"Master, while you were immersed in comprehending the ws, some astonishing changes have also occurred in the gem space!"The World Tree sways its branches as it expins to Oliver.

  Astonishing changes?Oliver focuses his senses and indeed notices something different. At this moment, the flesh of Ymir, which he had casually tossed aside before, has melted! This was originally a solid chunk of meat the size of a pnet, but now it seems to have dissolved, turning into a massive cloud of mist floating within the gem space.

  "What is this…"Oliver extends his soul power into the mist and immediately discovers that within it, a starry sky is slowly taking shape, with several pnets beginning to form! Legend has it that the creator god Aether used Ymir's flesh to create countless pnets and continents. Oliver's gem space, like a miniature chaos world, is now also giving birth to pnets because of a piece of Ymir's flesh!

  "Interesting. At this rate, won't I end up creating a world even before the creator god Aether?"Oliver feels a surge of excitement in his heart. He quickly opens his data panel to check the changes in the Chaos Gem's stats.

  [Item name: Chaos Gem]Item Grade: SS+4Endowed Skill: Weakening PulseChaos Space: Some strange changes are occurring. Once these changes are complete, the space gem will undergo a fundamental transformation and gain a brand-new skill!]

  Once the changes are complete, the gem can evolve and acquire new skills?Oliver is thrilled. The Weakening Pulse skill is already incredibly powerful and has pyed a significant role in several past battles. And now, the gem might gain another new skill? This makes Oliver even more eager with anticipation.

  Moreover, Oliver soon discovers another very interesting fact. The World Tree and that group of soul deities have been living in his gem space for hundreds of years. Now, when Oliver looks at them, he feels an inexplicable sense of closeness. Upon closer inspection, Oliver realizes this isn't an illusion. Rather, after living in the gem space for so long, their soul frequencies have begun to resonate with Oliver's, as if they've signed a contract with him. With a specific fluctuation of his soul, Oliver can control their actions—or even their life and death!

  "I'm the master of the gem, so any creature that resides in the gem space for a long time will come under my control and become my servant…"Oliver is extremely pleased with this newly discovered property of the gem!

  "If only I could get more of Ymir's flesh, the gem could progress and grow even faster…"Oliver can't help but think to himself. But he also knows full well that the current Ymir is far beyond his ability to confront. After all, Surtr, a mere insignificant giant under Ymir's command, is already a level 20 deity, and Oliver can't even take him on right now. Let alone Ymir himself. And the creator god Aether, who injured Ymir, is undoubtedly even more powerful…

  "I still need to get stronger…"With this thought, Oliver's soul flies out of the gem space and returns to his body. It's time to leave this pce!

  "Hundreds of years have passed, and I've grown much stronger. I heard that guy Alex has also been comprehending something. I wonder if he's finished and whether he's left that fme pace?"Pondering this, Oliver can't help but head toward the fme pace once more.

  That guy Alex—he has to kill him.It's not just because of their past grudges at school, where Alex humiliated him. More importantly, Alex has figured out that Oliver possesses the SSS item. That book is the fundamental reason Oliver has become so powerful and progressed so quickly. Naturally, the fewer people who know this secret, the better. A guy like Alex absolutely has to be eliminated!

  Upon arriving near the fme pace, Oliver can't help but marvel quietly. The fme pace is even grander than it was hundreds of years ago. Its scale has expanded considerably. And the area around it is livelier than before, with some deities even trading items and props nearby. The deities of the chaos world have learned to trade. No longer are they like they were in the beginning, when deities could only devour each other like wild beasts.

  Is this the embryonic form of a so-called civilization? A deity civilization?Quite interesting.

  But as Oliver steps in, he feels a bit disappointed. The deities outside the fme pace are too weak—none of them exceed level 7—and the items they're trading are so low-tier that Oliver doesn't even give them a second gnce. It's said that inside the fme pace, there's a higher-level trading event. But only those who become Surtr's servants get the chance to participate. Oliver, of course, has no intention of agreeing to that.

  As for news about Alex, Oliver inquires around but is left disappointed. That guy is still hiding inside the fme pace and hasn't shown his face in a long time. Could he have sensed that Oliver is coming to kill him?

  While Oliver is mulling this over, a voice suddenly comes from within the gem—the World Tree Ygg."Master, something's wrong! I've got a bad feeling. The Níemogrs are searching for us. Last time you killed a bunch of their kind, they've marked you with some special method, and now they're scouring the area for your whereabouts!"Níemogrs and the World Tree are like natural enemies in Earth's ecosystem, and the World Tree has a special ability to sense their movements. The Níemogr cn hasn't arrived yet, but the World Tree has already picked up on it in advance.

  "Oh? Those useless bugs still dare to come looking for trouble with me?"Oliver can't help but ugh. Perfect. His strength has just surged dramatically, and he's been itching to find a punching bag to test it out on.

  With this in mind, Oliver says to the World Tree, "Ygg, Níemogrs are group-dwelling deities, right? They must have their own nests. Do you know where their nests are and how strong their leaders are?"

  "Nests… Master, are you pnning to…?"

  "That's right. They're allowed to hunt me down, but I'm not allowed to strike first? I'm going to take the initiative and destroy their nest!"Oliver decres directly.

  "As expected of Master!"Ygg immediately grows even more admiring of Oliver. "I've always been the one chased by Níemogrs; I never even thought of attacking them proactively."

  Amid its, Ygg sways its branches and quickly adds, "As far as I know, the Níemogrs have many nests. Some are exceptionally strong, while others are a bit weaker. There's one nest where the leader's strength is around a level 12 deity—perhaps just right for you to hunt, Master!"Ygg knows that Oliver's combat power far exceeds that of deities at his level, so it directly suggests the location of a nest with a level 12 Níemogr!

  Oliver nods, a flicker of anticipation fshing through his mind. Last time, killing a level 8 Níemogr greatly upgraded his poison skill. This time, taking down a level 12 one—how much of a boost would that give him? Plus, the nest of a group-dwelling species like this must be full of resources, maybe even treasures. This time, he might just strike it rich!

  With that thought, Oliver immediately takes out his wishing bottle and uses it to pn the correct, shortest route to that nest!