Chapter 3787: Nightfall

As the Demon Flame Dragon, Barbato, landed on Skeleton Island, Su Xiao's remaining stay in this world was less than 24 hours. He looked up at the dark clouds in the sky and the daylight filtering down through the gaps in the clouds.

Judging by the current situation, this world was no longer suitable as a cage for World-Extinguishing entities. This was both because the World-Extinguishing entities and their kin had been cleared out by Su Xiao, and because the spatial seals of this world were already riddled with holes; there was no need to repair or re-establish them.

However, the Eternal Light World remained a suitable place to exile World-Extinguishing entities. Once a World-Extinguishing entity was exiled here, tens of millions of Demon Beasts, millions of Demon Flame Dragons, and over a hundred thousand Titan Beasts would welcome the newly exiled entity.

Since this place was no longer suitable as a cage, there was no need to maintain the current extreme elemental environment. The greatest significance of this environment was to prevent World-Extinguishing entities from recovering their immortal origin power.

This extreme environment had both pros and cons. While it could contain the World-Extinguishing entities trapped here, it also bred elemental monsters. Although the strength of these elemental monsters was a rootless source, to a certain extent, their terrifying nature within the Eternal Light World was no weaker than that of the World-Extinguishing entities.

This would undoubtedly greatly increase the risks for the Demon Zerg here. Some elemental monsters were too bizarre; for instance, there was an elemental monster called a "Soul-Attacher" that could cling to another's soul through causal residue, progressing from parasitism to symbiosis, and finally, replacement.

Therefore, letting the Eternal Light World return to normal was undoubtedly more beneficial than harmful. But as for how to restore this place, looking across the Void and the myriad worlds, only Su Xiao could do it, because he was currently sealing the Scarlet Scepter.

Looking around, because Skeleton Island had been struck by World Thunder and subsequently eroded by scarlet energy, it appeared dark red. A few beams of daylight shone through the dark clouds onto the island, giving it a desolate feeling.

After pondering for a moment, Su Xiao felt it necessary to find the Child of the World, Yusha. This would make it easier to communicate with the World Consciousness of this world. There was no need to guess; the World Consciousness of the Eternal Light World was certainly not friendly. This was an extreme elemental environment, and the condition of a world affected the state of its World Consciousness.

In worlds of extreme elements, the World Consciousness was irritable. In worlds invaded by the Abyss, the World Consciousness was most likely to grant power to the world's natives. As for World Consciousness in a normal state, such worlds generally had no World Consciousness, or if they did, they were extremely indifferent to living beings.

Simply put, World Consciousness was not actually the owner of a world, but a self-protection mechanism derived after a world encountered extreme situations. Under non-essential circumstances, a world would not arbitrarily derive a World Consciousness.

Su Xiao previously thought that World Consciousness > the world itself, much like the relationship between a living being's soul and body. Later, he discovered that the structure of a world was far more complex than that. A world might have different World Consciousnesses at different periods, and while the world itself was silent, it existed eternally.

Su Xiao activated the Observer Ring. When he returned to the Gray Sanctuary, he found Yusha in the forging workshop, while the Molten Giant was crafting the prototype of some weapon. This was clearly a commission from Thorns to help Yusha forge a weapon of her own.

Come to think of it, although Yusha's faction didn't have many people, it was by no means weak. This faction included the Void's strongest pharmacist, one of the three legendary blacksmiths, the once-overwhelmingly powerful Black Moonlight, the most skilled scroll master in the myriad worlds, and finally, the strongest dark seal controller, the Dark Lady.

However, Yusha did not know the true value of her faction. In her view, although her master was knowledgeable and she respected him from the bottom of her heart, he was sickly every day. Once she went out to explore, she must find a strong enough pharmacist to help treat her master. She didn't want to see her master die, because he was one of the few people who cared whether she was happy or safe.

Besides that, the Giant Grandpa who forged iron in the workshop every day seemed to be very good at forging.

Compared to these two, Yusha admired the Dark Lady more, because she hoped that after she turned 20, she would be as beautiful as the Dark Lady.

Thinking this, Yusha's mood brightened a little. She took out the mechanical Rubik's cube given to her by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and clicked it in her hands. This thing wasn't just a Rubik's cube; it had many uses at critical moments, such as detection, perception, and transforming into a small first-aid device. In a crisis, one could inject mental energy into it, which would activate the small amount of liquid Apollo stored inside, throwing it at enemies to form a 30x30 meter explosion range.

Just as Yusha was sitting on a stone chair, happily swinging her legs, she suddenly shivered. She turned her head and saw Su Xiao standing beside the stone chair, which made Yusha wilt instantly.

"Come with me."

"Ah? Oh."

Although Yusha wanted to ask what for, the words died on her lips; she didn't dare to ask. She stepped onto the teleportation array, and the spatial transport activated.

When the spatial mist dissipated, Yusha arrived at Skeleton Island. Before she could react to what was happening, a crystal dagger was already in her hand.

"I need some of your blood. This is the payment."

Su Xiao took out a bundle of various potions. Yusha subconsciously let out an "Ah?". While she was still dazed, Baha had already stuffed an Observer Ring into her hand and, after telling her how to activate it, let her return to the Gray Sanctuary.

The spatial mist gradually dissipated. Yusha, wearing the Observer Ring on her index finger and carrying a bundle of potions in each hand, returned to the Gray Sanctuary in a daze. Just then, her master, Thorns, happened to return from outside.

"Where did you get the potions? From Bai Ye?"

"Mm."

Hearing this, Thorns said nothing else and walked into the forging workshop carrying a large leather bag.

Seeing this, Yusha returned to her room. According to the usage instructions for the permanent buff potions given by Baha, she picked up a bottle labeled 【Stigmata Potion · Sixth Improvement · Perfect】 and drank it. A few seconds later, Yusha's wonderful day came to an abrupt end as she was forcibly sent into dreamland. It could be said that these permanent buff potions were very much in the style of the Law-Extinguishing faction; their effects were unique among those of the same level. As for the experience after drinking them...

On Skeleton Island, Su Xiao took out the "Book of Original Sin," flipped to the fifth page, and placed the "Book of Original Sin" on the large array diagram on the ground. The array diagram activated immediately.

After a roar, a huge vortex appeared in the sky above, and a large amount of scarlet power spread out from within, pouring down in a cylindrical shape. Before it could spread across Skeleton Island, it was absorbed by the fifth page of the "Book of Original Sin." As the page sealing the Scarlet Scepter, it could naturally absorb a massive amount of scarlet power.

The scarlet power poured down from above for several hours. The last trace of scarlet power in this world was sucked into the "Book of Original Sin," which meant that there was no more scarlet power in this world.

The reason Su Xiao made this preparation was thanks to the Dark Blood City Lord and his son from the Scarlet Castle. They had always wanted to let Abyssal energy flow into this world by opening an Abyssal passage, thereby achieving a balance between Abyssal power and elemental power, allowing this world to return to normal. This hypothesis was undoubtedly correct.

However, problems arose in practice. It wasn't the fault of the Dark Blood City Lord and his son; the areas where Abyssal energy was originally supposed to flow into this world were all occupied by scarlet power. This was the Scarlet Monarch's method of breaking the seal.

Consequently, after the Dark Blood City Lord and his son opened the Abyssal passage in this world, what poured out was not Abyssal energy, but scarlet power.

With this lesson learned, Su Xiao used the Scarlet Scepter to extract all the scarlet energy from this world. This way, there was no need to worry about scarlet power pouring out instead of Abyssal energy.

But this was not enough. Opening an Abyssal passage in this world was no longer a stable way to draw in Abyssal energy, as this was, after all, a world filled with extreme elemental power.

*Zheng~*

Su Xiao drew the long blade at his waist, the tip pointing diagonally at the ground. He calmed his breath and gradually brought his state to its peak.

"Extreme Blade · World!"

*Zheng! *

A sharp, metallic-sounding slash echoed. With Su Xiao as the center, a spherical "Extreme Blade Domain" appeared. Every dozen centimeters in the surrounding area, a grain-of-rice-sized flash of slashing light flickered, shrouding the surrounding area with a sense of sharpness.

With a *crack*, the space in the surrounding area shattered into sugar-cube-sized pieces, with black marks crisscrossing throughout.

Having used "Extreme Blade · World" at full strength, Su Xiao felt a momentary fatigue. He adjusted his state to recover faster.

"Blade Master · Lv. 80 Ultimate Ability: Extreme Blade · World (Absolute Strength Tier · Passive): Instantly expand the 'Extreme Blade Domain,' dealing true slashing damage equal to 25% of the enemy target's maximum health to targets within 40 meters of you.

Blade Domain Unique Effect · Domain Breaking: The moment this ability is expanded, if you are within another domain, it will instantly destroy that domain.

Hint: This domain-breaking characteristic has high priority.

Hint: Although this ability has an active effect, it is a passive characteristic, so it has no cooldown. However, each use will consume a large amount of your stamina, and continuous use in a short period will lead to a permanent drop in your real stamina attribute and enter a state of continuous severe exhaustion. You must carefully control the interval of use. After releasing this ability once, you must wait at least 10 minutes before using it again...

Warning: Do not use 'Extreme Blade Domain' three times consecutively in one area. This behavior will likely cause the space to be slashed through, further damaging the 'Natural Elemental Layer.' If the natural elemental layer is damaged, Abyssal energy from further outside will pour in for a period of time, or even cause this damaged area to become an 'Abyssal Hole' or 'Abyssal Passage.'

Hint: This is your unique ability."

After his breath recovered slightly, the long blade in Su Xiao's hand rang softly again.

"Extreme Blade · World!"

*Zheng! *

The surrounding space shattered completely, and a black vortex churned behind Su Xiao. If one observed carefully, one could see the translucent, yet cracked, "Natural Elemental Layer."

Standing before the pitch-black vortex, Su Xiao rested for another ten minutes before raising his slightly stinging right arm.

"Extreme Blade · World!!"

*Boom!!! *

Pure darkness erupted instantly behind Su Xiao, rushing past his body and into the world ahead. When these dark sediments flowed out, pure Abyssal power surged into this world along this newly created Abyssal passage.

For a time, darkness rapidly invaded the Sea of Sand. Because the Abyssal passage was forcibly slashed open, the opening was extremely large. Abyssal energy shrouded half of the world in a short time. The scene at this moment was exceptionally spectacular: half the world was pure Abyssal energy, and half was extreme elemental power.

The two were initially incompatible, eroding each other, but before long, signs of fusion appeared at their boundary. The overly extreme elemental power was cooled by the Abyss, and the pure dark Abyssal power was diluted by the elemental power, gaining a refreshing coolness.

Seeing that the timing was right, Su Xiao released a large number of Spirit Shadow Threads to stitch up the Abyssal passage behind him, sealing it with a massive amount of World Power. Before long, this seam would be completely smoothed over.

The Abyssal energy and natural elements, which originally occupied half the area each, fused with each other and faded into the air, finally reaching a balance. The Abyssal energy was pushed outside the "Natural Elemental Layer," and the Abyssal energy slowly seeping through the "Natural Elemental Layer" allowed the extreme natural elements of this world to gradually return to normal.

At some point, lush weeds had grown on the charred Skeleton Island beneath his feet. A tree not far away grew rapidly under the vast vitality generated by the initial intersection of the Abyss and elements. The seeds of these plants didn't know where they came from; perhaps they were washed over by the natural elements in the wild growth area.

【Hint: Your elemental affinity has permanently increased by 100 points.】

【Your luck attribute has permanently increased by 10 points.】

Seeing these gains, Su Xiao understood one thing: the significance of the Shadow of Law-Extinguishing as an elemental guardian was not to completely contain the Abyss, but to balance the elements and the Abyss. Either overly dense natural elements or excessive Abyss would destroy this balance.

As for why the previous generations of Law-Extinguishers didn't let the Eternal Light World return to normal, it wasn't that they didn't want to, but that the timing wasn't right. The Eternal Light World was originally a vast Transcendent Origin World, but due to the arrival of disaster, the world began to collapse.

The extreme elemental environment subsequently created by the previous Law-Extinguishers stopped the world's collapse and made this place a prison for World-Extinguishing entities. In fact, there was another intention: the Eternal Light World was not a dying world; it deserved to continue existing.

The extreme elemental environment here gradually nourished the world, not only stopping its collapse but also allowing it to reconsolidate and regain vitality. It was precisely because of this preparation that had lasted for many years that the Eternal Light World could once again bear the balance of elements and the Abyss, welcoming today's scene.

Su Xiao took out the four existing 【Origin Stone · World (Fragment)】. If the World Consciousness of this world still didn't understand what this meant, then this World Consciousness would have to experience what it was like to be invaded by five Original Sin items simultaneously.

With a soft *pop*, an 【Origin Stone · World (Fragment)】 appeared out of thin air above and gradually drifted toward Su Xiao. He grasped the 【Origin Stone · World (Fragment)】 with one hand.

【Hint: You have obtained Origin Stone · World · Fragment (5/5).】

【Synthesize immediately? Yes/No.】

【There are two ways to synthesize this Origin Stone.】

1. Fuse using the characteristics of the Origin Stone · World. The success rate of this method is 98.5%.

2. After returning to Reincarnation Paradise, pay 3,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to assist in this fusion. The success rate of this method is 100%.

It was only a 1.5% difference in success rate, yet it required 3,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to make up for it. Faced with this situation, Su Xiao immediately put away the five existing 【Origin Stone · World (Fragment)】. Was there even a need to think? Of course, he had to pay the 3,000 ounces of Space-Time Power. If it failed because of this 1.5% probability, that would be even more hair-raising than embedding the 【Origin Stone · World】 into a mining shovel.

Su Xiao returned to the Gray Sanctuary via the Observer Ring. Having used "Extreme Blade · World" three times and just been in the midst of dense Abyssal energy, he was exhausted to the extreme and just wanted to return to his room to sleep.

When he pushed the door and walked into the bedroom, Amu's snoring could be heard. Although Amu was injured, it didn't hinder his eating and sleeping. Su Xiao sat on the wooden bed and, before falling asleep, activated the World Reputation list to check the existing 540,000 World Reputation points.

Su Xiao's current Void Tree reputation was -?, not yet reaching the limit. He exchanged all his World Reputation for Title Chests.

【You have exchanged for 540,000 Title Chests.】

【Title Chest: Upon opening, you can obtain a ★～★★★★★★★★★ title.】

【You have opened 540,000 Title Chests.】

【You have obtained a 3-star non-attribute title x1.】

【You have obtained a 2-star non-attribute title x10.】

【You have obtained a 1-star non-attribute title x539,989.】

After opening millions of Title Chests in this world, he finally opened a 3-star title. It really made one... feel complicated.

Su Xiao activated two Title Burning Discs and then began to synthesize 1-star non-attribute titles. It didn't take long before 10 7-star non-attribute titles were synthesized. He embedded the 【Miracle Maker】 and 【Blood Intent】 7-star titles into a Title Burning Disc each, then embedded the 10 7-star non-attribute titles around these two titles, and the synthesis began.

Because the permission level of Su Xiao's burning disc was very high, the synthesis speed from 7-star to 8-star titles was very fast. After completing this, he used the 10 synthesized 8-star non-attribute titles to push 【Miracle Maker】 and 【Blood Intent】 to 9-star.

Not to mention anything else, his gains in titles from coming to the Eternal Light World were huge. At the very least, he caught up to the minimum level of titles for an Absolute Strength tier. He had been mentally prepared for his weakness in titles; his -21 charm attribute wasn't just for show.

Checking the title list, the existing titles were:

9-star titles (Limit Burning · 1 time): 【Deep Blue Shadow】, 【War Lord】.

9-star titles: 【God Hunter】, 【Mystic Scholar】, 【Old Hunter】, 【Miracle Maker (Upgrading, will reach 9-star upon completion)】, 【Blood Intent (Upgrading, will reach 9-star upon completion)】.

8-star titles: 【Sky-Sweeping Shock】, 【Sun Lord (Self-upgrading)】.

6-star titles: 【Natural Resonance】.

Special titles: 【Violator】, 【Immortal Luck】, 【Hunter】.

【Natural Resonance】, used for meditation, was actually worth upgrading. The problem was that this title was originally a 3-star title. Su Xiao used various messy titles to upgrade it to 6-star, causing it to reach its limit. It was a pity; if this title had one more upgrade chance, Su Xiao could have used a large number of non-attribute titles to upgrade it to 9-star.

The so-called title burning limit was actually a kind of title protection measure. Using messy title energy to upgrade a main title would make the energy within the main title exceptionally mottled, thus bringing about an upper limit. Conversely, non-attribute titles were actually pure condensations of title energy. Using them to upgrade titles naturally didn't easily trigger the upgrade limit.

Title burning still needed some time to complete, so Su Xiao simply took a light nap to relieve the fatigue of continuously using "Extreme Blade · World." When he woke up, it was already evening. After leaving the bedroom, he found that only the Molten Giant remained in the Gray Sanctuary.

When Su Xiao walked out of the main entrance of the Gray Sanctuary, the scene before him made him stop. At this moment, nightfall shrouded the Wild Growth Area, and the moon and stars were sparse in the sky. After the spatial seal that wrapped the entire world was shattered by Abyssal power, and the Abyss and elements reached a balance, night had fallen.

"Boss, over here."

Baha flew over, and Su Xiao raised his hand. Baha flew him to the roof of the Gray Sanctuary.

Thorns, Yusha, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha were all on the spacious roof. Yusha, who had never seen the night sky, was stunned into speechlessness. Even the Dark Lady, whose injuries had not yet healed, leaned against a pillar, looking at the night sky.

Su Xiao didn't speak, just sat cross-legged and meditated. The night sky was like a painting, the environment cool and quiet. In a puddle not far away, bursts of frog croaks could be heard.

As time slowly passed, morning arrived, and the first ray of dawn appeared on the horizon.

【Hint: Your stay in this world has reached its limit. You are about to return to Reincarnation Paradise.】

【Spatial transport in progress...】

【Transport complete. You have returned to Reincarnation Paradise.】

In the exclusive room, spatial ripples appeared, and Su Xiao sat on a single sofa. Baha, on the side, took out a life-support device. After multiple identifications, with a *pfft*, the life-support device opened, and as wisps of cold mist drifted away, Su Xiao's left arm was revealed.

As Su Xiao activated the recovery permission, the crystal on his left arm crackled and shattered, and the severed limb floated over. Fluorescent green light particles appeared around it, and recovery began. Amu, on the side, also began to recover from his injuries.

"Meow~!"

Benny's cry came from the side. Su Xiao looked over and found tears welling up in Benny's eyes, as if it had suffered some grievance but was stubbornly unwilling to say.

This made Su Xiao wonder. When he first entered the Eternal Light World, Benny was in the upper district of the Sanctuary City, but later, when he arrived at the upper district, Benny was nowhere to be found, and the positioning showed that although Benny was in this world, its specific location could not be tracked, which was very strange.

"Meow."

Benny forcibly held back, not letting the tears fall, and began to recount its encounter. Before, it was indeed transported to the upper district of the Sanctuary City. As the territory controlled by the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple, Benny was exceptionally cautious there. As a result, it was suddenly summoned—to be precise, someone in the Eternal Light World performed a random summoning.

When the scene before Benny became clear, it was already in an ancient underground palace with two young girls. This place was located deep underground and was a remnant of civilization from when the Eternal Light World was still a Transcendent Origin World.

Those two sisters were explorers from the Black Iron City, belonging to the type who were bold but technically unskilled. After being trapped in this ancient place, they chose to try their luck and used a random summoning scroll called "Sea's Attachment," wanting to summon a helper.

In the Eternal Light World's Sea of Sand, where were there any living beings of the ocean faction? That place was occupied by Deep Sea Evil Spirits. But the problem was, the scroll was notarized by the Void Tree. According to the notarization rules, Benny, who had a deep bond with the ocean, was temporarily cast as the summoned party for "Sea's Attachment."

In this way, the happy adventure of Miss Benny and the pair of death-seeking sisters began. But heaven has unpredictable winds; the three members of the adventure team were not very strong, so they were chased by the vengeful spirits of the ancient place the whole time.

For so many days, Benny had been running for its life. The ancient vengeful spirits were chasing from behind. If it stopped, it wouldn't die, but its temporary teammates, the sisters who treated it as a friend, would definitely not stand by and watch, which would lead to the sisters' certain death.

It wasn't until a few hours ago that Benny finally led the death-seeking sisters out of the ancient place. After resting for a while, it was transported back to Reincarnation Paradise. Upon seeing Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha, Benny felt a wave of grievance. If its teammates had been there, how could those ancient vengeful spirits have chased them for so many days?

After hearing Benny's encounter, Su Xiao observed Benny carefully. Hmm, it was indeed a bit thinner than before entering this world. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang on the side was holding back a mischievous smile. Seeing this, Benny's hunting bloodline awakened, and it began to adjust its posture, preparing to pounce on Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's dog head.

Su Xiao raised his recovered left arm and tried to move it. The left arm had recovered as if it had never been severed.

【For this recovery, you paid a total of 15,620 Soul Coins.】

The recovery costs were gradually increasing, which Su Xiao was not surprised by, as his physique was getting stronger and stronger.

【World reward settlement begins.】

Origin World: Eternal Light World.

World Difficulty: Lv.???

World Source: 0% (Due to the state of this world, World Source cannot be obtained)

Number of tasks completed: 7 (Trial tasks x3, Awakening task x1, Legendary task x1, Side task x1, Achievement task x1).

Comprehensive Evaluation: S+

Starting to collect World Source...

World Source collection complete, starting to calculate rewards.

Reward obtained: 70 real attribute points (Basic + High-tier Origin World extra bonus), Origin Stone x12 (These are ordinary Origin Stones).

Hint: Real Power · Plunder has been activated. You will obtain 1~3 Golden Skill Points.

Hint: You have obtained 3 Golden Skill Points (determined by the comprehensive evaluation).

The comprehensive evaluation is S+, the hunter's current brand level is Lv. 84, brand level +6 (Task World Tier x Number of tasks completed + Comprehensive Evaluation - Task completion time).

Hint: For this world settlement, the brand level can be increased by a maximum of Lv. 6 at one time. Your brand level has reached Lv. 93.

Settlement complete, rewards have been deposited into the hunter brand.

After completing the world settlement, Su Xiao took out the five 【Origin Stone · World (Fragment)】 and chose to consume Space-Time Power to synthesize them.

【You have paid 3,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【Success rate of this synthesis: 100%.】

【Origin Stone · World synthesizing...】 ===== CHAPTER 3788 =====