After gaining enough power to establish herself in the universe, Xue Xi had been excited for a while, but gradually calmed down. It wasn't really anything special. These days, a bowl dropped in the shop could hit a King-level Immortal, and a pair of chopsticks tossed across the room could poke a powerful Venerable. That was all perfectly ordinary. As a mere Domain Lord, she was still nothing to write home about.
After giving herself a good, harsh dressing-down in her head, Xue Xi went downstairs singing, dancing, and rapping. She was curious to see how the diners had fared after being baptized by the new menu.
Before she even reached the bottom of the stairs, the golden light filling the whole restaurant flooded her vision. She stopped short. "Goodness gracious, have I gone to heaven? What a blinding sun!"
Except there was no sun in Chaos City!
The light was actually the glow emitted by every diner as their Gene Multiplier increased. The hundreds of people in the restaurant looked like hundreds of giant light bulbs, so dazzling and brilliant. A scene of such spectacular genetic improvement was rare throughout the entire universe.
After finishing the Nine-Turn Intestines, Moonlight Venerable had also eaten the Braised Pork Knuckle with his Luck Buff. In the next instant, dazzling golden light burst from his body, and Moonlight himself felt a sense of perfection. With one step, he crossed the threshold into High Venerable rank.
His long-held wish had come true at last. Moonlight Venerable nearly lost control and jumped up on the spot, but he held back for the sake of the old friends around him.
As his old acquaintances congratulated him, he could barely contain his joy. "Not at all, not at all. I've simply taken the first step. Waiting a