Over a million years later.
Having completed the final epoch of the Trial of Origin, Maximus began to undergo another transformation.
Bombarded by the will of all beings, his core of origin, freshly baptized by the source of chaos, underwent another evolution.
With the revolving power of will that could refine everything, its color turned deeper and deeper.
The surrounding chaos energy began to blend, attaching itself to his core of origin.
Hammered by the experience of hundreds of trillions of epochs, his core of origin underwent a final change.
Unlike the reaction of the source of chaos, this change was silent, deep, and indistinguishable to everyone but Maximus.
Feeling his core of origin reach its peak, it finally shifted, turning pitch black with occasional flashes of chaos.
Calmly opening his eyes, Maximus turned his attention outside the void.
"I still have some time left..."
Based on his perception and the omnis, it would take a few hundred thousand more years before the Origin Dark Beast arrived.
Turning his attention back to his core of origin, Maximus couldn’t hold back his smile.
Finally, after millions of years of pain and suffering, he had completed the Trial of Origin.
Furthermore, the benefits it provided were so immense that they surpassed the evolution of his source of chaos.
Just by sensing his power, Maximus felt he could punch an Overlord to death.
That’s right, at this moment, even if he was only at the tier 11 realm, his power seemed to surpass that of an Overlord.
Compared to Lazo, who had over 700 magnitudes of force with his regular attack, Maximus felt his reach at least 3,000!
Activating the Origin Explosion to billions of times the amplitude, he believed he could even punch a tier 13 dark beast to death!
"So this is the power of the core of chaos origin!" Maximus marveled.
A core of chaos origin was something only an Archon could conceive.
Yet he, a peak tier 11 powerhouse, had a power belonging to a God!
Initially, a mere Trial of Origin shouldn’t have had this effect.
However, due to multiple enhancements from the source of chaos and the Trial of Origin, his core of origin had crossed the final step.
Power was not the only benefit granted by this evolution, but also a core of origin that was nearly indestructible.
First, there was the chaos and dark energy. In the past, such high-tier energy would have affected or even corroded him; now, it felt like a gentle breeze calming his body.
Even looking at the Origin Dark Beast eye to eye through the omnis, Maximus felt nothing.
Although he still sensed the difference in their strength, it no longer instilled despair.
In the past, every time he looked at it, the only thoughts in his mind were to escape or die.
Now, he was like a challenger eyeing the prize he was about to defeat.
Among the benefits provided by the core of chaos origin, this was just the appetizer.
Another benefit was the ability of his core of origin to withstand greater power and pressure.
Although Maximus hadn’t tested it yet, based on its resilience, he felt he could attempt an origin explosion at a trillion-times amplification.
But just as he was thinking of this, he suddenly felt a premonition of death.
"It seems a trillion-times amplification is a bit too much..."
Though his core of origin could handle more power, he had also become far stronger from the origin explosion.
A trillion-times amplification could likely push his magnitude of power to billions.
Even the tier 13 dark beast on the Aeon Plane only had a few million magnitudes of power. It was no wonder his plane-level ability, True Path, sent him a warning.
Shaking off the thought, he continued to investigate the effects of his chaos origin.
"Hmm? This? So much plane origin?"
Feeling his physique, Plane Source, pumping out over a dozen units of plane origin every second, shocked him.
Previously, his Plane Source physique could only generate about 10,000 units of plane origin daily, roughly 5 units per minute.
But now, his physique was producing plane origin at a frantic pace. With this efficiency, it could generate about a million units of plane origin per day.
Furthermore, this wasn’t the limit. Perhaps because his body couldn’t handle a massive influx of plane origin, it was capped at a million units.
Though far less than what they could harvest from the chaos grass on the Aeon Plane, it held immense potential.
"It seems Plane Source is more useful than I thought!"
Once he became an Overlord, Plane Source might generate hundreds of millions of units of plane origin daily.
If he advanced to an Archon or his physique reached plane level, he might achieve his dream of generating a trillion units of plane origin every second.
At that point, he would have the freedom to wield plane origin without restraint.
Curbing his excitement, he thought of the True Path, his plane-level ability.
Since his physique had undergone a massive boost, there should be some improvement to the True Path, right? At the very least, he should be able to use it.
Even at the Overlord Realm, a plane-level physique or ability could only be partially activated.
Only an Archon could fully unleash such power.
In his case, since he already possessed a core of chaos origin, something only an Archon could have, could he activate the True Path ahead of time?
With this thought, he began to activate the True Path through careful micro testing.
From smaller to larger attempts, he probed the limits of how much he could activate the ability without consequences.
After thorough testing, Maximus felt unprecedented excitement.
"Strong! This is too strong!"
True Path was an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent ability that could create, reveal, and guide him toward whatever he desired.
As long as he could withstand the backlash and handle the consequences, anything was possible.
Initially, it was his trump card to turn the impossible into the possible.
However, his core of chaos origin seemed able to absorb part of the backlash, allowing him to use it more freely.
As long as his wish wasn’t too outrageous, it could be fulfilled without consequences!