"Success~"
Outside this world shaped like an "8," Demon Prince Fa Buti gazed at the intact soul of the alien in his hand, a greedy and evil smile spreading across his face.
He hadn't expected that just a "small experiment" of his would put him so far ahead of his kin in the campaign against this world!
Though it was only a single alien soul, seemingly insignificant, the truth was different.
Fa Buti sneered, tossing the soul into the black mist behind him—the core of the Endless Abyss.
In less than a moment, the soul screamed and dissipated within the black fog.
Everything about it would be "analyzed" by the Abyss, used to study the rules of this world.
The souls of intelligent beings in secret realms contain collections of their world's rules.
Though these rule collections are tiny and seemingly negligible, their existence is indeed real.
Under the operation of countless dark mists, Fa Buti was delighted to discover that the Abyss' corrosion of the world's planar wall had accelerated!
Though the acceleration was almost imperceptible, it gave Fa Buti a definite advantage, allowing him to enter this peculiar world faster than the other demon princes.
Overjoyed, Fa Buti exclaimed:
"It works! This method works!"
"But it's not enough!"
"I need more souls from this world!"
He coldly smiled, sending his consciousness once again through the tiny fissure in the planar wall, projecting it into Mu Feng's spiritual sea.
"You've done well, I will reward you!"
A wisp of Abyssal energy replaced part of Mu Feng's soul.
This energy could enhance his strength without drastically changing his appearance.
At the same time, Fa Buti exploited Mu Feng's desire for power to continue tempting him.
"Sacrifice more souls and flesh, and you will grow stronger!"
Countless black-and-red whirlpools, representing various enhancements, appeared before Mu Feng, imprinting their color onto his astonished face.
His greed and longing mirrored Fa Buti's exactly.
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Chu Hao observed the entire scene.
Seated on his throne at the bottom of the Endless Abyss, he watched everything unfold.
"Not bad. Finally, a demon prince who understands how to use the most powerful force of the Endless Abyss."
To outsiders, the Endless Abyss seems like a low-dimensional world lost to infinite chaos.
In reality, it is.
Yet that description is incomplete.
The essence of the Endless Abyss, according to Chu Hao's understanding, is a terrifying realm dominated by chaotic rules, infinitely drawing souls downward into corruption.
Ordinary people, when facing the Abyss, are usually captivated by the destruction caused by horrifying creatures, fearing their twisted forms and abhorring their cruelty.
But in truth, these creatures are merely superficial manifestations of the Abyss.
No matter how strong the beings, they are merely "parasites" of the Abyss in Chu Hao's eyes.
These parasites, including demons, rarely harm the Abyss and sometimes perform "beneficial" actions, like invading other worlds and bringing back spoils.
Such acts may frighten many, but to Chu Hao, they are no different from ordinary divine beings invading secret realms—often even more ruthless under the gods' guidance.
What truly sets the Endless Abyss apart is its core trait: corruption.
The endless downward pull of corruption.
This was the feature Chu Hao found most puzzling and fascinating.
When designing the Endless Abyss, he hadn't created any explicit "corruption rules."
Though the world had "corruption" and "distortion" rules, the distance between these and true corruption was immense—like the difference between heaven and hell.
Yet miraculously, when the Abyss arose alongside the chaos formula, corruption emerged naturally.
Chu Hao had examined the rules of the Abyss countless times, including the core [Extreme Chaos] formula, but had never found a rule explicitly for corruption.
It was like a ghost, hidden in the darkness of the Abyss.
From the first being he created, the Original Corruptor, to the countless Abyssal creatures now, all beings fell endlessly into corruption.
But why? What drew them downward?
Was it the darkness of the Abyss itself?
Or was the corruption inherent to the beings?
This remained a mystery.
This mystery fascinated Chu Hao, and he believed he would one day solve it.
Even without a definitive answer, he used corruption as the Abyss' most powerful weapon.
Nothing could resist the pull of the Abyss.
His goal now was to ensure the demon princes mastered this "weapon" to use it in their conquests.
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While Chu Hao observed Fa Buti, on the outskirts of the misty realm…
A sphere of light appeared.
A radiant orb continuously emitting the most sacred, life-affirming brilliance emerged in the secret realm.
Within its undulations, a handsome man materialized.
His form was so perfect that one could not help but revere him, a manifestation of pure, sacred power.
Beneath his feet floated countless golden lights.
Behind him, countless golden wings, each inscribed with warnings to move mortals to tears, spread wide.
A [Servant of God] from Heaven Mountain had descended into the misty realm.
And what was his purpose?