Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 2283 - 2284: The Origin of Darkness
The beginning of the transfer action simultaneously affected the balance of the entire Parallel World, and the darkness of the Devouring World, originally restricted by the Guardians, became active once more.
Feng Yuan naturally realized this situation, but before he could act, Eclipse emerged from the crimson chain passage and rushed into this Parallel World.
As a Guardian of the Yin World, Eclipse’s authority is much higher than that of Agunas and the others, allowing it to suppress the darkness of the Devouring World using its power and authority.
"Unrestricted technology will ultimately lead to irrevocable disaster..."
Qiu Hanmo’s murmur drew a puzzled look from Yang Hongzhi, who had no intention of explaining, but perhaps due to familiarity with Qiu Hanmo, Yang Hongzhi did not pursue further.
Instead, Qi Chen asked Dou Yanlan quietly,
"What on earth did he mean by that?"
"It should... be related to the darkness of the Devouring World."
Dou Yanlan replied uncertainly. Unlike Qiu Hanmo, Dou Yanlan was still unable to confirm if things truly were as she guessed.
Whether it was due to being in a Parallel World or the sheer strength of the Devouring World’s darkness, Eclipse’s appearance could only prevent the darkness from rapidly expanding its territory. In areas it couldn’t cover, the darkness continued to spread.
No one paid much heed to this. As long as everyone was transferred to the real world, they wouldn’t need to be so constrained and could launch direct attacks on the darkness of the Devouring World using their ultimate moves.
The reason they hadn’t done this earlier was entirely because they feared it might cause the Parallel World to collapse.
Though the transfer speed wasn’t slow, the sheer number of people needing transfer made it challenging. Seeing Feng Yuan maintaining the crimson chain passage for a whole day, Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan couldn’t help but worry.
After all, unlike continuous combat, where there’s time to eat in between, Feng Yuan hadn’t consumed anything while maintaining the crimson chain passage for an entire day, making the three concerned for Feng Yuan’s wellbeing.
"Can’t it be interrupted here?"
Yang Hongzhi anxiously asked Najia. Given Feng Yuan’s method, it wasn’t certain if his body could withstand it.
Najia, perched on Yang Hongzhi’s shoulder, occasionally glanced at the sky to ensure the darkness of the Devouring World wasn’t approaching. Upon hearing the inquiry, Najia thought for a moment and said,
"No, if interrupted, resuming would take a lot of time. Their actions have severely impacted the World Barrier, and without constant maintenance, the sky might shatter."
This forceful method of creating a passage naturally increases transfer efficiency but also brings significant issues. If Feng Yuan and the others didn’t maintain the passage, the Space Shockwave caused by the passage’s creation would be enough to backlash, destroy the entire space passage, and trigger a massive disaster in the Parallel World.
Thus, Feng Yuan and the others couldn’t stop, or subsequent transfers would become a major problem. Additionally, Najia wasn’t worried that Feng Yuan couldn’t hold on, but it couldn’t explain the specifics.
Qiu Hanmo was the only one of the four who wasn’t worried about Feng Yuan, speculating that Feng Yuan’s identity was special, though he couldn’t decipher what exactly. However, it was certain that Feng Yuan was undoubtedly connected to the Mythical Civilization.
In the situation, Min Si could only advise Qi Chen and the others to rest. Due to safety concerns, Qi Chen and the rest could only set up tents near the square, as being too far would compromise their safety.
Even if the Guardians could protect them, Qi Chen and his companions didn’t find the Guardians entirely trustworthy.
The transfer lasted more than three days, and Feng Yuan wasn’t holding on all the time. Partway through, he left a phantom image and exited the ceremony area with Xiao Ji.
"Finally, it’s almost done."
Watching the crowd still passing through the passage, Feng Yuan sighed. The time consumed by this transfer exceeded his expectations, but if it weren’t for the large numbers, Agunas and the others wouldn’t have needed to create an Old World Continent.
"After the transfer ends, we might not be able to act immediately; doesn’t that matter?"
Najia looked at Feng Yuan with concern and inquired. It hadn’t anticipated the transfer would take such a long time. Other than itself, most of the Divine Beasts had joined this transfer action.
Even Divine Beasts could barely manage not eating, drinking, or sleeping for three consecutive days, and after the transfer ends, Agunas and the others would need a few days of rest to recover.
Feng Yuan thought for a moment and said,
"It shouldn’t be a big problem. Just have Eclipse and Xilnais help suppress the dark spread speed; what needs to be done is to stabilize this Parallel World."
Theoretically, the fastest solution is for Feng Yuan to destroy the entire Parallel World, but doing so would not only annihilate this Parallel World but also directly kill those Mythological Remnants at Feng Yuan’s hand.
For Feng Yuan, this isn’t an ideal approach.
So their plan is to first resolve the darkness of the Devouring World and then guide the Parallel World to its conclusion.
For this already unbalanced Parallel World, guiding it to an end isn’t difficult. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
With the transfer action completed, Agunas and the others predictably need some time to rest and recover.
As the passage closes, the sky resembles Najia’s prediction, covered with space fissures like glass cracks, indicating the forced passage creation severely impacted its stability.
The blue sky turned dim, with flames flickering occasionally in the air, making the desolate city seem on the brink of apocalypse.
"Currently, that thing has devoured about one-third of the Parallel World area; direct handling isn’t impossible, but it’d be quite conspicuous and unfavorable for subsequent reclamation of the World Essence."
In the temporary camp, Feng Yuan stated. After resting, Agunas and the others mostly recovered, and with a flick of its tail, Agunas said,
"Can’t drastic means be used for purification?"
"Afraid not. Based on the intelligence, those things are part of the world’s life forms and contain World Essence internally; if not properly handled, this part of the World Essence will remain in a polluted state."
Feng Yuan shook his head and remarked. This matter is quite troublesome, as the darkness from the Devouring World itself possesses World Essence. If eliminated directly, the World Essence wouldn’t disappear, but doing so would mix the pollution with the World Essence, making subsequent handling even more problematic.
"Are you planning to clean the darkness while reverting it to World Essence? That’s not exactly easy either."
Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan and said, spreading her hands, Feng Yuan replied helplessly,
"No choice, considering they created such a thing."
Regarding the darkness of the Devouring World, the Guardians’ information is incomplete, but from what they provided, everyone knows the cause of that darkness.
As they suspected, to study how to create new real life forms in the Parallel World, they conducted experiments that violated common morals in a specific Parallel World.
Though the Parallel World couldn’t naturally generate life, forcibly creating beings wasn’t impossible.
However, when they used special means to forcefully create souls for the beings, a problem arose. Although the artificial souls looked identical to normal souls externally, once placed within a body, a bizarre Chimera phenomenon occurred.
Just like those Chimera seen by Feng Yuan and the others, though originally normal animals, upon receiving souls, transformed into bizarre monstrosities.
In order to figure out what was happening, they continued experimenting, yet they never realized a particular issue: the Chimera transformation was caused by the soul affecting the body, but when disposing of failed products, they simply destroyed the body and shattered the soul.
Those shattered Soul Fragments, despite nearly invisible, still existed, accumulating and intensifying the Chimera phenomenon as experiments continued.
Eventually, even merely creating a body resulted in odd Chimera mutations.
By the time they realized this and began preparing to clean up the Soul Fragments, the accumulated fragments exploded instantly. If they hadn’t possessed sufficiently strong means, none would have escaped the experimental zone.
After the experimental zone fell, the eerie Chimera creatures began expanding and devouring, growing into darkness that continuously evolved to devour everything.
To prevent these mutated creatures from further growth, they employed every tactic, yet for these creatures, those measures could only at most restrict their actions.
Regarding subsequent events, though the Mythological Remnants tirelessly attempted to suppress or eliminate those mutated creatures, the reality was that these creatures ceaselessly devoured the Parallel World’s territory.
Following which, Feng Yuan and the others experienced what transpired after their arrival.