Chapter 966: Chapter 954: Departure and Return Chapter 966: Chapter 954: Departure and Return Pandora World
This world, which a hundred years ago was still in a primitive and desolate state, has now undergone earth-shattering changes. Thanks to the technological knowledge assistance from Earth Star civilization, the entire Yi Kong race has developed rapidly.

They utilized the advanced technology learned from the Earth Star civilization to build cities in the world of Pandora, started living together in communities, and the tribal system was completely shattered. The Yi Kong people now had better ways to communicate, and the barriers that came with distance were completely shattered.

Because of the lessons from the Earth Star civilization, and combining it with the innate environmental conservation concept of the indigenous Yi Kong people, from a high altitude, Pandora World did not seem to have changed much at all.

To maintain their world’s original ecological environment, the Yi Kong people would rather consume more resources than pursue the convenience of city construction at the cost of environmental destruction.

The locations they chose for building cities were generally in sparsely vegetated and desolate areas. Recently, some Yi Kong even proposed not to build cities on the ground at all but instead construct cities that floated in the sky using ultra-large antigravity devices.

This kind of hugely invested plan received the support of all Yi Kong people. Thus, the construction project of Sky City vigorously began.

To save costs, some of the Yi Kong people even began trying to build space cities beyond the world. And this concept of living in the sky to protect the ecology on the ground truly attracted the attention of numerous human scientists.

So at this time, outside the world of Pandora, the initial outline of a massive steel city was taking shape, with bulky transport spaceships commuting between this massive construction site and the world of Pandora, transporting various building materials.

And just then, a speck of golden light appeared in the distant darkness, which rapidly expanded, turning into a golden sea, sweeping over from afar.

The golden flood swept through this star domain, and then everything within this star domain was enveloped by the golden stream, bringing everything to a standstill, as if time itself had frozen.

In this golden world where everything was still, a towering figure slowly stepped forward from the distance, then looked at everything immobilized under his naturally emanating power with a very calm gaze.

“Time stopped? Heh,” Muria looked at everything before him and then slightly shook his head, “This isn’t a real stoppage of time, I haven’t made time stop.”

This was an experiment of Muria’s power at the moment. He attempted to stop all matter within a certain area around him, creating an effect akin to a stoppage in time.

However, such a power to stop the movement of matter, while undeniably a mighty weapon against creatures with less strength than him, was utterly ineffective against entities of similar strength.

Such a mode of attack was merely chicken ribs to Muria, after all, he was not a deity. He did not need to display various miracles to gather faith.

“Only an epic can confront an epic!” Muria mused slightly after trying out the Epic Power. This typical epic-level yet trivial ability had an overwhelming effect on beings below the epic level. The gap between them was simply not a matter of reason.

“I’m about to leave. Over these years, I’ve done so much for you, it’s time you gave me the reward I deserve!”

Standing beside the roughly formed space city, Muria stretched out his palm towards the Pandora World below. Having given, he must receive in return, this was inevitable for an entity like him. If the world dared to refuse to pay him, he wouldn’t mind finding an elder to forcefully claim his wages!

After all, Muria was not a creature born of this world, he had no obligation to work for it for free. He had assisted the civilizations within this world to metamorphose, giving the world the potential and qualifications for ascension. Thus, obtaining a droplet of source power as his reward was not at all excessive.

However, the will of Pandora World was more sincere than that of Earth Star World. When Muria reached out his hand, the entire world trembled, and then strands of splendid green lights rose from every corner of the world, converging on his outstretched palm.

The scene Muria had experienced in the Earth Star World occurred once again, but whether it was an illusion or not, Muria felt that the streams of light in Pandora World seemed a bit more robust than those of the Earth Star World.

But when Muria saw the source power in his hand, which was changing colors, he found that it seemed no different from the source power separated from the Earth Star World.

“Tsk!” Muria clicked his tongue and cracked a corner of his mouth, not really knowing what to say. After all, he knew that compared to the Earth Star World, he had been much better to the Pandora World by many multiples.

Although he had some unusual thoughts in his heart, he restrained them now, as it wasn’t the time to think about these things. Muria stretched out his hand and slowly grasped the source power in his hand.

Then, a complete reflection of the Pandora World appeared in his eyes, and slowly, it disassembled, revealing all the laws that constructed it, without any concealment.

At this moment, Muria suddenly realized that the laws constructing Pandora World were more complete and rigorous than those of Earth Star World, even including some laws that Earth Star World completely lacked.

When the Pandora World in Muria’s eyes reverted back to its original appearance that he had seen, his understanding of laws deepened further. A blurry framework of the World Law emerged within his Sea of Spirits, so vague it was almost invisible.

“Indeed, all my good treatment of you was not in vain!” Muria, awakening from his comprehension of World Law, looked down at the world below and a smile appeared on his face.

The time he spent observing the World Law this time was nearly twice as long as the time he spent observing the Earth Star World Law. And the benefits he reaped were far more than twice as many.

“Meow!” Just as Muria was feeling a hint of sentimentality, a soft meow that he had not heard in a long time echoed.

“Meow King!” Muria looked towards the source of the sound and then saw a purple-black Giant Dragon breaking into the golden world, gazing at him with a look of reluctance.

“Master, are you going to leave now?” The passage of long times, coupled with the revolutionary change in its own status, made the Meow King of today fill with gratitude towards Muria. It was very clear that if it wasn’t for Muria capturing it by force with his martial might back then, it would not have achieved its current accomplishments and status.

“The task has been completed, I have obtained what I wanted, so it’s time for me to leave,” Muria said with a smile, looking at this purple-black Dragon God.

The Dirty Meow King is now not only the first deity of Pandora World but also the first deity of Earth Star World. In other words, it is a god of two worlds. Such a starting point would surely make many original deities envious.

“Can’t you stay a bit longer?”

Muria smiled but did not answer; he avoided the topic. “Take good care of humans, as well as the Yi Kong People, and fulfill your duty as a god!

Through these two intelligent races, you can advance even further; they can complement each other. Now that they have entered the interstellar age, they have the ability to colonize other worlds! As the guardian deity of these two intelligent races, your divine power will continue to grow stronger with their expansion.”

A deity cannot leave the world, but His believers can. The active range of a deity is determined by the locations of His believers.

Take the current Meow King for example; His active range is limited only to the Earth Star World and Pandora World. But when the Yi Kong People and humans, His believers, conquer a new world and settle there, reproducing and spreading, His active range will increase.

However, the method of expanding Divine power by relying on one’s believers’ colonization is full of uncertainties, because in the Void, no one can assure that they are the strongest.

In other words, during outward expansion, one might encounter a civilization stronger than their own at any time. What happens when one provokes a being stronger than oneself? It goes without saying.

“Continue to strive and learn how to be a good god! One day we may meet again!”

After speaking, Muria extended his hand and gently pierced into the Void; he now possessed the strength to tear open rifts in the Void.

And as his hand pierced into the Void, a torrential surge of energy flowed from the rift he created, his strength widening the rift into a massive breach.

A colossal Gate of the Void appeared in front of Muria, emitting terrifying fluctuations that warped time and space.

Upon seeing this Gate of the Void, Muria stepped in without hesitation. This was a Void marvel created by the combined efforts of the Titan, Blazing Sky, and Metallic Dragon races—the Hall of Transcendence’s Gate of the Void.

He was just a fledgling who had recently become Epic, lacking the ability to tear through the Void and traverse the World Community. Thus, if he wanted to return, he could only rely on other powers.

And after Muria vanished from the skies of Pandora World, the golden world that had formed due to his presence immediately disintegrated and collapsed, allowing everything that had been still to start moving once again.

However, a slight disturbance occurred, as Muria had stated before that his was not a true halt in time; he had merely used his power to forcefully stop the movement of matter within a certain area.

Therefore, when he lifted the stoppage, chaos ensued in that area instantly because the Creatures that had been stilled could quickly notice the abrupt loss from their time due to the contrast with the outside world.

Thus, this level of effect was not genuine time stoppage. But Muria never believed there was a being that could truly control time.

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