The Innkeeper

Chapter 1257  Heart

Lex immediately felt the changes, and felt his physique activate as well, yet instead of being alarmed by it, Lex paid more attention to it now. He wanted to gain complete control over his physique so that it would stop randomly being triggered. It had been fine for now, but it could cause him some huge issues down the line.

Since Lexʼs brain had evolved when he became immortal, now able to directly peer at the secrets of the universe, understand them and comprehend them, it was much easier for him to pick up on things now. He immediately perceived that there was a lot more to physiques than it seemed.

Unlike bloodlines, which had a definitive origin, physiques could occur randomly and did not need a history in oneʼs family tree for it to occur. That meant their origin was not simple, which became evident to him as he observed his physique in action for the first time as an immortal.

There was something fueling his physique, but whatever it was escaped Lexʼs vision. Even his left eye couldnʼt trace the source. That definitely aroused his curiosity, because Lex was under the impression that laws were the underlying cause for everything. They defined all of reality, and so should have been at the root of all occurrences.

Yet Lex could see countless laws working on his body under the influence of his physique, yet they were being directed by something else. The actual laws at work did not attract Lexʼs attention at all. Those were just the ordinary operations of laws.

Anything and everything that occurred within the universe was as a result of the normal operation of laws. That was not the same as what Immortals did, who could wield laws as they desired, bringing about changes and results outside their normal operations.

Then again, he had merely stepped foot into the immortal realm, so it only made sense that Lex was not privy to the deeper secrets of the universe.

He fell into a meditative state, conscious of his changes, allowing them to happen while studying them. At the same time his body was rapidly recovering from its injuries, finishing completely entering the immortal realm while at the same time evolving beyond the function that the human body was designed for. Even when humans became immortals, the makeup of their bodies did not change. Even though they no longer relied on many of the functions that the base human body was designed for, it was not like the body just removed those organs. Instead, it made those organs stronger, and gave them additional functions to suit their new realms.

Well Lexʼs body, under the effects of his physique, took that a step further. It pulled from the Heavenly immortal underneath Lex, and added it to his own body. His kidneys, like the dragons, gained the ability to filter not just the blood within his body, but the energies as well. Lexʼs brain evolved, even though it had recently undergone an upgrade upon becoming an immortal. Not only did he gain a finer control over his entire body, but the way it stored memories altered just a bit.

Mortal human brains did not have the capacity to exist for very long periods of time, which is why normally when humans lived for too long they started to get bored, numb or depressed. Cultivation naturally evolved the brain to resist these, and make the brain more suitable to exist for hundreds of years. Immortalsʼ brains took this to a whole new level.

But that didnʼt change the fact that the origin of the brain was based on that human brain, which still affected how humans processed the universe around them. Comparatively speaking, dragons, who were born as immortal beings, had brains that were designed to constantly wield greater power as the years went by, and were adapted for infinite life.

Although Lexʼs consciousness, or spirit, was no longer restricted to his brain, the evolution of the brain was still reflected in an evolution of his spirit.

While the changes to Lexʼs other organs were still subtle for now, and would require a long period of cultivation to complete the evolution, the changes to his heart were the greatest and the most drastic.

The muscles that made up the human heart, known as cardiac muscles,were special because unlike other muscles in the body, they never got tired. They were also strong enough to pump blood across the entire human body, which was no easy feat.

The muscles that made up the dragon heart were even more special, not in the least because they had to pump dragon blood which was thick and viscous like flowing lava. Just like every other being, the heart of a dragon contained the strongest a best that their body had to offer, making it nigh indestructible.

It was not as durable as a dragonʼs scale, but compared to all the other muscles in a dragonʼs body, its heart was the most resilient.

Instead of mimicking the quality of the heart, Lexʼs evolution directly replaced his human heart with that of a dragon, while the rest of his body adapted subtly to accommodate such a change.

Lex was reminded of the fact that his older sister, Belle, was said to have the heart of a Valkyrie, which allowed her to use the actual powers and abilities of angels. He wondered what impact the change in his heart might have on him. He would have to wait to find out.

Meanwhile, he continued to observe his other changes. While not as drastic as his heart, his other organs changed as well.

He just hoped his skin wouldnʼt turn into scales…

Fortunately, that is not the aspect of a dragon that his skin took on. Instead, as the organ responsible for the temperature control of the body, his skin took Lexʼs fire immunity to a whole new level, while also giving him direct control over the temperature around him. More importantly, Domination fused into his skin like Dragons Might was fused into their very bodies. This was bound to result in an interesting change.