When Evan returned to his senses, even though he had already expected it, seeing nothing but endless darkness surrounding him still made his heart skip a beat.

At the same time, a strange power attempted to influence his mind, as though trying to make him completely ignore the utterly destroyed region around him as if it did not exist at all.

However, the instant that power tried to affect his consciousness, his Primordial Shadow Energy trembled slightly, and everything immediately returned to normal.

’Damn it, Elora’s power is really something else.’

Evan thought inwardly as he looked toward Elora and Baphomet, who were still locked in battle.

Suddenly, Evan sensed numerous powerful presences rapidly approaching their location.

’They arrived this quickly...’

His expression changed the moment he realized that multiple rank-six core evolvers were heading toward them at an incredible speed.

On top of that, among those approaching rank-six presences, two were on par with Baphomet, which meant that two Monarch-level existences had arrived as well.

’I can’t get entangled with them right now.’

Although Evan did not know which Monarchs were approaching, considering all the chaos Azroth had caused in the past, he knew that appearing before them right now would only lead to more trouble.

Without wasting any more time, Evan looked into his shadow storage and took out the Heart of the World that Anastasia had given him while he was staying with her inside her core world.

Although Azroth had obtained the Heart of the World countless years ago, its appearance remained exactly the same as the one Evan had just seen in the memories of the soul seal.

Other than lacking that brilliant radiance surrounding it, the black stone looked no different at all.

’Integrate it with my core world...’

Recalling Azroth’s words, Evan immediately threw the Heart of the World into his illusory core world.

Because of the influence of the Origin Essence and the origin of the Void Law provided by the Rune of Evolution during his breakthrough to rank four, Evan’s illusory world was already extremely complete.

Although it was merely an illusory world, it looked almost indistinguishable from a real one.

The instant the Heart of the World entered his core world, the black stone, which had remained completely unresponsive until now suddenly trembled and a cracking sound echoed from it, as if some kind of seal placed on it was broken the instant it entered Evan’s core world.

Then, the same brilliant radiance Evan had seen earlier when the spirit of the Universal Tree summoned the stone erupted from it once again.

Under that radiance, Evan felt his illusory world becoming more solid and stable, as though it were evolving into something greater.

At the same time, his Void Law Seal, which took the shape of a giant eye, appeared in the sky of his core world.

The instant the law seal manifested, the Heart of the World shot toward it and fused with it.

Evan immediately felt the intensity of the Void Law power within his core world rise explosively, reaching an entirely different level in mere moments.

Previously, if he needed ten units of Void Law Energy to use a skill, now he could achieve the same result using just a single unit of energy.

’Azroth said the true effects of the Heart of the World would only begin showing after reaching rank six. Then what are these absurd benefits I am receiving right now?’

Evan could not help but shout inwardly in shock.

But when he thought about Azroth’s utterly broken abilities, he suddenly felt that, to someone like him, these "benefits" might not even be worth mentioning.

’Why do I suddenly feel like a beggar happily picking up discarded treasure while the person who threw it away considered it nothing but trash?’

Because Evan was still unable to properly utilize the Heart of the World at his current level, the integration process was incredibly simple.

The moment the heart of world merged with his law seal, it disappeared completely without leaving behind even the slightest trace.

Evan could no longer sense its presence at all.

However, he was not worried because he knew the Heart of the World still existed within his core world, waiting for the day he would reach rank six and truly unlock its potential.

’Now then, how exactly do I condense Origin Essence using this thing?’

This was the only benefit Azroth had specifically mentioned that Evan would be able to access before reaching rank six.

Just as Evan was pondering over this matter, he suddenly sensed the various law powers within his core world rapidly gathering together at a single point.

Although Evan’s core world was filled predominantly with Void Law Energy because of his Void Law Seal, that did not mean his world lacked other forms of law energy.

It was simply that, unlike Void Law Energy, he could not utilize the other law powers because he did not possess the corresponding law seals.

Now, all those scattered law energies began converging together at one location.

As they fused together, a brilliant and blinding light erupted from the center of his world.

’Origin Essence is the condensed manifestation of the rules and laws of the world.’

Evan recalled Azroth’s explanation about Origin Essence.

Although he still did not fully understand what Azroth meant, after personally witnessing the process of condensation inside his core world, he finally began to grasp it slightly.

’At this speed, it shouldn’t take more than thirty seconds for the Origin Essence to fully condense.’ Evan estimated inwardly.

At the same time, he sensed the rapidly approaching powerhouses drawing closer and closer toward their location.

Judging from their speed, they would likely arrive almost at the exact same moment the Origin Essence finished condensing.

’I won’t have enough time to escape at this rate.’ Evan frowned slightly and after thinking for a brief moment, he took a deep breath.

’I hope Florita can hold them back for at least a short while and buy me enough time to escape.’

While the Origin Essence continued condensing inside his core world, Evan activated his Realm Guardian Authority and summoned Florita to assist him.

A portal instantly opened behind him.

However, the moment Evan turned around and saw what was emerging from the portal, his eyes widened in complete shock.

Because the figure stepping out of the portal was something entirely different from what he had expected.