Night.

After Xu Lang posted a notice collecting eye-technique skills, he crawled into the Nightmare Bed and began an attribute breakthrough.

The ghostly deity Adams had been successfully slain beneath the horse.

From the last two Mad King Trials, Xu Lang had probed quite a bit of information from Raphael, but there was very little data from Adams—he couldn't even determine whether Adams was connected to the Mad King.

With Adams's death, the world sank into darkness along with it.

Everything returned to normal.

Xu Lang gained the attribute talents King's Aura, Overlord, and Ghostly Deity Descends.

In an instant, Xu Lang's Constitution attribute leapt to 700 points, while his Spirit remained stuck at 600 points.

[Dorm Survival Game · Mad King Building Players]

[Name: Xu Lang]

[Title: Sole Survivor]

[Experience: Phase Seven]

[Door Number: 400 (Dorm Owner)]

[Dormitory: True·Demon King Castle (Level Ten)]

[Sequence: Scarlet Shepherd (Initial Awakening)]

[Tale Sealing Item: Taleblade Demon Box (Perfect)]

[Attributes: Constitution 700, Spirit 600, Seven Killings Blood Qi 153, Pure Yang True Qi 161, Ghostly Deity Power 300]

[Skills: War God, Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique...]

With Xu Lang's Constitution raised, his Seven Killings Blood Qi and Pure Yang True Qi climbed as well.

After all values rose, Xu Lang waited for his breathing to calm, then checked again.

[Attributes: Constitution 700, Spirit 600, Seven Killings Blood Qi 213, Pure Yang True Qi 245, Ghostly Deity Power 300]

The new Ghostly Deity Power still sat at 300 points, that was the baseline.

Xu Lang raised his hand, and a purple-gray malevolent aura appeared above his palm, threaded with faint black flames.

This was the Ghostly Deity Power!

The moment that power manifested, the surrounding air trembled.

Sizzle~

Xu Lang curled his fingers inward, the air seemed pierced, letting out a mournful wail.

"What a brutal force...it feels like two extreme traits at once, one violent, one sluggish!" Xu Lang thought—this Ghostly Deity Power shouldn't really be called that; it was more like Savagery Power.

After carefully sensing and scanning with his Nightmare Eye, he confirmed the attributes of his Ghostly Deity Power.

Sleep and Savagery!

On his first day as a ghostly deity, Xu Lang felt a little bewildered.

His initial assessment: the savagery trait boosts attack penetration and attack power without adding special damage on its own.

But that lazy sleep trait seemed utterly useless.

Still, Xu Lang paid close attention.

After all, he built his path on sleeping.

With Constitution limit broken, Xu Lang felt his combat strength leap again—mainly because the three major Constitution talents were overwhelmingly powerful.

Ghostly Deity Power still needed study, King's Aura leaned toward support, while Overlord genuinely increased combat power.

To fully leverage the Overlord talent's benefit, Xu Lang felt he needed to improve his punching and kicking techniques.

Unfortunately, the Nightmare Coins were untouchable for now, and fusion attempts were precious—he couldn't stir them up rashly.

Xu Lang's reserve of Nightmare Essence was slim; next he needed to run a Spirit limit-break simulation, and in the coming days the remaining fusion attempts would be used to smelt Nightmare Essence and prepare for the Blood Calamity.

He closed his eyes and entered the Simulation Dream.

...

In the Spirit Limit-Break Trial, Xu Lang endured the tentacle monster's meme contamination and successfully broke the limit.

He had already simulated this once.

Five flames appeared before him, three entering his body while two faded away.

[You have obtained the Spirit Talents "Mind Over Matter", "Light of the Mind", "Divine Descent"]

[Attribute Talents are as follows]

[Mind Over Matter: The soul can detach from the body to exist independently and possess the material world, including living beings or inorganic matter as a vessel, and that vessel will automatically approximate the original form of the body]

[Light of the Mind: Awakens an active spirit talent that transcends physical law]

[Divine Descent: Execute a judgment to forcibly occupy a target soul; occupation duration depends on target soul strength. When used against higher-ranked souls, judgment has a very high chance of success; against lower-ranked souls, it has a high chance of success. If judgment succeeds, permanent occupation may be chosen]

...

The tier-3 Spirit Limit-Break Talent "Divine Descent" was a divine-tier comeback ability; even facing superior opponents it could wrestle for control. Even if possession time was short, it could force control for a period.

Xu Lang opened his eyes, and a line of text floated into his vision.

[Light of the Mind is gestating, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6...]

[Light of the Mind has successfully gestated, you have obtained your exclusive unique skill]

[Unnamed]

[Type: Spirit Skill]

[Rarity: Unique]

[Effect: Freely control all released energy and souls]

[Description: Mine, has always been mine!]

Light of the Mind was the embodiment of mental will, and this skill seemed to inherit Xu Lang's obsession with domination and control.

"My mastery over energy has improved; I can perform precise operations...which means my future flying slashes can curve, and I can split blade qi!" Xu Lang realized.

Seven Killings Blood Qi appeared around him, rolling like war smoke, then shaped itself into a dragon's head—majestic and imposing, its aura amplified.

This new skill, beyond controlling released energy, could also enhance his soul-commanding power.

One must realize most people don't even know where their soul resides.

The soul is not merely in the mind; it is tightly connected to the magnetic fields and vitality of every cell, like a corporeal counterpart in another dimension.

Eager to test it, Xu Lang imagined splitting his soul and using Divine Descent consecutively. With Light of the Mind and Light of Redemption, souls would automatically reassemble, always maintaining unity.

Moreover, Mind Over Matter also strengthened soul intensity, greatly raising Divine Descent's judgment success rate.

"This skill will be called 'Primordial Manifestation of the Spirit'!"

If Primordial Manifestation of the Spirit reversed into a corporeal ability, he might become even harder to kill than Red Butterfly.

He spat once—the control over that spit remained firmly under his command!

An arm cut off could be reinserted and would automatically heal!

Unknown to others, his combat power had multiplied.

After the Spirit attribute broke its limit and was dragged to 700 points by the Life Contract, other special attributes increased again. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

...

After dinner, Xu Lang went out to walk off his meal.

He had barely taken a few steps when he left Demon King Castle; a corner away stood Luo Lin's residence.

A dozen bio-tyrants stuck to the wall in formation. When they saw Xu Lang approaching, their expressions all shifted subtly.

Before, they had been indifferent to him.

This time, however, they all bowed their heads in unison, their physiology showing a posture of obedience.

Xu Lang was slightly surprised, then it dawned on him.

With Eternal Night King's effect plus King's Aura, his Charm had skyrocketed, and the demonic eye had directed that aura toward the "Demon King" attribute.

Those bio-androids, lacking intelligence, behaved this way toward him; real people—strangers—would likely feel a touch of horror upon seeing him.

Xu Lang scanned the area and saw a female player step out of Dorm 396. When she turned and saw him, she reacted as though she had seen a god or ghost: her face flushed scarlet, then instantly drained of color.

At this moment, only she and Xu Lang could know how complicated her emotions truly were.