At the moment the task was completed, this fragment of the Heavenly Soul Crystal was no longer of much use to Luo Fan.
However, he could not casually discard it.
So placing it in the system space was still the safest option.
Who knew whether the Mountain-Seated Guest had left some hidden method on it.
Otherwise, how could this Heavenly Soul Crystal have coincidentally ended up in Luo Feng's hands?
…
When he heard the sound of the task being completed, Luo Fan immediately claimed the reward.
He directly had the system transmit the third and fourth levels of the Chaos Codex into his mind.
In the next instant, he fully grasped the contents of the third and fourth levels of the Chaos Codex.
Luo Fan did not hesitate. His Machine Race clone immediately took out a pile of items and began consuming them.
Some of these had been exchanged from the Human Race treasury, while others had been obtained from alien race secret realms.
Because Luo Fan's clones had infiltrated several precious secret realms of the alien races, he had acquired many good things from those places as well.
However, treasures that could increase gene levels were still relatively rare.
Moreover, most of the treasures he obtained were only effective on lifeforms with gene levels below one hundred times.
Even so, through system tasks, Luo Fan had still obtained some rewards that could take effect on him.
As these treasures were consumed, the gene level of the Machine Race clone began to rise rapidly.
410 times…
420 times…
430 times…
…
1000 times…
1100 times…
1200 times…
Very soon, Luo Fan had consumed all the gene-enhancing treasures obtained from the Human Race treasury, alien secret realms, and various tasks.
At this point, the gene level of his Machine Race clone had reached 2122 times.
Although even after completing the third and fourth levels of the Chaos Codex he would still be unable to reach Perfect Gene, Luo Fan still had more than a dozen Life Origin Golden Fruits.
The Life Origin Golden Fruit had been a previous system reward. One fruit could increase gene levels by one hundred times.
Moreover, as long as the gene level was below 10,081 times, it would still be effective.
He directly swallowed four Life Origin Golden Fruits.
At this moment, the gene level of the Machine Race clone reached 2522 times.
Luo Fan immediately had the Machine Race clone begin cultivating the third and fourth levels according to the Chaos Codex's method.
Although the Chaos Codex had restrictions, requiring recognition from one origin law for each level cultivated, Luo Fan had long since obtained recognition from all ten origin laws.
At this moment, he could cultivate the entire Chaos Codex without issue.
However, there was no real need to do so.
After the Machine Race clone's gene level reached Perfect Gene, the Chaos Codex would no longer be of much use to Luo Fan.
Unfortunately, the Chaos Codex could not be taught to others within the Sea of the Universe or the Original Universe.
Otherwise, Luo Fan would have been curious to see what kind of effect it would have if Luo Feng cultivated both the Chaos Codex and the Nine Tribulations Codex at the same time.
…
A few days quickly passed, and the Machine Race clone successfully cultivated the third and fourth levels of the Chaos Codex.
During this period, Luo Fan also established a task.
[Task: Machine Race clone gene level reaches Perfect Gene. Reward: 30,001 to 60,000 times gene blueprint.]
At the moment the Machine Race clone completed cultivation of the fourth level of the Chaos Codex, its gene level reached the Perfect Gene tier.
The Machine Race clone also received a secret technique bestowed by the Original Universe.
Just like before, this time the bestowal of a talent secret technique could still be chosen by Luo Fan himself.
Luo Fan had already reviewed almost all the secret techniques within the Source Land of the Original Universe.
So he had long since decided what kind of secret technique he wanted the Original Universe to grant to the Machine Race clone this time.
He did not have much need for offensive secret techniques.
As for secret techniques related to avatars, he already had the Space Worm.
As for auxiliary secret techniques, most of them were not particularly appealing to Luo Fan anymore.
In the end, he chose a defensive secret technique called Hold the Line.
The effect of this secret technique was very simple. It weakened material attacks to one ten-thousandth of their original power.
Moreover, it could be stacked with the weakening effects of armor-type supreme treasures.
With this secret technique, it would be extremely difficult for Luo Fan to die in the future.
…
After raising the Machine Race clone's gene level to Perfect Gene, Luo Fan once again entered seclusion.
His true body refined his own secret techniques.
His Original Universe clone studied the Creation Template and attempted to nurture life.
His Machine Race clone researched artifact refinement, especially the Heavy Treasure–level mechanical puppet forging method previously rewarded by the system.
His Space Worm clone focused entirely on comprehending the Space Origin Law, attempting to merge its three great profundities into one and grasp the complete Space Origin Law.
In this way, several years passed.
While attempting to create a new form of life, Luo Fan suddenly felt a premonition.
His will was about to break through.
He had no doubts. At his current level, his premonitions were fairly accurate.
He immediately established a task.
[Task: Will breaks through to the Universe Master tier. Reward: Mental State Insight +10,000,000,000, Advanced Will Talent +100.]
Luo Fan was somewhat surprised that there was no will secret technique reward this time.
However, the terrifying amount of mental state insight alone was almost enough to push his mental state cultivation into the third tier.
Previously, his mental state insight had already reached the peak of the second tier.
He had not deliberately cultivated his mental state, planning instead to let it progress naturally.
With such an enormous amount of mental state insight this time, he would definitely reach the third tier.
Luo Fan immediately established another task.
[Task: Mental state cultivation reaches the third tier. Reward: Advanced Will Talent +100, Reincarnation Fruit x100.]
After establishing the tasks, Luo Fan did not bother to wait.
He directly took out a Reincarnation Fruit.
Even for him, he only possessed eleven such fruits.
These had been obtained by Luo Fan with great difficulty in the past.
The Reincarnation Fruit was extremely precious, so Luo Fan had never used it.
It allowed one to experience reincarnation.
Moreover, the stronger one's mental state and will, the more reincarnations one could experience, and the greater the gains would be.
If one's mental state and will were insufficient, they would lose their true self after reincarnation.
The system had also specifically warned that it was not recommended to use it unless one's will had reached the Immortal level.
Therefore, Luo Fan had always kept it without using it.
Because the stronger his will and mental state were, the better the effect would be when used.
In addition, he had not previously been in urgent need of improving his mental state and will.
As a result, he had not used a single one of his eleven Reincarnation Fruits.
Now, Luo Fan wanted to quickly push his will to the Universe Master tier.
That way, he could make the supreme treasure armor of the Void True Demon God, given to him by the Two-Faced Ancestral God or rather by the Original Universe, acknowledge him as its master.
At any moment now, Luo Fan could merge the three great profundities of the Space Origin Law into one, grasp the complete Space Origin Law, and break through to the Venerable level.
When that happened, he would need will at the Universe Strongest tier in order to make that supreme treasure armor acknowledge him as its master.
Therefore, he wanted to raise his will to the Universe Master tier as early as possible.
Otherwise, who knew how much time it would take later to make that supreme treasure armor acknowledge him.
After making his decision, Luo Fan directly consumed the Reincarnation Fruit.
Because it caused his will to undergo reincarnation, as long as he wished, all of his clones could share this effect.
In the next instant, Luo Fan's vision went completely dark.
The clones he had already prepared nearby immediately stepped forward to protect his true body, Space Worm clone, and Machine Race clone.
As for the Original Universe clone, there was no one who could interfere with it.
…
When Luo Fan opened his eyes again, what he saw was one, or rather four, unfamiliar places.
His true body and three clones were actually experiencing reincarnation separately.
In the first life, Luo Fan became, respectively, an infant, a tree, a fledgling bird, and a puppy.
The four wills began experiencing different reincarnations.
He did not only become human. Luo Fan also became various plants and animals.
During the process of reincarnation, the bottleneck of his will began to loosen.
Without realizing it, the sound of task completion echoed in his mind.
Because Luo Fan was still within reincarnation at that moment, he was unaware of it.
In this way, after experiencing countless reincarnations, Luo Fan finally awakened.
When he opened his eyes, a trace of age-old weariness flashed through them.
Previously, although Luo Fan had cultivated for several thousand years, most of that time had been spent in cultivation.
As a result, there had been no sense of age or weariness in his gaze.
But after experiencing countless reincarnations, his mindset had inevitably changed somewhat.
However, very quickly, his powerful mental state cultivation and will brought him back to clarity.
A clear light flashed through his eyes, and all traces of age-old weariness vanished.
The memories of countless reincarnations were directly stripped away by Luo Fan.
He retained only the insights gained after reincarnation.
He looked at his task panel.
At this moment, both the will task and the mental state task had already been completed.
Moreover, Luo Fan's will had advanced a certain distance within the Universe Master tier.
On the system panel, his will cultivation clearly read: Universe Master (5.442889%).
Although it was only a little over five percent, it was still will at the Universe Master tier.
And Luo Fan was currently only an Immortal.
Even for a Universe Master, improving will cultivation by even a tiny amount required the tempering of countless years.
Or enduring countless eras of training within the Black Pattern Stone Pillar Space of the Universe Boat.
And how long had Luo Fan taken?
He realized that although he had just experienced countless reincarnations, only a single day had passed in reality.
Luo Fan could not help but sigh.
The Reincarnation Fruit truly lived up to being a system reward, a treasure for improving will and mental state.
Its effects were simply too powerful.
After countless reincarnations, both mental state and will had improved tremendously.
Yet only one day had passed in reality.
If those Universe Masters knew that Luo Fan had not only broken through to the Universe Master tier of will in a single day, but had even advanced a distance within that tier, they would probably go mad with envy.
After all, for those Universe Masters, improving even a trace of will required vast amounts of time and tempering.
And even then, it might not necessarily work.
If those Universe Masters knew of the Reincarnation Fruit's effects, they would definitely try to seize it at any cost.
The further one went in cultivation, the more important mental state and will became.
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