God of Pets Chapter 998: Cycle of Life and Death

Chen Guan continuously absorbed the exhaustion energy within the Exhaustion Area, initially believing it was merely about absorbing exhaustion energy, just a matter of time.

But during the process of absorbing exhaustion energy, Chen Guan discovered a bizarre phenomenon.

His Secret Realm of One had always been able only to devour Primordial Energy, without any other effect, not even able to retain Primordial Energy within.

However, when Chen Guan absorbed a portion of exhaustion energy into the Secret Realm of One, something miraculous occurred.

The Secret Realm of One, which originally could only devour energy, did not devour exhaustion energy.

Exhaustion energy is the Power of Death, so the Secret Realm of One not being able to utilize it seems normal; what is truly bizarre is that, because of the presence of exhaustion energy, a part of the World Power that Chen Guan injected into the Secret Realm of One was not absorbed.

The amount of World Power not absorbed by the Secret Realm of One was equivalent to the exhaustion energy Chen Guan had absorbed into the Secret Realm.

The two energies blended and combined within the Secret Realm of One, complementing each other, forming a very subtle balance.

Moreover, unexpectedly, the Secret Realm of One, where originally no life form could survive, could now nurture life forms.

Because of the presence of this energy, life forms could survive and grow within the Secret Realm of One.

From this bizarre phenomenon, Chen Guan realized that he had always misunderstood something.

He always thought that the energy refined by the Creation World was the foundation of the world, the force of life, and that as long as the Creation World refined energy, it could evolve life.

In truth, the final Secret Technique of Life he created could indeed produce life, but that life was extremely short-lived.

Previously, Chen Guan believed the reason for the short-lived life was due to insufficient Power and Level.

But now he understood it was not due to his power being insufficient, but rather the lack of participation of exhaustion energy.

Pure World Power alone could not create truly viable life because the energy was constantly being expended without any recovery, resulting in a one-way channel.

With the participation of exhaustion energy, the world could truly initiate a cycle of reincarnation, perpetually evolving through life and death.

Without death, there can be no new life; death is the key to the beginning of life.

Exhaustion energy was never meant to destroy the world; it is the cradle of life.

With this understanding, Chen Guan immediately comprehended the true relationship between the Spirit Devouring God, the Celestial Secret Realm, and the Exhaustion Area.

Sky Secret Spirits remain immortal because Spirit Devouring God has excluded exhaustion energy, but because of this, old life forms did not die, life energy did not enter the cycle of reincarnation, and new life forms could not regenerate.

Life energy was constantly being seized by the Sky Secret Spirit, and when exhaustion energy lacked matching life energy, it could only exist independently.

The longer the Sky Secret Spirit lived, the more energy it seized, and the more exhaustion energy grew.

This is an irreconcilable contradiction, so the Spirit Devouring God's approach is to completely isolate life energy from exhaustion energy.

Turning the Celestial Secret Realm into the domain of life energy, making the Earth Secret Realm the place to imprison exhaustion energy.

Having understood this principle, Chen Guan was not in a hurry to disrupt the Spirit Devouring God's plan, but continued to absorb exhaustion energy, both to level up and to catalyze the evolution of the Secret Realm of One.

Chen Guan already understood that the Spirit Devouring God is equivalent to life created by World Power, representing the Life Force of this universe.

To defeat the Spirit Devouring God, one must possess power capable of challenging the Spirit Devouring God, which is tantamount to opposing half the universe.

Under normal circumstances, as part of the universe, no matter how strong one's power is, it is impossible to defeat the Spirit Devouring God.

But Chen Guan is different; others rely on the rules of the universe to fight, whereas Chen Guan has extracted the foundation of this universe, constantly strengthening himself.

It is as if Chen Guan has already formed his own world, and does not need to rely on external forces to fight; his immense Primordial Energy is his foundation, not relying on the rules of the universe to fight.

Jiang Qiemo and others failed because their Primordial Energy was too little; they could not truly break the rules of the universe and remained just pieces on the chessboard.

The Secret Technique of One has given Chen Guan the foundation to create worlds, but now his world is not strong enough. He must continue absorbing energy, strengthening to the point where he can contend with half the universe, so he can stop the Spirit Devouring God.

Chen Guan's idea of stopping them is not about preventing them from destroying the Sky City.

In fact, Chen Guan never fully trusted the Spirit Devouring God, originally intending only to use the Spirit Devouring God's authority to cultivate the elite among humans, then make plans.

Now Chen Guan sees things clearly, understands the fundamental logic of the world, and does not want the Sky City to continue existing.

Without the obstruction of Sky City, the Earth Secret Realm and Celestial Secret Realm can entirely integrate, balancing Life Essence Qi and exhaustion energy, Sky Secret Spirits will no longer be immortal, the Earth Secret Spirit and humanity will receive abundant Life Essence Qi support, and their evolutionary speed will greatly increase.

Only thus can the Earth Secret Realm stand on equal ground with the Celestial Secret Realm, no longer inferior, with humanity on the same level as Sky Secret Spirits.

The premise is that the Sky Garden prepared by the Spirit Devouring God does not replace the Sky City, once again isolating heaven and earth.

Chen Guan desperately absorbed exhaustion energy and attempted to directly absorb exhaustion energy into his body rather than entirely through the transformation of the Creation World.

As Chen Guan expected, by not converting exhaustion energy into World Power, the exhaustion energy entered his body and naturally fused with the energy within, allowing his Primordial Energy to access a whole new world.

Chen Guan reached out and conjured a butterfly, which soared joyfully in the sky, dancing higher and farther.

As day by day passed, when Chen Guan finally reached the hundred-level of perfect completion, he immediately set off with Ji Nanhong to Sky City.

However, when he arrived at Sky City, he found he was a bit late.

At that moment, he was extremely sensitive to the existence and disappearance of life, knowing some had already perished here.

To his surprise, there was no Spirit Devouring God; instead, it was a female Secret Spirit in white fighting against humanity.

Chen Guan glanced briefly, and although he did not know the Netherworld Emperor's name, he recognized the origin of this female Secret Spirit.

If the Spirit Devouring God represents half of the universe, the living side of the universe, then this female Secret Spirit represents the other half, the dying side.

Looking at the Netherworld Emperor, Chen Guan had already made his decision.