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Chapter 390: Beautiful New World

This contradictory attitude plunged the spirit bodies, already in a state of confusion, into even greater chaos. Devoid of intellect, they did not know how to restrain their desires, so when the fear stemming from instinct intertwined with the equally instinctive craving, a deadlock formed in the logic of their actions.

However, this chaos was still in its initial stage when it was entirely quelled by a command from a higher being, and soon regained its tranquility. This was because Yu Xi, who was watching the show, did not wish for the performance before her to be needlessly interrupted.

Bai Mo gently touched the coffin sealing Xiao Yan. The seal on it, which had only just been restored, was opened by him once more.

“It’s time to fulfill your promise.” He looked at Xiao Xun, who stood behind him.

“What do I need to do?” She seemed to have already mentally prepared herself.

“Don’t move.”

With that said, Bai Mo caused the sleeping Xiao Yan to float in mid-air. Then, with his right hand, he cupped Xiao Yan’s back from a distance, continuously pouring a vast amount of non-attribute spirit energy into his body.

“Boom!” Half a minute later, green flames suddenly erupted from Xiao Yan’s body. At first, they were just a few small wisps, but soon, they transformed into a terrifying sea of fire.

“What is this thing? It actually possesses the power to gravely injure me.” Ji Er Ke Fu stared at the green flames before him, his expression solemn.

The emerald-green, peculiar flames, as they surged towards the closest person, Bai Mo, were completely blocked by a white light barrier, and thus flew towards the second closest, Xiao Xun.

Sensing trouble, she instinctively used her ability. Silver flames erupted from various parts of her body, fighting against the green flames.

“Don’t move. Let it come.”

Bai Mo’s single sentence made her hesitate. Both instinct and memory told her that coming into contact with these terrifying flames, which belonged to her younger brother, would absolutely not lead to anything good. Yet, if she wanted to save Xiao Yan, she could only obey the man before her.

“Al...alright.” After a struggle, her younger brother’s safety still took precedence. Xiao Xun closed her eyes, trying her best not to imagine what would happen next.

The instant the strange flames touched her body, as expected, Xiao Xun immediately felt an intense pain. Her originally beautiful face contorted and deformed from enduring the agony.

The green flames, specifically designed to burn organic matter, were an unbearable, hellish torment for any living being still possessing a physical body. Even if only grazed by a wisp, the agony would be unforgettable for a lifetime, let alone being engulfed in them as she was now.

But it only lasted a few seconds. Soon, Xiao Xun discovered that the intense pain, which had almost caused her to faint, rapidly diminished to an acceptable level.

Moreover, as time passed, a strange sensation of pleasure seemed to emerge, causing her cheeks to flush crimson.

“What’s happening to me?...!” Filled with doubt, she opened her eyes and saw what was undeniably the most terrifying sight of her life.

Almost everywhere below her head had been burned into a pitted mess by the green flames. Her torso was like an ant’s nest, riddled with holes everywhere, a sight that would absolutely make anyone with trypophobia feel their hair stand on end.

Xiao Xun, who had opened her eyes, was utterly bewildered by this scene, which resembled an absurd horror film. Her body was burned to a point where she was neither human nor ghost, yet, strangely, she was experiencing a euphoric pleasure.

“Am I hallucinating from drugs? This must all be a dream. Ever since I came here, it’s all been a dream! It’s all fake! There’s no Bai Mo, no Dong Fang Sa! It’s all fake!” This was the only reason she could barely convince herself of.

“Not yet reaching the fifth tier, your life essence hasn’t undergone a transformation, and you remain a being whose senses can be easily manipulated.” Bai Mo’s cold words pulled Xiao Xun, who was trying to numb herself, back to reality.

“I replaced the acetylcholine that transmits pain in your body with dopamine, which transmits pleasure.”

To influence an organism’s sensations with hormones to achieve one’s goals—this was something Bai Mo had learned from Gaia. However, Gaia influenced hormone production indirectly through genes, whereas he was more direct, using microscopic psionic power to reconstruct neurotransmitter molecules.

Only by gradually sublimating and becoming unaffected by the secretion of mere chemical substances could one completely immunize oneself against this insidious infiltration.

“You want to create a ‘Beautiful New World’?” After discovering that Bai Mo possessed the ability to twist pain into pleasure, Yu Xi suddenly asked.

After seeing Bai Mo’s abilities, it immediately thought of what was described in “Beautiful New World.”

“I can do it, but it’s not the optimal solution.” Bai Mo didn’t deny it; he had also considered such a possibility.

“A world built on hallucinogens, dominated by pleasure, is actually quite interesting. Everyone’s first act upon waking would be to take psychedelics, and then they would become like her, experiencing exquisite pleasure even from self-mutilation.” Yu Xi cast her gaze towards Xiao Xun, who had already been corroded beyond human recognition.

“Perhaps someone has already tried it.”

“Is he saying something about me?” At that moment, the distant Gaia felt a shiver down its spine and glanced across the Pacific Ocean at the Hua-Ya Federation.

“It’s almost ready.”

Under the control of his spirit arts, Xiao Yan’s sleeping soul, accompanied by the strange flames, was gradually transferred into Xiao Xun’s body. Then, he used Xiao Xun’s silver flames to wrap around the other party’s soul and pulled it out.

The green flames filled the original owner’s entire skeleton, transforming Xiao Xun’s “corpse” into a flaming skeleton. After the transfer was complete, Bai Mo began to inscribe countless miniature rune formations onto the bones to ensure the stable operation of this new body.

“What do you want to do?!” This wisp of Ramdo’s consciousness watched as Bai Mo prepared to act on Xiao Yan’s original body, but he had not the slightest power to resist.

He could suppress Xiao Yan with the gap in their cultivation realms and forcibly seize his body, but none of that was enough in front of Bai Mo. Ramdo could only watch helplessly as the other party extracted Xiao Yan’s soul bit by bit, and then, with immense and unparalleled power, refined this body, which was said to be invincible among its peers, into a powerful scepter.

Finally, he placed Xiao Xun’s soul, which was floating in mid-air, entirely into the scepter.

“Awaken, King of the Undying.” Bai Mo muttered to himself as the scepter took form.

Ji Er Ke Fu and Ji Mo Yi Wa, who had witnessed the entire process, were both shocked by this utterly fantastical soul-swapping and transformation operation.

“I mustn’t laugh, I’ll surely be killed.” Ji Er Ke Fu endured with extreme difficulty, trying his utmost not to let himself laugh aloud at the strange name, King of the Undying.