A thumb-sized baby crab slowly crawled out of its shell.
Seeing this, Su Mu felt a bit reluctant and planned to set it free. Although he had wiped out the entire family neatly by consuming them, perhaps this small baby crab should be released.
This was to avoid some crab lovers' backlash.
However, Su Mu discovered a blind spot.
The mother crab was so tough that it took several days of Spiritual Fire to finish her off. How did this unborn baby crab survive?!
This was somewhat bizarre; logically, it shouldn't have survived.
There can only be one explanation: this baby crab's vitality was strong enough to withstand the Spiritual Fire burn of Su Mu, who was in the Divinity Transformation Realm, and that too for several days!
No, describing it merely as resilient vitality seems insufficient; it should be called a miracle!
Even the heavens were unwilling for this little life to perish.
At this moment, an evil idea suddenly popped up in Su Mu's mind.
Why not contract it?
Letting such a miraculous life go free like this seemed wasteful.
Why is it considered somewhat evil? Well, considering he had just eaten its entire family a moment ago and now wanted to make it recognize him as its master.
However, as long as Su Mu didn't mention it, the baby crab wouldn't know anyway, for its life force was weak, and its intelligence not yet awakened.
In reality, if Su Mu were to set it free, it likely wouldn't survive.
If he were to contract it and use Favor Points to heal it, Su Mu could save it.
After hesitating for a short while, Su Mu decided to make the contract. After all, such a resilient little life truly was a miracle, one he did not wish to miss.
[Do you wish to contract the "Stone Axe Beast"?]
"Yes"
The next moment, a spiritual connection was established between the two.
Through the spiritual connection, Su Mu could directly sense the Vitality Power of the baby crab, akin to a flickering candle about to go out at any moment.
This baby crab in this world is called "Stone Axe Beast." The name does sound quite nice.
[Do you wish to spend "500" Favor Points to heal the "Stone Axe Beast"?]
Su Mu was taken aback.
Huh?
Five hundred points!
That's quite a lot.
Oh well, I happen to have just enough.
By some strange coincidence, Su Mu had accumulated exactly five hundred Favor Points over the past few days, just enough to save the baby crab.
Forget it, consider it compensation for eating your family of three. Saving a crab's life is worth more than building a seven-tier pagoda!
In this light, I truly am a benevolent person!
After all, we're talking about five hundred Favor Points.
"Save it then, five hundred it is."
Immediately after, the baby crab's life force was fully restored, though its eyes remained closed since it hadn't fully hatched and needed some time to fully recover.
In front of his stone cabin, Su Mu dug a water pit.
Then he turned around and used the Water Control Divine Technique. He could control ten pounds of water leaving the surface at once.
However, filling up this small pit required about fifty pounds.
Five attempts would suffice, but after the second time, he was already panting heavily; the consumption was immense!
This left Su Mu bewildered, wondering why his Water Control Divine Technique was so weak!!!
However, the river in front of him was the only one he could manipulate.
It took fifty minutes and five transfers to finally fill the small pit.
After filling it, Su Mu placed the baby crab inside.
"Stay here and grow a bit. Once you've matured, I'll release you back into the river."
This baby crab had no survival ability of its own; it could only be nurtured here for now.
.....
At this moment, in another realm of space and time, an esteemed human supreme sat in the void and suddenly opened his eyes.
"Hmm?"
"Why has the Primordial Realm disappeared!"
He started running his cultivation technique to deduce the situation and finally discovered something terrifying, prompting him to stand up abruptly.
"Jiang Cheng."
At his soft call, a tall man slowly emerged from the void.
This tall man, clad in golden Willow Armor, exuded an overwhelming aura that slightly distorted and fractured the surrounding void.
The man in golden armor approached the figure, knelt on one knee, and slowly spoke with a deep voice: "What are your commands, my king."
"You, head to the Primordial Realm immediately, report any anomalies back to me straight away!"
The grey-robed man appeared quite anxious.
Hearing the king's tone, the man in golden armor also seemed very surprised, as he rarely saw the king show such a worried expression.
The Primordial Realm was the core and most important realm under the king's dominion; could there have been an issue with it?
"Yes!"
The man in golden armor stood up and strode off, quickly disappearing into the void.
After some time had passed,
the man in golden armor re-emerged from the void, standing before the grey-robed man, his face now filled with terror as if he had seen something extremely horrifying, contrasting sharply with his earlier composure.
Seeing the expression on the golden-armored man's face, the grey-robed man felt an ominous premonition.
"What happened?"
Upon hearing the question, the golden-armored man unconsciously swallowed, his voice trembling as he said, "My king, perhaps you should go there personally."
As he spoke, the grey-robed man waved a large hand, tore open the space, and in the next moment, turned into a streak of light, rushing into the spatial rift.
Seeing this, the golden-armored man followed.
In just a breath, the two arrived at the Primordial Realm, separated by millions upon millions of kilometers.
The grey-robed man stared, stunned, at the "Primordial Realm" before him.
After cultivating for thousands of years and ruling over eight Great Realms, it took something truly extraordinary to shake him.
But the scene in front of him exceeded his comprehension.
The area where the Primordial Realm had been was now void, nothing existed.
The Primordial Realm, as vast as ten independent smaller realms put together, occupied space measured in countless trillions.
And now, such an enormous Great Realm had disappeared just like that?!
At this moment, the golden-armored man stood silently behind the grey-robed man, fearing that even a single word might anger the king.
Just moments ago, when he came to check on the Primordial Realm, he was equally shocked, thinking he must be dreaming.
A perfectly fine Primordial Realm, vanished into thin air?
The grey-robed man was dazed in the void for a long, long time before coming back to his senses.
He controlled eight Great Realms, with the Primordial Realm being the most important. Its spiritual power was many times higher than that of the other realms, and the concentration was ten times greater.
Of course, that wasn't the most important factor; the key was the extremely rich resources, making it ideal for cultivation.
Thus, the Primordial Realm had become his personal cultivation realm, specifically for nurturing his descendants.
All his students, grandchildren, and some younger generations were cultivating within it!
And now, the entire Primordial Realm had been relocated by someone.
Doesn't that mean he would be without heirs???
The golden-armored man was aware of this as well, which is why he didn't dare breathe too loudly now.