Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener - Chapter 589

Chapter 589: Chapter 589: Fifty Times the Soul Power Harvest!
“Ha… finally, it’s all refined.”

The backlash from the soul’s impact came to a sudden stop. Sterl let out a long breath, but the aftereffects of his soul’s damage didn’t disappear. His brain throbbed with sharp pain, his vision blurred, and his mind felt unusually fatigued.

“The soul resilience of an Upper God is far beyond that of a regular god. The difficulty of refining their soul is at least ten times greater. If I plan to absorb and refine the soul of another Upper God in the future, I’ll need to ensure absolute safety.”

He shook his head slightly, trying to ease the weakness that had settled in his spirit and soul.

Had someone attempted to strike him down while he was refining the Silver Moon Wolf God’s soul just now, not only would he have had no strength to resist, but his mental will might have become unstable, causing his soul to fluctuate and lead to even greater damage.

It could be said that refining the soul of a powerful being was the most vulnerable moment for him.

Fortunately, with the cover of the Black Hole Vortex, even the God of Runes wouldn’t be able to detect his presence through the distorted space-time. So, during that time, he was in a state of absolute safety. Even if another Upper God had arrived, they would have immediately fled from the pull of the Black Hole Vortex.

Sterl observed the state of the Black Hole Vortex. There were no signs of it dissipating, and, in fact, the gravitational pull seemed to be growing stronger!

As the creator of this Pseudo-black hole, he could vaguely sense that, as more and more matter was consumed by the vortex, its internal structure seemed to be gradually improving.

“This thing won’t eventually evolve into a real Black Hole, will it?”

Sterl froze. His original intention had only been to disturb the energy flow and escape. If he could kill the Silver Moon Wolf God in the process, that would be great. But now… things were starting to spiral out of control.

If it truly became a real Black Hole, forget this world—even the other worlds around it would be consumed by the ever-expanding Black Hole.

At that point, the world would be gone. How could he sweep through everything, become the ruler of the world, and complete his legendary quest?

He thought back to the occasional scientific articles he had read in his previous life, regarding the research and theories about Black Holes. The larger the mass of a Black Hole, the higher its Eddington limit. This meant it could consume even more matter, and the more it consumed, the greater its mass would become!

Theoretically speaking, the nature of a Black Hole—to devour everything—meant it could ultimately consume all things.

“What the hell is this?”

Sterl was at a loss, almost on the verge of tears. While he wasn’t directly affected by the Black Hole Vortex, he couldn’t stop its spread and expansion!

In all honesty, it had only been a few minutes since the Pseudo-black Hole had appeared, but its size had already increased several times over, and its gravitational pull was climbing steadily.

However, he had clearly not felt any Dream Power influencing this, and the only force sustaining the Pseudo-black Hole was its own physical properties.

“Does that mean everything created by Dream Power truly exists? And won’t disappear once the Dream Power runs out?”

He took out Illusory Dream. The large amount of Dream Power it stored now had only a faint trace left, just enough to keep Illusory Dream from dissipating completely.

“Looking at how it was valued in the royal treasury, the Illusory Dream is even more precious than Divine-level equipment, so the difficulty of obtaining Dream Power must be extremely high. This would mean that Dream Power has the ability to turn illusions into reality, and it maintains its effect indefinitely. That would make sense.”

He thought back to the descriptions of Illusory Dream—it seemed that it was formed by the overflowing power of the Dreamland. In other words, Dream Power, as the derived power of the entire Dreamland, was a force on the level of the world itself!

At this realization, Sterl couldn’t help but feel a shiver run through him. It seemed he had greatly underestimated the scope and potential of Dream Power. But luckily, unlike the Orichalcum Kingdom, which had stopped exploring the Dreamland due to its dangers and thus lost access to Dream Power, he could use his cheat’s evolutionary ability to continuously replenish the power in Illusory Dream and raise the upper limit of its Dream Power reserve. Essentially, he now had an inexhaustible source of Dream Power!

If the Orichalcum Kingdom ever found out about this, they would likely stop at nothing to capture him and extract his secrets.

He stashed Illusory Dream away. The cheat ability hadn’t refreshed yet, so he couldn’t replenish his Dream Power. The key issue was that he still hadn’t figured out how to deal with the vortex.

“Forget it, I can’t worry about this now. If I can’t solve it, then I won’t. Technically, this Pseudo-black Hole was created by me. If this Black Hole Vortex ends up consuming the entire world, wouldn’t that mean I’ve wiped out every other force in this world and become the sole ruler?”

He comforted himself with this thought. It seemed to make sense, at least in theory. As for whether it would later threaten other worlds, eventually causing his people to be consumed and erased—he didn’t worry about that.

“If it really comes to that, I’ll just absorb everything into my small world.”

With that thought, any trace of anxiety and frustration within Sterl completely vanished.

“Right, let’s check the benefits of refining the soul of a high-tier deity.”

He immediately picked up the Soul Devourer Sphere and checked the accumulated soul power.

[High-tier Soul Power Reserve: 550]

[Regular Soul Power Reserve: 157,980]

“To think that refining the soul of a high-tier deity would result in so much more high-tier soul power compared to a regular deity!”

Sterl’s eyes lit up with delight. When he had refined the five regular deities that had tried to ambush him, he only gained 50 points of soul power. This was roughly equivalent to the soul power a weak Divine Power deity would give, providing about 10 points of high-tier soul power.

But what surprised him was that refining a high-tier deity’s soul had resulted in a full 500 points of high-tier soul power, which was fifty times more than a regular deity!

At that moment, he suddenly felt that the cost had been worth it—the reward was simply enormous.

Although he hadn’t yet tested the effects of high-tier soul power, his intuition told him that it would far surpass regular soul power. It might even bring some hidden surprises!

However, he knew that the backlash from absorbing high-tier soul power would definitely be intense, so it wasn’t the right time to try that yet.

Moreover, because of the Black Hole Vortex, almost all of the Ashen side’s remaining forces had been consumed and erased, and quite a few of the Orichalcum Kingdom’s forces had been swallowed up as well. His reserve of regular soul power had increased significantly and was nearly at 160,000!

He had already tested the effects of soul power before. If he used all 160,000 soul power on himself, it would absolutely result in a complete transformation!

“Let’s first focus on fully recovering my soul damage.”

With that, Sterl’s thoughts moved, and a faint stream of soul power surged from the Soul Devourer Sphere, entering his soul.

To be safe, he deliberately controlled the absorption speed to a minimum, taking in just a little bit of regular soul power per second. The backlash was easy for him to endure.

With the soul power nourishing him, the damage to his soul started to slowly heal at a visibly fast rate.

The aftereffects of his soul’s injuries immediately began to ease.

After his soul had recovered somewhat, he sped up the influx of soul power, fully restoring his soul to its original state!

“Did it really consume that much soul power?”

Looking at his regular soul power reserves, he found that he still had 157,000 points left—he had used nearly 1,000 points of soul power for the recovery!

However, he vaguely sensed that his soul seemed to have become much more resilient after the restoration.

Perhaps the process of breaking and reshaping the soul had brought about some positive changes, although they were faint and barely noticeable. He didn’t pay much attention to it.

With his soul fully restored, his mental willpower also returned to its peak state. Now, in the event that Eterna and Boris couldn’t withstand it and were swallowed by the Black Hole Vortex, he wouldn’t let their souls go to waste.

And that God of Runes—if the God of Runes met the same fate as Silver Moon Wolf God, losing his soul and the full 500 points of high-tier soul power, he certainly wouldn’t let it slip through his fingers.

But before all that, Sterl had to ensure his soul was in its prime state.

Having done all that, and since he couldn’t change the situation now, he settled into watching the situation around the Orichalcum Kingdom’s royal city. Given the way the Black Hole Vortex distorted space and time, trying to slip away unnoticed was impossible, so he might as well take his time and observe.

“Hold them off! Use everything you’ve got, release every hidden trump card you have! If the formation shatters, none of you will live to see another day!”

The God of Runes, with bloodshot eyes, snarled at the surrounding deities and demigods.

Above the royal city, everyone, including the legends, needed no further warning. Each person spontaneously gathered all their strength, pouring resources into reinforcing the city’s last formation.

The fall of the Silver Moon Wolf God, a high-tier deity, was a wake-up call for everyone. Even the enemies had no joy in it because this strange Black Hole attacked indiscriminately!

If they couldn’t stop it, they’d face the same fate as Silver Moon Wolf God!

Thus, everyone began pulling out their most cherished defensive measures: runes that could temporarily block any attacks, equipment with extremely high defenses, or attacks formed by powerful, mysterious beings—whatever they had, they weren’t holding anything back.

Meanwhile, the God of Runes kept pressing his Divine Authority over high-tier runes, continuously pouring his Divine Power into the formation, trying to strengthen it.

As for his domain over high-tier runes, it had barely spread before the terrifying pull of the vortex tore it apart!

This only made him more frantic. He didn’t want to meet the same end as Silver Moon Wolf God, completely annihilated with no chance of survival!