In the space, a clone of Xiao Fei was pondering a recipe.
The last time he refined the Profound Origin Pill, he had accidentally triggered an explosion.
Now he wanted to try replicating this explosion to see if he could increase its power.
After all, he had many clones, and they were idle anyway. What if he achieved something significant?
Then, for a long time afterward, the space was constantly filled with booming explosions.
The clone conducting the experiments was also blasted until he was covered in soot.
...
After Xiao Diao bid farewell to Zhu Yu, he entered the chaotic void.
Now, all the worlds in the myriad heavens and realms had transformed into Dao Worms.
There were too many Dao Worms wandering in the chaos, and it was crowded. Most importantly, they could no longer find food.
Dao Worms were originally transformed from worlds after they fell into dormancy, and then they would feed on worlds, constantly devouring them.
Now that all worlds were destroyed, these Dao Worms, famished, inevitably turned their gaze towards the Immortal Realm.
The Immortal Realm was larger and contained richer energy; a single bite would sustain them.
However, the Immortal Realm also had more powerful beings. Even though the great powers of the Immortal Realm were busy with their internal strife, they would not allow the Dao Worms to devour worlds at will.
The strength of Golden Immortals and Grand Unity Golden Immortals was still terrifying.
Xiao Fei had already resolved to sweep away the Demon Alliance and control the immortal stone resources of the entire Immortal Realm.
But humanity's strength was limited, especially when facing Golden Immortal powerhouses, they always suffered losses and were beaten. He then thought of his good brother.
He hadn't seen Ning for a long time. He wondered how Ning's strength was recently and if he had advanced to a fourth-tier Dao Worm.
A fourth-tier Dao Worm was comparable to a Golden Immortal in the Immortal Realm, or perhaps even slightly stronger.
He remembered that Ning had advanced to a third-tier Dao Worm many years ago. He had secretly devoured so many of his own kind over the years; it couldn't have been for nothing.
Xiao Fei flew in the chaos for about a month before finally sensing Ning's location and immediately turned to fly towards him.
However, he felt something strange. In the past, if Ning sensed his location, he would quickly fly to meet him. He had flown for so long, yet Ning remained motionless.
When he found Ning, his body was floating in the chaos, bobbing up and down, as if he were dead.
But upon getting closer, he could sense that Ning was not dead but had fallen into a deep slumber.
"Ning!"
"What happened to you?"
Xiao Fei tried to transmit information to him using his immortal sense. After a long time, Ning vaguely responded.
It turned out he was injured and lying here, sleeping and healing.
Xiao Fei examined Ning's injuries, returned to his space, specifically refined a healing pill the size of a millstone, and fed it to Ning.
Another year passed. Xiao Fei continuously refined and gave Ning three healing pills. Only then did Ning wake up and recount his experience of being injured.
Ning had previously intended to repeat his old trick, luring a companion outside to strike him.
However, that companion had also hidden some of his strength. He fought back fiercely at that moment, almost taking Ning with him.
"How much longer will you need to recuperate before your injuries heal?"
"With my physique, I just need to find another of my kind to devour."
"That's easy. You go lure a Dao Worm over, and I'll subdue him for you to eat."
The two huddled together and quietly discussed for a while. Xiao Fei, using the small world immortal artifact, transformed into a speck of dust and attached himself to Ning.
"You've devoured so many of your kind. Why haven't you advanced to the fourth tier?"
Xiao Fei felt a bit curious. The growth method of Dao Worms was to constantly devour. Ning had devoured quite a few Dao Worms by now.
"Before the fourth tier, we Dao Worms only need to eat enough to advance.
But to break through from the third tier to the fourth tier, just like your Immortal Realm humans, demons, and monsters, one needs to comprehend the Great Dao."
"Then how much have you comprehended now?"
"Alas! The hope is slim!"
Ning shook his head. Comprehending the Great Dao was too difficult.
"However, there is another special method to quickly break through to the fourth tier."
Xiao Fei's spirits immediately lifted. As long as he could advance quickly and gain an additional helper at the Golden Immortal level, he was willing to pay any price.
"What method?"
"The Great Dao that all of us Dao Worms comprehend is the Dao of Devouring.
If one can directly devour a fourth-tier Dao Worm, they can inherit the Dao of Devouring comprehended by the other and thus quickly advance to the fourth tier."
"Alright, I'll go back and find a helper."
As they spoke, Ning encountered a lone Dao Worm.
Ning enthusiastically approached and struck up a conversation. The two Dao Worms chatted happily.
Soon, they flew together towards a more secluded direction.
When Ning was sure they were far enough away, he finally revealed his cruel true nature.
"Hehehe... my little darling... let me take a bite..."
At the same time, Xiao Diao, hidden on Ning, suddenly made his move. He deployed the Five Elements Immortal Artifact to seal off the area, and a tiny dot of flame flew out...
Xiao Diao and Ning, working together, subdued the Dao Worm without much effort.
Then, Ning began to gnaw at it with great mouthfuls.
"Ah! It's so delicious! Brother, do you want a bite?"
"No, I don't. It's delicious, so you eat more!"
Ning's physique was indeed extraordinary. As he devoured his own kind, his injuries were rapidly healing.
Just then, a sense of danger struck!
Xiao Diao felt as if the surrounding chaos had solidified. His entire body turned cold, as if he had been nailed by spikes.
"Big... Big... Brother!"
Ning also sensed the abnormality, abandoned the half-eaten Dao Worm corpse, and quickly moved closer to Xiao Fei.
Xiao Diao touched Ning's body, intending to bring him into the space and prepare to flee.
However, he found that his connection to the space had also been severed at this moment.
Just then, in the chaotic void ahead, a colossal Dao Worm head appeared.
In the center of this head was a fiery imprint.
Xiao Fei had some impression of this Dao Worm. It could command the entire Dao Worm collective and held supreme status among them.
"Hahaha... today's harvest is good. I originally only wanted to devour you, this anomaly, but I didn't expect an unexpected gain."
The Dao Worm with the fiery pattern temporarily set Ning aside and examined Xiao Diao carefully.
"I didn't expect it! I didn't expect it! At this crucial moment, I would unexpectedly obtain the Creation Jade Disk!"
Finding Ning successfully was no longer important to him.
The value of the Creation Jade Disk was far greater and more important!
For Dao Worms, all worlds were their food.
But now, as the universe was about to be destroyed, and all the myriad heavens and realms had been consumed by them, the remaining large chunk of the Immortal Realm would eventually be devoured completely.
The Creation Jade Disk was also of great significance to Dao Worms.
He could hold the Creation Jade Disk in his own hands and then continuously cultivate new worlds and a large number of living beings.
All of this would become his inexhaustible source of food.