Void Evolution System

Chapter 1855  Prelude [3]

Damien spent the next two days visiting his people. He spent a long time with Su Ren and Long Chen, went and saw his wives, and even spoke to people like Tian Yang or Malcolm, who he hadn't seen in ages.

He was glad to see that everyone was doing well. It seemed that the Heavenly World acted as a motivator for them. Despite the new environment, they flourished and found a new purpose in their lives.

It was surprising for someone like Malcolm to even be out of the Sanctuary, but the things he'd accomplished after Damien left Apeiron couldn't be underestimated.

When the Human Domain came together, he started working closely with some of its strongest people and learned how to become more than he was at the time. As the Human Domain connected to the rest of the universe, he excelled even further.

But, Malcolm didn't reach the heights of his potential until the Heavenly World. He was one of the people who'd somehow managed to become Gods in such a short period of time. His tenacity and desire for growth couldn't be underestimated.

By now, he didn't stand a chance against Damien. They were in two completely different leagues that barely had a chance to interact.

However, the relationship between them didn't change. Malcolm was Damien's first mentor in this life. The lessons he learned from the academy back then and the things he gained with Malcolm's support were and would always be extremely vital to Damien's journey.

Even now, when Damien visited him, Malcolm treated him the same, giving him advice and wishing him well.

Every meeting was meaningful in its own way, and by the end, Damien was more than satisfied. He felt like taking a break from ceaseless comprehension was a great idea, because there were many other things that he still had to do.

For one, ridding himself of the Dark God's influence. When they first met, the Dark God toyed with Damien like he was nothing. He set a deadline, displayed his power, and severed the connection between Damien and his most valuable asset, the Sanctuary.

Since then, Damien had lost a lot. Not only did he not have his most certain escape method, but he could no longer access the people left in that realm.

Lynn, Xue'er, and even Zara were in the Sanctuary and hadn't left yet. Their reasons were different, but it didn't change the fact that Damien had family there who he hadn't seen in a very long time.

Plus, wasn't he just thinking about Earth?

He wanted to visit and see how his homeworld was doing.

The Dark God's severance was effective, but not definite. Now that Damien was at the same level, he could easily undo it.

After all, he already knew the universe's coordinates. He would never forget the specific position of his very own creation. All Damien had to do was reach through the Void, using Existence and Nonexistence as his guides and protective detail. He had to grab onto the Sanctuary and recreate the thread that bound it to him.

'No, maybe that isn't the best idea.

He couldn't allow the Sanctuary to be affected by his clash with the Dark God. It was absolutely possible for the shockwaves to travel through his connection and ruin that universe.

Rather than allowing that to happen, it was better to postpone re-establishing the connection.

Instead, he could just travel there.

'It would be impossible in any other case, but the Sanctuary is still a universe I created.'

Damien could "technically" move through the Void at his current level, but he couldn't do so for extended periods of time or in an unprotected state. Like the Dark God, he would need to use the cosmos as a starship and move closer to other cosmos through it.

When the Sanctuary was the target, it was naturally different. He could create a temporary connection and turn his body into the pure essence of Existence to travel through it.

It was like teleportation. More specifically, it was like turning into light and moving beyond infinity.

It sounded extremely complex. It sounded like something that should have been impossible.

But, Damien was now a being synonymous with "the impossible."

His body dematerialized in the Heavenly World and came back into being in the Sanctuary.

He looked at his creation, feeling the familiar warmth of its laws wrapping around his body, and smiled.

'So even this place is improving well.'

Was this the same place he left? How long had it really been since the last time he saw it?

Logically, as he left it, the time flow should have been evenly matched with the Heavenly World. The Heavenly World had experienced multiple time dilations in recent times, so time here should have flowed at an even slower rate.

How did they manage to get so much done?

The Sanctuary could be considered more spread out than the Heavenly World. Because it had the concept of "outer space," the many societies all lived disconnected from each other by nature.

It seemed that Lynn had something to say about that, because this clearly was not a disconnected society.

'As expected, this kind of environment is the best.'

He loved the starry sky. It was his greatest dream when he was young, the place where most of his battles occurred, and the single greatest contributor to the development of his spatial law.

Starships were everywhere, transporting goods and people between planets. Some worlds were even connected physically through cosmic megastructures unlike anything Damien had ever seen before.

'As expected, this kind of environment is the best.'

He loved the starry sky. It was his greatest dream when he was young, the place where most of his battles occurred, and the single greatest contributor to the development of his spatial law.

A society built while embracing space was truly the best.

However, he didn't just come here to marvel at the overall structure of the universe. Damien didn't move, but space extended around him like a rubber band being pulled back until Earth arrived before him.

He could hear its World Core happily greeting him in his mind, and as he returned those greetings, he sent his senses into the world.

It definitely wasn't the one he left behind.

Their skyscrapers existed in the skies now on huge floating platforms built above the natural landscape.

The vegetation had become too thick for the surface to be populated properly, so humanity innovated.

They were doing well. Hunters and adventurers were able to grow on the surface and experience what it meant to be a practitioner, while society could continue to thrive in the air, giving a sense of normalcy to anyone who desired it.

Earth…

Damien didn't know why it was so important. When he was young, he didn't put much value into this world at all, thinking better of the other places he visited after falling into the First Dungeon.

But, as he grew older, the world grew in meaning.

His "root" became a vital factor, because this world was one of the only physical locations that had a profound impact on his Legend.

He didn't even have a particular reason to visit.

Just…when he was reaching a point where his Legend would transcend all things and become engraved in the eternal timeline, he wanted to see it.

And after he properly appreciated it, he definitely had a few more stops to make and just a few more people to see.