Chapter 474: Radiant Crystals

["Boundary of Light and Darkness!"]

[Using Bloodline Magic: Absolute Boundary, you deprived the area of darkness and replaced it with light instead, causing all the Dark Monsters to be illuminated by light so bright that they’ve turned to dust.]

[Since the Dark Monsters couldn’t withstand the light your bloodline magic had released, they all died without leaving any dark monster flesh.]

[Dark Monster Flesh was usually the resource the Light Bearers used to temper their inner light and advance to higher power ranks.]

[But for stronger Light Bearers, they’d refine the dark monster flesh into refined dark essence, allowing the dark monster flesh to contain fewer impurities. However, even with this method, there were still risks of the inner light being extinguished by darkness, as the darkness within the refined dark essence wasn’t completely removed.]

[Due to this, there was a second refinement process which transforms the refined dark essence into radiant crystals. Radiant crystals were refined dark essence that had been completely removed of the darkness attribute, allowing it to retain only the properties of improving one’s inner light.]

[Instead of the darkness that a dark monster flesh would have, the radiant crystals were filled with the light attribute, which would fuel and improve one’s inner light without the risk of falling into darkness.]

[In this case, you had flashed the Dark Monsters with too bright a light that they’ve skipped the process of dark monster flesh being refined into refined dark essence. Instead, what they’ve left behind were all radiant crystals!]

[Looking at all the radiant crystals piled up on the ground, even the surroundings were completely devoid of Perpetual Darkness, becoming an unusual oasis within this Perpetual Darkness World.]

[In the area surrounded by this, it was completely corrupted by Perpetual Darkness. However, the place you’ve flashed your Boundary of Light and Darkness had caused the Perpetual Darkness within this area to be completely gone.]

[In other words, you’ve managed to drive away the Perpetual Darkness and purify the land from its corruption without using the inner light of a Light Bearer!]

[For this to be achievable, you’ve actually inputted more light than needed. But if it was the inner light of a Light Bearer, just around the same value of Perpetual Darkness would be needed to purify the land from darkness.]

[After all, the Perpetual Darkness might be potent, but the Universal Law of Everlasting Light was specifically created to deal with the Perpetual Darkness. Other light sources weren’t as potent as Everlasting Light when used to confront the Perpetual Darkness.]

[’From the looks of it, I really need to go farther in the Light Bearer Path. My Absolute Boundary might be able to provide a decently powerful light source, but due to its versatility, it couldn’t be compared to the specialization of Everlasting Light.’]

[’It is still inferior to the Universal Law of Everlasting Light when it came to purifying the Perpetual Darkness’s corruption and dealing with Dark Monsters.’]

[’The only thing it excels even more is that compared to most light sources, it’s still better as the second top option. Compared to light attribute magic and the like, it’s way superior as it’s still the light derived from a high-grade Universal Law.’]

[As they say, don’t compare one’s hobby with others’ specialization.]

[The power of the Boundary of Light and Darkness was undeniable. But when it was compared to the light source provided by the Universal Law of Everlasting Light, it still fell short.]

[Thinking of this, you decided to improve your Light Bearer rank later. However, your top priority now was to find out what world this was, as well as establish your residence in this world.]

[The best way to achieve that was to consult the malnourished succubus beside you, who was likely a native of this world. She undoubtedly knew about this world compared to you.]

[Of course, you could have just used World Radar or your spiritual sense as an Initial Celestial rank powerhouse. But that would take away your fun, as you’ve treated the doomsday life simulation as some form of entertainment that you couldn’t normally have in the real world.]

[After all, in the real world, you had to be restrained and cautious since you could potentially die there. But in the doomsday life simulation, not only did you have the assurance of XX-rank Second Life, but complete death would still only end the doomsday life simulation.]

[Even for long-lived powerhouses, boredom was the bane of their existence. To prevent that, you’ve decided to enjoy the process of becoming stronger. Otherwise, it would be too dull and boring for you if you solely strove for the goal of becoming the strongest.]

[It was for this reason that you’ve often done entertaining activities with Jade and the Zenith Train Crew during your leisure time.]

[This method also had its benefits, as it allowed you to immerse yourself better in the role of a Light Bearer and native of this world, which was highly important for comprehending the Universal Law of Everlasting Light.]

[After all, methods for comprehending a Universal Law might vary from person to person, but this method was what worked for you the most.]

[Picking up all the eighth-grade and ninth-grade radiant crystals scattered on the ground, you stored all of them into your system inventory. Having already seen them and confirmed their existence, you could easily create more of them using XX-rank Equivalent Exchange.]

[It was safe to say that if the resources from the Elf World in reality were included, you no longer had to worry about resources required for becoming a Luminescent Star rank Light Bearer.]

[However, you weren’t in a hurry to increase your Light Bearer rank. After all, with your vision as an Initial Divine rank powerhouse, you felt that the mainstream Light Bearer Path method had flaws that needed to be patched up.]

[’From what I can tell, and from what I’ve even confirmed with Hint Prompt, the Light Bearer Path practiced by all powerhouses in the Perpetual Darkness World is too simple.’]

[’Due to its simplicity, it’s accessible to almost all people. But for someone of my caliber, I can push the Light Bearer Path to the extreme limit.’]