Chapter 172: Return to Primordial

After learning about these matters, Tiancheng Guang began transporting all the items from this shattered dimension to the Alchemy Workshop.

Although Master Professor Dadesi's alchemy workshop appeared small, in reality, through Tiancheng Guang's study and research, its "true form" had been discovered—the Great Universe!

Tiancheng Guang had long wondered where the strongest "card" from the original story, the Great Universe, had gone, occasionally searching again in the workshop to see if it might be hidden somewhere like the Philosopher's Stone, but as he gradually improved his knowledge and ability in alchemy, he came to realize that the Great Universe workshop was indeed the "Great Universe."

Although the planets inside the workshop were not as large as real planets—each capable of holding only two or three people—the entire Great Universe workshop had ample space!

In this shattered dimension, besides the spirits turned into puppets and rendered unconscious, there were many materials corrupted by dark forces—high-quality materials for "Divine Yingyi" monster cards, which Tiancheng Guang could later refine into lower-tier Divine Yingyi monsters. Beyond that, Tiancheng Guang re-examined the machines within the shattered dimension.

After spending an entire day, even Tiancheng Guang's body, now far beyond ordinary human limits, grew weary. Fortunately, the area had already been sealed off by that squad leader, and Tiancheng Guang had also used alchemy to seal the Ronghejun's dimensional gate, so no one could enter.

Finally, after dismantling all of Ronghejun's dimensional gates, Tiancheng Guang was finally able to leave without worry.

Before returning to the workshop.

Tierra turned back, glanced at the shattered dimension—now a wasteland, utterly unrecognizable from its original state—and lightly raised her hand, snapping her fingers.

Then, under the influence of the Return Gate, she and Tiancheng Guang returned together to the Great Universe Workshop.

"What did you just do?" Tiancheng Guang asked Tierra.

Tierra had suddenly done something with her hand, leaving him deeply confused and highly wary.

Tierra simply crossed her arms in front of her, showing no discomfort at being suspected; instead, she explained seriously to Tiancheng Guang: "Tiancheng Guang, you've erased all traces perfectly—but you still left behind those Divine Yingyi humans."

"Though you were too lazy to care about their fate, those humans left behind will still become tools and core nuclei for the humans you despise."

Tiancheng Guang raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Even though you sealed off the conventional ways to enter that dimension with alchemy, it's too much trouble," she said, drifting aside to fetch a simple fusion cup noodle, tearing open the package and pouring hot water inside. "So I just took the liberty of returning that shattered dimension to its primordial state."

Tiancheng Guang was no longer surprised by her sudden action—he was astonished that she could already wield such a divine power!

"That shattered dimension was destroyed beyond recognition—it naturally wanted to return to its origin," Tierra said, gently closing the cup noodle and turning back to explain to Tiancheng Guang. "Just as spirits feel pain, the world itself has sensation."

"As for energy—this shattered dimension was already tiny, and with countless puppet humans as raw material, using this ability is simpler for me than boiling a cup of instant noodles."

"All I had to do was enhance the dimension's own natural evolutionary capacity."

So that's how it was.

Tiancheng Guang understood.

After all, Tierra was the "Star-Creating God" who governed life, death, and natural evolution—such a feat, even with only one-tenth of her body components, was perfectly natural.

Thus, he wasn't particularly surprised upon hearing it.

Instead, the surrounding spirits who had been watching, upon learning Tierra could accomplish such a thing, were even more stunned—those who already revered her now fell speechless.

Even though they had tried their best to imagine the goddess's power, they never imagined she was a true "god."

After all, among spirits, many bore the title "god," but few had ever seen one who truly possessed divine power!

The Flame Sword Brothers were fine—they had never seen a god, but they had trained for a long time under the "Primordial Chaotic Warrior," so while they had no concept of divinity, they understood divine-level combat strength well. The other spirits could only stare in awe.

Nearby, A-Strike Core, who had spent the whole day transporting materials for Tiancheng Guang, saw everyone staring upward in silence, emitted a series of confused beeping sounds, rotated its treads, and resumed work.

"Strike Core, take a break," Tiancheng Guang called out.

His next task was to examine Bai Jing's body and, using low-risk methods, transform her into "Divine Divine Yingyi · Divine Child Jing." He no longer needed the Strike Core to roam around.

Although Strike Core appeared to be a robot, Tiancheng Guang well understood that despite its mechanical form, it was still a "spirit"—essentially a spiritual entity, not to be treated like a machine and worn to death.

On the other side, Tierra had already begun eating her instant noodles.

She had never worried that Tiancheng Guang would grow suspicious of her actions or restrict her movements.

Having spent considerable time with Tiancheng Guang, she had developed her own unique understanding of him.

Though he possessed that powerful card, Tiancheng Guang himself was a "conservative" person—not conservative in personality or dueling style, but conservative in how he used that card.

He never actively used the card to forcibly eliminate evil beings, nor did he force dark duels to deal with those he despised.

Of course, if someone sought death, he wouldn't hesitate to use it.

Thus, when he saw human soldiers forcibly turned into puppets by Divine Yingyi power, he felt no pity or sympathy—they deserved it—but he himself would never use their remains to fuel his own power.

Tierra had seen enough to understand this mindset—a being with transcendent power, yet restraining himself, fearing that excessive strength would cause him to swell with arrogance, descend into chaos, or even madness.

Tierra admired Tiancheng Guang not only for his pursuit of fusion and trust in friends, but for his clear self-awareness and understanding of the world—he knew what he should do, and what the world ought to be.

Therefore, when she took action to "dispose" of those individuals, Tiancheng Guang would merely be displeased that she acted on her own—not displeased that she eliminated those humans.

As a god who had died and returned many times, Tierra had seen countless "deaths and returns," and she did not wish to see another row of puppets standing before Tiancheng Guang, wielding duel disks and cards like the Three Phantom Demons, wasting his time and tormenting his mind.

Only when they were all turned into fertilizer for the world could she rest easy.

Her divine devotee had more important things to do—he didn't have time for such trivialities.

Besides, tidying up after her divine devotee was part of being a divine devotee.

First update of the day; I had a slight matter to attend to during the day, so the update is delayed.

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