The Mutation on the Desolate Star was connected to his recent forging of the Taichu Demon Refining Talisman.
Breaking through to Tier Five required raising the completion rate of the unknown Talisman—the Taichu Demon Refining Talisman—to ten percent.
The reason for this requirement was that the Taichu Demon Refining Talisman was meant to cultivate a true Controller—someone capable of mastering it.
Hu Qi had now accomplished this. Moreover, the Taichu Demon Refining Talisman had detached from the world’s will and entered his body.
After losing the Taichu Demon Refining Talisman, this world no longer had any need for Tier Five beings.
While it wasn’t so drastic as to become an ordinary world devoid of Extraordinary Power, continuing to sustain so many Tier Five beings was too great a burden for the world to bear.
Under the control of the world’s will, the power of the Extraordinary beings was directly weakened, and the concentration of Ethereal Wanderers in the world was reduced.
This was what led to the current situation.
The world’s will, a collective consciousness of all living things, was akin to a super-AI’s autonomous program that would choose the path most beneficial to the world’s development.
Of course, it wasn’t impossible for Hu Qi to restore the world to its previous state.
However, doing so would accelerate the consumption of the world’s origin, hastening its demise.
The other options were to give up and strip out the Taichu Demon Refining Talisman...
...or to merge with the world himself, becoming a part of it.
Naturally, Hu Qi had no intention of sacrificing his own interests for the sake of this world.
"As you can see, this world has changed. From this day forward..."
"...be it for Evolvers or Wild Beasts, Tier Four is the new limit. It will be impossible to surpass it..."
Hu Qi gave them a brief explanation of the current situation.
He naturally saw no need to elaborate on the details with the three of them, especially concerning the Taichu Demon Refining Talisman.
Nevertheless, the impact on the three of them was immense.
’Tier Five is no more?’
’How could something like this happen?’
’This is a direct blow to our power.’
’The only good news, at least, is that the power of the Wild Beasts will be limited as well.’
However, what puzzled them was that the Hu Qi before them seemed just as powerful as ever. Not only had his aura not weakened in the slightest, but he now felt even more unfathomable.
If the previous Hu Qi was like a terrifying existence that crushed any thought of resistance...
...then the Hu Qi of today was like an abyss, impossible to fathom.
There was clearly only one explanation for this: Hu Qi’s power had increased.
As for why that was, naturally, no one dared to ask.
With his current level of spiritual perception, Hu Qi could grasp their thoughts with near-perfect accuracy just by glancing at them.
But he paid them no mind.
After giving them a few simple instructions, Hu Qi dismissed them.
After they had left.
Hu Qi sat quietly in his seat with his eyes lightly closed, lost in thought.
A dozen seconds later.
He opened his eyes and looked ahead.
Ripples spread through the void before him.
A figure in a white robe, holding a Damaged Black Banner, materialized.
It was none other than Hu Qi’s true body.
Before, it would have been difficult for his true body to enter this world. But things were different now. With the Taichu Demon Refining Talisman stripped away, the world’s own power had been weakened. On top of that, his Clone had gained authority over this world.
He had gone from being the world’s enemy to its master, so entering was no longer so troublesome.
The moment his true body appeared, the Hu Qi in the seat—the Clone—erupted in flames. His form dissolved into a streak of Flowing Light that shot into Hu Qi’s true body.
Upon performing Introspection...
...he saw another Spirit Seed within his soul, located in the Void Space of his Celestial Heart Divine Treasure. It was formed from what looked like innumerable silver threads.
Along with the Sun God Spirit Seed and the Nightmare Demon Elephant Spirit Seed, he now possessed three Spirit Seeds.
’Three Spirit Seeds... It’s still not quite enough. And although my power has increased again due to this fundamental growth...’
’...the improvement wasn’t particularly significant. The area of my internal Void Space has expanded a little, but it will still be difficult to absorb this entire world into it.’
Hu Qi frowned slightly.
As a Snake of Destruction, the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent should, in theory, be able to devour worlds, using entire realms and all creation as nourishment.
Devouring this Desolate Star should have been no problem.
However, that ability was for devouring worlds weaker than itself.
Moreover, that was a process of direct consumption and digestion, whereas Hu Qi needed to place the world inside his Void Space.
The two were entirely different concepts.
The former turned the world into nourishment for the devourer.
The latter, however, required one to use their own power to sustain and carry the entire world.
However, it was impossible to expect someone as avaricious as Hu Qi—a man who would pluck a feather from a passing goose—to abandon a world that was already in his grasp.
’Absorbing a world into the Void Space should accelerate the evolution of my Pocket World.’
’Not to mention, some of my believers are still in this world.’
’Without the faith they provide, the progress of my Sun God Spirit Seed would slow to a crawl.’
At this thought, his figure vanished from the spot.
...
「High in the heavens.」
Hu Qi’s figure materialized.
From his high vantage point, the entire Desolate Star World unfolded beneath his gaze.
It was an ovoid sphere.
A large portion of its surface was an earthy, yellow wasteland. The remainder consisted of oceans, cities, and patches of green.
The Desolate Star was immense.
His Void Space would have great difficulty containing it.
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