From that tiny, insignificant point within his lower abdomen, an imperceptible strange aura was continually released. The murky gray aura flowed endlessly through Lin Qi's entire body, steadily strengthening him, making his flesh tougher and more powerful.
Every so often, a thread of gray aura would slip into Lin Qi's sea of consciousness and merge with his soul.
Then Lin Qi saw countless bizarre creatures and countless strange scenes before his eyes. In an endless expanse of pitch-black space, countless enormous fireballs erupted violently, while all manner of tiny spheres slowly revolved around them.
The paths traced by those tiny spheres were filled with an indescribable mystery. Though they made not the slightest sound as they turned, Lin Qi's soul heard a tremendous, rumbling roar coming from the void.
He saw countless strange living beings emerge upon those tiny spheres as time passed, among them creatures resembling dragons and demons. He saw those beings evolve through the ages and breed civilizations of dazzling splendor.
He saw dragons erect towering dragon spires that pierced the clouds across the earth, each occupied by a dragon family. They flew through sunshine and torrential rain, holding the power of life and death over countless beings. He saw demons construct majestic stepped pyramids underground. They performed all kinds of bizarre religious rites, trading souls and blood for even greater power.
Then he saw an enormous fireball suddenly split apart, opening an incomparably vast gateway within it. One flying palace after another emerged from that gateway—palaces of ancient, sacred, majestic design, carrying terrifying auras.
Fireballs throughout the void were devoured one by one. Countless small spheres were smashed to pieces, and innumerable races were utterly exterminated. Dragons had their tendons ripped out and their skins flayed, their bones picked clean and marrow drawn; male demons were