Chapter 1022: Edge of the Mortal World

The Gray Realm.

On the pitch-black earth about a hundred kilometers from the Mortal World Domain, a figure in an English trench coat appeared silently in the wasteland, as if collapsing the void.

The Silver King had his hands in his pockets, his gaze sweeping casually around, his deep blue pupils emitting a mysterious glow.

Finally, his gaze locked onto a spot in the void.

"Is it here..."

It was an area that was completely empty.

To the naked eye, there was no matter present, only the occasional sunlight sweeping across the earth, revealing tiny dust particles floating in the air.

If someone could make their naked eye exceed an electron microscope, they would see that between the dust, deep within particles smaller than electrons, a mercury moon wrapped in three Philosopher’s Stones was rotating silently.

The Silver King couldn't see the mercury moon hidden in the microscopic world, but he could sense its existence. He slowly raised his hand and reached toward the void...

"Steal Object."

However, the Silver King reached out, but couldn't grab anything. His brows furrowed slightly.

Su Zhiwei had hidden the power of the Wuji Sovereign too deeply. Even the Silver King, who could steal space and matter, couldn't easily extract it. But the Silver King didn't give up; instead, he patiently reached into the void again and again.

Once, twice, three times... ten times... twenty times...

After an unknown amount of time, the Silver King finally seemed to grab something, and a white light flashed before him!

A huge shadow covered the Gray Realm earth. The Silver King slowly looked up, and a surging silver moon was floating silently above the Gray Realm... If one looked closely, one could see three scarlet stones the size of thumbs floating up and down within it.

The corners of the Silver King’s mouth curled up slightly.

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Mortal World Domain, nameless courtyard.

Bright red maple leaves fluttered in the breeze, slowly drifting to the ground. In the courtyard filled with fallen leaves, a woman dressed in a white practice uniform suddenly opened her eyes!!

Boom—!!

A dull thunderclap instantly crossed the sky. Su Zhiwei’s gaze was like lightning, instantly looking toward the location where the Wuji Sovereign was hidden.

"Thief Demigod... you’re courting death!"

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Whoosh—

Almost the moment the mercury moon appeared, a terrifying, brilliant spear of destruction tore through the heavy clouds and pierced the sky at a speed the naked eye couldn't possibly capture!

Its speed was too fast, and the aura of destruction it contained was no less than a high-yield nuclear weapon. By the time the Silver King turned his head, the spear had already arrived before his pupils at a speed that was almost a teleportation!

Boom—!!!

A scorching, brilliant explosion erupted from the black earth, accompanied by tremors and humming that swept through the entire domain, and a mushroom cloud slowly rose...

A hurricane surged across the barren land, blowing the Silver King’s English trench coat until it fluttered wildly.

At this moment, he wasn't at the center of the explosion. The moment Su Zhiwei’s spear was about to touch him, he had already shifted it hundreds of kilometers away.

"Mortal World Sovereign, Su Zhiwei..." the Silver King said leisurely.

"Just as the rumors say, your combat power is astonishing... It’s just that, in your current state, you shouldn't be able to easily step out of the Mortal World Domain, right?"

Above the sky at the edge of the Mortal World Domain, a beautiful figure floated silently. Her sharp eyes stared at the Silver King in the far distance and the mercury moon above him, killing intent drifting silently...

This was Su Zhiwei’s first time fighting the Silver King. Although it was only for a moment, she could sense that he was a quite terrifying opponent.

The Silver King held all the paths of the Thief God. Even among the Nine Sovereigns, perhaps only a very few had the confidence to defeat him.

"You can leave, but leave him behind," Su Zhiwei’s voice crossed the Gray Realm and fell into the Silver King’s ears.

"I’m truly sorry... my lady," the Silver King shook his head regretfully. "He is a crucial part of my plan and cannot be left here... If you want to try to keep us here with brute force, why not step out of the Mortal World first?"

Su Zhiwei stood at the edge of the Mortal World Domain, looked back at the city being rebuilt behind her, and clenched her fists tightly.

"Is that so?" Su Zhiwei said coldly.

"Then you had better protect him well... Once I step out of the Mortal World, I will kill him again."

"Then you had better be quick, otherwise... it will all be too late."

The Silver King gave Su Zhiwei a smile, and the next moment, he vanished from the spot with the mercury moon.

Su Zhiwei knew that without leaving the Mortal World Domain, it was impossible to keep him. She just looked gloomily at the direction he left in, then flashed back into the Mortal World Domain.

Su Zhiwei passed through the city, arrived at the Mortal World base hidden in the Sumeru space, and said slowly to several communication personnel:

"Connect me to the other domains..."

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Church.

Lou Yu, who was like a sculpture on the bench, seemed to sense something and looked up slightly behind him.

"...Your actions were slower than I imagined," Lou Yu looked at the Silver King, who had appeared at the door at some point, and the mercury moon floating in the void, and said calmly.

"Su Zhiwei’s ability is very tricky. Even I couldn't easily steal you out."

The Silver King sat down casually on the bench, conjured a red wine glass from nowhere, and shook it gently. The deep red wine swirled against the glass wall and was finally drained by him in one gulp.

During this process, Lou Yu slowly stood up and walked straight to the mercury moon...

He placed his hand on it.

The moment his palm touched the mercury moon, the latter seemed to have found its home and was frantically sucked into Lou Yu’s body!

Lou Yu was like a balloon, visibly expanding, almost crushing the room. As rays of faint light flickered within his body, his body gradually shrank, slowly returning to the size of a normal person.

Liquid-like matter surged within his body. Three flashing Philosopher’s Stones crawled from his arm to his shoulder, then slowly climbed up to his cheek... Finally, at the center of Lou Yu’s forehead, they formed a four-cornered shape with the original stone.

A tyrannical pressure erupted from Lou Yu’s body!

With the blessing of the four Philosopher’s Stones, Lou Yu’s strength even surpassed what it was when he invaded the Mortal World Domain. As a frost-like airflow flowed from the corners of his mouth, his entire temperament became deep and terrifying.

He was now completely different from the weak Ninth-Rank he was when he only had one Philosopher’s Stone!

"How many Philosopher’s Stones are left until you reach your complete form?" The Silver King glanced at Lou Yu, whose aura had undergone a heaven-shaking change, and asked indifferently.

"...Two," Lou Yu was silent for a moment. "With two more Philosopher’s Stones, I will be immortal and live forever in the Wuji."

"The population of the Wuji Domain is no longer enough for two Philosopher’s Stones... However..."

The Silver King snapped his fingers gently.

"I have one more gift."

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There will be another chapter later today~