135: The Land of Sleep, the Crystal of Malice

After putting away the Ye Huo World rule origin fragment, Lin Chen sensed the malice emanating from the world.

The Ye Huo World had lost the opportunity prepared for the Son of Tribulation, and in a short period, it would be unable to split off a second rule origin fragment. Even if a Son of Tribulation were to appear, he would not be able to quickly become a God and reverse the situation.

But this had nothing to do with Lin Chen. The Ye Huo World was already his possession. No matter how much the Ye Huo World struggled now, it could not change this outcome.

A Great Thousand World with a maximum limit of a Lower God truly could not make Lin Chen worry too much.

Through old dengs book, Lin Chen transmitted the Ye Huo World rule origin fragment to Vajra Wrathful Buddha. The transmission fee was paid by Vajra Wrathful Buddha, and it was estimated to take two months to reach him.

Due to the malice of the Ye Huo World, Lin Chen found himself somewhat struggling, unable to sense opportunities related to him, and his exploration of the Ye Huo World entered a stalemate.

Since that was the case, Lin Chen did not stubbornly continue to explore the Ye Huo World. Instead, he retreated to the Dust World Church, fearing that he might be captured by the Ye Huo World Gods during his exploration.

Lin Chen could withstand the malice of a world, but there was no need to endure the malice to scrape together meager gains.

The two greatest opportunities in the Ye Huo World, the Upper God artifact illusion dream mirror and the Ye Huo World rule origin fragment, were already in his hands, almost representing the Ye Huo World's greatest foundation.

Therefore, Lin Chen also entered a state of secluded cultivation, absorbing various resources to improve his cultivation while comprehending the Mirror Dao within the illusion dream mirror, striving to become a God as soon as possible.

The development of the Dust World Church did not require Lin Chen's concern; with three elders overseeing it, no problems would arise.

The three elders would remain in the Ye Huo World for a period in the future. The Federation generally would not recall them, and the division of God's duties could be postponed.

Currently, there were many idle Federation Gods, so there was no shortage of personnel. Thus, the three elders could remain in the Ye Huo World for a long time, waiting for Lin Chen to grow.

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While the events in the Ye Huo World came to an end, Essence Lin Chen also made progress.

After more than two months, Essence Lin Chen finally broke through the malice cage, gaining his freedom. He would no longer be easily trapped by malice and could slightly explore this Place of Malice.

The Place of Malice where he was located did not belong to the Main Universe but was attached to it, similar to a small bubble next to a large bubble.

Fortunately, the Federation's avatar cultivation method was quite effective. Even across countless spaces and distances, Lin Chen's main body could still contact Essence Lin Chen.

However, currently, it was limited to information exchange; physical object transmission was impossible. They were too far apart, and too many spatial barriers needed to be broken during the transmission of physical objects, making it easy to lose the transmitted items.

Place of Malice, this was the name Lin Chen gave it.

This area's actual name was Land of Slumber.

The Land of Slumber is located at the very bottom of the Main Universe, conceptually the lowest point.

Here, the true spirit remnants, soul fragments, and memory fragments of countless beings in the universe are deposited.

Initially, the Land of Slumber was merely a destination for true spirit remnants after their true spirits shattered. True spirit remnants that lost the ability to reincarnate could only settle in the Land of Slumber.

Countless true spirit remnants accumulated in the Land of Slumber, truly falling into slumber. As long as the universe was not destroyed, these true spirit remnants would remain in the Land of Slumber, in eternal slumber.

At some unknown point, the first wisp of malice penetrated the barrier of the Land of Slumber and descended upon it.

This wisp of malice sank into countless true spirit remnants, awakening the last information contained within them. The malice gradually grew stronger by absorbing this information.

The strengthened malice rapidly spread throughout the Land of Slumber.

Thereafter, the pattern of the Land of Slumber changed. All true spirit remnants that settled there became nourishment for the growth of malice.

Until one day, the malice grew to the limit that the Land of Slumber could no longer contain. A loophole appeared in the barrier of the Land of Slumber, and countless malice began to ascend, rapidly spreading throughout the entire Main Universe.

This is why the Main Universe's starry sky is filled with malice; not only does the starry sky itself possess malice, but there is also such a source of malice continuously generating malice.

So-called malice refers to the negative emotions generated when the desires of all beings arise. These negative emotions, mixed together, become malice that has no specific form but can affect everything.

There are only two ways to contend against malice.

Either become malice, devouring each other, and oneself becomes the greatest malice.

Or restrain desires, collect all positive forces, and annihilate malice through the method of force counteraction.

However, each being has a different understanding of positive force, which leads to positive forces not forming a system and lacking a supreme source.

Therefore, the malice pervasive in the starry sky has always existed, unable to be completely cleared or suppressed, and it has no effect on the source of malice.

Lin Chen walked in the Land of Slumber. His entire being was immersed in semi-solidified malice, and he could only follow vague perceptions to an unknown destination.

Malice had a significant impact on Lin Chen's perception. Even though he was a Causality Power cultivator, he was still shrouded in obscurity, and his own causality lines were precarious, requiring Causality Power to maintain their existence.

Actively severing causality and collecting causality are common methods for Causality Power cultivators.

But passively severing causality is self-destructive. If causality does not exist, Causality Power cultivators are merely lambs to the slaughter, eventually perishing in a place cut off from causality due to lack of power replenishment.

The current Land of Slumber had the ability to sever causality and passively clear Lin Chen's causality with all things.

Lin Chen kept moving forward, and the surrounding scenery constantly changed.

Originally, the Land of Slumber only contained true spirit remnants, then malice ran rampant, and now the Land of Slumber was even more chaotic.

Soul fragments that should have dissipated were swept up by malice and poured into the Land of Slumber. These soul fragments were eroded by malice and transformed into its pawns.

They only had instincts, fighting and devouring each other, becoming the physical embodiment of malice.

This was just a daily scene in the Land of Slumber. There were even more illusory and constantly changing scenes. Malice not only swept up soul fragments but also memory fragments of all beings.

Countless memory scenes were being enacted, colliding and merging with each other, generating some indescribable scenes. Ultimately, malicious beings with memory bodies were born from the memory fragments.

And this was only the product of illusory consciousness. Malice was also affecting the material world of reality. The flesh, metal, and all things swept up by malice further intensified the chaos of the Land of Slumber.

Reality and illusion intertwined, matter and consciousness collided, and various unknowable and unseen scenes impacted Lin Chen's mind.

Fortunately, this body of his did not have a true spirit. Even if his soul was eroded by malice and his body was eroded by malice, transforming into a malice vessel, it would not affect the main body where the true spirit resided.

"Crystals formed by condensed malice!"

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Lin Chen finally reached his destination.

A black crystalline body floated within the malice. Around it, countless solidified malice was absorbed by the crystalline body, which was growing little by little.

Not only that, countless malicious beings fought around the malice crystal, just to get closer to the malice crystal and gain its favor.

"To exist in this Place of Malice, transforming into a malicious creature is an inevitable outcome."

Essence Lin Chen's opportunity had arrived.

Becoming a malicious being while retaining one's sanity was not a problem, just like God Lin Chen, who became a half-flesh, half-Void Creature, eventually evolving into a Void Creature.

Essence Lin Chen could also become a malicious being, evolving towards the direction of the source of malice. However, there were too many competitors on this path. Malicious beings, both sentient and non-sentient, were born every moment.

At least the current source of malice had no sentience, so there was a possibility of a cuckoo occupying the nest. Once the source of malice was occupied by a sentient malicious being, that would be the most terrifying thing.

"Then why can't I be the one to occupy the nest and become the new generation source of malice?"

Essence Lin Chen muttered to himself, his gaze at the malice crystal filled with resolute light.

"Let's do it! The new generation source of malice can only be me!"