[Using both hands and feet, you wriggle your body and burrow deeper into the Abyss Egg, returning to the place where you were first teleported in…]

[Everything before your eyes is pitch black. You grope around with your hands and feel a sticky object, from whose surroundings extend countless vein-like tissues that connect to the inner wall of the Abyss Egg, constantly drawing unknown nourishment…]

[You give the object a hard yank, tearing through the many vein-like tissues and wrenching it into your hand…]

[You have obtained Demon Primordial Embryo (Special Item).]

[Demon Primordial Embryo (Special Item): The Abyss Egg was formed by sacrificing the blood and flesh of countless demons and condensing the life force of ten million beings. Its original purpose was to nurture the Abyss Child.]

[However, due to a series of accidents, the Abyss Egg did not fulfill its mission. Now, under the influence of the Abyss, it has once again nurtured something no less great than the Abyss Child.]

[This item contains a small portion of Abyss Authority. After using it, you will be able to command this small portion of Abyss Authority for a short period of time.]

[Once the item’s duration ends, the portion of Abyss Authority you briefly commanded and the item itself will both vanish.]

Lin Xun didn’t know whether to call the Abyss generous or stingy.

The Abyss has been bold enough to give him Abyss Authority, yet this thing is only a one-time consumable. Moreover, according to the item description, the Abyss Authority contained within is not a complete Authority, but only a small portion.

As for how small that portion actually is and what the specific effect of Abyss Authority may be, that is completely unknown.

[With your acquisition of the Demon Primordial Embryo, the Abyss Egg surrounding you seems to have fulfilled its mission and once more rapidly decays and withers.]

[As for you, you are squeezed out from within the Abyss Egg…]

[You look around. The sacrificial plaza is deathly silent, no different from when you returned earlier.]

“Now I have Abyss Authority, but what about the promised Authority of the Stars?”

Although the Abyss Authority contained within this Demon Primordial Embryo does not seem to be in large supply, its tier ought to be high. If he uses it well, it might very well be a trump card.

[…]

[You are just about to use the Summoning Horn when you see the demon shaman rushing into the sacrificial plaza in a great hurry…]

[Upon seeing you, it immediately says that it did not intend to disturb your thoughts on the demon race’s revival plan, but that a situation has arisen which requires your personal presence…]

[You are somewhat surprised and motion for the demon shaman to continue.]

[It immediately explains that a group of humans has come to the Abyss. Do not misunderstand, they are not Scholars, but humans who once worshiped Omniscient True Knowledge, then turned from their old ways and threw themselves into the arms of the Radiant Stars.]

[The leader claims to be an Executor of the Polar Star Society and wishes to discuss a secret plan with the demon race.]

[If you had not yet been born, it would naturally be the one to negotiate with the Executor. But now, the affairs of the demon race ought to be fully presided over by you.]

Lin Xun’s heart jolted. An Executor of the Polar Star Society had actually arrived.

Counting the time, quite a few days have passed since the Polar Star Society explored the Abyss and discovered the demon mass-sacrifice.

The several Starrealm Envoys and Star Spirit Envoys from the branch should have long since arrived at the Polar Star Society headquarters and reported what happened to the Executives there.

Seen from this timing, the Polar Star Society is actually arriving at the Abyss rather late.

“I needed an Abyss Horn, a sort of identity authentication item, to teleport into the Abyss. How did those Polar Star Society people get in?”

[…]

[Under the demon shaman’s guidance, you leave the Abyss sacrificial plaza and head toward the Demon Sanctuary…]

[You know that the Executor of the Polar Star Society already has god-level power. If you are going to meet him, you must be fully prepared.]

[While on the way, you seize the opportunity to probe the demon shaman for more details…] 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

[As the Abyss Child, you are the great leader of the demon race, so it naturally keeps nothing from you…]

[The Abyss and Radiant Stars are two in one, and the demons and Starborn are both lifeforms created by the Abyss. Although their physical structures differ greatly, strictly speaking they can be considered sibling races.]

[During the second god war, after newly mastering the Authority of the Stars, the Abyss created a great many Starborn and joined forces with the demon race to fight the enemy.]

[God wars are the bloodiest of wars and also the fastest way for all races to advance.]

[After being tempered by the battlefield, many demons and Starborn were able to grow stronger and ascend to the rank of deity…]

[Unfortunately, the second god war still ended in defeat.]

[The surviving demon gods hid in every corner of the Abyss, and the demons naturally followed them into the subterranean depths, scraping by in the Abyss.]

[The Starborn were in much the same situation as the demons. The surface world no longer held any place for them. They could only hide in the starry sky together with the star gods, waiting for a chance to make a comeback.]

[Since the defeat of the second god war, perhaps demon gods and star gods have maintained secret communications, but with demons in the underground and Starborn in the starry sky, both have hidden carefully without daring to show themselves, so naturally there has been no contact between them.]

[The Polar Star Society is an organization founded by humans who betrayed Omniscient True Knowledge and is said to receive support from star gods behind the scenes.]

[The reason the Polar Star Society is still able to act in the human world on the surface is because they themselves are human and can hide well within human society…]

[The Polar Star Society should always have been manipulated by certain star gods. They must have used some unknown means to visit the Abyss this time, and their purpose here is equally unknown. But whatever it is, it definitely cannot be separated from the star gods behind them…]

[Rest assured, Abyss Child, the people of the Polar Star Society should have no ill will toward you.]

[And even in the worst case, even if they dare turn hostile and raise their hands, you still do not need to worry. The Demon Sanctuary is reinforced with power left behind by demon gods and is more than enough to annihilate any invaders.]

[As you speak, you arrive at the Demon Sanctuary…]

Lin Xun now understood the relationship between the Radiant Stars faction and the Abyss faction.

The two share the same boss, yet they are not the same species. The deities in each faction are strong individuals elevated from their respective races.

During the god wars, while both bosses were still around, they could join forces to fight the enemy.

But after the failure of the god war, the Abyss fell and the Radiant Stars went dark. When facing catastrophe, each flew its own way. Simply surviving was already hard enough, let alone keeping in touch.

Perhaps the surviving deities on each side still maintain connections, but the demons and Starborn themselves have probably not seen one another for a very long time.

Not to mention demons and Starborn, even demons and the traitors of the Polar Star Society still living in the human world have essentially no contact.

“Why did the Polar Star Society choose to visit the Abyss at this exact moment…”

“Wait, I was just complaining that the Abyss had not given me the Authority of the Stars, and now the people of the Polar Star Society have shown up… are they here to deliver the Authority to my doorstep?”

The Polar Star Society discovered the demon mass-sacrifice in the Abyss well before Lin Xun became the Abyss Child. He has not been the Abyss Child for long, and the Polar Star Society people just so happen to arrive right now.

“Tsk… this Gloomy Abyss really is something else, even more prophetic than a prophet, to calculate things this precisely?”