Chapter 57: Nightfall
When the Demon Flame Dragon Barbatos landed on Skeleton Island, Su Xiao had less than 24 hours of remaining stay time in this world. He looked up at the dark clouds above, as well as the daylight filtering through the gaps in the clouds.
Based on the current situation, this world was no longer suitable as a cage for world-destroying beings. Not only because the world-destroying beings and their clans in this world had been cleared out by Su Xiao, but also because the spatial seals of this world were now riddled with damage. Whether to repair or re-establish them was unnecessary.
However, the Eternal Light World remained a suitable place for exiling world-destroying beings. After being exiled here, they would be greeted by tens of millions of Demon Beasts, millions of Demon Flame Dragons, and over a hundred thousand Titan Giants.
Since this place was no longer fit to serve as a cage, there was no need to maintain the current extreme elemental environment. The greatest significance of this environment was to prevent world-destroying beings from recovering their immortal and indestructible primordial power.
This extreme environment had both advantages and disadvantages. While it could suppress the world-destroying beings imprisoned here, it also bred elemental monsters. Although the power of these elemental monsters was rootless, to some extent, their terror within the Eternal Light World was no less than that of world-destroying beings.
This would undoubtedly greatly increase the risk for the Demon Insect Clan here. Some elemental monsters were too bizarre. For example, there was a type called the "Soul Attacher," which could latch onto others' souls through causal remnants, starting from parasitism to symbiosis, and finally replacing them entirely.
Therefore, restoring the Eternal Light World to normal was undoubtedly more beneficial than harmful. But how to restore this place? In the entire Void, only Su Xiao could do it, because he was currently sealing the Scarlet Scepter.
Looking around, due to Skeleton Island being struck by World Thunder and later eroded by Scarlet, it now appeared dark red. A few beams of daylight shone through the clouds onto the island, giving it a desolate feel.
After some contemplation, Su Xiao felt it necessary to find the World Child of this world, Yousha. This would make communication with the world's consciousness easier, without needing to guess. The world consciousness of the Eternal Light World was definitely not friendly. This was an extreme elemental environment, and a world's condition would affect the state of its world consciousness.
In a world of extreme elements, the world consciousness was irritable. In a world invaded by the Abyss, the world consciousness was most likely to grant power to the natives. As for a normal world consciousness, such worlds generally had no world consciousness. Even if they did, they were extremely indifferent to living beings.
Simply put, world consciousness was not the owner of a world, but a self-protection mechanism derived by a world after encountering extreme situations. Unless necessary, a world would not casually generate a world consciousness.
Su Xiao had previously believed that world consciousness > the world itself, like the relationship between a living being's soul and body. Later, he discovered that a world's structure was far more complex than that. A world might have different world consciousnesses at different times. Although the world itself was silent, it existed eternally.
Su Xiao activated the Watcher's Ring. When he returned to the Gray Sanctuary, he found Yousha in the forging workshop. The Lava Giant was forging the prototype of some weapon, clearly a commission from Sornes, to help Yousha forge a weapon of her own.
Speaking of which, although Yousha's faction had few members, it was by no means weak. This faction included the strongest alchemist in the Void, one of the three legendary blacksmiths, the once overwhelmingly powerful Black Moonlight, the most skilled scroll master in the multiverse, and finally, the strongest master of dark seals, the Dark Maiden.
However, Yousha was unaware of her faction's true value. In her eyes, although her master was knowledgeable and she deeply respected him, he was sickly every day. When she went out to explore, she would definitely find a powerful alchemist to treat her master. She didn't want to see her master die, because he was one of the few people who cared whether she was happy or well.
Besides that, the giant grandfather who forged iron every day in the workshop seemed very skilled at blacksmithing.
Compared to these two, Yousha admired the Dark Maiden more, because she hoped that after she turned twenty, she would be as beautiful as Sister Dark Maiden.
Thinking this, Yousha's mood lightened. She took out the mechanical Rubik's Cube that Bubu Wang had given her and clicked it in her hands. This thing was not just a Rubik's Cube; it had many uses in critical moments, such as detection, perception, transforming into a small emergency medical device. In a crisis, she could inject mental energy into it, activating the small amount of liquid Apollo stored inside, and throw it at enemies, creating a 30×30 meter explosion range.
Just as Yousha was sitting on a stone chair, happily swinging her calves back and forth, she suddenly shivered. Then she turned her head and saw Su Xiao standing beside the stone chair, which immediately made Yousha wilt a bit.
"Come with me."
"Ah? Oh."
Although Yousha wanted to ask what they were going to do, the words got stuck in her throat, and she didn't dare to ask. She stepped onto the teleportation array, and spatial teleportation began.
When the spatial mist dissipated, Yousha arrived at Skeleton Island. Before she could react, a crystal short blade was placed in her hand.
"I need some of your blood. This is the reward."
Su Xiao took out a bundle of various potions. Yousha subconsciously said, "Huh?" When she was still dumbfounded, Baha had already handed her a Watcher's Ring, told her how to activate it, and then sent her back to the Gray Sanctuary.
As the spatial mist gradually dissipated, Yousha, with a Watcher's Ring on her index finger and a bundle of potions in each hand, returned to the Gray Sanctuary in a daze. At this moment, her master Sornes had just returned from outside.
"Where did you get those potions? From Bai Ye?"
"Yeah."
Hearing this, Sornes said nothing else. He carried a large leather bag and walked into the forging workshop.
Seeing this, Yousha returned to her room. According to the instructions for using the permanent enhancement potions given by Baha, she picked up a bottle labeled [Sacred Mark Potion · Sixth Improvement · Perfect] and drank it. A few seconds later, Yousha's wonderful day came to an abrupt halt, forcibly sent into dreamland. It could be said that these permanent enhancement potions were very much in the style of the Law Destruction Faction, with effects unparalleled at the same rank. As for the experience after drinking them...
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On Skeleton Island, Su Xiao took out the "Book of Original Sin," flipped to the fifth page, and placed the "Book of Original Sin" on the large magic array on the ground. The array immediately activated.
With a roar, a massive vortex appeared in the sky above. A large amount of Scarlet Power extended from within, pouring down in a cylindrical column. Before it could spread across Skeleton Island, it was absorbed by the fifth page of the "Book of Original Sin." As a page sealing the Scarlet Scepter, it could naturally absorb a massive amount of Scarlet Power.
The Scarlet Power poured down from above for several hours. The last trace of Scarlet Power in this world was absorbed into the "Book of Original Sin," signifying that there was no longer any Scarlet Power within this world.
The reason Su Xiao made this preparation was thanks to the Dark Blood City Lord and his son from the Scarlet Castle. They had always wanted to open an Abyss Passage to allow Abyss Energy to flow into this world, thereby achieving a balance between Abyss power and elemental power, restoring the world to normal. This idea was undoubtedly correct.
However, problems arose in practice. It wasn't due to the operational issues of the Dark Blood City Lord and his son. The areas in this world where Abyss Energy was supposed to flow in were all occupied by Scarlet Power. This was the Scarlet Monarch's method of breaking the seal.
As a result, when the Dark Blood City Lord and his son opened the Abyss Passage in this world, what surged out was not Abyss Energy but Scarlet Power.
With this precedent, Su Xiao used the Scarlet Scepter to drain all the Scarlet Energy from this world. This way, there was no need to worry that what surged out would be Scarlet Power instead of Abyss Energy.
But this was not enough. Opening an Abyss Passage within this world was no longer a stable way to attract Abyss Energy. After all, this was a world filled with extreme elemental power.
Clang~
Su Xiao drew the longsword from his waist, its tip pointing diagonally at the ground. He steadied his breath, gradually elevating his state to its peak.
'Extreme Blade: World!'
Clang!
A sharp, metallic-sounding slash resounded. With Su Xiao at the center, a spherical "Extreme Blade Domain" appeared. Around him, every dozen or so centimeters, there were grain-sized flashing points of slashes, enveloping the surrounding area with a sharp sensation.
With a crack, the space in the surrounding area shattered into sugar-cube-sized pieces, with black marks crisscrossing the area.
After fully unleashing one "Extreme Blade: World," Su Xiao felt an instant of fatigue. He adjusted his state to recover faster.
[Blade Grandmaster Lv.80 Ultimate Ability: Extreme Blade: World (Absolute Strength Rank · Passive): Instantly expands the "Extreme Blade Domain," dealing 25% of the maximum health value as true slashing damage to enemy targets within a 40-meter radius centered on you.
Blade Domain Exclusive Effect · Domain Breaker: When this ability is activated, if you are within another domain, it will instantly destroy that domain.
Tip: This domain-breaking characteristic has high priority.
Tip: Although this ability has an active effect, it is a passive characteristic, so it has no cooldown. However, each use consumes a large amount of your stamina. Using it consecutively within a short period will cause a permanent drop in your true stamina attribute and lead to continuous severe fatigue. You must carefully control the usage interval. After completing one use of this ability, you must wait at least 10 minutes before using it again...
Warning: Do not use the "Extreme Blade Domain" three times consecutively in one area. This action is highly likely to cut through space and further damage the "Natural Elemental Barrier." If the Natural Elemental Barrier is damaged, external Abyss Energy will pour in for a period of time, or even cause this damaged area to become an "Abyss Hole" or "Abyss Passage."
Tip: This is your exclusive ability.]
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After recovering some of his breath, Su Xiao's longsword let out another soft ring.
'Extreme Blade: World!'
Clang!
The surrounding space completely shattered. A black vortex churned behind Su Xiao. If observed closely, one could also see a translucent "Natural Elemental Barrier" that was already cracked.
Standing before the pitch-black vortex, Su Xiao rested for another ten minutes before raising his slightly aching right arm.
'Extreme Blade: World!!!'
Boom!!!
Pure darkness erupted instantly behind Su Xiao, rushing past his body like a torrent, surging toward the world ahead. When this dark sediment flowed out, pure Abyss Power surged into this world through the newly generated Abyss Passage.
In an instant, darkness quickly invaded the Sand Sea. Because the Abyss Passage was forcibly cut open, the breach was extremely large. Abyss Energy covered half of this world's area in a short time. The scene at this moment was particularly spectacular: half the world was pure Abyss Energy, and half was extreme elemental power.
At first, the two were incompatible, eroding each other. But before long, at their junction, signs of fusion appeared. The overly extreme elemental power was cooled by the Abyss, and the pure dark Abyss Power was diluted by the elemental power, giving off a refreshing sensation.
Seeing that the timing was right, Su Xiao released a large number of Spirit Shadow Threads, sewing up the Abyss Passage behind him, and sealed it with a massive amount of World Force. Before long, this stitched opening would be completely smoothed over.
The Abyss Energy and natural elements, which had originally occupied half the area each, merged with each other, fading into the air, and finally achieving balance. The Abyss Energy was pushed outside the "Natural Elemental Barrier." The Abyss Energy slowly seeping through the "Natural Elemental Barrier" gradually restored the extreme natural elements of this world to normal.
Unbeknownst to him, on the once scorched black Skeleton Island beneath his feet, lush weeds had already sprouted. Not far away, a tree, under the vast vitality generated by the initial convergence of Abyss and elements, grew rapidly. Where the seeds of these plants came from was unknown; perhaps the natural elements had washed them over from the wildly flourishing lands.
[Tip: Your Elemental Affinity has been permanently increased by 100 points.]
[Your Luck Attribute has been permanently increased by 10 points.]
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Seeing this gain, Su Xiao understood one thing: the significance of the Shadow of Law Destruction as elemental guardians was not to completely suppress the Abyss, but to balance elements and the Abyss. Either overly abundant natural elements or excessive Abyss would disrupt this balance.
As for why the Ancestral Law Destroyers did not restore the Eternal Light World to normal, it was not that they didn't want to, but that the time was not right. Initially, the Eternal Light World was a vast Transcendent Primordial World, but due to a calamity, it began to collapse.
Subsequently, the extreme elemental environment created by the Ancestral Law Destroyers stopped the world's collapse and turned it into a prison for world-destroying beings. In fact, there was another intention behind this: the Eternal Light World was not a world in its twilight years; it deserved to continue existing.
The extreme elemental environment here gradually nourished this world, not only stopping its collapse but also allowing it to re-condense and regain vitality. It was precisely because of this long-term preparation that the Eternal Light World could once again bear the balance of elements and the Abyss, leading to today's scene.
Su Xiao took out the four existing [Origin Stone: World (Fragments)]. If the world consciousness of this world still didn't understand what this meant, then this world consciousness would experience what it was like to be invaded by five Original Sin Objects simultaneously.
With a soft pop, a [Origin Stone: World (Fragment)] appeared out of thin air above and gradually floated down in front of Su Xiao. He grasped this [Origin Stone: World (Fragment)] with one hand.
[Tip: You have obtained Origin Stone: World Fragment (5/5).]
[Yes/No to synthesize immediately.]
[There are two ways to synthesize this Origin Stone.]