# Chapter 40: Enhancement
Inside the underground shelter, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the plush carpet. Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, the Apocalypse Three Sisters, and even the Goddess of Fortune, who had all been nearby moments ago, were nowhere to be found—they had been instantly teleported tens of thousands of meters above ground by the crystal-layer-constructed "Law-Destroying Teleportation Array."
As the kill notification appeared, a completely golden mask materialized in Su Xiao's hands. The mask didn't appear thick, but its texture and weight were exceptionally heavy. The front of the mask bore flowing patterns, all converging at the brow to form a densely intricate vortex.
The moment the mask appeared in his hands, Su Xiao heard a *buzz* in his ears, and a sensation of weightlessness struck him. When his perception recovered, he had shifted to an overlooking perspective—his soul had been repelled from his body. Though not completely expelled, all his sensory abilities began to weaken.
*Pop!* The metal button on Su Xiao's sleeve burst apart. This was an emergency device he had set up long ago. This metal button had Original Sin characteristic sensing capabilities. Achieving this wasn't simple, but after sealing five Daddy-rank Original Sin objects, he had gradually managed it.
Expecting a button-sized device to suppress a sudden Original Sin invasion was truly wishful thinking. Fortunately, Su Xiao's original intention wasn't that. The trigger mechanism for this button was: when it detected Original Sin characteristics without Su Xiao's suppression, it would activate the pre-set contract within.
This was a contract Su Xiao had established with himself. The content was: when this contract triggered, using Reincarnation Paradise's contract notarization, it granted the contract permission to open his storage space and retrieve a specific item—an item named the Book of Original Sin.
Although it was somewhat troublesome to suppress the trigger of the sleeve's contract metal button through mental force every time he contacted Original Sin characteristic items, once this thing actually took effect, it was a life-saving setup.
The black metal button burst apart, and the next instant, the "Book of Original Sin" appeared.
Su Xiao, with unfocused eyes, was holding the Sun Mask with one hand, about to put it on his face. Suddenly, root-like black tendrils extended from the Book of Original Sin, binding around Su Xiao's hand and then climbing onto the "Sun Mask."
Faced with such provocation, the "Sun Mask," with the aura of a supreme monarch, immediately erupted with a golden Original Sin aura. Sparks flew within this aura. In less than 3 seconds, the temperature here would rise to an extremely terrifying level. More terrifying was that within 5 seconds, the entire Exile Land would turn to ashes.
Within 10 seconds, half of the Southern Continent of Blazing Sun Star would be engulfed in golden-red flames, the earth turning to magma, the sky igniting, living beings' flesh becoming ashes, and souls becoming drifting ember sparks.
Within 30 seconds, the entire Southern Continent would be shrouded in golden-red flames, and the sky of the whole world would begin to burn.
Within one minute, Blazing Sun Star would transform into a super-giant fireball.
One minute later, the Star Realm region around Blazing Sun Star would be ignited by golden-red flames, followed by a Star Realm spatial collapse and annihilation phenomenon, creating an incomparably massive black hole that would shred and devour the fireball that was Blazing Sun Star.
When everything calmed and disappeared, only a golden mask—the "Sun Mask"—would float in the Star Realm, until one day, carried by Star Realm tides to drift near some material world, eventually flying into some corner of that world, perhaps continuing to slumber, or being discovered by some living being.
Yes, this was the terror of a Daddy-rank Original Sin object. This was why, even when Tuanzhang learned that Su Xiao had sealed five Daddy-rank Original Sin objects, he choked twice while tasting Elemental Brew, then looked Su Xiao up and down as if observing a completely new species.
The root-like black tendrils extending from the "Book of Original Sin" tightly wrapped around the "Sun Mask." Just as the terrifying world-burning flames were about to spread, they were suppressed by the root-like black tendrils, extinguishing with a *hiss* sound.
The "Sun Mask," which had existed for who knows how many eons, had clearly never encountered such a situation. Its Original Sin aura stagnated for a moment. But then, the "Book of Original Sin" would have to face the "Sun Mask's" supreme monarch-like world-burning fury.
All black tendrils retracted, and amid the *crackling* sounds of space solidifying, they pulled the "Sun Mask" into the sixth page of the "Book of Original Sin"—the page where the Bloodthirsty Mad Demon resided.
The Mad Demon Ring popped out, landing on the coffee table. Su Xiao's soul instantly returned to his body. His eyes opened, regaining their normal vitality. Due to his soul being repelled from his body earlier, his head felt like it was splitting. Fortunately, his soul and body were strong enough; the sensation came quickly and left just as fast. His state returned to normal, the surrounding world became clear, and his senses of smell, touch, hearing, etc., all recovered.
Su Xiao held the "Book of Original Sin" with one hand. Because it was in the process of sealing the "Sun Mask," the entire Book of Original Sin was covered in flame patterns, with embers floating about, giving it an ancient yet dark and mysterious beauty.
*Slap!* Su Xiao closed the "Book of Original Sin" with one hand, making the spark patterns on its surface more prominent. Needless to say, with the "Sun Mask's" supreme monarch-like aura, it definitely wanted to destroy the "Book of Original Sin" and then kill Su Xiao.
Many Original Sin object holders died because the massive causal consumption of the Original Sin objects drained their causal fortune, leading to a miserable end. Su Xiao didn't need to worry about this at all. With the current six Daddy-rank Original Sin objects and their daily causal consumption, the Law Destruction fortune would recover to its original state by the next day.
The causal consumption of Daddy-rank Original Sin objects was astonishing. The problem was that during the Second Era, the Law Destruction faction was a representative force of that era. Moreover, the fortune of the entire Law Destruction faction was now concentrated on Su Xiao alone.
It was also because of this, combined with the "Book of Original Sin" he had created through serendipity, and his rapidly improving Sealcraft under the supervision of several strict teachers, that he now had the ability to seal Original Sin objects.
As the "Book of Original Sin" closed, a large number of sparks surged across the entire book, flying everywhere. A vast and majestic Original Sin power raged within the "Book of Original Sin," activating the massive number of sealing runes on it. With the "Sun Mask's" Original Sin aura fully unleashed, nothing happened.
If something had happened, that would have been abnormal. The "Book of Original Sin" contained five sealed Daddy-rank Original Sin objects, mutually restraining each other. When the Sun Mask was sealed into the "Book of Original Sin," this Daddy-rank Original Sin object sensed that things were not simple, which was why it rarely unleashed its Original Sin power fully.
Just after being sealed into the "Book of Original Sin," the Sun Mask's Original Sin aura was in a state of fury. Clearly, no holder had ever dared to show it such disrespect. Ninety-nine percent of holders, upon possessing it, first submitted. Even the nun, who maintained a "mutual non-interference" relationship with the "Sun Mask," was already a special case. Now it encountered someone so ungrateful as to want to seal the "Sun Mask"—could this be tolerated?
The answer was: it could temporarily tolerate it. After being sealed into the "Book of Original Sin," the "Sun Mask" had already discovered that its surrounding neighbors were not ordinary. Four of them could match its status, and the last one was a newly ascended peak Original Sin. Being sealed in such a place, even the "Sun Mask" chose to temporarily go dormant.
Su Xiao watched the sparks on the "Book of Original Sin" gradually fade, knowing he had temporarily survived the Sun Mask ordeal. As before, he and the "Sun Mask" were mutually disgusted—one couldn't get rid of the other, and the other couldn't kill the first. They could only remain in this stalemate for now.
Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao adjusted the sealing order of the "Book of Original Sin," moving the "Sun Mask" to the fourth page.
Opening the "Book of Original Sin," its contents would make even a Supreme Strong quicken their steps to leave. The contents were:
**First Page:** Dark gold metal fragments swirling like the Collector.
Relationship with Su Xiao: Temporarily quite good, after all, just sealed the Sun Mask, which temporarily satisfied the Collector's collecting obsession.
**Second Page:** Gray-white "Necronomicon."
Relationship with Su Xiao: Generally stable. Among the several Daddy-rank Original Sin objects, it had the lowest desire to kill Su Xiao. But note, this was a relatively low desire to kill Su Xiao, not that it didn't want to kill Su Xiao.
**Third Page:** Completely crimson "Scarlet Scepter."
Relationship with Su Xiao: Hostile. Su Xiao had slain the "Scarlet Scepter's" highly compatible user, the Scarlet Monarch Eiyushir, and sealed it—of course the relationship was hostile.
**Fourth Page:** Gold-cast-like Sun Mask.
Relationship with Su Xiao: Extremely hostile. Among the several Daddy-rank Original Sin objects, this one most wanted to kill Su Xiao. But this was normal, after all, it had just been sealed by Su Xiao.
**Fifth Page:** Dark green "Nether Bone Ring."
Relationship with Su Xiao: Moderately hostile and too lazy to bother with Su Xiao. Among the several Daddy-rank Original Sin objects, this was the one least willing to interact with Su Xiao.
**Sixth Page:** Main body pitch black.
Relationship with Su Xiao: Seemingly decent on the surface. Su Xiao had just helped it ascend to Daddy-rank Original Sin object. But if given the chance, it would still kill Su Xiao. So sufficient precautions were necessary. Never think that helping this Original Sin object ascend to Daddy-rank meant having a friendly relationship. Among the several Daddy-rank Original Sin objects, this was the best at sensing the holder's inner desires and infinitely amplifying the holder's various desires.
**Seventh Page:** Iron-silver metal insect-like "Devourer."
Relationship with Su Xiao: Extremely hostile. If given the chance, "Devourer" would definitely go all out to kill Su Xiao. Thinking about it, before, when "Devourer" was a world-destroying clan in the Eternal Light World, no one dared to provoke it. It was the boss that could devour whatever it wanted. But after Su Xiao arrived at the Eternal Light World, he not only destroyed all its minions but also sealed it into the "Book of Original Sin" to be neighbors with several Daddy-rank Original Sin objects. This grudge was too deep. Hatred value had reached X.
Su Xiao put away the "Book of Original Sin." A faint glow appeared on the teleportation array over a dozen meters away. It was Bubu Wang, Amu, and the Apocalypse Three Sisters returning. Molei was even carrying the Goddess of Fortune, while Yueshitu and Hao Mei still looked somewhat shaken. Understandably, they had been sound asleep when suddenly teleported away by the "Law-Destroying Teleportation Array."
Hao Mei was more easygoing and went back to sleep shortly after. Yueshitu, looking wronged, hugged her knees and ate potato chips. After being stared at by Su Xiao for a few seconds, Yueshitu also went to rest.
[Notification: Power Lord (Nourishing Type · Eternal Rank Equipment) has absorbed enough natural force in this world. Through this equipment, you can convert the absorbed and stored World Force into a Power Fragment. There are a total of three options below.]