Succeed or Die Trying

"Master? This is..."

Qing Feng was still dazed. Having only consciousness was an incredibly unpleasant experience.

He had already resigned himself to being killed, but he had never expected to still be able to think.

"...That was basically it. I didn't completely kill you. You are now one with my Dao Fruit. Do you still remember your own Great Dao?"

Lan Mu gave a brief explanation. Qing Feng only half understood, but he no longer cared about such things. He only knew that Lan Mu had turned back for him in the end, and that was enough.

Qing Feng had always felt that Lan Mu was too obsessed, that he had developed a heart demon. Now that he was deep within Lan Mu's soul, he could sense that Lan Mu's heart demon had been shattered and that his heart was filled with light.

"Master, I remember everything... but I no longer have a Dao Fruit, nor do I have any mana left," Qing Feng said.

Lan Mu nodded. Qing Feng's consciousness still remembered the Root Algorithm, but he could no longer use it.

Lan Mu's realm was now infinitely close to that of a Saint, mainly because Qing Feng's consciousness had perfectly stacked onto his Dao Fruit, like two Quasi-Saints becoming one.

His will, state of mind, comprehension, and other aspects had all risen geometrically due to the stacking.

"Qing Feng! Try using my Dao Fruit to modify my mana!" Lan Mu said as he tried to share his body with Qing Feng.

In an instant, he felt the mana throughout his body surge, multiplying tenfold.

Then it rose again and again, multiplying over and over.

The feeling of mana increasing out of nowhere, inexhaustible and limitless, was indescribably exhilarating.

"Master! There's no cost! How can this be? It doesn't