In Hongmeng.
An old man with a goatee stood amid the boundless nothingness, trembling with excitement.
He had just spent everything he owned at Starlight Market, scraping together ten trillion Origin to buy a permanent title of the Sixth Step Name-Holding Realm from a young man who called himself "Abyss."
Now, feeling the domineering, pure High-Dimensional Power within him, he was close to tears.
"One hundred and ten thousand Eras... I spent one hundred and ten thousand Eras hiding. Today, I finally get my chance to rise!"
The old man threw back his head and howled. Not far ahead of him floated a Chaos Placenta nearing the end of its lifespan.
It contained countless Great Universes.
In the past, he would never have dared touch such a thing. A Chaos Placenta often housed Fifth Step beings, sometimes even Sixth Step ones.
But things were different now.
He raised a hand.
At the center of his brow, the Branch Title belonging to "Abyss" blazed to life.
His body shot upward, transforming into a boundless, shadowy gray figure.
The figure opened a bottomless maw and sucked fiercely at the Chaos Placenta!
Boom!
The seemingly indestructible Chaos Barrier shattered like paper. The vast wreckage of universes, along with their High-Dimensional Laws, became a surging torrent that poured straight into the old man's body.
The old man shut his eyes and shuddered with pleasure.
"So fast! It's refining so fast! The Abyss title is a divine treasure!"
He looked at the Origin reserves swelling inside him and could barely contain his delight.
That Devouring efficiency was more than Ten Thousandfold faster than his old cultivation.
With this title, who in Hongmeng would he ever need to fear again?
"The Abyss Sovereign is a saint! Selling a priceless treasure for just ten trillion Origin—he's practically