# Chapter 2: Return to Previous Holder
Su Xiao, having shed this banishment, understood that ultimately, he hadn't banished the eight Original Sin Objects themselves, but rather their current Original Sin causality, which had been entangled around the causality of Father's state.
With a bang, Father's right arm, which had been pointing at Su Xiao, exploded, scattering into ceramic-like fragments. After landing, these fragments evaporated, emitting wisps of white death aura.
Collector, Necronomicon, Scarlet Scepter, Sun Mask, Nether Bone Ring, Soul Crown, Fate Coin, and Old Eye all broke free from their causal connection with Father, returning to their previous holder, Su Xiao. The "Book of Original Sin" rustled as it flipped open. Though these Daddy-level Original Sin Objects were unwilling, Su Xiao's chosen banishment location was indeed excessively malicious.
Behind Father, the shells left behind by the eight Original Sin Objects all sank into Father's back. This was a unified and tacit move by the eight Original Sin Objects; otherwise, they couldn't shake off this banishment.
This resulted in what was originally a banishment of the eight Original Sin Objects suddenly concentrating entirely on one person—Father. With a rumble, a chaotic vortex over ten meters tall appeared behind Father. He had just recovered from the Original Sin causality invasion when he was abruptly sucked toward the chaotic vortex.
With a crack, Father's left hand, now transformed into a claw, pierced into the seemingly empty world space. The lower half of his body had already been sucked into the chaotic vortex. Father's facial features began to swell—his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose all bulged, then burst open like a cocoon breaking, with upper bodies of Father emerging from each opening.
The space Father's clawed hand had pierced shattered with a bang, causing those newly grown Fathers, who had just generated vortex suction, to be swallowed up by more than half. A shocking and eerie scene unfolded—the eyes, ears, mouths, and noses of the newly born Fathers also began to swell with pustules, which burst open to spawn new Fathers, their bodies rapidly growing and distorting the original bodies to the point of twisting.
Father thus began continuously self-replicating, resisting the chaotic vortex's absorption. If one could see Father's complete form now, it would resemble a twisted, enormous, elongated serpent.
When Father had undergone over a hundred rebirths, his head suddenly split open. An unprecedentedly complete Father made as if to crawl out of the chaotic vortex, but suddenly—
Pfft!
The tentacle-like spike of the Star Realm's strongest backstabbing weapon, "Spite," pierced through from the back of Father's neck, bursting out through his right eye, which had been parasitized by Original Sin causality. Moreover, since this banishment wasn't targeting "Spite," it seized the opportunity to break free.
"Spite's" betrayal became Father's final funeral dirge. In his remaining single eye, there was no resentment, only calmness. Until everything completely ended, Father would remain calm.
The chaotic vortex contracted. Father's aura vanished entirely. The previously gloomy weather cleared as gray clouds above were dispersed by chaotic power. A ray of sunlight shone down, illuminating a large area of gray-white dander. These dander gradually evaporated, eventually disappearing completely.
A badge in Su Xiao's hand lost its luster. Before the banishment began, he had used [Scarlet Badge] on Father.
...
Everything was in a hazy, foggy state of blur. There was no gravity, no air, not even matter. Even the causal system was chaotic and disordered. The order of time lost meaning here, and causal connections were intermittent. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but granular, floating chaotic matter.
Father, now only an upper body, suddenly opened his eyes. His first reaction was to brace against the violent invasion of the Abyss's distant lands, or the scorching light erosion of the elemental regions. But the scene before him caused his already half-dead heart to die completely.
Suddenly, Father sensed something in his chest. He took it out and found it was "Nightmare Brain Marrow." This object had burrowed into his flesh and blood, being banished here along with him. A smile appeared on Father's face.
Five years later, Father finally adapted to the environment here.
Two hundred years later, the severely mutated Father began drifting here.
Six hundred years later, Father touched the edge of the Abyss's distant lands for the first time.
Two thousand three hundred years later, Father returned to the Star Realm and retrieved "Primordial Death." That same year, he successfully used Primordial Death to merge into the death of the Star Realm, thereby becoming an "Extra-Realm Existence."
!!
Father, still only an upper body, suddenly opened his eyes wide. A crack appeared on the pupil of his left eye. The over two thousand years that had just passed seemed like only an instant, but to Father, they were truly experienced, second by second.
Realizing that all this was merely a temporal illusion, Father raised his hand, intending to dig out his own brain with his bare hands, to physically halt this continued thinking. But as he raised his hand, he saw an eye on his palm.
This time, Father didn't fall into the time illusion again. He voluntarily entered a state of dormancy. Time began to flow. After over 6,700 years, Father, floating in the chaos, twitched his eyelid and opened his single eye. With a crack, another crack appeared on his pupil.
Thus, from Father's personal perspective, the flow of time became increasingly violent. Thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years, millions of years. Eventually, Father began to experience a terrifying passage of hundreds of millions of years.
Crack!
A third, fourth, and even fifth crack appeared on Father's pupil. When time lost all conceptual meaning in perception, thought began to stagnate. In a normal environment, restarting thought only required the awakening of consciousness. But in the chaotic zone, once thought began to stop, freezing would commence.
Crack, crack, crack~
Father's body began to harden, transforming into an inorganic substance. Billions of years of mental time had actually only passed 10 seconds. Father's thinking ceased at this moment, and it ceased forever.
Father slowly drifted toward the distant reaches of the chaotic zone. He had always acted as a shepherd, describing others as lost lambs. But in the end, it was the shepherd himself who wandered to the endless distance.
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The sensation of teleportation faded. Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room in Reincarnation Paradise.
The final battle with Arcane Eternal Star hadn't been as fiercely fought as previously imagined. This was partly because the ultimate enemy wasn't Arcane Eternal Star, but the Abyss faction, and also because Su Xiao had inadvertently embarked on the dangerous yet powerful path of the Extreme Realm.
Had he developed conventionally, the decisive battle between Su Xiao and Arcane Eternal Star would inevitably involve major Star Realm forces besieging Arcane Eternal Star, with him as the main force. As such, the limit he could reach would likely be the Supreme rank, rather than having the possibility to challenge the Supreme Being, or even defeat the Supreme Being.
[Notification: You have eliminated Violator·Father. You have obtained "Thick Scarlet Chest."]
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Su Xiao sat on a single sofa. Using his current Hunter authority, he consulted about his own status. He didn't want to be schemed against by that old bastard Father even in death.
Now that this difficult-to-kill old thing was finally completely eliminated, whether in the subsequent deathmatch with the Lord of the Abyss or the final battle, he wouldn't have to worry about being outmaneuvered. A battle where he could go all out would undoubtedly be extremely exhilarating.
Su Xiao took out a bottle of Elemental Brew, pulled out the cork, and gulped down several large mouthfuls. Compared to last year's Elemental Brew, the new batch had a richer, more mellow flavor. Additionally, the elemental power in Eternal Light World was more stable, giving the Elemental Brew a slightly sweet aftertaste.
He tossed the remaining half bottle to Amu, who drank it all in gulps. Checking Amu's attributes, Su Xiao found that all of Amu's abilities had disappeared, leaving only a "Gluttony Original Sin" ability, which was still in the process of awakening.
Amu's improvement was very resource-efficient—or rather, there was nowhere to spend resources. Because for Amu to continue improving Gluttony Original Sin, the only method was to devour the flesh and blood of Abyss-type creatures. The upcoming "Abyss Campaign" would undoubtedly be an opportunity for Amu to enhance himself.
The [Thick Scarlet Chest] was placed on the coffee table. Su Xiao chose to open it.
[You have obtained Intense Curse Object (Due to this item's characteristics, it will default to being in use upon acquisition).]
[You have obtained Calamity Curse Book (Due to this item's characteristics, it will default to being in use upon acquisition).]
[You have obtained Suffering Blood Ring (Due to this item's characteristics, it will default to being in use upon acquisition).]
[You have obtained Ring of Death (Due to this item's characteristics, it will default to being in use upon acquisition).]
[You have obtained Despair Curse (Due to this item's characteristics, it will default to being in use upon acquisition).]
[You have obtained Dark Filth Blood (Due to this item's characteristics, it will default to being in use upon acquisition).]
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In total, curses + darkness + despair + evil curses + death resentment + death poison, etc., amounted to 35 types of chest-opening "surprise" gift packages. These would cause 99% of openers to die on the spot. This was clearly Father having considered that if someone could actually kill him, he would leave them a "surprise."
This old bastard was truly insidious.
Unfortunately, he had encountered an absurd individual who had sealed eight "Daddy-level Original Sin Objects." Yes, after all the twists and turns, "Old Eye" had ultimately ended up back inside the "Book of Original Sin." Fortunately, Su Xiao's Sealcraft had reached Lv.96, and the tenth page of the "Book of Original Sin" had been formed.
Additionally, before the "Abyss Campaign" began, Su Xiao planned to visit the Soul Great Library, both to exchange for that [Covenant Object] and to ask the Ancient One if there was a way to enhance the "Book of Original Sin," ensuring absolute safety.
As for these cursed items, Su Xiao chose to sell them all to the Void Tree. This was one of the most important permissions he had obtained after the "Abyss Campaign" began—the "Fair Price Selling Permission."
After the comprehensive notarization of the "Abyss Campaign" began, all contractors had received permissions related to "Space-Time Power" and learned that this was one of the two core resources of this campaign. The other was merit points.
For low-rank contractors, even 0.001 ounces of Space-Time Power was extremely valuable. This was because it could be directly exchanged at their respective Paradise factions for attribute points, true attribute points, or Paradise Coins/Soul Coins, etc.
"Space-Time Power" was very important in the Abyss Campaign. Once the campaign began, Abyss power would continuously invade. Each main battlefield and secondary battlefield had "Abyss Purification Devices" corresponding to their respective ranks, established and notarized by the Void Tree.