Xuan Yan Realm
Cao Bing's true body sat cross-legged atop the highest peak of the Central Continent, a blue-brown fruit in his hand shimmering with mysterious patterns.
This blue-brown fruit was precisely the peerless Qingluo Fruit that Lord Luo Yan and True King Lingjing had fought over—a miraculous fruit that might only appear once after countless reincarnation eras.
Back then, Lord Luo Yan had been hunted by True King Lingjing over this fruit until she had nowhere to flee, ultimately resorting to self-destruction and feigning death in an attempt to deceive him.
Yet Cao Bing had reaped the benefits in the end, killing True King Lingjing and enslaving the unconscious Lord Luo Yan as a Soul Slave.
And so, this Qingluo Fruit had naturally fallen into Cao Bing's hands.
However, after Lord Luo Yan awoke, Cao Bing had not rushed to consume the fruit. Instead, he had been waiting for the right opportunity.
The Qingluo Fruit's effects were immensely powerful. Not only could it serve as a second life for a Universe Master or even a Universe Strongest, it could also cleanse one's genes and strengthen the body.
Cao Bing's gene multiplier had been stuck at 29,999 times for quite some time. He was only one step away from entering the initial stage of the Divine Power Flow, yet he had made no progress during this period, as if an invisible barrier were firmly blocking his path.
The Qingluo Fruit also had another major effect: it could cause the user's consciousness to undergo a transformation. Back when Cao Bing had received the Duan Donghe Inheritance, his consciousness had already allowed him to reach the position of 72,000 times time flow within the Black Pattern Stone Pillar Space.
Over the following years, it had leaped forward once more, reaching the position