Chapter 474 – Invincible Foundation: A Body of the Galaxy

“I’ve heard you are Forbidden Powers—one capable of dissolving all things, the other capable of withering all things.”

“Coincidentally, my Black Hole is the same. Why don’t you dissolve it and let it wither away?”

Using poison to fight poison, Mu Lin brought forth the Black River Water and the Forbidden Power of Sky Burial City to restrain his own Simulated Black Hole.

The effect… was excellent.

As the Black River Water flowed in, it instinctively clashed with Mu Lin’s Simulated Black Hole, or rather, Avici Hell.

Under the Dissolution of the Black River Water, the endless gravitational pull of Mu Lin’s Simulated Black Hole was weakened. However, in turn, a portion of the Black River Water flowed into the Black Hole, increasing its mass.

Mu Lin… was pleased to see this.

It must be said that the Black Hole manifested in the True Spirit Karma Diagram was not an external cosmic body or natural phenomenon simulated by Mu Lin. Within the True Spirit Karma Diagram, it was a piece of the puzzle that constituted Mu Lin—it was Mu Lin himself.

【I am the Black Hole】—this statement held true within the True Spirit Karma Diagram.

Therefore, the increase in the Black Hole’s mass was an external manifestation of Mu Lin’s growing strength and deeper reserves.

Moreover, Mu Lin could, to some extent, manipulate the Black Hole’s gravity or other aspects.

As for why the Black Hole he manipulated possessed the characteristics of devouring everything, including memories, that was an inherent property of the Black Hole itself—just as fire burns and is hot, and water flows. If these traits were removed, they would no longer be called fire or water.

“My current problem is that my realm is too high, but my personal strength is too low to bear the power of the Black Hole… Fortunately, the Black Hole does not devour everything entirely.”

Although the Black Hole possessed immense gravity and was said to devour everything, it still required a process to consume things. When devouring, the Black Hole would first use its gravity to stretch and tear stars or other objects into molecules and atoms, then make them orbit around it. During this process, the molecules and atoms would gradually enter the Black Hole’s event horizon, only then considered devoured.

Before being devoured by the Black Hole, as stellar matter was torn and stretched by its gravity, it would release vast amounts of light and heat, making the Black Hole’s accretion disk extremely bright. Simultaneously, strong magnetic fields and high-temperature gases would lead to the emergence of Black Hole jets.

In Mu Lin’s True Spirit Karma Diagram, his Simulated Black Hole followed this same principle.

Its process of devouring all things also involved stretching, tearing, and making objects orbit around the Simulated Black Hole.

During this rotation, their time would gradually come to a halt, and their bodies would be gradually separated.

In the end, the Forbidden parts that could not be absorbed would be drawn into the Simulated Black Hole, increasing its mass and enriching its reserves.

Meanwhile, Spiritual Energy and other materials would be expelled through jets, expanding the Secret Realm of Mu Lin’s True Spirit Karma Diagram.

“The Forbidden parts are compressed into elementary particles, forever bound within Avici Hell. Spiritual Energy and ordinary matter expand the True Spirit Karma Diagram. In this way, the Black Hole and my True Spirit Karma Diagram can expand together, achieving a balance between the two.”

“As long as there are objects for me to devour, I can continue to grow.”

With this, Mu Lin’s path was firmly established.

Using the Wheel of Reincarnation formed by the simulated black hole Mahakala as its core, it gathers various taboos, matter, and energy.

Useless and harmful knowledge would be sealed by Mu Lin’s domineering will into the black hole, condemning it to eternal damnation—this, too, was Avici Hell.

Usable spiritual energy, on the other hand, would be expelled by the black hole, expanding the True Spirit Karma Diagram.

As for the various Divine Positions, they revolved around the black hole like stars.

The rest of Mu Lin’s followers, the Netherworld Soldiers, were like planets and asteroid belts beneath those stars…

“Every large galaxy cluster has a supermassive black hole at its center, just like the Milky Way. And now, I have established a galactic-level foundation.”

“One day, I shall become a galaxy!”

To take a galaxy as his body—this was Mu Lin’s ambition.

Of course, a foundation was just a foundation. For now, Mu Lin still needed to slowly absorb and let the black hole gradually devour, only then could he grow to his limit.

Moreover, this world was not his previous life. Many fantastical things could affect Mahakala’s absorption, even destroy the still-weak Mahakala.

Such as the Sky Burial Power.

The Black River, once suppressed by the Grave Lord, possessed no intelligence, only instinct. Thus, even as Mu Lin channeled the Black River Water into Mahakala, continuously decomposing and devouring it, this river showed no abnormalities—only instinctive resistance, gradually being consumed by Mahakala amidst its struggles.

But the Sky Burial Ruins were different. The anomalous power there held some intelligence.

Originally, if Mu Lin had only secretly absorbed a little, the Sky Burial Ruins wouldn’t have cared… No, they did care. The tragic fate of the Paper Artisans, the ominous events of their later years, and Mu Lin’s own premonitions all indicated that the Sky Burial Ruins weren’t indifferent—they were playing the long game, reeling in a big fish.

Absorbing even a trace of its power would mark one in the eyes of the Sky Burial Ruins.

Now, with Mahakala at his disposal, he had opened the floodgates, absorbing continuously.

“Hummm!”

“Woo… woo…”

“Thud! Thud! Thud!”

The icy, eerie Yin wind, the hair-raising cries, the inexplicable knocking sounds, and the faint, flickering ghostly shadows.

In the past, the appearance of such phenomena could corrupt an entire region, wiping out a city.

They were taboos that made humans pale with fear.

But now, the roles had reversed. The taboo had become Mahakala, and the victims were these phenomena.

“Woo…”

Crying… crying also counted as time… No, crying also counted as power. Mahakala’s attraction could even absorb light, let alone the anomalous cries and sounds.

Thus, unsurprisingly, Mu Lin found that the cries and knocking sounds never reached beyond Mahakala. The moment they appeared, they were torn apart and devoured by Mahakala.

Incidentally, to seal all ominous power within Mahakala and ensure that only usable matter was expelled, Mu Lin’s simulated black hole possessed more than just gravitational and time-stasis abilities.

He had integrated the Purification of Holy Salt, the Divinity of Silence, the Fixation of Source Runes, the Gang Qi: Primordial Chaos Yuan Gang, the Da Luo Vast Heaven Qi… all into Mahakala.

The integration of these abilities was highly effective against certain anomalous powers, further aiding Mahakala in thorough digestion and consumption.

This also meant that even though the Forbidden Power of the Sky Burial Ruins was terrifying, once it fell into Mahakala, it was devoured without any resistance.

Then, Mu Lin let loose, absorbing and devouring freely.

The eerie white shadows… come to me!

The gray mist that withers all things? Don’t even think of escaping!

Huh? Laughter—since you love to laugh so much, go into Mahakala and laugh slowly!

With its gates wide open, Mahakala resembled a glutton, devouring everything frantically.

After several minutes of such devouring, the sinister taboos of the Sky Burial Ruins also sensed something amiss.

Then, a terrifying and dreadful aura emanated from the opposite side.

The source of this aura was a skeletal Paper Figure wearing a crown. Holding a Mourning Staff, it let out a chilling laugh as soon as it entered:

“Who dares to absorb the Sky Burial… City… No!!”

(End of Chapter)