Shelter City City, inside the sixth floor of the Supreme Temple.
The entire sixth floor could be divided into three parts: the sleeping hall, the dining hall, and a treasure room. Behind the tightly shut metal doors of that treasure room were all the Astral Realm Devourer's treasures.
One of the Astral Realm Devourer's hobbies was gluttony, especially all kinds of rare delicacies. It possessed a voracious appetite like that of a Taotie.
The strongest beings of the myriad realms did not necessarily become more detached from worldly desires as they grew stronger. On the contrary, the more powerful they were, the greater their desires became. Naturally, they also possessed stronger willpower in proportion. That was why the Soul Crown was known as the bane of the strong.
The various delicacies cooked with vitality on the banquet table could not arouse the slightest appetite in the Astral Realm Devourer today. This made the servants attending it, as well as the chef beside the dining hall door, tremble with fear. If the master they served showed the slightest displeasure, it would casually grab them, throw them into its mouth, and chew them a few times. Compared with this world-destroying existence, so-called monsters were not frightening or terrifying in the slightest.
The Astral Realm Devourer picked up a half-cooked steak and was just about to feast when the knife wound slanting across its chest caused the violence in its heart to surge. With a wet smack, the large piece of steak in its hand was crushed, and blood mixed with vitality broth trickled between its fingers.
Nightmare aura spread outward along the wound. Star patterns appeared across the Astral Realm Devourer's body, and only after a moment were they suppressed. Once everything had calmed down, the Astral Realm Devourer had lost all