Chapter 1 World Evolution

In the captain's private room of the Eternal Night, Suren sat cross-legged in the alchemy array, suddenly opening his eyes and murmuring, "The evolution of the world..."

Two days ago, he had successfully merged the materials to advance to Rank 9, obtaining the power of [World].

However, this newly acquired ability seemed to have opened up a new field of cognition, plunging him into new doubts.

Originally, he had chosen this material fusion to gain the cognitive ability to glimpse the original rules of the world.

And that was indeed what happened; he gained that ability.

But after advancing, Suren's vision reached a height he had never imagined, and he had some deeper thoughts, such as: How is the world formed?

The great writer Fujiwara Hayato described a world in his book, which, from the perspective of the real world, should be a false, low-dimensional world.

But Suren had been there; it was a real world.

And Fujiwara Hayato's rank should have been Rank 8 at the time, but the level of rules that [Yomi no Kuni] touched was something that even demigods might not be able to achieve.

So there was also a Shinto secret technique involved.

Originally, [Yomi no Kuni] wasn't as powerful as it was when Suren obtained it, but that imaginative writer grafted it onto the Shinto belief system of the Mountain Hidden Kingdom, and then absorbed tens of thousands of souls into the world for decades to perfect that world in the book.

That's how it was later.

In his own words: "In fact, no matter how knowledgeable or how many laws a person understands, they cannot construct a completely flawless world. Even the ancient gods I know cannot do it. So I refined what I wrote into a cursed object, used to collect some wandering souls. Those wandering souls will live, cultivate, and reproduce in Yomi no Kuni... Everything they experience is to perfect and deduce this world in the book. And it will become more and more perfect as time goes by..."

Suren once communicated with the incomplete will left in the book by Fujiwara Hayato and obtained this passage.

At that time, his realm was too low to fully understand this level of concept.

Now that he has touched the peak of humanity, Suren suddenly realized.

Perhaps... that passage directly pointed to the essence of "belief."

Gods need a divine kingdom to gather the power of faith. Isn't this borrowing believers to improve and supplement their own divine worldview?

However, the cognition involved was too complex, and even with Suren's current mental power, he couldn't sort it out in a short time.

For a time, thoughts flew.

Another idea popped into Suren's mind: "Can my Little Void Realm also evolve into a complete world in this way?"

After he tried, the answer he got was: It's possible.

......

After Suren advanced to Rank 9, the Little Void Realm also changed significantly.

The Little Void Realm was originally the [Void Stomach of the Empty Wanderer Whale], which could grow into a complete plane with the host's understanding of spatial laws and the fusion of spatial treasures.

Originally, the Little Void Realm was just a slightly larger space. Over the years, it had successively absorbed some cursed spaces and space fragments, and it had become the size of a city.

But in fact, it was still just a space, not a complete plane.

Everything inside depended on external input, such as the air and water circulation systems, which were also supported by various mechanical devices and alchemy arrays.

But now, after Suren advanced to Rank 9, he found that the space could be easily changed with his own will.

Not only did the space become several times larger, but when he thought of a mountain appearing, the earth elements in the space would gather and condense into a mountain; when he thought of a river, water elements would gather to form rivers.

Suren also felt that the element consumption in the Little Void Realm was too much and the gathering was too slow. Then he used the fragment of the Dark Spirit Plane that he had obtained from the dead dark magic user he killed in the Dragon Kingdom sea area and connected it with rule conflicts, forming a convection of light and dark rules in the Little Void Realm.

With this attempt, the Little Void Realm miraculously formed a cycle of mutual generation and mutual restraint, a completely internal elemental cycle that didn't require external intervention!

Although it couldn't completely achieve 100% internal circulation, it consumed ninety-nine percent less than before.

Then Suren created the sun, the earth, the forest... and the four seasons.

Theoretically, the Little Void Realm was a closed space, and all the energy elements inside would not overflow; they just existed in another form, not disappeared.

So even such a complex energy conversion as the four seasons didn't consume much. On the contrary, the energy fluctuations would make the elements in the Little Void Realm more active.

After this transformation of the Little Void Realm, the tens of thousands of people in the war workshops and research institutes inside could continue to develop for thousands of years without external intervention.

Suren was like a creator, continuing to transform the Little Void Realm with great interest.

However, in terms of scale, what he was creating now was not a world, but at most a sandbox game.

He knew that his understanding was still lacking some key things, and he was not in a hurry.

As it stood, his thinking was most likely correct.

The concept of using a large number of human thoughts to deduce the laws of the world described in Fujiwara Hayato's [Yomi no Kuni] was also feasible!

And as the "small world" of the Little Void Realm improved, Suren was also surprised to find that his own understanding of certain rules was gradually becoming deeper.

Suren vaguely felt that this sandbox game seemed to point to some deep-level mysterious rules in the universe.

......

Several days passed in a flash.

Suren had been immersed in the sandbox game of the Little World.

At this moment, the Little Void Realm had undergone a major change. There were mountains and forests, lakes, sunshine, birdsong, forests, and meadows with blooming flowers.

At the foot of the mountain was a beautiful Gothic-style spire castle and an industrialized city with a huge library.

There were tens of thousands of residents.

In just a few days, the Little Void Realm had become a small kingdom.

The Dr. Banks and others in the Little Void Realm also discovered this amazing change. While they were delighted, they also offered suggestions to Suren on what other buildings were needed.

Just in terms of environment, this was a utopia created entirely according to ideal patterns, no longer as simple as it used to be, making people feel refreshed.

Suren was also very satisfied.

[Myriad Hearts and Billion Uses] also allowed him to multitask and handle many things. In the Little Void Realm, while he was transforming the Little Void Realm, he was also simultaneously reading thousands of books in the library, and he could also spare time to control the carving knife to carve those advanced puppets...

His work and study efficiency in one day was probably equivalent to that of ordinary people for many years.

Suren had never felt so good.

The magical alchemy gave him god-like abilities.

......

The transformation of the Little Void Realm did not affect Suren doing other things.

In the secret room, he took out five [Isaac's Alchemy Manuscripts] again, neatly placed on the ground.

Sir Isaac left a message in his notes that only Rank 9 was qualified to open the last sealed colony in the notes—[Isaac the Godslayer].

He couldn't open it even if he wanted to see it before.

Because Sir Isaac sealed this colony with a very complex encryption method.

Normal decryption methods would take hundreds of years to decipher.

But now, Suren, who had fused with [Blasphemer], only glanced at it a few times and already understood the decryption method.

He shouted softly, "Unlock!"

The alchemy array under his feet lit up, and the five notebooks floated up.

Looking at them again, the leather-like book cover patterns of the five notebooks converged together, like a key to open a vault, and a small black hole appeared in the void.

Suren looked at it, and suddenly realized: "No wonder it was sealed with such a complicated method. It turns out that the previously broken alchemy plane couldn't bear this colony..."

Because this was a quasi-divine artifact.

Even with a layer of restrictive power to isolate it, it made people feel a stinging curse characteristic.

Just like ordinary storage rings can't hold sealed objects, the previously broken alchemy plane couldn't bear artifacts with complete laws.

If it had been taken out before the plane invasion, the colony would probably have directly pierced the plane and fallen into the turbulent flow of space.

But now it didn't matter.

Suren's own strength could easily grasp it.

Before his eyes was a very special colony, it was like a translucent garment, inlaid with a black, glowing gemstone.

This gemstone seemed to encompass all the colors in the world. It was clearly as black as ink, but it was so dazzling that people couldn't take their eyes off it. Professionals below Rank 9 would probably be sunk in this color if they looked at it.

Looking at that gemstone, Suren's eyes sparkled, and he said in shock: "This is a divine spark..."

A thousand years ago, Sir Isaac captured a fallen angel of a lower god. That angel's divine fire was fused by Pestoa, and the divine spark was refined into this colony.

[Isaac the Godslayer]

Quality: Quasi-Divine Artifact

Details: This colony contains a ** that you cannot understand for the time being, recognized as "dark rules"; mastering this energy can ignore any form of defense in your current world cognition and cause "annihilation" and "true damage" to the target. You see the unknown: Fusion conditions, body evaluation SSS, mental power evaluation SSS, need divine power...; Can add divine spark, can improve colony grade:

Evaluation: This colony is very dangerous and unstable. After fusion, there is a 100% chance of exploding and dying. You need corresponding divine power to suppress the curse characteristics of the colony to balance the power of these dark rules.

......

The moment he saw the colony, Suren's brow showed a wry smile: "No wonder Sir Isaac said in his notes that this colony is difficult to fuse..."

No!

It couldn't even be said that it was difficult.

Wasn't this simply not made for the human body?

Suren's current physical fitness was not the strongest in the plane, but he had at least seen those who were stronger than him.

And the two conditions of body evaluation SSS and mental power evaluation SSS were almost impossible for others to achieve. But for him, with hard work, he might have some hope of reaching it after the future Rank 9 was stabilized.

But the condition of "divine power ***" at the back was completely incomprehensible.

The existence that could not be understood even now could only be the divine realm that exceeded cognition.

This was completely a requirement for improvement from an unknown direction.

Suren also looked helpless.

The thing was extremely good. After fusion, he would gain the ability of [Annihilation] and cause true damage to all things.

No wonder Sir Isaac said it could be used to slay gods.

But Suren couldn't understand this thing, so it must be something that could be understood below the divine rank.

Without any great opportunities, he felt that this thing would most likely gather dust in the warehouse and then be passed down as a family heirloom...

His curiosity satisfied, Suren only looked at it for a moment and then put the colony away.

Gathering his thoughts, he fell into a state of meditation again.

Suren's advancement to Rank 9 was different from others.

Other professionals needed to use [Cosmic Source Matter] to understand the mysteries of the cosmic rules that Rank 9 could touch. That process was like pioneering, everything was unknown and a completely new experience. This was a very long process, and it might take many years to stabilize this rank.

But Suren already had a clear understanding of Rank 9 when he was at Rank 8.

Now that he had advanced to Rank 9, there were almost no unfamiliar things for him.

The realm stabilization he needed was just to digest the previous stripped Rank 9 insights and the insights of two demigods into his own things.

So the time this process required was much shorter than that of others.

Since those guys in the Heavenly God Plane didn't take any action, time seemed very stable, and there were no unexpected situations.

Before he knew it, another half a month passed in seclusion in the secret room, and Suren had already stabilized his realm. He began to explore the path he wanted to take.

However, on this day, what was supposed to come, finally came.

......

The meditating Suren suddenly felt a call from the depths of his soul and suddenly opened his eyes.

His eyes shone brightly, and a wisp of black gas suddenly rose before his eyes, forming a black contract.

He also recognized it; this was the document of the contract he signed with the demon god when he resurrected Chitiao and Miko.

He had always had a hunch before. Now, looking at this contract, Suren's expression was not at all surprised. He just thought: "As expected..."

This calmness was not only because of his hunch, but more importantly, because of his strength.

Before advancing to Rank 9, Suren could only estimate what would happen after he advanced.

At that time, he still felt that fulfilling the contract might encounter some uncertain factors.

But now.

He felt that below the divine rank, he could try anyone.

So when this contract came, he didn't have the slightest fluctuation.

"I'm going to the 'Cursed Ship'..."

Suren looked at the content of the contract, which was a coordinate guide.

He didn't think about it in detail, stood up, and the surrounding scenery changed, and he had already appeared on the nameless deserted island.

Mr. Mirror, Chitiao, Pandora, Pestoa, Mr. Black, and the old swordsman Bartolo were still on the island, comprehending the black stone tablet.

Looking at Suren coming over, everyone opened their eyes, and their eyes revealed expectation.

Everyone knew that Suren had been in seclusion these days to advance to Rank 9. Now, seeing him come out, he must have succeeded.

They wanted to congratulate him on his successful advancement, but seeing his serious expression, they immediately guessed something and remained silent.

Mr. Mirror frowned slightly and asked, "Are you leaving?"

Suren nodded calmly: "Yes. The contract is summoning me."

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

Chitiao glanced at him, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back.

Mr. Black and Bartolo had solemn expressions on their old faces.

Pestoa pouted, looking unhappy.

Suren came here to say goodbye. Looking at everyone's serious expressions, he smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "It's not that bad. I have already stabilized Rank 9, and my self-preservation ability is not weak."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and strands of silk-like black light wrapped around his fingertips.

Ordinary people couldn't understand what this was, but Mr. Mirror and others were all Rank 9, so they knew that this was "Silk of Rules."

None of them could condense the Silk of Rules so easily.

Which meant that Suren's current strength was ridiculously strong!

Seeing this, the expressions that everyone had been worried about relaxed.

They were immediately relieved.

With this strength, they couldn't see where there could be an enemy under the divine rank.

Chitiao was quick-spoken and asked in surprise, "Have you reached the 'Demigod Realm'?"

This situation was only seen when fighting the two demigods from the Heavenly God Plane before.

"No. This is considered..."

Suren thought about it and felt that it was difficult to explain clearly.

His current situation was very special; he was different from other Rank 9s. He had reaped two demigods, so he had mastered some of the abilities that only demigods possessed.

But he had also just advanced to Rank 9, and he hadn't completely mastered many things.

In terms of realm, he was just an early Rank 9.

But in terms of combat power, he was confident that he was no worse than the two demigods he had encountered before.

What's more, he was also a Puppet Master.

Suren smiled and joked shamelessly: "In short, I think I'm very strong now."

Hearing these words, a relaxed smile appeared on everyone's faces.

He was indeed very strong!

If he was an enemy, it was hard for everyone to imagine how to defeat him.

But they also saw that Suren had come to say goodbye.

The contract involving the demon god was not simple.

That ghost lady floating in the air was not happy and muttered, "Suren, I want to go with you."

Although Pestoa usually joked and played around with Suren and had some willfulness, in this girl's heart, Suren was her most important friend. She had always been like Suren's little burden, inseparable, and she didn't want to be separated from Suren.

At this point, Chitiao also wanted to speak.

But Suren shook his head and interrupted what they were about to say, saying, "The Alchemy Plane needs you more now. Besides, it's easier for me to come and go alone."

He knew that if he wanted to take people over, even if it was to die, Mr. Mirror, Chitiao, and the others, or everyone in the Dawn Group, would not hesitate to go together.

But Suren didn't have this plan.

He couldn't be so selfish and didn't want his best partners to face danger with him.

Besides, if his current strength couldn't solve the crisis, taking any more people would probably have the same outcome.

Everyone was clear on this. Suren alone was the strongest.

Saying more would seem a bit affected.

The atmosphere was silent for a moment.

However, at this time, Pandora, who had not spoken all along, spoke up: "Let me go with you. You might be able to use my ability. I'll leave the divine object on the ship, even if..."

She didn't finish her words. The second half was that even if something unexpected happened, her consciousness would not completely disappear.

Suren looked at that flawless face and smiled slightly.

Don't look at the process of getting to know this Tsukuyomi was not very pleasant.

But this one was really loyal.

She always rushed to the front in fights, and she was always responsive to Suren's needs and never refused.

Now, knowing that this trip would inevitably be a narrow escape from death, she did not hesitate.

Moreover, her ability to steal faith was indeed an ability that could be put to great use.

The tacit understanding between the two didn't need any affectation. Suren nodded: "Okay."

......

Originally, Suren wanted to leave the alchemy sacred object [Philosopher's Stone] behind, so that if something unexpected happened to him, the alchemy sacred object that he had finally recovered would not be lost again.

But Mr. Mirror refused this suggestion. She only responded lightly, "You are more important than any sacred object."

These words said everything.

Suren didn't insist anymore.

The Philosopher's Stone was indeed a treasure to any alchemist.

This treasure could at least increase his combat power by 30%.

Suren's position in the Dawn Group was very special, and he was currently the top combat force in the Alchemy Plane. He didn't want his departure to be known to everyone, affecting morale.

So he only told Mr. Mirror and a few others about the farewell.

Before long, Suren returned to the captain's room, intending to pack up his things, leave some things behind, and then set off. Chitiao seemed a little bored and followed him back.

Just like when she was going to Yomi no Kuni, she knew that Suren would definitely understand her.

Suren was going now, and Chitiao also understood.

"Hey, you have to be careful." "Okay."

"If you can't beat them, find a place to hide and cultivate. When I enter the divine rank, I'll come and save you."

"Okay!"

"..."

Suren packed his things in the room, and the two chatted idly.

At first, they were talking about taking care of themselves, but as they chatted, Chitiao suddenly asked a very casual question: "Hey, Suren, you're leaving, do you have any regrets?"

This careless gambling-addicted woman never beat around the bush. Suren couldn't help but laugh, hearing this question that sounded like he was being asked to give his last words.

But thinking about it, where were there any regrets?

Even if something unexpected happened when fulfilling the contract, coming to this mysterious alchemy world had been so wonderful that he felt that his life was complete.

Suren didn't think about anything in his head and casually joked: "Wouldn't not having slept with Sister Chitiao count?"

This would have been a normal joke between the two of them on weekdays.

Hearing this, Chitiao would at most complain and roll her eyes at him.

But at this moment, hearing these words, she seemed to seriously think for a moment before asking back: "Do you really want to?"

"..."

Suren laughed, naturally not taking it seriously.

Chitiao seemed to seriously imagine some scenes, pondered for a moment, and then spit out her pacifier: "Ah... never mind, I still think it's very strange."

Suren couldn't help but smile at her expression, thinking: You really considered it?

Now that they had reached their current realm, desire was completely controlled by reason, and more was at stake in state of mind.

He felt that this state of getting along was pretty good.

Suren wanted to make another joke, but unexpectedly, Chitiao made a shocking suggestion: "Why don't you really want to, then go ask Philo? She definitely won't refuse."

"..."

Hearing these words, Suren rolled his eyes.

The slightly sad atmosphere of parting suddenly became very strange because of this outrageous suggestion.

How did this involve Senior Apprentice Sister?

"Hey..."

Chitiao saw a hint of restraint in Suren's expression and put her arm around his shoulder very intimately.

She seemed to think that her suggestion was very good and said with slight excitement: "Your succubus maid has changed so many times, but Philo hasn't been angry. She definitely won't mind this little last wish."

"..."

Hearing these words, Suren's eyelids twitched inexplicably.

He suddenly felt that, destroy the world, and leave me pure in the mortal realm.

"Free Reading."