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The heavy chains were slowly retracted, and the three eerie golden eggs rose, swallowed by the gigantic pupil.

Xu Yi tightened his grip on the knife. If not for his fear of the Black Void Gate, he would have wanted to chop the accursed eyeball to pieces.

The other party had actually preferred to choose three "weaklings" instead of making him a disciple!

"Though its eyes are so wide, it is blind," he thought.

Xu Yi could only complain inwardly. Even though his strength had surged after fully merging with the Dark Crystal, it was still far from enough to confront the Black Void Gate.

Of course, it was not as easy for the other party to kill him as it had been before.

Not becoming a disciple wasn't too regrettable; after all, his initial goal had only been to survive.

He was just a bit curious about what the mysterious gift West had mentioned actually was.

Now that he hadn't become a disciple, it seemed the mystery would remain unresolved.

But why hadn't the Black Void Gate chosen him?

"Could it be because of the desire to kill?" Xu Yi thought over and over, finding this to be the only reason.

The Sub-Divine Power had neutralized the killing desire within him, allowing his consciousness to remain intact, thus making him an imperfect puppet.

It was understandable that the Black Void Gate didn't like his rebellious nature.

As the corrupted monsters disappeared, the Colosseum gradually became emptier. Xu Yi waited and waited, but the door for departure never appeared.

What mischief was the Black Void Gate up to now?

His eyebrows quietly furrowed.

The sound of chains sliding echoed again, the Ancient Clock bound by chains slowly descended, its surface etched with mysterious patterns.

Xu Yi watched the hovering Ancient Clock, gripping his machete, ready for battle.

Was the Black Void Gate trying to "force the good into prostitution" because it couldn't affect his desire to kill?

Regardless, he would not surrender without a fight.

The Ancient Clock suddenly tolled, its majestic bell echoing throughout the Colosseum, carrying an invisible force trying to invade Xu Yi's body.

He tried to dispel that force, but his normally infallible Demigod Power suddenly failed, and strangely, he felt no threat from the force.

In the next second, the scene before his eyes abruptly changed. He stood in the void, with dark golden chains weaving around his body.

He had seen those chains before in the space that was "both the beginning and the end" after merging with the Dark Crystal, the "Chain King" he had witnessed there.

The toll of the bell entered this space too, but now it sounded completely different; his mind became clearer than ever before.

He stared at the ancient scripts on the chains and suddenly understood their meaning.

Those were the scripts of rules, above the Domain, the force of laws, and they had another name— "Divine Authority!"

Xu Yi was secretly alarmed.

Even a True God would need countless years of cultivation to come in contact with Divine Authority.

And he was at most a Subgod, yet he was also able to touch the "Divine Authority"?

Could it be because he was destined to become an Outer Heaven Demon? Xu Yi couldn't help but speculate.

"What is my Divine Authority?" he wondered.

Yet, no matter what, the premature appearance of Divine Authority was definitely good news.

The Ancient Clock tolled again, shaking Xu Yi's mind violently. The ancient texts on the chains seemed to come alive, dancing like dragons and snakes.

Countless images flashed before his eyes, flowers blooming and wilting, birth and death, grasslands turning into deserts with the passage of time...

Xu Yi clenched his fists, struggling to contain his excitement; he finally understood what his Divine Authority was—it was Time!

Time Divine Authority had always been a forbidden power, out of reach for Subgods, and even Divine Kings couldn't control it.

Xu Yi was ecstatic. He had never dreamed that he would control the powers of time, a sensation similar to an ordinary person being struck by a multimillion-dollar jackpot.

Could it be because of the Resurrection Coin?

Thinking about it, that seemed the only reason—the essence of the Resurrection Coin was the reversal of time.

With every use of the Resurrection Coin, his soul was tainted with the essence of the Time Law, which is why his Divine Authority involved this forbidden power.

Xu Yi focused intently on the ancient scripts on the chains, trying to decipher them to glean more about Time Divine Authority.

He had a premonition that Time Divine Authority could be converted into Blank Entries.

As long as the entries appeared on the system panel, obtaining them was only a matter of time, and his heart was ablaze with anticipation.

Just then, the sound of the bell suddenly ceased, his mind becoming incredibly sluggish, feeling as if he had turned into a vegetative state.

This was, of course, just an illusion caused by the loss of the Ancient Clock's enhancement, his thinking reverting to a normal state—the contrast was just too great. Experience more content on My Virtual Library Empire

The scene before him changed again, and he returned to the Colosseum.

The giant floating pupil had disappeared, and the small Ancient Clock quietly lay in his palm, connected to a chain end.

"A Bell Holder, huh?" Xu Yi looked at the Ancient Clock in his hand, a stream of information flooding his mind, and he understood the whole story.

No wonder the Black Void Gate hadn't chosen him as a disciple; it had seen his potential and wanted him to become a Bell Holder.

As a Bell Holder, he could summon the Black Void Gate at any time and obtain partial authority over the gate.

Xu Yi suddenly remembered the Soul Gate.

The Soul Gate must also have a role similar to "Bell Holder," which had already been obtained by West; otherwise, West couldn't have thrived so well within the Soul Gate.

"Was the Black Void Gate fishing?" Xu Yi scoffed inwardly.

As everyone knows, fishing requires baiting, and that bait was clearly the "superbrain" experience just now.

To decipher Time Divine Authority, an extraordinary amount of energy was required.

The Black Void Gate certainly wouldn't help without a price.

It gave Xu Yi a taste of "sweetness" first, enticing Xu Yi to continually borrow its power.

As for the goals of the Black Void Gate, it was either salivating over his body or his soul.

While Xu Yi pondered, the blood-stained metal door reappeared. Xu Yi hurried forward, stepping over the threshold.

After a brief darkness, his vision was restored, and he was back in the familiar corridor.

"I'm finally back!" Xu Yi sighed in relief.

Returning from the flesh and blood ruins, even the hideously terrifying Silent Hill seemed somewhat welcoming.

Suddenly, terrifying roars erupted from outside, the sounds coming from the Dark Creatures of Silent Hill.

Xu Yi was puzzled; these Dark Creatures usually "kept to themselves"—why were they so agitated now?

Xu Yi hurriedly left the passageway and climbed to a higher point of Silent Hill to look out.

Shadows spilled like tide from inside the building; swarms of face-roaches emerged; swollen-faced nurses left the hospital where they usually stayed; puppet spiders jumped up and down, emitting sharp screeches...

What on earth had happened?

He could feel the panic of these Dark Creatures.

Xu Yi released his senses—his soul briefly merged with Silent Hill. He sensed a strange power steadily invading Silent Hill.

"How is this possible?" Xu Yi was incredibly surprised.

Silent Hill, born from Alessa's resentments, could be seen as a manifestation of Alessa's spiritual world, almost completely isolated from the outside world.

Yet that power disregarded the barriers of worlds and forced its entry—this was something even gods would find difficult.

What was most terrifying was that this force wasn't specifically targeting Silent Hill. It seemed more like floodwaters passing through, with Silent Hill merely being affected incidentally.

"Something big must have happened outside!"

A very bad premonition rose in Xu Yi's heart.

He urgently wanted to know the situation in the outside world, but given his current situation, he simply couldn't leave Silent Hill.

While he was deep in thought, he suddenly sensed a "thread"—it was the soul thread connecting him and the Main Soul.

This thread had always been there, but due to the isolation of Silent Hill, the signal was lost midway, like a cut phone line.

Why had it suddenly reconnected?

After thinking it over, Xu Yi figured it had to do with Alessa completely mastering Silent Hill. After all, with the "obstacle" removed, it made sense that the signal grew stronger.

Now there was a signal, but there was still a big problem.

Normally, as long as his soul entered this thread, he could return to the Main Soul, naturally making contact possible.

But now his soul had merged with the body of the Pyramid Head and couldn't separate, so this method was impossible.

"If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain!"

Thinking it over, Xu Yi realized there was only one way—to have the Main Soul come to him.

At this moment, the Main Soul was still in slumber; otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome—they could have made contact the moment the line was connected.

Undoubtedly, the Divine King was very eager for the Dark Crystal. Could he perhaps use the Dark Crystal as bait to lure the Main Soul into awakening?

It was certainly worth a try.

The Dark Crystal had already merged with his soul; with a slight stimulation, the rich essence of the Dark Crystal traveled along the soul thread.

Xu Yi suddenly froze in place.

The moment the essence of the Dark Crystal transmitted, there was a response from the other end—this was more effective than he had anticipated.

But that wasn't why he was stunned.

"Isn't this response a bit... too intense?"

Xu Yi felt something enormous approaching along the soul thread.