311: Chapter 311 Draining the Kunlun Spiritual Veins! Lu Sheng: Let's Put the Sea God on the Dinner Table Too!

Kunlun Main Peak, Forbidden Ground Dragon Cave.

The Spiritual Qi here had already liquefied into a thick, milky-white liquid, dripping from the stalactites and hitting the ground with a crisp 'ding-dong' sound. This Spiritual Liquid, which the outside world regarded as a holy medicine, was now like a school of startled fish, frantically surging toward the figure at the center.

Lu Sheng sat cross-legged at the source of the Dragon Vein, his upper body bare.

The sound of the Blood Qi flowing within him was shockingly loud; every heartbeat caused the stone walls of the entire cave to hum. The massive divine essence of the heart of the true sea, under the brutal refining of the ancient desolate heaven swallowing furnace, turned into dark gold magma, roaring and crashing through every one of Lu Sheng's blood vessels.

"System, your digestion speed is too slow. Add some fire."

Lu Sheng's teeth were clenched, and the veins on his forehead were throbbing like earthworms. In his Sea of Consciousness, the upgraded System interface was flashing with a piercing gray light.

[Command confirmed.]

[ancient desolate heaven swallowing furnace Overclock Mode activated.]

[Current consumption: 10,000 energy points per second.]

[Refining speed increased by 300%!]

Boom!!

A burst of ash-gray flames erupted from every pore of Lu Sheng's skin. At that moment, every inch of the Dragon Scales on his body was burned to a red-hot iron color.

Intense pain, like a hundred million steel needles piercing his Soul simultaneously.

Lu Sheng's bones began to crack.

The 'Dragon Bone Rank V' within him was undergoing the most primitive disassembly. The originally golden-glowing bones, under the repeated hammering of the divine essence and Desolation Origin, gradually melted into a mass of chaotic paste. Subsequently, a deeper, heavier dark purple with an aura of immortality slowly emerged.

This was reconstruction.

"I even stabbed the Abyssal Lord's eyeball; why would I fear the pain of a few bones?"

A low growl escaped Lu Sheng's throat. He forcibly maintained his consciousness, staring intently at the bones that were undergoing Rebirth.

It wasn't just the bones, but also the flesh.

His 'Dragon Muscle Rank V' was constantly carbonizing in the flames, then growing new fibers under the nourishment of massive life energy. Every new muscle fiber was ten thousand times tougher than a hair, interwoven with fine Five Elements Dao Patterns.

At the same time, the sky outside changed.

On Kunlun's ninety-nine Floating Islands, countless Cultivators discovered in horror that the Spiritual Qi they relied on for survival was drying up.

The immortal mountains, originally as thick as mist, became dry and barren in just a few breaths. All the Spiritual Qi was forcibly extracted by an overbearing gravitational pull, converging into a terrifying funnel over ten thousand meters in diameter above the main peak.

"What is that... with such intensity of absorbing Spiritual Qi, is someone breaking through to Spirit King?"

An Elder who was lucky enough to survive stood at the foot of the mountain, looking up at the vortex that swallowed everything, his lips trembling.

Li Xiaoyao and Luo Tianfei stood guard at the entrance of the Forbidden Ground.

Luo Tianfei's gaze never left that tightly closed stone door. She could feel that the existence behind the door was undergoing a transition from mortal to god. That suppression of status made even the Ancient Nether Phoenix Origin within her feel the urge to bow down.

"This isn't just a Breakthrough; this is clearly reconstructing the universe." Li Xiaoyao took a gulp of old wine, his hand shaking so much he couldn't hold the gourd steady. "In all my years, I've never heard of any Spirit Ancestor who could suck the Spiritual Qi of the entire Kunlun dry in one go. This kid is going to be Heaven-Defying."

Inside the Forbidden Ground.

Lu Sheng's Breakthrough had reached its most critical moment.

Deep within his spine, the Archaic Heaven Emperor Venerable Avatar, which was originally only semi-solid, now let out an earth-shaking roar.

Dark gold blood surged from Lu Sheng's heart, following a Void Realm connection to pour into the Avatar's body. The originally illusory shadow actually grew real skin and hot flesh!

This was Avatar materialization! It was the ultimate sign of a Spirit Ancestor breaking through to Spirit King.

But it wasn't over yet.

Stimulated by the heart of the true sea, the muscles on the back of that Emperor Venerable Avatar suddenly split open.

"Puchi!"

Two pairs of new arms, carrying piercing Desolation flames, burst out from under the Avatar's ribs.

Three heads and six arms!

In each hand, a vague phantom of a weapon began to condense. Long spears, great seals, long swords... all the essences of the Magic Treasures Lu Sheng had previously swallowed were being manifested as the Avatar's Divine Ability!

[Ding! Avatar evolution complete! Obtained Divine Ability: Six Arms Suppressing the World!]

[Ding! Physical Body reconstruction complete! Ancient Desolate Divine Body initially formed!]

[Current Rank: 34 (0/150,000)!]

Lu Sheng's eyes snapped open.

In those cross-shaped pupils, gray Desolation and dark gold divinity were perfectly interwoven.

"Whew—"

He gently exhaled a breath of turbid air.

This breath hit the stone wall, instantly shattering the basalt—which was strong enough to withstand a blow from a Spirit King—into a cloud of dust.

Lu Sheng slowly stood up.

At this time, he didn't look larger; instead, he was more symmetrical and upright than before. Those layers of fine, artistic dark-purple Dragon Scales had completely receded under his skin, leaving only a few menacing bone spikes at his joints.

He opened the system panel he hadn't looked at for a long time.

[host: Lu Sheng]

[Rank: Rank 34 Spirit Ancestor (Middle Stage)]

[Physical Strength: 50 times the mortal limit (Evaluation: Has reached the Spirit King ceiling, equivalent to a Rank 50 Physical Body!)]

[Power: 2800 tons]

[Speed: 2500 m/s]

[Body Enhancements: Ancient Desolate Divine Body (Initial), Five Viscera Divine Shrine (Rank I), Divine Muscle, Purple-Gold Dragon Bone.]

[Avatar: Archaic Heaven Emperor Venerable (Materialized, 1000m, three heads six arms)]

[Special Skills: Six Arms Suppressing the World, Dragon Emperor Slash, Five Elements Reversal Wheel (Grand Refining).]

[energy points: 1,200,000]

"Rank 34, yet with Rank 50 physical stats."

Lu Sheng squeezed his fist. The air between his fingers was crushed, producing a series of ear-piercing explosions.

"System, can I now tear that demonized Spirit Emperor apart with my bare hands?"

[Comparing...]

[Conclusion: If that Spirit Emperor appears again, the host can use physical strength to rip its head off within three moves.]

"Tsk, three moves, still a bit slow."

Lu Sheng casually grabbed a black robe from nearby and draped it over his shoulders. It was a high-grade Spirit Treasure he had taken from the Kunlun treasury; now, as he wore it, it fluttered loudly under the pressure of his uncontrollable Blood Qi.

He walked toward the Forbidden Ground exit.

With every step, the Void Realm beneath his feet developed spiderweb-like cracks because it couldn't withstand the terrifying pressure of his Physical Body.

"Boom!!"

The tightly closed Dragon-Severing Stone door, under a light tap from Lu Sheng's finger, directly turned into dust.

Sunlight spilled in.

Amidst the dancing dust, Lu Sheng's slender and domineering figure stepped out into the light.

Luo Tianfei, who was waiting at the door, subconsciously took a step back. Looking at the man before her, she felt an overwhelming pressure that made it impossible to look him in the eye, as if she were standing not before a person, but an awakening Ancient Vicious Beast.

"Master..."

Luo Tianfei bowed slightly; that originally awkward title was now spoken with complete sincerity.

Lu Sheng ignored the Kunlun Disciples whose jaws had dropped. He turned to look at Li Xiaoyao; though his lips wore that familiar lazy smile, the sharpness in his eyes made people afraid to look directly at him.

"Old man, are the handymen working efficiently?"

Li Xiaoyao was stunned for a long while before giving a forced laugh: "Efficiently, Sect Master Zixiao is over there shoveling manure, and he's doing it quite energetically."

"That's good."

Lu Sheng looked up toward the distant East. There, at the end of the True Sea, a mysterious pull was frantically pounding against his heart.

He pulled out the tattered ancient parchment scroll from his robes and looked at the four blurry seal script characters on it.

"Deep Sea Dragon Palace..."

A gray light flashed in Lu Sheng's eyes.

"Since the things on this land are no longer enough for me to eat."

He reached out a hand and made a sudden grasping motion toward the Void Realm.

"Then I'll go to the sea..."

"And put that so-called 'Sea God' on the dining table to have a taste too!"

Just as Lu Sheng was prepared to set off.

"Hum—"

At the peak of Kunlun Main Peak, that Funeral Bell, which was already half-shattered, actually let out a mournful wail again without anyone striking it.

A blood-red pillar of light shot straight into the clouds from the direction of the ocean. Even from thousands of miles away, one could see that red glow filled with death and decay.

That was... a world-ending alarm.

Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes, killing intent boiling in his cross-shaped pupils.

"It seems I don't need to go looking for it..."

"It's already impatient to add a dish for me."