1: Will of the Abyss

"Pain... It's too painful..."

Ye Chen struggled to open his eyes, the blinding sunlight making him a little disoriented.

The last image in his memory was the merciless crushing by a fully loaded slag truck.

Logically, his flesh and blood body should have been reduced to a mess under the crushing weight of the heavy vehicle.

But the pain coming from all over his body told him that the situation didn't seem that bad.

After his eyes adjusted to the discomfort caused by the strong light, Ye Chen rolled his eyes, taking in everything around him.

It was different from the rainy night national road he had imagined; the walls on both sides told him that this seemed to be an alleyway.

As his sense of smell returned, a pungent, sour stench unique to garbage wafted into Ye Chen's nose and mouth.

His throat churned, and he forcefully suppressed the feeling of nausea in his heart.

After another moment, his stiff and numb body eased slightly, and Ye Chen struggled to get up.

The unfamiliar School uniform on him made him somewhat startled, and the fair, slender hand sent a huge shock through his heart.

He was too familiar with his own body; this was definitely not the hand a man in his thirties should have.

Is this... transmigration?

He gathered his spirits and tried hard to search the memories in his mind.

Gradually, a memory that didn't belong to him flooded into his mind.

"Ye Chen, your parents... please accept my condolences..."

"Ye Chen, you got first place in this exam again."

"Ye Chen, what is your initial race in your God Domain? ...What? Worm?"

"Ye Chen, your useless Worm has no future development prospects, why don't you become my subordinate god?"

"What? You don't want to? Do you think I'm discussing this with you?"

"What the hell? Give you three months to prove yourself? What are you? How dare you bargain with me!"

"You're ungrateful! It's your honor that I chose you! Since you don't accept, don't blame me..."

Scene after scene appeared in his mind, and Ye Chen gradually sorted them out.

The original owner was also named Ye Chen, a third-year student at Shuguang High School.

After his parents passed away unexpectedly, he worked hard and became a famous top student at Shuguang High School.

The main subjects taught at the School here were not conventional subjects like on Blue Star.

Instead, they were various aspects of God Domain construction, race cultivation, tactical drills, and so on.

That's right, this was a world where gods existed.

And they... were also reserve gods.

Although gods were rare in this world, they were not uncommon.

At the age of 18, every "divine bloodline" had the potential to awaken, gaining their own God Domain and initial race.

And Ye Chen had successfully awakened his God Domain a week ago, becoming a "quasi-god."

It was just a pity that Ye Chen's initial race was too weak, a "beast-type," "common-grade" Worm.

Compared to ordinary animals, the Worm's combat power was almost non-existent, belonging to the very bottom of the food chain.

This initial race, which had no cultivation value whatsoever, determined Ye Chen's tragic fate in the future.

But Ye Chen didn't give up; he wanted to try modifying and cultivating the Worm using his abundant theoretical knowledge.

It was just that the once brilliant him, now fallen into the dust, naturally aroused a sense of superiority in some people.

Although their theoretical knowledge was not as good as Ye Chen's, they had awakened earlier, and their initial races were also stronger than Ye Chen's.

A "second-generation god" named Chu Tian took a liking to Ye Chen's extremely strong theoretical knowledge.

He wanted him to pledge allegiance to him and become a subordinate god to manage his God Domain for him.

This was naturally a great insult to Ye Chen, who had his own principles.

He refused without hesitation.

He worked so hard to carve out his own path; relying on others was not an option.

Chu Tian, who was used to being arrogant, felt he had lost face and wanted to teach Ye Chen a lesson.

Ye Chen knew he was no match for Chu Tian, so he proposed a "three-month agreement."

Who knew that Chu Tian wouldn't fall for this at all, and after the seven-day protection period ended, he directly launched a God Domain invasion against Ye Chen.

During these seven days, Ye Chen had already spent all his family wealth trying his best to cultivate the Worm.

Unfortunately, the race limit restricted the Worm's growth rate.

Chu Tian's "elite-grade" Orc troops charged into the Worm "army" as if entering an uninhabited land, quickly reaching Ye Chen's God Domain Core.

Chu Tian threatened that if he didn't surrender, he would destroy his God Domain Core.

Ye Chen, with his proud spirit, refused without thinking.

He believed that with the School's system in place, and him still being the teachers' "favorite," Chu Tian wouldn't dare destroy his God Domain Core, so he spoke mockingly.

This enraged Chu Tian greatly, but he didn't dare to actually cripple Ye Chen's God Domain Core within the School.

He could only slaughter all the Worms within Ye Chen's God Domain and plunder and destroy all the resources.

Furthermore, after Ye Chen left the School gate, he arranged for people to corner him in an alley and severely beat him, and his God Domain Core was also destroyed.

The original owner died, which is why Ye Chen from another world took over.

Ye Chen shook his head, finding it difficult to comment on the original owner's fate.

Say he was smart, yet he dared to mock a "second-generation god" who was stronger and had a better background than him.

Say he was stupid, yet he was still a well-known top student at Shuguang High School.

But no matter what, the original owner was a spirited victim.

Since he had taken over his body, Ye Chen naturally took on this vendetta for him.

Following the memories in his mind, he immersed his consciousness into his body.

A broken God Domain appeared before Ye Chen's eyes.

The God Domain covered an area of about one hundred square kilometers, most of which was swampy terrain, with a few dense forests and lakes.

The world within the God Domain was in ruins at this time, lifeless.

Having lost its God Domain Core, his God Domain had become useless.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Ye Chen still sighed inwardly.

This was an opportunity to change his fate, but now it had turned into nothing.

Just then, a "black hole" slowly emerged from the depths of Ye Chen's soul.

The black hole flew directly towards the God Domain and steadily stopped at the location of the original God Domain Core.

Immediately after, the black hole seemed to take over the authority of the God Domain Core, and the entire God Domain instantly "came alive."

That's right, although everything in the God Domain hadn't changed, Ye Chen still sensed that his God Domain was "alive"!

Although he didn't know the origin of this mysterious black hole, Ye Chen couldn't bother with it at this moment.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he immersed his consciousness into the God Domain Core and checked his own attributes.

[Name]: Ye Chen

[Level]: Divine Being

[Divinity]: 1 point

[divine power value]: 7 points

[Core Kin]: Worm (Common Grade)

[Kin Quantity]: 0

[Talent]: Abyssal Will

...

After checking the attribute panel, the God Domain had indeed recovered.

Furthermore, a talent slot appeared, adding a talent named Abyssal Will.

If nothing unexpected happened, it was that black hole.

Focusing his consciousness on Abyssal Will in the attribute panel, a detailed description of this talent quickly appeared.

[Abyssal Will]: The most primordial dark side of the universe, an existence transcending laws, capable of devouring all negative energy to formulate God Domain rules.

After reading the description of Abyssal Will, Ye Chen was somewhat astonished.

This talent... is quite something.

Devouring negative energy to formulate rules?

This gave the God Domain infinite possibilities!

...

"Hey! Brother, you don't look so good."

Just then, a shout pulled Ye Chen back to reality.