Richard found himself in an endless, deep blue space, with countless silvery lights, like fireflies, dancing before his eyes.
He looked up at the sky, where a dim, lifeless sun hung high, surrounded by countless silvery rays...
Upon seeing this, Richard frowned. He could sense that Alter Ego Spirituality was hidden within that desolate sun!
At that moment, countless silver streaks of light seemed to sense Richard's arrival, and they swarmed together, transforming into a dazzling galaxy that flew towards him.
Richard instinctively closed his eyes, and the Flowing Light Star River passed directly through his body.
"Hmm~"
Richard groaned, feeling a chill run through his body, yet also a strange sense of comfort.
The silver streaks seemed to have discovered something very interesting, and they turned back to continue weaving through Richard's body.
Richard opened his eyes curiously and looked down at his body. As the Flowing Light Star River passed through his body, it became transparent for a moment. Countless silver streaks of light swept past, seemingly taking away some invisible substance hidden within him.
Richard carefully sensed the changes in his body and was so shocked that he blurted out a curse.
"Holy crap, this silver light can actually purify the soul?!"
He reacted instantly, and crimson Mana emanated from his body, covering his entire form.
The Flowing Light Star River returned once more, and the moment it came into contact with the crimson Mana, Richard felt his soul instantly boil over.
"Well!"
He groaned and knelt down on one knee.
As he continued to traverse the Flowing Light Star River, the crimson Mana emanating from his body grew stronger and stronger.
At the same time, his soul gradually became clearer.
Richard gradually relaxed, his eyes closed slightly, and his hand loosened, causing the Silver Briefcase to fall onto the soft ground.
He fell asleep quickly.
To be precise, Richard was like someone who had returned to the fetal stage, without thoughts or desires, pure and innocent.
His innate Spirituality manifested outwards, and the radiance of that Spirituality gradually became more brilliant.
At that moment, a long-forgotten memory slowly resurfaced in his mind.
These are his memories from when he first traveled to the Marvel Universe...
But in that memory, there was another person!
"Kill me!"
The original soul, who had just committed suicide and whose soul had not yet returned to Hell, directly expressed its only request upon seeing Richard's remnant soul.
Richard's remnant soul was already nearing its limit during its journey through the worlds. He didn't have time to communicate with the original owner's soul and, following his survival instinct, rushed over and devoured the original owner's soul.
Nourished by the original owner's soul, Richard's damaged soul was repaired.
Just then, the Golden Finger brought by the time travel—the passive ability of Spiritual Sharing —was triggered, revealing that the original Richard was none other than Alter Ego from the Marvel Universe!
His Total Evolution saved his body from death and also allowed him to escape Mephisto's soul harvest.
The sudden appearance of memories pulled Richard out of that strange state, and his outward Spirituality gradually receded back into his body.
At this moment, the lifeless sun, which had been hanging high in the sky without moving, suddenly changed!
It shot out a gray bolt of lightning, instantly traversing space and striking Richard on the head.
Richard's clear Spirituality was instantly shrouded in a layer of gray filth, and his once brilliant soul gradually went out.
The Flowing Light Star River, which had been frolicking and moving about, seemed to be enraged. It summoned more silver streaks of light and charged towards Richard's outward Spirituality as if it were an enemy.
The gray filth covering his Spirituality was exceptionally solid. The impact of countless silver streams of light caused that layer of gray filth to tremble and contract incessantly, but the next second, it would expand back again.
At this moment, Richard, awakened by that forgotten memory, realized the danger he was in and immediately unfurled his primordial Spirituality into a fishing net.
The gray filth attached to the Spirituality can only passively stretch itself along with it.
Seeing this, the silver streaks of light surged even more fiercely.
The gray filth could no longer hold on and gradually receded.
Richard seized the opportunity to connect with the Mana within his body; the crimson Mana instantly transformed into a vortex, engulfing his Spirituality.
"Uh~"
A muffled cry of pain escaped Richard's nostrils. The moment his Spirituality entered the Mana Vortex, it was as if he had been put into a wildly spinning drum. The feeling of being out of control and the pain of his Spirituality being constantly washed away gave him a horrifying sense of his soul being Lingchi Shocker.
Richard could only try to suppress the pain of his Spirituality being washed away and pursue the sudden inspiration that arose after the Shocker feeling of his soul Lingchi tortured to death appeared.
Hmm~ so this is what the purifying effect of the Purifying Waterfall feels like...
Is it possible to convert the purification effect into an attack?
It seems possible to add water blades or water spikes to the Mana water flow...
Hmm~ I remember when I was learning Traditional Chinese Medicine from Lao Wu in Kamar-Taj, he seemed to have demonstrated a kind of acupuncture technique for me...
Uh, what was it called again?
Ghost Gate... Eighteen Needles of Ghost Gate?
That seems to be the name... but how exactly was it performed?
Let me think... Hmm, it seems like this, like this, and like this again...
Wait, that's not right. This only targets eighteen acupoints on the human body that are sensitive to pain...
My future enemies will be non-human beings like Dormammu, Mephisto, and Thanos!
These weapons designed to kill people are useless against Dormammu, who has no physical form!
In that case, it would be better to add water blades to the Mana water flow...
Just as Richard was blocking out the pain and immersing himself entirely in developing new spells.
Countless silver streaks of light, as if harboring some deep-seated grudge, relentlessly charged into the crimson Mana Vortex, continuing to relentlessly pursue the gray filth clinging to the Spirituality energy!
The gray grime finally couldn't withstand the torment of the constant spinning and washing of the Mana Vortex and the continuous impact of the silver light. It transformed into an ugly gray-black octopus, swimming upstream in an attempt to break free of the Mana Vortex.
Trying to escape?!
Richard noticed the change in the gray grime and immediately halted the development of the new spell.
His mind returned to its source, and his primordial Spirituality, which had spread out like a net, quickly contracted into a ball, bursting out of the Mana Vortex like a cannonball.
The primordial Spirituality directly entered his soul, Richard instantly opened his eyes. The Hand Seal in his hands changed rapidly, and the Mana Vortex quickly transformed into a closed Sphere.
The Mana Sphere rapidly shrank, eventually becoming a Sealing Spirit Orb the size of a glass ball.
Losing their target, the silver streaks of light first wandered around aimlessly, then spotted the Sealing Spirit Orb Sealing Spirit Orb instantly surrounded it like vengeful huskies.
Countless silver streaks of light, like a dutiful legion, slowly revolved around the Sealing Spirit Orb...
Seeing this, Richard raised his hand and intercepted a silver streak of light. With his superior soul perception, the essence of that silver streak of light was directly revealed to him.
"The lingering spirit of a dead deer..."
Thinking of the almost supernatural behavior of the Red-Tailed Squirrel, Feny, he muttered to himself:
"Just as I expected..."
Richard gently sent the silver light back, then looked up at the gray, lifeless sun in the sky.
A vague guess formed in his mind...