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Chapter 408 - 405: Sponge Kin · Oct 11, 2026

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401 Chapter 401 - 398: The True God 2026-10-11
402 Chapter 402 - 399: Never Transcended 2026-10-11
403 Chapter 403 - 400: The Birth of a God 2026-10-11
404 Chapter 404 - 401: Transparent World 2026-10-11
405 Chapter 405 - 402: Infinite Slaughter 2026-10-11
406 Chapter 406 - 403: Someone Wants to Harm Me 2026-10-11
407 Chapter 407 - 404: Hostility Perception 2026-10-11
408 Chapter 408 - 405: Sponge Kin 2026-10-11
409 Chapter 409 - 406: At the Foot of the Volcano 2026-10-11
410 Chapter 410 - 407: Celestial God Volcano 2026-10-11
411 Chapter 411 - 408: The Hostility of All Things 2026-10-11
412 Chapter 412 - 409: Balloon and Its Brothers 2026-10-11
413 Chapter 413 - 410: The Final Battle 2026-10-11
414 Chapter 414 - 411: The Thread of Hostility 2026-10-11
415 Chapter 415 - 412: The Other End of the Line 2026-10-11
416 Chapter 416 - 413: The End of Hostility 2026-10-11
417 Chapter 417 - 414: Sourceless Hostility 2026-10-11
418 Chapter 418 - 415: God Creation Technique 2026-10-11
419 Chapter 419 - 416: Slaughter 2026-10-11
420 Chapter 420 - 417: Fierce Battle 2026-10-11
421 Chapter 421 - 418: Deadly Predicament 2026-10-11
422 Chapter 422 - 419: The Wished-For Battle 2026-10-11
423 Chapter 423 - 420: The God on the Other Side of the Mirror 2026-10-11
424 Chapter 424 - 421: Wish Fulfillment 2026-10-11
425 Chapter 425 - 422: Universal Container 2026-10-11
426 Chapter 426 - 423: The Tireless Kinsfolk 2026-10-11
427 Chapter 427 - 424: Machines and Factory 2026-10-11
428 Chapter 428 - 425: The Depths of the Sea 2026-10-11
429 Chapter 429 - 426: God’s Game 2026-10-11
430 Chapter 430 - 427: The Quiet Companion 2026-10-11
431 Chapter 431 - 428: The Slothful One 2026-10-11
432 Chapter 432 - 429: The Lively Companion 2026-10-11
433 Chapter 433 - 430: Joyful One 2026-10-11
434 Chapter 434 - 431: A Bitter Choice 2026-10-11
435 Chapter 435 - 432: Named God 2026-10-11
436 Chapter 436 - 433: Stalemate 2026-10-11
437 Chapter 437 - 434: The Limitation of a God 2026-10-11
438 Chapter 438 - 435: Overlap 2026-10-11
439 Chapter 439 - 436: God’s Purpose 2026-10-11
440 Chapter 440 - 437: God and Tea 2026-10-11
441 Chapter 441 - 438: The God Leaves, the Tea Cools 2026-10-11
442 Chapter 442 - 439: Submerged 2026-10-11
443 Chapter 443 - 440: Contingency Plan 2026-10-11
444 Chapter 444 - 441: Prime Minister Turtle 2026-10-11
445 Chapter 445 - 442: The Cost of Becoming a God 2026-10-11
446 Chapter 446 - 443: Already Fulfilled 2026-10-11
447 Chapter 447 - 444: Mirror Fissure 2026-10-11
448 Chapter 448 - 445: Glass Sculpture 2026-10-11
449 Chapter 449 - 446: Another Space 2026-10-11
450 Chapter 450 - 447: The Glass Tree 2026-10-11

Chapter 408: Chapter 405: Sponge Kin

High above the volcanic plains, a giant yellow bird flapped its terrifying wings, constantly dodging flying volcanic rocks.

Mo Ling didn’t quite understand why so many creatures existed in such a harsh environment.

He was now a giant bird, soaring high in the sky and gazing down at the plain below.

Not only were the creatures numerous, but the species were also incredibly diverse. There was even a complete food chain.

Finally, after circling a few times, Mo Ling found his target:

It was a sponge crab, currently battling a turtle.

’One of my own kind.’

He had been searching for others of his kind.

The sponge crab was being beaten so badly by the turtle that it couldn’t fight back. Its segmented limbs were broken, and its carapace was shattered beyond recognition.

The more Mo Ling watched, the stranger it seemed. ’All it has to do is revert to its sponge form, then back to a crab, and its injuries will heal. Can it really not know how?’

Mo Ling dove, gliding downward.

A massive Black Shadow fell over the ground below. Before the turtle could react, Mo Ling’s talons seized it and hauled it into the air.

The turtle struggled desperately, but it couldn’t reach the bird’s talons.

With a sharp turn, Mo Ling slammed the turtle down onto a jagged volcanic rock.

The turtle’s shell shattered on impact, its blood and gore spilling out.

Mo Ling ignored the dying turtle, walking directly up to the sponge crab.

Seeing the turtle’s fate, the sponge crab froze in terror.

Mo Ling flapped his wings in front of the crab a few times, but it didn’t react. It seemed to have been scared witless.

As Mo Ling drew closer, the crab began to tremble again. It couldn’t even maintain its shape, its body swelling and becoming bloated.

”So terrifying... such terrifying hostility...”

the crab stammered, trembling as it looked at the giant bird.

It was a simple language, like the sound of rushing air.

’So it’s one of my kind, and we can communicate.’

”I mean you no harm,” Mo Ling replied.

Wind whistled through the massive pores in Mo Ling’s body, creating a low, rumbling roar.

Though it was the same type of air-current language, the sound Mo Ling produced was far more terrifying.

”You do! You have so much hostility!”

The crab lost all control of its body’s expansion, puffing up with sponge until it was plump and round. It even started rolling around on the ground.

Mo Ling had no choice but to reach out a talon and hold the rolling, spherical body in place.

’It’s soft. Feels pretty nice, actually.’

Mo Ling used his talon to pick up the crab and wedge it between several volcanic rocks so it would stop rolling about.

Tucked among the volcanic rocks, the crab suddenly went still.

”The hostility is gone...”

It inspected its body, glanced at Mo Ling, then squirmed into a crevice between the rocks.

’So it predicted I was going to grab it.’

This fellow creature’s ability to predict hostility seemed very crude.

”Aren’t you going to kill me?” the crab asked, looking up at Mo Ling.

”Why would I kill you?”

”Because I want to kill you,” the crab replied with surprising innocence.

’Is that so?’

Mo Ling focused, trying to sense any hostility, but he felt nothing coming from the crab.

”I don’t feel any hostility from you. Perhaps you’re too weak.”

After taking the form of the giant bird, Mo Ling found he could no longer perceive minor threats. For example, attacks from small rocks caused him no harm and thus didn’t trigger his danger sense.

In other words, his senses had been dulled considerably.

”Am I that weak?” The crab sounded dejected.

But a moment later, its spirits lifted. ”Once I get stronger, I’ll definitely kill you!”

Mo Ling was rather amused by the crab’s innocent words.

”Alright, I’ll be waiting.”

”Thank you,” the crab said, expressing its gratitude with great solemnity.

Mo Ling heard its words and thought it must be joking.

”A moment ago, why didn’t you revert to your sponge form to heal yourself?” Mo Ling asked curiously, looking at the crab’s battered body.

”Heal myself?” The crab seemed completely baffled.

”Like this...”

Mo Ling snapped off one of his own wings and tossed it to the ground.

Then, he reverted to his sponge form. After a moment of contortion, the giant bird reappeared, its broken wing now fully restored.

”See? That’s how you heal yourself.”

Mo Ling had just given the crab a live demonstration of a skill he’d learned in a previous battle.

The crab watched, stunned, then slowly crawled out from the crevice.

Then, it mimicked Mo Ling and reverted to its sponge form.

A moment later, the crab held up its now fully restored pincer in utter astonishment.

”I can do that?”

”Has no one else of our kind told you this?”

”No,” the crab explained. ”They all just try to kill me on sight.”

Mo Ling quickly understood why they fought amongst themselves:

They all sensed hostility from one another.

And so, battle was inevitable.

These creatures were still in a state where they were controlled by their hostile instincts. They hadn’t realized they could control that hostility, and so they were driven to kill one another.

They sensed hostility, so they decided to fight. And because they knew a fight was coming, they generated hostility in the first place.

It was a vicious cycle, one difficult to break.

These fellow creatures could only become puppets of their own hostility, trapped in a never-ending cycle of combat. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

At this thought, Mo Ling could only sigh.

He couldn’t change this biological instinct, but he could offer the crab some advice:

”You must control your hostility. Don’t let it control you.”

”Okay.” The crab waved a pincer, only half-understanding. ”Thank you.”

It expressed its gratitude once more.

Looking at this weak member of his own kind, Mo Ling felt lost once more.

This time, am I supposed to become a god, too?

’The god of these sponge creatures?’

Mo Ling remembered Fatty saying that this species was called ”Slaughter.”

From what he’d seen, the species was indeed belligerent, powerful, and full of potential. He just hadn’t encountered a particularly strong one yet.

’Am I just supposed to experience the life of this creature?’

Mo Ling had a faint feeling that, just like before, he had been pulled directly into a ”simulation” within the Sea of Creation.

This time, however, Mo Ling didn’t know how to become a god.

Nor did he know what the wish of this species was.

If he failed to fulfill that wish, the consequences could be dire.

But for now, all Mo Ling could do was play it by ear and gather as much information as he could on these volcanic plains.

”Do you know where I can find the most of our kind?” Mo Ling asked the crab. ”I’m looking for the really powerful ones.”

”I do! The closer you get to the Celestial God Volcano, the stronger our kind becomes, and the fiercer the battles are!” the crab replied, waving its limbs excitedly.

”Where is the Celestial God Volcano?”

”It’s the largest Volcano around here. The strongest of our kind are inside the crater, bathing in the scorching magma...”

The crab’s description conjured a terrifying image in Mo Ling’s mind.

But he didn’t hesitate. After bidding the crab farewell, he turned and flew toward the Volcano...

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