The Right Room, the Wrong Bed

Raziel's remaining form completely collapsed, transforming into a mass of dark purple energy.

Within the energy mass, a faint dark golden mark darted about, trying to break free from the refinement, only to be gradually ground away and absorbed by the power of Taotie!

The entire process lasted quite some time.

At last, the final trace of the dark golden mark was erased, and the mass of dark purple energy was completely absorbed.

Suddenly, Xiao Yin's eyes snapped open!

A powerful aura burst uncontrollably from his body, soaring into the sky!

Level eighty-nine!

Not only that, his spiritual power had risen with the tide. His range of perception had expanded, and his control over subtle energy became even more effortless.

"Whew..."

Xiao Yin slowly drew back his released aura. Feeling the surging growth of power within him, a trace of satisfaction flashed through his eyes.

"Abyss energy may be troublesome to refine, but... it's a powerful tonic."

If Mammon or the Abyssal Sage King heard that, they would probably be furious enough to cough up blood.

Abyss energy was renowned for its corrosiveness, contamination, and near-indestructibility. Ordinary experts avoided it at all costs, let alone dared to refine and absorb it.

Only Xiao Yin, who possessed the Taotie Martial Soul—the origin of a primordial ferocious beast devoted to Devouring—and had preliminarily opened a Chaos Small World, could accomplish such an unbelievable "feat."

At the exact moment Xiao Yin successfully devoured Raziel and his Soul Power broke through.

In the core of the distant Abyss Plane, located somewhere unknown in the universe.

There lay a sea of energy condensed from endless darkness.

In the deepest part of that "sea," an will whose full form could not be perceived stirred slightly.

"Raziel... has fallen."

A deep voice echoed through this Core