Chapter 661
Abyss Fragments Take Root in the Void
In the year 9139 of the Extraordinary Era, with time healing the wounds, everything in the three Great Worlds is gradually returning to normal.
The abyss licked its wounds, continuing its unprecedentedly harsh control over the demons within and its cautious probing of the outside world.
The spirit realm maintains a high level of alertness, like a sophisticated yet cold machine, constantly optimizing its surveillance network over its true gods.
[And the most desolate hell, a world with a broken spine and collapsing boundaries, after thousands of years of desperate cries, surprisingly showed a glimmer of cunning survival on the verge of destruction.]
[He did not choose the path of slowly drawing energy from the void to repair himself, as that would be too slow for his shattered foundation and would expose his fatal weakness.]
Conversely, the will of hell initiated the two-stage spinal therapy through a near-mad, self-destructive method.
[He forcibly extracted the remaining essence from himself, not to mend the irreparable and terrifying rift in the first backbone that forms the main structure of the world.]
Instead, using these fundamental elements as materials, a second, relatively independent and more flexible network of rules and support system is woven into the periphery and layers of the original world structure.
This process undoubtedly exacerbated the depletion of Hell's vital energy, making its decadent and dark aura even more intense. However, it was also like forcibly reattaching deformed limbs to a dying person, granting it a brief respite and preventing its immediate and complete disintegration.
However, would these two colossal beasts, the Abyss and the Spirit Realm, though also wounded, be allowed to recover in any form?
[A complete hell, even if only partially restored, implies a potential shift in the global power structure, something they absolutely do not wish to see.]
The problem is that neither the Abyss nor the Spirit Realm have fully recovered from that ancient war.
The core of the Abyss's will is constantly being depleted by creating and strictly controlling new demon gods, while the Spirit Realm's will is suffering considerable losses due to maintaining a high level of vigilance and fostering the birth of new gods over a long period.
[That is why they dare not openly and forcefully crush the fragile two-sectioned spine of Hell.]
Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall, let alone a great world will with a status equal to theirs?
Once Hell is driven to a truly desperate situation, it's hard to predict whether this Hell, already on the verge of collapse, will unleash a ruthless act of mutual destruction at the last moment, dragging all beings down with it into an even deeper abyss of destruction.
The price is something neither the Abyss nor the Spirit Realm can afford at this moment.
Thus, the two great worlds reached a tacit understanding.
[They will never launch a direct, forceful attack, but rather employ continuous, clandestine underhanded tactics.]
The Abyss subtly guides chaotic void currents, seemingly unintentionally eroding the nascent rules that Hell is painstakingly constructing.
The spirit world, in a clandestine and difficult-to-track manner, sows within hell some rule-based toxins that exacerbate the energy conflicts within it.
These methods, taken individually, may not be fatal, but like a persistent, insidious infection, they make every step of Hell's self-repair incredibly difficult, like struggling in a quagmire, never truly finding peace or recovery.
[Whenever hell is made to suffer excessively, its healing process will be greatly delayed.]
[In the year 9426 of the Extraordinary Calendar, an unexpected variable, unforeseen by the will of all worlds, quietly occurred in the desolate, storm-swept borderlands to the left of the universe.] [A colossal fragment, forcibly shattered from the Abyss during the final war, drifted aimlessly. The residual Abyssal activity and chaotic rules within it strangely resonated with that void.]
The fragment ceased its drifting, like a wounded beast finding its lair, and began to anchor its heavy, ferocious body in the void.
[He began to take root, embedding his chaotic tendrils of rules like black veins into the underlying structure of the void.]
[It began to sprout, and new, small-scale abyssal aura began to emanate from the edges of its fragments, slowly but steadily evolving into a system of rules that belonged to itself yet bore the distinct mark of the abyss.]
The birth of the normal Great World was the result of the primordial universe being nurtured over countless years in the endless void and tempered by violent void storms before it could take solid shape.
However, this fragment of the abyss is of extremely high status. It originates from the abyss itself, and the density and intensity of its matter and rules far exceed those of ordinary newly formed worlds.
The void storms, powerful enough to tear apart ordinary planets, only managed to create ripples of energy on the surface of this fragment, failing to fundamentally alter its nature.
Just as this fragment began to take root and evolve, emanating increasingly clear and unique abyssal power fluctuations, the very will of the abyss, infinitely far away, was suddenly startled.
The Abyss's Will possesses almost absolute control and sensitivity regarding its own intrinsic power.
Although this fragment has drifted away, the power imprint of its core, sharing the same origin, immediately attracted the attention and scrutiny of the original body's will, like a beacon in the night.
But sensitivity isn't limited to the abyss.
[At this moment, hell is like a terminally ill patient whose five senses are heightened by illness; its world-shaking will perceives even the slightest energy disturbance or rule-altering change in the external world to an almost neurotic degree.]
It was too weak, and too terrified.
The slightest disturbance could mean ultimate destruction; therefore, its surveillance of the surrounding void is no less intense than that of the ever-sleeping spirit world.
Just as the Abyss's Will focused a sliver of attention on that fragment, the Hell's Will, as if pricked by a needle, detected the nascent fluctuations of Abyss power emanating from that desolate void.
This discovery caused countless thoughts to flash through the mind of the Will of Hell, filled with pain and resentment.
He knew that in his current state, he was powerless to even contend with the will of the Abyss, let alone seize control of the origin of this newly formed fragment.
The tentacles of the Abyss's will have already reached out; if I act rashly, I will only invite a thunderous strike.
Therefore, a plan to divert trouble eastward and use one enemy to devour another quickly took shape.
Without the slightest hesitation, He conveyed to the Spirit Realm's will, in an almost humble yet urgent manner, the detailed information about how this fragment of the abyss was taking root and evolving, and potentially growing into a new tentacle of the abyss.
This is an open conspiracy!
[Hell attempts to lure the tiger of the spirit world into a stalemate between itself and the abyss, while retreating into the shadows, hoping to find an opportunity to fish in troubled waters or even reap the benefits in the gaps of their struggle.] (End of Chapter)