Thirteen Sword Fiend Body

On a somewhat desolate life planet.

A golden tree towering over a hundred kilometers tall had sunk its roots deep into the ground, its crown stretching beyond the atmosphere.

Standing on a golden leaf along one of the thick branches, Jiang Luo reached out to stroke its tip, feeling the joy and affection the Ten Thousand Feather Tree conveyed to him.

Five years had passed since he had obtained the Ten Thousand Feather Tree sapling from Marquis Huanming.

After feeding it large quantities of Lanke Fruit, the tree had finally grown to Universe Level.

Jiang Luo took a Life Fruit from his Space Ring.

Sensing the Life Fruit's aura, the giant tree excitedly shook its branches, stirring up storm after storm in the atmosphere.

The commotion caught the attention of quite a few Star Level and Universe Level slaves.

Jiang Luo tossed the Life Fruit down. A leaf curled around it, and it disappeared from sight.

A moment later, the Ten Thousand Feather Tree seemed to have eaten its fill, its body trembling and heaving.

The energy contained in the Life Fruit was so immense that even a Universe Level Ten Thousand Feather Tree struggled to digest it.

But then buds quickly began to sprout from its branches and leaves.

The buds swelled, then opened all at once.

Each golden flower was made up of 108 long, slender petals that looked more like feathers than petals.

They were the Ten Thousand Feather Tree's offspring.

The giant tree, over a hundred kilometers tall, had grown a total of 10,081 flowers.

The flowers then detached from the branches, waving their feather-like petal tentacles like octopus arms as they swam through the atmosphere.

Jiang Luo reached out to stroke the petal tentacle of one flower. Its consciousness, born of the same source as the Ten Thousand Feather Tree's yet somewhat more immature, eagerly communicated with him.

"Truly wondrous," Jiang Luo marveled. "They seem like clones, but aren't; like offspring, but aren't either. Yet they all carry my Spiritual Imprint and obey my will."

Each of these 10,081 offspring was at the second tier of Star Level.

The Ten Thousand Feather Tree itself was at the second tier of Universe Level.

The offspring were one major realm below the parent.

Of course, even one major realm lower, it was no easy feat for the Ten Thousand Feather Tree to produce over ten thousand offspring.

Without the Life Fruit Jiang Luo had given it, producing 10,081 offspring in one go would have severely depleted its vitality. It might even have overdrawn its life force and withered away.

Jiang Luo went on to feed it three more Life Fruits, and the Ten Thousand Feather Tree bloomed three more times.

Altogether, it produced more than forty thousand Star Level offspring.

"These are only Star Level offspring. Once the Ten Thousand Feather Tree reaches Domain Lord Level, producing Universe Level offspring will probably take at least a hundred Life Fruits..."

Just thinking about it made Jiang Luo's scalp tingle.

The Ten Thousand Feather Tree itself needed vast resources to grow, and producing offspring required just as much. The higher its level, the more resources it needed.

By now, nearly all the Lanke Fruit and Life Fruits he had bought at the Gulun Auction had been used up.

Each Life Fruit cost more than two Hunyuan Units.

Those four alone had cost him nine Hunyuan Units.

On top of that, he had bought a star cluster containing sixteen galaxies at the auction, along with a large number of slaves, ships, and various devices for developing planets.

The 3.16 million points he had earned from the Trial Tower—equivalent to 31.6 Hunyuan Units' worth of Universe Coins—were basically gone.

That made him even more eager to obtain Flint Star Sector Lord's treasure.

"Pato." Jiang Luo summoned a Heimeng Race slave at the second tier of Universe Level. "Take your subordinates and bring the Ten Thousand Feather Tree offspring to the life planets we've selected. Remember, place one offspring on each life planet."

"Understood!" Pato replied respectfully.

He then called over more than forty thousand Star Level slaves. Each took an offspring aboard a ship, and they scattered through the stars like flowers tossed to the wind.

Jiang Luo sighed inwardly. Sixteen galaxies held far more than a hundred million life planets.

Even after excluding the planets where no one above Planetary Level could be relocated, the number was still astronomical.

For quite some time, he would probably be busy spreading and cultivating faith across those sixteen galaxies.

"Good timing. I've gathered enough wish power now." Jiang Luo sent his consciousness into the Wordless Seal and looked at the small clump of crimson faith power inside, pleased.

Ten trillion strands of white faith power could condense into a strand of crimson faith power, enough to manifest higher-tier cultivation techniques and divine abilities.

Over the past five years, as the number of life planets under his control had grown, he had accumulated tens of trillions of strands of white faith power, despite the time-consuming work of cultivating faith.

That amounted to dozens of strands of crimson faith power.

"Manifest the Thirteen Sword Fiend Body and the seventh stage of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map!"

In an instant, images and information poured into his mind.

To obtain Flint Star Sector Lord's treasure, the ability to withstand attacks from groups of enemies was crucial.

After consulting the Wordless Seal, Jiang Luo learned that the most suitable techniques he could manifest in a short time were the Thirteen Sword Fiend Body from the Cangyuan Map, combined with the seventh stage of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.

Once cultivated to the seventh stage, the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map would not only give him physical strength comparable to Universe Level but also the ability of Blood Rebirth.

The Thirteen Sword Fiend Body could likewise bring about a leap in the body's evolution, and it excelled at long-range attacks against groups.

Together, the two techniques could unleash terrifying power.

Jiang Luo had also considered manifesting the Thunder Annihilation Demon Body.

Once mastered, the Thunder Annihilation Demon Body would grant him incredible speed, far beyond the limits of the top flying speeds of Star Level and Universe Level beings.

It might prove even more useful than the Thirteen Sword Fiend Body in the Flint Star World.

But cultivating the Thunder Annihilation Demon Body required a deep comprehension of the Lightning Origin Law.

Of course, Jiang Luo could contemplate the Nuwa Map at all times, so it wasn't impossible for him to cultivate the Lightning Origin Law.

But that would take much longer, and time was too short.

The greatest advantage of the Thirteen Sword Fiend Body was that it required no comprehension of laws.

Jiang Luo examined the information on the Thirteen Sword Fiend Body. "Hmm, the original version requires fusing thirteen types of special fiendish energy.

"The Thirteen Sword Fiend Body manifested through faith power conforms to the Supreme Rule of the Origin Continent, so it doesn't require any fiendish energy.

"But it does require fusing thirteen special materials into the body.

"Golden Rabbit Magnetite, Shaluo Spirit Liquid, Burning Sun Copper Mother, Roaring Cloud Beast blood essence, Purple Vein Glass Heart..."

Jiang Luo hurriedly searched the Virtual Universe Network for information on the thirteen special materials.

A while later, delight appeared on his face. "Good. With my status as a disciple of the Ancient Wheel Hall, I can buy them. A few of the materials are quite expensive, though. They're essential for cultivating some precious auxiliary plant life-forms.

"Looks like I'll have to challenge the Trial Tower again."

Over the past five years, although he had devoted most of his energy to spreading faith,

he had been able to contemplate the Nuwa Map in his mind at all times, and his soul had continued to transform under its nourishment.

This had greatly improved his ability to sense the fluctuations of the Water-Fire Origin.

He could even faintly sense the fluctuations of the other six lower laws, though they were extremely vague and difficult to comprehend or cultivate.