"Damn it! To stand against me is to stand against the entirety of darkness! Where there is day, there is night. Where there is light, there is darkness. I am darkness—eternal and indestructible, everlasting through time. Dark Canopy!!"
A furious and chilling voice erupted from within the giant egg.
Immediately, mysterious patterns began to flicker continuously, and waves of dark power surged like a tide, converging outside the egg. They formed a layer of pitch-black canopy that completely engulfed the area. Darkness pervaded all things, leaving not a trace of light. The blackness was so pure it could devour all brilliance. This darkness evoked utter despair.
A dazzling sword light, imbued with a Heaven-Slashing Sword Intent that could seemingly cleave the heavens and split the earth, pierced through the surrounding black mist like a cascading ribbon and struck directly at the dark canopy.
This clash, however, was eerily silent—unnervingly so.
The Dark Canopy felt like a terrifying beast lurking in the shadows, devouring all that drew near. Darkness had boundless capacity—it could envelope anything, corrode everything. Nothing escaped its reach.
The entire canopy resembled a vast sea, trying to utterly swallow the Heaven-Slashing Sword Intent, corrode it into nothingness, erase it from existence.
But that sword intent was not so easily erased. Its fierce cutting force repeatedly tore the canopy apart, yet each rip was swiftly mended by more darkness. Even the sword light itself was being swallowed, its essence gradually worn down as though trapped in a mire.
The sword intent's advance slowed to a crawl.
Within the Dark Canopy, only infinite darkness remained.
Anything foreign was consumed and assimilated into the void.
Within seconds, one could clearly see the Heaven-Slashing Sword Intent being rapidly eroded. The speed at which it was destroyed was astonishing. This was the realm of night—a domain saturated with endless, inexhaustible dark power.
"What a domineering sword intent… It's nearly at the level of Tribulation Sword Intent. But to break through my Dark Canopy? Impossible. Within darkness, all returns to the void."
A cold, mocking laugh echoed from the giant egg.
"Die!! Primordial Heaven Emperor Tower, suppress!!"
Yi Tianxing's eyes gleamed. Without hesitation, he unleashed his natal treasure—the Primordial Heaven Emperor Tower.
A sixteen-story glazed pagoda manifested in the chamber, exuding ancient majesty. Countless runes flashed across its surface. The moment it appeared, it smashed toward the giant egg without mercy.
Boom!!
Entangled with the Heaven-Slashing Sword Intent, the Dark Canopy was torn like cloth under the tower's impact. The power of the tower was simply too overwhelming. It struck the black egg, which retaliated with a burst of dark divine light, forming a barrier that resisted the impact. Its dark power even tried to knock the tower away.
But the Primordial Heaven Emperor Tower was no ordinary object—it wasn't so easily repelled. With its sixteen layers and inner Chaos Space, its weight surpassed millions of tons. That the egg could even withstand the strike was shocking.
"What is this tower? It possesses such terrifying might, even my Dark Canopy was torn. But harming me? You're not quite there. I am darkness itself. Within it, my strength is infinite. I am undying and eternal—unless all darkness is erased."
A startled voice echoed from within the egg.
But even as the power of the tower lashed out, it seemed to diffuse into the boundless dark—reaching not only this chamber, but all of Dark City, even further. Wherever there was darkness, this power reached.
"Darkness, no matter how strong, must return to chaos. Be devoured!"
Yi Tianxing's brows tightened, and he shouted coldly. At once, the tower radiated a powerful devouring force. Even the intangible dark power was drawn into it like a flood.
This absorption was frightening. Even the essence of darkness could be consumed. Once inside the Chaos Space, all energies were naturally refined and turned into nourishment. The force drawn in was none other than the dark origin power within the egg.
That dark power was immensely vast.
So vast it rivaled the sea, the chaotic qi within the space surged madly, fusing with the tower's sixteen internal worlds. These internal spaces expanded at unimaginable speed—forming new lands, rivers, and mountains.
This power was too pure, too rich. It was like a gourmet feast—a perfect tonic.
The tower's expansion was directly tied to what it absorbed. The purer the energy, the vaster the resulting internal world. The origin of heaven and earth grew immensely.
One hundred li!
Two hundred li!!
Three hundred li!!!
In mere breaths, vast quantities of dark power were devoured. The internal worlds expanded by hundreds of li in an instant. Soon, it reached 1,500 li in diameter.
A colossal gain!
A true, massive gain!
"What incredible purity… This energy contains the essence of the Laws of Darkness. Who is this… to refine their power to such a terrifying extent?" Yi Tianxing could sense the tower's internal strength surging rapidly. It rivaled the gains he made during the beast tide, when countless monster corpses were refined into world origin.
This was not the power of an ordinary being.
The dark power here contained the essence of dark laws.
That was the true source of its purity and strength.
"Damn you! You dare devour my power! Insect! How dare you! You think I can't destroy you?!"
The voice in the egg was filled with fury. Clearly, it had not expected Yi Tianxing to not only dare, but successfully devour its power. This tower was truly horrifying.
A surge of murderous intent followed the words.
Whoosh!!
The countless black patterns on the egg twisted and converged into a surge of divine light, forming a black eye. That eye radiated pure, unfiltered darkness. All light was swallowed into it.
"What a terrifying eye!"
Yi Tianxing's pupils shrank sharply, and a chill crept over him.
In that eye, there was no emotion, no color—only pure black. So dark it could devour the soul. Just gazing into it made one feel as if their very mind would be pulled in—lost forever, utterly annihilated.
Darkness. Endless darkness.
It was a darkness that could freeze and erase all things.
At the end of death lies darkness.
At the end of light lies darkness.
Hidden in darkness are the void and death.
Darkness also means destruction, despair, and obliteration. Darkness embraces all. Darkness corrodes all. Darkness annihilates all.
This eye wasn't merely a physical organ—it was a divine eye, a demonic eye, belonging to some primordial demon god.
Whoosh!!
The black eye fired a beam of divine light—pitch-black and absolute. Wherever it passed, it devoured all light, turning all into darkness.
Boom!!
The beam struck the Primordial Heaven Emperor Tower directly, unleashing immense power. The divine lights clashed throughout the chamber. That single beam tried to engulf and shatter the tower outright.
The tower was incredibly resilient—nurtured from the start by Yi Tianxing, an extraordinary treasure of heaven and earth. It could withstand even world-shaking attacks. Not even most Yellow-grade or Profound-grade divine artifacts could damage it.
Yet now, a hairline crack appeared where the beam hit. Black lines began to spread.
The tower's divine light surged, desperately trying to resist the corruption.
But to no avail.
The tower was sent flying by the terrifying power.
It let out a crisp, mournful hum.
"Not good!!"
Yi Tianxing's expression turned grim. Without hesitation, he flipped his hand. A golden seal appeared in his palm. At once, he hurled it at the egg.
This strike—the Warden Seal—flashed with three radiant stars. It unleashed terrifying force—hundreds of thousands of jin condensed into a single crushing blow.
As it descended, Yi Tianxing instantly retracted the tower into his divine sea, and like a streak of light, bolted from the chamber.
He dashed into the alchemy lab, scooped up the pill furnace, then immediately darted out of the underground vault.
Once aboveground, he didn't pause. He fled the City Lord's Manor without looking back.
All of this took less than three breaths. So swift was his escape that any onlookers would think they had imagined it.
Back in the chamber…
The Warden Seal slammed down, prompting another black beam from the eye on the egg. The blast and the seal's crushing force clashed, rupturing space—but the beam still consumed the attack, eroding the seal little by little.
The dark beam obliterated all resistance.
However, the egg's radiance had noticeably dimmed.