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Sìxiàng took out another item.

At first glance, it was a blank, transparent rhomboid crystal.

This rhomboid crystal had thousands of refractive surfaces, exquisitely beautiful and extraordinarily intricate.

But when Chen Xing blinked, the crystal seemed to shift into a collapsing and expanding mist of light, with countless stars dazzling briefly...

This was the divine status harvested from the corpses of the three Gods of Hunting that Sìxiàng had slain earlier.

Chen Xing said, "First, you recite the Shadow Book, then place the unowned divine status into the Lotus All Forms Tree."

Sìxiàng quietly nodded, recalling the instructions given by its master.

Opening the Shadow Book.

Once the blank and wordless Shadow Book was opened, Exotic Region's ancient divine texts appeared on it.

Exotic Region's ancient divine texts were among the earliest writings of the region, and since the gods of ancient times continued to use them, they were also known as Ancient Divine Texts.

Sìxiàng softly chanted the Ancient Divine Texts, and after each recitation, ripples unfolded in the ink-black spring.

At the trunk of the Lotus All Forms Tree, a passage large enough for someone to enter split open.

Sìxiàng stepped inside, and as it entered, the tree trunk automatically sealed itself.

The entirely snow-white, sacred and elegant Lotus All Forms Tree swayed as a gentle breeze blew past. Its buds closed tightly, forming a stark contrast with the ink-like black spring below.

Time in the Dark Realm seemed to come to a halt.

Watching Sìxiàng undergo evolution, Chen Xing found a clean spot along the shore to sit down.

At last, he felt calm again.

He sighed softly, too much had happened in the span of a single day.

Slaying the three Gods of Hunting, Sìxiàng's ascension to godhood, resolving the Shadow God's attempted possession — and now, Sìxiàng was evolving.

The evolution process would still take some time.

This moment granted Chen Xing the opportunity to plan his next move.

With the three Gods of Hunting dead, even if another god revives, they won't dare to directly challenge Great Xia in the immediate future.

However, the animosity with the God of Hunting had now firmly escalated into blood hatred.

Its core followers had been wiped out almost entirely, leaving it utterly isolated and alone.

The feud between the God of Hunting and Chen Xing had become an unresolvable dead knot.

Chen Xing wondered if he should just take the initiative, hunt down the God of Hunting, and reunite it with its subordinate gods once and for all.

From what he'd heard, that God of Hunting was once a hunter before its ascension.

As a hunter, capturing prey was paramount—utilizing any environment and means available.

It wasn't in Chen Xing's nature to always act passively, countering only after being attacked. That did not align with his personal philosophy.

Then there was the matter of the God of Eternal Night slaying Heavenly Giant Beasts to seize the Authority over the skies. Taotie had inherited the bloodline of the Sky Scar Eye family, unlocking one of the three keys to the ultimate bloodline, inherently clashing with the God of Eternal Night.

Lastly, there was the God of Light, who had claimed the Authorities of Judgment, Punishment, and Retribution. But the God of Light had stolen the Judgment Authority from the Dark Overlord, which presumably wouldn't transfer to Sìxiàng...

Chen Xing pondered, considering that maybe the God of Light had initially stolen the Judgment Authority from the Shadow God rather than the Dark Overlord.

Back when he hadn't ascended, gods had seemed unfathomably distant, high and untouchable.

But as he climbed closer step by step, he began to see these gods as no different from mortals—their fights were simply over things of a higher order.

Things so lofty that mortals didn't even qualify to reach for them.

Mortals believed gods were removed from worldly concerns, but in truth, these gods simply disdained the things mortals coveted.

Ultimately, all living beings harbored desires.

Including himself.

Initially, Chen Xing had only aspired to be a high-ranking Spirit Master. Later, he desired to become an ascended Spirit Master. Now, he had become one of the few Divine Spirit Masters in the world.

Having reached so far, he now sought even greater heights.

As Chen Xing was deep in thought, a fierce wind quietly swept up around him.

Startled awake, Chen Xing turned to look at the Lotus All Forms Tree at the spring's center.

The jade-white branches now bore small buds that had swelled to the size of walnuts.

He remembered reading in the evolution pathway that when the flowers bloomed, it would herald the return of the Primordial Darkness.

Gaps began to split open among the tightly sealed blossoms; an alluring fragrance wafted into his nose.

The world before him abruptly dimmed.

Almost simultaneously, across the Exotic Region's lands at the hour of twilight — whether in the extreme north or deep south — their skies fell into uniform darkness in an instant.

A shadow-like veil hung over the entire expanse of the sky.

Despite this, every living being could still see their surroundings clearly, though everything now bore a muted, indescribable gray tone.

High above the moon, on its eternally hidden side facing away from the earth...

An ancient consciousness, long dormant, stirred awake.

Its Authority over the skies had just been affected, like a blindfold suddenly thrown over its eyes.

"Impossible."

Ripples of consciousness spread outward as the God of Eternal Night felt something amiss—how could its Authorities over the sky and the night simultaneously falter?

Could it be that a new Authority, connected to both domains, had emerged?

Unwilling to relinquish this potential opportunity for expansion, the God of Eternal Night sought to identify the target that had triggered its awakening.

Within the vast Eternal Night Divine Country, countless followers ascended, transforming into fuel for its pursuit.

A colossal surge of power erupted, a pillar of blinding light stretching earthward as if to break free from the binding grasp of heaven and earth.

Cracks spread across the surface of the divine country; on this day, innumerable souls in the Exotic Region witnessed the moon appear as a bleeding eye.

"Why can't I find it?!"

The God of Eternal Night roared in fury.

The pressure within the heavens and earth was too immense—it could only sustain its search for a fleeting three seconds.

Yet even three seconds should be ample time to scour the entirety of the Exotic Region's prime plane.

Unless the target wasn't in the prime plane at all, but hidden within another sub-plane.

Those three seconds led to nearly a third of its Divine Country's population dying needlessly—a futile cost.

Such a pity.

The God of Eternal Night plunged back into dormancy, though it didn't matter—lost believers could always be replaced.

At least it had learned of the disturbance; it didn't believe its target would forever remain hidden in a sub-plane.

Deep within the Dark Realm, the Lotus All Forms Tree's buds began to bloom magnificently, radiating a beauty akin to the most exquisite flowers in existence.

But this sublime vision lasted only for a solitary second before it ended.

The wilted petals transformed into something grotesque and terrifying.

Blackened sap dripped from the twisted flowers, seeping along the branches.

Something ominous and foreboding was taking shape through this process.

Chen Xing frowned deeply, staring at the tree's core.

Even as Sìxiàng's Spirit Master, gazing upon the tree's abdomen elicited an indescribable sense of dread.

He thought of Sìxiàng's newly evolved species name—Primordial Darkness.

Across myriad mythologies, interpretations of the primordial varied.

Some described it as the primordial void—formless, chaotic—the mother of all existence. Others defined it as the ultimate reality transcending all dualities, the root and destiny of the cosmos.

Regardless of the interpretation, the primordial was never a simple concept.

To earn the title of Primordial Darkness, Sìxiàng's evolutionary pathway must have surpassed the golden-tier quality and brushed against the edges of color-tier ultimate bloodline.

Chen Xing felt a profound anticipation for what it would become.

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