Chapter 374: Survival Ability

"I admit, I can't find any flaws in these fifteen avatars," Luo Feng said, nodding gently. "Let's move on to the next step."

Luo Feng had heard how Senior Xingmang had spent an incredibly long time breaking through by sheer force, so he was mentally prepared for a lengthy process. His cultivation plan was divided into several stages.

The first stage involved comprehending all primordial bloodlines and materials, the second was creating the Dao, and the third was practical application.

"With my complete focus on comprehending the Dao, I can no longer find any flaws. The next step is practical application!"

"The first phase of practical application is to test survival capabilities!" Luo Feng thought. "My Primal Chaos Dao of Life and Death centers on life, aiming for an ultimately vast physique and extreme resilience. Now, let's see how well these fifteen avatars can survive."

Within Luo Feng's meditation chamber, which was located in his cave dwelling, the spatial and temporal scope was immense. A massive formation materialized inside the chamber.

All fifteen avatars flew into the formation.

"Each of these fifteen avatars is at one-tenth of its peak state, which allows for a fair comparison," Luo Feng explained. Maintaining all avatars at their absolute peak would place an immense strain on his soul, making it impossible for him to control fifteen peak avatars simultaneously.

By limiting each avatar to one-tenth of its peak, the burden on his soul was significantly eased.

"Begin mimicking the attacks of innate primordial lifeforms," Luo Feng commanded. "We will start with the intensity of high-level primordial lifeforms and gradually increase it, applying the same strength to all fifteen avatars."

"Cultivator Luo Feng, the attack intensity will commence at the early-stage high-level primordial life tier," a gentle voice announced. Instantly, deep blue flames materialized within the expansive formation, scorching each avatar.

The Original Land's capabilities could effortlessly sustain power up to the World-level Primordial Perfection tier. It was also capable of further escalating the power, though this would incur a substantial cost in reward points.

All fifteen of Luo Feng's avatars sat cross-legged, enduring the deep blue flames with ease.

The deep blue flames then abruptly transformed into deep blue frost, an intense cold permeating each avatar. Simultaneously, the space subtly vibrated, and countless spatial blades enveloped the avatars.

Various attacks rained down, yet all fifteen avatars remained completely unharmed.

"Power has been elevated to the mid-stage of high-level primordial life," the gentle voice announced.

"Power has been elevated to the late-stage of high-level primordial life."

The intensity of the power steadily climbed.

Some avatars began to show surface damage, but their incredibly strong life force allowed them to recover instantly from minor injuries.

"Power has been elevated to the early-stage World-level Primordial tier."

Waves of fluctuations engulfed all fifteen avatars within the formation. The transition from High-level Primordial Perfection to early-stage World-level Primordial marked a distinct qualitative shift in power. The fifteen avatars, which had previously endured with relative ease, were now severely injured. "Whoosh."

The most severely damaged avatar, covered in silvery-white scales, saw them shatter completely under the invisible fluctuations. Its internal layers of flesh, muscles, and fascia rapidly disintegrated and vanished. Only the black-gold tinged bones stubbornly resisted the assault.

This avatar was reduced to a skeleton, which still shielded hundreds of internal origins.

As the power slowly intensified, the skeleton began to crack, and individual origins started to disintegrate.

Within mere seconds.

The skeleton completely turned to dust, all origins vanished, and only fourteen avatars remained within the formation.

"Avatar number two was the first to disintegrate," Luo Feng observed, a hint of delight in his voice. "Its mind-consciousness system's approach is flawed!"

Although he hadn't noticed it earlier, under the simulated attack and by comparing the states of all fifteen avatars, Luo Feng immediately identified a critical flaw in Avatar Two's approach.

"In my pursuit of an ultimately vast physical body, I reduced the intensity of the mind-consciousness's command. The result was that while the body became larger, its protective capabilities—its flesh, muscles, and bones—were weakened."

The ERT mind-consciousness system aims for perfect control over every aspect of power and consciousness. As the physical body grows larger, the demands on this system become increasingly stringent.

Avatar Two's design involved a slight reduction in these requirements.

A reduced degree of mind-consciousness control allowed for a 'rougher' management of a body several times larger. However, when faced with attacks of the same intensity, this less precisely controlled, albeit larger, body was the first to disintegrate.

"Boom!"

Within the formation, aside from the terrifying fluctuations, an icy aura began to emerge, threatening to freeze each of Luo Feng's avatars. Simultaneously, the formidable fluctuations continued to vibrate and tear at every aspect of their physical strength.

The injuries to the remaining avatars rapidly worsened.

"Avatar number nine is about to collapse," Luo Feng noted, sensing it acutely.

Avatar Nine was entirely covered in incredibly tough dark green scales. Under the terrifying freezing temperatures and frost, these scales only developed minor cracks. However, the internal flesh, muscles, and bones of this avatar had already begun to disintegrate and vanish.

Despite the strong outer scales, the avatar's interior was weak, and its origins began to be annihilated.

"For Avatar Nine, I adopted a 'dual-axis parallel' creation approach. I was drawn to the 'immortal' effect of the Star Tower's blood scales, so I designed this avatar with both the origin system and the blood scale system as primary cores, aiming to incorporate both. However, this actually weakened its survival capability; it was the second among the fifteen avatars to disintegrate."

As time passed, under the increasing power of the early-stage World-level Primordial tier, avatars were annihilated one by one. "All three avatars designed with the dual-axis parallel approach have been annihilated," Luo Feng noted.

"This indicates that the dual-axis parallel approach is fundamentally flawed. Attempting to achieve both results in neither aspect being sufficiently strong."

The power slowly escalated, and one avatar after another was annihilated. "Power has been elevated to the mid-stage World-level Primordial tier," the gentle voice announced once more.

At this point, the power within the formation was utterly terrifying. Ordinary high-level primordial lifeforms would instantly turn to ash upon entering. Even newly ascended World-level Primordials, whose techniques were still unrefined, could not endure long within the formation.

Despite this, three of Luo Feng's avatars were still resisting.

The preceding twelve avatars had all disintegrated during the early-stage World-level Primordial tier. Luo Feng had identified the specific issues with each of them, gaining significant insights.

"Boom!"

The space within the formation was now twisted, and tendrils of black flames burned everywhere. A poisonous mist also enveloped the surfaces of Luo Feng's three remaining avatars, corroding their flesh, muscles, and bones. The situation for all three became extremely dire.

Of the three most resilient avatars, one was Avatar Seven, the smallest of the fifteen. Despite its diminutive size, its entire body was like a finely crafted weapon, and it continued to endure.

Another was Avatar Twelve, the largest of the fifteen. Under the control of its mind-consciousness system, its entire massive body collectively resisted and absorbed the attacks.

And the last was Avatar Eleven, whose size was second only to Avatar Twelve. This meant that the two largest and the single smallest among the fifteen avatars were the ones that endured until the very end.

"This Avatar Eleven..." Luo Feng exclaimed in surprise. "I used the same approach as Avatar Two to achieve a massive physical body, reducing the degree of mind-consciousness control. Avatar Two was eliminated first, yet this Avatar Eleven has persisted until now!"

The physical bodies of all three avatars collapsed almost simultaneously.

As they collapsed, the first two avatars were utterly annihilated, leaving no trace.

Only Avatar Eleven, even after its physical body was annihilated, still had one hundred thousand origins suspended.

Under the terrifying assault, these one hundred thousand origins formed a constellation-like array, interconnected and collectively resisting the external attacks. Their ability to withstand external forces proved even stronger than the avatar's former flesh, muscles, and bones.

"The origins of Avatar Eleven possess greater survival capability than its physical body!" Luo Feng exclaimed, staring at the one hundred thousand origins in delighted surprise.

This was an extraordinary phenomenon.

For innate primordial lifeforms, the physical body is typically far more robust than the life core. If the body cannot withstand an attack, the life core is easily breached.

Yet, his own Avatar Eleven, despite its physical body disintegrating, maintained its one hundred thousand origins! As the power continued to intensify, various bolts of lightning struck down.

As furious lightning bolts struck, some of the one hundred thousand origins began to dissipate, yet others continued to resist. Each origin possessed exceptional survival capability, stubbornly enduring for another hundred breaths of time. As their numbers dwindled, they disintegrated more rapidly, until they were finally annihilated.

"Hahahahaha..."

Outside the formation, Luo Feng was ecstatic. "I understand! I understand!"

"This eleventh avatar utilized a 'reduced mind-consciousness system control,' which was a significant error, weakening its physical body's defensive capabilities. However, it also possessed a critical advantage."

"It represented the most perfect version created through the 'origin core creation method'."

"When creating the Primal Chaos Dao of Life and Death, I had always assumed the process should be like building a house: starting with the 'Half-Primordial Dao of Life and Death' as a seed, laying the foundation, and building upwards step by step. However, with this eleventh avatar, I first established the 'origin system' and then constructed other systems around it, effectively disregarding the 'Half-Primordial Dao of Life and Death' altogether."

"Haha, this is the correct approach."

"This is what suits me best," Luo Feng realized with full clarity.

"The ultimate 'Primal Chaos Dao of Life and Death' has only one core: the origin core. Everything else in the Dao should be built around it."

"As for the Half-Primordial Dao of Life and Death, all my insights and mysteries originated from it. It was always a seed that had already blossomed in my heart, allowing me to comprehend the six major systems."

These six major systems all originated from the Half-Primordial Dao of Life and Death.

When constructing the Dao, there was no need to rigidly adhere to it as a starting point; in fact, using it as such would only impose limitations.

"The Dao has a core."

"The origin is the core; everything else revolves around it."

"Let's begin."

Luo Feng assimilated the experiences from these fifteen avatars, drawing both successful strategies and lessons from failures. He now felt confident in creating a more perfect version of the Primal Chaos Dao of Life and Death.

With a single thought, Luo Feng first re-materialized the three avatars that had endured the longest. By utilizing these three, he significantly boosted his mental processing speed and comprehension before commencing the creation of the Dao.

"Whoosh."

A secret pattern was outlined in the void. This time, Luo Feng's initial step was to construct the origin system.