Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave novel Chapter 4331

One's body was the carrier of the soul, while the soul was the carrier of the consciousness. If one's body was destroyed, his or her fragile soul would then be exposed to enemy attacks, leading to his or her immediate annihilation. As the soul vanished, so would the consciousness contained in it.

Even if one reached the Holy Soul Realm, the Eternal Realm, or even if they became creatures of the higher-grade worlds, this rule would still apply.

Throughout the entire world, Clarence and Mastema were the only ones who escaped this restriction. Even if their bodies and souls were damaged, their consciousness remained intact. However, right now, Zen and the Evil God had also reached their status and became their equals.

All of them were now at the point of origin, where the concept of space and time did not exist.

Everything had been compressed into an infinitely small point. The pressure was crushing, and no living beings could possibly survive under such harsh circumstances. However, the downgrader was surprised as he discovered that his consciousness still remained.

"Ha-ha!

I did it! I survived it all!

Now, I am the ultimate winner and the only ruler of this world!"

For a while, the downgrader thought that he was the only one who survived.

He was ecstatic as he assumed that he had finally achieved his ultimate goal. He had downgraded the entire world to the World of Nothingness but his consciousness carried on.

With that, he thought that the world was now his belonging, including all substances and energy within it.

At this infinitesimal point, everything felt so crowded, including his own consciousness. He tried to sense his surrounding environment, although technically, the concept of "surroundings" did not exist at the point of origin because everything had been integrated into a single point.

But the moment he sensed his surroundings, he immediately realized that there was a familiar aura near him. In fact, it was attached to him.

"Clarence!

Why are you still alive?"

The downgrader was extremely shocked as he recognized that he wasn't alone.

"Why are you so surprised?" Clarence asked calmly as if he already knew all along.

"What?"

The downgrader couldn't be more astonished at this turn of events. All this time, he thought that he was the only existence at this narrow point of origin, but it turned out that Clarence had also survived along with him. Moreover, it was as if the two of them had become a part of a whole.

Furthermore, as the downgrader was still recovering from the shock of finding out that he was actually with Clarence, he suddenly discovered that there were two more auras around them. After carefully sensing where these auras belonged to, he was even more flabbergasted.

"What the hell?! How could this be? Why didn't you die?!"

Zen and the Evil God didn't respond as the downgrader addressed them.

At this point, all four of them had clearly sensed each other's aura.

They found out that the four of them co-existed in this cramped point — the downgrader, Clarence, the Evil God, and Zen.

This was actually a rather abnormal and extremely dangerous situation. All of them, except the downgrader, had partially realized their co-existence much earlier, but they didn't utter a word. Then, soon after, the downgrader finally recognized the situation they were in.

Clarence had kept quiet for a reason. It was because he began to merge with the downgrader. To be exact, he began to devour the downgrader's consciousness without him realizing it.

The existence of the Source Light in the higher-grade worlds had made it impossible for Clarence to subdue Mastema. However, now that the Source Light had dissipated since everything was reduced to the point of origin, Mastema had just lost his life-saving straw.

The moment Clarence made his move earlier, Zen and the Evil God also followed suit.

They had been on full alert against each other since the beginning. At this infinitesimal point of origin, nobody had any room for retreat. They had no other option but to merge and devour each other in order to prevail. It was crucially important for each of them to dominate this process.

Swoosh!

The moment Zen started merging with the Evil God's consciousness, a broad world of memories unfolded in his mind. All of the past memories of the Evil God were completely revealed to him.

From the Evil God's birth in his inner world, to his journey in the Source World, his acquaintance with Shera, his involvement with the Black Ship, and his cruel slaughter on the Other Shore. No detail was spared and nothing remained a secret.

On the other hand, the same thing happened as the Evil God attempted to merge with Zen's consciousness. All of Zen's past experiences were displayed before the Evil God's eyes. The entirety of his long journey from the Eastern Region to the Source World played out like a tremendously long film.

'Damn! There's too many. If I want to fuse with Zen's consciousness and absorb him, I have to take in all of his memories!' the Evil God thought as he began to panic.

'He's also taking in all of my memories.

If he finished more quickly, I would be replaced by him instead!'

Deeming a strong sense of urgency within the Evil God's consciousness, he began to go through Zen's memories like crazy.

Obviously, Zen had also realized how he could overcome the Evil God. He would have to take all of the Evil God's memories as his own, as fast as he could. But when he continued to do so, he was briefly stopped by a surprising fact.