Swallowing the Stars: Become Stronger by Taking on Disciples

Chapter 47 Life-Generating Gene Agent

Void Realm, Potion Research Palace

The interior is divided into dozens of independent experimental areas. In the largest of these areas, more than a dozen pharmacists are busy around a potion-making device engraved with mysterious patterns.

The conduit above operated silently, the various materials blending and refining within it. Soon, a crystal bottle filled with golden liquid slowly descended from the core of the device.

"Teacher, the potion is ready," disciple Kras reported to Mandejan.

"Give it to him," Mandejon said calmly.

"Yes"

Kras approached the King-level Immortal demon servant and handed him the potion bottle.

"Drink it."

"Yes, Master." The demon servant opened the lid, tilted his head back, and gulped down the golden liquid.

"Gurgle..."

The moment the liquid entered his throat, the demon servant's eyes widened sharply, and his pupils contracted rapidly.

His body trembled violently as if struck by billions of volts of electricity, and an abnormal reddish tinge appeared on the surface of his originally dark green scales.

"Roar!" A painful roar erupted from deep within his throat.

The gazes of all the pharmacists in the testing area were drawn as if by a magnet, fixed intently on that violently mutated body.

His muscles bulged and contracted wildly, each contraction accompanied by a cracking sound from his bones.

The scales on the skin's surface begin to fall off, but as soon as one scale falls off, an even harder new scale grows back.

Beside him, the pharmacist, sitting in front of sophisticated monitoring equipment, stared intently at the screen. Noticing a change in the values, he quickly reported: "Gene chain recombination detected; life index rising sharply... Life index exceeding the threshold confirms the beginning of an upgrade in life's genetic level."

"Life gene level increased by 10 times, 15 times, 20 times, 50 times..." The pharmacist stared at the data, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

Aside from the agonizing wails of the demon servants, the apothecary's voice was particularly noticeable in the entire experimental area. As he called out the numbers, the other apothecaries clenched their fists tightly, as if watching a penalty shootout in the final stages of a football match.

"70 times, 80 times, 90 times, 100 times!"

"We succeeded!" The pharmacist jumped to his feet and loudly announced the penalty kick result.

A deafening cheer erupted in the experimental area; the pharmacists hugged each other, jumping for joy.

Mandezhang remained calm. He walked up to the demon servant who had gradually calmed down and asked, "Budo, how are you feeling?"

Budo raised his head, breathing heavily. The pain from before was gone from his eyes, replaced by excitement.

He could clearly feel an unprecedented power surging within him.

"Master, I feel my strength has increased a hundredfold, and I've reached the level of an immortal king!"

Mandejan nodded, then asked, "Are you feeling any discomfort? Besides the pain you just experienced?"

"No," Budo carefully examined his body. "It was just that the pain was intense just now, like my whole body was torn apart and then pieced back together."

Mandejang smiled, just as expected.

However, the experiment was rigorous!

He turned to Kras and said, "Take him for a full set of tests, don't overlook any possible side effects. Also, request headquarters to find more immortals and venerables of different races, including humans, to conduct several more experiments to ensure the reliability of the potion."

"Yes, teacher."

one year later

Virtual Universe, a Universe-Specific Dimension

Mandejang stepped into the center of the hall and bowed to the silver-white figure on the throne: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Gao Ya asked, "What is it?"

"My lord, good news! The 100x Life-Generating Gene Drug has been successfully developed!"

Gao Ya's eyes lit up: "Oh, can you guarantee to raise the life gene level of cultivators above Immortal to 100 times?"

"Yes!" Mandejang was quite confident about his professional abilities.

Are there any side effects?

Mandezhang said, "After our optimization, only one side effect remains: pain, which is exactly the same as fusing with Blood Crystal."

"What about the cost?"

Mandezhang laughed and said, "The cost is about the same as that of an immortal-level divine power potion. Our potion experiments are assisted by a virtual universe throughout the process, and the materials are improved using renewable and inexpensive materials through 'Original Mutation,' so the price is low."

"Hmm, when will the thousandfold gene booster be developed?" Gao Ya then asked.

The 100x Life Gene Elixir can only push the life gene level of cultivators below the Universe Lord level to its limit. Once they break through to the Universe Lord level in the future, it will not be enough.

He wasn't worried about the strong members of his clan; his main concern was that after using up all the life-gene materials in the human treasury, the giant axe had repeatedly hinted that he should at least return some, lest the treasury become so poor that even rats would have to leave two bags of rice before leaving.

It's just something I did on the spur of the moment, so I'll just pay back a little bit.

Mandezhang thought for a moment and said, "We have already formulated the potion plan, but we haven't been able to conduct experiments due to insufficient material quality."

"Okay," Gao Ya smiled slightly. He understood what Mandezhang meant; the improvement of the "Original Mutation" secret technique had reached its limit.

"The new 'Primal Mutation' technique will be available soon; you should start preparing."

"In addition, send 10,000 potions to Chaos City," Gao Ya added.

Mandejang bowed respectfully: "Yes, I will arrange it immediately."

His figure transformed into specks of light and vanished from the virtual universe.

A few days later, in the inner palace of the City Lord's Mansion in Chaos City.

Few people usually come here, but today, the inner palace gates are wide open, and powerful auras are constantly pouring in.

Soon, thousands of Venerable Ones gathered in the Inner Palace Square, their voices buzzing with discussion.

"With so many people, almost all the Venerables from the five major powers must have arrived."

"What happened? Why did you call us all over?"

"Are we about to go to war with the alien race?"

"Impossible. If war were to break out, a supreme council should be convened. Why would they call us here?"

Venerable Zhenyan and Venerable Yanlong stood together and asked, "Yanlong, do you have any inside information?"

Venerable Yanlong: "What inside information could I possibly have? Like you, I was just suddenly notified and came here."

Venerable Zhenyan was somewhat incredulous: "That shouldn't be the case. You are a Venerable under Lord Xingyu. Didn't Lord Xingyu inform you of anything?"

Venerable Yanlong shook his head, and seeing this, Venerable Zhenyan had no choice but to give up.

At this moment

The voice of Venerable Guiyi, "Gentlemen," rang out in the square.

The moment he appeared, all eyes fell on him.

Venerable Guiyi glanced at the Venerables in the square and said, "My teacher asked me to take you there. Follow me."

The crowd followed him, passing through winding corridors and entering a secluded garden.

"Boom!"

As soon as they stepped into the garden, the bluestone slabs beneath their feet suddenly rippled like water, and everyone felt a swirling light before their eyes, the space rapidly shifting... When the light and shadow settled again, they were already above a ruined continent.