Above the Celestial Dome Curtain.

The bizarre, blood-red filaments, like grasping tentacles, were slowly but surely pierced by Zorn’s Cosmic Magic Net.

RUMBLE...

Vast swathes of the Calamity Black Mist of Death poured down upon Evil God World No. 4 like a torrential flood.

The once-clear sky instantly turned a murky gray.

The entire world was shrouded in the gloom of world-ending Death.

"Hmph!"

The Evil God, who had been revived from the remains of ancient Evil God Flesh and Blood, let out a cold snort before being forced to withdraw its divine will.

And with the flight of that Level 20 Lower Rank Evil God,

it meant that World No. 4 officially welcomed its Destruction!

For over a year, Zorn had been launching a World Destruction Level offensive against the Fedor Material Plane World Group.

One Evil God Calamity after another had erupted.

World No. 7, World No. 6, and World No. 5 were annihilated one after another by Zorn’s world-ending methods.

However, when attacking World No. 4,

Zorn was met with powerful resistance.

It was a new Evil God, born from the bones of an ancient Evil God.

From deep within its projected, squirming heart, a vast network of tentacles constantly radiated outward.

They were able to obstruct the invasion of Zorn’s Magic Net to a certain extent.

Furthermore, the entity had made its preparations long in advance.

This was why it took Zorn over a month to finally break through the flesh-and-blood Evil God’s defenses, which were centered on its heart.

As World No. 4 met its end and the Level 20 Evil God fled, the many Divine Spirits who had been observing the Demigod Zorn’s campaign of world destruction for the past year all sighed with emotion.

"In the last year, Zorn has conquered the worlds occupied by the projections of three Evil Gods using his own methods."

"Even a Level 20 Evil God couldn’t stop the Demigod Zorn’s incredible techniques. He truly deserves the title of World-Ending Evil God."

"With such powerful methods, His Excellency, the Demigod Zorn, will surely be looked upon favorably by the Upper Rank God Lords in the Calamity Court Divine Kingdom."

"Indeed."

"To think that our Calamity Court could produce such a formidable Demigod."

"The ancient Ancient Gods have already proclaimed that a tide of epics and myths is about to sweep across the Star Realm."

"It’s only natural for such unique beings to emerge. It would be stranger if they didn’t."

"After all, whether it’s the Twilight Ancient Temple, our rivals in the Jade Realm, or our partners in the Secret Wilderness, many Holy Crowns, Lower Rank Gods, and even Legendary beings with extremely high Talent have appeared within their Divine Kingdoms."

"And Zorn isn’t the only one in our Divine Kingdom who has become famous recently."

"After ascending to Holy Crown, Abigail is said to be hunting a Lower Rank Evil God deep in the wilderness of the Star Realm."

"A Holy Crown hunting an Evil God? Did I hear that right?!"

"A Holy Crown can hunt a Lower Rank Level divine being?"

"Heh... you heard correctly. Someone did indeed see Abigail hunting an injured Evil God from an Exotic Realm."

"So, the great wave of myth is crashing down. The long-slumbering Star Realm is about to awaken!"

"And many strange entities will reawaken along with it!"

"Not to mention... in a distant domain, the Ancient Ruins of the cosmos have also blossomed."

"I also heard that the Demigod Zorn seems to have originated from that ancient cosmos and the world at its entrance."

"So that’s how it is!"

Hearing this, many of the Divine Spirits came to a sudden understanding.

Now that World No. 4 had lost its ability to resist, Zorn’s world-destroying operation continued for another two and a half months.

The world’s corrupted inhabitants, along with the many Trees of the Magic Ring planted by the Evil God, were completely annihilated by Zorn.

All that remained was for the Middle Rank God, Lord Orville, to dispatch Upper Rankers to conduct a thorough cleanup.

With the destruction of World No. 4 complete, Zorn slowly retracted his Evil Spirit Calamity and began to withdraw his Magic Net.

He then turned to the Middle Rank God Orville and said,

"Lord Orville, the outer worlds have been mostly eliminated."

"The core worlds occupied by those three Evil Gods are not something I can destroy in a short amount of time."

The Middle Rank God Orville nodded slightly.

"Eliminating these peripheral worlds is more than enough."

"You should rest well now."

"Now that those three Evil Gods have lost their outer worlds, their power will be drastically reduced. It won’t take many years for me to slowly conquer them."

Zorn had already done more than enough, and Orville was extremely satisfied.

After bowing to the Middle Rank God Orville,

Zorn flew off toward his Half-plane Floating Island.

Only then did the gods who had observed the world’s destruction for a year finally disperse their projected wills.

Having witnessed the annihilation of a world’s living beings, they all felt they had gained some new insight.

By cultivating properly during this period, they too could make gains.

...

"Haaaah..."

Returning to his residence and entering his Divine Kingdom,

Zorn let out a long breath.

One year.

He had continuously annihilated four worlds and tens of billions of living beings.

A normal Divine Spirit would probably feel tormented by the wails of the Undead, which were like a landslide or a tsunami.

But to an Evil God,

those wails of death, the roars, the resentment, the curses...

were like sweet rain nourishing the soul.

’It makes me want to attack the Evil Gods’ lairs directly,’ Zorn thought, barely able to restrain himself.

But Zorn held back.

He had told the Middle Rank God Orville that he would have difficulty attacking the Evil Gods’ lairs.

’In reality, if I really wanted to attack, I could probably take one down in a few years.’

’It’s possible!’

’But it’s not necessary.’

For one, Zorn still needed to digest the rich Essence channeled from the destruction of four worlds over the past year.

Secondly, in about two more years, Zorn would have to return to his Divine Kingdom.

Two years was not enough time to conquer an Evil God World.

So, Zorn had decisively stopped.

He stood beneath the towering Tree of Calamity Magic Ring.

At this very moment, the Wandering Souls of tens of billions of beings all hung upon the branches of this great Tree of the Magic Ring.

It decorated the entire world, turning it into a perfect kingdom of silent death.

Zorn savored this feeling of sinking into Death.

Besides this vast number of Wandering Souls,

there was also a massive amount of Spiritual Essence.

This was the favorite food and nourishment of Evil Gods.

Taking a deep breath, Zorn calmed his mind.

He would now recuperate while beginning to absorb the massive Spiritual Resources to raise his Sequence Level.

Time Essence was the most effective for raising his Sequence Level.

However, Spiritual Resources could also do the job. Although the effect was weaker, the sheer quantity more than made up for it.

’Once I finish absorbing the massive amount of Spiritual Essence from four worlds,’ Zorn estimated, ’not only can I advance to Level 17, but I’ll even have a lot of Essence left over to push my Sequence Experience even further.’

’This is so much faster than cultivating slowly.’

’If I had destroyed those three Evil God Worlds, I could have gone straight to Level 18 without any problem.’

To advance to Holy Crown and become a Demigod,

condensing a Rune Magic Ring was one aspect.

Raising one’s own Level was equally important.