Chapter 180: New Self-Discipline Challenge [Spacetime Travel Lion]

Because its extraordinary rank had already reached the peak of the Calamity Realm, to advance further it needed to absorb the earth vein power of a domain.

The ruler of the Poison Domain, the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion, was old and declining. If it could not break through again, it would soon die.

The earth vein core of the Poison Domain was the best opportunity.

So during this time, it had directly or indirectly gathered a great deal of information about the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion.

"That old fellow is now nearing the end of his lifespan. If he cannot break through again, he may die within these few years."

The Emerald King Snake spoke slowly.

"However, recently, in order to break through his current realm and live another lifetime, the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion released a piece of news. As long as someone goes to the Yellow Springs Nest secret realm and obtains the Yellow Springs Tree Fruit, he is willing to exchange earth vein power for it."

"Yellow Springs Nest secret realm?"

Chen Mo had not expected a secret realm to exist within the Snow Domain.

"Tell me about the secret realm."

Chen Mo continued to ask.

"My understanding of the secret realm is not particularly deep. Legend has it that it was formed from the corpse of the Poison Mother Goddess after she fell. Inside are hidden countless poisonous creatures and poison-type treasures."

"Because the secret realm is in an unstable state and cannot bear overly powerful forces, only creatures below the Legendary Realm may enter."

"And the Yellow Springs fruit tree is said to be located in the core area of the secret realm. The core area was formed from the true blood of the Poison Mother Goddess, and the aura it radiates has nurtured many powerful monsters—dangerous beyond compare."

Chen Mo nodded and asked again:

"What rank of divine medicine is the Yellow Springs Tree Fruit? That it could make the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion willing to trade the earth vein core for it?"

"Tier-6 divine medicine, which is to say, totem-rank divine medicine!"

"It is said to possess the power to cleanse bloodlines and can greatly enhance the talent of poison-type creatures. It is enough to help the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion break through his current realm!"

The Emerald King Snake explained, then shifted the topic, saying, "However, I am skeptical about whether this so-called Yellow Springs Nest secret realm actually exists."

"As far as I know, quite a few Calamity Realm creatures have already gone to the Yellow Springs Nest secret realm, but not a single beast has come out alive."

"I suspect the news about the Yellow Springs Nest secret realm is very likely just a smokescreen deliberately released by the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion."

"This Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion is also a believer of the Poison Mother Goddess and possesses a Mother Goddess statue. It is very possible that he deliberately lured nearby Calamity creatures over in order to sacrifice them."

The Emerald King Snake voiced its conjecture.

"Suanni, should we go take a look at that secret realm?"

Catching the keyword "Poison Mother Goddess," the Sky Curtain Ice Spider instantly grew excited.

"No rush. Wait until my strength improves another step."

Chen Mo spoke.

"And observe in the meantime, to see whether any creatures come back alive from the Yellow Springs Nest secret realm."

Whether the Yellow Springs Nest secret realm truly existed or not, the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion was in a state of decline and weakness—this was absolutely a good thing for him! He felt that his overall strength had already stepped through the threshold of the Legendary Realm.

Though he was among the weakest batch of Legendary Realm creatures.

The Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion was an established Legendary creature; he was definitely no match for it right now.

But his strength was still far from reaching its limit, far from a point where it could not be improved.

After completing the two self-discipline challenges 【Deadly Poison Lion】 and 【Chef Lion】, he would possess a natural advantage against poison-type extraordinary creatures.

His extraordinary rank could also still be raised to the limit of the Calamity Realm.

Finally, the body-strengthening effect of 【Gluttonous Lion +】 had not yet been maxed out either. It would require consuming large quantities of divine medicine and extraordinary flesh.

At that point, his strength would undergo another qualitative change! Even if he could not defeat the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion, he would have more than enough power to protect himself.

Facing the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion head-on, he would also have the confidence to flip the table! ————————

Time flew by.

Over the following period, after collecting some divine medicines, Chen Mo returned to the Ice Phoenix Divine Palace to continue his cultivation.

These Calamity creatures had all, in their hearts, actually entertained the thought of "fleeing."

Taking the seeds of these Calamity spirit plants, along with the cultivation techniques, and running to regions beyond the Misty Forest.

【Deadly Poison Lion】 Day 45.

In the early hours of the morning, after consecutively consuming ten types of poison-type divine medicines, Chen Mo completed the final day of the self-discipline challenge.

【Deadly Poison Lion】 had a total of three effects.

The first was a massive increase in poison resistance, granting immunity to all toxins below totem rank.

This effect could play an extremely powerful role when fighting poison-type creatures.

This meant that most of the abilities of poison-type creatures would be completely ineffective against Chen Mo, their strength directly reduced by more than half!

Since he was about to head to the Yellow Springs Nest secret realm, where he would encounter many poison-type extraordinary creatures and might even clash with the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion, this title would be Chen Mo's greatest trump card.

The second effect was that his body had become highly poisonous—every drop of Chen Mo's blood, every strand of his fur would carry lethal neurotoxin.

The toxicity was incomparably fierce. Just a single drop of blood could cause creatures at lower Calamity rank and below to lose consciousness in a mere dozen or so seconds!

Finally, 【Deadly Poison Lion】 also granted Chen Mo the power to manipulate poison-type origin spirit power, with the potency of poison spells increased by 100%!

This effect was actually rather minor. Chen Mo had not mastered a single poison-type spell; it was not his primary attack method.

After experiencing the effects of 【Deadly Poison Lion】, Chen Mo looked toward the self-discipline panel, wanting to check the newly refreshed self-discipline challenge.

The chains on 【Hypnosis Lion】 had already disappeared, and the newly appeared self-discipline challenge was emitting a purple glow.

It was unexpectedly another Calamity-rank title! 【Spacetime Travel Lion】 (Purple)

Self-discipline challenge:

1. Comprehend the power of space for no less than 8 hours every day, for a duration of 90 days. (Bonus: Space Comprehension Meditation Art) 2. Travel through wormholes no less than 2 times every day.

3. Travel through 8 different worlds.

Title effects:

1. Initially grasp the power of space, enabling cross-world travel. (Unstable; wormholes may lead to other random worlds.) 2. Grasp space origin energy; power of space-type spells increased by 100%.

3. When traveling to other worlds, one will automatically obtain a "legal identity" and will not face rejection from the world's will.

"This self-discipline challenge is excellent!"

After reading the contents of 【Spacetime Traveling Lion】, Chen Mo could hardly wait to experience its effects.

Spatial energy and temporal energy could be said to be the two most mysterious types of energy.

Extraordinary creatures capable of mastering these two types of energy are exceedingly few, and they are basically all mythical creatures.

Ordinary creatures can also hardly master these two types of energy through their own efforts.

He hadn't expected this self-discipline challenge to directly roll it out!

After completing it, he would no longer be confined to a single world! More importantly — his ability to preserve his life would undergo a qualitative leap!

Even if he encountered a world-ending catastrophe, Chen Mo could flee to other worlds for refuge.

And he wouldn't be rejected by the world's will, directly transforming into a native! The Heiyuanmolong came to Blue Star precisely because it was "unacclimated," suppressed by the world's will, that it was confined to one corner.

Without hesitation, Chen Mo directly selected the 【Spacetime Traveling Lion】 self-discipline challenge.

After accepting the challenge, lines of pale blue text appeared on the self-discipline panel.

These texts transformed into points of light and merged into Chen Mo's body.

At the same time, Chen Mo discovered that a spatial cultivation method called 【Spatial Perception Meditation Art】 had appeared in his consciousness!

This technique could let him truly and clearly sense the existence of spatial energy!

Soon, Chen Mo closed his eyes and began cultivating this 【Spatial Perception Meditation Art】.

He did not know how long had passed.

Only then did Chen Mo slowly open his eyes.

He had to admit that the cultivation difficulty of spatial energy was far higher than other energies! Through the 【Spatial Perception Meditation Art】, he could only barely sense the existence of spatial energy.

Those were some extremely dazzling, brilliant silver particles, exceedingly few in number. He estimated that they would only exist in large quantities in special places like the Bronze Transmission Gate that connected two worlds, or at the entrances of secret realms.

But right now Chen Mo could only barely observe them, let alone capture, absorb, and master them.

And the reason Chen Mo ended his cultivation was that the Emerald King Snake had coiled its massive body and was quietly staying in front of him.

It clearly had something it wanted to report to him.

"What is it?"

Chen Mo asked with a smile.

Because his strength had made a breakthrough, his mood was quite good.

"Your Majesty, there is new news from the Toxic Territory."

The Emerald King Snake spoke.

"Just at dawn today, the second batch of Calamity Beasts that went to the Nest Secret Realm returned!"

"Although only two beasts came back alive, the harvest was bountiful — they obtained quite a few treasures, among which were even many Calamity-grade divine medicines."

"More importantly — they discovered the location of the Yellow Springs Fruit Tree, but unfortunately a Red-Blood Poison Jiao whose strength was infinitely close to the Legendary Realm was guarding it there. They didn't dare to take the risk and had to return first."

"And the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion also honored the previous agreement, leaving eighty percent of the treasures for those two Calamity Behemoths."

"Alright! I have to admit, it seems the Yellow Springs Nest Secret Realm truly exists."

The Emerald King Snake said slowly.

"Can you confirm that those two survivors weren't plants deliberately released by the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion?"

Chen Mo asked in return.

"It seems... that is indeed possible!"

The Emerald King Snake fell into thought.

"The Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion said that because the casualties were too severe, it was preparing to gather all the Calamity Beasts to jointly explore the Nest Secret Realm in one week."

"After Your Majesty's reminder, I feel that he wants to pull off a big scam!"

The Emerald King Snake clearly did not have a good impression of the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion.

That fellow was practically synonymous with treacherous cunning, and moreover he worshipped the Toxic Mother Goddess — there was nothing he wouldn't do.

"It is indeed possible."

Chen Mo nodded.

"Then Your Majesty, are we going to join the secret realm exploration team next week?"

The Emerald King Snake was somewhat hesitant.

If the secret realm truly existed, this was indeed an opportunity.

But it also worried about being scammed.

"Go! Why not go? Even if this is the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion's trap, so what? When the time comes, just slaughter the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion directly."

Chen Mo said calmly.

With his current strength, even if he was no match for the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion, escaping from the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion's hands would be more than sufficient.

Moreover, he had just activated Crisis Premonition, predicting whether he would encounter danger going to the Toxic Territory.

A sense of crisis did indeed rise in his heart, but it was not intense.

This indicated that there would not be any life-or-death crisis.

Seeing Chen Mo's incomparably confident tone, the Emerald King Snake's hesitation and worry were instantly dispelled.

It twisted its body and spoke in a pinched voice:

"Then Your Majesty, I'll sign you up."

"Sign up under your name! I'll enter the secret realm as your retainer."

Chen Mo spoke.

Currently, the nominal ruler of the Misty Forest was still the Emerald King Snake, while Chen Mo remained hidden behind the scenes.

"Okay, Your Majesty."

"What about the other calamity beasts in the Mist Forest? Should we order them to go to the Secret Realm together?"

"Let them follow their own wishes! Tell them the dangers of the Secret Realm and let them decide for themselves."

Chen Mo said calmly.

——————

One week later.

After Chen Mo became the ruler of the Mist Forest, there were far fewer battles and conflicts in the Mist Forest, and many busy figures appeared.

They were all busy "farming"!

After all, besides the tribute, all the extra divine herbs and spiritual plants belong to themselves!

This number is enough to make any calamity-being's heart race! After returning, these calamity-beings will pass the Spirit Rain Technique on to their own clansfolk.

Thus, strong as calamity lords and weak as the poisonous beings of the lord-transcendent class, all began planting divine herbs and spiritual plants.

What surprised Chen Mo was——

These calamity beasts turned out to be every single one a "grinding emperor", almost non-stop "farming" day and night.

It's truly because during the previous era of the corrupt green dragon's rule, each one had been scared into poverty.

At this moment, the hearts of these calamity beasts are just like knowing they'd get ten times the pay for overtime.

"I love overtime! I'll work overtime to the death!"

【Great Chef Lion】Day 42.

Dawn.

Sunlight pierced the thick mist, passed through the dense, deep-purple leaves of the arrow-wood trees, and fell upon a lion whose hair was snow-white and spotless.

Chen Mo yawned and glanced at the Emerald King Snake and the Seven-Colored Butterfly.

"Just the two of you?"

Today is the day the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion gathers all the calamity beasts to explore the Secret Realm together.

The Emerald King Snake naturally also conveyed Chen Mo's will.

Those beasts who wanted to go to the Secret Realm to try their luck gathered this morning at the former Green Dragon's Nest; those who didn't want to go need not come.

As it turned out, Chen Mo hadn't expected that besides the Emerald King Snake, only a single Seven-Colored Butterfly would show up.

"Your Majesty, the other calamity beasts should all be planting divine herbs. They might worry that going to the Secret Realm would delay the growth of the spiritual plants."

The Seven-Colored Butterfly explained on behalf of the other calamity beasts.

"Who would still want to go on an adventure when they can steadily harvest spiritual plants and divine herbs? Who would still want to live a life of licking blood off the blade when they have a stable job!"

Chen Mo nodded.

As for how many calamity beasts would come, he didn't mind; after all, he didn't need their help, and as long as they didn't cause trouble, that was fine.

Staying home to farm wasn't bad either.

"Then let's go!"

Having said that, Chen Mo manifested ice crystal feather wings and, together with the Emerald King Snake and the Seven-Colored Butterfly, swiftly headed for the Deadly Toxic Swamp.

2 hours later.

Chen Mo arrived at the Deadly Toxic Swamp.

This is a vast swamp shrouded in miasma and poisonous mist, boundless as far as the eye can see, like a sea of gray-brown mud.

And within this muddy sea exist all kinds of poisonous insects and toxic substances.

(End of chapter)