As a Dimensional Will, Nyx's path to the Overlord Realm remained uncertain.
Without proper guidance, his chances of success were slim, and failure could come at a steep price.
Now that the Heavenly System had been fully integrated into the Tower of Knowledge, it should help Nyx bridge the gaps in his understanding and increase his odds of breaking through.
"The Tower of Knowledge, huh? Alright… I'll go take a look," Nyx said.
He wasn't sure what the Tower could offer him, but in his good mood, he was willing to listen.
Back at the Shadow Void Outpost, Maximus and Scarlet strolled through the area.
"Hmm? What is this grass? It seems to purify Chaos Energy," Scarlet asked curiously.
"It's Chaos Grass. A Tier-13 material that can absorb and purify Chaos Energy into usable Plane Origin."
Located at the edge of the Aeon Plane, the Shadow Void Land was thick with chaotic energy.
Even with advanced filtering arrays, the ambient chaos energy was enough to overwhelm most powerhouses.
Tier 9 individuals couldn't even remain exposed for long without special measures or defensive treasures.
But now, with the Chaos Grass, the air felt cleaner, lighter, making their bodies relax like they were in a paradise.
"Oh~ What a fantastical plant! I didn't know anything could absorb Chaos Energy!"
Feeling the purified air resonate with her core of origin, Scarlet couldn't help but marvel at its effects.
"It's indeed incredible. Not only does it increase the greenery of the Shadow Void Land, it can even help individuals advance to higher realms."
Over the past 300,000 years, the Chaos Grass had multiplied three hundredfold.
Though it still wasn't enough to cover the entire Shadow Void Land, the once-barren landscape no longer felt so desolate.
After a few million years, once the Chaos Grass had multiplied sufficiently, they could even begin the extraction of plane origin.
At that point, producing millions of units of plane origin per day would be possible.
As for extracting billions or even trillions of units of plane origin, it was still far off.
As more Chaos Grass grew, the available chaotic energy in the Aeon Plane became insufficient to sustain them.
Their growth even began to slow because of insufficient chaos energy.
Instead of multiplying every thousand years, it now took around 1,300 years for a new generation to form.
If this continued, the Chaos Grass might even begin to wilt from lack of energy.
Hearing Maximus explain the situation, Scarlet suddenly had an idea.
"Since the Chaos Grass needs chaotic energy, can't you just supply it directly using your physique?"
She knew Maximus's physique could generate Plane Origin, so wouldn't it be possible to absorb chaos energy and transfer it?
"You're thinking too simply." Maximus chuckled, pinching her nose.
Even if his physique could absorb chaos energy, it would devastate his body.
Letting it act as a funnel for pure chaos energy would be suicide.
Not even Archons could absorb raw chaos energy. How could he, just an Absolute, survive that?
As for creating an external device to absorb and transfer chaos energy, it wasn't feasible either.
Even Chaos Gold, famous for its resilience, would slowly corrode under long-term exposure to chaos energy.
Using it as a funnel would directly disintegrate the material.
Even the chaos grass could only absorb chaos energy little by little, purifying one before it absorbs another one.
In short, absorbing, channeling, or controlling chaos energy directly was far beyond their current ability.
Maybe one day, when his physique, the Plane Source, evolves to the Plane Level, he might be able to absorb chaotic or even dark energy without a problem.
But for now, the only real strategy was to keep expanding the Chaos Grass along the outer edges of the Aeon Plane.
There, it could continue purifying the chaos energy that the Aeon Plane passively absorbed.
As for the Ether Device, it could serve multiple roles, not just generating Plane Origin, but acting as a remote power source, working in sync with his physique.
Understanding the core problem of her proposal, Scarlet blushed.
How could her husband not think of something so basic? With Maximus' meticulousness, he would have considered everything.
"Don't worry. It's natural to ask questions and voice your ideas." Maximus smiled in comfort.
Soon, continuing their journey, Scarlet noticed the golden metal webbed throughout the land, connecting the ley lines of the Shadow Void Land like veins.
"Is this the Chaos Gold you mentioned?"
"Yes. By integrating Chaos Gold into the ley lines of the Shadow Void Land, its defensive power has increased by up to 70%,"
"That much?" Scarlet blinked in surprise.
One had to understand: the defining feature of the Shadow Void Land was defense.
It was the last card of the Aeon Plane, an architecture designed to evacuate all beings in the event of a catastrophe.
Each modular section of the Shadow Void Land was crafted from Tier-12 materials and reinforced with peak Tier-12 arrays.
Once those modules and arrays were linked, it could amplify the defensive power of the Shadow Void Land to an 8,000 to 9,000 magnitude of defense.
While this was still short of the Skjǫldrún Stronghold, the strongest defensive architecture known throughout the Aeon Plane, which has a defensive magnitude of 100,000, the Shadow Void Land was not far off.
Although their defensive magnitude was vastly different, as the Shadow Void Land expanded, its defensive magnitude could reach hundreds of thousands to millions.
The ability to boost such defensive power by simply embedding Chaos Gold into its key ley lines made its value incalculable.
"The only problem with this material is the price…"
Over the past 300,000 years, he had spent no less than 30 billion units of Plane Origin just integrating Chaos Gold into the Shadow Void Land.
Including what he used for the Void Outpost, the total cost had reached around 35 billion units.
"As long as it helps us… it's worth it," Scarlet said gently, seeing the faint grimace in Maximus's eyes.
"Oh, I know~" he replied, chuckling at his stinginess.
"Come on, let's go to the others. I miss them too…"