Chapter 36: Mutation of Origin Core
Kaal sat cross-legged in his courtyard, his breathing steady but shallow. The moment the Blood Queen Bee’s corrupted core dissolved in his stomach, an intense wave of Qi surged through him like a tide of fire and ice.
Suddenly, a violent tremor rocked his meridians.
His entire Qi network was assaulted by a terrifying presence, the lingering will of the Blood Queen Bee, twisted and drenched in death. It screeched and writhed, trying to seize control of his body from within, attempting to drag his consciousness into an abyss of madness.
Kaal gritted his teeth, veins bulging along his neck as he fought to contain the eruption. But just as the deadly will seemed ready to overwhelm him
His { Origin Core } responded, spinning at a faster pace in his soul. Then, from deep within his soul, the dormant Hell Asura Bloodline stirred.
A shadow tore through the void of his consciousness a monstrous face with crimson eyes and jagged horns emerged. The Hell Demon, born of his bloodline, opened its maw and devoured the dying will of the Blood Queen Bee in a single bite.
Silence followed.
Then—Boom!
A rush of vitality unlike anything Kaal had ever felt surged through his veins. His bones cracked and reformed, becoming denser and harder. His meridians expanded, becoming rivers capable of holding vastly more Qi. In the space of a breath, his entire body evolved.
Within the depths of his Origin Core, a strange transformation occurred. A glowing blood drop mark etched itself into the surface of the core, shimmering in an ancient script, Kapal language, the Ancient forgotten language.
As the bloodline mutation completed, Kaal’s hair slowly turned snow-white, strands glowing faintly under the moonlight.