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"Hello, everyone. I'm your old friend, Murloc Alchemist Horace!"

"Today, we'll be discussing the creation of basic Alchemy Items. To create an Alchemy Item, several essential elements are required. First: suitable extraordinary materials, most of which are taken from magical beasts, magical plants, and demonized materials. They possess extraordinary power themselves, while Alchemy Items are used to draw out that power."

"Second: an Alchemy Platform—a miraculous platform capable of breaking down the molecular structure of matter and reforging it. An indispensable tool for alchemists!"

"Third: imagination beyond that of ordinary people..."

Early that morning, Fang Xiu and Chen Jin had gathered in the first-floor hall to listen to the broadcast. Unlike usual, however, there was now an additional black cat.

After listening to a whole lot of it, Fang Xiu felt that Murloc Alchemist Horace had simply gone around in circles and repeated himself several times. There was very little useful information, but Fang Xiu had roughly understood where Alchemy Items drew their abilities from: their extraordinary materials.

An alchemist's role was to make use of the properties of extraordinary materials. More advanced alchemists could even directly bestow extraordinary power upon ordinary materials. However, Fang Xiu felt that Horace, the alchemist hosting this broadcast, was probably not a particularly advanced alchemist.

"I can analyze the materials of those Alchemy Items on the soul level and gain inspiration for creating spells!"

A full day and night had passed, yet Black Fiend still had not run away. It seemed he was not as tough as he had imagined. Faced with Fang Xiu, who dared to call himself the master of the Black Fiend King and was fierce and violent, Black Fiend had still chickened out. He sat cross-legged on the sofa without saying a word.

"A great man should endure humiliation and conceal his talents, revealing them only at the most critical moment!" Black Fiend secretly glanced at Fang Xiu, his black tail swishing back and forth.

When Fang Xiu turned his head, Black Fiend immediately puffed out his chest and raised his head, putting on a fawning expression. He looked less like a proud cat than a lapdog.

Now, Fang Xiu could understand the broadcast without Chen Jin translating for him. It truly was a language aimed at the soul.

Fang Xiu noticed that Chen Jin's soul seemed to have weakened somewhat. Her soul had originally gained some of the characteristics of Spiritual Power interfering with reality due to magical radiation, but now, whenever it was used to interfere with reality, it would often become slightly transparent.

"Chen Jin, get ready. You should merge with the Spirit Seed I created as well. The Spirit Seed creation technique has been completely perfected. As long as you merge with it, it can fully perfect your soul structure and bring you to Tier-1. Then you'll be able to survive without relying on magical radiation. You might even be able to leave this place and go outside to take a look. I—"

"Hiss!" Before Fang Xiu could finish, he suddenly felt as if there were a branding iron in his pocket. The scorching heat seemed to burn directly into his soul, making Fang Xiu leap to his feet and jump onto the sofa.

Fang Xiu stepped on the tail of Black Fiend, who had been dozing on the sofa. Black Fiend immediately sprang up as well. The man and cat both hopped around in pain, looking utterly ridiculous.

At last, Fang Xiu pulled the source of that burning sensation from his pocket. It was the Dominator of Time and Space Log.

Fang Xiu hurriedly opened it and immediately saw a line of text slowly emerge on the once-blank third page.

"Time-Space Containment Order!"

"A mistakenly opened ultra-long-range Space Teleportation Gate from a Different Time-Space has led into this time-space. Due to the time-space interference lock of the Dominator of Time and Space, it has landed near the Dominator of Time and Space. Please clear it immediately!"

"Item: Unknown Demonized Plant Seed!"

"Origin of Time and Space crossed: Time-Space 13156!"

Fang Xiu's face darkened at once. This notification was even briefer than the previous one about the Unlicensed Transmigrator. There was no name, no time, no location—nothing. It only said that it had landed somewhere near him. How the hell was he supposed to find it?

Moreover, Fang Xiu felt that these time-space incidents had not occurred early or late, but had started happening one after another only after he became this Dominator of Time and Space. And they just happened to occur near him every time. It really did not seem normal.

"Due to the time-space interference lock of the Dominator of Time and Space, it has landed near the Dominator of Time and Space." Fang Xiu silently repeated that sentence. Then, a sudden realization dawned on him. Could it be that this so-called Dominator of Time and Space was the greatest time-space interferer—the biggest parasite and destroyer in this time-space? Was that why these time-space incidents kept happening around him?

"If that's the case, then isn't the so-called Dominator of Time and Space just someone who can set fires while forbidding everyone else from lighting lamps?" Fang Xiu seemed to understand a little better what the Dominator of Time and Space actually was.

Fortunately, the Dominator of Time and Space Log was only a log, not some kind of mission-distribution system. It merely notified Fang Xiu of other events in this time-space that disturbed time-space; it did not forcibly demand that he do this or that, threatening to erase him if he refused.

"An Unknown Demonized Plant Seed?" After reading it, Fang Xiu's heart began to itch again. He found it even more tempting than the few extraordinary items currently in his possession.

"How am I supposed to find it?" It was hardly realistic for Fang Xiu alone to search an entire city for a single plant seed.

Fang Xiu suddenly lowered his head and saw Black Fiend licking his tail. He recalled the scene of Black Fiend commanding tens of thousands of cats before. It had been imposing, domineering, and unrivaled.

Fang Xiu immediately crouched down, a kind smile appearing on his face. "Black Fiend! Could you do me a favor?"

Black Fiend was mourning his tail and silently sulking at Fang Xiu. He was furious but did not dare voice it. Yet now Fang Xiu wanted his help? "I'm very busy, you know!"

Fang Xiu slapped the table, pursed his lips, grabbed Black Fiend by the scruff, and stood up, heading for the kitchen. "We're having cat meat tonight."

Black Fiend immediately began kicking wildly at the air with all four paws and cried out, "Meow meow meow! Meow meow meow! I was wrong! Don't worry, Master Fang Xiu! I'll do whatever you ask!"

That evening, groups of cats of all sizes gathered in Fang Xiu's yard.

Cats of every kind had come from different corners and households throughout the city. Every one of them was large and sturdy, and Fang Xiu stood off to one side watching them.

He was very curious about how these cats communicated with one another, and how Black Fiend controlled them to gather information for him.

The reason he had summoned these cats was naturally to search for the missing demonized seed. Since it was a demonized item, it would surely be accompanied by unusual phenomena and strange incidents. Fang Xiu had thought of using the cats to investigate the entire city, collect information, and thereby locate that unusual seed.

Black Fiend stood atop the wall, looking down at the cat groups below.

"Why are all the cats that came so big? I haven't seen any small ones!" Fang Xiu asked curiously.

"These are the ones in charge of their respective territories—the cat bosses of each residential complex, park, and street!" Black Fiend explained to Fang Xiu.

But he still added another sentence afterward, his tone unbearably arrogant: "Still, no matter who they are, they all have to listen to me!"

Fang Xiu suddenly felt as though a door into the animal world had opened before him. "Oh! So this is what the cats' world is like!"

Black Fiend and the cats seemed to possess a special language and means of communication, even more mysterious than the language of souls, as though it could only be used among themselves.

"Meow meow meow! (That's it. If you find any strange plants, seeds, or abnormal phenomena anywhere, come report them all to me!)"

"Meow meow meow meow meow! (This is my servant. He specializes in scooping my poop!)"

"Meow meow meow! (That's right, they're all a bunch of stupid lower life-forms! We cats are the true masters of the world!)"

"Meow meow meow! (Last time, we failed because humans were too cunning. Next time, once we regroup, we'll definitely be able to...)"

Fang Xiu could not understand a single word of what the cats were meowing about. But as he watched Black Fiend speak with animated gestures, occasionally raising his right paw high into the air, anyone unaware of the situation might have thought some supreme leader had arrived.