Shadow Hunter Outpost, In a Secluded Room:
Maximus slowly opened his eyes and breathed out.
"So powerful..." Maximus murmured.
Three years of seclusion.
Over ten quadrillion system points.
He finally created Chapter 8 of 'Origin'.
"I didn't expect it took me this long."
It took him over a hundred years just to upgrade 'Origin' from Tier 7 to Tier 8.
Maximus could only guess how long it would take to upgrade it to Tier 9.
According to the Tier 8 chapter of 'Origin,' he was only lacking two things before advancing.
First is his elemental affinity; it needed to be at least Rank 8.
Second is his domain; it needed to be fully condensed.
For elemental affinity, Maximus opened his system panel and took a look.
[Life Points: 12 trillion
Potential Points: 153 billion
Unassigned Points: 1.6 quadrillion
1115 Natural Elements: Rank 8 (2 trillion/1 quadrillion)
3 Supreme Elements: Rank 7 (0/1 quadrillion)]
Maximus thought he still needed to accumulate points.
Fortunately, the system points he had left were enough.
[3 Supreme Elements: Rank 8 (0/100 quadrillion)]
Upgrading his supreme element affinity, Maximus suddenly felt a rush of elemental energy.
Chaos, Destruction, and Fate...
Various epiphanies about the supreme element began to emerge in his mind.
Maximus fully digested the surge of epiphanies.
"Now, just the domain."
'Origin' gave him the ultimate domain that can peer and copy the origin of things.
Now it's up to him to conceive an Ultimate Domain on his own.
Usually, one only needed to merge one's physique with the origin domain.
Like Skye, merging her immortality physique so she can become immortal in her domain.
However, for his path, Maximus would not only merge his special physique but all the copied special physiques and domains.
Although it would be harder that way, it would undoubtedly be stronger.
"This should be easy,"
Before, he had already begun to merge his domain.
However, because of various things, he stopped.
"Let's start!" Maximus cheered himself.
Maximus had already informed his family and guild about his seclusion.
According to his estimate, it would take him 10 to 100 years to advance to Tier 8.
As for selling Tier 8 knowledge in the dimensional library in the Myriad World Mall, Maximus didn't bother.
What's important right now is strength.
Furthermore, he still had over 800 quintillions; there was no hurry to make money.
Soon, Maximus began to complete his domain.
With his special physique as a foundation, various copied physiques and domains began to merge.
Maximus thought that it would be hard; unexpectedly, the Dimensional Source was like a primer.
It took all the copied physiques and domains like a sponge.
Days and months began to pass by as billions and trillions of system points were thrown away like nothing.
The state of his domain also became purer and purer.
From scattered and unorganized power structures, his domain began to concentrate at a single point.
In the secluded room, cracks began to appear in various places.
Even under the support of the Tier 10 array, the room seemed like a fragile piece of paper.
The main culprit for this is the tiny dot invisible to the naked eye.
With a size smaller than an atom, its pulse wave nearly reached the intensity of a Tier 10 attack.
Maximus, who was in the middle of the room, was oblivious to all the chaos.
His mind was concentrated on compressing his domain with all that he had.
All the mana that his body could muster.
All the system points that he could absorb.
All the treasure in his possession.
Maximus even used the crystal merits that he was not willing to spend.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, his domain reached singularity and began to transform.
An explosion invisible to the naked eye caused a stir in the chaotic Abyss.
In Etherium Sanctuary:
Various apex sovereigns suddenly felt a chill pass by them.
Raksha quickly gathered all the powerhouses in the sanctuary to discuss what happened.
"What do you think happened?" Rakasha started.
"It should be a change in the abyss," one of them concluded.
All these years, it seemed that the abyss had been mute towards what they were doing.
Outpost after outpost was being built without much hindrance.
Most of them concluded that it should be that the abyss is accumulating power.
Now it seems that their guess is right.
"No! This should be a sign of someone advancing to Tier 9," a powerhouse, sensitive to energy, said.
"But why is the intensity so weak?" They couldn't help but ask doubtfully.
"It should be hidden by an array or something!" one of them, who was also sensitive to energy, confirmed.
"No matter how weak an energy is, it would always be reminiscent of Etherium realm energy, so it certainly isn't the abyss."
Seeing that many experts confirmed it was not the abyss, they sighed in relief.
However, thinking that another apex sovereign appeared before them.
They couldn't help but feel complicated.
"Just a few thousand years ago, an apex sovereign was born, now there is another!"
"It seems that the era where the likes of us would be like dogs and cats is near!"
"I wonder who it is this time?" They thought in wonder.
In Shadow Hunter Outpost:
In the Battle Axe Bar, opened by Malgron:
While the others were oblivious, still busy drinking on their own.
Malgron, who was originally drinking, woke up electrified as he looked at the center of the stronghold.
"I didn't expect that you'd reach this far..." Malgron muttered in amazement.
Maximus's breakthrough, or what it seemed like, was stronger than anything he had ever felt.
Even his enlightenment, creating and mastering the ultimate combat technique, paled in comparison.
Maybe the advancement of his special physique to Tier 10 was barely comparable to this.
"This is worth a celebration!" Malgron reasoned as he took out a Tier 10 wine that he was initially reluctant to drink.
"Cheers to you, Maximus!"
In the Depths of the Abyss:
The four monarchs of the Abyss trembled, sensing a terrifying pulse.
Looking at each other, an insane thought simultaneously appeared in their minds.
"A bearer of an ultimate physique!"
The wave of pulse they felt was completely different from that of the 'Vermin.'
Even if they were killed, they wouldn't dare to mix the two.
Meaning, there were at least two bearers of Ultimate physique in their ship.
"What a stroke of luck!"
"Is there no end to this?"
"What's the use of fighting? We can just lie down and wait to die."
"Just one 'Vermin,' and we are already on the verge of death, now there is another one!"
"Did the darkness of abyss abandon us..."
Drekthar, Zalthor, and Valdrekth nearly cried at the impermanence of the world.
However, weirdly, Nyxalos, instead of panicking, smiled widely as if he won the jackpot.
"What's wrong, brother? Did you become crazy?" They asked, noticing Nyxalos's weirdness.
"Idiots!" Nyxalos couldn't help but complain.
"What do you think would happen to us when there are two bearers of Ultimate Physique?"
"Die?" Drekthar murmured.
"Could it be that we beg so we can become their subordinates?" Zalthor guessed.
"Brother, stop talking in circles, tell us quickly," Valdrekth asked, not trying to guess.
"Tsk, now let me change my question."
"What would happen if two gold mines were found in your house?"
Suddenly, a click seemed to sound in their minds.
If a gold mine was found under your house, it would not cause much commotion.
However, if there are two!
The government would come knocking with guns and cannons regardless of all the obstacles.
The gold mine did not arouse much interest, but what's hidden under it.
A Tier 9 dimension giving birth to at least two Ultimate physiques!
What kind of dimensional joke is this?
Originally, a Tier 9 dimension can only give birth to one or two dimensional physiques.
Yet now you tell me that there are two ultimate physiques in it?
"Brother! The main abyss!" Drekthar hurriedly muttered, hoping to get credit.
"That's right; it seems that your head is beginning to work."
"Initially, even after knowing that there is a bearer of ultimate physique here, the main abyss dimension is reluctant to give support."
"Knowing that a sighting of the transdimensional system was found here, the Main Abyss domain was prepared to abandon us." Nyxalos sighed in sadness.
in the past after knowing this, Nyxalos was in despair.
Although he didn't show it to his stupid brothers, Nyxalos was in tatters, carefully treading, hoping to come out alive.
He didn't even dare to agitate the beings of the Etherium realm for fear of scaring them to call for reinforcement.
Step by step, Nyxalos held his breath, waiting for a chance.
Now, it seems that the darkness of abyss was still on his side.
"Hehe, just wait for us..."