# Chapter 11: Dragon Shadow Flash (Each upgrade requires 2 Soul Energy Crystals)
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It was obvious that Soul Energy Crystals were an extremely important resource for Law Destroyers. However, Mawen Hua'erzi and the old Law Destroyer had never mentioned this before. There was only one possibility — this non-renewable resource had already become so scarce during the Second Era that it was nearly impossible to find.
After the Second Era, with multiple Supreme Peaks searching throughout the Star Realm, Soul Energy Crystals essentially only existed in records.
Primordial Source Harota had one, which was not surprising. As a powerful being from the early First Era, it likely kept this item as a collection.
However, for Su Xiao, it wasn't impossible to obtain more Soul Energy Crystals in the future. In fact, his chances of acquiring this resource were even higher than those of the previous Law Destroyers. The reason was that the Void Tree and the six Paradise factions might possess this resource exclusive to Law Destroyers.
Primordial Source Harota brought out this item to compensate Su Xiao for his contributions to the fleet. Clock Tower Lord Xilgefu and Ancient Clan Leader Hatu led their subordinates back to their respective cabins.
Su Xiao lightly leaped to the top of the giant monster skull at the ship's bow and sat cross-legged. He had two trading opportunities earlier. The first was indeed using the Suffering Severed Finger with the Darkless Eye to obtain a navigation route that could safely reach the end of the Life Sea.
Aside from that, his second transaction involved bringing out the Mysterious Universal Key. This was a strange item he originally didn't want to take out but had to.
**Mysterious Universal Key**
- Origin: Second Era · Alchemical Civilization · Forbidden Object Sealing Grounds
- Category: Cursed Object
- Durability: -/- points (Having devoured Star Realm power, after this item shatters, it will reform somewhere in the Star Realm over a long period of time)
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That's right, this was a product of the Second Era's Alchemical Civilization. It wasn't much of a problem before, but after entering the Life Sea, this item became increasingly sinister.
This equipment had five debuff effects. After entering the Life Sea, the debuff magnitudes of Direction Sense Genius, Charmingly Stunning, and Swimming Expert began to skyrocket continuously.
Take Direction Sense Genius first. Initially, Su Xiao only found it difficult to locate the lower deck storage rooms of this large ship. But soon, he began to find it hard to locate Cabin No. 5, which belonged to his team. Until finally, he would turn his head and be unable to find the location of the main mast behind him.
And Direction Sense Genius wasn't even the most absurd. The most absurd was Heaven's Chosen Darling.
"Equipment Debuff 5: Heaven's Chosen Darling (Passive) — Within 12 hours after using this key, there is a 33.33% chance per hour of being struck by a Realm Thunder."
As they entered the Life Sea, the intensity of this effect began to skyrocket. First, the probability increased. After the probability reached 100%, it began to shorten the trigger time and increase the Realm Thunder's intensity. By the time Su Xiao sent this key away, the Realm Thunder it summoned wasn't much weaker than what he could summon with Heaven's Wrath: Realm Thunder Fall.
Moreover, this item couldn't be sold, traded, or discarded after use. This wasn't because violating these rules would incur punishment from the certifying party, Reincarnation Paradise. For example, if he tried to trade it — the moment Su Xiao handed the key to the other party, it would return to his hand the next second. This wasn't a transaction; it was initiating a duel.
Originally, Su Xiao planned to destroy this item. But now, he attempted to use it in a trade with the Darkless Eye, explaining in advance that this item had karmic entanglement properties and might not be transferable. The Darkless Eye was very interested in such items.
It only cared about interesting things, not whether an item was powerful or precious. The reason was that in the Star Realm, fewer than a handful of things could threaten it, and only one person could truly kill it.
The result was that this transaction truly succeeded. The Darkless Eye severed the karmic connection between the Mysterious Universal Key and Su Xiao. The next second, Su Xiao saw that the price column in the Mysterious Universal Key's attributes had changed to "tradable."
In return, Su Xiao received an item. According to the Darkless Eye, this came from a deity with the most powerful life force it had ever seen. During one of the deity's intermittent beast-like frenzies, the Darkless Eye took its crown. This gem came from that crown. The item was:
**Eternal Life Gem (Immortal Rank Gem)**
- Origin: Gloomy Continent · Eternal Life God
- Quality: Immortal Rank
- Category: Gem
- Embedding Effect: Maximum lifespan permanently +800%
- Usage Effect: Unlock the final seal of Soul: King's Coronation (Bracer), completely releasing the power of the Dead Silence Origin!
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