Chapter 161

Seven True Gods stood at the boundary of the Realm, looking at Jiang Xuan with complex expressions, filled with various emotions such as apprehension, fear, and Worship.

This battle seemed to have the Seven Gods' help, but they actually only helped intercept two Old Ones, and they even suspected that even without their help, Jiang Xuan could easily resolve it.

They were now a little afraid that Jiang Xuan would kill with red eyes and kill them along the way; their seven True Gods were far easier to deal with than the seven Old Ones besieging Jiang Xuan!

Coincidentally, Jiang Xuan's blood-red gaze looked toward the Goddess of Night and the others, and a violent and eerie pressure surged toward them, like a flood about to collapse their hearts' defenses.

Several people were so frightened that they even had a stress reaction, and Rule Power involuntarily leaked out.

Fortunately, this killing intent lasted only an instant; the next second, Jiang Xuan regained that carefree and unworldly feeling, and the previous chaotic and violent killing intent seemed like an illusion.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan somewhat painfully inspected his Micro World internally; during his battle, that strand of Consciousness had expressed dissatisfaction several times with Jiang Xuan using Life Force.

Life Force was something the Micro World reached its current rich level after countless eons of absorption.

High-concentration Life Force in the Micro World was very important; it could maintain the Micro World's stable development and be used to gestate the world's first life, whether plants, animals, or even a simple clump of sentient fire—anything was possible.

And every time Jiang Xuan replenished two or three strands of Life Force consumed, that strand of Consciousness needed to actively absorb in the Void for two years to pile up that much, and moreover, when the Micro World had not undergone Master Recognition, Life Force would also disperse a bit, so the actual situation took more than two years!

In this battle, Jiang Xuan made the World Will waste at least over ten years for nothing; the World Will now expressed strong dissatisfaction, demanding that Jiang Xuan not only use without working but also replenish the Life Force he used, and even return a bit more.

Borrow one, repay thirteen!

What a high-interest loan that defies the will of ancestors!

Jiang Xuan estimated that in the previous battle, he used at least six times, totaling fifteen strands of Life Force, which was the World Will's thirty years of diligent labor results.

But you ask me to replenish nearly two hundred strands of such high-concentration Life Force carrying World Will—isn't that a bit too much?

The two Wills negotiated friendly, and the two reached the humiliating treaty of borrow one, repay ten!

The negotiation process mainly involved Jiang Xuan rolling up his sleeves, quite shamelessly claiming he was extremely poor and couldn't produce that much even if killed.

Then he drew a big pie, saying that once they became wealthy in the future, he would definitely let them live a good life, and the Micro World would quickly advance to a Small World, then a Medium World!

The World Will nodded excitedly, indicating that afterward Jiang Xuan could use the Life Force inside however he wanted.

"Then I don't need to borrow one and repay ten?" Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up.

The World Will's ruthless fluctuation transmitted: "No! One thing is one thing! Afterward you can use it however you want, but you must also repay ten!"

Jiang Xuan helplessly accepted this condition, separated a large mountain of Source Stones from his storage space, and handed it over to the Micro World to absorb.

The large mountain had just landed when it disappeared!

The World Will transmitted excited Consciousness, requesting another three thousand identical large mountains!

Jiang Xuan widened his eyes; what three thousand mountains? A mountain this large of Source Stones, you just made it like that? I didn't even have time to blink, and it was gone?

He also possessed the ability to control the Micro World; sensing it, this one mountain only condensed twenty strands of Life Force, only enough for him to repay less than one-seventh of the debt!

Too hasty!

Should have drawn the pie bigger, striving for borrow one repay five would also do! Now even if he emptied his family assets, he still couldn't repay the current debt!

However, Jiang Xuan did not prepare to default on the debt; he even truly wanted to do his best to manage this Micro World well.

Now, just the help the Micro World gave him was already so huge; the most important reason he could fight one against seven was the endless recovery ability, allowing both his body and spirit to receive huge replenishment.

Once it grew to the level of a Small World, Medium World, Large World, and even later a Small Universe, wouldn't his strength take off!

This was an alternative path to becoming stronger.

Hmm?

Jiang Xuan suddenly thought that his refining furnace could melt weapons and integrate them into himself; could he also integrate the Micro World with his own body?

Then the World Will would be equivalent to the Micro World's artifact spirit? An artifact spirit that could actively repair and manage the weapon!

"Jiang... Xuan? You've been stunned for a while! Did something happen?" The Goddess of Night walked over cautiously, or rather, she was pushed out by the other True Gods.

Previously, Jiang Xuan's prestige made these True Gods who had never spoken to him somewhat afraid, but Jiang Xuan's Realm had always shrouded this area, so they had to push out the Goddess of Night, who had contacted Jiang Xuan earliest and was most familiar, to come ask.

Jiang Xuan's Consciousness returned; he currently had no thoughts at all about the method of integrating the Micro World with his body, possibly because his Cultivation Realm had not yet reached the point of contacting the Micro World; he could only wait until later to see.

Seeing the Goddess of Night standing before him, several True Gods far away at the Realm boundary were also staring at him; Jiang Xuan asked doubtfully: "Nothing's wrong! Is there something?"

Having witnessed Jiang Xuan's strength, now the Goddess of Night did not dare to retort, and stated point by point: "Since you've resolved these Old Ones, can your Realm be withdrawn! We can't get out!"

Jiang Xuan glanced at the Fallen Mother Nest suspended in midair and nodded: "Although these Old Ones are extinguished, each has a means of Revival; afterward, you'd best form groups to go to the Outer Regions and clean up those cultists more!"

Old Ones are not so easy to kill!

Just like the Ancient Sun God, they possess Characteristics similar to the Supreme and the Heavenly Venerable; as long as someone is using their Sequence, or even if there are Fanatic Believers praying, they can awaken from the knowledge of the Sequence.

The Goddess of Night nodded slightly; she had never underestimated any Old One. This time, seven against two only achieved Suppression, making the Goddess of Night pay more attention to these veteran Old Ones.

Jiang Xuan waved his hand casually, and the entire Realm slowly dissipated, with the "Error, Space, and Prophecy Power" also slowly dissipating.

Outside the Black Curtain, Klein was already standing in the Star Sky, but did not feel any polluted gaze descending; even the seven True Gods responsible for Blockading the Rift did not appear before him.

"Where are the people?"

The "Wish-Granting Lamp" in his arms suddenly let out an arrogant laugh: "I felt it! The aura of my main body in the Outer Regions! I can finally become complete! I've waited for this moment for two full centuries!"

"Once I recover the full strength of an Old One, I will definitely make the Main World, all of you people, all!!"

"......"

"Hmm?"

The Black Curtain slowly dissipated; the split part of the Chaos Child's Wish-Granting Lamp, its arrogant voice sounded like it was stuck.

Facing him was Jiang Xuan, exuding soaring Killing Intent, and behind him, various shattered and absorbed Characteristics and Authorities, with the Mythical Form floating askew in the Star Sky.

Beside him, the other half of the Chaos Child's indeterminate Mist in the Star Sky had now truly become Mist, an ordinary Mist beyond ordinary!

Jiang Xuan's gaze fell on the Wish-Granting Lamp in Klein's hand; the other party had long been enveloped by thin Gray Mist at some point, Blockading all its ability to move freely.

After becoming the "Fool" True God and previously controlling the Gray Fog, Klein now also possessed a certain degree of ability to control Gray Fog.

Even if Jiang Xuan didn't kill the indeterminate Mist, the Wish-Granting Lamp couldn't escape Klein's palm, and couldn't fuse with the indeterminate Mist.

Jiang Xuan revealed a dangerous smile on his face: "Do what to all of us?"

"I mean... make all of you... make all your wishes come true!"

Jiang Xuan withdrew his gaze; the indeterminate Mist's Authority was only a small part of the "Hidden" Authority, and the ability to fulfill wishes was just a slight supplement to the "Fool" Sequence; he already looked down on this thing, but it was quite important to Klein.

Although the Authorities within Jiang Xuan's body were still those attached to Source Castle and the Chaos Sea, with the supplementation of these Old Ones from the Outer Regions, the Authorities he possessed became more complete, drawing closer to the Dao!

Such vast accumulation could greatly reduce the energy he would later expend forging Dao artifacts with these Rules and Authorities, granting him an immense boost to his foundation.

"Is this solved?" Klein looked at the emerged wreckage in shock; that heart-palpitating eerie aura spread outward from the wreckage — even a Saint who glanced at it for a second would likely be directly twisted into madness.

Even an Angel witnessing this scene would need a very long time to calm down; only a True God could resist this kind of all-round pollution coming from both body and will.

"I just sat here for a while; who knew they'd all come looking for me like they'd gone mad one by one!" Jiang Xuan spread his hands, wearing an innocent expression.

The seven True Gods beside him rolled their eyes darkly.

Sat for a while with such a grand display? I'm afraid the entire universe felt that fluctuation!

In fact, the Seven Gods still underestimated the propagation power of the fluctuation; it was not just this one universe that perceived it!

The Wish-Granting Lamp was playing dead at this moment, like an ordinary object being toyed with by Klein.

Jiang Xuan waved his hand broadly and said with a laugh: "Perfect, you're all here, and the trouble is solved too! Let's go see the situation behind the Gray Fog Wall!"

The seven True Gods, Klein included, had their eyes light up; although Source Castle and the Chaos Sea were already in Jiang Xuan's pocket, if they could fuse a share of Source Quality and obtain a type of Authority, it would also make their divinity more stable.

Although it could not compare to Jiang Xuan's current strength, it would make the subsequent operation to annihilate those reviving Old Ones easier as well.

Klein also held some expectation; although the most compatible Source Castle was gone, there was still the Chaos Child's Source Quality which was relatively compatible with him, and he still held a portion of the Chaos Child's Authority in his hand — the probability of acquiring Source Quality was very high.

"This Fallen Mother Nest?" Klein looked doubtfully at the only still relatively intact Mother Nest in the starry sky.

Jiang Xuan waved his hand: "This is just a projection of the Fallen Mother Goddess; the main body fled long ago! I'll go find her later!"

The third layer of the Old Ones' Box records the coordinate position of the Fallen Mother Goddess's lair in the starry sky; he isn't afraid of her escaping.

Although he has zero interest in Authorities related to the Fallen, the Eight Trigrams Furnace's fire can now absorb pollution to enhance its flame capability, so Jiang Xuan still decided to resolve it if the opportunity arises.

The gods followed Jiang Xuan to the God-Abandoned Land.

The current God-Abandoned Land was no longer the darkness-shrouded appearance of before; light shone on all things, eerie plants gradually rotted under the Great Sun's illumination, some powerful eerie pollutants hid in the ground or shadowy corners, everything was developing in a normal direction.

When Klein hunted the magic wolves, he personally came here to cleanse the pollution for the people of Silver City and Moon City once more; now they don't need to move to the North and South Continents to live a normal life.

Moreover, those eerie things lurking in the darkness transformed into their money trees; various eerie Spirituality materials are scarce resources on the North and South Continents — taking any out could exchange for quite a sum.

So their lives are getting better and better!

The only thing unchanged is that region blocked off by the thick, massive Gray Fog Wall!

Dense gray fog circulated, dividing the entire space into two halves; within, various lights faintly flickered.

Jiang Xuan placed his hand on the Gray Fog Wall; that eternally unchanging gray fog, sensing its master's aura, slowly opened a crack like a gate.

A heavy aura rushed at them, followed immediately by various shrieks, weeping, roars — as if a person's emotions were split into multiple parts and expressed simultaneously.

The vast majority of Source Quality here was split off from the Original Creator, and carried various different mental powers.

Ignoring those chaotic sounds, Jiang Xuan stepped in first; the others followed one after another.

The Gray Fog's astonishing density — Jiang Xuan could sense the stability of the space here, so he did not use Shrink Ground to Inches; a full ten minutes of walking passed before they exited the Gray Fog Wall!

The sky was a gray expanse, still shrouded by the Gray Fog Wall, yet the scene before them was like a mad demon dancing wildly!

High in the sky hung the Source Quality of the other half of the Fallen Mother Nest; it had already automatically derived to completeness, suppressing the Source Quality below in the sky, freely infecting and making use of the Rule Power these Source Qualities emitted.

Under the Fallen Mother Nest's influence, the Source Qualities below collided with each other, eerie things mutually polluting and competing — they actually looked like they were vying for favor.

These Source Qualities had stayed here so long with no one controlling them that they had actually begun another round of deriving their own wills.

The Chaos Sea and Source Castle had at least been contacted by someone before; these Source Qualities had been here since being sealed — deriving wills is not hard to understand!

However, this is not good news for the True Gods; they need to collect Source Qualities that have wills — a moment's carelessness and they could be infected by the maddening mental power.

Pollution and madness have always been irreversible — True Gods are the same!

Sensing the eerie power emanating at all times, the Seven Gods' expressions turned somewhat ugly.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace emerged in Jiang Xuan's hand; endless black flames soared skyward, targeting the Fallen Mother Nest that spanned the entire sealed space like a big sister.

Although the Fallen Mother Nest had already developed some will, it simply could not resist the black flames that had already absorbed the pollution from the Chaos Sea's depths and the pollution of the numerous Old Ones from the Outer Regions; the Rules it emitted were instantly devoured completely.

Having lost the Fallen Mother Nest's influence, the other Source Qualities gradually quieted down.

(Chapter End)