In the farther reaches of the boundless void.
Many foreign evil gods watching from afar almost thought they were hallucinating.
From their perspective, the Black Demon Pavilion Lord and the other three powerful evil gods were about to attack Azure World.
Then suddenly—
They disappeared.
And by "disappeared," they were completely gone, with not even a trace of their aura left to sense.
"What happened?"
"Where did the Black Demon Pavilion Lord and the others go?"
"How could they just vanish?"
At first, some of the foreign evil gods instinctively questioned what had occurred.
But after a few moments, more and more of them realized the truth.
The four of them had either been completely suppressed or had already fallen.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a sudden and inexplicable disappearance without any warning.
This realization made all the foreign evil gods' skin crawl.
When 'Devil Eye' and 'Ten Thousand Tendrils' met their fate in Azure World, the other evil gods could still figure out what had happened.
'Ten Thousand Tendrils' had its body obliterated and was directly suppressed, while 'Devil Eye' managed to escape with half its body intact, only to be dragged back by a giant hand that extended from Azure World.
But what about the four powerful evil gods, including the Black Demon Pavilion Lord?
What exactly had happened to them?
None of the foreign evil gods had any clue about what transpired.
What was even more unsettling was that, compared to 'Devil Eye' and 'Ten Thousand Tendrils,' the Black Demon Pavilion Lord and his companions were far more powerful. Yet they had disappeared without a trace, not even making a ripple. This left the other evil gods shivering in fear.
Inside Azure World.
Countless martial practitioners were celebrating the Martial Ancestor's victory in saving the world.
Under the announcements from the Martial Hall, all beings within the world knew that the ones who had dealt with 'Devil Eye' and 'Ten Thousand Tendrils' were none other than the Martial Ancestor, whom they had worshiped for hundreds of thousands of years.
However.
The beings within Azure World were unaware that, just moments ago, the Black Demon Pavilion Lord and three other evil gods, far stronger than the previous two, had also been effortlessly dealt with by the Martial Ancestor.
And the whole process was completed without causing any disturbance.
The Black Demon Pavilion Lord and the other three evil gods, who had once dominated this region, didn't even have the power to struggle or resist in front of Lin Yuan.
Deep within the Martial Hall.
Lin Yuan was carefully reflecting on every aspect of the divine ability "World" he had just used.
"In that instant, the divine ability, using my body as a foundation, connected to all directions and forcibly transformed everything in the boundless void into my world."
Lin Yuan was somewhat shocked.
Compared to secret arts, using a divine ability didn't require deep understanding. All Lin Yuan needed to do was activate the ability symbolizing the "World" divine ability within his body.
Of course.
If Lin Yuan could fully comprehend the ability of the "World" divine ability, he could then transform it into a secret art that he fully understood and use it in the main universe, where it could be abilityed on his true body's soul.
"I feel that each time I use the 'World' divine ability, my understanding of its ability deepens, bringing me closer to fully comprehending it."
Lin Yuan's expression showed a hint of thought.
He could directly observe the 'World' ability and comprehend it, and with his Unrivaled Insight, he could indeed do so. However, actively using the divine ability and observing the changes in the surrounding world and void clearly allowed for faster comprehension.
"Using the 'World' divine ability takes a considerable toll on me. With my current strength, I can only use it once every two days without compromising my combat ability."
Lin Yuan touched his chin thoughtfully.
"It's a pity that the power of the self-destruction is too overwhelming; otherwise, I'd test it out."
Lin Yuan sighed with some regret.
Even without the mysterious gourd's enhancement and the infusion of chaotic void power, the self-destruction of his internal world would still be terrifying.
Just the shockwave alone could likely pierce through Azure World, so even if Lin Yuan were to try self-destructing the external world, he'd have to pick a location far from Azure World.
"Next, I can use a trace of Boundary-Breaking Source Power to summon the mysterious gourd and strengthen this body's internal world and physical power."
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
He wanted to experience what it would feel like to use the "World" divine ability after his internal world, which was over 200M miles in size, was enhanced and then externalized.
"Right."
Suddenly remembering something, Lin Yuan directed his consciousness into his internal world.
The Black Demon Pavilion Lord and the other three foreign evil gods had been completely suppressed, their massive bodies reduced to just a few meters in size, lying in a corner in deep slumber.
"Four foreign evil gods, nearly at the tenth rank, hold great research value."
With a thought, Lin Yuan began disintegrating most of the bodies of the Black Demon Pavilion Lord and the others, transforming them into source power, which was then absorbed by his internal world.
Researching foreign evil gods only required studying their core parts.
Swish!
As their bodies disintegrated, the treasures the four foreign evil gods carried were revealed.
Lin Yuan casually inspected them. As expected, the Black Demon Pavilion Lord, a powerful evil god who had dominated this region, carried items of immense value.
Powerful weapons?
Special metals?
Rare spirit fruits?
And much more.
The other three evil gods weren't lacking either, though they fell slightly short of the Pavilion Lord.
Although bringing these treasures back to the main universe would require using Boundary-Breaking Source Power, Lin Yuan could cleverly transform them into primordial power and integrate them into his Origin Bell, allowing him to indirectly take them back.
As for the Martial Ancestor's Golden Body that he currently inhabited? Unlike the physical forms he had used in other transmigrated worlds, Lin Yuan didn't plan to absorb this one into the Primordial Bell.
Azure World had already become Lin Yuan's personal garden. It only took a third of a trace of Boundary-Breaking Source Power to descend, meaning that if Lin Yuan wanted to, he could come here anytime.
Under such circumstances, Lin Yuan needed a body ready at all times, avoiding the need to recover his strength every time he descended.
For example, this time, it took Lin Yuan less than four days to recover to the tenth rank after descending to Azure World.
In other transmigrated worlds, that process would have taken at least several decades or even centuries.
Swish!
The vast wealth accumulated over hundreds of millions of years by the four foreign evil gods, even after most had been used for their own strength, still amounted to an enormous fortune.
As Lin Yuan quickly sorted through the items, the spoils from subduing 'Devil Eye' and 'Ten Thousand Tendrils' paled in comparison.
"Goodness, this special metal is similar to the 'Sun Gold Crystal' of the main universe. This large chunk contains the power of the true sun fire, comparable to tens of thousands of stars. Even in human civilization, it would be considered an eleven-star rare object."
Lin Yuan waved his hand, and a red crystal core, the size of a fist, appeared before him.
Though the crystal core seemed small, it was only because Lin Yuan had used space rules to compress it. Without compression, its size would exceed a million miles.
"The dimensional space of the boundless void and the dimension of the chaotic void don't belong to the same level. The value of treasures from these two realms also differs."
"In the main universe, this Sun Gold Core takes extremely harsh conditions to form and millions of years to develop. But in the boundless void?"
Lin Yuan mused.
It wasn't just about different dimensions; even in the same dimension, different universes had varying requirements for resource development.
A particular resource might be difficult to develop in one universe but easier in another.
The differences between dimensions made this even more pronounced.
Of course.
Whether it was the dimension of the boundless void or that of the chaotic void, both were part of three-dimensional space.
Therefore, all the rules Lin Yuan had comprehended could be used.
If it had been a lower dimension, like two-dimensional space, Lin Yuan would have been trapped in the "white paper" two-dimensional world of the main universe.
It would be even more brutal than the two-dimensional world.
The two-dimensional world was a near-perfect creation, a product of life's exploration into lower dimensions, merely imitating a lower-dimensional space. It wasn't the same as a true low-dimensional space.
As Lin Yuan continued to inventory his spoils, he felt like he had just killed a true eleventh-rank being, even though he had only dealt with four nearly-tenth-rank foreign evil gods.
In the main universe, it was incredibly difficult to kill an eleventh-rank powerhouse completely. Such beings always hid their true bodies in absolute safety.
As for their avatars? They wouldn't carry extremely valuable treasures, so killing them wouldn't yield much.
Instances like the Divine King, who merged his avatar with a strongest weapon, were incredibly rare. That was a trump card prepared by the Starry Sky Alliance to wreak havoc on the battlefield.
And when the Divine King wield his strongest weapon, unless a supreme being intervenes, who could kill him?
Swish, swish, swish.
Lin Yuan continued to categorize the spoils. He sorted items based on whether they should be absorbed now or later.
Suddenly.
Lin Yuan stopped.
He noticed a particular "scroll."
It appeared to be a map or a scroll, floating in the air and looking completely ordinary.
But a treasure carried by the four evil gods couldn't be ordinary. Moreover, Lin Yuan couldn't quite see through this scroll; its essence remained elusive.
"Even the power of the world can't penetrate it?"
Lin Yuan's expression was one of surprise. Usually, he could judge a treasure's value by allowing the world's power to penetrate it and then measure its worth using that power.
This was the simplest method.
But now, the world's power couldn't penetrate the scroll before him.
Without penetration, its value couldn't be determined.
"This scroll came from the Black Demon Pavilion Lord."
Lin Yuan pondered as he carefully examined the scroll.
"Interesting."
He stared at the floating scroll.
"Forget it."
"I'll just perform a soul search."
Lin Yuan summoned the soul of the Black Demon Pavilion Lord and began the soul search.
"This scroll was something the Pavilion Lord found by chance. It's the 'key' to a Void Secret Realm, and by merging consciousness into it… hm?"
Lin Yuan's brow furrowed slightly.
In the Black Demon Pavilion Lord's memory, there was no scene of merging consciousness into the scroll.
This could mean one of two things.
One, the Pavilion Lord had deliberately erased that memory.
But that was unlikely. The Black Demon Pavilion Lord couldn't have known he would end up in Lin Yuan's hands, so he wouldn't have erased the memory in advance.
Two, the scroll couldn't be remembered.
It could only be known to the individual, and even a soul search wouldn't reveal it.
Some core inheritances of human civilization used this method to prevent them from being discovered by other races.
"I'll try merging my consciousness into it."
After repeatedly confirming that there was no sense of danger from the Pavilion Lord's memory about merging with the scroll, Lin Yuan decided to give it a try.
Boom!
Lin Yuan's consciousness entered the scroll.
Suddenly, he found himself inside a mysterious space.
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