After returning to his room inside Steel Armor Shelter, Chen Yu placed the Black Horn Pig meat onto the metal table quietly.
The room was small and simple.
A bed.
A table.
A storage cabinet.
Nothing luxurious.
But inside God's Sanctuary, having a private safe room was already far better than sleeping outside the shelter walls.
Chen Yu looked toward the dark primitive meat silently.
Compared to ordinary creature flesh, the meat fibers were much denser.
Even the smell was different.
Primitive creatures were simply stronger lifeforms.
After washing the blood from his hands, Chen Yu cut a small portion carefully before cooking it over the room's heating device.
Several minutes later, he finally took a bite.
The meat was rough and difficult to chew.
But moments after swallowing—
heat spread throughout his body instantly.
Far stronger than ordinary creature meat.
His muscles tightened slightly.
His heartbeat accelerated.
Then a familiar notification appeared inside his mind.
> [Primitive Black Horn Pig flesh consumed.]
[Primitive Geno Point +1]
Chen Yu immediately felt the difference.
The strengthening effect from primitive geno points was much greater than ordinary geno points.
Ordinary geno points improved the body steadily.
Primitive geno points felt heavier.
More explosive.
Chen Yu silently clenched his fist.
The strength increase was obvious.
After calming himself, Chen Yu checked his sanctuary panel.
> [Sanctuary Panel]
Name: Chen Yu
Age: 16
Ordinary Geno Points: 100 / 100
Primitive Geno Points: 1
Mutant Geno Points: 0
Sacred Geno Points: 0
Super Geno Points: 0
The ordinary stage had officially reached completion.
Now he had truly stepped into the primitive stage.
Chen Yu sat quietly on the bed while analyzing today's hunt carefully.
Although he killed the Black Horn Pig successfully, the fight had not been easy.
If the creature had not been isolated from the group beforehand, he would have retreated immediately.
Primitive creatures were dangerous.
But not impossible for him anymore.
After reaching maximum ordinary geno points, his physical abilities had already surpassed ordinary beginners greatly.
Against lone primitive creatures, he now possessed enough strength to fight directly.
But Chen Yu remained calm.
Because he understood something important.
If stronger primitive creatures appeared…
or if multiple primitive creatures attacked together…
the danger level would increase immediately.
Inside the sanctuary, numbers alone could kill hunters easily.
That was why Chen Yu continued prioritizing:
scouting
tracking
isolation
safe kills
Instead of reckless combat.
After resting briefly, Chen Yu closed his eyes and entered the Sea of Consciousness once more.
Darkness surrounded him.
Then the endless black sea appeared beneath his feet.
Floating silently above it was the cracked grey-black Hōgyoku.
The primitive beast soul absorbed earlier had already disappeared completely.
The cracks covering the orb remained unchanged.
Still damaged.
Still incomplete.
Nothing had repaired.
But Chen Yu now understood the Hōgyoku slightly better.
When ordinary beast soul capacity reached its limit, the Hōgyoku stopped absorbing ordinary souls completely.
Now that primitive evolution had begun…
the Hōgyoku started collecting primitive beast souls instead.
Like separate containers being filled stage by stage.
Ordinary.
Primitive.
Mutant.
Sacred-blood.
Super.
Chen Yu slowly opened his eyes again.
His expression remained calm.
No excitement.
No arrogance.
Inside God's Sanctuary, surviving longer was more important than temporary strength.
Tomorrow…
he would begin hunting primitive creatures again.