7. Foundation Building, defy the heavens and change fate!

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In the dark chamber of the Blood Kitchen.

Bai Feng once again inspected his own status panel.

His heart was once more set into turmoil!

It should be known that in the first expansion, whenever Bail Qingling appeared in battle, he would essentially annihilate his opponents instantly. Players only knew he was a boss with high health and oppressive presence, but never expected...

He was actually that ridiculously powerful!

Though his cultivation is now entirely lost and many of his divine skills are in an offline state.

However!

All those versatile auxiliary skills, like alchemy and gu crafting, have been honed to the highest level!

It should be known.

Even by the end of the second expansion, none of the auxiliary skills the players' protagonists mastered had reached level 60!

"If Bai Qingling had lived until the second expansion, he would probably have teamed up with Mu Xinlan to easily crush those Domain BOSSes, leaving no room for players."

"Thus seen, a plot kill is indeed the most fitting end for such an overpowered villain."

After a slight sigh.

Bai Feng retracted his thoughts and began to plan the next steps.

"Currently I have made Xing'er pretend that the poison plot succeeded and informed Xiao Chen as well as my second disciple Dantai Lingyin."

"According to the normal plot line, Dantai Lingyin, for the sake of caution, would have Xing'er enter the Blood Kitchen seven days later to inspect my corpse."

"And by then, with the fading of my life force, the prohibitions set outside the Blood Kitchen, using the demon blood from my body as a source, would slowly lose their effect."

"Therefore, Xiao Chen, seizing the chance for great merit and fame across both paths, prematurely enters the Blood Kitchen to finish me off...."

"Hmm.....it seems that seven days hence marks my sole opportunity."

With a firm decision made.

Bai Feng proceeded through a descending passageway, heading straight to the third underground level.

Upon sensing the boiling demon blood in his body, the massive bronze door before him automatically opened.

Rumble....

With a deep, heavy sound, the bronze door suddenly opened wide, revealing before his eyes a confined space roughly one zhang (about 3.3 meters) square.

As opposed to the spacious depth of the first and second levels, this place seemed more like a private storage room filled with a sinister aura.

At a glance, various human bodies, innards, and heads were soaked in each peculiar transparent soul-capturing jar.

Some still-living beings, even with breath remaining, glared angrily, cursing loudly about something.

"No wonder right after transmigrating, I vaguely heard various curses; it turns out it was coming from here."

"But come to think of it, this place is so damn ominous."

Bai Feng couldn't help but curse lightly in his mind.

He certainly knew.

This place is where Bail Qingling refined living souls.

And the people imprisoned here were almost all those who over the years plotted to secretly assassinate him, seeking fame in righteousness.

"For the next seven days, and perhaps a significant time after that, I will probably have to spend here."

"Therefore, to defy fate, I must calm my mind and adapt to this environment!"

"I am the true Qingling Demon Sovereign!"

After some self-consolation.

Bai Feng, with an indifferent gaze, stepped into the hall.

At this time, seeing him approach, those miserable test subjects grew agitated, their curses becoming even more vicious.

"Silence!"

An explosive shout.

Whoosh.

The Soul Summoning Banners hanging around appeared to hear the call of their master, rising one after another, thrashing the residual souls of the test subjects, instantly turning the scene into a deathly quiet.

Bai Feng nodded in satisfaction.

"Mm, the next step is to locate that thing."

With a simple glance around, he headed straight to a boiling Blood Pond.

As he focused his gaze, in the center of the Blood Pond was floating a five-foot-square Black Wooden Box etched with obscure runes.

He knew.

Inside lay Bail Qingling's Foundation Building!

It was also the escape route Bail Qingling devised for himself before his decisive battle with Mu Xinlan!

Without the slightest hesitation.

Bai Feng placed his palm over the black wooden box.

Whoosh——

The moment it sensed some kind of summoning, the ancient spiritual markings on the box surface glowed with an eerie golden light!

In the next instant, the black wooden box slowly opened.

A strong, bloody scent assaulted his senses.

Bai Feng covered his mouth and nose, focusing his sight.

A blood-red, fleshy indescribable object appeared in view.

It was about the size of a human head, its surface sticky and damp, as if bathed in blood, looking both hideous and disgusting.

As Bai Feng drew closer, this nameless thing seemed to sense its master's call, grotesquely twitching, almost like a living creature!

"So this is Bail Qingling's Foundation Building?"

"This thing is extremely poisonous."

Staring at this twisted demonic being, Bai Feng felt his spirit was tainted.

According to the game's backstory, Bail Qingling was a cautious man, always having multiple backup plans, never allowing himself into precarious situations.

Therefore.

After calculating that Mu Xinlan, the Dao Sect Mysterious lady, would resurrect from the Ice Coffin, he concluded that she would eventually come for him, the most prominent demon path magnate in recent times, to bring honor to the righteous path that had declined for a hundred years.

After weighing the pros and cons, Bail Qingling first excavated his five internal organs, catalyzing them with Five Elements power, storing them in the Sect at five locations dense with Geomagnetic Demon Qi.

Then, he fused his cultivation origin with his Innate Formless Demon Heart, refining it into a tangible form outside of his body, placing it in the black box as a Foundation Building, submerging it in spiritual liquid for preservation.

He then temporarily used artificially cultivated organs over decades and forged with the life essences of hundreds of righteous path masters into a "Chaos Foundation Building".

This way.

Even if he were to fall to Mu Xinlan someday, as long as a fragment of his soul could escape, he would have a chance to hatch a new body and live a second life.

"Everything was originally according to his plan."

"Later Mu Xinlan indeed came for him, and he truly escaped that calamity."

"It's just a pity that with all calculations, he didn't foresee being killed by his once-docile apprentice."

"How utterly pathetic."

"But forget it, he is just a virtual character in a game, while I am the true Bail Qingling."

"What's next on my agenda is to follow this route, develop carefully step by step, and defy destiny!"

Suddenly.

Bai Feng reached out both hands, grabbing that ferociously grotesque nameless object from the void!

Sticky, slick, withered...

Just this strange texture was enough to make him feel psychologically uncomfortable!

"The game's narrator mentioned this thing seems to be swallowed raw...."

"But....this thing's texture can't be good?"

The pungent bloody smell made Bai Feng wear a mask of pain!

He hesitated once more.

"Relying on Bail Qingling's former intimidation can only last so long; only by becoming strong myself, restoring my former strength, can I survive..."

"Indeed, even after dealing with Xiao Chen, there's still my greatest opponent—Mu Xinlan!"

"Now that I have survived, the timeline has changed, inevitably there will be a bloody melee between us again!"

"There's no other path!"

With incessant self-persuasion.

Bai Feng slowly brought that ferociously grotesque Foundation Building close to his mouth.

"Gulp gulp."

His throat moved.

One bite after another.

Bai Feng surprisingly discovered.

This thing was unexpectedly——

Crunchy!

"Mm, really delicious~"

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