The pitch-black shadow forged brand new colors, the silver-white nine-headed giant dragon had now completely transformed into a dark, twisted evil entity.
"ROAR!!!!"
Beneath the terrifying roar, the River of Void began to tremble faintly.
Countless worlds hidden within the River of Void instinctively retracted their light, more cautiously merging into the torrent of infinite information and energy.
But while other worlds used the characteristics of the void to conceal themselves, one world could not escape at all!
A cube, blasted open on one side and covered with dense, spiderweb-like cracks, now emitted an ominous black radiance, firmly restraining the ninth game world that was trying to flee.
This world, emitting a faint white light from the Great Origin, hovered above the River of Void, innocent, pitiful, and weak.
The roaring of the nine-headed evil dragon, larger than a planet, echoed endlessly on the River of Void.
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Great Lords feed on Great Origins, but capturing Great Origins is also extremely difficult for Great Lords.
In terms of life tiers, both belong to Tier Three.
However, the essence of Great Origins is too special. Compared to individual life forms, Great Origins can, in a sense, be considered the collective of a planet's will and the thoughts of its sentient beings.
In some fantasy works, planetary consciousness is referred to as Gaia, while the collective of sentient thoughts is called Alaya.
But Great Origins are a step further. They originate from Gaia but are continuously strengthened by Alaya.
Therefore, compared to individual life forms, although Great Origins naturally possess Tier Three authority and can even manipulate destiny and time within their own world, they often lack independent consciousness.
Based on this characteristic, it would not be unreasonable to call Great Origins an ignorant and unfeeling Heavenly Dao.
Such Great Origins nurture infinite life. They awaken because of life, and life will continue to exist under their protection.
But the void is different.
Theoretically, the highest level of life that can be nurtured in a Great Origin world can only reach the realm of a Tier Two Abyss Dweller.
However, due to the existence of the void, life has the possibility of further advancement.
By inscribing the void, creating and strengthening one's own domain through the scouring of infinite information and energy.
Although Domain Level is still broadly categorized within Tier Two, in essence, it is a complete transitional stage.
The True Abyss Dweller of Tier Two is the true limit of the mortal realm, while the Domain is a new realm opened by the power of the void!
And the end of the Domain is only one:
That is Tier Three!
That is the realm where individual life forms ascend to a level comparable to Great Origins!
And such existences, in the myriad worlds of the void, are truly the predatory class!
They are called Void Great Lords!
Typically, to maintain and strengthen themselves, Great Lords must seize higher-quality power, and for this, they turn their gaze to the countless worlds within the void.
But even Great Lords, even those of the same Tier Three, find it difficult to seize the power of Great Origins.
Great Lords can easily shatter countless lower worlds, but such simple destruction only causes unmanifested Great Origins to vanish into nothingness.
In past eras, Great Lords would often lay plans for tens of millions of years to seize Great Origins, and some Great Lords would even become world planters.
They would cultivate worlds, guide the birth of sentient beings, and finally, amidst the extreme emotions of the sentient beings, trigger the manifestation of the Great Origin.
Then, through a fierce battle, they would obtain a fragment of the Great Origin.
But this method was too inefficient and time-consuming. Even in the deep void, where the concept of time becomes blurred, Great Lords could only maintain their existence in this manner.
Until a special existence was discovered by the Great Lords.
The Doomsday Game.
This is an existence that even Great Lords find difficult to truly control. Initially, Great Lords adopted an attitude of avoidance towards the existence of the game, as unknown existences always carry potential risks.
But when Great Lords discovered that in worlds where the game descended, Great Origins were extremely easy to materialize, the nature of the matter changed.
The entire ecosystem of the void was even altered.
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The nine-headed evil dragon slowly moved its newly completed manifestation body towards the ninth game world, which was being restrained by the cube.
The dragon's scarlet eyes fixed on the white light flickering outside the planet, and a trace of intoxication flashed in its eyes:
"Haha, thanks to the Doomsday Game! But your rules are too troublesome, I think it's better to find my own way to make the first move!!"
According to the rules of the Doomsday Game, there are restrictions on the strongest creatures that can descend between different game seasons.
Although in different worlds, according to different game difficulties, the strength limit for descent allowed in each season varies.
But even in the extremely rare super-large worlds, Great Lord level power is only truly permitted to descend into the world after the game progresses to the third season.
Most of the time, under the rules of the game and the resistance of the Great Origin, Great Lords can only use their kin and extremely weak projections to enter the world during different seasons.
However, even though the Great Origins materialized through the game are hundreds of times better than the fragmented Great Origins they obtain on their own,
Under the competition of multiple parties, the share that each Great Lord can consume still makes them unsatisfied!
Considering the allocation quota for Great Origins, Lord Nine Dragon felt a hint of smugness.
Although according to the tacit understanding among Great Lords, he could claim a slightly larger share, they had no idea that this world had been managed by him.
The amount of Great Origin contained within far exceeds that of other ordinary lower worlds!
The method of management was very simple. Lord Nine Dragon, with his Great Lord power, selected a planetary projection from the outermost layer of the void from the infinite colorful layers of the deep void.
Then, it was a matter of crossing several layers of the void to seduce "lucky" weaklings, letting these weaklings modify the entire world according to the Great Lord's script.
Finally, when the Doomsday Game began the next round, with a gentle push, he would throw his modified world into the embrace of the game.
Bodhisattvas fear the cause, mortals fear the effect, but Great Lords decide the cause and effect!
As for the content of the modification? It was everything that Nine Dragon Company did in this world!
The core content was the incomplete Path of Heart and Soul!
The more powerful the Heart and Soul practitioners became, the closer they were to death! To survive, they could only constantly feed on human souls.
Therefore, Nine Dragon Company had to cultivate a large number of humans as food, and one of the ways Great Origins improve is through the growth of intelligent races.
With a population reaching hundreds of billions, the Great Origin of this world had even reached the verge of advancement!
But Lord Nine Dragon did not wish for the world to truly advance. Therefore, under his influence, Nine Dragon Company brought all players under its banner and prohibited any missions that might help the world ascend through the game.
And another most crucial point was the consumption of population!