Chapter 149: Investiture of the Dao Executor
The silence that followed LingBao’s departure was heavier than the roar of the previous explosions. He remained kneeling at the center of the crater of blackened glass, his body wracked by sporadic tremors. The blood staining his jade face began to evaporate under the effect of a heat that was no longer that of the lava, but that of the disintegration of reality itself. The Sword Demoness had purified the parasites, but the titanic battle and the use of transcendental techniques had broken the precarious balance of this pocket dimension.
Around him, the purple sky tore into large strips of absolute darkness, revealing the spatial void that rushed in through the fissures. The basalt pillars turned to fine dust even before touching the ground. However, BaiShe showed no sign of panic. His hands, though trembling, joined in a mudra of deep meditation. His Omega Heart beat with a dull violence, desperately pumping Khao to maintain the integrity of his frayed meridians.
’This world has only a few hours of existence left...’ he thought. ’If I do not stabilize my Dantian now, I will be crushed by the dimensional collapse before I can even taste the fruits of my usurpation.’
Simultaneously, he turned his gaze toward the object floating a few centimeters from him, spared by the surrounding chaos. The World Seed pulsed with a milky white light, containing within it the embryo of a new reality, a reserve of original Qi so vast that it made his Devourer Physique shiver. Without a second of hesitation, BaiShe reached out and seized the relic. The sensation was that of an absolute cold, a hungry void that seemed to want to absorb his own essence.
"<Devoration>"
He brought the seed to his lips and swallowed it. BaiShe widened his violet eyes, his veins instantly bulging under his porcelain skin, becoming both black and luminous. The original Qi rushed into his meridians like a torrent of molten metal.
As a result, BaiShe entered a deep cultivation trance. He remained motionless, seated in lotus position in the middle of a collapsing world. Days passed, although the notion of time had become blurred in this dying space. Around him, the mountains disappeared, the rivers of lava evaporated into nothingness, and finally, the ground itself faded away, leaving him floating in an iridescent void maintained solely by the power of his domain.
In the depths of his Dantian, the World Seed merged with his Omega Heart. The two essences, one celestial and the other khaotic, fought for dominance before finally intertwining under the authority of his Law of Logic. BaiShe felt his Overlord cultivation base solidify, the nine stages of this realm opening before him.
[ Ding! World Seed Stabilization: 100% ]
[ Ding! Devourer Physique evolution detected... ]