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Griffin Scans
Translator – Hero of death
Proofreader – Sleepyhead
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Chapter 14 - Second Creation
With a gentle flick of his finger, Lu Yu summoned the Twisted Spider Egg into the air, carried by a stream of chaotic energy right before him.
While in monster editing mode, Lu Yu could perceive much more than usual — Like now, he could see the faint wisp of life within the egg.
This didn’t mean a spiderling had already formed, but rather that it was in the primordial state of life—an embryonic stage governed by the universal principles of reproduction, yin and yang, and creation.
The propagation of life itself follows the fundamental laws of the world.
Now that the system had indicated the egg could be edited, Lu Yu had no intention of letting it sit and gather dust in his material storage.
With so many rare resources on hand, transforming them into power for himself was clearly the wisest course of action.
Thus, Lu Yu tapped a finger against the Twisted Spider Egg. A stream of gray energy flowed into it, merging with the faint wisp of life inside.
The egg’s white membrane was slowly overtaken by gray, transforming it into a small gray sphere.
At that moment, Lu Yu retrieved a rare material he had drawn from a treasure chest: a pocket watch imbued with a trace of time and shadow energy.
<Damaged Pocket Watch
Once worn by an unknown being, this watch was stained with a trace of time and shadow energy, transforming it from a mundane item into something greater. However, it has also been tainted by the blood of an evil god, giving it a madness-inducing power.
Ratings: 4-Star. >
Back when he was editing the Fear Balloon, Lu Yu didn’t use the pocket watch—adding more materials doesn’t necessarily result in a better monster because compatibility is key.
The Fear Balloon, created from common materials, already possessed Hellfire and a life-draining aura—its potential had been fully realized.
Adding the pocket watch would have only slightly increased its star rating or added a minor skill, but wouldn’t have raised its overall evaluation.
Through experience, Lu Yu had begun to understand the editing system.
High-level materials tend to assimilate others. For example, the Fear Balloon’s core power came from the life-draining effect of the burial shroud, which dominated over the Hellfire Whip, relegating it to a supporting role.
Furthermore, lower-star materials can drag down higher-star ones—despite using a 3-star material, the Fear Balloon ended up as a 2-star monster.
The pocket watch was a 4-star material. If used on a 2-star monster like the Fear Balloon, it could very well overshadow everything else and become a solo act.
That wasn’t Lu Yu’s style—he preferred to maximize the benefits of every component. High-grade materials were valuable, but others shouldn’t go to waste either.
Now, however, he had a new vessel — The Mutated Twisted Spider Egg!
Its mutation had given it the potential to reach 3 stars, making it a worthy carrier capable of absorbing the time and shadow energy within the pocket watch.
With that thought, Lu Yu looked at the gold watch stained with dark red blood and gently tapped it.
Clink!
The moment his fingertip touched the watch, it broke apart into countless golden particles and gradually merged into the Twisted Spider Egg.
The previously gray egg began to shimmer with golden light, which soon spread across its surface.
"Spider Evil God's silk... It's spider-related. Would adding it push the transformation even further?"
Just as that thought surfaced and Lu Yu prepared to add the Evil God's Silk, the Twisted Spider Egg began to emit a rejecting aura.
A presence similar to the Spider Evil God surged forth—radiating a desire to spread madness and destruction across the world.
“An unknown evil god’s aura!”
Lu Yu’s eyes widened in shock at the egg’s reaction. Searching his memory, he quickly pieced it together.
The pocket watch’s description hadn’t only mentioned time and shadow—it also noted it had been tainted by the blood of an evil god.
A mysterious, nameless evil god.
Lu Yu had overlooked that detail, assuming the watch itself was the main material.
He hadn’t realized the evil god’s blood had been included and after countless years of conflict and power erosion, it had degraded to a 4-star level.
In other words, the watch was composed of two 4-star materials.
No wonder the Spider Evil God’s silk couldn’t be merged—another evil god’s blood had already fused with the Twisted Spider Egg through the watch!
Although evil gods are all harbingers of chaos and terror, they are neither unified nor harmonious.
Long ago, a war broke out between the cults of The Distant Reveler and The Deep Sea Nightmare Lord.
Their conflict stemmed from their gods’ mutual hatred and escalated into a brutal war, destroying an entire small country in a frenzy of madness and slaughter.
Ultimately, it was the Special Division that stepped in and suppressed the conflict. The cost was steep, but they managed to drive the cults back.
This clearly showed that evil gods weren’t allies—they also waged war against each other.
Thus, their bloodlines are incompatible, at least beyond Lu Yu’s current system permissions.
Lu Yu stored away the [Spider Evil God's Silk] and instead added a poison sac to the now-golden Twisted Spider Egg, giving the unborn creature an offensive edge.
After adding two poison sacs, the egg ceased absorbing further materials.
Its aura stabilized, the life essence within it started growing stronger and stronger until it finally settled into a golden egg the size of a fist, etched with mysterious gray runes like an intricate, beautiful painting woven by fate.
The egg gently fell into Lu Yu’s hand, and its newly generated stats appeared before him…
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