “fragment carriers” hunted before, it could be said that these things, rather than possessing fragments of a world, were possessed by the fragments.

They became vessels through which the fragments influenced the world, with the genuine subjective consciousness being the malice of the World Fragments.

Those Mortal carriers had no right to digest the essence of the fragments.

For this reason, after killing those carriers, one would generally obtain more complete fragments (undigested), ultimately leading to the success of those Hunters.

But this time, the Fire Phoenix, imbued with the will of a God, had clearly digested the fragment of “Revival.” So, the spoils of war one could obtain would be some “Contaminated residues” of that power.

This was akin to slaying Lu Ping’an; one could not possibly drop Chris’s Divine Foundation, but the only thing “Lu Ping’an’s soul/instrument or limb” could drop now was something subtle…

And it was for this reason he could obtain a safe development environment.

“It seems the compatibility is excellent, truly excellent…”

And now, seeing the Flame Pattern that had begun to spread over the Centaur’s body, Lu Ping’an nodded in satisfaction…

With the sound of wings unfurling, the Phoenix’s feathers spread on the Centaur’s back, instantly transforming the Centaur General into a Pegasus Knight.

The beautiful wings were over six meters long; their color, like burning fire, resembled a sunset cloud suddenly descending upon the Mortal World.

And this transformation was just beginning.

Little Fire visibly grew at a pace that could be seen with the naked eye…

Pure girl, high school student, college student, mature woman.

As the woman with fiery long hair turned around and called out to Lu Ping’an as “Master,” Lu was truly dumbfounded.

What was even more outrageous, he saw…

“She’s actually covering her chest!!”

Her face resembled a mature woman and her upper body had the curves of an international model, so having such awareness was only natural.

But this is Little Fire!”

“I feel underestimated by Master…” The woman pouted, even looking a bit cute.

“No, no, no, this is even more off.”

Although the cheek-puffing look was somewhat familiar to Lu, this reliable way of speaking left Lu Ping’an completely baffled.

“She’s completed her humanity…

Heh, with ‘Its’ human fragment.” Chris spoke with a hint of exclamation; to her, this was already a miracle of Creation.

Little Fire was a Beast, a premature child, the first experimental subject of Lu Ping’an, and also, sadly, a victim of the still immature technology.

The very fact that materials from Foreign Domain Beasts were used at its birth was concerning enough.

Atop the most crucial Core of Wisdom, Lu Ping’an employed those Exotic Realm induced Magical Beasts…

Brain material consisted only of fragmented Exotic Knowledge from extraterrestrial Beasts, resulting in a brain that despite its evolution, always remained pure, uncorrupted by knowledge.

Beasts weren’t without the potential for evolution, they simply prioritized the development of sharp teeth and beaks for survival over “the use of advanced thinking, which wasn’t very useful.” Even if a nervous system upgrade was needed, it was aimed at faster reflexes and more acute sensory perception.

Only “tool-using, social (group-dwelling) life forms” would evolve language, logical thinking, empathy, and other abilities first, eventually forming what was referred to as “personality” and “humanity.”

In the jungle that beasts inhabited, these two traits could very well be weaknesses.

“How many…,” Lu Ping’an wanted to test and see just what level of intelligence the creature before him had.

Previously, it was just a “beast child” that spent half its time eating, sleeping, and playing.

“If it was someone else, I would probably be angry…

Giving someone the middle finger is quite impolite.”

Alright, retracting his middle finger, Lu Ping’an sighed.

It seemed not only rational logic had been restored but emotions had evolved as well.

Was this a good thing?

[Magic Pet Little Flame has completed its evolution, current shared Talent has finished divergent dimensional enhancement….]

[Golden Blood (Mid-Level Golden): You are the king of Elements, and Flame is simply the manifestation of your will, inherently possessing the elemental manipulation Talent and basic abilities of a Mid-Level Golden Elemental King, along with fire absorption…]

Hmm, it was a good thing.

Looking at the Panel’s prompts, Lu Ping’an nodded in satisfaction.

Yet, the biggest change was not just that.

[Golden Spirit (Lower Gold);An indomitable will, never-ending life.]

It was a rather abstract description, but tremendously powerful nonetheless.

Clearly, it wasn’t flawless.

[Due to the Fusion with this world’s ‘Revive’ Concept, it is limited to within Mercury 42.]

This number can be replenished through recharging after use.]

[Its carrier of ability is Golden Blood, which can allow life forms dead for less than 24 hours to drink and be Revived.]

This ability could no longer be described as heaven-defying, but Lu Ping’an felt something subtle about it.

“…Isn’t this just an overlap with my own ability?”

Among Lu Ping’an’s special abilities, there was a similar one that seemed to be stronger.

Your power can only protect others, while Little Flame can protect you….” Chris was somewhat surprised as well, but that was the extent of it.

After all, within the Life system, there were too many abilities like “Undying,” “Revival,” “Reincarnation,” “Possession.”

Compared with other system abilities, the advantage of this one seemed to be its multiple uses and simplicity, which made it highly effective in combat.

Lu?” The woman tilting her head hesitated.

She hadn’t used speech before and had only recently started talking, although it was all chaotic and instinct-driven.

Now endowed with complete wisdom, she wasn’t sure what to call him.

“…Just call me whatever, as long as you don’t go around calling me ‘hey’ or ‘huh’ like your sister does.

Ah, skip ‘master’; I don’t want to get weird looks from people.”

“Then, how about Little Ping’an?”

The Centaur lady, who was much taller than Lu Ping’an, leaned down slightly.

Although she had become very sister-like, this name seemed fitting…

“Just call me Ping’an.

My family calls me that too.”

Lu sighed, feeling like he had lost his last obedient child.

But what Lu needed to focus on was probably something else.

“If not for my restrictions, would she become an eighth-tier Magic King first?

Her evolution seems to have brought me closer to the eighth-tier as well….”