Patient Number One

Rumble!!!

The Ten Thousand Treasures Divine Hall's dome, supposedly strong enough to withstand a supernova, collapsed.

It did not shatter under an outside blow. Like tofu beneath a hydraulic press, it was sucked inward by the terrifying mass that had erupted inside the hall.

"My divine crystal dome! My void coating!!"

Moro knelt in a corner, clutching his head with all four hands and screaming like a pig at slaughter.

But he did not dare move.

He did not even dare think of running.

The man standing amid the ruins radiated an aura that made Moro's soul tremble.

It was not Divine Might.

It was... "mass" from some higher dimension.

Yang Yu floated in midair, his clothes stirring without a breeze.

The dull gray Primal Divine Form Fragment melted against his forehead. Like a drop of water hitting hot oil, it instantly detonated the energy long dormant within him.

"Ugh..."

Yang Yu grunted.

There was none of the bliss he had imagined.

Instead, it felt as though he had swallowed an entire neutron star.

In that instant, gray energy tore apart every cell in his body, then rebuilt them.

If his previous upgrades had been like pouring water into a cup,

this fragment had smashed the cup and was forcing him to become the sea.

Crack. Crack.

The level 200 lock that had held him fast groaned under the strain.

But he paid it no mind.

His consciousness was undergoing an ascension unlike anything he had experienced before.

His surroundings vanished.

Moro's screams faded away.

Even the concerned calls of his Master, Li Qingcang, and the others stretched endlessly before falling silent.

Yang Yu felt himself rising.

He passed through the hall's ruins, through the Thousand Star Corridor, and beyond the glittering stars.

Drawn by the Divine Form Fragment, his