"Ah, finally home." As soon as Ding Luo entered the house, he kicked off his shoes, letting the home robot run to pick them up, while he pounced and slammed his body hard onto the long sofa by the door.
The soft touch completely enveloped her, causing her to moan with pleasure.
"Did you run into any trouble on your way back today? I saw on the news that psionic energy appeared on your way back!"
One of the three bedrooms, connected to the living room, was suddenly opened, and a young man with glasses and messy hair rushed out.
Upon seeing Lin Hui Ding Luo, they breathed a sigh of relief and quickly inquired.
"Yes, I did encounter one. I almost didn't make it back; it was incredibly dangerous," Lin Hui nodded naturally.
"Your tone is so normal it's almost unnatural..." The boy was Ding Yiran, the Second Elder of the Ding Family.
This guy goes straight to his room during holidays and plays games from morning till night, never coming out to spend time with his family.
They only show up to care now because of the psionic attack.
"This might be emotional stagnation after a major ordeal. Simply put, my emotions haven't quite processed what I've been through. Once I come to terms with it, I'll be terrified," Lin Hui quickly explained.
Even if he doesn't want to act anymore, he should still give people some basic logic and respect their basic intelligence.
"... You..." Ding Yiran looked at her younger brother, whose expression was natural and calm, and then at her older sister, who looked exhausted.
"Never mind, it's good that everyone's alright. I always had a feeling that you two were secretly going out to do something fun behind my back..."
Bang!
A sofa cushion hit him squarely on the forehead.
"What the hell are you thinking about all day?! Last time you secretly used my stockings to make soup in the middle of the night, and I haven't even told Mom and Dad yet, do you want to die?!" Ding Luo exploded on the spot.
"No, no! I just said it offhand! Spare me!"
Ding Yizai, and while shouting, he lunged forward, trying to hug his older sister's leg.
He looked like he was trying to take advantage again. Then Ding Luo kicked him a long way away, and he lay on the ground unable to get up.
Lin Hui was speechless. Ding Yiran had always been like this in the family. But it was precisely because of him that the house was lively from beginning to end, never quiet for a moment, which gave him a unique sense of warmth.
The news of the attack was quickly relayed to their parents via interstellar phone. After reassuring them, Ding Luo started buying groceries and cooking, with Ding Yiran helping out. Lin Hui, as the younger brother, didn't have to do anything and was sent to his room to study and do his homework.
Of course, while ostensibly doing homework, they were actually studying the newly acquired psionic skull.
This is a specimen that he finally managed to acquire over the years.
Inside the Heart Source Demon Palace.
The Life Saint Form, carrying Lin Hui's main consciousness, circled the floating psionic head once.
"This thing seems to be able to continuously turn everything around it to Ashes, then absorb its essence and integrate it into itself to strengthen itself."
He observed for a long time and discovered an external characteristic of the skull.
"The power of Ashes is already a weaker version, a level below the Wind Disaster behind you, which is normal, but this thing..."
"It seems he possesses more than just the power of Ashes," Fusheng added from the side. "I just observed him for a while and discovered that he can also simultaneously generate infinite life force from within. This is somewhat similar to the legendary power of life-giving calamity."
"Disaster?"
"Well, aside from that, this guy also bears traces of the Cold Disaster. Simply put, this guy seems to be a hodgepodge; several types of Infinite Disaster Energy have been ingeniously fused, combined, and matched within him to create an extremely perfect structure, ultimately forming this outrageous thing." Fusheng shook his head. "In many places, in many small worlds, this thing would practically be a world-destroying monster."
"That's a bit of an exaggeration." Lin Hui nodded. Being able to connect and use several different Disaster Energy simultaneously, no wonder this guy is so troublesome.
"What do you plan to do?" Fusheng asked, turning his head.
"I came here to find resources. Senior, what do you think is the best way to get to the resources I need?" Lin Hui originally thought the monsters here might just be large medicinal herbs, but after catching them, he discovered that the situation might be a bit more complicated.
"There must be someone here researching the fusion and use of multiple Disaster Energy. The energy level is very high, so be careful. Your current strength isn't very strong, so remember to hide yourself first," Fusheng reminded him.
"To be honest, I don't even know what level I'm at now. How did you find out, senior?" Lin Hui asked curiously.
"Didn't your master tell you this? Oh right, he only has remnants of his will left, so it's normal that he didn't pay attention to these basic details. Let me explain it to you." Fusheng smiled, the skull head shaking. "Above the Insectoids is the so-called Breakthrough Level. This level is extremely broad, and we usually use the classification of Source Disaster to match it one by one. Whether you're Fusion Faction or a Resistanceist, facing Source Disaster is an inevitable experience for everyone."
He paused for a moment, then continued.
"After breaking through the boundary level, the individual's power has almost reached the point where they can destroy a small world by themselves."
Therefore, simply relying on the world as a reference point is no longer sufficient. A higher-level entity within the Source Disaster is needed as a reference. In our era, the most commonly used system was the one inherited from the immortal cultivation civilization. That is:
Breaking through the boundary corresponds to Celestial Immortal, followed by Golden Immortal, Primordial Chaos Immortal, Dao Integration Immortal, and External Source Immortal.
"In fact, the original limit was the Dao Integration Realm, which was the supreme existence known as the Saint. Later, during the Source Disaster, individuals higher than the Dao Integration Saint appeared, which were born by devouring the Dao, and thus they were classified as the External Source Level."
"Golden Immortal, Primordial Chaos, Dao Integration, External Source..." Lin Hui carefully pondered these subsequent realms.
"Then, senior, how is the process of breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm defined?"
"Actually, there's no standard definition, because in a real fight, a strange and unusual special ability might allow a newly awakened individual to kill a Primordial Being. So, the only true judgment can be based on battle records," Fusheng replied. "That Wind Disaster True Lord of Seven Destructions you brought before was a super-strong individual from the Fusion Faction who reached the Primordial Being level. Have you fought him?"
"Uh..." This question hits a nerve with Lin Hui; he and Seven Extinctions had never actually fought each other.
He had always assumed that he was no match for Seven Extinctions.
But how could he think he was no match for someone he'd never fought?
"It seems not. You can use him as a standard to determine your own level. You've only just broken through the boundary, able to freely summon large areas of infinite Disaster Energy to destroy small worlds. But you need to be clear about which of this is your own strength and which is the erosion inherent in the Disaster Energy itself. Ordinary Disaster Energy is useful to ordinary worlds, but at the level of breaking through the boundary and above, almost every powerful person at the Golden Immortal level has dealt with Source Disaster. They know how to deal with Source Disaster, and low-level Disaster Energy is completely useless to them."
Fusheng paused here, then continued.
"At this moment, with the amplification from the Source Disaster removed, your true strength will be revealed."
"Senior, can't you give a standard using destructive power? I know that different worlds have different material, energy, and environmental conditions, so the manifestation of destructive power is also different. How about using the world we are in now?" Lin Hui still felt it wasn't intuitive enough.
"Well... just remember, never underestimate any opponent who appears before you. Every battle must begin with probing. Only after multiple attempts should you resort to personal combat as a last resort. This is a fundamental quality that any veteran powerhouse must possess," Fusheng advised.
"As for direct manifestation, a Golden Immortal who has broken through the boundary can easily destroy a star with a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers with a single blow. Some powerful Golden Immortals will directly occupy the center of a star or a small galaxy as their cultivation ground. Of course, I don't know about you Fusion Faction; I'm talking about the resistance faction and the neutral faction."
"Well... if I disperse my power randomly, destroying a planet's surface wouldn't be too difficult. Could you be more specific?" Lin Hui roughly simulated his own level and felt that if he went all out, he might be able to destroy a slightly smaller planet.
"Tofu is delicate. Do you think someone judges their strength by how many pieces of tofu they can smash with one slap?" Fusheng asked a profound question.
"So... what you mean, senior, is that celestial matter is tofu?" Lin Hui understood.
"That's right. So don't use the number of blocks of tofu you can destroy as a standard to measure your strength, because that's meaningless. Test each other, test each other more, and you'll know your strength after you fight." After Fusheng finished speaking, he still made a slight estimate. "I estimate that you are probably between the Breaking Realm and the Golden Immortal, but you have many strange abilities, so I'm not sure what level of combat achievements you can actually achieve."
"Thank you, senior..." Lin Hui nodded.
Since breaking through the barrier, he has been somewhat confused, because none of the inherited memories of any cultivation technique mentioned the subsequent division of strength levels.
Therefore, he actually didn't know what level he was at.
"Now I understand why some forces become narrow-minded and blindly arrogant. When the power levels within a system are clearly defined, comparisons between members make strength and weakness immediately apparent. If someone masters the system to its peak, they naturally feel invincible. But..."
Fusheng continued, "But once you step outside, you're only the strongest within your own system. Facing the boundless array of abilities and powers in the outside world, even if you could destroy a planet instantly, if your system isn't perfect and has an overlooked weakness, you might be easily defeated by an insignificant roadside ability. Then your entire system would become a joke."
Lin Hui nodded.
"I have learned a great deal."
"Then how do we deal with this thing?" Fusheng looked at the head in mid-air.
"Let's test it out first..." Lin Hui stretched out his hand, and his enormous and powerful Divine Power was instantly activated in Divine Art technique, crushing everything in its path.
You should know that he has always been enhanced by the Devil Incense, and over the years, his Divine Power has been continuously increasing every day, seemingly without end.
As a result, his Divine Power is now almost at the limit of his body.
It can't accommodate any more going up. This is clearly the limit of the Devil Incense's power.
As soon as the immense Divine Power was unleashed, the head in mid-air trembled slightly, actually turning around on its own, opening its mouth wide, and devouring Lin Hui's approaching Divine Power.
"Interesting... He can actually break down my refined Divine Power." Lin Hui raised an eyebrow. You should know that his Divine Power had been refined to an extremely high level because he had been in contact with Wind Disaster and star Disaster Energy for many years.
That's why, as soon as one's mind is focused, all living beings around them kneel down in submission.
Simply put, any individual whose energy level is lower than that of Disaster Energy can only be suppressed when facing his mind.
But... this monster only has a head left... yet it can still devour and absorb his mind, which is rather terrifying.
With a thought, Lin Hui switched to the Disaster Energy Wind Disaster.
A wisp of pale blue Disaster Energy, like a thread, appeared at his fingertips and floated lightly towards his head.
puff!
This time, the head also swallowed the Disaster Energy whole.
But because it was Disaster Energy, Lin Hui clearly sensed how this guy digested and absorbed the external energy.