# Chapter 2: The Collector and the "Original Sin Notes" Assimilation
This artifact, which had absorbed a small amount of Su Xiao's life force and soul energy, could represent Su Xiao on a causal level. Once the Collector chose to assimilate with the "Original Sin Notes," what it was doing was equivalent to sealing the Necronomicon, Nether Bone Ring, and Soul Crown together with Su Xiao.
As the holder of these Original Sin Objects, Su Xiao naturally had the qualification to seal them, thus resolving the deadlock the Collector faced.
However, once the Collector did this, it would be assimilated with the "Original Sin Notes," or even completely absorb them, replacing them to become the seal for the Necronomicon, Nether Bone Ring, and Soul Crown.
If that happened, the Collector could no longer assimilate Su Xiao, because it had already assimilated the "Original Sin Notes" as Su Xiao's substitute. Original Sin Objects had strong causal restrictions; the Collector would never assimilate 'Su Xiao' once and then do so again. Even if the Collector was a top-tier Daddy-level Original Sin Object, it couldn't achieve this.
Once this situation occurred, not only could the Collector not assimilate Su Xiao, but it would also have to help Su Xiao continue sealing the Original Sin Objects.
The reason was that the Collector's Original Sin characteristic was collection. What better collectible was there than an Abyss Original Sin Object? Nothing could satisfy the Collector's hoarding obsession more than this.
A dense wave of Original Sin fluctuations surged forward. The next second, Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini, who was sleeping in her cat house, all had golden invincibility shields appear on their bodies.
When everything ended, the absolute safety invincibility shield of the Exclusive Room faded. Su Xiao looked around; all he could see was ash. Apart from the Honor Shop, everything else in the room had turned to this ash. Fortunately, the high-value items were all in the Alchemy Laboratory, Pharmacy Room, and Planting Area.
A notebook with dark golden patterns flowing on its surface—no, its thickness had exceeded the scope of a notebook. This was a book about one finger thick, with irregular patterns on the cover. These patterns resembled blood vessels and meridians, and also somewhat approached Abyss patterns.
Facts proved that even a top-tier Daddy-level artifact wouldn't want to directly clash with two other top-tier Daddy-level artifacts plus one Daddy-level artifact. That is to say, the Collector chose the latter option. It assimilated and absorbed the "Original Sin Notes," replacing them to seal the three Original Sin Objects within this "Book of Original Sin."
Crack, crack, crack~
A crystal layer climbed onto Su Xiao's hand. He picked up the "Book of Original Sin" floating before him. Even with the crystal layer on his hand, he could sense the Collector's presence.
However, unlike what he had anticipated, the "Book of Original Sin" and the Collector were not one entity. Instead, the Collector was residing within the "Book of Original Sin." If Su Xiao died one day, the causal connection between him and the Collector would be severed, and the Collector could then break free from its seal.
Su Xiao opened the "Book of Original Sin" and found that the first page had a dark tone. At the center was a golden vortex emerging from the darkness, representing the Collector. When the Collector entered a "Desire" state, wanting to absorb an entire world, this was what it looked like.
The Collector was located on the first page. It was both sealed here and served as the lock and chain for this "Book of Original Sin." It was precisely because the first page sealed the Collector that this "Book of Original Sin" could seal other Original Sin Objects.
Su Xiao turned to the second page and saw, against a pure white background, the gray-white Necronomicon. Although this was in illustration form, it was exceptionally lifelike. Running his finger over the page, he could feel the texture of human skin that the Necronomicon had.
Turning to the third page, a faint ghostly green emerged from the darkness. The Nether Bone Ring wasn't depicted as a ring but as bone hands forming a ring, which then shrunk to present the appearance of the Nether Bone Ring.
Opening the fourth page, the background was a bloody scarlet. Within this scarlet was a pitch-black crown, as if burned by flames, with a dark red gem embedded in it, as if this gem could amplify all desires.
Su Xiao continued flipping through and found that this "Book of Original Sin" had a total of seven pages. However, at the eighth page position, only part of it had grown. It felt as if the eighth page had been torn off, but that wasn't the case. The eighth page was growing, but the conditions for its growth hadn't been met yet.
Su Xiao's initial plan wasn't actually like this. He had intended to use the Collector as a sealing container to seal the other three Original Sin Objects. The current situation was that although the Collector on the first page was the dominant force and even the soul of this "Book of Original Sin," it was definitely not the Collector sealing the other Original Sin Objects.
To be precise, the Collector was also sealed within this "Book of Original Sin." The "Book of Original Sin" itself wasn't as strong as imagined. The key was the mutual restraint relationship among the four Original Sin Objects inside.
First, the reason the "Book of Original Sin" could seal Original Sin Objects was by borrowing the Collector's "Collection" Original Sin characteristic. Therefore, the Collector was like the soul of the "Book of Original Sin." Without the Collector, the "Book of Original Sin" had no soul.
Thus, for the "Book of Original Sin" to continue functioning normally, the first page had to be the Original Sin Object: The Collector.
The reason the four Original Sin Objects within the "Book of Original Sin" restrained each other was that after the Necronomicon on the second page was sealed inside, the Necronomicon was not to be trifled with. It immediately countered the Collector. These two had similar power levels and couldn't do anything to each other.
When the Nether Bone Ring was sealed inside, its judgment was that the Collector and the Necronomicon had sealed it together. Was the Nether Bone Ring easy to mess with? This one couldn't even be bothered to pay attention to Su Xiao. When had it ever suffered such silent anger? It immediately confronted the Collector and the Necronomicon, creating a situation where none of the three could get out.
When the Soul Crown came in, because it was the weakest of the group, it didn't emit any fluctuations. But it released its power. Since it was sealed in, none of them were getting out.
The "Book of Original Sin" itself wasn't particularly powerful, but it was being maintained by four Original Sin Objects, making its seal extremely strong.
However, Su Xiao had a feeling that he could pull out the other three Original Sin Objects besides the Collector. And when he pulled out the Necronomicon, Nether Bone Ring, and Soul Crown, he could then pull out the Collector as well. At that point, the "Book of Original Sin" would be empty.
Yet, Su Xiao didn't yet know that the "Book of Original Sin" he had created would even refresh the understanding of the Demon Race, who were known as the "Daddy Raisers of the Void."
Su Xiao flipped the "Book of Original Sin" to the fifth page. He had a feeling that this "Book of Original Sin" could not only seal Original Sin Objects—for Original Sin Objects it was sealing—but for other things, it seemed to be for imprisonment.
Thinking of this, Su Xiao took out the sealing orb containing the Molten Gold Demon. While unsealing it, he used the fifth page of the "Book of Original Sin" to absorb and seal the Molten Gold Demon inside. Vaguely, Su Xiao seemed to hear someone shout, "Wait!" Hmm, it must have been an auditory hallucination.
Soon, the fifth page of the "Book of Original Sin" turned golden. The Molten Gold Demon elder brother's portrait appeared on it, with related text below. It was in Abyss script, which Su Xiao could roughly understand. But the Molten Gold Demon elder brother's expression was quite something. The "pain mask" he wore was exceptionally vivid, seemingly changing slowly toward even more vividness.
Su Xiao picked up the sealing orb beside him, released the Molten Gold Demon elder brother from the fifth page of the "Book of Original Sin," and sealed him back into the sealing orb. He was about to ask the Molten Gold Demon elder brother what it felt like inside the "Book of Original Sin" when he heard a stream of Void language profanity coming from the sealing orb.
Su Xiao was not good with words. Feeling he couldn't out-argue the Molten Gold Demon elder brother, he sealed him back into the fifth page of the "Book of Original Sin" and crushed the sealing orb in his hand. From now on, the fifth page of the "Book of Original Sin" would be the Molten Gold Demon elder brother's home.
He glanced at the Molten Gold Demon elder brother's portrait. His expression went from rage to terror, then he put on the "pain mask" again, which became increasingly vivid. It seemed the Molten Gold Demon elder brother was quite satisfied with his new home, so happy that tears welled up in his eyes.
With a snap, Su Xiao closed the "Book of Original Sin." He wasn't careless. He took out a sealing box and placed the "Book of Original Sin" inside.
He could be certain that the "Book of Original Sin" was not a long-term solution. When the four Original Sin Objects reconciled with each other and stopped restraining each other, they could all come out of the "Book of Original Sin." In that case, Su Xiao would have to seal four Original Sin Objects simultaneously, and the pressure would be immense.
Su Xiao estimated that he had about one to two world progress periods to strengthen the "Book of Original Sin." The ideal state was that the "Book of Original Sin" alone could seal the four Original Sin Objects he held.
This required the "Book of Original Sin" to have a very impressive sealing system core. With Su Xiao's current Junior Master-level Sealcraft, he couldn't achieve this at all. At the very least, it would require top-tier Master-level Sealcraft.
This time, Su Xiao could obtain quite a few Library Silver Coins from the Soul Library. Without question, most of them would be used to exchange for Sealcraft. As for mastering Sealcraft, with the supervision of the four Original Sin Object 'teachers,' Su Xiao was confident that within two world progress periods, he could raise his Sealcraft to top-tier Master level. Mainly because if he couldn't, his life might be at risk. That motivation suddenly became strong.
He put away the sealing box and other items, plus skillfully purchased furniture and furnishings through various channels. Half an hour later, the room's setup was exactly the same as before.
Su Xiao placed the [Beast Soul Chest], [Secret Treasure Box], [Wolf Blood Chest], [Mage Soul Chest], and [Immortal Chest] on the coffee table. Seeing that chests were about to be opened, Bubu Wang crouched on the right side of the sofa, Beini on the right armrest, Amu sitting on a small stool tightly next to the left side of the sofa, and Baha landing on Su Xiao's shoulder. Pairs of eyes were exceptionally expectant, because every time Su Xiao opened a chest and it flashed, it added a bit of pocket money for them.
Because he was about to open the [Abyss Chest] earlier, Su Xiao hadn't applied his luck enhancement. Now, opening chests normally, he naturally activated [Fate Dominator].
With the blessing of luck power, Su Xiao first picked up the [Beast Soul Chest].
[You have opened the Beast Soul Chest.]
[You have obtained Eternal Life Source ×1.]
[You have obtained Venom Serpent Fang (Immortal Weapon/Material).]
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Overall, it was decent. He got an [Eternal Life Source] with a rating of 4200 points. This was a unique product of the Wind Sea Continent, with a rating range of 3000 to 5200 points.
Su Xiao picked up the [Mage Soul Chest], obtained from killing Dean Guya. As soon as the chest was opened, golden light burst forth. It flashed!
[You have opened the Mage Soul Chest.]
[You have obtained Primordial Fragment ×1.]
[You have obtained Banquet Invitation ×2 (Rare Item).]
[You have obtained Giant Kingdom · Vault No. 10 Key.]
[You have obtained Gravity Magic Ring (Immortal Equipment).]
[Tip: Because you have obtained Immortal Equipment, related permissions have been automatically opened to you.]
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Su Xiao first put away the "Primordial Fragment," then picked up the two invitations. He found that the invitations had a special texture. Opening them, inside was an invitation text, and below it, a seal stamped with wax.
[Banquet Invitation]
Category: Rare Item.
Effect: In 35 natural days, a banquet will be held at the Gluttony Castle in the Nether Realm. A total of 20 diners have been invited. You can use this invitation to enter the castle and become one of the diners.
Tip: The Gluttony Castle in the Nether Realm is a neutral area. Under the notarization of the Void Tree, no force may be used here, nor may anyone attempt to harm others.
Introduction: While enjoying the cuisine, you can also strengthen your own Primordial Life Force. Therefore, all guests will arrive on time.
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Seeing the [Banquet Invitation], Su Xiao understood why this item was judged as a Rare Item. He had, of course, heard of the Gluttony Castle banquet. He didn't expect to get it from opening a chest this time.
The problem was that there were only two [Banquet Invitations]. Su Xiao's gaze swept over Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini. The next second, Bubu Wang, Baha, and Beini all pointed at Amu, meaning that Su Xiao should take Amu.
Su Xiao pondered for a moment and felt that this approach wasn't very profitable. He was very interested in the cuisine that could strengthen one's own Primordial Life Force. These two [Banquet Invitations] could be considered for giving one to Xia, letting her attend the banquet. The reason was that, with Xia's culinary skill level, there was a decent probability that by tasting the banquet's cuisine, she could deduce the recipes for these dishes.
Su Xiao had been to many worlds and tasted all kinds of cuisine. But among these cuisines, the very best was still a notch below Xia's. This wasn't mixed with personal feelings; it was the comprehensive judgment of all members of Su Xiao's team.
Additionally, starting from the early Seventh Rank, Su Xiao often obtained special ingredients, including leg meat from powerful beast bosses, or Evil God hearts, etc. When Xia first cooked these ingredients, she was a bit unaccustomed. But later, Xia got used to it. Even if a beast-shaped Evil God tenderloin was placed before her, after thinking for a while, she could cook a delicious dish.
One [Banquet Invitation] could only taste the Gluttony Castle's cuisine once. But if Su Xiao gave Xia a [Banquet Invitation], once Xia deduced several recipes from the banquet, as long as ingredients were sufficient, they could eat cuisine that strengthened their Primordial Life Force every meal from then on.
The difference between one full meal and being full every meal was clear to anyone. For the remaining [Banquet Invitation], Su Xiao casually made three paper slips. He, Amu, and Baha drew lots. As for Bubu Wang and Beini, they had no combat power and couldn't handle emergencies, so they couldn't go with Xia. Although the Gluttony Castle was a neutral safe zone, they couldn't be completely without precautions.
In the end, Baha drew the lot, but citing that he would suddenly get gastroenteritis in 35 days, he absolutely refused to go. After Baha's repeated insistence, this [Banquet Invitation] was held by Su Xiao.
Of course, he also had to send an email to Xia, asking if she was willing to go. Simply going to enjoy the dinner had no risk. But if she wanted to deduce the recipes for these dishes, there was some risk.
The result was that Xia readily agreed and bluntly said that not only would she take the invitation for free, but even if she had to buy it, she would be willing. After all, it was the Gluttony Castle.
This matter wasn't urgent for now. The Gluttony Castle banquet wouldn't start until 35 natural days later, at least after the next world progress.
Su Xiao picked up the [Giant Kingdom · Vault No. 10 Key]. He had never heard of the Giant Kingdom. It was presumably a faction similar to the Goblin Merchant Guild, except one did business and the other provided storage services.
As an Arcane Eternal Star Absolute Strength Spellcaster, Dean Guya chose to store things there, showing how safe it was. Of course, this didn't mean the Giant Kingdom was safer than Arcane Eternal Star. That was impossible. The problem was with what Dean Guya had stored.
As one of the power-holders of Arcane Eternal Star, what could Dean Guya not store in Arcane Eternal Star's vault? The things stored in the Giant Kingdom were truly intriguing, worth a special trip there.
As for the last item, the [Gravity Magic Ring (Immortal Equipment)], this Immortal Equipment was very special. It was in an unactivated state. It needed to be taken to an Equipment Appraisal Institute, spending 15,000 Soul Coins to activate it, before its attributes could be seen.
There were still three chests left. Su Xiao picked up the [Immortal Chest] and opened it.
[You have opened the Immortal Chest.]
[You have obtained Abyss War Spear (Abyss Weapon).]
[Tip: Because the Hunter has no related technique ability, you cannot use this weapon. This weapon has been automatically sealed.]
[Tip: Each person can only choose an "Abyss Weapon" once in their lifetime. Yes/No to choose the Abyss War Spear and soul-bind it as your Abyss Weapon. Once soul-bound, it cannot be undone by any means.]
[Verification: You are a Shadow of Law Destruction. You cannot hold an "Abyss Weapon."]
[Related balance mechanisms are being formulated...]
[Formulation complete. Because you cannot hold an "Abyss Weapon," you can submit the "Abyss Weapon" to Reincarnation Paradise to obtain an equivalent amount of "Demon Spirit Energy."]
[When the cumulative "Demon Spirit Energy" you have obtained reaches or exceeds 100%, you can request free packaging. When you open this packaging, be sure to use the "Blade of Law Annihilation" to absorb this "Demon Spirit Energy" as quickly as possible. Otherwise, this "Demon Spirit Energy" will escape your control.]
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Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao chose to submit the "Abyss War Spear" to Reincarnation Paradise. The related permission list appeared before him. The "Demon Spirit Energy" accumulation bar stopped at 81.5%. If he obtained another "Abyss Weapon," he could extract one portion of "Demon Spirit Energy."
There were still two chests left. Su Xiao first picked up the [Wolf Blood Chest].
[You have opened the Wolf Blood Chest.]
[You have obtained Inherited Wolf Blood (Bloodline/Class item. This Wolf Blood is to be activated).]
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A sealed bottle about five centimeters thick and over ten centimeters long appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He could feel that the Moonlight Force inside was exceptionally rich. Without thinking, he knew this was the Moon Wolf's power inheritance.
Having Bubu Wang inherit this Wolf Blood seemed feasible, but it wasn't suitable. Bubu Wang's personality meant he couldn't master this kind of power well. Bubu's principle was to be happy and joyful, following Su Xiao around, eating when hungry, sleeping when tired, doing business when there was business, and playing games when there wasn't. Having him inherit the Moon Wolf's power was indeed not suitable.
Imagine Bubu Wang holding a wolf sword, with a panicked meme expression on his dog face. That scene was truly ridiculous.
There was only one chest left. Su Xiao picked up the [Secret Treasure Box]. Counting the two "Primordial Fragments" he could exchange in the Honor Shop, if he got one more "Primordial Fragment," he would have 14, enough for promotion to Absolute Strength. Generally, at such critical moments, the probability of getting a "Primordial Fragment" was very high.
[You have opened the Secret Treasure Box.]
[You have obtained Dawn Fragment (Souvenir).]
[Dawn Fragment: External defense fragment of Dawn Paradise. High judgment value, no practical use value. A precious, expensive, but useless souvenir.]
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Su Xiao put away the [Dawn Fragment]. This chest opening session had great gains. The [Mage Soul Chest] flashed. The old Beast King chest yielded an "Abyss Weapon." The Moon Wolf chest was even more exaggerated, yielding the Moon Wolf's final power inheritance.
In contrast, when he finally opened the [Secret Treasure Box], Su Xiao was dominated by the [Dawn Fragment]. This chest cost 500 ounces of Space-Time Power in the Honor Shop. It could yield a Skill Upgrade Pod free use permission (one time), 1 to 3 Primordial Fragments, a full-rating World-level equipment, or even a Primordial Fruit. But Su Xiao wasn't too keen on exchanging for this chest, because he felt that spending 500 ounces of Space-Time Power to buy a [Dawn Fragment] would be a loss that made him spit blood.
Just then, a contact prompt appeared. Su Xiao opened his contact list and found it was the Northern Border Princess, i.e., Crystal Ji, who had sent a message. The mining team had returned. Crystal Ji could finish processing the obtained ores through the Shadow Merchant Guild in about two hours. Then, Crystal Ji would directly bring the Soul Coin savings card to see Su Xiao.
The initial preparations for the mining team weren't smooth, but once it was truly operational, Su Xiao only needed to sit back and collect the money. He wondered how much profit this time would bring.
This swept away the gloomy mood from getting the [Dawn Fragment]. Su Xiao took out ten [Overlord Essences]. He planned to use these ten largest specification [Overlord Essences] to exchange for one full-rating Overlord Equipment.
[You have submitted Overlord Essence ×10.]
[Verification of the quality of the Overlord Essences you submitted. This random exchange of Overlord Equipment will only select from full-rating Overlord Equipment.]
[This is a random exchange. If you are dissatisfied with the randomly generated full-rating Overlord Equipment, you can choose to abandon this Overlord Equipment. You have a maximum of two random draws. The scope of the draws will still be full-rating Overlord Equipment.]
[Random draw in progress...]
[Draw complete.]
[Full-rating Overlord Equipment drawn: Bloodbath Madman (All Seals Released State).]
[Tip: This Overlord Equipment is extremely special. In its initial state, it is a Third-Tier Overlord Equipment. However, by paying Overlord Essences to Reincarnation Paradise, you can successively release several seals on this equipment until all seals are released. Its strength is among the top Overlord Equipment in Reincarnation Paradise's inventory.]
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Seeing the name of this Overlord Equipment, even Su Xiao's eyes twitched imperceptibly. He couldn't remember exactly when, but it was a long time ago. This thing had been appearing in his Honor Shop, and refreshing couldn't get rid of it.
Until the Level 9 Honor Shop, this thing was still there, selling for 3 Honor Medals. Presumably, that was the [Bloodbath Madman] in a multiple sealed state. Now that all seals were released, this thing was actually a top-tier Overlord Equipment.
This time, the Honor Shop was upgraded to the highest level. After Su Xiao checked, he didn't see [Bloodbath Madman]. He thought he had finally refreshed it away. Now, he had randomly drawn it using [Overlord Essences].
As for how to handle it, did he even need to ask? Of course, he would continue random drawing. He still had two more random draw chances.
[You have chosen to abandon Bloodbath Madman (All Seals Released State).]
[Random draw in progress...]
[Draw complete.]
[Full-rating Overlord Equipment drawn: Bloodbath Madman (All Seals Released State).]
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Su Xiao's gaze gradually became serious. Two random draws, both this thing. Although the inventory of full-rating Overlord Equipment wasn't large, seeing this thing again made him a bit dizzy.
There was only one chance left. Su Xiao felt it was necessary to contact Kaisa and have him come to the rescue. He had a feeling that if he continued drawing like this, he would definitely get this [Bloodbath Madman] today.