"Heh, I wish I had problems like yours."
Lin Qianxue rolled her beautiful, wide eyes at Xu Jingming before continuing:
"Perfect divine bodies, which surpass even top-tier ones, are almost exclusively the preserve of special lifeforms.
Ordinary lifeforms, no matter how noble their bloodlines, struggle to reach the threshold of 1,024 times.
This seems to be some kind of cosmic rule."
But she quickly changed tack, fixing Xu Jingming with an intent gaze:
"You're different, though."
Xu Jingming froze. "Me?"
Lin Qianxue nodded, a rare trace of anticipation appearing on her cool, exquisite face:
"You're exceptionally talented. Before you break through to the Eternal Tier,
if you cultivate the Origin Core Secret Tome to a higher level, you might be able to form a perfect divine body."
Xu Jingming's heart jolted.
That's right!
The Origin Core Secret Tome itself is a heaven-defying secret technique that can increase my life gene multiplier without a breakthrough!
If I can use it to form a perfect divine body,
my combat strength will be even greater when I advance to the Eternal Tier!
Xu Jingming took a deep breath and couldn't help asking:
"Senior sister, which level of the Origin Core Secret Tome would I need to reach to raise my life gene multiplier to 1,024 times?"
"That depends on your original life gene multiplier."
Lin Qianxue pondered briefly, then turned her wrist.
A precision instrument appeared in her palm, no larger than her hand and silver-white all over.
Deep blue streams of data shimmered across its surface, and a needle as fine as a hair extended from its center.
"Hold out your hand," Lin Qianxue instructed.
Xu Jingming held out his right hand as asked.
Lin Qianxue tapped a finger, and the needle silently pierced Xu Jingming's fingertip, drawing a trace of crimson