"…"
Sensing his body temperature rising, as if every droplet of blood in his body is boiling, Long Hua mutters—
"Second manifestation, blood manifest into vast seas."
Immediately, the world contained within Long Hua's spiritual sea undergoes a transformation.
From the white void, a faint body of water rises to surround the vast lands.
"...…"
And as seconds tick by, this body of water slowly consolidates its form.
With plenty more spirit Qi to spare, Long Hua mutters—
"Third manifestation, wills manifest into life."
As the white void—that surrounds the land and sea, darkens for a brief instance, figures of varying sizes manifest on the landmass and within the sea itself.
However—
"Uh…?"
Unknown as to why, but the moment Long Hua attempts to undergo the third manifestation, which involves the creation of life—in the world within his spiritual sea, the manifested figures collapse in the very next instance.
(Was the spirit Qi not enough? No, that's not it… The amount needed should have been fulfilled, but…)
Noticing something odd, Long Hua can't help but frown.
(The amount of spirit Qi needed to advance into the Life Manifestation realm is surprisingly low. However…)
[Advancing into the Life Manifestation realm requires you to achieve perfect mastery over the five elements. In other words, it is only by incorporating the power of the five elements into the world within your spiritual sea—that would make you become qualified to manifest life.]
As Wang Bei Mu's withered corpse collapses into a pile of dust, the one to answer Long Hua's confusion is the creator of this odd world.
"Five elements…"
With a solemn expression on his face, Long Hua raises a sigh. According to his knowledge, the five elements are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Achieving perfect mastery over just a single element is already challenging enough; all five in this case need not be said.
(Does the elemental energy of the five elements even exist in the Leng Bing Realm?)
Clicking his tongue, Long Hua turns his attention to the creator of this world, who is looking upon him—through the eyes of the colossal white serpent.
"The curse on my body, you're the source of it?"
[Indeed. Time and time again, I have attempted to create the "ultimate lifeform" through evolution, and time and time again, I have failed to do so. You are my 8,749,329,910,181st experimental subject.]
"…"
Towards the mind-numbing number that the creator of this world had just said, Long Hua can't help but make an odd expression.
[Among those experimental subjects, was your father. He was the 8,749,329,910,180th experimental subject. I once considered him to be my masterpiece, but in the end, he was not able to meet my expectations. Consumed by the power of the curse that I had granted him, he went on a rampage that destroyed much of the world that he was in.]
"…"
As memories of the three-headed monster reappears in Long Hua's mind, the reason for why he had felt a sense of heartache towards its fate is answered—for that was the form his father had assumed during his rampage.
[Other than your father… His clansmen were also a part of my experiment. In total, they made up 10,179 experiments.]
"…"
Narrowing his eyes, Long Hua mutters something beneath his breath.
(…)
Within the dreamscape, the Tai Xuan Emperor can't help but have a nervous look on her face.
Judging by the tension that is in the air, Long Hua will most likely go ballistic from rage, and as a result of this, he would die without an intact corpse—giving the Tai Xuan Emperor no vessel to take over.
After all, within this vast universe, just how many individuals are capable of maintaining their composure—in front of an enemy, who had wiped out one's entire clan?
In response to the Tai Xuan Emperor's concern, Long Hua says—
"I see."
...…
"Uh? I see? That's it?"
Rather quickly, the Tai Xuan Emperor's nervousness turns into bewilderment.
This is completely unlike the Long Hua that she has known up to this point.
"Does he have that Lone Dog Incantation active?"
Paying careful attention to Long Hua's eyes, the Tai Xuan Emperor does see them emanating with a glow of blue radiance, but this time it is considerably more eerie than before.
"…"
Taking a step back from the projection that displays the outside world, the Tai Xuan Emperor can't help but hug herself for warmth.
Contained within Long Hua's eyes seems to be a bottomless abyss that will swallow a person whole if they stare into it for too long.
...…
Finished gathering the sealed portions of its body, the White Serpent King turns its attention back to Long Hua.
Similarly, to the Tai Xuan Emperor, it also got the impression of Long Hua's eyes being a bottomless abyss.
[Hm? Not quite the reaction that I was expecting.]
Not having expected this as well, even the creator of this world can't help but voice this through a questioning tone.
"What? You want me to cuss at you or something? Regardless of how enraged I am, what could my wrath possibly do to you? Any breath I spend to curse at you would just be a waste. You're not someone to care about how I feel; all you care about is the end result of your experiment. The moment I die—is the moment you cease to think of me as your masterpiece. I would just be labeled as another failure then. In that case, the best way for me to get back at you is to make you fail your experiment in a different way."
[Oh? And how would you go about doing that?]
"What do you deem to be the ultimate lifeform exactly?"