A Desperate Goal

On the evening of the third day, the Life Leaf completely dissolved, and the water in the black vat transformed into a concentrated Life Potion.

Over the past few days, Luo Feng had been busy with other matters and had yet to bring Babata to visit. Shi Fen habitually maintained a low profile, completely unconcerned with the various waves of news on Earth.

Shi Fen had more important matters to attend to.

Using the newly acquired Life Potion, Shi Fen raised the life gene level of his main body and his nine main clones to their current peak.

The current gene level of his main body was 110 times that of a normal human.

The gene level of his nine main clones was 10 times that of a normal human.

Because his main body had received a special reward from the Qualification Trial, its gene level was exactly 100 times higher than that of the nine main clones.

While waiting for the Life Potion to take form, Shi Fen had not been idle; he had been fully digesting the secret manual information within the Library Hall. With the help of the machine Naiwa, Shi Fen had initially completed the work of categorizing and organizing all the information.

It took the machine less than a day to store all the books and data in the Library Hall into its own memory bank. Furthermore, while receiving the information inheritance, it had conveniently organized all the data with great clarity.

Even after Shi Fen obtained his Origin Core and his conscious calculation ability became countless times stronger, he still lagged far behind the machine.

This was a racial talent of the Machine Race that Shi Fen could not learn.

With the machine's assistance, Shi Fen did not need to flip through every memory; he could select the key points and directly begin the next stage of the Treasure Refining Trial, learning the rest only when necessary.

The Library Hall housed many secret manuals.

There were sets of books such as Treasure Refining, Ten Laws Essence Secret Patterns, Ten Laws Essence Secret Techniques, Ten Laws Combat Secret Techniques, Immortal Foundation, Soul Secret Techniques, Amplification Secret Techniques, and Tools.

There were also individual books such as Reincarnation, Soul Fusion Technique, and Talent Detection.

Among them, the Treasure Refining set contained the largest number of books, occupying over 99 percent of the shelves in the Library Hall. The entire Library Hall was almost filled by this single set of manuals.

Treasure Refining was the most complex part of Shi Fen's next stage of trials.

This set of books recorded a massive amount of materials that could be used for refining treasures.

Treasure refining materials could be divided into two categories: natural treasure refining materials and biological treasure refining materials.

The treasure refining materials recorded in Treasure Refining.

Natural treasure refining materials encompassed almost all useful substances below the level of Heavy Treasures. Biological treasure refining materials encompassed substances produced by all life forms below the True God level in the current Primordial Universe.

Perhaps because Shi Fen needed to nurture clones, the information on biological treasure refining materials that Yi provided to him was extremely comprehensive. The information not only introduced the functions of the biological materials themselves but also recorded the various abilities of the life forms in detail.

In the future, by relying on the records of special life forms in Treasure Refining, Shi Fen could completely cultivate a group of the top clones in the Primordial Universe.

Although Treasure Refining seemed thoughtful, it actually filled Shi Fen with despair.

Treasure Refining recorded 10 billion Planetary Level treasures, 1 billion Stellar Level treasures, 100 million Universe Level treasures, 10 million Domain Lord Level treasures, and 1 million Sector Lord Level treasures.

Shi Fen had to personally refine every single one of them to complete the requirements of the trial regarding the Treasure Refining section.

Only after seeing this requirement did Shi Fen understand why his starting point was so high, beginning with 10 clones. He had originally thought he was invincible, but now it seemed that 10 clones were not enough!

Refining over 11.1 billion treasures, with the final 1 million being Grade 5 treasures. Even if he split his consciousness and performed the refining simultaneously in the Image World and the Treasure Refining World, with 20 versions of himself working hard without sleep or rest.

How many years would it take to refine these 11.1 billion-plus treasures?

One hundred thousand years? A million years?

The most fatal part was that if he could not meet this condition, he would never be able to become an Immortal in the future.

Treasure Refining poured a bucket of cold water over Shi Fen's head. He had been quite smug before, but now he was like a wilted eggplant, completely deflated.

"Over 11.1 billion treasures, that means over 11.1 billion types of Secret Pattern Diagrams, oh my mother..." Shi Fen truly did not know when he would ever be able to complete this requirement.

Shi Fen did not want to waste any of his slots for nurturing clones, which meant he would have to rely solely on his current ten clones for an unknown number of years.

It now appeared that 10 clones were far too few.

Not only that, Shi Fen also had to spend time comprehending other secret manuals. The current stage of the Treasure Refining Trial required not only treasure refining skills but also super-strong comprehension of the universe's origin, as well as powerful personal strength.

These were all reflected in the secret manuals. This was the most difficult part of the Treasure Refining Trial.

Ten Laws Essence Secret Patterns

This secret technique analyzed the ten universe origin laws from the perspective of secret patterns. The supreme laws were decomposed into 10,081 essence secret patterns, and the subordinate laws were decomposed into 3,000 essence secret patterns.

Shi Fen needed to master them completely.

This was equivalent to fully mastering the essence of the ten universe origin laws.

Ten Laws Essence Secret Techniques

This secret technique was a buffer for the Ten Laws Essence Secret Patterns, assisting in the comprehension of the essence of the ten universe origin laws.

This technique analyzed the complete universe origin laws from the perspective of universe law essence. The supreme laws contained 108 types of law essence, and the subordinate laws contained 18 types of law essence.

Similar to Drifting Snow, it could be used to comprehend the essence of the universe origin laws, and one could also use the comprehended law essence to trigger the universe origin laws and directly increase combat strength.

Shi Fen needed to master all the law essences of the ten universe origin laws.

Ten Laws Combat Secret Techniques

This secret technique was an advanced version of the Ten Laws Essence Secret Techniques. It could not only be used to comprehend the 10 complete universe origin laws but also to convert law comprehension into strength.

This was a clear path pointing directly to Immortals and Venerables.

Shi Fen's law comprehension needed to reach the true limit of a Sector Lord, with all 10 laws comprehended to the point where only a sliver remained.

Immortal Foundation

This secret technique is a manual for the force amplification of both the physical body and Spiritual Force. It encompasses combat techniques for various weapons, including fists, blades, swords, spears, and Spiritual Force weapons, enabling a hundredfold amplification of physical or Spiritual Force power.

Shi Fen needs to achieve perfect mastery over his body and Spiritual Force, mastering both of these hundredfold amplification techniques.

Soul Secret Techniques

This secret technique includes illusions, possession, enslavement, Soul Domain, and other techniques exclusive to Spiritual Masters.

Shi Fen needs to master all of them to a certain degree.

Amplification Secret Techniques

These are secret techniques for energy, divine power, and strength amplification. Similar to the World of the Original Body, they can amplify one's strength by up to 100 times. Combined with the Immortal Foundation, he can unleash 10,000 times his own power, reaching the limit of strength amplification in the Primordial Universe.

This is equivalent to reaching the end of the Demon Sound Divine General inheritance, where Spiritual Force amplification will reach 10,000 times.

Shi Fen needs to master at least a 10-fold strength amplification. When at the peak of the World Lord level, without calculating other factors, he will be able to unleash 10 times the power of a peak World Lord.

The multitude of secret manuals, all of which could be considered peak-level within the Primordial Universe, brought Shi Fen too much trouble at this moment.

There was no helping it; every time Shi Fen fully comprehended a secret manual, he had to undergo a "Hall Trial" in the Heaven-Reaching Hall. Only by successfully passing the trial would that manual be considered cleared.

Law essence secret patterns, law essence, law comprehension, physical force levels, strength amplification, soul secret techniques...

Shi Fen could not dodge a single one.

Compared to this, the Heaven-Reaching Bridge, which only tested law comprehension and actual combat power, seemed incredibly simple. Other powerhouses only had to be tested on one law comprehension path on the Heaven-Reaching Bridge, but for Shi Fen's Heaven-Reaching Hall, he had to be tested on ten...

The exhaustive, massive methods for refining treasures, added to the large number of top-tier secret manuals, should have been a good thing.

But when they became examination subjects, they were things that induced despair.

Judging by the current situation, Luo Feng will likely become a Venerable while I am still stuck at the World Lord level. This was Shi Fen's first reaction at the time.

Faced with the despair-inducing new "Treasure Refining Trial," Shi Fen did not give up on himself. He turned into a "Mad Demon" once again, entering a state of frenzied and focused research, starting from the basics to launch an assault on the "Treasure Refining Trial"!

"There is nothing that I, Shi Fen, cannot do!"

Deep in Shi Fen's bloodline, that spirit of refusing to admit defeat, refusing to accept fate, unwilling to fall behind others, and having the courage to charge at difficulties, was thoroughly awakened under the pressure of this desperate situation.

The "Mad Demon" Shi Fen became even more "mad" than before.

The first secret techniques Shi Fen began to practice were not any related to combat or laws, but two auxiliary secret techniques: Reincarnation and Soul Fusion Technique.

Reincarnation can slightly alter one's physical form and appearance, and can also change one's life aura and soul aura, turning oneself into an entirely different person.

This is a disguise technique very suitable for Shi Fen. As long as he learns this, his 10 clones can turn into 10 completely different people. With 10 main clones active outside, no one will be able to discover Shi Fen's secret.

Soul Fusion Technique is a special auxiliary secret technique.

Spiritual Force and Genetic Origin Energy, through a special combination method, can be transformed into a very magical "Fusion Soul Energy." Fusion Soul Energy can control certain substances at normal temperatures, allowing them to switch freely between liquid and solid states.

To give the most common example.

Soul Fusion Technique can take a piece of iron and, at room temperature, without the need for heating, liquefy it. Once liquefied, the iron can be solidified into any desired shape. Without any other tools, one can mold a piece of iron into any tool, accessory, or other item.

Soul Fusion Technique is known as the "Divine Forging Art."

Soul Fusion Technique can not only be used directly in the treasure refining process, but it also has wonderful uses such as purifying ores, repairing items of the same material, and separating impurities. When it comes to switching between solid and liquid states, there is nothing you cannot think of that it cannot do.

Using this secret technique for forging is like adding wings to a tiger!

Once he learns the Soul Fusion Technique, for many of the treasures Shi Fen needs to refine, he will not need to use other treasure-refining tools. He will only need to manipulate the Soul Fusion Technique to directly refine the treasures and easily carve secret patterns.

Shi Fen practiced diligently. Once he thoroughly mastered the Soul Fusion Technique, as long as he comprehended the Secret Pattern Diagrams fast enough, Shi Fen would be able to "grind through questions" rapidly. The 10 billion Planetary Level treasures would just be a matter of time.

As for the higher-tier treasures that followed, he would just have to spend time grinding them out slowly.