# Chapter 1: The Void's Increasingly Severe Abyss Invasion
Seraphilia had always been responsible for suppressing the Abyss's invasion into the Void.
Green Wei, a pseudo-Law Destroyer artificially cultivated by Seraphilia using cells from the previous generation Law Destroyer, Green Gillian.
Su Xiao combined these three elements, and some of Seraphilia's previously puzzling actions suddenly became understandable.
First, the appearance of Su Xiao as the last Law Destroyer directly disrupted Seraphilia's years of painstaking efforts. That should have been a method to completely suppress the Abyss's spread in the Void through Green Wei, thereby allowing Arcane Eternal Star to maintain its unshakable position as the strongest overlord force in the Void.
Su Xiao's appearance caused something that should have gone to Green Wei to end up on him. Without much thought, Su Xiao knew this thing was the "Law Destruction Fortune."
After years of research, Seraphilia had finally found a method to completely resolve the Void's invasion by the Abyss. The prerequisite for this method required Green Wei, as a pseudo-Law Destroyer, to first inherit the Law Destruction Fortune. This was the fortune of the entire Law Destruction faction, with a considerable magnitude. Don't forget, the Law Destruction faction was the pinnacle of the Void's previous era.
Law Destroyers were closely related to natural elements, the Abyss, and so on. More specifically, how Seraphilia planned to use the Law Destruction Fortune to suppress the Void's Abyss invasion was unknown.
The key point was that the Law Destruction Fortune inheritance, which had shown some progress on Green Wei's end, suddenly vanished without a trace. All the Law Destruction Fortune had been bestowed upon Su Xiao. As the last Law Destroyer, he was incomparable to Green Wei, who was merely a pseudo-Law Destroyer in the inheritance system.
Therefore, after discovering the existence of Law Destroyer Su Xiao, Seraphilia became so irrational in her desire to kill him. Only with Su Xiao dead could her years of achievements continue, and everything she had gambled could bloom with its due brilliance.
That was why, during the Wind Sea Continent incident, Seraphilia chose to go even knowing that Green Wei's kidnapping was a trap.
This confirmed one thing for Su Xiao: if he had previously thought that using Green Wei to revive Green Gillian was a delusion, then after guessing the Mage Sage's plan, Su Xiao estimated that Green Gillian might actually be revived. Although it wouldn't be a permanent revival, even a temporary revival would be enough to make Arcane Eternal Star suffer. This would be far more painful for Arcane Eternal Star than detonating ten Sun Holy Swords within it.
Beyond that, Su Xiao was also very interested in the secret method Seraphilia had researched, which used the Law Destruction Fortune to suppress the Abyss. Without thinking, he knew the cost of using that secret method would be enormous, but there should be something worth learning from it.
After figuring this out, Su Xiao's thinking was relatively clear. If he really found Green Gillian's remnant soul, he would definitely save her. If it were a normal Law Destroyer predecessor, Su Xiao would directly rescue them. However, this one had made him take the blame many times, so she would have to provide sufficient thanks. Her attainments in Soul Severing Shadow were unprecedented among all generations of Law Destroyers.
Su Xiao walked into the treasury ahead. The treasury was dim and dark. Su Xiao took out a Soul Coin and injected physical energy into it. The next moment, the Soul Coin repelled the Cyan Steel Shadow Energy and emitted a faint glow. This glow not only provided illumination but, due to its soul characteristics, could also reveal over 95% of curse traps and the like.
The shelves inside the treasury had already decayed. After observing for a moment, Su Xiao found that this time, either he would hit the jackpot or gain nothing. Because this treasury was a remnant from the previous era, meaning when the Eternal Light World was still a Transcendent Primordial World, it was a treasury of some faction within that civilization.
From a pile of ash and residue, Su Xiao picked up a Soul Crystal. As he held it in one hand, the Soul Crystal shattered, turning into rough crystal resin residue that fell through his fingers.
Su Xiao looked at the pile of crystal resin residue on the ground, feeling that this seemingly not particularly large treasury must have a significant origin. He arrived at the innermost part of the treasury, where a throne with signs of melting, as if burned by flames, came into view. His Instinct ability suddenly issued a warning: don't touch this thing.
Su Xiao looked at the nearby Dark Devourer and said, "Don't touch."
Leaving this remark, he continued searching the treasury. Half a minute later, he heard a "wua" sound from behind. Turning his head, he saw the Dark Devourer lying beside the stone chair, its body twitching, and from the white lines in its eyes, it seemed to be rolling its eyes.
Su Xiao found that only this throne remained intact in the treasury. He stepped forward and reached out to touch it. Instinct gave no sense of danger. It was the Dark Devourer who had touched the stone throne, triggering the defensive runes on it. However, because the runes had existed for too many millennia, after being triggered once, they couldn't be triggered again for a long time.
Su Xiao had roughly understood the Dark Devourer's personality. If you told it that this throne was an extremely rare treasure, it would never approach it and would remain cautious. But if you told it not to touch it, it would definitely study how to poke it with its index finger.
After observing for a moment, Su Xiao found a hidden compartment on the throne's armrest. Opening it, inside were two spheres, one dark gold and one pitch black. Their texture was somewhat similar to obsidian but with higher density.
[You have obtained Dark Orb.]
[You have obtained Greed Orb.]
[Dark Orb]
Origin: Gloomy Continent.
Equipment Effect: Dark Nourishment (Passive) — When carried on person or equipped in a special accessory slot, it slowly nourishes the user's dark attributes.
Description: A masterpiece of the craftsmen from the Gloomy Continent.
[Greed Orb]
Origin: Gloomy Continent.
Equipment Effect: Omen of Greed (Passive) — When carried on person or equipped in a special accessory slot, if there is a secret treasure within 100 meters, this item will emit a unique fluctuation and release a secret treasure glow, drifting toward the location of the secret treasure.
Equipment Penalty: Greed's Misfortune (Passive) — When carried on person or equipped in a special accessory slot, it will greatly reduce the user's fortune (Because your fortune lower limit is too low, this penalty is ineffective against you).
Description: Those greedy for secret treasures always encounter occasional bad luck. Of course, if you're already unlucky enough, this orb can do nothing to you.
Su Xiao equipped the [Greed Orb]. Although his "Hunting Vision" skill description stated it could see secret treasures, this characteristic seemed more like an add-on. If the intensity of "Hunting Vision" for detecting world-destroying creatures was 1000, then its effectiveness for finding secret treasures was only about 5.
The current [Greed Orb] was different. This thing was specifically created for sensing secret treasures. As for its origin being the Gloomy Continent, that wasn't surprising. The Gloomy Continent had also been a Transcendent Primordial World, and this place was one too. It was perfectly normal for two Transcendent Worlds to have contact with each other.
Su Xiao tossed the [Dark Orb] in his hand. The Dark Devourer beside him slightly raised its head, looking at it with watery eyes. Seeing this, Baha's mischievous nature acted up, and he said, "This thing enhances dark attributes, pretty suitable for the Dark Devourer."
Hearing this, the Dark Devourer's favorability toward Baha increased by 5 points. But just as this favorability rose, Baha continued, "But the Dark Maiden could also use this thing. Boss, given your relationship with the Dark Maiden, you'd definitely give it to her."
Baha was just spouting nonsense. The Dark Maiden didn't need to enhance her own darkness characteristics. Her darkness characteristics weren't obtained through hard training; she was sealing an ultimate darkness object.
Hearing this, the Dark Devourer's favorability toward Baha decreased by 5 points. Although it was a bit simple, it still knew that Baha was deliberately teasing it.
"..."
Su Xiao tossed the [Dark Orb] to the Dark Devourer. Not for any other reason — if it hadn't touched the stone throne, he might not have risked obtaining these two orbs. Judging by the gray mist still emanating from the Dark Devourer, touching the stone throne was no easy task.
Leaving the treasury, Su Xiao took the Raging Beast Train back to Black Iron City. Arriving at the agreed location, he met with Zuiyasi and Wude. Inside a metal-style tavern, Zuiyasi leaned back in his seat, one arm hanging naturally, looking somewhat listless.
"Don't mind him. A few hours ago, this guy was swallowed by a giant aberrant demon."
Wude pushed a glass of wine in front of Su Xiao. Seeing this, the Dark Devourer said, "Give me one too."
"Kids aren't allowed to drink."
Wude said with a smile. Hearing this, the Dark Devourer was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Guess who caught me back then and made me oppose the Law Destroyers? How many years ago was that?"
"Well..."
Wude had nothing to say and poured a glass for the Dark Devourer. After taking a sip, the Dark Devourer's face, covered in ceramic-like cracks, scrunched up. Although it had existed for a long time, its actual active time was only a few decades. The rest was spent sleeping. During those decades of wandering, it rarely interacted with intelligent beings, and no intelligent being dared to easily converse with it.
"Terrible taste."
The Dark Devourer pushed the glass away with disgust and began looking around. Feeling bored, it took out the [Dark Orb] and fiddled with it. After a while, Su Xiao noticed it putting its index and middle fingers into its mouth and making retching sounds. Catching Su Xiao's gaze, the Dark Devourer argued, "I have a toothache! What are you looking at!"
When Su Xiao stopped looking and began to rest with his eyes closed, the Dark Devourer finally spat out the [Dark Orb] and decided never to put this thing in its mouth again.
Had the Dark Devourer's style drastically changed? Not really. It was always like this. It was just that when they were enemies, it maintained a serious expression. Now that they were in a cooperative phase, it was gradually letting loose. No wonder the Sea King of the Wind Sea Continent allowed the Dark Devourer to stay in the Sea Race's main city.
Speaking of which, the Dark Devourer's luck was definitely the ceiling of the "Good Teammate" team. First, there was the Dark Spirit. The Dark Spirit itself was similar to a World Child, and the Dark Devourer was the ultimate individual among Dark Spirits. Additionally, it had devoured other Dark Spirits. It was no exaggeration to say it was blessed with fortune.
Not to mention anything else, as a world-destroying creature, the fact that it could escape from Green Gillian's hands and wasn't killed by Su Xiao in a few slashes after he advanced to Absolute Strength showed some of the Dark Devourer's good luck. Also, earlier, when the Dark Devourer was rushing to Black Iron City, the rocky ground suddenly collapsed, and it fell into a cave. Looking closely, there was a treasury door right in front of it.
In this sense, Su Xiao was the team's combat specialist, Zuiyasi was the survival specialist, Wude was the strange methods specialist, Kaisa was the operation specialist, and the last one, the Dark Devourer, was the luck specialist.
The team didn't have to wait long. Kaisa appeared out of nowhere. He opened a small cloth pouch and poured out six black crystals, one for each team member. According to Kaisa's investigation, entering the Extreme Dark Castle also required a ticket, but this ticket was quite universal. Any item that could greatly enhance dark resistance would do, so the Dark Devourer didn't need this ticket.
The group boarded the train, traveling from Station 0 to Station 8. Along the way, Su Xiao was meditating. Having adapted to the extreme environment of the Eternal Light World, he could now meditate here. Moreover, this extreme elemental environment could further train the stability of his meditation.
When the train stopped and the doors opened, a damp, dark feeling drifted in from outside. Exiting the train, they proceeded through a tunnel leading to the surface. The tunnel's inner walls were pitch-black soil, but the surface was covered with a fine layer of white particles.
Touching it with a finger revealed it to be a type of salt. When the skin came into contact with this salt, the moisture in the skin was rapidly absorbed. If not cleaned quickly, the entire finger would rapidly dry up, eventually becoming like a withered branch.
Exiting the tunnel, the scene before them was a grayish white. The ground was covered with gray-white salt, with occasional patches of black soil showing through. The sky was overcast, and black energy dust particles filled the air. This ominous scene instinctively made one not want to set foot here. This was one of the Eternal Light World's several dangerous areas, the Wet Salt Zone, a place where the Raging Thirst Disease spread.
The so-called Raging Thirst Disease wasn't actually an illness. It was the slow absorption of moisture in the body by dark salt, eventually causing the sanity value to drop to negative before dying of thirst, leading to frenzy or madness.
Currently, Su Xiao wasn't planning to venture too deep into the Wet Salt Zone. Deep within the Wet Salt Zone was a small town with many residents, but even world-destroying creatures at the Absolute Strength level dared not rashly enter this town. One could imagine how terrifying that town, filled with black steel-spired buildings, truly was. The worst news was that the entrance to the Monarch's Treasure was located inside that terrifying town.
For now, Su Xiao wasn't planning to approach that area. Following the markings on the map, he headed south of the Wet Salt Zone. The further he went, the darker the surrounding environment became. At some point, dilapidated buildings appeared around them. The walls of these buildings had large splashes of bloodstains, which, mixed with the salt on them, gave an especially strong sense of cruelty.
When Su Xiao stopped, he was at the main entrance of an ancient mansion. He hadn't encountered any enemies along the way, but this was definitely not a good sign. It meant the Extreme Dark Castle was more dangerous than anticipated.
Zuiyasi was the first to walk into the darkness of the main entrance, then disappeared. This was being sucked in by the darkness. Seeing this, Su Xiao also walked in.
As soon as he entered the darkness, Su Xiao felt a teleportation sensation, then everything around him was pitch black. After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes in the darkness. He was inside the Extreme Dark Castle. Which floor exactly, he wasn't sure. This was a room with a double bed, luxurious yet antique furniture.
As Su Xiao sat up, the candle on the nearby round table lit by itself. He tried to release his perception and found that this place heavily suppressed perception. Moreover, the interior of this castle was dozens of times larger than it appeared from the outside. He determined this through the team function, checking the positions of Bubu Wang and Baha. Baha, in particular, was at least a thousand meters away from Su Xiao.
Creak~
The door opened by itself, and cold mist spread into the room. A ghost, wearing a translucent blood-red long garment, with long hair floating freely and blood-red eyes, drifted into the room. This was clearly here to take Su Xiao's life.
Su Xiao stood up from the bed. As he released his blood energy, the surrounding furniture, walls, and ceiling cracked and split. As he pressed his hand on the sword hilt at his waist, the aura of a Blade Grandmaster enveloped the surrounding area.
Su Xiao's blood energy, soul aura, and the unique aura of a Blade Grandmaster made the blood-eyed ghost that had drifted into the room stop in its tracks. After a standoff, the ghost's eyes gradually became clear, and it slowly drifted backward out of the door. (To be continued)