Gangxing Invites Battle!

Cloud Sea of Heaven-Reaching, Sacred Fire Cliff.

Rolling Purple Qi filled the enormous secret realm cave abode, concealing the workings of Heaven. Within that Purple Qi lay a sight enough to trigger trypophobia.

The entire secret realm cave abode had nearly been hollowed out into a colossal basin. Countless rice-grain-sized insects clustered within it, beating their wings and humming low. Their originally tiny noise, amplified by the vast number of insects, had become thunderous roars that shook the heavens.

—Qi-Eating Insects!

These were an extraterrestrial species Lu Yang had obtained during the War of Dao Seizure. However, they were too costly to raise, so he had not devoted much effort to them back then.

But now, backed by the Sacred Sect's inexhaustible treasury, Lu Yang had spent money like water, allowing the Qi-Eating Insects to undergo a qualitative leap in a short time.

"One billion, two hundred ninety-six million."

With a sweep of his Divine Thought, Lu Yang counted the Qi-Eating Insects in the basin. This number seemed to have reached some unseen limit.

The number of Qi-Eating Insects could grow no further.

In return, however, no matter how many were lost, so long as they were not completely wiped out, they could rapidly reproduce until they returned to their peak number of one billion, two hundred ninety-six million.

Of course, their numbers were secondary.

More importantly, under Lu Yang's no-expense-spared cultivation, this extraterrestrial species had finally unleashed potential it had never displayed in his previous lives.

At the same time, Lu Yang caught a glimpse of certain secrets within them.

"At first glance, these Qi-Eating Insects appear to be living creatures of flesh and blood, but that does not seem to be the case. Rather than living creatures, they are more like a Spell."

Lu Yang of the past