As a spiritual entity, Harvey in the immaterial world has no concept of time, so it doesn’t know when the disaster occurred or how much time has passed since then.
But after something at the core collapsed, all the elements in the 【Illusionary Realm】 fell into a frenzy as a result.
Elemental life forms started attacking each other in their madness, unable to accommodate the attachment of spiritual life from the 【Upper Dimensional Realm】 anymore.
Most significantly, perhaps due to this upheaval, both the 【Upper Dimensional Realm】 and the 【Lower Dimensional Realm】 simultaneously closed off their passages to the interstitial world of the 【Illusionary Realm】.
Harvey could no longer return to the Upper Dimensional Realm and could only drift in the chaotic and frenzied material interstitial world, waiting for the moment it assumed when consciousness energy would be depleted over time, and the moment of annihilation would arrive.
During this period, many, many things happened, but what truly changed Harvey’s situation was the appearance of a material life form “not long ago.” Harvey doesn’t know what its name is, names are meaningless to Upper Dimensional life. It’s just a code name, not an “existence.” Even the name “Harvey” was casually given by the other.
This material life opened a narrow passage in the 【Illusionary Realm】, not leading to the 【Upper Dimensional Realm】 or the 【Lower Dimensional Realm】 but to the even more fantastic and exciting primary material world of today.
Through this passage, it took away some of the Upper Dimensional life forms and Lower Dimensional elemental entities wandering in the 【Illusionary Realm】, of which Harvey was one. Thus, the latter truly understood what the real material world, different from the basic world concept, is like.
It’s quite interesting, material life should not be able to observe spiritual life forms or control irrational chaotic elemental entities, but that guy managed to do so with something called “equipment.”
Also because of this, the material life form was given the title “Summoner.” However, the passage didn’t stay open for long. The Summoner’s actions were quickly discovered and he was forced to flee. Although the reasons are unclear, he never seemed to open a similar passage again.
But Harvey didn’t care. Most Upper Dimensional life forms have no concept of empathy towards their own kind. The evolution of the spirit to its extreme brings mostly indifference, selfishness, and suspicion.
After leaving that ghostly place and arriving in the material world, the Summoner provided new bodies for many of the Upper Dimensional beings he brought along, including Harvey.
The body Harvey acquired is a kind of demon beast called the 【Devouring Serpent】. According to the Summoner, this serpent possesses a very powerful and rare bloodline, albeit now diluted, still granting it excellent abilities above the 4th rank.
Material life forms named as demon beasts have strong physical bodies, but most possess only instinct or relatively low intelligence at the mental level. Through the inherent attachment ability of Upper Dimensional beings, Harvey easily occupied the serpent’s body, seizing and taking over everything it had.
The possession of Upper Dimensional beings is not simply attachment. It is closer to a concept proposed by the Summoner called “Body Seizure.” Rather than mere possession, it’s more like directly consuming the original consciousness, becoming a new individual. Although it can inherit most of the abilities and memories of the original body, it cannot simply leave at will.
Moreover, the act of “Body Seizure” itself presents certain difficulties. If the original consciousness of the body being seized is not from a life form of the Lower Dimensional Realm, such as elemental life forms or demons with no or low intelligence, the process can easily face resistance from the original consciousness, leading to failure or even being killed in retaliation.
After successfully incarnating as the 【Devouring Serpent】, Harvey began to act alongside the Summoner. One reason is because they signed a contract with binding force upon leaving the 【Illusionary Realm】. Another reason is that Harvey himself knows nothing about this vast primary material world and needs guidance and assistance.
The 【Devouring Serpent】 possesses a terrifying talent to consume magical creatures and constantly strengthen itself. Although there is a limit to how much it can consume each time to prevent magical overload issues such as indigestion or bursting, it is already very formidable.
Originally, the serpent hunted solely for the instinctual purpose of feeding, and its consumption in terms of quality and quantity never reached the limit. However, after Harvey took over the serpent’s body, he began actively and systematically feeding to continue enhancing his own strength.
Soon, he reached a major bottleneck at the peak of the fourth rank.
There are differences in strength among Upper Dimensional beings, and Harvey himself already possesses strength of the fifth rank or higher. This is why he could easily occupy the body of the 【Devouring Serpent】. However, spiritual power and physical power are different, to evolve further, he will need to spend more time feeding on more prey.
At this moment, while lurking in the mountains, it received a task transmitted by the Summoner.
It was a job to go to a nearby area and eliminate a group of demon creatures called “Mountain Wolves.” Eliminating them meant hunting, and after hunting, there would be food.
For Harvey, who followed the Summoner’s orders to stay low-key and avoid causing too much commotion, it was undoubtedly a lucrative job.
Upon reaching the mission location, it quickly found the group described by the Summoner and launched an attack.
Those mountain wolves were very united and used various methods to resist, but unfortunately, with only third-rank strength at best, they stood no chance against the 【Devouring Serpent】 controlled by an Upper Dimensional being with peak fourth-rank power and high intelligence.
Harvey deliberately didn’t display overwhelming strength all at once, leaving the wolves with the illusion that “as long as they tried harder, they could win,” attracting them to not flee but instead launch counterattacks one after another, continuously depleting the living strength of the wolf pack.
It understood the consciousness concept of “wolf clans” in this world. This primary material life holds the concept of “territory” in high regard. As long as there is a glimmer of hope and not total despair, they will fight with all their might.
Some call this resilience, but Harvey finds it very foolish. In fact, it was precisely by exploiting this trait that Harvey annihilated most of the wolf pack’s main forces and firmly kept them within their territory.
Although later the wolves caught on, hiding by masking their scent with stimulating odorous plants, Harvey wasn’t too concerned. In its calculations, there was no way they could escape.
It was a good time to digest after eating so much. Even though the issue of poor vision fell on Harvey after occupying the serpent’s body, smell could completely substitute for sight, and with so many wolves, they would surely come out to hunt sooner or later. It was just a matter of time.
Just as he leisurely tested the patience of the wolf pack and calculated how much more he needed to eat to break through to the next rank, the scent of several unfamiliar intruders suddenly appeared in the area.
At first, Harvey didn’t pay much attention. The 【Devouring Serpent】 was already a formidable creature in the primary material world. Besides some individuals around the Summoner, it had barely encountered anything stronger since coming here.
Nevertheless, Harvey’s cautious nature as an Upper Dimensional being made him decide to avoid active contact with them. The intruders were likely just passing through, and there was no need to engage with targets whose intentions were unclear.
But before long, a terrifying sense of being watched suddenly descended from above, plunging Harvey into extreme terror.
He didn’t know what cast that gaze upon him, but it was something he couldn’t contend with. No, there was simply no comparison. It was like the glaring sun in the sky compared to a tiny candle flame.
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Harvey decided to flee immediately, but he was reluctant to leave the mountain wolves he had kept for so long.
In truth, he had already roughly located the intruders through subtle signs, but because he was so full from eating and wanted to weaken their resistance a bit more, he hadn’t acted immediately.
Eating this last batch of magically rich prey would likely allow him to break through to the fifth rank. Finding such dense and high-quality food elsewhere would be difficult. After all, the Summoner didn’t allow him to hunt freely in other places.
In the end, Harvey made a decision—to eat those prey as quickly as possible and then get as far away as possible before the terrifying presence truly arrived. It shouldn’t take much time.
It shouldn’t...