Two years later.
"Master, in the nineteenth-level abyss laboratory, the Time Willow Vine has continued refusing to bear willow catkins."
Taro Man appeared in Green's Void Mothership laboratory. Having been nourished by the Kinsfern Source Life Spring, it had not only broken through the shackles of a mere Level-Three plant being to become a World Lord, but had also evolved without hindrance ever since. Its vitality had now reached a terrifying 50,032, making it the most mysterious and powerful slave in Green's Secret Realm.
"I know."
Green nodded.
"Pity. There'll be one less seasoning from now on. Oh well."
As he spoke, Green waved a hand, signaling for Taro Man to leave. His calm, weathered face was illuminated by the flickering glow of magical lamps. Excitement, fervor, and anticipation shone in his dual-colored eyes as he stared at the sheet-like gray-white Xeno Marrow on the laboratory table. An eye that was about to be completely assimilated by Green's magic was covered in sealing runes, incomparably mysterious.
"It's done. It's about to succeed—the eighth phase of the Face of Truth project: Eye of the World!"
The malformed Eye of the World struggled ceaselessly, yet the many runes from the Face of Truth's first seven phases suppressed it layer upon layer, sealing it with the Energy Conservation Sealing Art.
It was like an eye afflicted by an alienating beam, trying to break free from the mask, only to be dragged back by it time and again.
Amid Green's laughter, the malformed Eye of the World gradually took on an exhausted air. Its struggles grew smaller and smaller, while the surrounding gray-white Xeno Marrow firmly imprisoned it atop the mask.
After nearly two hundred years of effort, the Face of Truth's eighth-phase project had succeeded!
Green impatiently stretched out his right hand. His