A New Chapter in Systems

The void meditation stone in his palm felt warm to the touch, yet exuded a bone-chilling coldness. The faint spatial fluctuations intertwined with the lingering death resentment, creating an extremely contradictory sensation.

Nightmare carefully scrutinized this unexpectedly acquired gem. Its material and the faint spatial ripples it emitted were indeed somewhat similar to the void evasion talisman he had used, only more primitive, chaotic, and polluted by dense Death Qi.

“void meditation stone... refining storage Magic Treasures... comprehending the Law of Space...” Nightmare savored the System’s prompts, his eyes flashing with light.

Spatial power was incredibly profound, involving the Law level, far beyond ordinary Divine Abilities. Even in his previous life as a Demon Venerable, his use of spatial power mostly relied on his formidable cultivation base to forcibly tear open the Void Realm, or by utilizing existing spatial Formations and Talismans; he had never truly delved into comprehending its Origin.

If he could purify this void meditation stone and use it to gain insight into a trace of spatial mystery, it would be a huge asset, whether for increasing his escape speed, refining special Magic Treasures, or dealing with stronger enemies in the future.

But how should he purify it? The System prompted that it could only be used after purification.

“System, how do I purify the Death Qi resentment within this void meditation stone?” Nightmare attempted to communicate.

[Option 1: Consume 8,000 villain points, and the System will perform direct energy purification.]

[Option 2: The Host can attempt to use the Myriad Poison Demonic Scripture to devour the Death Qi resentment, or use Xiangliu Poison to neutralize and annihilate it (Risk: May damage the void meditation stone's inherent spatial structure, or lead to energy imbalance causing an explosion).]

[Option 3: Search for an extremely Yang and rigid location or treasure, and slowly purify it using external power (Time-consuming).]

The System's reply offered three options.

Nightmare looked at his remaining 1,600 villain points (he had gained 1,000 points each from absorbing the black fiend puppet's energy and obtaining the void meditation stone), and immediately ruled out options one and three.

It seemed he could only risk trying the second method.

He found a relatively hidden stone depression, set up a simple warning Restriction, then sat cross-legged and placed the void meditation stone in his palm.

Taking a deep breath, Nightmare slowly circulated the Myriad Poison Demonic Scripture, mobilizing a trace of the Origin power of the Xiangliu Poison, and, extremely carefully, as if embroidering, allowed it to penetrate the interior of the void meditation stone.

His idea was to use the ultimate stillness characteristic of the Xiangliu Poison to “fight poison with poison,” neutralizing the chaotic resentment and Death Qi, leaving behind only the purest spatial power and Yin-attribute Foundation.

This process required extremely high control; the slightest mistake would either result in incomplete purification or completely destroy the precious gem.

Time passed little by little.

Fine beads of sweat trickled down Nightmare’s forehead; he was completely focused. The Xiangliu Poison intertwined with and annihilated the Death Qi resentment inside the void meditation stone, emitting extremely faint “sizzling” sounds. The black color on the gem’s surface seemed to fade slightly, but the spatial fluctuation also became somewhat unstable.

Just as Nightmare felt he was about to find the balance point and complete the purification—

A sudden change occurred!

Inside his Dantian, the demonic vine seed, which had been dormant and was condensed from the World Devouring Demonic Vine, seemed to be attracted by the pure Death Qi and spatial fluctuations outside, and it actually trembled on its own!

Immediately afterward, a strong desire and intent to devour was transmitted from the seed!

Before Nightmare could react, the bizarre patterns on the seed's surface, resembling black stone pores, suddenly lit up!

A weak yet extraordinarily domineering devouring power spontaneously surged from within the seed, passing through Nightmare's body, and acting directly upon the void meditation stone in his palm!

*Hiss!*

The remaining Death Qi resentment and the unstable spatial power within the void meditation stone instantly met their nemesis, forcibly ripped out by the devouring power and violently sucked into the seed!

“This is bad!” Nightmare’s expression changed, but it was too late to stop it!

The void meditation stone visibly turned gray and dull, and finally, with a *crack*, its surface was covered in fissures, its spiritual essence completely lost, turning it into a pile of ordinary stone fragments.

Meanwhile, after devouring this energy, dark light flowed across the surface of the demonic vine seed. It seemed to have grown slightly, and he could even faintly sense a subtle, almost imperceptible **spatial fluctuation** brewing inside it.

Nightmare stared blankly at the handful of stone fragments in his palm.

Had he failed? No... He carefully sensed the demonic vine seed inside his Dantian. The seed was not damaged by the forced consumption; instead, it was more active, and its connection to him seemed tighter. Although the spatial fluctuation brewing within it was weak, it was genuinely present.

“This demonic vine... it can actually directly devour and absorb spatial power and Death Qi?” A storm raged in Nightmare’s heart. This World Devouring Demonic Vine Divine Ability seemed even more bizarre and powerful than he had imagined! Devouring all things, could it even devour and fuse spatial power?

If he continued to nurture it, would this demonic vine develop characteristics containing spatial power in the future? For example... penetrating the Void Realm? Restricting space?

Thinking this, a fervent heat rose in Nightmare's heart!

Although he had lost a void meditation stone, he had unexpectedly discovered a new ability of the demonic vine seed—this gain might be even greater!

He submerged his consciousness into the System again and looked at the introduction to the World Devouring Demonic Vine Divine Ability. The previous introduction was brief, but now that the System had upgraded, perhaps... Sure enough, as his mind focused, the detailed introduction to the World Devouring Demonic Vine appeared, several times longer than before!

[The World Devouring Demonic Vine (Earth Rank High Grade, Evolving)]

[Created by an Ancient Demon Demonic Path Mighty Figure who observed the Chaos Demonic Vine devouring numerous realms. Requires condensing a seed with Origin power containing the essence of devouring.]

[Characteristics:]

[1. **Devouring Growth**: Can continuously grow and evolve by devouring all things (Spiritual Qi, Demonic Qi, Evil Qi, vital blood, Divine Souls, Magic Treasures, Formation energy... even Spatial Fragments and Law Fragments). Theoretically, there is no upper limit.]

[2. **Myriad Transformations**: The demonic vine’s form and abilities can undergo adaptive evolution based on what it devours (e.g., devouring Fire attribute treasures may grant fire resistance or flame attacks; devouring poisons enhances toxicity; devouring spatial power may grant spatial attributes...)]

[3. **World Devouring Domain**: Upon Major Achievement, the demonic vine’s Domain can be deployed. Within the Domain, all things can be devoured, and space can be restricted!]

[Current Seed Status: Nascent Stage. Fused Energies: Xiangliu Poison Origin, Mysterious Black Stone Origin (trace amount), void meditation stone Spatial Power (trace amount).]

[Growth Suggestion: Prioritize devouring high-quality toxins, stillness power, and spatial type treasures...]

Watching this detailed introduction, Nightmare's breathing quickened slightly.

The potential of this World Devouring Demonic Vine was simply terrifying! No wonder it ranked as Earth Rank High Grade! Its growth potential even surpassed many Heaven Rank Cultivation Techniques!

And by chance, he had actually incorporated three extremely high-end powers—Xiangliu Poison, Mysterious Black Stone Origin (trace amount), and spatial power—as the Foundation for the seed during its Nascent Stage! This undoubtedly laid an incredibly strong Foundation for the demonic vine's future evolution!

“Toxins... stillness power... spatial treasures...” Nightmare muttered to himself, his gaze involuntarily turning back to the System space. That dormant **Mysterious Black Stone** undoubtedly met the criteria for both “high-quality toxin (Xiangliu Poison reacts violently to it)” and suspected “spatial type treasure (similar fluctuations to the void evasion talisman and void meditation stone)”!

Could it be... that this demonic vine was the key to refining that Black Stone?

A bolder idea uncontrollably sprang up.

If he could guide the demonic vine seed to slowly devour and absorb the Black Stone's energy... The risk was immense! The Black Stone's tier was too high, and the demonic vine seed was too weak right now; it was highly likely to suffer a backlash and explode.

But the potential reward was immeasurable! If successful, the demonic vine would undergo a qualitative leap, and it might even provide feedback to him, allowing him to adapt to and control the Black Stone's power faster!

Should he gamble?

Nightmare’s eyes flickered, eventually replaced by a look of ruthlessness.

The path of cultivation was inherently Heaven-Defying, fighting against fate! How could he be timid!

He sat cross-legged again, sinking his consciousness into his Dantian, cautiously communicating with the restless demonic vine seed, attempting to establish an extremely faint connection between its trace devouring intent and the Black Stone suppressed within the System space... This time, he was no longer trying to directly refine the Black Stone's energy, but intended to... **feed** the demonic vine!

This process was even more dangerous than before, requiring precise control over the demonic vine's devouring strength, ensuring it absolutely did not provoke a violent backlash from the Black Stone.

Just as Nightmare was fully focused, attempting this dangerous endeavor—

[Ding! System Version V2.0 hidden module “destiny treasury” detected that the Host possesses the special items “Contaminated Void Meditation Stone Fragments” and “Demonic Vine Seed Spatial Attribute Activation,” satisfying partial unlock conditions!]

[Consume 10,000 villain points to unlock the first level of “destiny treasury” authority?]

[Prompt: The destiny treasury contains numerous special items, intelligence, and missions related to the son of destiny, or items capable of influencing the trajectory of destiny. Unlocking requires a specific opportunity and villain points.]

The System’s notification sound was like another heavy hammer striking Nightmare’s mind!

destiny treasury?!