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"This... starry universe!?"

Li Pin looked as far as he could.

Although the Light of the Great Dao had already told him there was something wrong with this Starry Sky Universe.

But...

He simply could not see it.

It was like being made to solve a problem: he clearly already had the answer, yet no matter what, he still could not work out the steps to solve it.

That was because his own foundation was far too lacking compared to the difficulty of this problem—so lacking that even with the answer laid before him, he did not know how to do it, or how to copy it.

"Hahaha."

At that moment, a burst of laughter resounded through the depths of Li Pin's soul.

Vaguely, a man seemed to be projected before his eyes, broad and powerfully built, his entire body carrying an aura of wilderness and rugged savagery.

But as the Light of the Great Dao continued to tremble, he understood that this figure had not appeared before his eyes at all. Rather, it had been reflected directly from the depths of his soul, appearing within his spiritual perception.

"This little fellow? He's too fragile. I can only communicate with you this way, and you still want to see my true body? What happens when a mortal stands before a black hole? Do you want to take a close look at one?"

The laughter came from the burly man "before" him.

A black hole...

Was the gap between him and a ruler now equivalent to that between a mortal and a black hole?

"Your Majesty."

Shasha inclined her head slightly.

Clearly, this brawny man before them, who did not seem particularly "mystical," was the Black Abyss Master himself.

Yes.

Nothing mystical.

But ever since he learned that he was currently