# Chapter 30: Slaughter and Preparation
Underworld, Skeletal Wasteland.
Blood dripped from the fingertips of Tide Shadow·Eivira. The dark slash from the sky just moments ago had directly caused half her body to disappear. Fortunately, she was currently in a state of "Self-Coexistence," meaning both her past self and future self existed. To kill her, one must first sever the past, then destroy the future. Only when both were killed could her present self be eliminated.
As for the difference between the three Eiviras present, the answer was actually that there was no difference. Do not mistakenly think that the other two Eiviras—one appearing as a young girl, the other slightly elderly—were easy to distinguish.
The truth was, among the three Eiviras present, one was Eivira's self from 0.0001 seconds before using "Self-Coexistence," and one was her self from 0.0001 seconds after. The three were completely identical. What made this more troublesome was that the past, present, and future Eiviras existed in three different time dimensions.
Su Xiao sensed that if he attempted to attack any state of Eivira, he himself would immediately enter the past, present, or future state. This meant that even if his next attack's range enveloped the entire Star Realm, he would not be able to kill all three Eiviras in a single strike.
Furthermore, while Su Xiao was indeed stronger than Eivira at this moment, this did not mean it was pure overwhelming domination. They were currently fighting at the Supreme Realm. A single moment of carelessness leading to an immediate reversal was inevitable, especially against Eivira's time system. If he were banished to the Chaos Domain by her, he might end up following Shenfu's fate.
With a thunderous crash, the ground beneath Su Xiao shattered, the surrounding area twisting like a violent storm. He was at the center of this temporal storm. The region called "Skeletal Wasteland" began to reveal its former appearance as the time storm reversed.
It was an imposing circular tower-like giant structure. The entire building was actually the largest city of the Underworld at that time. Above this structure floated an iron-black floating island, where a giant skeletal figure sat on a tall golden throne. This was the former master of the Underworld, Skeletal King·Heseth, the Supreme powerhouse of the Underworld in the ancient era.
Clack, clack, clack~
Giant metal gears turned, causing the iron-black floating island to change direction. The Skeletal King·Heseth above raised a skeletal hand that blotted out the sky, adorned with various ornate jewels. The hand pressed down, and death force surged forward—it was... Primordial Death!
Feeling this power, Su Xiao immediately thought that Shenfu had taken the wrong path. Or rather, every "Dead One" who mastered Primordial Death would take a different path based on their own choices. Shenfu's final path was to merge with death, which was undoubtedly a shortcut. Was this Shenfu's choice?
Of course not. To some extent, Shenfu was forced into this because he had an opponent who was rapidly growing stronger through steady and solid methods. Although "steady and solid" and "rapidly growing stronger" were often contradictory, this time there was no contradiction.
The Skeletal King·Heseth before them had advanced step by step, ultimately achieving the Supreme Realm and becoming the "First Dead One" through Primordial Death.
Death power descended from the sky. Su Xiao, holding his long blade with the hem of his long leather coat fluttering in the wind, was vastly different in size from the Skeletal King·Heseth. But...
'Extreme Blade: White Night.'
Clang!!
A golden slash met the Hand of Death. After a brief stalemate between the two forces, the blade light pierced through the Hand of Death, striking the Skeletal King·Heseth on the golden throne. Bones exploded from its body. After all, this was merely a Supreme being reconstructed through time.
The surrounding time storm gradually stopped and dissipated. Along with it, the Underworld capital of the ancient era faded away. Ahead, among the three Eiviras, the one representing the past held a pitch-black spike in her right hand. This object was called "Eternal Night."
The past Eivira had already stabbed "Eternal Night" into her left palm. Just one second before the "Time Storm" disappeared, the banishment was complete. Eivira spoke calmly:
"They follow and believe in us. They believe the Abyss Era will arrive. So I... cannot lose."
As Eivira spoke, pain appeared on her face. Among the three selves—past, present, and future—she used the banishment characteristic of "Eternal Night" to banish her past self to the Chaos Domain. As a Supreme Realm being, the Eivira banished there could persist for a long time. Not to mention others, even Shenfu didn't die quickly, let alone a Supreme Realm being.
This way, as long as the past Eivira did not die, the present and future Eiviras were essentially in an invincible state of continuous resurrection. Eivira drew a sharp sword from the river of time, while the future Eivira used a pitch-black spear, clearly an Abyss weapon.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The long blade and sharp sword clashed repeatedly, layers of fierce impact spreading outward. With a thunderous roar, the black spear grazed past Su Xiao's face, creating a massive air explosion behind him. A medium-sized ruined city in the distance was instantly leveled.
A bloodstain appeared on Su Xiao's cheek. He stomped the ground.
Boom!
The entire Underworld trembled from this. A massive Blood Beast formed behind Su Xiao.
"Roar!!"
The Blood Beast howled, layers of air waves spreading outward, causing both Eiviras to freeze in place, their bodies numb. A slash empowered by "Azure Shadow King" descended.
Pfft!
The long blade cut through Eivira's body. Terrifying True Damage erupted within her, causing her body to shatter and fly backward.
Clang!
He perfectly blocked the thrusting black spear.
'Extreme Blade: Death Realm.'
The Nether force of the Underworld empowered the long blade. With a pfft sound, a nether-green Nether spear pierced through the future Eivira's shoulder. This was clearly an attack she had prepared to thrust at Su Xiao, but it was redirected back at her using the Nether force as a medium.
Clang! Clang!
Two slashes knocked away the incoming soul arrows. Several hundred meters away, Eivira drew her bow and fired again. Facing this arrow that was incredibly fast but could also be knocked away, Su Xiao did not slash at it. Instead, he entered a phasing state, causing his "Azure Shadow King Energy" to drop significantly.
Because he had only recently mastered the "Soul Life Core" and had conducted a test strike, Su Xiao hadn't stored enough "Soul Life Cores" before this battle. He could only consume "Azure Shadow King Energy" on the spot. His Azure Shadow King energy was now limited, enough for two more uses of Dragon Shadow Flash.
Whoosh, the soul arrow flew into the distance. Seeing this, Eivira felt regret. This was a weapon she had stolen from the river of time, called "Headhunter." Each person could only shoot three arrows in their lifetime. Whether the enemy blocked or was hit, all three arrows were causality-level hits, then killed the enemy. Although this couldn't kill the opposing Law Destroyer, it would cost them many life cores.
With a thunderous crash, the moment he ended his phasing, Su Xiao's Azure Shadow King slash had already shattered Eivira. The long blade and black spear clashed continuously, causing the ground to crack and the sky to seem on the verge of breaking.
Eivira crashed to the ground again like a torn sack. Her cracked pupils were dim. In her consciousness:
"Eivira."
"Eivira, wake up!"
"Wake up!"
A ruined, dark settlement revealed a blazing white sky with intense scorching heat. The darkness of the settlement was evaporating. Without this dark shade, they would be exposed to the scorching of elemental power. It wasn't that they didn't want to hide underground; this settlement was already underground. Further down was the underground current leading to the bottom of the Abyss, filled with strong sedimentation and corruption power.
Eivira hugged her legs and curled up in the corner of a wooden hut. Not because she wanted to, but because there was too little remaining shadow. If she didn't maintain this position, she would be burned by elemental power. Ahead were several white bones emitting dark aura. They had sat or lain calmly before death, not fighting over this only chance of survival. Because they were all Eivira's family members. Eivira, the only one in the family without heat sickness, had the best chance of survival.
"Eivira!"
The call made Eivira suddenly open her eyes. She stood up from the ground, her white hair flowing in the wind. Raising her arm, she saw an arm covered in black scales. Looking at Eivira now, her entire body was covered in black scales, with messy wooden-like horns on her head, pitch-black eye sockets, and bright red vertical pupils.
Both Eivira and the future Eivira were like this, greatly enhancing their close combat ability. But facing the aged Su Xiao, they were slashed to the point of doubting their existence. Not to mention, they occasionally exchanged brief words, indicating they were gradually transforming from one entity into two individuals. This was caused by repeated deaths.
Each death of Eivira and the future Eivira was a complete death of body, soul, and causality. Reversing from such deaths carried high risks and costs.
As for why Eivira didn't remove Su Xiao's aging state, she wanted to, but this Law Destroyer, after entering the third stage, emitted slashing power that made time-based abilities very ineffective against him.
Simply put, Su Xiao at full health was in the first stage. When his health dropped below 30%, he entered the second stage. As for the third stage, it didn't originally exist. He would fight to the end in the second stage. This time, Eivira had created the third stage for her enemy herself.
When Eivira stood up from death for the fifteenth time, the world before her eyes swayed. Looking at the Law Destroyer whose blade was swift as a startled swan and powerful as a majestic mountain, Eivira was somewhat numb. This monster was using that ultimate killing move of the "Law Destruction System," called Azure Shadow King, as a normal slash.
Yes, Eivira finally remembered why this move looked so familiar. At her peak, she had of course fought against Law Destroyers many times. The reason she hadn't recognized it was that the "Azure Shadow King" used this time was an ultimate enhanced version. Using the maximally enhanced Azure Shadow King as a normal attack—this was the most absurd part.
A normal attack being the ultimate form of a ultimate move—that was it.
What made Eivira feel she would lose even more was this Law Destroyer's endurance. He had fought until now without showing any signs of fatigue. Instead, his aura became increasingly violent, the aura of someone who had finally met a worthy opponent.
The future Eivira was shattered again and fell beside Eivira. Eivira raised one hand, and a layer of time barrier appeared between them. This transparent barrier split the Underworld in two and could last for 5 seconds. This was absolute, unless the opposing Law Destroyer endured the backlash of time to slash through this blade. In that case, Eivira could take the opportunity to remove his aging.
"Come on."
The just-risen future Eivira spoke in a deep voice. Eivira's cheek twitched. She thrust one hand into the future Eivira's nape and pulled out her spine like drawing a sword. The future Eivira let out a painful cry, her entire body cracking like broken ceramics. This showed how painful the process was.
Pfft!
Eivira held the spine, shaped like a sharp awl, with both hands and stabbed it into her chest and abdomen. She staggered backward a few steps. The black scales on her body quickly peeled off, revealing white, jade-like skin and flesh. At this moment, Eivira reached an unprecedented limit. She somewhat elegantly drew a crystal-like sharp sword from the darkness beside her. This was a weapon formed by materializing "Time."
This weapon was called "Time Whisper." Those struck by it would fall into an endless time cycle, causing their causality to collapse and leading to their death.
With a crackling sound like glass breaking between them, the 5-second time barrier shattered. Eivira's aura exploded, and a powerful dark tide surged outward from her center.
With a thunderous roar, the Underworld region behind Eivira shattered. The scene was extremely spectacular. In an instant, she was before Su Xiao. At this moment, Eivira felt time slow down, and she gradually began to have confidence in killing the powerful enemy before her, even if it meant paying a more tragic price.
'Eternal Realm Cycle.'
Eivira's aura grew even stronger. The "Time Whisper" in her hand emitted a deafening hum.
'Selfless Realm: White Night.'
The long blade, surging with golden technique energy, was raised. At this moment, Eivira knew it was over. This was the enemy's true ultimate killing move.
Clang!
A single slash descended. The entire Underworld seemed to tremble. Fortunately, the Underworld was under the notarization of the Void Tree, or it would have entered a countdown to destruction.
Eivira, flying backward, began to feel relieved. The Time Gate that had been backlashing her suddenly stopped. Also, she wasn't thrown very far. Logically, the power of this slash should have sent her flying to the end of the Underworld, but she landed after flying only a hundred meters.
Eivira completed her resurrection again. Holding the "Time Whisper," now broken to only one-third of its length, she took one step forward. With a crackling sound, her left leg shattered like crystal and scattered. Then her right leg, arms, most of her torso, and even her messy semi-transparent horns began to shatter.
"So, that's how it is."
Having said this, Eivira, lying on the ground, had her head shatter.
The next moment, whether in the Star Realm, Abyss, or Elemental Land, everyone who knew Eivira instantly forgot the existence of this Supreme Realm being. Because her existence causality had completely shattered. Under absolute slashing power, even existence itself was shattered. This was the true cause of death for the seemingly immortal Eivira.
Not to mention the three states of past, present, and future Eiviras. Even if there were more time points, if existence itself was shattered, any time's Eivira would have only one outcome: immediate annihilation.
Of course, saying Eivira was forgotten by everyone wasn't entirely accurate. There were actually three people who still remembered her: one was the Lord of the Abyss, one was Su Xiao, and the last was Tuanzhang, whom she had injured in the past.
The time power on Su Xiao gradually dissipated, restoring him to his optimal state. Although aging had enhanced his "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" ability, his physique had indeed been greatly weakened.
The long blade in his hand clicked back into its sheath.
Abyss Supreme Realm·Eivira, slain.
[Tip: You have killed Tide Shadow·Eivira.]
[You have obtained Abyss Chest (★★★★★★★★★★★★).]
...
Su Xiao thought that obtaining a nine-star Abyss Chest was the limit. This time, he actually obtained a twelve-star Abyss Chest. He estimated this was the limit. If he could later defeat the Lord of the Abyss, what he would obtain probably wouldn't be an "Abyss Chest."
Unable to determine if the Lord of the Abyss would attack, despite Tuanzhang's ready support, Su Xiao still chose to apply to the Void Tree for rest, i.e., return to Reincarnation Paradise.
The application was approved instantly. Understandably, having just killed an enemy Supreme Realm being, it would be absurd to have the rest application rejected.
Six hours later, in the planting area of the exclusive room, under the Black Maple Tree, Su Xiao's injuries had been restored through treatment authority. Fortunately, the Abyss Campaign this time provided three treatment authority quotas. Otherwise, the cost of this treatment alone would be astronomical, especially since all Supreme attributes were now at 203 points.
Amidst the rustling of Black Maple Tree leaves, Su Xiao opened his eyes. He never slacked off in his daily meditation, unless he was severely injured to the point of being bedridden in a mission world, in which case he would postpone for a few days.
Checking the remaining rest time, there were still 5 natural days. However, he suspected whether their base camp could hold for another 5 natural days.
The Abyss Legion's attacks were becoming increasingly fierce. After the 10th, 11th, and 12th Legions were completely annihilated, the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Abyss Legions were dispatched. If the attack intensity of the 10th, 11th, and 12th Legions was 2000, it had now soared to at least 5000. Without Tuanzhang's "Past Reappearance," they would already be defending the base camp.
But given the current situation of continuous retreat, they indeed couldn't hold out much longer. On the battlefield, 30% of the Peak Realm fighters had died. Even more Supreme and Absolute Strength fighters had fallen. As for the Ninth Rank contractors, many batches had been continuously teleported and replenished. Not to mention the chaotic battlefield, even the reserve Ninth Rank contractors were beginning to feel despair.
As their side's Supreme Realm being, Su Xiao should ostensibly go to dominate the scene and face the four Abyss Legions. But if he did that, their side would fall into a slow death.
It was absolutely impossible to fight their way to the Abyss Gate now, let alone go deep with the Abyss purification device. Don't dream about it. Thus, there was only one winning plan: Su Xiao entering the Abyss from the Underworld, heading straight to the Abyss Giant Hall, and fighting the Lord of the Abyss to the death there. If he won, the core offensive of the Abyss faction would collapse.
Under such circumstances, Su Xiao needed more resources. The various factions participating in this battle also sensed this, especially after he killed Tide Shadow·Eivira and their logistics chief·Tailier deliberately spread the news.
The first space-time power Su Xiao received came from the "Gilurius Family," totaling 25 million ounces of space-time power. This was both because he had a relationship with the "Gilurius Family" and because, at such a moment, betting big was always the "Gilurius Family's" style. The greater the risk, the larger the investment.
If they lost, there was nothing to say. If they lost, all beings in the Star Realm would perish. But if they won, the "Gilurius Family" would undoubtedly become one of the most formidable forces in the subsequent Star Realm.
In addition, the Goblin Merchant Guild, as usual, was a bit greedy in business. But this time, when they came to the Great Gathering Place to meet Su Xiao, they brought 15 million ounces of space-time power.
Furthermore, killing "Tide Shadow·Eivira" this time maxed out the completion of Su Xiao's "Abyss Mission: Death Granting." No, it exceeded the limit. This Abyss Mission was completed three times consecutively. Correspondingly, this Abyss Mission disappeared, leaving only "Abyss Mission: Guardian." It seemed that Abyss Missions were not unlimited but had a cumulative upper limit for mission completion.
Maxing out "Abyss Mission: Death Granting" this time yielded a total of 6.19 million ounces of space-time power. Additionally, he obtained:
[Void Tree Vault Access Permission VIII (Two-fold) × 3 times.]
He estimated this was the limit for discounts.
These were not the main event. The "Hunt Bounty" corresponding to Tide Shadow·Eivira was the big one, totaling 50 million ounces of space-time power. Worth mentioning, among this harvest, there was a backstabbing weapon called "Spit," which Su Xiao had sold at a fair price.
Was this the biggest part of this harvest? No. The resource supply quota promised by logistics chief·Tailier had arrived, totaling... 60 million ounces of space-time power!
This amount was already astonishing. But Tailier's original words were, "Resource allocation is tight recently. I can only apply for this much for you."
Su Xiao believed that Apocalypse Paradise's resource allocation was tight. The reason was that every time he increased 1 point of a Supreme attribute, Apocalypse Paradise had to compensate all expenses beyond 350,000 ounces of space-time power due to a certain authority reward.
Supreme attributes required increasingly large amounts of resources to improve. Above 200 points, it took about 2.4 million ounces of space-time power per Supreme attribute point. That is, for Su Xiao to improve from 200 Supreme attribute points to 300, Apocalypse Paradise would need to compensate a total of 820 million ounces of space-time power.
And to ensure this could be achieved, after winning the battle against Tide Shadow·Eivira, Su Xiao applied to Reincarnation Paradise for this improvement, similar to making a reservation. Normally, this would be impossible. But since he had successfully killed the Abyss faction's Supreme Realm being, the application was approved by the Void Tree.
The result was that Apocalypse Paradise's total of 820 million ounces of space-time power entered a state of being scheduled. Although it still belonged to Apocalypse Paradise, within Tailier's authority, this astonishing amount of resources was in a temporarily reserved usage state. By now, Tailier fully understood what was going on.
Therefore, when she handed Su Xiao those 60 million ounces of space-time power, she asked with a playful expression: "White Night, how is the investigation into that guy who stole Apocalypse Paradise's space-time power going? You better, in-ves-ti-gate, pro-per-ly!"
At the end, Tailier was gritting her teeth as she looked at Su Xiao. But how could she investigate? This was the last possibility for their faction to win, the only hope for the entire Star Realm.
Su Xiao didn't immediately improve his Supreme attributes. Instead, he first took out the chest obtained from killing Eivira. He activated "Fate Reversal." Currently, the effect of "Fate Reversal" had been greatly enhanced because more powerful names had been added to it:
[Fate Reversal]
Quality: Cycle Grade
Basic Effect: Having this equipment exempts the wearer from all debuffs caused by negative Luck attributes.
Equipment Effect 1: Fortune Power (Core·Active). Activating this state consumes 1 point of equipment durability per second, reversing your fortune. The current reversal ratio is 85%. Based on the current -50 million point Fortune attribute, after reversal, subsequent profit activities will be judged based on 42.5 million points of positive fortune.
Equipment Effect 2: Fortune Accumulation (Passive)...
Equipment Effect 3: Peak Fate (Passive). By engraving the names of peak powerful beings personally slain with this equipment, the equipment's strength is permanently enhanced through the peak causality of these powerful beings.
Current positive peak powerful names: 4/10.
Peak powerful names: Spider, Underworld God, Madness (Abyss Avatar), Time (Eivira).
Rating: 30000+ points (Cycle Grade equipment rating is 15000~30000 points).
Price: Cannot be sold.
...
Originally, he thought the ten powerful name slots could be filled. Now, with four engraved, "Fate Reversal" had already reached a rating of 30000+.
The original plan was that among the ten slots, eight would be Peak Realm beings. The gold content of Spider Empress's powerful name goes without saying. It was the first Peak Realm engraved, causing "Fate Dominator" to complete its transformation. This was very important.
The eight Peak Realm beings were: Spider Empress, Underworld God, Mad King·Erode, four Abyss clan chiefs, and Abyss Dragon. But the situation ultimately changed. Not to mention that Mad King·Erode wasn't as strong as imagined, the "Abyss Avatar" descended by the five clan chiefs working together was truly worthy of engraving. And the next one jumped directly to the Supreme Realm.
Just Eivira's single powerful name suppressed "Mad King·Erode + four Abyss clan chiefs + Abyss Dragon." Although Eivira's existence was shattered, her Supreme causality had once existed, which was enough for engraving powerful names.
Moreover, because Eivira's existence was annihilated, this powerful name had become one of the few causal manifestations of Eivira, increasing the gold content of this Supreme Realm powerful name. If the Lord of the Abyss's powerful name was equivalent to about 3 "Supreme Realm" powerful names in strength, then Eivira currently was at least equivalent to 1.5.
Looking at the twelve-star "Abyss Chest" in his hand, opening it this time felt especially reassuring. Not for any other reason, but with nine Big Daddy Grade·Original Sin Objects in hand, Su Xiao had chosen the most unbelievable method among all ways to avoid opening an Original Sin Object from the Abyss Chest: the exclusion method.
"Meow."
Beini jumped onto Su Xiao's crossed legs. Bubu Wang, who rarely had rest time, pushed his dog head under Su Xiao's armpit. This fool had never had a clear understanding of his own size.
[You have opened Abyss Chest (★★★★★★★★★★★★).]
[You have obtained Deep Sea Ancient Urn (Original Sin Object).]
[You have obtained Eternal Inscription: Supreme Consciousness (Cycle Grade).]
...
The moment "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" appeared, the "Book of Original Sin" also appeared. The "Book of Original Sin," which happened to have ten pages, now had a Big Daddy Grade·Original Sin Object on each page.
Logically, "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" was with the Fish Clan. But this time, the Fish Clan clan leader died, the Great Elder also croaked, the Second Elder was as steady as an old dog and definitely hid away, the third-ranked Deep Sea Witch·Wureis was actually a spy sent by the Great Commander to the Fish Clan, the fourth-ranked Scaleless Sea King·Nezimo had long died, the fifth-ranked Ten Thousand Appearances also hid with the Second Elder, and the sixth-ranked Deep Sea Shadow had previously guarded the "Gate Node" but was killed by Su Xiao's large-scale slash.
Thus, the Fish Clan was not only existing in name only, but the Fish Clan powerful beings with causal connections to the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" had also croaked. Therefore, the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" returned to an unheld state.
Su Xiao could clearly feel that the "Book of Original Sin" couldn't maintain this level of sealing for too long. But this was already enough. He had previously gathered the three legendary blacksmiths to forge the "Endless Ring." Combined with a treasure called [Origin of Sin] obtained from destroying Arcane Eternal Star, he used it in this forging.
Su Xiao still didn't intend to directly use these Big Daddy Grade·Original Sin Objects, especially after learning their origins. But he had an alternative method. Even though this method would cause the expensively forged "Endless Ring" to be destined to shatter, as long as it could last for about a month, allowing him to complete the death battle with the Lord of the Abyss, the "Endless Ring" would have fulfilled its full value.
That's right, he would use the "Endless Ring" to contain ten Big Daddy Grade Original Sin Objects, demonstrating the true powerful effect of the "Endless Ring." This was the key preparation for this death battle against the historically strongest Lord of the Abyss.