God Realm Expansion

After handing over temporary command of the Magic City Stronghold, Qin Chuan did not waste a moment.

He entered the Exclusive Training Room and sank his Divine Sense into the Shadow Domain.

The newly assimilated Blood Shadow God Realm floated quietly at the edge of the Shadow Domain, radiating a dense aura of bloodshed and Space Distortion. It stood in stark contrast to the Shadow Domain's own profound darkness, yet somehow maintained an eerie balance.

The Blood Shadow Sovereign sat upon the Blood Divine Throne at the center of the god realm. Sensing Qin Chuan's will descend, its scarlet eyes opened slightly, sending him a thought filled with submission.

With a thought from Qin Chuan, one million units of Divine Essence poured forth like a dazzling river of stars, surging mightily toward the Blood Shadow God Realm.

Boom!

The entire Blood Shadow God Realm trembled violently.

The moment the Divine Essence came into contact with the god realm, it transformed into the purest nourishment and frantically merged into this newborn land.

The dried-up river of blood swiftly became turbulent and surging before the naked eye. The energy contained within its waters grew purer, and amid the rolling blood-red waves, strange runes appeared and vanished beneath the riverbed.

The blood-colored clouds churned even more violently, with crimson lightning flickering faintly within them.

That was the power of Laws condensing. Every flash of lightning made the god realm's spatial structure more stable.

The shattered Space Cracks were rapidly repaired. The edges were no longer blurry nothingness, but began expanding outward as the god realm's territory steadily and resolutely spread.

The Mountain Range and buildings that had originally consisted only of Qin Chuan's shadow imprints now seemed to have been granted true flesh and blood, becoming far more solid. Savage clusters of blood-red crystals even grew across the mountains, radiating the unique pressure of a god realm.

Upon the throne, the Blood Shadow Sovereign's divine radiance surged, and its aura rose steadily.

It greedily absorbed the Divine Essence pouring into the god realm. The complex divine markings across its body, representing the Authority of Blood and Space Distortion, grew increasingly brilliant, while its Godhead consolidated and improved at an astonishing rate.

The word "pseudo" in its original "Mid-Rank Blood-Space Godhead (Pseudo)" gradually faded beneath the infusion of immense Divine Essence, as though it might disappear completely at any moment.

Qin Chuan quietly sensed it all.

He could clearly feel his connection to the Blood Shadow God Realm rapidly deepening, while his control over it rose accordingly.

This was not merely an attached god realm. It was also an extension and manifestation of his own power.

Only after more than half of the million units of Divine Essence had been consumed did the Blood Shadow God Realm's expansion and strengthening gradually slow.

Although the god realm had not grown several times larger in scale, its stability and the condensation of its Laws were now far beyond what they had been when it was first born.

The Blood Shadow Sovereign's aura had also stabilized in the upper-middle range of a Mid-Rank God. The word "pseudo" on its Godhead was nearly imperceptible, leaving behind only a faint shadow.

Qin Chuan nodded in satisfaction, then turned his attention to the two Law Fragments.

He first took out the Space Law Fragment, crystal-clear and seemingly containing countless twisted star trails within it.

Without hesitation, Qin Chuan pressed it directly against his forehead.

Buzz—

A vast, complex, and profound understanding of space instantly flooded into his sea of consciousness.

Countless mysterious streams of information concerning Space Folding, dimensional leaps, coordinate positioning, and barrier construction flowed past him. Every point of information contained endless mysteries of space.

Qin Chuan's previous understanding of space had mostly been based on the instinctive use granted by Darkest Hour, as well as the indirect insights he had gained while shaping the Blood Shadow Sovereign.

Now, this Law Fragment was like a key that opened an entirely new door for him, allowing him to glimpse the tip of the iceberg that was space's true nature.

The Shadow Divine Power within him began circulating on its own, simulating and analyzing these Space Laws.

With every breath, he seemed to resonate more deeply with the surrounding space. He could even "see" the minute folds and nodes in space that ordinary people could never perceive.

His angles of entry for Shadow Strike were no longer limited to visual blind spots. He could now sense weaknesses on the spatial level, making his ambushes even more silent and impossible to guard against.

The tearing method of Space-Time Fracture was no longer a simple brute-force cut. He could precisely target and destroy fragile connections within a spatial structure, greatly increasing both its power and efficiency.

Even his everyday spatial teleportation had taken on an entirely new meaning.

Qin Chuan discovered that he could control a teleportation's landing point with greater precision and even make slight adjustments during the teleportation process.

Things that had once been obscure and incomprehensible now became instantly clear.

This was not an explosive increase in power, but a transformation of essence—a deeper insight into the fundamental rules of the world.

After a long while, Qin Chuan slowly opened his eyes. It seemed as though a river of stars flowed through them before swiftly returning to profound darkness.

He casually raised a hand, and the space before him rippled like water. He easily shaped it into various forms, and with a thought, he could construct stable spatial anchor points whose stability far surpassed anything from before.

"So that's how it is. Space is not unchanging, but a canvas that can be shaped at will."

Qin Chuan murmured softly. His mastery of the Space Laws had already risen to a new level.

Next, he picked up the Death Law Fragment, which radiated an icy, deathly aura.

The fragment was pitch-black throughout, but countless fine gray veins spread across its surface, as though recording the end of all things. The moment he held it, a cold sensation of annihilation washed over him.

Qin Chuan had not encountered the Death Law often, yet he did not hesitate. He likewise fused the fragment into his forehead.

An icy torrent completely different from the Space Laws charged into his divine soul.

It carried the will of withering, decay, annihilation, and endings—the inevitable destination of all things.

The life-devouring, soul-rending properties of his twin daggers, Darkest Hour and Night of No Light, seemed to have found their source when stirred by the Death Law Fragment, becoming even more condensed and lethal.

Shadow Power and Death Power were not wholly opposed. Instead, they shared some hidden connection.

Shadows were the shades cast by all things, while death was the end of all things. On a certain level, the two arrived at the same destination by different paths.

Qin Chuan felt that his understanding of shadows had gained an added layer of profundity through contact with the Death Law.

An attack was no longer merely about tearing and chaos. It could also carry the deathly qualities of stripping away vitality and eroding the divine soul. Such properties struck directly at the source, making them even harder to defend against or dispel.

Even his perception of souls had sharpened considerably, allowing him to distinguish their strength and condition more clearly.

Once the two Law Fragments had been fully absorbed, Qin Chuan's aura became even more restrained. Yet the faint pressure that occasionally leaked out still made Dies Martin and Aleisa feel their hearts tremble.

Finally, Qin Chuan's gaze fell upon the Egg of Nothingness.

The egg was roughly the size of a fist. It was an unusual grayish white, smooth and without any markings, yet it radiated a sense of emptiness as though it could swallow all light and perception.

Qin Chuan tried to investigate it with his Divine Sense, but the instant his Divine Sense touched the shell, it vanished like a stone sinking into the sea. No response came back.

Infusing it with divine power produced no reaction either.

The egg seemed to be an absolute black hole, neither accepting nor returning any energy.

"What a strange thing."

Qin Chuan temporarily put it away.

This was clearly not something he could figure out in a short time, but his intuition told him that it was anything but ordinary.