Chapter 841: An Unexpected Encounter with the Goddess of Eternal Night

Three days later, the sprite Gassia returned with the message.

"Goddess, Lord, they are willing to sell, but the item they require is very special. They said if we are sincere, we should meet in person."

Gassia said.

"Meet in person?"

Vivela repeated it, then asked: "Gassia, who is 'they'?"

Gassia said: "The lord of the Morningstar Pantheon. They are a powerful goddess, said to be a fourth-tier deity, whose divine name is Eternal Night."

"Eternal Night?"

Vivela murmured the name.

"Yes, Goddess. I spent considerable time establishing contact with a holy spirit in her divine realm. They were relatively kind—they conveyed the message to Eternal Night. Eternal Night insists on a face-to-face meeting. By the way, this was given to me by a holy spirit."

After speaking, Gassia produced a sphere of light.

Vivela took the sphere, sensed it, then passed it to Lin Yan, saying:

"Lord, this is a peculiar divine power space."

Lin Yan took it and projected his spirit into it.

As soon as he entered, Lin Yan felt as if he had arrived in a starry expanse.

The starry expanse was filled with stars.

Each star shimmered.

Lin Yan willed himself into the space, and his shadow appeared within the starry expanse.

Soon after his shadow appeared, a figure emerged on the opposite side of the stars.

The figure was blurred, its features impossible to discern.

In truth, Lin Yan could not see its face either.

Not only could he not see its face—he could not sense its realm, aura, strength, or anything else.

Because both were merely projections.

How could one know another's strength from their shadow?

This divine power space was truly extraordinary.

If Lin Yan's guess was correct, the figure was Eternal Night.

From Meng Ying's prayers, Lin Yan had already learned of the Eternal Night Empire.

From the divine title alone, Eternal Night must be the goddess of the Eternal Night Empire.

"You want the Blossom Without Petals?"

The figure spoke first.

Her tone was flat, as if discussing a simple transaction. She did not ask Lin Yan's identity or origin.

"Correct."

Lin Yan replied in the same flat tone.

"I need a Soul-Flower. One blossom—and I will give you the Blossom Without Petals."

Eternal Night said.

Lin Yan's eyes flickered, then he said: "Three days from now, I will give you the Soul-Flower."

"You truly have it?"

A hint of unmistakable surprise entered Eternal Night's voice.

Lin Yan said nothing more—he withdrew his spirit from the divine power space.

Soul-Flower!

Lin Yan had not expected Eternal Night to need this.

In the Heavenly Realm, Soul-Flowers could not exist.

Soul-Flowers were creatures of the Infinite Abyss.

Abyssal substances were not unusable by Heavenly Realm deities.

Quite the opposite.

Heavenly Realm deities often required abyssal substances; after purging their evil energies, certain rare abyssal items proved exceptionally effective for them.

But the evil matter and aura had to be removed completely.

And not all abyssal substances had any effect on Heavenly Realm deities—only a tiny fraction did.

By the same logic, certain Heavenly Realm substances had considerable effect on Abyssal Demon Gods.

Yet it was exceedingly difficult for Heavenly Realm deities to obtain Soul-Flowers.

Soul-Flowers were relatively rare even within the Abyss.

To acquire one, Heavenly Realm deities could only send their followers into the Abyss during the once-in-twenty-years opening of an Abyssal Rift.

The chance of success was vanishingly low.

Because Soul-Flowers existed only in the deepest layers of the Abyss.

Even a Saint Realm would not dare venture into the lower Abyss—it was far too dangerous.

As for Heavenly Realm deities themselves…

They would never risk entering the Abyss. Without Soul-Flowers, alternatives existed—even if less effective, they were better than death.

If they ventured into the Abyss themselves, even with perfect disguise, they would almost certainly perish.

Deities were immortal.

Before Lin Yan's transmigration, many literary works by humans—who lived only seventy or eighty years—portrayed endless life as lonely, desolate, and boring…

Just as a mayfly, born and dead in a single day, found human lifespans of decades dull.

True immortal beings greatly enjoy eternal life.

They also value life more than ordinary people.

This is why the Abyss Demons all hide more and more tightly.