The power of Abundance was indeed formidable. Even when the beast's mountain-sized body had been cleaved cleanly in half, its flesh—like moving earth and stone—still writhed, attempting to rejoin itself.
But unfortunately, that power of Abundance wasn't yet strong enough to grant true regeneration.
After struggling for only a brief moment, the creature's movements ceased completely as the destruction of its brain marked its final death.
> [Defeated A Powerful Enemy. Obtained 162,531 Adventure EXP.]
Seeing the prompt appear on his character panel, Nolan couldn't help but smile in delight.
One corrupted Demonic-Yin beast was worth over a hundred and sixty thousand Adventure EXP!
And there were dozens of them around this base alone—
Clearing them all out could net him several million Adventure EXP easily!
The remaining Louyue giants did not retreat even after witnessing the death of their kin.
Having lost all instinctual fear of death, they continued their blind charge forward—huge, golden, tree-fused bodies rumbling like moving mountains.
As Nolan watched, a thought flashed through his mind—he recalled something he'd read on the "Interstellar Peace Network" about the principles behind the Demonic-Yin State.
It was said to result from centuries of accumulated negative emotions. When a soul could no longer bear the weight, it collapsed—falling into the Demonic-Yin Form.
It was remarkably similar to the "Erosion" found in Teyvat—an affliction caused by the endless passage of time, when old beings, burdened by centuries of emotion, eventually slipped into madness.
Just like erosion, this too was a negative state.
And coincidentally, one of Nolan's affection-based skills, "Divine Maiden's Purity," which he had gained at full affinity with Shenhe, possessed the ability to purify any negative state.
In theory, it should be able to purify even this Demonic-Yin Form.
Curious, Nolan raised his palm, soft white light blooming between his fingers as he prepared to test it on the nearest corrupted Louyue beast.
But after a brief hesitation, he frowned and lowered his hand.
The Xianzhou Alliance was a powerful force on par with the Interstellar Peace Corporation, backed by none other than the Hunt Aeon itself.
Unlike the Peace Company's patron, the Preservation Aeon Creperum, the Hunt Aeon was known to personally intervene in wars.
In other words, the Xianzhou Alliance might actually possess greater combat power.
And yet, despite that overwhelming might, even they were helpless against the Demonic-Yin phenomenon.
If Nolan were to suddenly display the ability to purify it…
There was no doubt that countless eyes across the galaxy would immediately turn toward him.
After all, the problem of the Demonic-Yin State wasn't unique to the Xianzhou Alliance—many of the Abundance's own followers, blessed by the same Aeon, also suffered from it.
And beyond them, who could say how many other civilizations across the vast universe had once received the Abundance's blessings?
From what Nolan had read online, the Aeons were the embodiment of philosophical concepts—each one ascending through the realization of a fundamental principle, thereby creating a corresponding Path within the universe.
Anyone whose nature aligned closely with that Path could step onto it and draw power from it.
For instance, scholars had observed that those who truly walked the Path of Abundance—as opposed to mere "followers" who only received its blessings—shared similar traits:
selflessness, altruism, compassion, and an unwavering will to nurture life.
They were, in essence, saints.
If you met a true traveler of the Path of Abundance in the cosmos, you could rest assured—they bore no malice.
Likewise, the Pharmacist of Abundance likely shared these same benevolent traits.
According to historical records, every civilization that had ever petitioned for the Pharmacist's blessings had been granted them—never once refused.
And those blessings truly did bestow longevity, vitality, and self-healing bodies.
It was only after countless years that side effects like the Demonic-Yin condition began to manifest.
Perhaps it wasn't even the Pharmacist's intent—it was just that the method of granting immortality had gradually twisted over time.
Still, for such a "great benefactor" to wander the stars, bestowing blessings wherever he went… who knew how many civilizations bore his mark now?
If those civilizations ever learned that Nolan possessed the power to purify the Demonic-Yin State—or anything similar—the number of people coveting him would be beyond imagination.
To avoid that kind of trouble, he decided that if he was ever going to test it, it should be somewhere private, away from prying eyes.
Right now, the Xianzhou Alliance, the Abundance faction, and even hired starfarers were all monitoring this situation closely.
It was best not to draw unnecessary attention.
So, Nolan resumed commanding his Sword Gods, each one unleashing arcs of golden sword aura toward the charging Louyue beasts.
Each stroke shimmered with thunderous sword intent—his "ultimate moves" used as casual swings, as was typical for someone of his level.
The beasts, barely past level 100, had no power to resist.
On his character panel, notification after notification flooded the screen:
> +167,821 EXP
> +162,253 EXP
> +168,436 EXP
Across the entire Baihuang Star, every corrupted Louyue beast that had fallen into the Demonic-Yin State was eradicated by Nolan's hands.
There were quite a number of them.
Only a small fraction of the species had succumbed to corruption—around seven hundred or so in total.
With several dozen Sword Gods assisting, the entire extermination took less than half an hour.
Most of the Louyue were born over level 100, and even the smallest among them were around level 95—truly an extraordinary race.
A pity they lacked intelligence.
Otherwise, the Xianzhou Alliance wouldn't have been able to turn their world into a mere "resource planet" so easily.
And now, just this accidental outbreak of madness had caused the garrison tremendous suffering.
Still, their high level had one upside: a lot of EXP.
All 705 corrupted Louyue beasts were between levels 95 and 108, averaging 162,225 Adventure EXP each.
In total, that came to over 114 million Adventure EXP.
Combined with the 6 million he already had, Nolan's panel now displayed a number that made his pulse quicken—
> [Adventure EXP: 120,496,351]
Over one hundred and twenty million!
Nolan couldn't stop the grin spreading across his face as he stared at the number.
With this much EXP, he could easily level up four or five times in a row!
Nolan recalled most of his Sword Gods from Baihuang Star and looked up.
In the distance, the Xianzhou Alliance's warships, now freed from the rampaging Louyue beasts, were preparing to launch from the surface to provide orbital support.
He himself executed a warp jump, reappearing outside the planet's atmosphere—where he immediately noticed the Abundance followers' bio-warships being completely suppressed, offering no sign of resistance.
Or rather… it wasn't that they couldn't fight back—it was that, for some unknown reason, they weren't.
They were merely covering one another and slowly retreating from Baihuang Star.
Remaining cloaked in invisibility, Nolan decided to take a closer look. He wanted to see for himself what was happening inside their fleet.
He began to phase through space, teleporting closer little by little. As he moved, he opened his character panel once again.
All those Adventure EXP sitting idle were just meaningless numbers—unless he spent them to strengthen himself.
Without a moment's hesitation, Nolan poured nearly all of his accumulated points into leveling up:
> Experience -113,436,378
> Lv.111 (1,563,622 / 21,000,000) → Lv.116 (0 / 26,000,000)
In an instant, a colossal surge of strengthening energy flooded through him, saturating every cell in his body—
just like soaking in warm water while gentle hands softly kneaded every inch of him.
The sensation felt slow, but in reality, the entire process lasted less than a second.
By the time he'd teleported only a short distance, the enhancement was already complete.
A five-level leap in one go—an incredible boost unlike anything he'd ever experienced before.
Comparing his spiritual strength and energy capacity to before, both had multiplied more than fiftyfold—and not just in quantity, but in quality as well.
His sword techniques radiated even greater power now. Against his former self, he could probably defeat himself with a single swing.
Based on his understanding of his own limits, his previous self had already been capable of suppressing even someone like Ei—the Electro Archon herself.
Now, he suspected even the mysterious Sustainer of Heavenly Principles might think twice before facing him.
Unfortunately, he had never actually encountered that being, nor did he know her level or strength.
For now, he wasn't strong enough to provoke the "Heavenly Principles." That could wait—after he became even stronger.
Come to think of it, if he were to face that giant bug from before—the level 130 monster—Nolan felt he could probably defeat it head-on now, without relying on a star destroyer.
In other words, despite only being level 116, his actual combat power likely already rivaled that of a level 130 entity.
Unless the opponent also possessed numerous affinity-based buffs and world-class abilities like he did…
they wouldn't stand a chance. In fact, most would be crushed easily.
He glanced at his character panel once more:
---
Name: Nolan Walker
Level: 116 (0 / 26,000,000)
Race: Human
Titles: Honorary Knight, Distinguished Citizen of Liyue, Legendary Adventurer, Honorary General of Watatsumi Island, Sumeru Sage
Innate Talent: Entangling Affection
Skills:
- Lumine's Musou · World Lv.10 ( Void Starsea Manifestation)
- Flowing Sky Shot: Arcane Level Lv.10 (Frostglow Arrow)
Specialties:
- Beloved by Maidens (Exclusive)
- Unmoving Gospel of the World Tree (Exclusive)
- Threads of the Northern Wind (Exclusive)
- Spiritual Core (Exclusive)
Adventure EXP: 7,059,973
---
Only around seven million left.
To level up again, he'd need nearly twenty million more.
He sighed. "If only there were more of those corrupted Louyue beasts…"
He'd scanned at least two thousand of them across Baihuang Star.
Seven hundred or so had fallen into the Demonic-Yin State and had already been purified.
That meant over thirteen hundred remained untouched.
If he could "knock out" all of them too… that would easily net another hundred million or more Adventure EXP!
Of course, the uncorrupted Louyue weren't monsters—they were docile, resource-producing creatures, and property of the Xianzhou Alliance.
Slaughtering them for no reason would not only be immoral, it would likely enrage the Alliance as well.
Still… leaving over a hundred million Adventure EXP lying there untouched—it hurt.
So, when he recalled his Sword Gods earlier, he'd secretly left one behind, hidden deep underground on Baihuang Star.
Once the area calmed down in a few days, he planned to disguise himself, teleport back under cover of night, and when the Louyue were asleep—quietly knock out a few dozen each evening.
A few nights of that, and before anyone noticed, he could "gently" put all the remaining Louyue to sleep.
That would be another hundred million or two in EXP, easy!
Nolan felt quite proud of his plan.
"Well… maybe I'll make them a bit dizzy, but they should thank me for helping them sleep better, right?"
Just as that thought amused him, he finally teleported close to what was clearly the Abundance fleet's command vessel—it was noticeably larger than the others nearby.
Wrapped in the invisibility field of his Void Starsea, he didn't have to worry about being detected.
He phased through space once more—
—and in the next second, he was inside the bio-warship.
From the outside, the vessel looked like a creature of flesh and sinew, but inside, the corridors were clearly metallic.
It seemed this "bio-warship" was actually a hybrid—a fusion of organic and mechanical engineering.
As he walked through the hallway, he spotted several golden-furred, ape-like beings.
They had humanoid forms but were distinctly bestial.
No doubt—they were the Abundance followers.
The "Abundance People" weren't a single race, but a collection of fanatics from countless civilizations—those who worshiped the Pharmacist of Abundance with absolute devotion, intolerant of any criticism of their god.
Seeing simian Abundance followers wasn't surprising in the least.
Nolan didn't intend to alert them; these were mere underlings. Since he'd infiltrated the ship,
his target was naturally the leader.
This bio-warship was around four to five hundred meters long—small compared to the multi-kilometer star destroyers, but still a respectable size.
Thanks to that, he expanded the field of Void Starsea, silently enveloping the entire vessel.
This ensured that when he used his spiritual sense, he wouldn't risk alerting anyone with heightened perception.
Within this field, even skill use would remain perfectly undetectable.
Through the feedback of Void Starsea, he quickly located the command bridge—
and judging from the readings, the Abundance leader was definitely there.
Nolan phased again, silently appearing inside the control room—
where he saw a tall, golden-furred ape-like figure standing before the main screen.
What caught his eye most, though, was the eerie emerald flame burning within the creature's eyes.
Was that… the source of its power?
Nolan narrowed his gaze and activated the Golden Eyes of Judgment.
(End of Chapter)
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