Chapter 815: The Evolution of the World

Half an hour later.

At the entrance of the Star Tower’s gate, Dongbo Xueying appeared out of thin air, his face pale. A sinister force was continuously being expelled from his body, and once it reached the outside world, the gray malevolent energy let out a wail before dissipating into nothingness.

“Even disregarding my injuries and exhausting all my strength, I only managed to wound him—killing him was impossible,” Dongbo Xueying muttered as he stared at the entrance before him. “Is the first level of the Star Tower truly this difficult?”

The second stance of the World Annihilation Sword was said to allow a Dominator to escape from even a Unity-level opponent.

Yet, even with three avatars executing the second stance, he couldn’t so much as scratch his foe!

“According to the intelligence I’ve gathered, passing the first level of the Star Tower requires strength equivalent to an average Unity-level expert. The second level demands the power of a top-tier Unity expert, while the third requires peak Unity-level strength,” Dongbo Xueying pondered. “Even with the second stance of the World Annihilation Sword, I’m still slightly short of the standard Unity-level threshold.”

“For an ordinary Void God to reach peak Unity-level strength…” Dongbo Xueying sighed inwardly.

It was difficult.

Even in the Grand Void Heaven Palace, most Unity-level experts could only clear the third or fourth level, qualifying them as Outer Hall Elders.

To become an Inner Hall Elder, a Unity expert had to pass the fifth level—a feat that demanded combat prowess at the very threshold of the Chaos Realm. Such individuals possessed such profound mastery in certain aspects that they could even survive clashes with Chaos-level overlords! Thus, the Inner Hall Elders of the Grand Void Heaven Palace held an exceedingly lofty status.

Those who cleared the fifth level could effortlessly slaughter ordinary Unity experts by the hundreds or thousands—they could no longer be considered mere Unity-level beings.

And then there were the legends…

Among Unity experts, there existed those who could clear the sixth level—individuals truly capable of rivaling standard Chaos-level overlords! However, such cases were vanishingly rare. Currently, the Grand Void Heaven Palace had none, though historical records spoke of such figures.

And then there were the truly monstrous ones—Unity experts who cleared the seventh level. Even among the Six Great Sacred Grounds, they were myths. Across the vast annals of history, only two had achieved this feat. Both had long since ascended to the Chaos Realm, where they stood as terrifying existences even among their peers.

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Returning to the Hall of Time.

On a planet covered in lush grasslands, Dongbo Xueying secluded himself in cultivation.

“According to the laws of the Grand Void Heaven Palace, after becoming a Void God, one must clear the third level of the Star Tower within ten billion years to become an Inner Hall Elder. Otherwise, they must serve as an Outer Hall Elder and be dispatched to one of the Chaos Cities,” Dongbo Xueying mused.

The ten-billion-year limit referred to external time. With enough Sourceworld Stones, one could accelerate time within the Hall of Time by thousands or even tens of thousands of times. If someone could afford such an expenditure, the Grand Void Heaven Palace would actually welcome it.

For a Void God, accelerating time by a hundredfold in the Hall of Time required five Sourceworld Stones every million years. A full ten billion years of cultivation inside would cost a staggering five hundred stones—far beyond his means.

“I should be able to do it.”

“In this era, there is at least one ordinary Void God who serves as an Inner Hall Elder. Historically, there have been many more.”

Dongbo Xueying immersed himself in cultivation.

Now that he had become a Void God, it was only natural to focus on his training. His earlier visit to the Star Tower had been out of curiosity, right after his breakthrough.

With his body reaching the Void God level, his flesh nourished his soul, which in turn grew increasingly powerful. The elevation of his soul’s level granted him a qualitative leap in comprehension and cultivation. He now devoted himself entirely to the Path of the Void, the Path of Slaughter, and the Path of Oscillation. Based on his prior insights, he felt most confident in the Path of the Void, followed by the Path of Slaughter.

Time flowed on.

On the grassy planet, weeds grew taller and taller, eventually surpassing even the seated Dongbo Xueying in height. Then, they withered away, leaving the planet barren. Yet, in time, new shoots broke through the soil, and the cycle repeated.

Growth, withering…

This was the cycle of life, repeating over and over. Millions, then billions of years passed—an eternity to mortals, but merely a “short” span for Dongbo Xueying as he refined his Path of the Void.

Two hundred and thirty million years—this was the time required for his Path of the Void to break through, given his existing confidence and his soul’s ascension to the Void God level.

Dongbo Xueying opened his eyes, within which a massive celestial body could be seen rotating.

“Rumble—”

His inner world underwent a dramatic transformation.

The vast, continent-like inner world began to twist under the influence of unseen laws, morphing from a flat landmass into a spherical cosmic structure.

A sphere.

The Solar Star was spherical. The Lunar Star was spherical. The universe itself was spherical.

Every point on a sphere’s surface was perfectly equidistant from its core—a flawless, supreme form. When advancing from a True God Dominator to a Void God, those following the path of Rule and Mystery would experience a fundamental shift in their inner world.

However, the exact nature of this transformation depended on the system of laws one comprehended.

The Path of the Void evolved into the “Void Rule System.”

Some, upon breaking through to Void God, saw their inner worlds resemble the “Material Realm”—transforming from a single vast landmass into a multitude of coexisting landmasses, forming a unified whole. This was one possible evolution.

Others, like the “Abyssal Netherworld,” saw their inner worlds shift into layered landmasses, stacking upon one another to form an intestine-like structure.

The Material Realm, the Abyssal Netherworld, the Solar Star, the Lunar Star—all were existences of the same tier, representing different directions.

Dongbo Xueying’s inner world now leaned toward the Solar and Lunar Stars.

“Rumble—”

At last, his inner world solidified into a colossal planet, vast enough to rival the Solar and Lunar Stars in size—though its power was still far inferior. After all, a clump of dirt and a lump of steel of the same volume were hardly comparable.

This massive planet within him was still in its infancy.

“The Void Planet.” Dongbo Xueying sensed the celestial body within him, its operational laws now governed by his newly comprehended Void Rule System. This system centered on the Path of the Void, incorporating insights from other paths—even fragments of the Path of Slaughter and the Path of Oscillation.

The same path could manifest differently depending on the individual.

To reach the Void God level, one only needed to establish a complete rule system.

Following this, Dongbo Xueying’s soul underwent another elevation, now anchored by the Void Rule System.

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Time continued to flow.

After spending over two hundred million years to break through in the Path of the Void, Dongbo Xueying—already having grasped the second stance of the World Annihilation Sword and now armed with the experience of his Void breakthrough—required only a hundred and fifty million years to achieve a similar breakthrough in the Path of Slaughter.

However, his remaining Path of Oscillation proved far more challenging.

Dongbo Xueying remained patient.

Even his master, Bloodblade Divine Emperor, had struggled with slow and arduous breakthroughs in Rule and Mystery.

Most of his focus remained on the “World Annihilation Thirteen Swords.” Having comprehended the second stance as a Dominator, and now with his Path of Slaughter breakthrough, delving into the third stance frequently yielded new insights. His Path of Oscillation gradually improved as well—after all, with heightened perception and realm, comprehension naturally became easier.

He was in no rush.

With time accelerated a hundredfold within the Hall of Time, he could cultivate at his leisure.