Meanwhile, while Maximus was binding the Eternal Book, the three Devourer Monsters completed the final trial.
Sira, the clone of the Zerg Queen, gazed upon the Supreme Law of Infinity after completing her trial.
Except for the three governing laws, completing the trial granted the trialists the right to choose any Origin of Law, even if no one offered an invitation.
Looking at the hateful woman who had abandoned it countless epochs ago, the Supreme Law of Infinity's expression darkened.
"Why choose me? Aren't you sick of me?"
"How could I be? You've always been the only one for me..."
"What a hypocritical woman!"
"How cute. Come to this queen. Let us revisit our past relationship," Sira muttered with a smirk.
With no other choice, the Supreme Law of Infinity once again bound itself to its nemesis.
On the other hand, Nyx chose the Supreme Law of Abyss.
"How rare—a dimensional will wielding pure abyssal power. I'm sure we'll get along well," the Supreme Law of Abyss muttered coldly.
" Come. The Abyss shall conquer this plane once and for all."
Having a matching attribute, the two shared the same mind.
Their mutual goal was to conquer, devour, and turn the world into their playground.
Binding with the Supreme Law, Nyx's smile could no longer be suppressed.
Holding a key that allowed him to break through the barriers of the Aeon Plane, it was only a matter of time before the entire Aeon Plane became the Abyss's territory.
Zar, on the other hand, chose the Supreme Law of Power—raw, untampered power.
"Do you believe you can surpass the Void Monarch with me?" the Supreme Law of Power asked in intrigue.
"That lazy glutton was just born earlier than me!"
The Void Monarch was the laziest of all Overlords.
Without any desire for conquest or territory, he only knew how to sleep and eat.
Yet, possessing the ultimate physique of Gluttony and having contracted the Supreme Law of Devouring, he had risen to become one of the reigning Overlords.
"Then I look forward to the day power reigns supreme again..."
As the three Devourers bound their respective Supreme Laws, Maximus completed binding the Eternal Book.
After binding the Eternal Book, Maximus immediately felt the difference.
In the Aeon Plane, one could only bind three Tier-12 Ultimate Treasures, even if they were an Overlord.
Maximus had thought it was because their origin was too weak to withstand another Ultimate Treasure.
Yet, upon binding his third Ultimate Treasure, he realized the truth—it was due to the absolute rules of the Aeon Plane.
Holding another Ultimate Treasure, Maximus noticed it now felt like an ordinary object, stripped of all power.
No matter what he did, the treasure's abilities and ultimate power suddenly became invalid.
Staring at the immutable sword that could once cut him to pieces—now reduced to a dull blade in his hands—Maximus couldn't help but sigh.
Initially, he believed that as long as he was strong enough, he could possess one or two more Ultimate Treasures.
But with this iron rule, no matter how strong he was, he couldn't defy the Aeon Plane.
"However, this is also good news..."
Once he became the Aeon Plane Master, couldn't he simply change this rule?
Furthermore, he had grander plans than just binding more Ultimate Treasures.
The plan is to conceive an Ultimate Treasure that could rival the top three in the Aeon Plane—or even surpass them.
His system had the ability to bind other Ultimate Treasures.
As long as he deduced the sequence for combining them, the system could virtually bind all Ultimate Treasures.
By then, how could the Aeon Plane's limitations possibly affect him?
After thinking things through, he turned his attention to the effects of the Eternal Book.
Activating the treasure, he felt his comprehension soar tens of thousands of times its normal capacity!
One must remember that the River of Knowledge only enhanced comprehension a thousand times.
But with the treasure amplifying his comprehension tens of thousands of times, he felt his mind ascend to an entirely new height.
Turning to the system's deduction panel, he noticed something even more astonishing: the time needed to deduce new knowledge was cut in half.
"Half the deduction time?!" Maximus muttered in surprise.
Halving the time needed to deduce new knowledge, he realized the Eternal Book was a godlike artifact.
One might think that with tens of thousands of times enhancement in comprehension, the time to deduce new knowledge would also be cut thousands of times.
However, deducing new knowledge does not entirely rely on comprehension but also on experimentation, inspiration, processing, deduction, and confirmation.
A 100% boost in deduction efficiency was more than he could have hoped for.
A seed of path that would usually take hundreds of millions of years to master could now be deduced in just a few thousand years.
With the Eternal Book, he could walk the path of knowledge at double the speed.
"Are you satisfied with your selection? If you're done, leave already," the Supreme Law of Virtuality said lazily.
"Alright, alright, no need to rush me."
Leaving the Virtual Tower, Maximus wondered how his family had been faring.
Outside the Virtual Tower, a massive crowd of powerful figures watched the prodigies emerging from the trials.
Over a thousand years had passed since the trial selection had begun.
From the elites of top forces to individuals who had already mastered a path of their own and even the primordial candidates, the trial had drawn a vast range of participants.
The crowd eagerly observed the talents exiting the tower as if witnessing revolutionary heroes who would soon change the world's structure.
These trialists were future absolute powerhouses—or even Overlords.
As the Virtual Tower lit up, signifying the emergence of a trialist, the crowd couldn't help but clench their fists in anticipation.
"It's Paragon! The number one primordial candidate!"
"It's Master Ylva and Linus! They've come out too!"
But before anyone could approach, the tower lit up again, and the three Supreme Devourers emerged.
"What's with all this commotion? Can you all shut up?" Zar shouted impatiently, glaring at the crowd.