"...The contagion is obvious. Heh, after all, the carrier is a parasite."
Awakening Mother (Gold Mid Rank Creature): It possesses no offensive power and does not even have a physical form visible to the naked eye, yet it is absolutely your most dangerous Magical Pet. Or perhaps the most dangerous lifeform in this world. You must keep her under control.
Lu PingAn's Life Encyclopedia quietly turned a page, yet this newborn Magical Pet had never appeared before him.
But this "mother body" was more than merely a pathogen. It was the source of blessings and the result of curses, an intangible existence like a "concept," yet also an independent will.
"...I never thought my 'blessing' ability would mutate into this."
At Tier 8, Life-type transcendents at this level had accumulated too much. There was very little left that they could not accomplish.
Yet their growth followed a trajectory. Their past accumulations often bore fruit at this stage, composite laws formed rules, and composite rules began to form their own "principles."
Lu PingAn had grown incredibly quickly and accumulated a great deal, but compared to those centuries-old monsters, it was still not enough.
He had too few "materials." Yet all along, he had possessed an ability from very early on, one that had greatly compensated for his shortcomings.
"The blessing ability. It seems like the shares aren't much, but over those 'ten years,' with the shares from those Professionals—especially the newly advanced Rule-level ones—I really accumulated a lot."
Bestower of Blessings, a Tier 5 Gardener, Lu PingAn's original profession, was a purely enhancement-focused ability.
Using Life Coins, he could take a portion of the target's soul and existence as a seed, cultivating a duplicate of the target—their Another Me.
That individual could grow alongside its owner. Not only would