# Chapter 8: Primordial Core
Price: 1 Peak Destiny point (non-equivalent exchange, requires careful consideration).
Tip: After completing this exchange, any remaining "Peak Destiny" points will be immediately cleared.
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If possible, of course choosing everything would be ideal, but the problem was that "Peak Destiny" only had 100 points. After weighing for a moment, Su Xiao consumed all his Peak Destiny points to exchange for [Toxic Demon Heart (Skill Stone)].
[Miraculous Egg] was decent, but as a top-tier alchemist, Su Xiao could detoxify himself through potions if poisoned. As for [Life Leap (Skill Stone)], a super-strong survival skill, it conflicted with his ability system.
[You have obtained Toxic Demon Heart (Skill Stone). Since all Peak Destiny points for this session have been consumed, this exchange has ended.]
[You have completed the side mission: Revenge of the Beast Clan.]
[You have received mission reward: Goblin Merchant Guild Storage Certificate (can be used to retrieve corresponding items stored in the Goblin Merchant Guild vault).]
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Nearby, Dilo looked at Su Xiao with some surprise in his eyes. His large hand stroked his chin as he said:
"You just... killed her like that?"
"Yes."
Crystal layers spread beneath Su Xiao's feet. With a dull thud, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha arrived. Amu, seeing the corpse of the Spider Empress, skillfully pulled out a large shovel. Before long, he had dug a big pit and buried the Spider Empress. With this kind of enmity between them, death ended the grudge. Defiling an enemy's remains was clearly a despicable act.
"You actually do have the ability to kill Abyss Descendants."
After saying this, Dilo showed no fear; instead, his gaze held a burning battle intent. As someone capable of "Death Return," he rarely had the chance to experience the life-and-death crisis contained in a desperate battle.
Summoning the Lord's Train, though spacious inside, Amu, who was three meters tall, could stand in the carriage with his hand reaching the highest point without touching the ceiling. But Dilo, at eight meters, could only sit on top of the carriage.
The train started. In the bedroom of the rear carriage, Su Xiao finished his current preparation, drank the just-completed detoxification potion, and the oppressive feeling in his chest gradually diminished until he fully recovered. He let out a long breath.
Su Xiao stored the [Goblin Merchant Guild Storage Certificate] he had obtained into the team storage space, letting Beini retrieve the secret treasure stored by the Wind Sea Continent Beast Clan. He wondered what it was, but since it corresponded to the peak powerhouse Spider Empress, its value would certainly not be low.
Taking out the [Toxic Demon Heart (Skill Stone)] he had obtained, if possible, Su Xiao would of course want to exchange this item for a top-grade [Talent Fusion Stone]. Unfortunately, such resources were rare and hard to come by.
Su Xiao had certainly heard of [Talent Fusion Stone], but he hadn't had a need for it before, so he hadn't paid much attention. Moreover, this item was a unique product of the Paradise camp, obtainable only with extremely low probability when opening treasure chests. Given Su Xiao's luck, it was entirely within reason that he hadn't opened a single one.
Su Xiao had already asked Beini to inquire with major merchants in the Great Gathering Place. One major merchant said that the last time he had acquired a top-grade [Talent Fusion Stone] was eight years ago, and that transaction was only completed with funding from a big shot behind the scenes.
After that, fortunately, the big shot behind the scenes was reasonable and had vision, otherwise that major merchant would have been done for. But from then on, major merchants kept their distance from top-grade [Talent Fusion Stones]. The price was high, and demand was scarce.
Su Xiao tried to apply to the Void Tree to exchange [Toxic Demon Heart (Skill Stone)]. After a moment, a related list appeared. [Toxic Demon Heart] was the highest tier of skill stone, which meant the range of choices wasn't large, only about a dozen.
If one mastered this type of skill, it would be separately categorized into a skill page, and moreover, this skill page was positioned before the Supreme Passive skill page, called "Unique Passive." Because of this, it was the only skill page that could be named by oneself.
With Su Xiao's excellent naming ability, he immediately named this skill page "Peak Page." Naturally, the skills within this skill page adaptively became "Peak Passives."
"Peak Passives" were certainly not as good as "Peak Skills," but their strength was not comparable to "Supreme Passives." For Su Xiao, no matter when, "Supreme Passives" were particularly important, relying entirely on mastering multiple "Supreme Passives" and then digesting them to enhance his own Supreme physical attributes.
Closing the exchange list, Su Xiao tried to apply to Reincarnation Paradise to exchange the [Toxic Demon Heart] skill stone. A total of five pages of lists appeared before him, several times the quantity from the Void Tree.
Continuing to browse, soon a top-grade "Skill Stone" caught Su Xiao's eye, named:
[Extreme Grandmaster Power: Based on current "Technique Potential Limit," greatly enhance currently mastered technique-type abilities (can enhance Blade Grandmaster, Melee Grandmaster, Blood Spear Grandmaster).]
This ability was very suitable for Su Xiao. His "Power Origin" ability enhanced four main attributes, Abyss Resistance, and "Technique Potential Limit," making his current situation:
"Technique Potential Limit +2155."
If he exchanged and mastered "Extreme Grandmaster Power" right now, his Blade Grandmaster, Melee Grandmaster, and Blood Spear Grandmaster abilities would increase significantly. But the problem was that he was currently in Doom Star, where he could clash with powerful enemies at any time, especially the Underworld God who was in a death-enemy state.
Greatly enhancing his core skill ability, Blade Grandmaster, at this time meant there was no time or opportunity to adapt to the strengthened Blade Grandmaster. There was no "Land of All Beings" here. This was a completely different concept from enhancing his physique and Cyan Steel Shadow ability, not to mention there was another "Skill Stone" that was a strong competitor to "Extreme Grandmaster Power," named:
[Origin Constitution: Can enhance oneself by absorbing "Star Realm Origin Power" (determined by one's own adaptive situation; currently enhances all main attributes, Abyss Resistance, and Technique Potential Limit. When one of these reaches full value, the gain will be applied to a pending body attribute).]
This ability seemed to have limited effect, directly absorbing "Star Realm Origin Power" to enhance main attributes, Abyss Resistance, and Technique Potential Limit. The key point was the absorption rate and stability.
To put it in more intuitive terms, the current method of absorbing "Star Realm Origin Power" was that Su Xiao absorbed "Star Realm Origin Power" into his body, letting the "Star Realm Origin Power" nourish and strengthen his physique. For now, no drawbacks were apparent, but this ultimately had the disadvantage of being a quick fix. Even if he absorbed the purest "Star Realm Origin Power," there were still risks.
Absorbing a small amount of the purest "Star Realm Origin Power" each time, and extending this cycle to 0.3 to 0.5 epochs, was the most perfect enhancement method.
Actually, besides this method, there was another efficient and super-safe method, which was the "Origin Constitution" peak passive. The principle of this ability was simple yet powerful: it allowed one's own physique to actively absorb "Star Realm Origin Power."
Simply put, it allowed all of Su Xiao's peak-tier body cells to gain the ability to devour "Star Realm Origin Power." At that point, it wouldn't be him using his body energy to wrap and absorb "Star Realm Origin Power" into his body, letting the "Star Realm Origin Power" passively enhance his constitution.
Instead, his own physique would actively, cell by cell like vicious ghosts, devour "Star Realm Origin Power," thereby strengthening his physique.
At that point, the disadvantage of quick fixes wouldn't exist. "Origin Constitution" would perfectly resolve this hidden danger, and also enhance the body's absorption efficiency of "Star Realm Origin Power," with an improvement of about 20%.
After weighing, Su Xiao made his choice:
[You have exchanged for Origin Constitution (Skill Stone).]
Although he also wanted the [Extreme Grandmaster Power] skill stone, he had to temporarily endure. He estimated that the Deer God probably couldn't kill the Night Mother. This wasn't underestimating the Deer God's strength—having almost been beaten to death by him twice, how could he underestimate? Rather, it was a very critical issue: that place was the Hidden City of Yargul, the Night Mother's base camp. The probability of the Night Mother falling was very low.
Of course, it wasn't impossible for the Night Mother to die. If the Deer God died once in battle, the first strike of this newly revived being would be very hard for anyone to withstand.
Su Xiao had endured one strike, exploding several "Life Cores" in the process. That wasn't a single attack at all; it was tens of thousands of attacks superimposed together. After taking that strike, damage erupted in his body again and again, with a terrifying damage burst every 0.12 to 0.15 seconds on average.
This could also be considered a weakness of "Life Cores" that wasn't exactly a weakness. A single causal kill could be blocked, but it couldn't block that kind of continuous, multiple fatal attacks. It wasn't that it couldn't be blocked; it would just shatter several Life Cores in succession.
The question was, could the Night Mother kill the current Deer God?
If he exchanged for [Origin Constitution (Skill Stone)] this time and later found an opportunity to kill the Night Mother, there should be a decent probability of obtaining another top-grade "Skill Stone."
Su Xiao was quite confident about fighting the Night Mother, not only because he had dealt with many Ancient Gods, but also because the Night Mother and the Spider Empress were not the same concept. Like Su Xiao, she was a newly promoted Supreme Peak. Killing the Spider Empress, who only wanted to avoid battle, was very difficult, but killing the Night Mother wouldn't be as hard.
A crystal with starlight flowing inside appeared before him. This crystal was about the size of a walnut. Su Xiao raised his hand and grabbed it, immediately feeling its dense weight. Holding it in his hand, it felt solid.
Life force surged in his hand, seeping into the "Origin Constitution (Skill Stone)." The skill stone emitted a faint light, beginning to turn into fluid that seeped into Su Xiao's palm.
Closing his eyes and sitting cross-legged on the carpet, the process of mastering "Origin Constitution (Skill Stone)" was quite comfortable. Su Xiao felt that all the cells in his body had devoured a lot of residual "Star Realm Origin Energy," but this didn't enhance his main attributes. Instead, it used the "Star Realm Origin Power" that had been compressed inside his body to further enhance his body cells' absorption ability for "Star Realm Origin Energy."
An hour later, Su Xiao opened his eyes. He actually felt a legendary sense of relief, as if he had shed a full suit of heavy armor. It seemed that the imperceptible hidden dangers of directly absorbing "Star Realm Origin Energy" were more numerous than he had imagined. But it was worth it; given the situation, without doing so, he might have already died. Moreover, this hidden danger was now completely eliminated.
Su Xiao needed to obtain a top-grade [Talent Fusion Stone] as soon as possible. He already had some leads on this matter. Just then, the train drove into a spatial ruin. After passing through a space passage, they arrived at the devastated Hidden City, Top District.
Getting off the train, Su Xiao saw the Moon Witch sitting on the moon high above. From the spatial cracks in the surrounding area, there were signs of battle.
"That old thing, the Lord of the Underworld, came and fought with the Moon Witch."
Dilo spoke, then walked toward the Night Mother's temple.
The reason the Moon Witch hadn't acted all along was precisely to guard against this. And the Lord of the Underworld's arrival meant the probability of the Night Mother falling here was even lower.
The Deer God was nowhere to be found. There was no need to search for him. The four members of the Peak Team didn't look out for each other; each bearing their own life and death was the essence of the Peak Team's cooperation.
Seeing this scene, Su Xiao decided to return to the temporary base camp. Having just fought a desperate battle with the Spider Empress, he needed to rest. At the very least, he had to wait until his "Life Cores" were fully restored before considering the next battle.
Dismissing the summoning of the Lord's Train, a Law-Destroying Teleportation Array appeared beneath Su Xiao's feet. With a dull thud, he, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha disappeared from the spot.
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The next day at noon, Sanctuary City, third floor.
Su Xiao sat cross-legged before the Awakening Stele, feeling his own "Absolute Will." His current soul strength had reached 3000 points, meaning soul strength plus true willpower exceeded 6000 points. Yet this ability was still in a "semi-awakened state," suggesting it lacked some kind of catalyst.
Just then, a strong wave of fortune came from above. This fluctuation came from the fifth floor. Su Xiao wasn't surprised by this. After returning yesterday, he had carved the character "Spider" onto "Fate Dominator," and as a result, "Fate Dominator" had met its promotion conditions.
The Goddess of Fortune hadn't left this world yet. After contacting her, she arrived at Sanctuary City before long. For this promotion of "Fate Dominator," the Goddess of Fortune's price was not low—a full 100 ounces of Fortune God Blood. Of course, it would be paid later; there was no way to have that much Fortune God Blood currently.
Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Baha went to the fifth floor and found the Goddess of Fortune holding "Fate Dominator," with a somewhat stunned expression on her face.
"Success?"
"Success, but this thing isn't stable yet. I need to wear it for a while to stabilize its functions. About a year, no, half a year, ah no, three months is enough."
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. The Goddess of Fortune somewhat reluctantly handed over the fortune system, a top-tier treasure.
[You have obtained Fate Reversal (Cycle Grade·Fortune Curio).]
Seeing this equipment name, Su Xiao suddenly remembered that long ago, this equipment was named "Fate Redemption," and after promotion became "Fate Dominator." Now it seemed that he had never truly dominated in terms of fortune. Since he couldn't dominate, he would reverse it. And with his -13 million fortune, even a brief successful reversal would be extremely powerful.
[Fate Reversal]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise.
Quality: Cycle Grade
Category: Fortune Curio (Extremely Rare·Growable).
Durability: 300/300 points (can self-recover).
Equipment Requirement: Only usable by the Hunter himself.
Basic Effect: After possessing this equipment, can exempt all debuffs brought by negative luck attribute to oneself.
Equipment Effect 1: Fortune Power (Core·Active), when activating this state, consumes 1 point of equipment durability per second, reversing your fortune. Current reversal ratio is 55%. Based on the current -13 million fortune attribute, after reversal, when you engage in profit-oriented activities subsequently, judgment will be based on 7.15 million points of positive fortune.
Equipment Effect 2: Peak Destiny (Passive), can permanently enhance this equipment's strength by engraving the names of peak powerhouses personally slain on the front position of this equipment, using the peak causality of these powerhouses.
Tip: Names of former powerhouses have undergone adaptive ratio reduction and have all been moved to the back position of this equipment for permanent engraving.
Current back position powerhouse names: 24/24 (at maximum, cannot be changed in any way).
Current front position peak powerhouse names: 1/10.
Introduction: Once Fate Redemption failed, and could not dominate, then... reverse it, oh Fate! This "Fortune Curio," giving its all, is determined to prop up the collapsing building, to turn the tide at the critical moment! Staking all its dignity and power as one of the five Fortune Curios of the Star Realm!
Rating: 25500 points (Cycle Grade equipment rating is 15000~30000 points).
Selling Price: Cannot be sold.