Chapter 171: Pit Bottom

Boom—!

The Small World expanded as if the World Tree had burst it, its diameter instantly swelling to one hundred thousand kilometers.

The World Tree has 10,081 Main Roots, each ten kilometers in diameter and three hundred thousand kilometers long; limited by space, most Main Roots can only fold space and compress volume, but the Main Root beneath Estate No. 114 on Wuchen Continent is unrestricted, and Xiao Yu immediately decided to increase the Main Roots beneath the estate to one thousand.

Thus, the efficiency of absorbing Primordial Energy doubled.

Each leaf on the World Tree's trunk measures a hundred kilometers in diameter, and the leaf surface emits faint Space-time Origin Fluctuations.

After ascending to Domain Lord Level, the World Tree's innate ability to command space-time became even stronger, and the entire Small World fell under its control.

The Core space expanded tenfold as if unsealed, and the space now contains abundant violet unknown energy.

At the same time, Xiao Yu also instructed the three Starry disciples meditating on the Hun Dun Stele not to disturb him.

Howling wind roared beside his ears, Xiao Yu kept descending, his heart shocked, "Descending eight thousand kilometers, the evil aura grows ever denser."

Irina, hearing the commotion, immediately rushed excitedly to Xiao Yu's side and said, "Master, I have already comprehended the first ripple diagram of the Hun Dun Stele, and I am now meditating on the second. From now on the Insect Race I create will be faster and stronger in attack."

Inner world.

Xiao Yu began to carve the rock wall at the location sensed by the World Tree; the closer he approached the Space-time Origin anomaly source, the higher the evil aura concentration.

Xiao Yu, wearing only his underpants, leaned against the mountain‑sized tree and looked at Irina, "While I am merging the divine crystal, do not let your subordinates disturb me."

It is no longer a monotonous silver Secret Pattern, but has become a black‑and‑white Secret Pattern.

As the Insect Queen, Irina has grasped a certain law, which she can also bestow upon the Insect Race she creates.

Boom!

The World Tree itself is a darling of space-time, innately able to command it, and now it has even increased its compatibility with the Universe Origin.

Xiao Yu's primary soul human body has cultivated in the great pit for three months, increasingly feeling changes in his body and spirit; daily the evil aura reshapes him, and compared to the beginning, his progress is substantial.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The resistance generated by Xiao Yu's astonishing descent speed finally balanced with gravity, allowing him to descend at a steady rate.

With a single leap, he fell straight along the astonishing gravity below, continuously plunging downward.

"I can't advance further; I'm still a thousand kilometers from the space-time anomaly, and every ten kilometers the evil aura concentration at least doubles the great pit's density." Xiao Yu's soul built a model based on the World Tree's sensing.

The black threads within the void crystal continuously flowed into Xiao Yu's body, and gradually the void crystal became increasingly transparent.

The nearer he got, the more astonishing the rise in evil aura concentration; the murderous will surging into the Sea of Knowledge also grew ever stronger and terrifying, as if countless Demon Gods were howling, their roars both forceful and intangible, constantly tempting and swaying Xiao Yu's will.

Sitting cross‑legged, Xiao Yu retrieved a third‑tier Beast Core from the Space Ring, then pried it open with a Void‑yuan Blade, while his spirit enveloped the Beast Core to prevent soul energy loss.

Eight thousand kilometers.

The World Tree sensed that at thirty thousand kilometers underground there is a location where the Space-Time Origin fluctuation is abnormally intense, not the kind of temporal turbulence.

"Fifteen thousand kilometers. The evil aura is denser." Xiao Yu, still descending, was shocked, "This concentration has probably increased by at least threefold."

Xiao Yu decided to adapt on the spot, and after adapting, to continue moving forward.

From now on, the World Tree's meditation on the Space-Time Origin Law will be twice as effective with half the effort.

Xiao Yu halted in a region where the evil aura concentration is ten times normal; his complexion turned slightly pallid, eyes narrowed, gaze like a blade, and a faint cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

According to the model, the evil aura concentration at the space-time anomaly source is at least two hundred times.

The mutations in Xiao Yu's body grew increasingly intense.

One hundred Core units instantly spawned layers of blue‑light Illusory Shadows; the wild beast Illusory Shadows struck the space-time ripples, were affected by the ripples, and reverted to soul energy. Each of the hundred Cores extended fine threads, absorbing the soul energy scattered in the Sea of Knowledge.

"Kill! Kill!" The murderous will kept striking, yet Xiao Yu remained unmoved.

The World Tree is extremely sensitive to Space-Time Origin fluctuations; even a single split root is part of the World Tree's body, and any part of the World Tree's body falls within the range of its abilities.

The entire void crystal, including the now‑transparent crystal itself, melted directly into a strange force, merging into Xiao Yu's soul and body; instantly the seemingly simple silver Secret Pattern on Xiao Yu's chest gained an equal amount of black Secret Pattern, doubling it.

The World Tree Clone's ability to sense Space-Time Origin Law fluctuations is stronger, and its meditation on the fourth diagram of the Universe Chaos Stele accelerated by more than tenfold.

Howling wind!

6 times... 6.5 times... 7 times... 8 times... 9 times...

"Hmm, in the future if the World Tree Clone rests, you can also ask me," Xiao Yu laughed, "The World Tree is me, the human is also me."

After emerging from the Small World, Xiao Yu immediately noticed an anomaly.

"Starting today I'll merge a second divine crystal, this time merging a void crystal." In a good mood, Xiao Yu decided then, "Today, I'll try merging divine crystals again."

"Twenty thousand kilometers. Still no bottom in sight."

The enhancement isn't just to the human body, but also to his World Tree Clone; that's rather terrifying!

"The compatibility with the Universe Origin has clearly boosted the power," Xiao Yu thought, pleased.

He then descended another five thousand kilometers, "The concentration actually lightened a bit!"

Will Impact is three times stronger than before, yet it is still crushed by his own will.

Xiao Yu drew the Void‑yuan Blade, casually cut a slash, and a satisfied smile spread across his face.

Then Xiao Yu's entire being entered the internal Small World, leaving only a segment of the World Tree's root outside.

"I endured it."

Boom!

A surge of pure soul energy flooded Xiao Yu's Sea of Knowledge, and the soul energy coalesced into a giant wolf‑like wild beast Illusory Shadow that slammed into Xiao Yu's soul crystal.

Whoosh!

His whole body returned to normal, the black‑and‑white Secret Pattern vanished, and that miraculous force now lies hidden deep within every cell of his body.

Xiao Yu decided to go investigate.

The evil aura and space-time fluctuations at the pit's bottom are denser than those felt during descent, at least six times the great pit's density.

"Hmm, I'll send them to a farther place," Irina said with a smile, then continued to immerse herself in meditating on the Universe Chaos Stele.

Xiao Yu landed at the pit's bottom, exactly thirty thousand kilometers down.

Immediately he sensed a difference; when he previously merged a time crystal, his detection of Space-Time Origin Law fluctuations improved by thirty percent, and now after merging a void crystal, his detection of Space-Time Origin ability rose by fifty percent.

In the giant pit, a root several hundred meters in diameter materialized out of thin air, stretching down from Xiao Yu's abode for hundreds of kilometers.

He took out a void crystal that emitted black radiance, his spirit enveloped the crystal, and together the frantic Will Impact assaulted the soul; the familiar feeling returned, and the soul and body were being rapidly altered.

Swoosh! Xiao Yu sprang to his feet.

The anomalous spot lay diagonally below Xiao Yu's abode; Xiao Yu decided to descend from the pit, and after reaching a certain depth, he dug a tunnel.

Five months later, Xiao Yu merged the third divine crystal, which was a Time Crystal.

His body's alignment with the Origin of Time grew higher.

(End of Chapter)