Zhang Lie held the core high up in the air, his heart thumping. He had successfully produced a disaster-grade lifeform, but he still had to ensure that the disaster-grade core generated in this fashion would be as readily absorbed as natural ones.

Zhang Lie began absorbing the core immediately. He cut his palm with his sword, then dripped blood onto the core. The moment it touched the core, the blood was quickly absorbed into its interior. It sucked up more and more of Zhang Lie's blood until it turned blood-red.

Then, Zhang Lie closed his eyes and began pouring concentrated, black genetic energy from his body into the core.

After he swallowed the core, Zhang Lie's skin turned red. Steam hissed from his body as primordial...