Ancient God's True Realm—Rosen's mind stirred, and his body transformed into myriad forms.
Strictly speaking, he possessed two divine kingdoms.
The Ancient God's True Realm embodied both spiritual and material aspects, but it was not his core divine kingdom.
His true core divine kingdom was his divine domain, which had fused with the Dragon Realm, forming a new body-centered around it.
His divine body was, in essence, his true and most fundamental primary divine kingdom.
At this moment, as Rosen transformed into myriad forms, his body instantly unfolded into a divine kingdom world within the Ancient God's True Realm.
Every drop of his blood, every tendon, every bone, every strand of hair, and every cell became a different dragon lifeform. These dragons included not only those of the current era but also those created by Yinglong in the previous Ancient God era.
His body turned into countless dragons, but he did not grant them life.
Rosen would not recklessly divide his soul and divine essence. Unlike the Ancient Gods, he had no time to enter deep slumber and cultivate all living beings.
His transformation into countless dragons this time was solely to help the Little Dragon Girl fuse with the Nightmare Dragon Source.
At the core of the dragon world that Rosen had become, there existed a Primordial Blood Dragon Pool, formed from his Ancient God's heart.
The moment this Primordial Blood Dragon Pool came into existence, it was already a miracle-grade divine structure.
Rosen had consumed a drop of Ancient God's True Blood, nurtured by his Ancient God's heart. Normally, even a Sequence 0 Ancient God's True Blood could only create Sequence 0 miracle treasures, which weren't enough to give birth to a miracle-grade divine structure—let alone one at the True God level.
However, when he condensed this drop of Ancient God's True Blood, he utilized the Eternal Source's abilities: Mimicry, Compatibility, Plundering, and Evolution.
Through Mimicry, Rosen altered his own Ancient God's Blood, making it identical to the Ancient God's Blood from the external blood sea of the Ancient God's heart field.
Through Compatibility, he fused his Ancient God's Blood with the Ancient God's own blood.
Through Plundering, he successfully seized the essence of the Ancient God's Blood from that vast blood sea.
Finally, through Evolution, he elevated the Sequence 0 Ancient God's True Blood, nurtured within his Ancient God's heart cavity, to the level of a True God.
Only by achieving this was he able to create a miracle-grade divine structure of True God level.
[Primordial Blood Dragon Pool: Miracle Structure]
[Level: True God]
[Miracle Attribute: Grants any lifeform the most suitable extraordinary dragon bloodline for itself.]
[Miracle Traits: Primordial Blood Dragon Nest, Primordial Blood Dragon Pearl, One of a Kind, Eternal and Indestructible.]
If Rosen wanted to evolve the Little Dragon Girl's dragon bloodline, he could have sacrificed a portion of his own power to achieve it.
But there was no need for that—why sacrifice himself when he could sacrifice the Nightmare Dragon Spider instead?
If the Nightmare Dragon Spider couldn't be eliminated, even the Infernal Blood Dragon could barely meet the requirements of the Primordial Blood Dragon Pool.
Rosen's divine soul submerged into the Primordial Blood Dragon Pool. In the blink of an eye, a Yinglong dragon body formed within, serving as his temporary vessel.
With a mere thought, the dragon blood within the pool coalesced into a writhing mass of flesh—this was the Primordial Blood Dragon Nest, capable of producing all types of dragons. This miracle trait was equivalent to a naturally occurring True God-level unit nest, and theoretically, as long as there were sufficient resources, it could even birth True God-grade dragons.
But right now, he had no need for dragon troops—what he needed was the Primordial Blood Dragon Pearl generated by the pool.
For dragons, this was an invaluable treasure. A single pearl was enough to break the limitations of their bloodline.
Rosen cast the Nightmare Dragon Source, forcibly extracted from the Nightmare Dragon Spider, into the pool. This was the essence of dragon lineage refined from countless dragons the Nightmare Dragon Spider had hunted. In no time, the Primordial Blood Dragon Pool transformed it into two Primordial Blood Dragon Pearls.
He then used spatial displacement to summon the Little Dragon Girl, who was currently familiarizing herself with elemental laws. Without hesitation, he tore off her clothes and tossed her into the pool.
After that, he handed her the Sequence 0 Primordial Blood Dragon Pearl while keeping the True God-level pearl for later.
"Fuse this Primordial Blood Dragon Pearl into your Dragon Crystal. Transform the Dragon Crystal into a Dragon Pearl, then elevate your core bloodline…" Rosen instructed her in detail.
"You're the best, hubby!"
The Little Dragon Girl, overjoyed, planted a fragrant kiss on him before calming herself to refine the Primordial Blood Dragon Pearl.
Rosen also began merging his Eternal Source into the Primordial Blood Dragon Pool, sending traces of Compatibility, Plundering, and Evolution essence into the Little Dragon Girl's body. He assisted her in seamlessly refining the Primordial Blood Dragon Pearl and breaking the shackles that bound her miracle-life form from evolving an extraordinary bloodline.
Miracle-life forms were immortal and indestructible to a certain extent, but their biggest flaw was their rigid ceiling, which was incredibly difficult to surpass.
Rosen quietly left the Primordial Blood Dragon Pool and exited the Ancient God's True Realm.
Since his Ancient God's divine body had transformed into myriad forms, the body he now possessed was merely the Yinglong form generated by the Primordial Blood Dragon Pool.
He felt uncomfortable, as though his entire being was abnormally weak.
Inside the Mysterious Study Room, Rosen's divine perception spread throughout every inch of its interior and exterior.
Lacking the World's Essence, the Mysterious Study Room's power was greatly restricted.
And he hadn't been mistaken—the Mysterious Study Room was no longer just an immortal world left behind by Apocalypse. It had already transformed into a Miracle World. However, due to its missing essence, its true power could not be fully displayed.
Through the Mysterious Study Room, Rosen could sense the location of the missing Essence within a certain range.
His next step was to conduct a thorough search of both the new and old worlds.
He would first search the land. If it wasn't there, he would check the oceans. If the oceans held nothing, he would venture into the Astral Realm. If that too yielded no results, he would descend into the Underworld. And if all else failed, he would search the endless void beyond the Astral Realm.
Months later, following his predetermined search order, Rosen arrived at the edge of the Pantheon Sea.
It wasn't that he didn't want to descend directly into the Pantheon Sea, but rather that the Main God Network could not extend its reach there.
All the laws governing the Pantheon Sea were already under the control of those great beings.
The Main God Network had been severed in this region, making data transmission impossible.
Rosen had no doubt that this was aimed directly at him.
It wasn't just the Pantheon Sea—the Eternal Continent, the Abyss, the core of Paradise Mountain, and even the divine kingdoms of various True Gods had gradually isolated themselves from the Main God Network. These regions, once interconnected through the network's laws, had now been cut off, turning into isolated local networks.
The reason was simple—the True Gods of various races were wary of him using the Main God Network to cause trouble.
Where there was a spear, there would be a shield. And if no ready-made shield existed, they would find a way to forge one capable of countering the Main God Network.
Especially after the Nightmare Dragon Spider had been captured alive, all the True Gods knew he was responsible.
Rosen didn't even need to investigate to know that the World's Will had undoubtedly intervened.
Only two beings had the power to know that the Nightmare Dragon Spider had fallen into his hands—the Deceptive Evil God and the World's Will. If the Deceptive Evil God hadn't betrayed him, then it had to be the World's Will that disapproved of his actions and decided to expose the latent threat of the Main God Network.
The moment Rosen walked through the void and stepped into the Pantheon Sea, his vision brightened, and his heartbeat quickened.
Through the Mysterious Study Room, he sensed the presence of a World Essence that shared the same origin as his.
Judging by the direction, it was located within Pantheon Mountain.
The Pantheon Mountain was no longer a fragmented floating island. The countless shattered islands had recombined into a single towering peak.
The lower half of Pantheon Mountain was now fully occupied by the great Holy Courts.
The upper half was shrouded in endless darkness, connecting with the darkness of the Unsurpassed Mountain in the old world.
In ancient times, human immortals climbed the Unsurpassed Mountain, yet their corpses mysteriously appeared on the floating islands formed by the shattered Pantheon Mountain.
The reason was simple—the Unsurpassed Mountain and Pantheon Mountain served as a passageway between the new and old worlds.
It was the only pathway that allowed free passage between them. However, in the past, the great True Gods of the old world destroyed Pantheon Mountain through the Unsurpassed Mountain, severing this connection. Now that Pantheon Mountain had reformed, the civilizations of the old world once again had an opportunity to fully enter the new world.
For now, the civilizations of the old world remained confined within the Pantheon Sea, exerting all their efforts to transform their extraordinary systems into Potion Sequences.
Once they fully adapted to the extraordinary system of the new world, they would emerge from the Pantheon Sea—and when that time came, the entire new world would become a battlefield leading to the apocalypse.
All beings are born into the world, nurtured by it, and from the moment they exist, they continuously take from it.
Throughout this process, the karmic ties between all beings and the world grow deeper.
Upon death, everything returns to nature, and karma dissipates.
However, the great True Gods had the chance to transcend—to escape the world's captivity. Yet, they could neither repay their karmic debts nor afford to, for everything within the world belonged to the Ancient God, making it impossible to return what was never theirs in the first place.
The only way to escape karma and achieve true transcendence was to seek another method.
A cornered dog will leap over a wall; a desperate man will take a gamble.
If the great True Gods were truly driven to fight to the death, while they might not pose a direct threat to the Ancient God, they could certainly ruin His pasture—exterminating all the beings He had cultivated. In the end, the Ancient God Himself would be forced to integrate with the world, turning His dominion into a complete loss.
Thus, the Ancient God did not push things to the absolute limit. Instead, He granted the great True Gods a sliver of hope.
The civilizations established by the great True Gods had to endure ten calamities. The fate accumulated through surviving these catastrophes was akin to raising livestock to an extraordinary quality, allowing them to offset a portion of their karmic debt. Furthermore, after ten calamities, the World's Will would actively expel these civilizations, ensuring they did not remain as potential threats.
Beyond this path of transcendence, there was, in fact, another way—repaying the debt through labor.
Rosen had long been observing the Primordial Spirit Holy Emperor and others, and only through the Omniscient Magic Eye did he finally grasp their true intentions.
Every great True God bore an immeasurable karmic debt. Most Forbidden True Demons were nothing more than delinquent debtors refusing to pay.
The World's Will sought to collect the debts on behalf of the Ancient God, but with only a few Forbidden True Gods on its side, it lacked the necessary strength.
The solution was simple—remove all restrictions and force the great True Gods to work off their debt.
By allowing them to slaughter each other, the fallen would have everything they possessed returned to the world, repaying their debt in full.
Meanwhile, the victors would have a portion of their debt automatically forgiven by the World's Will.
This was the true nature of the Grand Era. Across the new and old worlds, over a hundred Forbidden Gods and Demons lurked in both the light and the shadows. In theory, only five or six of them could survive to the end, fully repaying their debt and transcending the world. The rest would all be buried in the new world.
At times, Rosen even wondered—was the World's Will truly trapped and sealed by some scheme?
Could it be possible that the World's Will had willingly stepped into the trap and sealed itself?
After all, if the World's Will were not sealed, it would remain an unpredictable sword hanging over the great True Gods. Even if they were willing to labor to repay their debts, they would never trust the World's Will to actually grant them their earnings—because from the perspective of the World's Will, total annihilation was the ideal outcome.
Thus, if the World's Will had never been sealed, over a hundred Forbidden Gods and Demons would never have fought each other to the death.
It was precisely because the World's Will had been sealed, and the Ancient God's awakening grew ever closer, that the great True Gods of the old world finally escaped from it. Meanwhile, the World's Will gradually lifted the new world's suppression of them.
This was why the great True Gods had become increasingly active, splitting into different factions and preparing for the final battle.
Rosen quickly arrived at the foot of Pantheon Mountain, carefully sensing the exact location of the World's Essence.
"So it's in that place…"
Rosen dove underground, soon reaching the Pantheon Grotto, which had already been occupied by the Holy Court of Ten Thousand Buddhas from the old world.
The countless demigod statues that once filled the grotto had now been transformed into statues of Buddhas.
In the deepest part of the grotto, the Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas was forcibly refining the World's Essence, which shared the same origin as the Mysterious Study Room.
No wonder the Pantheon Grotto was so unique—it had a chance to allow demigods to resurrect through its statues after death.
It turned out that all these divine anomalies originated from the World's Essence of Apocalypse's independent world. Unfortunately, the Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas had discovered the World's Essence hidden behind the Pantheon Grotto before Rosen did. If Rosen wanted to claim it, he would inevitably form a personal grudge with him.
Months had passed in the real world, and the Dragon Maiden had completely assimilated the Primordial Blood Dragon Pearl.
Thus, Rosen had undone his Assimilation into All Things, reverting to his Ancient God Form. The Primordial Blood Dragon Pool had once again transformed into his heart. Due to the miraculous structure of Eternal Indestructibility, his Heart of the Ancient God would now remain everlasting.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Rosen dispelled his concealment and revealed himself in the Pantheon Grotto.
Within moments, an incarnation of the Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas noticed his presence and appeared not far away.
"Rosen, what are you doing here?"
The Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas scrutinized Rosen with an uneasy feeling.
Ordinary deities were so insignificant that great True Gods didn't even bother remembering their names.
But Rosen was different. His reputation was in no way inferior to that of any great True God. In fact, due to his unpredictable movements and ability to descend through the Law Network, he had forced various civilizations to sever their connection to it.
Wherever Rosen appeared, chaos inevitably followed.
"I've come to retrieve the World's Essence that was stored here," Rosen said indifferently.
"That's impossible."
Suppressing his anger, the Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas flatly refused. It seemed the rumors that Rosen had obtained Apocalypse's Eye were true.
"If you refuse…"
As Rosen spoke, one of his feet transformed into a miniature world beneath him.
The Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas' fury was instantly extinguished. He hadn't expected Rosen to possess an Ancient God Sequence.
A Sequence 0Ancient God Sequence—combined with Rosen's body, which was clearly no weaker than that of a great True God—meant that if Rosen abandoned his physical form and unleashed Ten Directions Annihilation, there was no certainty that the Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas would survive. Even if he did, he would suffer grave injuries.
To be heavily wounded at the very start of the Grand Era was practically a death sentence.
Rosen was clearly threatening him—either hand over the World's Essence, or suffer a Ten Directions Annihilation right now.
After weighing his options, the true body of the Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas appeared with great reluctance and handed over the World's Essence.
Rosen took the World's Essence and left without hesitation. He had no intention of wasting a Ten Directions Annihilation in this place.
The Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas did not dare to face Ten Directions Annihilation head-on, but neither could Rosen be sure that he could instantly kill him.
If he could, it wouldn't be a loss. But if the Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas survived, he would bear an undying hatred and do everything in his power to drag Rosen down with him. Furthermore, without the deterrent of Ten Directions Annihilation, the other great True Gods would seize the opportunity to eliminate Rosen as a threat.
A mere deity being able to threaten a great True God was already an anomaly.
If he became a True God himself, he would stand on equal footing with them.
If he became a great True God, wouldn't that mean standing above all other great True Gods?
Rosen's monstrous strength had already ensured that, given the opportunity, the other great True Gods would try to eliminate him.
However, ever since the Arcane Emperor failed in his attempt to trap and kill him, no other great True God had dared to trouble him.
The key reason was simple—during their investigations, they confirmed that he possessed an Ancient God Sequence and held Ten Directions Annihilation as his trump card. No one was willing to sacrifice themselves just to pave the way for others, so they all feared his Ten Directions Annihilation and refrained from provoking him.
Rosen had considered whether he should use Ten Directions Annihilation to extort a few more great True Gods.
But after careful thought, he abandoned the idea. He could get away with it once or twice, but if he did it too many times, those great True Gods would inevitably band together against him. At that point, his Ten Directions Annihilation might no longer be enough of a deterrent.
After leaving the Pantheon Mountain Sea Region, Rosen wasted no time and immediately transferred himself to the old world.
For now, this place was relatively safe for him, so he could integrate the World's Essence into the Mysterious Study Room without worry.
Rosen's Eternal Source easily obliterated the Holy Emperor of Ten Thousand Buddhas' immortal will within the World's Essence. Then, using its compatibility, he fused his own divine consciousness—manifested as an immortal will—into the World's Essence, slowly guiding it to merge with the Mysterious Study Room.
The fusion process took several years, but at last, the Mysterious Study Room had been fully restored.
[Mysterious Study Room: Miracle World]
[Rank: Immortal Divine Demon]
[Miracle Attribute: Can slip into the void, existing outside the world to evade causality]
[Miracle Characteristics: Gate of Crossing, Window of the World, Eternal Indestructibility, Omniscient Bookshelf, Sole Existence, Everlasting]
Rosen hadn't expected that its actual name would really be Mysterious Study Room.
Its ability to disappear into the void, severing all connections, was a manifestation of its Miracle Attribute.
Now that the Mysterious Study Room had been fully restored, even great True Gods would struggle to perceive its presence. An Immortal Divine Demon might sense that something was amiss, but it wouldn't pose any real threat. Only something on the level of World Will could truly endanger it.
Rosen moved the Mysterious Study Room between different spatial anchor points, which was essentially an application of its Miracle Characteristic: Gate of Crossing.
The Window of the World appeared to be the Mysterious Study Room's only outward-facing Miracle Characteristic. All of its abilities could be enhanced through it. If Rosen now used his Omniscient Magic Eye to spy on the Arcane Emperor, the latter would likely find it much harder to notice.
Rosen continued examining the Miracle Characteristic: Eternal Indestructibility. This trait made the Mysterious Study Room's defenses truly terrifying.
Even an Eternal Lifeform would have to put in significant effort to destroy the Mysterious Study Room when its defenses were enhanced by Eternal Indestructibility.
Essentially, unless an Eternal Lifeform personally took action, the Mysterious Study Room's immortality was absolutely real.
Finally, there was the Omniscient Bookshelf—the core ability of the Mysterious Study Room.
It was because of this bookshelf that the Mysterious Study Room was named a study room.
Even before Apocalypse was born, before the Mysterious Study Room became a Miracle World, the Omniscient Bookshelf was already an Immortal Divine Demon-level extraordinary artifact. After becoming part of the Miracle World and transforming into its sole Miracle Characteristic, its power had only grown stronger.
All knowledge Rosen had seen and all hidden secrets could be converted into books and placed on the Omniscient Bookshelf.
Every book on the shelf would have its contents automatically completed, creating an internal Book World.
The Hunter x Hunter manga from before hadn't generated an internal Spiritual Realm because of a Lord God Computer, but rather because of the Omniscient Bookshelf, which had given birth to the Book World.
If the contents of a book weren't fictional but real, the Book World could even influence reality.
At this moment, countless books had already appeared on the Omniscient Bookshelf out of thin air.
(End of Chapter)