The Demon Emperor put away the Microcosm, placing it inside the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
The space within the ring had originally been empty.
Now, with a small world added, it felt much fuller.
After they came out, they stopped playing with the creature from the Mechanical Universe and left the lightning elements alone.
The Demon Emperor had only studied it briefly and found nothing special about this life-form from the Mechanical Universe.
Naturally, he lost interest.
Besides, this creature merely felt goodwill toward the Demon Emperor; it had no intention of submitting to him.
It already possessed the ability to survive independently in this world of chaos.
Naturally, it did not want to become someone else's slave.
With no pursuit mission left to carry out, their urgency vanished.
The Demon Emperor and his companions slowed their journey back.
This time, the Demon Emperor wandered leisurely through chaos, casually slaying Magic Beasts now and then, gathering ores, and searching for minor treasures to stockpile resources for the Primordial World.
As for the Demon Emperor's habit of plucking a feather from every goose that flew past, leaving nothing untouched,
the Lord of Darkness could not understand it.
In his mind, everything he did was for himself.
He and Demon Emperor Daochen were two entirely different people.
Still, since the Demon Emperor liked these little things,
the Lord of Darkness naturally did not begrudge the effort.
From time to time, he used a hand of darkness to seize things around them, letting nothing they encountered escape.
In truth, the Demon Emperor was traveling so slowly
not solely to collect resources.
He was also searching for Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Dijun.
Those two truly never gave him a moment's peace.
They had actually run away from home.
Most importantly, they had cut off all