The core of the Endless Abyss slowly descended into the secret territory.
With its black-hole-like corruptive pull gradually affecting this world, all matter within began rapidly transforming toward the low-dimensional essence of the Abyss.
The once fertile soil was trampled into pitch-black, filthy land by the demons' iron hooves.
The gentle, peaceful seas became corrupted into stinking swamps.
Even the air took on the acrid smell of sulfur.
Most terrifying of all, the ordinary and alien beings of this world had already fallen in large numbers before the Abyss fully arrived, becoming the demons' minions and slaves.
The entire world had decayed!
Yet someone who still dreamt of continuing to reign as king in the Abyss would despairfully discover…
The entity he prayed to was not the will of the Endless Abyss.
The one he communicated with, after using dozens as a blood sacrifice, was merely a powerful Abyss demon!
This demon exploited his greed and ambition, packaging a complete lie as the "king's dream."
At this moment, the fallen prince was meeting his end.
"Ahhhh! Evil Eye, you promised me! You promised me I could continue ruling my people, their souls, stand above them all!"
On the eve of the palace's fall, within the hall, a demon covered in twisted eyes gazed at the newly awakened true name within its soul and smirked playfully.
It opened its foul-smelling mouth, revealing a tongue covered in writhing larvae, and addressed the screaming little alien prince.
"Oh~ I almost forgot. I did promise you that you could become… a king, right?"
"Yes! You promised me!"
The fallen prince screamed, trying to pry apart the demon's iron grip.
But the demon's power far exceeded his imagination.
The awakening of three true names had brought this demon close to the legendary semi-god level. With any kind of divine authority, it could already be considered a true mythic being.
"Hahaha…"
The terrifying demon laughed wickedly.
"All it was… was a tiny, humble…"
"Request, and I shall grant it!"
The fallen prince's face brightened slightly, but in the next moment, regret flooded him.
His head and spine were bitten off and swallowed by the demon.
As it chewed, a pair of terrified eyes suddenly sprouted atop the demon's head.
They were identical to the prince's eyes!
"!!!!"
The eyes gazed in horror at everything around them.
All surrounding eyes mirrored the same fear, confusion, and regret…
Only now did the poor prince realize a horrifying truth: his soul, along with his eyes, would be eternally sealed within this demon, a master of manipulating souls.
Forever!
Yet the demon had indeed kept its promise.
"Now, Your Majesty, you will eternally rule over all the eyes on me. You will forever stand above them, even…"
"Hahaha, above my own head!"
A cruel realization of the promise's implementation.
Such brutal incidents were not unique to this demon alone.
Across this fallen world, demons captured their slaves by all means, expanding their power and strengthening their might.
These cunning demons, following the Abyss's conquest of world after world, gradually revealed their innate nature:
From afar, they stimulated the deepest desires of their prey, luring these pitiable beings into corruption.
They did this not only for amusement but also to facilitate the Endless Abyss's conquest.
The inhabitants of invaded worlds inevitably fell into the demons' traps, driven by their desires.
Yet the suffering of these beings did not interest the ruler of the Endless Abyss.
It had more important matters to attend to…
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As this world collapsed, its world core gradually became exposed.
Chu Hao absorbed the fragment, ensuring the Endless Abyss's strength would continue to grow.
Watching this, he exhaled slowly.
"Finally over. The seventh secret world… destroyed, or rather, devoured."
For months, Chu Hao had been exploring the Mist Realm, using the Endless Abyss to conquer world after world within these secret territories.
The recently fallen world was already the seventh.
He looked at the world crystal walls emerging from the mist and sighed.
"The true wars of the worlds far exceed my imagination."
"Every world in this secret realm surpasses the strength of ordinary Tian Ding University graduates. No wonder…"
Chu Hao realized an important truth.
"It makes sense why those with extraordinary divine worlds are given such high status here."
He understood another truth: why Tian Ding University's assessments trained students through invasions.
In exploring secret worlds, ordinary people cannot conquer these realms with their own strength.
These secret worlds are filled with powerful aliens, unknown mythic beings, and incomprehensible, enigmatic world rules.
Ordinary worlds and their inhabitants have no chance of survival in these wars.
Only the extraordinary, and the powerful beings born from extraordinary worlds, can survive these world wars.
With this in mind, Chu Hao sighed.
Then, enveloped in mist, he began to retreat step by step using his divine fire marks.
As he withdrew, the explored regions gradually closed under the mist's effect.
Returning, Chu Hao reached a familiar world.
He had no time to rest and immediately went to a building just outside the region.
The sign outside read, in common language:
[Exchange Hall!]
A place for trading worlds' rules, special species, mythic creature blood, resources, world cores, and all other materials.