331: Chapter 331 The Dark Monument

[ The 11,300th Void Realm year of suppressing the Dark Overlord. ]

[ That Dark Dao, which once shrouded countless worlds and made all living beings tremble, has finally been completely stripped from the Foundation of the Major Thousand Worlds. ]

[ The Dark Overlord's Dao, like a black Dragon whose spine has been extracted, coils and hisses powerlessly within the cage of the Void Realm, no longer able to resonate with the rules of the Major Thousand Worlds. ]

[ Now, all that remains is to grind down the Dark Overlord's Dao to completely obliterate him. ]

[ Although this process is even more time-consuming than stripping his Dao from the world's rules, the Dark Overlord no longer has any possibility of a comeback, unless you were to suddenly drop dead. ]

[ However, gazing at that mass of Dark Dao, which still surged with profound power, a trace of regret arose in your heart. ]

[ After all, he is an expert who ascended to the eleventh rank; his Dao condensed the insights and accumulations of countless epochs. To simply grind it away like this would be too much of a waste. ]

[ Therefore, in the time that followed, you used your supreme magic power as a furnace and the Dao of Boundless Creation as fire to slowly smelt and reshape the Dark Overlord's Dao and his main consciousness. ]

[ This was an extremely delicate and cruel process; the Dark Overlord's main consciousness constantly endured tearing and restructuring during the refining. ]

[ It perished countless times, yet repeatedly struggled to revive from the depths of its Dao, emitting silent roars and curses, but your heart remained as still as stagnant water. ]

[ Finally, after hundreds of Void Realm years, an eleventh-rank supreme treasure was born, and it was named the "Stele of Darkness". ]

[ The stele is nine zhang, nine chi, and nine cun tall. Its entire body is like the deepest night sky, and its surface flows with Dark Dao patterns that seem capable of devouring all worlds. ]

[ As an eleventh-rank Magic Treasure, it naturally possesses powerful control and imprisonment abilities, sufficient to suppress a weak Major Thousand Worlds. ]

[ Furthermore, for all Cultivators below the eleventh rank who practice Laws related to darkness, shadows, or nirvana, the "Stele of Darkness" is a supreme holy object for enlightenment. ]

[ Approaching it allows one to more clearly perceive the patterns and true meaning of the Dark Law, greatly alleviating cultivation Bottlenecks and perhaps even enabling one to comprehend a Dark path unique to oneself. ]

[ This undoubtedly provides Infinite Paradise with a strategic treasure of heritage for cultivating experts in related fields in the future. ]

[ The moment the Magic Treasure was fully formed, the Dark Overlord's last trace of unwilling palpitation also returned to eternal silence. ]

[ His main consciousness is forever sealed within the core of the stele; as long as the "Stele of Darkness" remains unbroken, there will never be a day of awakening. ]

[ During the time you were focused on dealing with the Dark Overlord, Infinite Paradise, that precise and efficient machine, did not stop running. ]

[ It quickly received the vast legacy left behind by the Dark Alliance; as for the people of the Dark Alliance, they were naturally crushed to death by you in passing. ]

[ This legacy not only includes over a thousand Middle Thousand Worlds that remained intact during the battle, tens of thousands of Minor Thousand Worlds, and countless Small Worlds, but also a large amount of resources and secret treasures. ]

[ More importantly, it contains intelligence about the surrounding Void Realm, maps of power distribution, and various forbidden knowledge. ]

[ Meanwhile, Infinite Paradise controlled the numerous worlds within its sphere of influence and began a vast "world relocation" project. ]

[ Countless worlds directly or indirectly controlled by the Paradise were slowly drawn by powerful space-time forces, gradually approaching and converging toward the Void Realm region where the original Dark Major Thousand Worlds were located. ]

[ Your intention is to use this purified and transformed former Dark Major Thousand Worlds as the core to build the true eternal base camp of Infinite Paradise. ]

[ A hub of heavens-level, integrating governance, communication, defense, and research! ]

[ Furthermore, with the collapse of the Dark Alliance and the digestion of its legacy, the tentacles of Infinite Paradise spread to the more distant Void Realm at an unprecedented speed. ]

[ The Paradise's apostles traveled between strange worlds, establishing connections, spreading ideologies, and integrating resources. ]

[ Under this rate of expansion, soon, the reach of Infinite Paradise made contact with several large forces that also had eleventh-rank experts guarding them. ]

[ These forces each ruled vast territories and had deep Foundations. ]

[ Previously, the confrontation between you and the Dark Overlord, although controlled by you to have minimal disturbance, the subtle ripples originating from the collision of eleventh-rank Daos were still keenly perceived by these experts of the same rank nearby. ]

[ They might not have been able to see the specific details of the battle or your true methods, but the Dark Overlord's aura, from being active to being suppressed, and finally to complete silence, this process was something they sensed. ]

[ A force capable of suppressing or even "dealing with" another eleventh-rank existence is enough to arouse their highest degree of vigilance and dread. ]

[ Therefore, when the tentacles of Infinite Paradise covered them, these forces, whose relationships were originally close or distant, and even competitive with each other, began to show a subtle trend of drawing closer. ]

[ There was a strong posture of huddling together for warmth to jointly deal with an unknown, powerful neighbor. ]

[ You do not care about this; you are clear on the mindset of these eleventh-rank experts. ]

[ They fear becoming the next "Dark Alliance" and worry that their hegemony and independence are threatened, so they instinctively seek unity in the face of a threat. ]

[ However, this unity is fragile and full of suspicion. As long as you do not actively display a clear intention of aggression and do not rashly launch an attack on any of them, their inherent contradictions, conflicts of interest, and mutual distrust make it impossible for them to truly become a solid, unified alliance. ]

[ No one is willing to be the first to pay a huge price for a potential common threat, and they are even more worried about being plotted against by allies within the alliance. ]

[ Their "huddling" is more of a defensive posture and a bargaining chip for probing each other. ]

[ And besides the Dark Overlord, you naturally cannot target other experts of the same rank for no reason. ]

[ Infinite Paradise's development model does not require occupying many worlds; having a basic Foundation is enough. ]

[ Now, for you, the most important thing is to first let the other five true spirit projections ascend to the eleventh rank. ]

[ As long as the remaining five true spirit projections do not die, over the long passage of time, they will inevitably be able to Breakthrough to the eleventh rank, because they are all special existences forged by the Simulator. ]

[ Although they walk their own paths of cultivation, they share your essential Foundation that has already touched the eleventh rank. ]

[ This advantage is even more obvious than that of ordinary eleventh-rank re-Cultivators; they do not need to re-explore the fundamental Profound Truth of the eleventh rank, only needing to accumulate power and verify their Dao fruits over a long period of time, and it will eventually come naturally. ]