Xuanwu War Sovereign

Qin Feng hadn’t been blinded by greed when he resolved to steal the Creation from this Stone Egg.

He had considered the matter thoroughly and believed he had a reasonable chance of success.

Opportunity often comes with risk.

Before seeing this Stone Egg, Qin Feng had always believed he had a good chance of becoming a Demon God in the Golden Era.

But he had still underestimated how fierce the future competition would be.

Despite constantly raising his estimation of the Ancient Celestial Prides, the scene before him was still far more shocking.

With a God-Demon as its cocoon, a Demon God Realm as its cradle, and countless Spiritual Roots, Spirit Medicines—even a Divine Level Spiritual Root—as its nourishment, such a being was nothing short of an Innate Demon God.

Clearly, in the Golden Era, there would be no shortage of Ancient Celestial Prides with a foundation like the one in this Stone Egg. There might even be more incredible beings out there.

Competitors like that were enough to make anyone despair.

Once the ancient creature inside the Stone Egg awakened, it would surely become a Demon God in an incredibly short time.

Qi Fortune in this world was finite. Even in the Golden Era, the number of positions for Demon Gods was not limitless. To miss this chance meant waiting for the next age.

Qin Feng had had his fill of waiting.

’No obsession, no survival!’ Even if it was immensely dangerous, Qin Feng had to take this gamble.

If he could break through the barrier of his Flawless Saint Body and advance to the Ninth Realm Demon God Body, he would completely close the gap with the Ancient Celestial Prides.

His movements were light and ethereal. Qin Feng did his utmost to conceal any trace of malice or killing intent, becoming like a gentle breeze.

In an instant, he was just over a dozen paces from the giant egg.

Step by step, his heart grew a little calmer with each pace.

The giant egg remained perfectly still, and Qin Feng breathed an inward sigh of relief.

’Just as I thought. Beings like this have astonishing Spiritual Sense, but it’s still gestating. As long as I don’t harbor any malicious thoughts, it won’t be awakened!’

Right now, Qin Feng was like a mosquito that had landed on a sleeping person.

As long as he didn’t buzz his wings too loudly, the chances of being discovered were slim.

The dozen or so paces passed in a flash. Qin Feng’s expression remained unchanged as he glanced at the giant egg, his peripheral vision sweeping over the enormous Divine Corpse beneath his feet.

He circulated the Primordial Heart Demon Scripture, refining away all evil thoughts, killing intent, and every trace of shock and tension.

He gently reached out and pressed a hand against the shell of the Stone Egg. A vast wave of Spiritual Essence surged through his skin, awakening a primal instinct within him.

A craving!

An intense craving!

It was like an imperfect person instinctively yearning for perfection.

’Don’t be hasty. Don’t be nervous. I have to do this step-by-step!’ Qin Feng forcefully suppressed this instinct. As a mosquito stealing blood, he couldn’t be too hasty when inserting his proboscis.

Otherwise, he would most likely wake the host and be swatted flat.

Despite circulating the Primordial Heart Demon Scripture, his heart still hammered in his chest—a frantic thrumming born from a deep-seated mixture of craving and tension.

Qin Feng’s expression remained unchanged, as placid as a breeze. At most, his pounding heart turned the gentle breeze into a cool evening wind.

After a moment of probing, seeing the giant egg remained still, Qin Feng slowly activated the Bone Marrow Extraction and Essence Transformation Technique. An invisible suction emanated from the hand pressed lightly against the Stone Egg’s shell.

This force seeped silently into the Stone Egg. The Spiritual Essence within was like an ocean—utterly vast.

A light flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes. He forcefully suppressed the impulse to devour it all in one go, instead using the Bone Marrow Extraction and Essence Transformation Technique to silently draw out a single wisp of Spiritual Essence as a test.

As the wisp of Spiritual Essence merged into his body, Qin Feng felt his very soul ascending. It was as if his muscles and bones had become Spiritual, combining with a mysterious power within him.

He had gained a trace of a Demon God Trait.

It was a sliver of deep blue light.

The radiance of the Water Attribute!

His mortal bones were transforming into the Divine Bones unique to an Innate Demon God Body!

His Flawless Saint Body absorbed the Spiritual Essence from the Stone Egg, and Qin Feng’s constitution began shifting toward that of a Water Element Origin Demon God Body.

Just as Qin Feng had predicted, the Stone Egg had no reaction to losing a single wisp of Spiritual Essence—it was as if it had merely been bitten by a mosquito.

’Good. I’ll keep at it!’

Fearful of waking the being inside the Stone Egg, Qin Feng maintained this slow pace of theft, allowing the wisps of incredibly pure Spiritual Essence to merge into his body one by one.

The Spiritual Essence first flowed toward his two breastbones for refinement. At this moment, Qin Feng could see with his inner vision that one of the two bones was now tinged with a faint blue.

It was a Sea God Bone!

A type of Water Attribute Origin Divine Bone!

To possess a single Divine Bone was to have the constitution of an Innate God-Demon.

With the Sea God Bone, Qin Feng now possessed an Innate Sea God Body. His cultivation speed with Water Element Techniques would be ten, even dozens of times faster than other Martial Dao geniuses.

Innate Divine-Demon Physiques also varied in quality; the more Divine Bones one had, the faster their cultivation speed.

From what Qin Feng knew, a true Ancient Celestial Pride was typically born with a full body of Divine Bones. That was why they possessed the strength of a Martial Arts Giant right from birth.

Finally, after an hour, the first breastbone turned completely light blue.

This Divine Bone emanated a faint blue, divine light. The moment it finished forming, the circulation speed of the Star River True Power within Qin Feng’s body doubled.

At this point, Qin Feng could be said to possess an Innate Demon God Body.

Qin Feng gazed at the Stone Egg. To it, the Spiritual Essence he had taken was merely a drop in the bucket.

Qin Feng maintained his speed. A steady stream of Spiritual Essence poured in through his arm, passing through the first completed breastbone to begin condensing in the second.

Before long, the second breastbone also began to glow with a blue light.

Next came the vertebrae—the body’s great dragon.

An hour later, his vertebrae also transformed into Divine Bones.

Even after stealing so much Spiritual Essence, Qin Feng felt that the reserves within the Stone Egg were still just as vast, showing no signs of depletion.

’Good grief. Just how much Spirit Medicine and how many Spiritual Roots were prepared for this Stone Egg?’ Qin Feng thought again of the Divine-level Ancient Earth Tree.

Gritting his teeth, Qin Feng grew bolder and continued his theft.

The fourth and fifth Divine Bones—his left and right arm bones—successively bloomed with faint blue light, solidifying at a visible rate. Qin Feng felt his affinity for Water Element Qi reach an unprecedented level.

After the fifth Divine Bone successfully formed, Qin Feng finally sensed that the vast Spiritual Essence within the Stone Egg had weakened by a sliver.

But the creature inside the Stone Egg still showed no sign of a reaction.

Qin Feng continued to steal the Spiritual Essence. The sixth and seventh Divine Bones—the bones in his legs—took shape.

As the sixth and seventh Divine Bones formed, Qin Feng felt as if he had become the king of the ocean.

In his mind, countless Water Element Divine Abilities appeared, and in a single instant, he had comprehended the majority of them.

How terrifying was that!

Even with Qin Feng’s mental fortitude, he almost cried out in shock.

’No wonder ordinary geniuses can’t compete with the Ancient Celestial Prides. With this kind of cultivation speed, who the hell could possibly keep up!’

Clicking his tongue in amazement, Qin Feng focused his gaze on the last two bones in his body. Once he refined them into Divine Bones, he would possess a truly complete Innate Demon God Body.