Hundredfold Gene!

"That is the situation. It's not that the commander doesn't want to bring you along, it's just that you are a Domain Lord now, and we can't form a squad with you to operate together..."

Zhu Ang specifically called Luoluobai Muye out for a drink to explain the Dongluo Legion's plans to him.

He looked at Luoluobai Muye and sighed softly, "If you were a World Lord right now, even a first-tier World Lord, I would have requested the commander to let you join us..."

"Thank you for your high regard, sir."

Luoluobai Muye was silent for a moment before asking, "Sir, how will the rest of us be arranged?"

"Dispersed and assigned to other legions. It will most likely be Gong Nuoxiao's legion," Zhu Ang informed him truthfully.

"Actually, if you don't want to continue joining a legion for battle, there is another option..."

Luoluobai Muye's eyes lit up: "Please, sir, tell me."

"If you are confident that you can become a World Lord within a hundred years, you can apply to the Military System for long-term seclusion. If you succeed within that century, you will naturally have the right to choose your path. If you fail to become a World Lord by then, you will have to submit to the Military System's assignment..."

Zhu Ang glanced at him: "You have quite a lot of military merit right now. You can exchange it for some treasures that assist in cultivation. There is a high probability that you can reach the ninth tier of the Domain Lord realm within a few decades. Given your current level, breaking through to become a World Lord shouldn't be difficult..."

"Thank you for the information, sir." Luoluobai Muye was overjoyed; he hadn't expected the Military System to have such a provision.

"However, such opportunities are rare. Each Domain Lord can only apply once, and it is usually requested by those at the ninth tier of the Domain Lord realm to facilitate a breakthrough," Zhu Ang looked at him deeply, "Once you break through to become a World Lord, remember to contact me."

Luoluobai Muye returned to his cultivation room and checked the Military System. Sure enough, every Domain Lord was eligible to apply for long-term seclusion once, for a maximum period of one hundred years, during which they were exempt from active duty.

Luoluobai Muye applied immediately. The request was approved quickly, and he was assigned an independent residence to serve as his place of seclusion.

He first went to say goodbye to Zhan Qiu, Feng Yi, and other friends he had grown close to over the years. Although they were clearly reluctant to see him go, they all wished for his swift breakthrough into the World Lord realm.

After packing his things, he arrived at the location assigned by the Military System.

Across a vast ocean, there were islands scattered like stars in the sky. Each island was small and packed closely together, resulting in a massive number of them.

Flying along the ocean between the islands, he quickly found his own. After verifying his identity, he became the temporary master of this island; without his permission, no one else could enter.

"Finally, I have a long period of time to cultivate..." Luoluobai Muye let out a long breath.

When Zhu Ang mentioned that the Dongluo Legion would be disbanded, he had considered retiring. With his current military merit, he could have applied for retirement directly.

But he hadn't yet decided where to go or what to do after retiring.

Seeking revenge against the Domain Lord who caused Luoluobai Muye to become a slave was something he had to do, but with his current strength, he was uncertain if he could pull it off.

After all, human territory was not like the Outer Battlefield where one could kill at will. To kill a Domain Lord, he needed to be at least a World Lord himself, and the ideal scenario would be to resolve it with a swift, decisive strike.

He owed his current strength to Xiao Si within the Singularity. Without Xiao Si's ability to devour and purify memories, it wouldn't have been impossible to reach his current level on his own, but the time required would have been multiplied countless times over.

Xiao Si's growth required the consumption of souls, and through this, he could also obtain a constant stream of cultivation insights and pure energy. Where else could be more suitable than the Outer Battlefield?

As for the danger, human territory wasn't necessarily any better. Walking down the street, one might accidentally offend a big shot and die without even knowing how.

Unless he joined some major power—which was possible given his strength—but he was already tired of a life where he had to take orders and be controlled by others.

The Outer Battlefield was a necessity, but the moment he became a World Lord, he would choose to gain his Freedom. Then, the world would be his to explore; he could continue adventuring if he wished, or stop to cultivate whenever he wanted. That was the life he envisioned—doing as he pleased, free and unfettered!

After resting for a day and fully relaxing, he adjusted his state to its peak, because the next task was to continue cultivating the second level of the Hunyuan Body Refining Technique.

As long as he mastered the second level, he would possess a hundredfold gene potential, and combined with his hundredfold perfect force output, he wouldn't fear low-tier World Lords.

After mastering the first level, his body had fully adapted to the tenfold gene potential over the past dozen years of consolidation. Now, he could push the evolution of his genes further.

Submerging his consciousness into the Singularity, he repeatedly studied the contents of the second level of the body refining technique and practiced it countless times in his mind.

There was no other way; a single mistake would result in genetic collapse. Although Xiao Si could protect his Singularity, it would still consume energy to repair his body. If he lost the progress from the first level and had to start over, there would be no one to complain to.

After months of countless simulations, he finally began his formal cultivation.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he focused all his attention and poured his entire consciousness into the Singularity.

The Singularity glowed faintly, and countless golden secret patterns vaguely lit up on its gray shell. Immediately, three thousand energy filaments shot out from the Singularity, connecting to the three thousand acupoints in his body.

His consciousness followed the energy filaments into the acupoints, beginning to build a more perfect structure upon the existing foundation.

He followed the description of the body refining technique exactly. He didn't understand why he had to do this, nor did he understand why this would make the structure of his energy acupoints more perfect.

What he didn't know was that with the repeated construction of each energy acupoint, his comprehension was improving imperceptibly.

This step alone took ten times longer than building the acupoints for the first level, and the structure of the three thousand energy acupoints was more than ten times more complex and perfect than before.

As the last energy acupoint was completed, the three thousand acupoints, just like the first time, generated a monstrous suction force. This time, the suction was far stronger than it had been at the first level.

Fortunately, Xiao Si had stored a massive amount of energy over the past dozen years. This was partly because he had killed many enemies, most of whom were high-tier Domain Lords, and he had collected their corpses into his storage space after every battle to fully absorb their energy.

But the more important reason was that Xiao Si had grown again.

In its own words, its roots could reach one-tenth of a light-second after the second growth, and now they could reach nearly one-half of a light-second.

This meant that within a diameter of 150,000 kilometers, it could devour souls, memories, and energy.

In legion warfare, the distance between various battlefields rarely exceeded 50,000 kilometers, so over these dozen years, Xiao Si had devoured the souls and energy of countless World Lords.

Although the absorption of energy was selective—requiring him to choose parts that wouldn't be too noticeable, as the body would show obvious changes after the energy was drained—he managed it well.

At this moment, without Luoluobai Muye needing to ask, Xiao Si proactively released pure energy, which Luoluobai Muye then controlled and channeled into the three thousand acupoints.

Only after absorbing an unknown amount of energy did the suction generated by the acupoints finally dissipate.

Under his control, all the energy acupoints began to shoot out filaments to connect with the other acupoints.

Soon, the interior of his body was covered in pale golden threads of energy, with some threads even piercing through to the outside, making it seem as if he were encased in a pale golden cocoon.

The flesh, bones, and membranes within his body began to vibrate spontaneously, and the genes at the deepest level of every cell began to evolve slowly.

During this process, layers of golden secret runes were branded onto the shell of his Singularity, each one fading into the surface the moment it was imprinted.

Immersed in his cultivation, Bai Muye remained completely unaware, but because there were far more runes this time than the last, Xiao Si within the Singularity noticed them, though it had no idea what this signified.

One month... one year... ten years...

Thirty years later, the golden "cocoon" outside Bai Muye's body suddenly contracted, covering his skin before finally vanishing into his body.

Slowly opening his eyes and feeling a physique countless times stronger than it had been thirty years ago, Bai Muye smiled silently.