Chapter 975: Kidney Deficiency

Where does the light of other evolutionary civilizations shine? The Cosmic-level entity actually raised this question, posing it in the stele inscription, which Chu Feng painstakingly deciphered.

In this entity's view, the path of evolution had diverged several times, seemingly hinting at hidden complexities. These were all incredibly important junctures, arguably the most significant nodes in the history of evolutionary civilization. How could only the current path have survived? Other paths should still exist, perhaps even more importantly. The Cosmic-level entity speculated that there were more brilliant evolutionary paths than the current one, wondering where they led and how to find them.

"Lack of education is truly terrifying," Chu Feng mocked himself. His head was throbbing, and even with his divine soul light activated for deduction, he still couldn't decipher some characters. The inscription was quite long, and he had only deciphered just over half of it. He vaguely felt that some passages were incredibly important and needed to be fully understood. Knowing a crucial record was right before him yet being unable to decipher it was frustrating, so he could only do his best to continue puzzling over it.

"Xū!?" Chu Feng frowned, seeing such a critically important character! The Cosmic-level entity had highlighted this word, emphasizing its connection to several key nodes in evolutionary history, greatly shocking Chu Feng and causing his soul light to flicker. What did it mean?! He was practically burning his brain, his soul light boiling. He tried to deduce the unfamiliar characters based on context... but still couldn't recognize them.

Soon after, he used the rules of the field array techniques to decipher it. This was because the symbols of the field arrays were carriers of the order between heaven and earth, a manifestation of mysterious energy. Chu Feng discovered that the characters from the oldest eras of the Yang Realm also possessed this mysterious energy characteristic, though their form of expression differed from that of the field arrays. Using this similar characteristic, he made deductions. For a time, his mental energy was excessively depleted, and he felt as if his entire being was burning. "In evolutionary history, every time a branching path appeared, every time an incredibly crucial node emerged, it was accompanied by... Xū?"

Chu Feng finally deciphered the meaning of some characters, as if "burning his soul." His spiritual flames flickered, and his mental energy burst forth in five-colored light, like a torch. What was this Xū? Chu Feng frowned. There were characters, annotations, and conjectures after the word "Xū," but he truly couldn't decipher them. Looking at the Cosmic-level entity's inscription, Chu Feng felt it was an astonishing immortal stele. The information recorded was highly important; it seemed the Cosmic-level entity had made some discoveries, some deductions, and wished to leave something behind!

"What exactly is Xū, what do these characters mean, what did the Cosmic-level entity deduce?" Chu Feng genuinely wanted to know. At this point, he also felt like cursing. "Xū?" This was infuriatingly obscure. Couldn't this Cosmic-level entity's message be a bit simpler? Did it have to use such obscure, ancient characters of the Grand Dao?

However, he did gain something: the Cosmic-level entity mentioned itself. Chu Feng's expression turned solemn. Those few brief lines perhaps truly implied that 'it' was the only appropriate way to refer to an evolving being of that level. The Cosmic-level entity stated that it was ultimately a "failed entity," its evolved form indescribable and too terrifying. Therefore, it wished to leave the Yang Realm in the end. Besides prolonging its life, it also didn't want to face future generations in such a state. An indescribable entity, a terrifying failed form—was "it" truly a more fitting designation? Chu Feng didn't know why, but he felt his hair stand on end and a chill run down his spine. Although the Cosmic-level entity didn't elaborate, its brief mention made Chu Feng feel increasingly terrified the more he pondered it.

Chu Feng became somewhat lost in thought, pondering many things, such as Purgatory, the City of Light and Death, the Path of Reincarnation, and the mud figurine at its end. He naturally also thought of the most important nodes in evolutionary history that influenced the past and present—where did those branching paths each lead? Furthermore, he also thought of the stone box and the three seeds. Simultaneously, he also considered the first forbidden zones in various realms—what exactly was within them? They even produced talismans. "The Yang Realm seems to have more than just one or two forbidden zones, and they appear even more formidable," Chu Feng mused, his mind wandering, filled with myriad thoughts.

Then, he refocused, studying the subsequent passages, but he truly couldn't deduce the secret of Xū anymore. However, he could recognize and understand the meaning of the characters in the next passage, which was related to the silver divine tree before him. Originally, that indescribable Cosmic-level entity entered this place, discovered remnants of an ancient battlefield, unearthed extremely important secrets, and also saw some medicinal herbs. Among them, this divine medicine was one of the plants from back then. At that time, the Cosmic-level entity had a premonition that it might die in the Lesser Yin Realm universe, so it performed some deductions and divinations. It foresaw that the small silver grass beneath its feet might one day gain sentience and achieve an alternative form of evolution.

During its deductions, it constantly felt that this place was not simple, that unpredictable evolvers might emerge, and suspected it was related to this silver grass. Therefore, it made some arrangements to facilitate its development. The Cosmic-level entity buried some terrifying remains of beings that had been powerful in life near the grass. These remains were found in the ancient chaotic battlefield, belonging to incredibly strong experts from the past. Accompanied by these prehistoric beings, drawing upon their aura, the silver grass, once it gained sentience, might acquire the rules and other properties of those deceased creatures. This was because corpses also contained various forms of order; over time, the constantly nourished silver divine grass might truly inherit those rules and orders. According to the indescribable Cosmic-level entity's conjecture, the silver divine grass would most likely transform into a quasi-innate object within the chaos.

"Is this how innate objects come into being?" Chu Feng wondered. The Cosmic-level evolver mentioned that in its era, ancient texts recorded that some individuals, in the distant past, cultivated innate beings in a similar manner. "Innate beings?!" Chu Feng was filled with doubt and astonishment. Now, his attention was fixed on the silver divine tree. Originally, it was just a blade of grass; now it was a tree bearing over a dozen "fruits." One of the fruits landed in his hand; it was a silver mouse. Was it of an innate nature? Chu Feng sensed that this naive mouse, immaculate and pure all over, had actually reached the divine realm! However, its soul light was like a blank sheet, very pure, devoid of complex emotions, possessing only various intricate order patterns. Chu Feng realized that the Cosmic-level entity had cultivated a peculiar tree, and its fruits had all gained sentience, which was somewhat terrifying—they were actually divine mice!

He acted again, a beam of light flew over, plucking another fruit from the tree, which entered the stone box and landed in his hand. Then, he was astonished: it was a curled-up puppy, fist-sized, snow-white and lustrous. After being picked from the tree, it flipped over and stood up. Like the silver divine mouse, its mind was as pure as a blank sheet, with only complex fragments of rules imprinted in its soul light, which was why it became a divine-level life form.

Chu Feng was speechless. He studied the two small creatures in his hands and found them to be harmless, capable of obeying his commands. They were like two newborn infants. Then, he examined the peculiar silver tree. It also showed no emotions, and its essence had condensed into the more than a dozen fruits, leaving little of its own laws and order. Chu Feng could clearly see with his Fiery Golden Eyes that there were internal issues with the tree; its divinity was rapidly draining, consolidating into the fruits, and the tree itself was withering. What was referred to as gaining sentience and achieving a life leap was actually at this cost: abandoning its main body to bear alternative life fruits.

Chu Feng thought for a moment and then plucked all twelve fruits, placing them in the stone box. They all transformed into small animals, all of them divine-level! There were fist-sized silver lions, white tigers, snow-colored crows, each one extraordinary. "They're not innate beings yet, but their transformation after gaining sentience is still very strange. These are over a dozen divine beasts!" Chu Feng concluded. This was unexpected; he now had over a dozen divine-level "henchmen" by his side. Chu Feng could control them with his soul light and teach them various things. "Snap!" At this moment, the peculiar tree split into pieces, completely withering and disappearing. "Is this an alternative form of new life, transforming from tree to fruit, and then into twelve small animals?" Chu Feng's expression was peculiar.

Finally, Chu Feng glanced at the stone stele. The last paragraph mentioned a farewell, stating that the Cosmic-level entity intended to delve deep into the Lesser Yin Realm, entering the legendary Great Abyss to investigate. This was because the ancient battlefield bore traces and hints, indicating that a pitch-black cosmic abyss existed in the cold Lesser Yin universe ahead. Chu Feng was stunned. Were the peculiarities within the Great Abyss related to this? He had killed deities from the Yang Realm and knew from their soul light that a terrifying entity resided beneath the Great Abyss, nearing the end of its life's decay period, on the verge of complete annihilation. People from the Yang Realm had once conducted an experiment, measuring radiation levels, and made this deduction. Now, Chu Feng was deeply moved: the entity beneath the Great Abyss was actually the Cosmic-level entity that had left the inscription here!

Subsequently, he resumed his journey, taking the twelve divine-level small creatures with him, feeling that they were extraordinary and worth taming. The stone box glided through the chaos, finally traversing the dangerous zone and entering another realm—a desolate chaotic universe. Chu Feng had arrived! Along the way, Chu Feng had given the more than a dozen small creatures some initial training, even teaching them breathing techniques. These creatures appeared naive, but they learned the methods remarkably quickly. "If they were sent into the Yang Realm, these very unique divine beasts would surely spark various discussions. Born in chaos, they would likely attract the attention of some orthodoxies," he thought. Chu Feng had studied them for a long time and realized they might prove very useful. "Never mind that for now; it's time to slaughter gods and unleash a massacre!"