Wen Wen didn’t know how much the world had changed at this time. He felt a summons from the Black Robe, so he entered the Sanctuary, immersing his consciousness into the Black Stone Palace.
To Wen Wen’s surprise, after entering this time, the Black Stone Palace felt slightly different, as if it wasn’t as imposing and majestic as before.
Walking into the palace, Wen Wen saw the Man in Black Robe sitting on the high platform, and upon seeing his condition, his brow furrowed.
The Black Robe’s body was not as solid as before, and the hem of the robe seemed faintly transparent. He looked somewhat weak.
"What happened to you?"
Wen Wen asked with concern. By now, Wen Wen was no longer filled with doubt about everything the way he had been at the beginning.
To be fair, from the moment the Black Robe appeared until now, he had never deceived him and had instead provided countless benefits and help. Without the Black Robe, who knows how many times he might have died.
So although Wen Wen didn’t show Black Robe any respect in his words, he actually considered Black Robe as one of his own.
The Black Robe smiled slightly upon seeing Wen Wen: "You’ve become stronger, that’s good... but you’re not yet at the level where you can hold your own."
"Don’t worry about me, what’s going on with you?" Wen Wen pressed.
"I was never complete to begin with, so it’s only natural I’ve become ."
"Your Supernatural Power ’Dark Matter’, phew, such an ugly name, ultimately stems from my Strength. As you grow stronger, I will naturally become weaker."
"When you can stand on your own, I should disappear too. This is the ending I decided on a thousand years ago, so you don’t need to have any other thoughts."
Wen Wen was stunned for a moment. He had actually become somewhat accustomed to the Black Robe’s presence.
"What if I don’t want you to disappear?"
Black Robe shook his head with a smile: "That can’t be changed. If I really disappear one day, you mustn’t slack off, strive to become stronger, and never be satisfied with the Strength you have."
"The Star Realm God, the Spirit Realm God, and even the heavenly gods... they are not your final destination. You must reach higher levels."
"Because one day, an enemy scarier than the heavenly gods will come after you, and when that time comes... you must show no mercy and kill him completely!"
Before Wen Wen could digest his words, the Man in Black Robe continued: "I called you here this time because there’s something you need to pay attention to."
"As your Strength grows, this world will also change. There are multiple layers of protection around this world, resisting invasions from the Inner World, and I placed three of them."
"As you become stronger, these three barriers will disappear one by one, and one of them should have already collapsed now."
Wen Wen immediately asked, "What will happen when the barriers disappear?"
"The invasion from the Inner World will deepen, and the total amount of Supernatural Power in this world will increase, making upgrades and the awakening of Superpowers easier."
"Originally, the number of Catastrophe-Level Experts that could naturally be born in this world was limited. After reaching saturation, even if others meet the conditions for an upgrade, they cannot become the next Catastrophe Level."
"But now this limitation has increased. From today, the world will start to change; you must be prepared..."
As he said this, the Black Robe’s figure became increasingly illusory, and finally completely vanished.
Wen Wen looked at the empty seat, was silent for a long time, and then turned around to leave.
He knew that the Black Robe wouldn’t disappear just like that, but this manner of departure meant that the Black Robe had indeed weakened a lot.
Although knowing that chaos was imminent, Wen Wen still didn’t feel like going out immediately.
He needed to sort out the leftover issues from the ceremony. Some of the materials from the ceremony could be recycled; Wen Wen wasn’t a rich benefactor of Baidiya, so these things couldn’t just be thrown away.
Then, he needed to deal with the seven Monsters that served as sacrifices for the ceremony.
They hadn’t died, but only lost one emotion.
Among the seven Monsters, the one in the most miserable state was the Beast of Revelry.
This fellow’s body was entirely supported by his twisted, pleasure-seeking emotions. Without the emotion of joy, he lost the power to sustain his body, turning directly into a highly contaminated pool of pus, which looked extremely disgusting.
The Fiery Monkey was no longer quick-tempered and became exceedingly Zen-like; it should now be called the Buddhist Monkey.
Because it draped the Sanctuary’s bed sheet over itself as a monk’s robe and even ordained itself, branding a tonsure scar on its head.
The originally handsome big monkey looked horribly shabby without hair on its head.
Even Wen Wen thought it was an eyesore, so he called Wu Liugen to take the monkey to Buddhism as a mascot. Such an ugly critter didn’t deserve to stay in the Sanctuary.
The Old White Bear had become much more cheerful, but its ability to affect other people’s emotions remained. Wen Wen then realized that the ability didn’t make others melancholy but shared the Old White Bear’s own emotions.
The Ghost Dragon had lost the emotion of ’fear,’ turning into a reckless dragon unafraid of anything, daring to challenge the heavens.
The good news was, the Ghost Dragon would never be intimidated in a fight and was a super ferocious mount. The rightful source is NoveI-Fire.ɴet
The bad news was... this creature wasn’t even afraid of Wen Wen!
Threatening, intimidating, showcasing strength, and even directly beating it couldn’t make it yield.
It is the honey badger of the Dragon Realm, the bold Li Kui among ghosts.
However, Wen Wen later changed his approach, and the tough Ghost Dragon surrendered.
That was to give it a Resentful Soul Bead every time it needed to make an appearance, and Wen Wen had plenty of these beads.
The Mosquito Lady, having lost love, was initially in deep despair but later swung to another extreme.
Just like the old Hu Youling, pursuing another kind of forbidden desire.
For this, Wen Wen was quite nice, but unfortunately, Wen Wen really hated mosquitoes, so he couldn’t help the Mosquito Lady with her problems himself.
The True Order Demon, Cauliflower Head, Brookley, now lost his will to commit evil and instead transformed into a compassionate philanthropist.
From the bottom of his heart, he wanted to benefit humanity and make society better.
So he applied to Wen Wen to establish a new biological laboratory to eradicate a long-standing nuisance for humanity.
He intended to completely exterminate the three blood-sucking mosquitoes: Aedes Mosquito, Culex Mosquito, and Anopheles Mosquito!
Perhaps in the future, other insects might occupy this ecological niche, but then Brookley would just eradicate them again!
Finally, representing desire, was Hu Youling, now sitting quietly in her cell, entirely different from before.
If it weren’t for the wagging tail behind her, Wen Wen would hardly recognize this woman as Hu Youling.
Hu Youling was inherently beautiful beyond belief, with flawless features and figure, exuding a unique beauty, a stunning beauty from every angle, even one toe was exceptionally pretty.
Without that kind of desire, Wen Wen found her much more agreeable; if Hu Youling had been when first captured, how could Wen Wen have favored only Tao Qingqing?
Wen Wen’s personality was very peculiar.
If a peerless beauty coquetted to seduce him, always thinking of ’devouring’ him, Wen Wen would surely retreat, at most taking a fleeting glance.
But if someone treated Wen Wen with indifference or gave him the cold shoulder, Wen Wen might actually approach to flirt.
Some might think, isn’t that kind of shameless?
Yep, Wen Wen is exactly that kind of shameless.
Now that Hu Youling’s condition had changed, with no interest in matters of passion, Wen Wen’s attitude toward her changed instead.
"You were one of the first monsters I captured, I’m willing to give you a chance."
"Do you want to be my assistant (servant), and once you’ve repaid your debts, I can give you freedom (work to death)."
Beside Hu Youling’s cell, Qin Shuang pricked up his ears and quickly ran to the edge of the cell, saying leisurely to Wen Wen: "I was the second to be captured, I also want a chance."
"Shut up, this world is all about looks, what are you doing here, ugly ghost?" Wen Wen snapped with an unpleasant expression.
After hearing this, Qin Shuang silently walked to a corner, squatted down, tears of blood flowing from his eyes, wanting to denounce this unfair world, wanting to curse this damn sanctuary...
Hu Youling hesitated for a moment: "I’d rather not leave, it’s pretty good here."
She used to dream of going out to find a strong older brother, but now that she’s lost interest in that, naturally, she has no motivation to leave.
"Ha, I don’t care if you agree or not."
Wen Wen flashed a wicked smile and directly pulled Hu Youling out of the cell. He wanted Hu Youling as a maid; there was no room for refusal, was there?
Though Hu Youling’s status couldn’t compare to Tao Qingqing’s, after all, Wen Wen did have a bit of psychological cleanliness.
But having Hu Youling as a maid to occasionally massage his legs, rub his shoulders, and sometimes dance for entertainment was feasible.
Hu Youling, just released from the cell, hadn’t had time to be touched when Wen Wen tossed her a small bag: "Here’s some money and fake documents. You should head back to Five Immortal Ponds; your father has been waiting for you a long time."
Upon hearing this, Hu Youling’s tears flowed down her cheeks, but she still shook her head at Wen Wen: "No, I have no feelings for them, I..."
"Stop your nonsense and get out of here!"
Ultimately, Hu Youling was forcibly sent by Wen Wen to the Foundation’s headquarters in Qianhe City, where she would set off for Five Immortal Ponds with the Foundation’s envoy.
When Wen Wen was traveling previously, he signed a cooperation contract with Great Elder Hu of Five Immortal Ponds in the name of the Foundation, one of the conditions being that Great Elder Hu could see his daughter.
Hu Youling didn’t want to go, but what about Wen Wen’s business?
After getting rid of Hu Youling, Wen Wen didn’t have much to do in the sanctuary, so after teasing the Purifying Angel for a bit, Wen Wen left the sanctuary.
As soon as he stepped out of the sanctuary, Wen Wen heard the sound of intense fighting.
The monsters he sent out had formed a defensive position at the previous ritual site.
Outside the defensive position, hundreds of desert creatures were wandering in the yellow sand.
The Desert Dragon, earlier lying weakly on the side, was now fully revived, stronger than ever, showing off its power to the sanctuary’s monsters.