“The sun’s forming, but it’ll take a bit,” Oliver eyes the massive fireball in the gem space, noting.

  Yeah, the fire runes from the Chaos Embers have sunk into every bit of that planet’s soil, but it’s still not a sun—just a burning planet.

  A real sun needs those Chaos Embers—tons of fire runes—to form a core at the planet’s heart, a Chaos Fireheart!

  That’ll take a long burn—months, maybe years, decades even.

  Oliver doesn’t stick around waiting. He gulps down the divine essence left by the spider deity and dives into the Chaos Fire Sea, working on mastering the Slowness primal rune!

  “Slowness…”

  Oliver chews the spider deity’s divine essence, letting its unique power flood his body, seeping into every cell.

  He quickly picks up a familiar vibe from the essence and its primal runes.

  “The Law of Slowness feels kinda like the Time primal rune,” Oliver hasn’t cracked the Time primal rune yet, but he’s super curious about it, so he’s studied it plenty.

  Now, he spots similarities in this so-called Slowness rune.

  Looks like the Slowness rune’s a branch of the Time rune.

  But even as an offshoot of a bigger rune, Slowness is plenty strong.

  I mean, that spider deity’s stats lagged behind the metal bull’s by almost 10,000, but it still held equal status.

  All thanks to this Slowness rune.

  The Time rune’s one of the top-tier primal runes—tied to the chaos’s most basic, primal, badass power.

  Even a sliver of time power makes the Slowness rune crazy strong.

  “Master this, and my combat strength’s jumping another tier!” Oliver’s stoked, diving deep into grasping the Slowness rune.

  Boom!

  Right then, Ygg and the crew feel like their master—this giant snake—slipped into another dimension or something.

  Even though Oliver’s right there, visible, they get this vibe he’s not in the same space as them.

  Look close, and the light around Oliver’s body twists and bends.

  That’s why Ygg and the others feel weirded out.

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  Time laws? They bend light!

  “The Law of Slowness was decent on that big spider, but in the master’s hands? It’s gonna unleash way crazier power!” Ygg can’t help but gush.

  “Master’s getting stronger—we can’t lag behind!” star tree and the other plant deities chime in. They shake their branches hard, rooting deeper, soaking up the gem space’s nutrients and heat.

  Truth is, as the sun starts shaping up, its light hits them, and they feel amazing—almost sleepy.

  Starlight grass straight-up yawns. She feels bathed in this sunlight, her whole body warm and cozy, totally at ease.

  “I never knew the Fire primal rune could do us good. No—this thing the master calls a sun? Its light’s not just fire runes anymore. It’s some unique energy, different from chaos energy…”

  “Hey, soaking in this energy’s speeding up our evolution too. Gotta get strong—otherwise, when the master needs us, we won’t be much help!” sakura sword tree says, pumped.

  They feel strands of sunlight bursting with life, sinking into their trunks, making every cell transform.

  And in this setup, they notice the gem space’s native plant—the homegrown one—starts growing fast too.

  It was just a tiny sprout before. Now, not much time’s passed, and it’s already a sapling!

  “Once the master nails the Slowness law, maybe this guy’ll awaken its own consciousness. The master’ll be thrilled,” Ygg says, hopeful.

  …

  Decades, a century zip by.

  In the chaos world, time stretches way longer than humans could handle—decades, a century? It’s like a nap for deities.

  So you can imagine, Oliver’s evolution speed’s blazing fast for the chaos.

  Finally, he snaps awake in the Chaos Fire Sea.

  Boom!

  With Oliver at the center, the fire sea within tens of millions of kilometers—blazing like crazy—freezes, like it’s stuck in a snapshot!

  These are flames in constant burn, a sea of fire, and it’s still? The sight freaks out some passing adventurer deities—they bolt, scared of getting caught in some unknown danger.

  Truth is, the vibe Oliver’s giving off now is straight-up terrifying to weaker deities.

  In the chaos, super strong deities just passing through can kick up waves that kill small fry on the spot.

  Sounds wild, but think about it—even in his future life, humans could accidentally squash ants walking around.

  And now? Oliver’s size is pushing 4.4 million kilometers!

  “I’ve got a basic handle on the Slowness primal rune…” Oliver opens his giant snake eyes, pondering.

  He checks his stat panel.

  No huge spike in numbers, but his combat strength’s shot up a ton from before.

  He’s still level 15, but level 16—even 17—deities? They’re no match for him now!

  Oliver turns his gaze to the gem space.

  A century later, that burning planet in there’s fully morphed into an eternally blazing star!

  Its brightness, light, and heat are dozens of times stronger than before!

  Ygg, star tree, and the gang are growing like mad around this sun, filling this proto-universe with life!

  What makes Oliver even happier? These changes pushed the Chaos Gem to level up again!

  [Item Name: Chaos Gem]

  [Item Grade: Chaos Grade +7]

  [Endowed Skills: Weakening Pulse, World Will, World Egg]

  [Chaos Space: A proto-universe has taken shape. The first native life has been born, and with it, the World Egg is forming.]

  The gem hit level 7!

  No doubt, its old skills—Weakening Pulse, World Will—are beefed up now.

  What piques Oliver’s interest is this new thing—World Egg?

  What’s that?

  And the first native life—what’s that about?