CHAPTER 710: CHAPTER 14: THE ABYSS’S GAZE

Once the forbidden gate is opened, there is no turning back.

Richard has already started the Abyss Experiment, and this power must be utilized to its fullest value.

To be merely perfunctory would not only insult his determination but also be irresponsible for the future.

Soon, a new experiment begins.

Relying on runes, Richard transformed the environmental conditions for life editing into various extreme environments.

From high temperatures to extreme cold, from high energy environments to high energy radiation environments, even to high death energy and high decay radiation environments.

Each environmental change brings about a significant alteration in the final form of evolution.

Richard underestimated the potential of those seven bloodlines; even for humans, the life information within their Life Core contains many human sub-species on the evolution tree.

Not to mention these inherently talented and powerful magic beasts.

In these evolution experiments, the information hidden within the Life Core, unexpressed before, begins to gradually manifest under the dual action of the Power of Abyss and life editing.

Traits specific to various sub-species in the evolution tree continuously appear in the experiments.

However, despite so many experiments, Richard did not perform large-scale life editing on his own body.

As a wizard, Richard has a clear understanding of his purpose.

The Power of Abyss is merely an auxiliary tool to speed up research; his goal in conducting evolution experiments is not to directly evolve into a perfect form, but to explore the secrets of life editing.

While conducting evolution experiments, his focus has always been on the changes in the Life Core.

Each successful experiment brings Richard abundant experimental data.

After hundreds of trials under extreme and non-extreme conditions, Richard recorded a bookshelf full of experimental data and various hypotheses.

From these data, Richard’s understanding of life editing at the World Master’s stage continued to deepen.

...

Snap!

Richard calmly snapped off the little finger that had completed evolution and placed it into a prepared jar.

He already had over a hundred such jars, each bringing him abundant knowledge.

The pain from the severed finger did not cause Richard any visible discomfort; on the contrary, his eyes were full of spirit, and the thrill of exploring truth and the satisfaction of acquiring knowledge almost overflowed from his gaze.

He placed the jar into the Secret Realm, then turned his attention to the magic book on the table.

On the magic book, a quill pen was diligently writing down the information in Richard’s mind in words.

When the final word was written, the diligent quill pen suddenly stilled, and then collapsed onto the page as if a robot losing command.

Richard closed the magic book, unable to suppress a smile creeping onto his lips.

"Hahaha, finally! The knowledge of integrating other creatures’ bloodlines is finally complete!"

Life editing and the Power of Abyss are not simply one plus one; they are more like a chain reaction. The collision of life editing and the Power of Abyss accelerates evolution, which even when accelerated by energy, still used to take millennia, into mere weeks, if not days.

In less than two years, Richard recorded what a Pioneer might require hundreds of laboratories and tens of thousands of years of data.

This data was integrated, analyzed, and summarized by Richard, ultimately transforming into the magic book before him.

This is the powerful foundation of civilization.

Every civilization is exploring the mysteries of this world, uncovering the secrets hidden behind every phenomenon.

The Gods Civilization, the Abyss Civilization, the Galaxy Mayfly, and even the wizards do so.

The magic book in Richard’s hand was sealed, then sent into his Secret Realm. Every Great Wizard has their secretive witchcraft, a crystal of their research and legacy.

In the past, Richard could only use his rudimentary life editing to serve as such. But now, he finally has the confidence to tell others, I too have my own legacy witchcraft.

After placing the book properly, Richard finally began the bloodline integration.

In the past hundreds of experiments, he has already accumulated quite a wealth of data. Therefore, bloodline integration is not a difficult task for him.

He has already filtered out the needed life information; the remainder is ensuring that these life information pieces do not conflict.

This may be very complex, but compared to the often decades or centuries of experiments and practice by other Great Wizards or even World Masters of other civilizations, this complexity means little.

With the onset of life editing, Richard’s Life Core began to tremble. Segments carrying different life information detached from the Life Core as a whole, then filled into the corresponding gaps in the Life Core.

Meanwhile, dark red patterns resembling Abyss Runes began to emerge gradually on Richard’s body.

Even though in past hundreds of experiments, Richard did not integrate throughout his whole body. Using the Power of Abyss in life editing inevitably intensifies Abyss Transformation.

These patterns are the imprint of the Abyss.

However, on the advice of the Physique Crown, Richard used Dimension Witchcraft to guard his soul before conducting life editing.

The Power of Abyss and the Power of Illusionary Dimension do not differ in essence; under the protection of Wizard Dimension Power, the corruption of the Abyss is firmly isolated outside the soul.

Previously, these imprints appeared only faintly, but as the entire body’s bloodline integration proceeded, these imprints started becoming clearer.

On the soul, tendrils of Abyssal Will continuously attempted to penetrate Richard’s soul, to transform his Origin into an Abyss Demon. Yet, each invasion encountered a Rune wall defending the soul.

As the integration continued, the Power of Abyss grew increasingly active, to the point where dark red forces began to seep out of the Void.

These forces shared the same origin as the Power of Abyss, yet were even deeper than the Power of Abyss.

...

Countless flowing light years away, in the dim Abyss World, a giant demon, as tall as a tower, suddenly opened its eyes.

On its massive body, hundreds of thousands of eyes simultaneously opened, from insect’s compound eyes to human eyes to the false eyes of deep-sea creatures—all could be found on this body.

At this moment, this bizarre creature seemed to have sensed something.

"Monitor, why did the Abyss suddenly become active?"

A voice came from behind the demon covered in eyes, a figure resembling a mountain, covered with various types of mouths.

A mental wave emanated from Monitor’s body.

"Devourer, the Abyss has noted a creature. However, this creature is not an Abyss Demon."

"Not an Abyss Demon?"

The demon known as Devourer was taken aback; Abyss Demons are the beings most aligned with Abyss Rules. No creature outside Abyss Demons should catch the Abyss’s attention.

"Yes, my eyes can see all the Abyss Demons. I can confirm, every demon is under observation."

"What about the Origin Power?"

"It’s continuously declining. The Abyss has targeted that creature; it is trying to take control of it?"

Wizard Dimension, City of Eternal Truth.

The figure of the Secret Keeper appeared unexpectedly in the absence of the Great Wizard.

At this moment, fury was etched on his face, and the veins on the hand holding a book bulged.

"Private property is inviolable! You damned thief, take your hands off the wizard!"

With these words, the Secret Keeper hurled the magic book in his hand, which struck a blood-red tentacle in the Dimension.

Richard was no ownerless native; he was a wizard of the Wizard Civilization, its property.

The property of the Wizard Civilization is sacred and inviolable!

Simultaneously, in the Pantheon of the Gods’ Dimension, an angel formed from Holy Light appeared before Richard’s Divine Statue.

As a being listed in two civilizations simultaneously, the Abyssal Will’s corrosion also drew the attention of the Gods’ Dimension.

"Abyssal scum, how dare you forcefully corrupt a Divine being!"

An angel produced a spear forged from Holy Light, then hurled it forcefully.

In the Void, the Abyssal Will, stunned by the Secret Keeper’s blow, was fiercely impaled by the spear of Holy Light.

One creature, three Dimensions.

Never in the history of three civilizations had such a situation occurred.

The three Dimensions entangled outside Richard’s soul endlessly, although Wizard Dimension and Gods’ Dimension were each no less powerful than Abyss Dimension. But Wizard Dimension was limited by war and couldn’t summon vast Dimension Power. The power of Gods’ Dimension, limited by connection, could contend equally with Abyss Dimension, but Richard wasn’t a member of Gods Civilization and couldn’t incorporate Dimension Power without limitation.

Under these constraints, the three forces of Dimension strangely balanced during the struggle.

The Power of Abyss Dimension wasn’t completely expelled; instead, it rooted in Richard’s body, while the power of Gods’ Dimension and Wizard Dimension firmly safeguarded Richard’s soul.

After an unknown amount of time, Richard’s body suddenly erupted with a strong energy wave.

The whole command center, and even a radius of hundreds of kilometers around it, witnessed evident energy flow.

Richard’s bloodline integration was finally complete.

"Whew, it’s finally done."

Richard opened his eyes, revealing a relaxed smile.

After integration adjustments, his body had drastically transformed, his overall combat prowess rising several levels.

Although there were still some points of antagonism, these were minor issues of no concern.

The Abyss Battle Body 1.0 was complete!

Knock knock knock!

The door to the room was suddenly knocked.

Richard stood up and casually said, "Do your best, Abel."

Creak, the room door was pushed open, and Abel, clad in a black robe, cautiously entered.

"Sir Commander, the disturbance earlier..."

Abel’s voice suddenly halted as Richard looked at him; this old wizard, actually older than Richard, now had a face full of shock.

Under Richard’s gaze, Abel’s teeth trembled as he stammered out a sentence.

"Who are you?"