"Let's give it a try."
Qin Chuan muttered to himself.
He took a deep breath and unfurled the Shadow Domain once more.
This time, however, it was not meant to devour a single target, but the entire dungeon space!
Buzz—
The Shadow Domain slowly expanded like a massive black hole, gradually engulfing everything around it.
The ashen sky, the decaying earth, the stench of death permeating the air...
All of it was swallowed bit by bit by the Shadow Domain.
"Hmm?"
Qin Chuan suddenly discovered a dense mass of black mist in the deepest part of the dungeon space, desperately resisting the Shadow Domain's devouring force.
"This is... the dungeon's origin?"
A thought stirred in Qin Chuan's mind.
He had not encountered this situation when he absorbed Black Scythe Castle before.
But that was because he had killed Black Scythe first.
If Black Scythe had still been alive at the time, absorbing his castle would have met with resistance as well.
Every independent space possessed something akin to a "core."
"Get in here!"
Qin Chuan increased the Shadow Domain's devouring power. Though the black mist resisted with all its might, its energy was limited. Like a tree without roots, it ultimately could not withstand the Shadow Domain's power and was dragged in bit by bit.
Boom!
Once the black mist was completely swallowed by the Shadow Domain, the entire dungeon space began to shake violently, as though it could collapse at any moment.
"This place is about to collapse."
Qin Chuan had expected it. With a flicker, he instantly returned to the dungeon exit.
The moment he emerged, the spatial rift began shrinking rapidly before vanishing completely, as though it had never existed.
"Success."
Qin Chuan let out a breath of relief.
He could sense that the Shadow Domain had