Fusion (Seeking Recommendations and Tips)

Only two components were extracted from this card: a pure Bloodline Source and the Race Imprint of a Black-Backed Gnoll.

Next came the two five-star Species Propagation Cards. He directly dismantled them, extracting the two Propagation Rule Threads and setting them aside for now.

He did not know if it was an illusion, but the Creation Power obtained from dismantling the cards seemed less abundant than before.

With that, the Creation Cube now contained four portions of pure Bloodline Source; one each of Snake-Man, Murloc, Goblin, Bugbear, and Black-Backed Gnoll Race Imprints; as well as two Propagation Rule Threads.

Lin Xiao now had two choices. One was to select a Race Imprint, fuse it with the four portions of pure Bloodline Source, then fuse in the two Propagation Rule Threads to enhance the new race's reproductive abilities.

As for the remaining four Race Imprints, they would naturally serve as nutrients to strengthen the selected Bloodline Source as much as possible.

That way, once the newly born species fused with the Bloodline Sources of other species, even if it remained the original species, its base strength would be far greater than before.

For example, if he still chose Murlocs, then after fusing the four portions of pure Bloodline Source, the newborn Murlocs would still be Murlocs—but their physiques would definitely be far stronger than the Murlocs currently in his Divine Domain.

The second option was to attempt an idea Lin Xiao had conceived long ago.

Back when his Golden Finger had yet to awaken, though he had already learned of the Creation Cube's functions, he had often let his imagination run wild whenever he had nothing to do. He had come up with countless bizarre ideas. One of them was whether he could fuse different species together and see what sort of thing would be born.

Would it become some monstrous chimera, or transform into an entirely new species?

He had pondered that idea for a long time, but never had the chance to test it. Now, the opportunity lay right before him. It only depended on whether he could make up his mind.

Of course Lin Xiao had the resolve. It was just that the current circumstances were not quite suitable for him to test all sorts of wild ideas.

After all, he was not the first to attempt fusing different species. Some True Gods possessing the Creation Godhood had long tried to merge different species in hopes of creating powerful new ones, but nearly all had failed. The newborn species were riddled with defects, and unknown changes deep within their genes meant they generally did not live long.

Most importantly, once the Race Imprints of the newly fused species had completely merged into one, they would most likely be impossible to separate again.

In other words, once he fused them, all the cards would become one. He might not be able to dismantle them in the future, and the losses would undoubtedly be immense.

Yet Lin Xiao still entertained this thought and hesitated over whether to do it because this choice offered benefits he simply could not refuse.

According to records spanning hundreds of thousands of years of human history, any Deity capable of creating a new species could obtain the Divine Profession of Creation.

That was right—anyone. Even Divine Creatures like him, who could not yet condense a Divine Profession, could obtain it. Not immediately, of course; but once they became Demigods, they would automatically receive it.

Most crucially, this Creation Godhood was an additional Divine Profession. It did not consume the capacity of one's own Divinity. In other words, when becoming a Demigod with five points of Divinity, other Demigods could possess Divine Professions whose strength did not exceed what five points of Divinity could bear. But within the limits of those five points of Divinity, he could gain an extra Divine Profession.

Granted, the Creation Godhood did not increase combat power. It was not a combat-oriented Divine Profession. But it was a high-tier Divine Profession, and its main purpose was to broaden one's growth limit.

If one possessed only an ordinary Murloc Divine Profession, the growth limit would not be high. No matter how many Murloc believers one had, one could not break through Godhead Level ten and become an Intermediate Divine Power.

But with the Creation Godhood, as long as one's understanding of rules was sufficient and one had enough believers, one could continue growing into a Greater Divine Power beyond Godhead Level fifteen.

That was the difference.

So, despite knowing the uncertainty was immense, Lin Xiao still wanted to take a gamble.

As the saying went, take a gamble and a bicycle could become a motorcycle. At worst, failure would only slow his development a little.

With the current strength of his Divine Domain's Kinfolk, even if he remained in this state, his results in the upcoming Final Exam would not be poor. He might not make it into the Key Class or Elite Class, but he would not be assigned to the Ordinary Class either.

But if he succeeded... hehehe!

Lin Xiao rubbed his hands together, drew a deep breath, and said,

"Fuse!"

He could have done it with a thought, but he still said it aloud, as though to encourage himself.

The instant the words left his mouth, the Creation Cube changed. Following his design, the four portions of pure Bloodline Source fused first, becoming one powerful Bloodline Source.

Then his consciousness swept across the five Race Imprints. With a thought, the Murloc Life Imprint rose and descended into that powerful Bloodline Source.

He chose Murlocs as the foundation not only because it would be easier to integrate them into his existing Murloc Kinfolk in the future, but also for another important reason. The Salted Fish Thrust skill he had previously loaded had been loaded into the Murloc race. If the Murloc Life Imprint served as the foundation, then any new species fused in the future would automatically inherit that privilege and be able to learn this powerful skill.

If another species were used as the foundation, the new species created through fusion would be unable to learn that skill.

One Life Imprint after another was poured into the enhanced Bloodline Source. With every imprint added, the faint ripples emitted by that chaotic blood sphere, which glowed with a dim golden light, grew stronger. After all four were added one by one, its ripples quickly became more than three times as strong as they had initially been.

Next, he added the two Propagation Rule Threads extracted from the Propagation Cards.

He also poured in the Creation Power transformed from the two-star Cod Card he had dismantled earlier. A mosquito leg might be small, but it was still meat. Any improvement was still an improvement.

Once all that was done, the chaotic blood sphere, which was nearly turning gray, boiled like water at a rolling boil. Wave after wave of profound ripples surged from within it.

As the master of the Creation Cube, Lin Xiao unknowingly fell asleep upon his God Seat at that moment. Suspended at the center of the vast Divine Sea, the Creation Cube rapidly rolled and twisted in intersecting motions. Rays of gray light burst from its rotating seams, as if a sun within the cube were radiating brilliance.

At that moment, Lin Xiao's Divine Soul synchronized with the Creation Cube, and profound mysteries of creation beyond the limits of his current comprehension were violently poured directly into his mind.

Murlocs, Snake-Men, Goblins, and Gnolls—the birth of these four species, their evolution, their dismantling under the Creation Cube's control, their mutual fusion, and every change resulting from it—all of it was forcefully injected into his mind. In an instant, he understood the profound secrets of creation behind these four species.

At that moment, Lin Xiao had an intense feeling that, if he possessed enough divine power, he could create these four species from nothing.

That intense feeling turned into an impulse. In a daze, he felt as though he had extended a finger and pointed into the void. The next second, the void exploded with a thunderous boom, and he instantly lost consciousness.