Ye Chen’s expression was cold, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. Without any discernible preparatory motion, the ferocious Electromagnetic Beast lunging toward him was abruptly flung backward, rocketing away like a thunderous cannonball. Its entire skull was driven deep into its neck, and it crashed into the electromagnetic storm, its body collapsing amidst trails of viscous, electrical slime seeping from its wounds.

Ye Chen’s demeanor remained unchanged as he continued to ravenously devour the surrounding electromagnetic waves. This energy converged upon him with lightning speed, causing the electromagnetic storm zone, initially spanning a radius of 90 million kilometers, to instantaneously shrink to about 25 million kilometers. Anyone passing by at that moment would surely have their eyeballs bulge from their sockets.

Sensing that Little White Wolf's Superman Mode was about to dissipate, Ye Chen quickly retracted the Qi Tun Shan He secret technique, clutching the nine-zhang-diameter black sphere before him, and shot away into the distance. His speed surpassed light speed, and in a mere 0.001 seconds, he reappeared at the periphery of the shrunken electromagnetic storm zone.

The moment his feet touched the ground, the overwhelming power flooding his body receded like a tide. His fur and razor-sharp fangs rapidly retracted, his volume slowly decreasing as he reverted to his human form.

Ye Chen’s face was somewhat pale, and he swayed slightly, overcome by a desperate urge to simply collapse and sleep. Gritting his teeth, he forced himself upright. With a sweep of his hand, he pulled open the Rune Space, from which a white figure floated out, catching his staggering frame and holding him steady. An urgent, caring voice sounded near his ear: “Are you alright?”

Sensing the faint, delicate fragrance in the air, Ye Chen’s spirit immediately lifted. He slowly shook his head and said, “I’m fine.” As he spoke, he flipped his palm and pulled several bottles of top-tier stamina recovery potions from his embrace. After swallowing them, he immediately felt strength returning to his body, alleviating the oppressive lethargy and weakness.

Ye Chen sat cross-legged, resting quietly. After two hours, he had fully recovered. He stood up and gazed at the nine-zhang black sphere before him, his eyes gleaming with sharp light.

“Is this Ancient Dark Matter?” Bai Yijun asked in astonishment when she saw his eyes open.

Ye Chen smiled and nodded. “This Ancient Dark Matter was hidden within the electromagnetic storm zone. I absorbed the electromagnetic waves and incidentally managed to capture this.”

Bai Yijun pondered this. “In that case, there should be quite a bit more Ancient Dark Matter, perhaps even Ancient Dark Stone, within this electromagnetic storm zone.”

Ye Chen nodded. “Indeed.”

Ancient Dark Stone was the result of Ancient Dark Matter compressing together and being refined over ages through the hammering of time—solid matter condensed from gas.

The value of Ancient Dark Stone was immeasurable; no number of other stones could purchase even one piece. It was a treasure beyond market value.

“I’ll go look for some,” Bai Yijun declared immediately, keenly aware of the immense worth of Ancient Dark Stone. Obtaining even one piece would greatly benefit Ye Chen.

Ye Chen held her delicate hand, whispering softly, “We’ll go together later. Once my Little White Wolf Superman Mode recovers tomorrow, I can re-enter.”

Seeing the concern in his eyes, Bai Yijun’s heart warmed, and she smiled sweetly. “Alright then, we’ll go together tomorrow.”

Ye Chen smiled slightly and turned to face the mass of Ancient Dark Matter before him. After a moment of contemplation, he opened the Rune Space and deposited the material inside, then ushered Bai Yijun into the space with him.

Ye Chen pulled out the Demon God Palace and led Bai Yijun and the Ancient Dark Matter inside, arriving directly outside the main control room of the central area. There, he saw Zixiang skipping and bouncing toward him, running happily. She grabbed the corner of Ye Chen’s robe with her small hands, whining pitifully, “I missed you so much, Master.”

Ye Chen gently rubbed her little head. “I need to handle some matters here. Open the Inheritance Space; I need to go there for a while.”

“Are you leaving soon?” Zixiang instantly grew anxious, clinging tightly to the hem of Ye Chen’s robe.

Ye Chen looked helpless. Bai Yijun, standing beside him, smiled sweetly and stroked Zixiang’s little head. “You must be the intelligent main deity of the Demon God Palace, aren’t you? You’re so cute. He needs to attend to a very important matter; how about I stay and keep you company, alright?”

Zixiang blinked her large, glistening black eyes, gazing curiously at Bai Yijun for a moment before finally releasing Ye Chen’s robe with a half-believing pout. “Fine then. The Inheritance Space is in the second chamber, down the sixth passage. You can go straight there.”

Ye Chen and Bai Yijun exchanged a knowing smile. Ye Chen entrusted Zixiang to Bai Yijun and hurried away. He soon reached the location Zixiang had indicated: the entrance to the sixth passage was a white alloy door, with an iron-colored circular aperture in the center. As Ye Chen stepped onto the alloy plate before the door, the plate sank slightly. The iron aperture rotated slowly, emitting a red beam of light that fixed upon Ye Chen’s iris.

“Identification confirmed. Identity matches.”

A cold, mechanical voice resonated from the alloy door. Immediately afterward, the red light retracted into the aperture, which spun slowly, like the release of a button, and the massive alloy door swung open, revealing a vast, boundless cosmos studded with dazzling stars.

“This is the core chamber of the Demon God Palace, the universe left behind by Wan Renxiong?” Ye Chen’s eyes flashed, and he instantly moved, stepping into this universe.

Within this stellar expanse, a perfect vacuum existed. Upon entering, Ye Chen immediately felt that the entire starry cosmos was intrinsically linked to his body, seemingly becoming an extension of himself.

“True Dawn…” Ye Chen perceived this universe. Though fragmented, it was still overwhelmingly immense. “It comprises eight star sectors. Each sector contains approximately 190 billion star domains. Each domain holds around 60,000 star systems. The planets within each system are innumerable.”

“Some of these planets were damaged by external attacks and rendered useless. Others remain perfectly intact, their energy factories operating automatically, generating faint energy that converges to repair the universe’s wounds.”

Feeling the boundless number of planets within the universe, Ye Chen suddenly wondered where the Milky Way galaxy, which contained Earth, lay within the grand scale of the star domains—and how vast the entire universe truly was, and to whom it belonged.

By bonding with the Demon God Palace, he had effectively claimed ownership of Wan Renxiong’s damaged universe. Ye Chen possessed absolute authority over the entire cosmos, able to arbitrarily modify its laws and alter the energy tables. If he were to remove energies like oxygen and carbon gas from the energy table, the entire universe would cease to have any oxygen.

If he modified the biological structure of the inhabitants to survive without oxygen, life could still be created. However, these beings, unless they reached the demigod realm, would instantly die from asphyxiation upon leaving this universe.

This was because the established laws in most universes and ancient worlds mandated that oxygen was necessary for survival!

In this energy table, the only elements that could not be removed were the nine fundamental energies: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, dark, wind, and thunder, along with the essential energies of Yin and Yang. These were the building blocks of the universe, akin to the main pillars of a house. Lacking any of them would render the structure incomplete; missing too many, and the entire universe would collapse into ruin!

With a thought, Ye Chen arrived at the stretch of stars where he had undergone his previous inheritance. Looking up, he saw the miniature black hole operating relentlessly within the immense star field, with no planets within a dozen light-years around it.

Ye Chen stood before the black hole, feeling completely different than the last time. The intense suction that had previously overwhelmed him into unconsciousness, forcing him to last only a moment, now generated a powerful tearing force that felt like a gentle breeze against his skin, causing him no pain whatsoever.

Ye Chen’s expression was calm. He stepped forward, plunging into the black hole, raising his hand to support the Ancient Dark Matter as he moved toward the depth of the miniature black hole. As he proceeded deeper, the tearing power intensified, yet it still exerted no effect on his body.

During his last visit for the inheritance, Ye Chen was merely a peak demigod with a level of 9,990,000. Now, he was at the pinnacle of the Divine Spirit Realm, with a gene amplification factor exceeding 3,000 times—the gap was like the chasm between heaven and earth.

Ye Chen walked calmly to the heart of the black hole. Along the path, he forcibly incorporated the Ancient Dark Matter that permeated the outer regions into his body. His automatic Devouring Talent had reached its second form, accelerating his absorption rate. With each step covering ten meters, all the Ancient Dark Matter diffused across hundreds of kilometers of the black hole was swept into his system.

Upon entering his body, this Ancient Dark Matter immediately integrated into his various cells, remodeling their basic structure. His entire skin trembled as his genes and cells underwent rapid division and reorganization, refining themselves to become even stronger, their intensity slowly increasing.

Ye Chen moved through the black hole as if strolling through the currents of time, surrounded by swirling black winds, his silhouette tinged with a shade of desolate majesty as he ventured inward.

After walking for an indeterminate time, Ye Chen spotted a faint glimmer of light far ahead. He immediately quickened his pace toward it. The Ancient Dark Matter surrounding this light was so dense it felt almost tangible, as if he could stroke it with his hand.

Ye Chen sensed the surrounding tearing forces causing a slight tingling sensation on his body. He instantly stopped, closed his eyes, and pushed his Devouring Talent to its maximum limit. Every pore and cell in his body began to furiously draw in the surrounding Ancient Dark Matter, sucking it in like countless tiny mouths.

Time flowed on...

Whether an hour, a day, or a year had passed, Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes. His muscles radiated an aura akin to that of a primordial, ferocious beast. Simply standing there, he seemed like a towering, majestic mountain, unapproachable, radiating a powerful sense of peril.

The nine-zhang mass of Ancient Dark Matter he held was completely devoured, along with every last particle of Ancient Dark Matter located in the deepest stratum of the black hole around him.

“Wan Renxiong actually stored this much Ancient Dark Matter here,” Ye Chen murmured to himself. After consuming this material, his body underwent earth-shattering changes. His previous gene amplification of 3,000 times surged again, reaching an astonishing 3,800 times!

An increase of a full 800 times!

The higher the gene amplification climbed, the more Ancient Dark Matter required. Reaching 4,200 times gene amplification was already an astonishing feat; after all, even the genes of Celestial Beasts only amplified up to 3,600 times that of humans!