GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

A domain is not much different from a nascent world. They both have the same abilities which depend on the power of the soul, except that a world is an evolution of a domain that creates an isolated and enveloped space where the rules can be changed. The rules can only be changed, with emphasis on "can", it doesn't mean they will be changed. Soverick's nascent world grants him that possibility of change while Legion-1's domain grants him the certainty of it. The soul of a full-blown Origin god is no joke.

The high-rank demons are not panicking because they are all enveloped in darkness. They can't see anything, feel anything, or move anything. So how could they panic? They are trapped in an evolved and more powerful form of his cloud of darkness.

It is only the divine sense of the demon lord that can do something and the only thing it can do is think. All that power that she is so proud of and the only thing she can do is remain capable of thought.

"This is the authority of a demon king. Is this demon a clone of a demon king? I shouldn't have messed with him." She felt regret.

Even a small consciousness independent of the body felt immense regret for her actions. Then she felt nothing as Aeternus instructed the sphere to collapse. The chaotic energy of his soul broke all of them down and his mark of sin absorbed them. There was no resistance whatsoever from his captives. They don't even know that they are dying.

The sphere began to recede into his soul bringing with it all the demons it has enveloped and the divine sense of the demon lord. The influx of energy made his mark of sin ready to evolve. Consuming 300 top-notch high-rank demons can do that, but he isn't feeling happy. He is in so much pain that all his bodily functions are shuting down.

His soul isn't powerful enough to bear the burden of such power but it could have managed and would pay the price with some weakening which will heal. Any damage to his body wouldn't matter either since his body is far from natural. But the small vulnerability in his soul caused by the previous attacks made the consequences too heavy.

He had used the domain for only a split second, it was still too much for his soul to handle. The little hole in his soul escalated into a mind-searing pain as his soul cracked and chaos energy rampaged. And it was worsening as time passed.

His soul has crystalized when he made it somewhat immune to chaos by converting it into a concept capable of converting chaos energy into soul force. That crystalization has somehow turned into a weakness that is now preventing him from healing. There is only one thing that he can think of that will heal him.

In any other situation, he would prefer to return to the edge of the plane where no one can disturb him or spy on him to evolve. But he is in a situation where he urgently needs to heal his soul but his injury is only worsening. He doesn't have much of a choice. So he gave the go-ahead to his mark of sin.

-WARNING-

( CHAOS ENERGY HAS REACHED THE LIMIT OF NATURAL EVOLUTION. )

( WOULD YOU LIKE TO FACE THE TRIAL OF ABYSS NOW? )

( REFUSAL TO UNDERGO THE TRIAL WILL PREVENT CHAOS ENERGY FROM REACHING THE DIVINE STAGE AND IT WOULD AFFECT YOUR POTENTIAL FOR EVOLUTION )

The first thing he saw is a warning about his chaotic energy. Chaos energy usually upgrades with his evolution without his permission. He started with chaos energy at the extreme rank, then it evolved into the half-divine rank. Apparently, he has reached the limit of what it can evolve into without passing a trial.

The prospect of chaos energy upgrading to the divine ranks is good but he doubts his soul can handle the trial. The fact that he has to go through the trial that demon lords go through to become demon kings is not a good thing for his currently injured and worsening soul. So he can only decline and swear to pay the demon lord back for his loss.

He declined and the evolution interface showed up.

-EVOLUTION INTERFACE-

#( RESOURCES )

1. Soul Essence: 0

2. Divinity: 0

3: Biomass: 0

4: Origin Energy: INFINITE

5: Chaos Energy: INFINITE

#( UPGRADES )

1. DEMON RANK: Mid - High.

2. SIN RANK: Mid - High.

3. CHAOS POWER: Mid - High.

4. MAGICAL RESISTANCE: Mid - High.

5. CONSTITUTION: Mid - High.

6. PHYSICAL RESISTANCE: Mid - High.

COST: 10,000 Units.

#( UPGRADABLE )

1. STRENGTH ( High ): 1,000 Units.

2. AGILITY ( High ): 1,000 Units.

3. ACTIVITY ( High ): 1,000 Units

#( STATS )

+1 STRENGTH = 1000 Units.

+1 CONSTITUTION = 100,000,000 Units.

+1 ACTIVITY = 100,000,000 Units.

+1 AGILITY = 1000 Units.

+1 PHYSICAL RESISTANCE = 100,000,000 Units.

+1 MAGICAL RESISTANCE = 100,000,000 Units.

+1 SPIRIT = 10,000,000,000 Units.

#( SIN ABILITY )

CHOOSE THREE OUT OF SIX.

1. The Essence of Envy: Take the Sin Abilities of Slain Enemies. (DEMON KING GRADE. Unavailable until the trial of the abyss is passed.)

2. The Spite of Envy: Reflect Magical, Spiritual, and Physical damage. (UNIQUE)

3. The Accumulation of Chaos: Accumulate power passively the more chaos you cause. (UNIQUE.)

4. The Oath of A Lord of Chaos (Upgrade Of Oath Of Allegiance): Provide access to the energy well to your bonded subordinates which will boost their power and their potential during evolution. (UNIQUE. DEMON LORD GRADE. Requires bond to the energy well of the plane )

5. The Authority Of Chaos: Become a representative of the abyss and be rewarded with an authority that enhances your power. (DEMON KING GRADE. Unavailable until the trial of the abyss is passed.)

6. Return To Chaos: An opportunity to bypass the restriction of the abyss trial limiting your potential by becoming a Chaosling. Your potential will be unlocked if you survive the return to chaos. If not, then you will have returned to chaos. (UNIQUE TRIAL. Highly dangerous with unpredictable outcomes.)