Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 260 Reencounter with the Shark Princess, The Secret of the Crimson Agent
To Xia Fa's surprise, these cryptic texts were understood with astonishing speed.

But at the same time, the enormous extraordinary power within his body, which was about to burst the blood vessels everywhere, was also being rapidly depleted.

Xia Fa felt a sense of relief for no reason. The consumption of this extraordinary power was much faster than when he was fighting against an extraordinary monarch.

This is exactly what he needs right now.

After all, there's still a belly full of flesh and blood that hasn't been fully digested, so there's no fear of using too much or too little.

"Hiss... These cryptic texts are completely chaotic, yet there's a vague sense of some underlying pattern..."

As Xia Fa tried to understand, he watched as the chunks of meat in his stomach were being consumed rapidly, and for some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction.

Time passed little by little, and Xia Fa felt as if he had entered a strange state of enlightenment. He couldn't care about anything, nor did he want to care about anything. He only wanted to understand these secret texts one by one.

Ten, one hundred, one thousand...

Unbeknownst to them, all the messy runes from the high-level secret contracts lit up in the gaps of the mysterious singularity.

When the last one lit up, Xia Fa opened his eyes.

Looking out the window, I saw a full moon hanging high in the sky and countless stars filling the night; it was already late at night.

"Has it really taken that long?"

Xia Fa was a little surprised, but then he thought that when he randomly ate a meal, it was already close to evening, and only a few hours had actually passed.

"Hmm... so what did I actually get?"

His mind raced, trying to use any of the seven advanced secret contracts, but he found it still wouldn't work.

He looked down at his surroundings again, and similarly, his body showed no change.

He neither became as agile as those who signed the "Templar Assassin" contract, nor did he acquire an indestructible body like those who signed the "Immortal Sentinel" contract.

"This……"

Fortunately, only a large portion of the flesh from the wall of flesh and blood remained in my stomach; the rest had been consumed by understanding these secret texts, so there was no need to worry about my body being burst by the extraordinary power.

The remaining large chunk of meat, though still being digested, can still last through the night. Perfect, I'll find someone to test it out tomorrow, so as not to waste the immense and refined extraordinary power within these chunks of meat.

Composing himself, Xia Fa stood up and prepared to walk towards the bedroom, quietly awaiting the possible changes that might occur within him.

Suddenly, as he stood up, he stumbled and almost sat back down on the sofa.

But Xia Fa ignored it. After stabilizing himself, he looked at the void in front of him with great surprise.

It was an illusion that seemed to be visible only to him; it was a sudden burst of dazzling, rainbow-like light!

The light exploded in the air, inexplicably having the texture of powder. As soon as the explosion ended, it turned into smoke and condensed in the center.

In the blink of an eye, the smoke that filled the sky and the ground condensed into an extremely dazzling glass ball.

Immediately afterward, the glass ball flew into Xia Fa's forehead before he could react at all.

boom! ! ! ! ! !

In that instant, my brain felt like it was about to explode, unleashing an extremely violent storm of thoughts, as if countless steel knives were scraping every part of my brain.

Xia Fa, however, remained quite calm. He sat down again on the soft velvet sofa, and even leisurely picked up the Bo Yue black tea on the tea table, poured himself a cup, and slowly savored it.

This incredibly intense mental storm, a mental storm that seemed to threaten to burst his brain, somehow didn't cause him any pain.

For no other reason than that he had almost completely adapted to the situation.

After quietly waiting for the storm of thoughts to subside, countless pieces of knowledge and information converged into a form that Xia Fa could understand, appearing in his spiritual intuition.

[Mysterious Singularity - Zeroth Mystery - Random Mystery]

[You can set two random secrets at any time and in any place, but the triggering conditions are also completely random. When a random secret is broken by yourself or an enemy, it will unleash a completely random ability derived from the secret you have consumed.]

The moment he finished reading, Xia Fa's eyes lit up.

He never expected that he would gain such an ability this time!
Originally, this random mystery, derived from the seven high-level secret contracts he had devoured, was already powerful enough.

But the key point is that I can continue to devour other secret contracts in the future!
According to the righteous god [First History], there are a total of 990 types of secret contracts in the world, from ordinary to advanced. There are simply too many to eat!
Of course, just as there are three overlord-level secret contracts unknown to the world, even after perusing the Golden Beacon Scroll, I still don't know what the tenth overlord-level secret contract is.
There seem to be dozens of types of secret contracts, both ordinary and advanced, that have never been found before.

However, no matter what, over nine hundred secret formulas are enough to feed me for who knows how long.

In this situation, the more secrets you consume, the more secret abilities can be triggered in these "random mysteries," making it even harder for the enemy to defend against!
In a sense, this random mystery... is practically equivalent to a secret ability with no upper limit to its growth!
"Wait, could it be... that this is also a way of developing some kind of secret contract for the [Mystic Singularity]?"

The methods of developing secret contracts are incredibly diverse and varied, as can be seen from the differences among the three signatories of the Star Gate: Tefal, Patriarch Osius, and his cousin, the Father of All Stars.

On the other hand, Dictator, the painter, Prince Justinian... these three had completely different directions in developing the world of fairy tales.

Therefore, Xia Fa guessed that the only reason he could be categorized as developing his own secret contracts was because he could devour ordinary and advanced secret contracts and then place them all into the "random mystery" singularity of the secret contracts.

Of course, he is probably the only one in the world who can consume the Secret Code without paying any price, so this can be considered his unique way of developing the Secret Code.

"Since the random mystery is the zeroth mystery, then perhaps there's some secret hidden within it that I don't know about..."

"Also, it's probably because I absorbed a Dream Deep-Diving Shadow Gold the size of a lychee before, which is probably why I was able to set two random secrets at the same time. Normally it should be one..."

Xia Fa stood up, pondering as he walked towards the bedroom.

He didn't experience much today, but the mental stress of confronting the wall of flesh and blood was too great, making him desperately need a good night's sleep.

At the same time, he also guessed that since he had consumed so many high-level secret contracts, there couldn't possibly be only this one change.

Take a nap, and maybe tomorrow will bring some surprises.

As soon as Xiafa lay down on the soft mattress and her head touched the sun-scented pillow, she fell asleep instantly.

But he didn't see that right outside his window, an eye with two pupils appeared outside the Emperor's Suite.

These eyes, with their two pupils, were no longer as indifferent and emotionless as they had been before. Instead, they seemed to have been filled with a greedy joy, as if they had rediscovered Xiafa.

……

beep--!
At nine o'clock in the morning, the horns of all kinds of ships moored in the bays of the Worm Islands sounded precisely on time.

Actually, the horn had been sounding since six in the morning, once every hour. But Xia Fa hadn't heard it at all, remaining soundly and deeply asleep.

Finally, the sound of the steam horn at nine o'clock woke him up.

Xia Fa rubbed his sleepy eyes, looking at the large amount of sunlight streaming in through the arched window and the golden edges of the window illuminated by it, and inexplicably felt quite good.

He first sensed his entire body, but still couldn't detect any changes from consuming so many high-level secret contracts.

"Could it be that I haven't consumed enough Secret Food, and haven't reached the point where quantitative change leads to qualitative change?"

Xia Fa was now genuinely puzzled. He knew that even an Outer God would likely have to pay a considerable price if he were to accept a secret contract like this.

After all, the secret code comes from the power of the universe's origin. Who can fight against the origin of the universe?
But strangely enough, even though he had consumed seven high-level secret contracts, nothing happened to him. Apart from obtaining the "Zero Mystery - Random Mystery", there were no changes in his body.

Therefore, Xia Fa could only guess that this high-level secret contract probably needed to be consumed continuously before any changes would occur.

The main problem is that he can't not eat now, even if he doesn't want to. He just woke up this morning and he was already hungry, with that kind of hunger that makes him crave Michi.

Xia Fa composed himself and was about to go to the washroom, where he would summon the vine gate to enter his own little world to eat.

Eating secret contracts is, no matter how you look at it, a bit shocking. Even the nine great gods would probably find it strange if they saw it. Therefore, Xia Fa decided to keep it a secret.

"Let's not consider ordinary secret contracts for now, but it seems like I only need one high-level secret contract to be full today. Hmm... I'll go to the night market in the City of Ten Thousand Stars tonight and buy a few hundred at once. That should be enough to eat for a long time."

Having planned this out in his mind, Xia Fa nodded slightly, then suddenly realized something else.

"No, I can't buy it myself, otherwise it would be very easy to arouse suspicion. It seems I need to find a proxy..."

Such clients are not hard to find. After all, the City of Ten Thousand Stars is full of pirates and bounty hunters with blood on their hands, and not everyone can swagger around in the city or night market.

Therefore, the position of "client" was created, and you can hire one at any bar for a low price, a few hundred gold pounds.

With this in mind, Xia Fa was ready to get out of bed, refreshed himself, and set off on his adventure at sea.

Since the Dream Come True sea train won't depart until tomorrow, I'll take some time to do whatever I want today.

But as soon as Xia Fa got up from the bedroom and walked into the living room, she was stunned.

There, a petite yet shapely young woman sat on his living room sofa, pouring herself a cup of Bo Yue black tea.

The girl had rose-red curly hair, but wore a mask inlaid with tiny gemstones. She wore a form-fitting platinum gold dress, the hem of which revealed her slender legs and cute, snow-white little feet.

It is... Princess Shark, one of the five pirate emperors of the sea!

"Princess Shark, you... how did you get here? No, when did you come in?"

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised and suddenly realized that although Princess Shark was only a ruler, after wearing that mask of tiny gemstones of the mysterious treasure level, her strength was probably even stronger than that of an ordinary extraordinary monarch.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to enter without him noticing at all.

However, considering that the waitress had walked into the Emperor Suite while he was sleeping yesterday at noon without him noticing, Xia Fa suspected that his spiritual intuition might not have perceived the waitress and the Shark Princess as any threat to him, so he hadn't been alerted.

"Oh, you're finally awake, Shafa."

Princess Shark turned her head, her rose-red eyes beneath the mask cold and indifferent, and looked at Xia Fa.

She acted completely naturally, as if she hadn't noticed anything wrong at all.

Xia Fa couldn't help but complain:

"Hey! This is my hotel room! How can you just barge in like that and be so calm about it?!"

Princess Shark took a sip of her Wave Moon Black Tea and then said:
"Actually, I still feel that it was a bit inappropriate. Since you brought it up, I'd like to apologize to you."

Xia Fa was stunned; he hadn't expected the Shark Princess to be so easy to talk to.

"It's okay, we're all on the same side, I was just venting."

"Complain?" Princess Shark had clearly never heard of this word before, her eyes showing confusion and curiosity.

Xia Fa waved his hand:
"That's my hometown dialect. Let's not talk about that. But you, what brings you here?"

Princess Shark placed the white porcelain teacup on the marble tea table, leaned her petite figure against the sofa, and slowly spoke, her voice tinged with hesitation.

"Xia Fa, there's something I don't know if I should tell you."

Xia Fa smiled helplessly:

"Since you've brought it up, then go ahead and say it."

Princess Shark pursed her lips:

“We’ve discovered the Roaring Emperor’s lair, but your cousin is worried that this will implicate you and doesn’t want you to join us. However, it would be very dangerous for just the two of us.”

Xia Fa said almost immediately:

"Where? Tell me, and I'll go with you."

Unexpectedly, Princess Shark shook her head:

"No, I don't want you to go either. My idea is, could you use your connections to invite a few extraordinary monarchs to join us?"

Xia Fa said, both amused and exasperated:
"So you and my cousin both think I'm too weak, right? The only difference is that you don't have to hide like my cousin, so you know about some of my recent things?"

Princess Shark said very seriously:

"That's right. I heard that you have a very good relationship with Tefal and the Laughing Clown. Speaker Arthur of the Myriad Machines School and Director Edioson of the Cataclysmic Research Institute also look up to you. With this relationship, it shouldn't be difficult for you to get a few extraordinary monarchs to help you, right? I can pay for it."

Xia Fa's gaze sharpened, realizing something:
"You said before that even with your strength and my cousin's help, we were still in danger. Why is that?"

Princess Shark slowly shook her head:

"I don't know exactly what happened, and neither does the Father of Ten Thousand Stars. The only thing we know is..."

She took a deep breath, her eyes filled with worry, and slowly said:
“The Crimson Agent… has completely subdued the Roaring Emperor and the Thousand-Faced Prophet, making these two pirate emperors, who would never normally submit to anyone, obediently serve Him. Moreover, their plans are far-reaching. If we don’t act now, it may be too late.”

(End of this chapter)