Ten thousand I am across the heavens

The enhanced body is merely the smallest part of the eldest son's being, a gift. No matter how much the body is strengthened, a sixth-level cultivator is still a sixth-level cultivator. Relying solely on the body, it's impossible to pose a threat to a seventh-level powerhouse. In this world, once a certain level of strength is reached, the increase in power no longer depends on simple chemical reactions at the material level. Even some common physical phenomena are difficult to compare with the Dao traces covering the body. Of course, macroscopically speaking, the Dao traces of this world can also be categorized as a part of physical phenomena. However, the eldest son currently lacks the ability to freely control the physical rules of this realm.

Chen Feng felt a sense of ease and relief after his body was strengthened. His overall abilities improved significantly. At the same time, at his eldest son's request, Chen Feng voluntarily opened his immortal aperture, a key reason why these immortals were spared. The eldest son lacked sufficient time for tribulation and relevant experience, so the powerful life form he created was only at the peak of the fifth rank, lacking its own immortal aperture and at most possessing pseudo-infinite energy similar to the S2 mechanism. This allowed him to gain combat power comparable to immortals.

However, a spatial artifact with a massive capacity and an internally closed-loop ecosystem are lacking. If the eldest son possessed such a thing, his power would be terrifyingly immense. Theoretically, he could cultivate his own flesh and blood tissue within his body, nurturing a super-powerful monster. Relying on this super-powerful life form, its immense output power would unleash strength far exceeding his own level.

And that's exactly what the eldest son is doing to Chen Feng now. After undergoing cognitive reshaping, Chen Feng has completely submitted to the eldest son, surrendering all control to this super life form. After voluntarily opening his immortal apertures, the eldest son's flesh and blood quickly entered him.

Chen Feng had cultivated thousands of stone figures within his body, but these figures weren't very obedient. Although they would help him manage his immortal aperture space on a regular basis, they would occasionally rebel. Furthermore, time flowed relatively quickly within this space, leaving him with insufficient time to manage its affairs. The stone figures' lack of cooperation also resulted in his business remaining only moderately successful.

This is a dilemma faced by many ancestors. They couldn't possibly stay within their immortal apertures every day. Even if they did, such a vast area couldn't be cultivated, managed, or enjoyed by one person alone. Without sufficient loyalty and effort, it was difficult to make their exclusive domain prosper. But now everything is different. Originally, he had planted a stone forest within his body. These stone-like plants would symbiotically breed numerous earth-elemental Gu worms. If managed well, the profits would be very high. However, these plants required meticulous care, and the harvesting and gathering of the Gu worms also required considerable manpower. Every time these stone figures rebelled, they relied on him as an indispensable source of labor. Even after several were killed, they remained completely uncooperative, sometimes forcing even a supreme immortal like himself to yield.

But now everything is different. Labor is something the eldest son can create with ease; he's an expert at creating life, created specifically for the purpose of sowing the seeds of life. Creating a slave race specifically to assist in cultivation is a piece of cake. It's like he's just happened to find himself in a field perfectly suited to his expertise.

Tens of thousands of tons of blood and flesh flowed in, rapidly forming a nest-like structure filled with translucent egg sacs. Inside, pre-designed creatures were quickly hatching. These creatures lacked self-awareness, faithfully executing commands only. They possessed six limbs capable of high-speed movement, like insects, but unlike insects, they had four pairs of limbs on their backs, each with a different function. One pair was a mechanical arm similar to a human arm, except it only had four fingers, and these weren't human fingers, but rather mechanical fingers capable of applying force in four different directions. The internal supporting skeletal structure was also vastly different from that of normal primate hands.

The second pair of limbs are tentacles. Compared to the structure of the palm, although the gripping strength is reduced, the flexibility is greatly improved. Third, the arms can extend or shorten significantly. They also have a skeletal structure. However, only one pair of fingers can grasp, which are more like scissors than fingers. The fourth is similar to a drill, which can easily fix the body in some difficult-to-climb locations.

These creatures are specially bred tools, biological beings. They would struggle to survive in the wild. However, living near the mother nest of the eldest son, they can directly connect with the nest to obtain nutrients when they lack them. This ensures that even if they awaken, their will cannot betray them. Because without the mother nest, they lack the ability to survive. If they choose to betray, their entire species will be wiped out in a short time.

These bizarre-looking creatures, once synthesized, quickly crawled to various parts of the Immortal Aperture. The stone men living there were bewildered, but they soon discovered that the labor they were forced to do by their slave owners was being completed by these more efficient and strange creatures in a very short time.

Their agile limbs allow them to climb steep cliffs and towering tree trunks. Their outstretched arms can swiftly and precisely pluck fruit high above. Their flexible tentacles allow them to swing between branches like gibbons, accurately capturing the venomous insects hidden among the branches.

These unique life forms traveled along the way, working tirelessly and with extremely high efficiency. They quickly completed the harvest of this area and the next round of sowing.

Seeing this efficiency, one of the stone figures couldn't help but cheer: "Great! With these little things, we won't have to work anymore. Look how much faster they are than us. We'll never have to organize strikes again!"

These are clearly not very intelligent individuals. The truly intelligent ones have already realized that something bad is about to happen. These strange, reptilian creatures are taking their place. And once they lose their reason for existence, will the masters who bought them as slaves continue to keep them? What use would they be?
This is a chilling question; their bodies themselves are materials for refining Gu worms. If they are no longer of any use, their fate will be terrifying.

Chen Feng no longer cared about the fate of the stone golems. In fact, he simply couldn't be bothered with them. Everything happening before him far exceeded his expectations, and even the meager profits from dismantling and selling them were insignificant. He had discovered that his eldest son was remarkably skilled at cultivation. After testing the crops it was growing, it quickly concocted a green liquid, seemingly a fertilizer. After injecting this fertilizer into the ecological zone he had chosen, the stone forest, which hadn't been growing very lushly before, began to multiply rapidly, its area expanding quickly. Logically, this shouldn't be its breeding season.

But this was no problem for the eldest son. These things were merely limitations on the physiological rhythms within a living organism, regulating when it should reproduce, and breaking these limitations was incredibly easy for him. Simply stimulating certain organs or adjusting certain genetic material could instantly alter the behavior of the species. And now, the physiological rhythms of these crops had all been adjusted, maximizing yields to their theoretical maximum. If it weren't for the fact that these were Gu worms, which inherently required the condensation of Dao traces, and Dao traces needed to absorb and expel the Qi of Heaven and Earth to coalesce, then the Immortal Aperture's own production capacity wasn't unlimited; it had a theoretical upper limit. He had now begun producing various Gu worms without any limit. Even if there was a limit to the maximum production speed, this speed was still terrifyingly high.

This period didn't actually hinder his trade; another advantage he gained was immense, and this is where it became apparent. His own account in Baohuangtian still existed, allowing him to trade at any time, exchanging for the Gu worms his eldest son needed.

The eldest son's spiritual will was easily detected. Baohuangtian only accepts humans and those with supernatural abilities; non-humans are essentially unable to trade there. The eldest son lacked experience in disguise and also didn't have a deep enough understanding of the relevant knowledge. He didn't realize the rich resources contained within this trading platform. After all, he had only captured and extracted too few memories of immortals, and the warriors in the underground base had very little knowledge about the trading platform. Only a few high-ranking members knew the relevant information.

This is why the eldest son only just learned of this incredible weapon that allowed him to turn the tide of battle; unfortunately, he's now nearing the end of his life. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have fallen into such a disadvantageous position when facing the underground base.

At this moment, the eldest son is selling off a large number of low-level Gu worms through this channel. He's not only selling the ones he just spawned, but also those he produced himself; previously, his body contained a massive amount of ordinary Gu worms. As his body is gradually worn away, these Gu worms, originally located on the periphery, have been forced to retreat back to the core of his body. Now, the density of Gu worms within him is terrifyingly high. However, he lacks a method to transform this massive amount of low-level Gu worms into more useful resources. This is because he can only produce a limited number of materials. And without many of these materials, it's impossible to create some high-level Gu worms.

Even disregarding the immense reward he would receive from selling the Gu worms he no longer needed, just the Gu worms within someone's immortal aperture alone, after fully exploiting their potential, yielded hundreds of immortal essence stones in a single sale. For these lower-level sixth-rank cultivators, this was a vast fortune that might take years to accumulate. Yet, it was all in their hands in the blink of an eye. Even though their will had completely succumbed, a thought even crossed their minds: why didn't they surrender to the eldest son sooner? Why did they have to endure so much torture during their previous training? With such a powerful figure as their patron, wouldn't it be better to kneel and lick his boots? Of course, they certainly didn't have such thoughts at the moment.

Of course, it's pointless for them to have those thoughts now. They are completely enslaved by the eldest son—in their self-awareness, their souls, and even their bodies. They have no will to resist, nor any room for resistance.

Now, with the eldest son having exchanged for a large number of rare Gu worms, the final, frenzied stage of Gu worm refining has begun again. Previously, due to the inability to obtain certain scarce materials, the eldest son, despite knowing the theoretical refining methods, was unable to refine many Immortal Gu worms. However, now with this trading market, although not all materials are immediately available, it has filled many gaps. At least dozens of Gu worms can theoretically be refined during this period. Among them are not only sixth-rank Gu worms, but even seventh-rank ones.

The sheer destruction caused by the convergence of natural and terrestrial calamities at this moment severely hampered the offensive launched from the underground base. Those experts who tried to seize the opportunity were forced to retreat. The ones ahead had already shown them. Underestimating the eldest son's power and acting rashly had dire consequences. If they didn't learn their lesson, next time it would be their turn—who knew what they would become, absorbed into the eldest son's flesh and blood.

Even Black City, backed by the Black Family, became cautious and did not act immediately, but waited for the monster to be weakened to its weakest stage.

The underground base has now become the labor force for weakening this monster. Everyone is waiting for the monster to be at its weakest point so they can unleash their full power and snatch the Gu worms they want.

The underground base discovered this. But they had no choice but to launch an attack. Among the many forces present, almost only they were there to eliminate this world-destroying monster for the sake of all living beings. The others were there to reap the benefits, but they soon noticed something amiss. The eldest son's various parameters seemed to be rapidly declining. He appeared to be weakening quickly. But this was only superficial. For the people in the underground base, their reconnaissance could observe within the eldest son's body. A large amount of substance representing the essence of his body was being transported deeper within, constantly extending and retracting inwards. This made him appear weaker on the surface and reduced his combat power to some extent. For a time, the commanders of the various legions in the underground base couldn't figure out what was going on.

They couldn't understand what was going on, but if they put themselves in the eldest son's shoes, they would immediately understand why he did it.

[To be continued]

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