Prime Originator

'All 300 wisps of True Grandmist Energy for only 3-mil jin fleshly improvement, huh?' Leon thought wryly.

The increase was quick and effective, but the consumption of True Grandmist Energy was equally demanding.

'Given the Body Transformation Realm already requires this much True Grandmist Energy to train without special bloodlines, I will have to collapse a few celestial bodies and stars when I need to open my eight hidden gates,' he mused.

As for the Nine Star Palaces, he didn't dare to think that far.

Pip!

Darlene advanced again, reaching Rank 10 Body Tempering and attained 100-thousand jin of fleshly strength, the entry-level strength of Transcendents.

At the same time, she still had over a hundred wisps of True Grandmist Energy.

Such staggering accomplishment within a short time was naturally worthy of celebration, but Leon could not help but frown instead.

'Such a terrible conversion rate,' he thought.

In total, he had fed her roughly 200 wisps of True Grandmist Energy, yet a whole whopping 100 wisps of True Grandmist was required to reach Rank 10 Body Tempering Realm.

That was roughly the same amount he had taken to reach Rank 1 Body Transformation.

'There at least a tenfold difference in the improvement we could gain per wisp of True Grandmist Energy expended for our Body Cultivation…'

Leon was puzzled over this discovery.

'Why is there such a huge difference between us?' he wondered.

If all his women required the same amount of True Grandmist Energy to train, a few star realms might not even be enough for them to train to the peak of Eight Hidden Gates.

While Darlene continued to temper her fleshly body, Leon pondered over the issue in silence.

'The greatest difference between us lies in our physiques…!' his eyes flickered in conclusion.

The [Hegemon of Primal Chaos] technique remolded his physique into the Five Element Body and then further evolved it into the True Grandmist Body or True Grandmist Physique.

'My physique was attuned to True Grandmist Energy, so its improvements far outstrips any other physiques when tempered by True Grandmist Energy… This is most likely the case.'

Leon was convinced of his speculation, and he could not help but smile helplessly at it.

The consumption of True Grandmist Energy is too great.

'If I don't find a suitable body forging method with an available bloodline, everyone's going to suffer from bottlenecks when they train these primordial techniques,' he noted.

After stretching his limbs and cleansing himself, Leon left Darlene to train on her own and walked towards the seashore before scooping a handful of the black seawater.

"As expected, the Bone Sea's water has a rich concentration of dark energy," he mused after inspecting the black seawater.

A large portion of the Eternal Night Demon Empress's dark energy from her inner world had been condensed into a liquid state.

'Alas, the liquified dark energy has also been diluted in a volume of seawater from the Boundless Sea… The Boundless Sea that covers most of Gaia's surface… No one will notice if a portion of that water reduces, right?' he mused.

In the next moment, the handful of black seawater dispersed into wisps of Dark Energy and True Grandmist Energy.

Leon absorbed all of it into his body.

Shortly after, he crouched over by the seashore and placed his hand in the seawater before exerting more power of Nihility.

Shhh…!

The black seawater dispersed like steam from boiling water, yet ghostly and subtle without bubbling noises.

At the same time, tendrils of True Grandmist Energy and Dark Energy flowed through his palm and into his body before separating into two different pathways; one flowed into his Black Vortex Space while the other assimilated with his dark energy core.

Like that, Leon increased his empty reserve of True Grandmist Energy while improving his divine—or rather, his demon cultivation.

Nevertheless, he had only just reached the Mid-stage Heaven Ascension Realm not long ago and required an even larger quantity of dark energy to saturate his dark energy core to the next level.

The Radiant Heaven Realmship provided all the energy he needed in the years to come, but time was never his friend.

'Tak-si,' Leon suddenly called.

'Yes, Master?' the male realm spirit answered, 'How may I help you?'

'The Radiant Heaven Realmship opens its subspace periodically every hundred to a couple of hundreds of years, but what happens when it closes? How long do why have until it happens?' he inquired.

'This… The time isn't fixed, Master,' Tak-si replied.

'It depends on whoever operates the Teleportation Array; it could be a few days, weeks, or even years—until someone decides to operate the Teleportation Array, logically speaking, the secret realm could remain open indefinitely.'

'I suppose the one currently managing the Teleportation Array would be the so-called Shaman King's Successor then,' Leon guessed.

In order words, the Teleportation Array will remain open until the demons are done with their business.

'Hm?' Leon suddenly recalled something.

'Hm… From what I've been told, the Shaman King's Successor usually dies from the mental depletion of opening the secret realm… so the Shaman King's Successor might already be dead at this point…'

'That means the one who closes the secret realm can be anyone else…'

Leon rubbed his chin in thought before asking, 'Where is the main component of the Teleportation Array located?'

'It is in the center of the Bone Sea, Master,' Tak-si answered truthfully.

'The center of the Bone Sea? That makes a lot of sense… Humans were standing on the outermost part of the spatial transference, so they were all taken to the outer regions…' Leon realized.

Nevertheless, he should quickly bind the Radiant Heaven Realmship's heart and secure his control over the Radiant Heaven Realmship before someone decides to tamper with the Teleportation Array.

Leon's eyes flickered.

'By the way, I'm looking for Duna; she's an evolved spirit with a corporal body. Do you know where she is, Tak-si?' Leon inquired about Duna.

Tak-si took a few moments to locate the being fitting Leon's description before he answered with surprise, 'The being you are looking for seems to be at the bottom of the Bone Sea, Master.'

'At the bottom of the Bone Sea, you say?' Leon also replied with surprise.