The attacker was Long Chen. Originally, he hadn't planned on joining the fray, but the corpse of a late-stage Spirit Emperor was simply too tempting to ignore.0

This corpse was unlike the others he had obtained. The fallen expert had already merged with the laws of the Heavenly Daos, making him extraordinarily powerful. If devoured, those laws would be released into the primal chaos space. Long Chen estimated that, at this rate, the primal chaos space would eventually evolve into a complete world just like the nine heavens.5

That prospect was beyond anything he had dared to dream of. Yet, it was also something he eagerly anticipated. If he could truly accomplish it, he would become...4