Chapter 561 - The Immortal King of the Cultivation World (Part 2)

With everyone’s cooperation, the Taotie’s stomach and a large vial of Legendary elemental blood purified by #18 were placed in front of Baby Cloud. Using Sudden Death King’s massive body as a platform, they began the amplification ritual.

Baby Cloud transformed into a mist, enveloping the Taotie’s stomach and the Legendary blood. It slowly merged with them using its transformation trait. In an instant, the swirling mist caused Baby Cloud to temporarily assume a new form.

First, a huge cloud-formed Taotie took shape. Then, riding on top of it, a humanoid female figure emerged from the mist. Although it was abstract, its height, hairstyle, and facial features unmistakably resembled the Mythical elementalist, Hel.

Clearly, Baby Cloud had used its transformation ability to mimic the appearances of the two resource owners, making it easier to digest the treasures within its belly.

“Hungry! Food!”

After absorbing Taotie’s Stomach, even before fully assimilating it, Baby Cloud was already greedy. The eyes of both the white mist-formed Taotie beast and the humanoid figure glowed red with hunger.

It was much like when Manager Ying had evolved after consuming Taotie’s Stomach. Lu Ran shrugged and tossed one elemental core after another into the mist.

“Take your time. Don’t choke. There’ll be plenty more later.”

Next, both the Taotie Cloud and the humanoid cloud began devouring the elemental cores voraciously, much to the envy of Captain DOofus and Dark Crow nearby.

As for Sudden Death King, during Baby Cloud’s digestion process, violent elemental energies swirled around it, forming a storm that made Sudden Death King grimace in discomfort.

Judging by its state, even with Taotie’s Stomach’s divine digestion abilities, Baby Cloud would need considerable time to process so many Legendary resources.

“Let Baby Cloud digest at its own pace,” Lu Ran said.

With nine elemental attributes, Baby Cloud’s breakthrough was the most complex in the team. This was also a good time for Dark Crow to rest. With the Light and Dark Primary Divines on high alert, it wasn’t the right moment to strike.

Under Lu Ran’s orders, the familiars began resting in the void, while Lu Ran himself stayed by Baby Cloud’s side. He withdrew his reinforcement of Dark Crow and instead used Time Acceleration to aid Baby Cloud’s digestion.

After an indeterminate amount of time, a piece of bark parchment suddenly smacked Lu Ran in the face out of nowhere, leaving him bewildered.

“What the hell?”

While Lu Ran was still processing what had just happened, Dark Crow and Six-Path Flower, who had been resting nearby, exclaimed in surprise.

“Treasure.”

They spoke in unison about the parchment that suddenly appeared, clearly sensing ripples from their prophetic and luck-based abilities. Although Lu Ran was initially annoyed at being hit, his eyes lit up at the word “treasure.”

No way. Finally?

𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

After all this time cultivating luck, did Six-Path Flower finally make me stumble upon a treasure?

However, this was the first time Lu Ran had encountered an item that even the Eye of Detection couldn’t analyze. Generally, if the Eye of Detection didn’t display any information, it meant the object was mundane.

As Lu Ran held the bark parchment, he noticed it was covered in garbled text, as if trying to convey a message. Strangely, as he stared at it, he found he could somehow understand its contents.

He read aloud, “Still a failure. This disaster came too suddenly. By the time we realized, the entire world had already been devoured. I fled desperately, but I couldn’t outpace the spread of this calamity. In the end, I could only self-destruct to distort space-time, attempting to send out this final message. If anyone reads this letter, it means I succeeded.

“I am the Supreme Immortal King of the Immortal Sun Grand World. If you’ve obtained this letter, it’s your fortune. Did you think I was going to bestow some peerless legacy upon you? Not a chance! I just want to tell you that the universe is collapsing. Even if you’re safe now, the world you’re in will soon be devoured. There’s no hope. Just wait for death.”

Lu Ran was taken aback. “What kind of nonsense is this?”

As he read the letter, Lu Ran was baffled, but soon, his expression shifted slightly, and he looked at Six-Path Flower and the others. Although the letter’s author seemed rather spiteful, Lu Ran gleaned crucial information from it.

“The universe is collapsing. Worlds will be devoured. The gods who left Blue Planet mentioned that beyond it, the universe they found was illusory, and that an all-consuming mist lay outside. Doesn’t that match this?” Six-Path Flower said.

“So... the contents of this letter are real?” Lu Ran fell silent.

“Probably, but what’s this Immortal Sun Grand World and Supreme Immortal King nonsense?” Six-Path Flower grumbled.

“A cultivation world?”

On Blue Planet, cultivation culture was quite prevalent, with many novels featuring concepts like cultivation realms or immortal worlds. Lu Ran could somewhat accept this. In other words, somewhere in the universe, there existed a planet or world where cultivation civilization thrived.

This world had already been completely devoured by the mist discovered by the Torch Dragon and others after leaving Blue Planet. Its civilization had collapsed, and all life had perished.

Six-Path Flower suddenly said, “Interesting. This might explain the mysterious disappearance of the Four Supreme Divine Dragons. Clearly, the author of this letter was incredibly powerful. Yet, even they couldn’t stop the mist or save their world from destruction.

“However, the cosmic space where Stellar Moon and Blue Planet reside hasn’t changed much. Combined with the inexplicable disappearance of the universe’s strongest beings, perhaps the Supreme Divine Dragons left to resist this encroaching disaster.”

“Then what’s the deal with Limitless City?” Lu Ran scratched his head.

The idea that the Four Supreme Divine Dragons had vanished due to an unknown catastrophe wasn’t new, as their kin had speculated as much. The disaster described in the letter, which could devour the universe and cause reality to collapse, sounded formidable enough to entrap even the Supreme Divine Dragons.

Six-Path Flower shook its head. “No idea, but we’ve learned a lot more now. If we keep investigating, we’ll figure it out eventually. Right now, you should focus on... that.”

It pointed at Baby Cloud. At this moment, without Lu Ran’s reinforcement or attention, Baby Cloud’s aura began to surge violently. The nine attributes were intertwined, creating a magnificent and spectacular display.

Sudden Death King came to a halt. Meanwhile, Baby Cloud detached from Sudden Death King’s back and slowly rose within a nine-colored sphere of light, causing anomalies to manifest throughout the void.

The surroundings of Lu Ran and his team transformed into a vast elemental domain. At times, they saw endless oceans, waves crashing, and water splashing. At other times, they could see howling winds whipped through the air and wind-elemental particles dancing wildly in storms.

Lightning crackled across the sky, bolts splitting the heavens and illuminating the void. Flames roared elsewhere, towering infernos dyeing half the sky red. Light and darkness intertwined, forming mysterious patterns of radiance and shadow. The two forces clashed yet coexisted.

Within the domain, towering mountain ranges rose, their rugged peaks cradling soil that nurtured countless elemental lifeforms. Glaciers carved from ice elemental particles wound through the valleys, shimmering with crystalline brilliance.

The nine attributes shone in resonance, and Baby Cloud’s power surged at a terrifying pace. As the domain collapsed, the raging tide of energy swept forth like a towering wave, startling countless void creatures. In its wake, it reshaped the natural order of that stretch of the void, transforming it into a realm brimming with landscapes wrought from elemental forces.

[Species Rank: Low Legendary]

[Level: 80]

[Legendary Species Trait: Elemental Memory (Can consume elemental attributes from nature to glimpse historical fragments and traces of time recorded within them.)]

A mountain range might have witnessed the rise and fall of a kingdom, and a river might have observed the birth and extinction of a species. Now, all the history they held could be freely perused by Baby Cloud.

Baby Cloud's eyes were closed as it panted lightly before letting out a small burp.

Sensing Baby Cloud’s terrifying aura, Lu Ran nudged Six-Path Flower. He was convinced that a single elemental nuke from it would send even an elemental Intermediate Legendary god running for cover. And this was only the first round of feasting.

With so many elemental gods still out there, Lu Ran was genuinely curious how far Baby Cloud could grow through continuous consumption. He predicted Superior Legendary.

“Six-Path Flower, what do you think?”

“Maybe... It’d be amusing to see Baby Cloud reach Superior Legendary before those three.” Six-Path Flower glanced at Captain Doofus, Sudden Death King, and Dark Crow, leaving the trio stunned.

“They’re too strong now. Let’s focus on strengthening Baby Cloud,” Six-Path Flower said seriously.