After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 110.1

Early in the morning, Xiu Si suddenly woke up with a start, bolting upright with trembling pupils and a shocked expression on his face.

He remembered – that person in his dream… wasn’t it his second cub?!

“Agares…”

Because everyone’s faces were blurry in the dream, and his perception was somehow fuzzy, he hadn’t recognized his own second cub.

Xiu Si was still shaken, his gaze lowered, and it took several seconds for him to calm down.

Was that a dream? No, definitely not, because his conversation with Agares was so deeply etched in his memory. The knowledge he saw and the insights he gained were also real, already imprinted in his mind – he could see the contents of those books even with his eyes closed.

So, the knowledge was real, and Agares was real too.

After pondering for a moment, Xiu Si believed this was probably a dream sent by Agares. Perhaps Agares knew what had been troubling him lately, so He helped him find the knowledge he wanted, guided his learning, patiently led him to enlightenment, and helped him get what he needed.

Yes, that must be it.

Agares had done this before – he often went to Agares with things he didn’t understand.

And Agares always answered him patiently, helping him resolve his confusion word by word, yet not directly giving him the answers, but rather… like Socrates, guiding him to understand on his own, to comprehend the truth with his own heart.

Yes, only Agares would do this, though He had never appeared in dreams before. Now it was… because it wasn’t convenient in reality?

Xiu Si recalled the last time he saw Agares by his bedside.

What kind of look did Agares have in His eyes then…?

He couldn’t quite remember. Come to think of it, he had asked the children about Agares’s situation, and they all said they didn’t know, only that He was somewhere far away. Yet he always felt that Agares was right beside him.

Xiu Si couldn’t quite figure it out – surely he couldn’t be a stand-in?

But regardless, Agares had done him a huge favor.

Xiu Si lowered his head, gently clenching his fist resting on the blanket, as if sensing his own power.

He smiled slightly, took a deep breath, then opened his system page.

Character level 56, specific experience value was 139/3001.

Career matching value had risen to 79%. Creation skill proficiency 87%, about to evolve from silver skill to gold skill!

Magic skill proficiency 49%, and the newly developed alchemy skill had also rushed to 43% proficiency.

All basic skills had greatly improved, and basic attributes like strength and agility had also become significantly stronger.

After waking up, his entire being had been transformed, and his control over both body and spirit had clearly strengthened!

Xiu Si wasn’t surprised at all by his own strengthening. During the three years in the dream, he could feel his spirit being constantly trained through learning, quantity transforming into quality, ultimately pushing him to a higher level.

And not just that, he had also successfully determined his path.

As everyone knew, the level 50 threshold was extremely important. Reaching level 50 meant entering the fourth tier of the universal power ranking system, indicating that you had become a supernatural being gradually developing your own system. In human countries, you would already be considered a pillar of power, eligible for certain titles and status.

From when he awoke from the abyss until now, it seemed only a little over a month had passed, yet he had achieved such an astounding power leap. This was truly unimaginable!

Xiu Si calmed down and immediately began analyzing, realizing that calculating by real-world time might not be quite accurate.

For instance, yesterday’s dream felt like… it lasted exactly three years. Although he couldn’t sense the passage of time while in the dream.

So, there was ultimately no such thing as a quick leveling method – one still had to practice step by step, stay grounded, build a solid foundation, and “dreaming” was just a means of acceleration.

Of course, this acceleration was relative to the objective world – his subjective experience of time still lasted quite a while.

Xiu Si slowly sorted through the knowledge and insights from the dream, taking out his notebook and frantically writing things down. Once learning became smooth and rewarding, it was particularly easy to become addicted and obsessed.

He had felt this deeply in the past, and now felt it even more strongly.

Level 56 – only 34 levels away from level 90. With more sleep, more dreams, more study, and more practice, he would surely be able to make something of himself and successfully restart the system!

Early in the morning, Xiu Si was writing frantically, almost burning with enthusiasm.

Meanwhile, as soon as he woke up, the cats in the room gradually awoke too.

They blinked their eyes, watching their father from their cat beds with puzzled looks, then quickly discovered something good – Father had leveled up!

Meow, great Father, you are the best in the world!

The cats exchanged glances, tacitly understanding each other, their eyes seeming to say: we should give Father space meow, we can’t disturb Father meow.

They quietly jumped out of their cat beds and tiptoed out of the bedroom, even the big orange cat didn’t make a sound.

After leaving the bedroom, they gently closed the door.

****

A few minutes later, in the courtyard, the cats held a grand gathering.

The short-legged cat skillfully took out a small broom and started sweeping with effort.

The wind was strong yesterday, blowing down many leaves, need to sweep them clean meow.

“Cele, do you know something?”

The Siamese cat, who had been rolling around on the grass, suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to look at the short-legged cat.

Yesterday the Siamese cat had slept too deeply, indulging in dreams of having Father all to itself, completely unaware of what had happened, but thinking carefully now… it seemed like Second Brother’s magic power was in the room earlier.

Both the big orange cat and the silver cat showed interest in this question.

The short-legged cat stopped cleaning and faced the Siamese cat, honestly saying, “Second Brother seemed to appear yesterday meow.”

Ah? So that’s why. The big orange cat slapped its paw in sudden realization. That’s why Father leveled up so smoothly.

The Siamese cat, however, immediately showed an expression of impending doom and approached the short-legged cat with an imposing manner, continuing to ask, “He was indeed guiding Father’s leveling up, wasn’t He?”

The short-legged cat shrank its paws, clutching the small broom tightly, timidly nodding.

“Uwah!”

The Siamese cat stamped its feet, cheeks puffed up in anger, saying, “Damn Second Brother, always monopolizing Father in dreams!”

What monopolizing?

The Devon Rex cat tilted its head, seeming not to understand what they were talking about.

But once the Siamese cat started complaining, it couldn’t stop, darkly saying, “When Big Brother and Second Brother were around, Father’s attention was always stolen by Them, wuwu.”

It seemed very sad, plopping down on the ground, looking dejected with eyes full of loss.

Where was the prestige of Abyss Lord Botis now? The speed of becoming cat-like was truly remarkable.

The big orange cat nearby smiled and approached the Siamese cat, saying, “Botis, you don’t need to be so nervous. Big Brother and Second Brother have been by Father’s side the longest, it’s normal for Father to rely on them more.”

“But…”

The Siamese cat looked worried, feeling anxious about the future. Second Brother might be fine, but Big Brother was super possessive – what if He wouldn’t let it get close within His boundaries? If it couldn’t get close to Father, it would break!

Seeing this, the big orange cat gently consoled. “You can also become a demon that Father wants to rely on, what’s wrong with that?”

The Siamese cat was startled by these words. “I… you want me to surpass Big Brother and Second Brother? How is that possible?”

The big orange cat gently patted the Siamese cat’s little head, comforting it. “You have your own unique qualities. As long as you work hard, you can surely make Father see you differently, and maybe Father will come to rely on you.”

The Siamese cat’s head swayed back and forth under the big orange cat’s petting, seemingly gradually accepting this idea. A determined light suddenly flashed in its eyes as it said seriously. “I will work hard to make Father love me the most!”

Nobody said anything about love!

The big orange cat, seeing the Siamese cat’s confident appearance, almost couldn’t resist hitting its head. But never mind, this one had been like this since childhood, couldn’t be changed.

“By the way, where did Third Brother and Inpos go?”

The silver cat counted their numbers with its paw and noticed one big one and one small one were missing.

The big orange cat thought about it, looked around, then said. “Don’t know, did They come back last night?”

The Siamese cat said. “Probably not.”

“They didn’t? Hmm… They probably went to subspace,” the silver cat pondered.

The big orange cat was shocked, “Why?”

The silver cat was a bit sleepy and casually said, “Probably went to find Otherworld God 007.”

The big orange cat’s eyes widened. “Is that so.”

The silver cat said indifferently. “To learn about the Primordial God of Humans’ past, probably to prepare mentally for the future.”

The big orange cat looked at the silver cat and suddenly said, “You don’t seem affected at all.” Even though it had completely awakened the power of the God of Destruction, and probably inherited the God of Destruction’s memories too, it showed no self-doubt at all – who knew if this was due to being carefree or something else.

To this, the silver cat raised its chin, smiling proudly, “What effect should there be? I don’t care.”

The big orange cat had always admired Beelzebub’s amazing self-confidence.

The silver cat took the initiative, moving closer and nudging the big orange cat’s body, looking sideways as it said, “Speaking of which, what about you? Don’t you want to know what god you are?”

The big orange cat shook its head, looking carefree, and said calmly, “Whatever will be, will be. My power is Word Spirit… I’m probably some god of language.”

The silver cat rubbed its chin, “Is that so.”

There was no conceptual god of language on this continent, though other continents had them, so Beleth was very likely a god from another continent.

This wasn’t strange. Continents had their indigenous gods, as well as foreign gods who descended from subspace and later settled on the continent.

Though the universe was boundless, habitable planets were extremely rare – among tens of millions of planets, one might not even find a single habitable one, let alone one that could sustain life and develop civilization.

And among the extremely limited habitable planets, those with divine source fire that could give birth to gods were even rarer.

Besides this place, there were only about three or four planets within the nearby continental cosmic region. The number of gods on those three or four planets combined didn’t match this place, because their divine source fire wasn’t as strong as here.

Speaking of which, were those three or four planets currently under Bachin’s rule?

The big orange cat remembered that during the previous family meeting, Bachin had asked Him if He wanted to go over and play, but He had politely declined. Why was that again? Ah, because Bachin would stay up late playing games, then get increasingly agitated and throw tantrums in his room.

Bachin’s weakness was his lack of patience.

“A god of language, that’s probably in the Sirius cosmic region. Our area has more nature gods and phenomenon gods, while that area has more thought gods and abstract gods.”

The silver cat analyzed.

The big orange cat laughed and replied. “Let nature take its course, I won’t actively look for it anyway.”

Actually, it wasn’t that Beleth couldn’t accept having once been a god, but rather He feared it might hurt Father. What was there to worry about Him being a foreign language god?

“That’s fine if you don’t care.”

The silver cat nodded, turning its gaze toward the Devon Rex cat.

The Devon Rex cat looked confused, hanging its head absentmindedly, as if It couldn’t understand their discussion.

It wasn’t like this before, but after losing Its memories, It clearly became more prone to spacing out and Its thinking seemed slower. Probably only after Samikina solved the cube would Lelagin return to normal.

The silver cat didn’t say anything to the Devon Rex cat, turning Its head again to fix Its gaze on the short-legged cat.

The short-legged cat blinked, tilting Its head, “Meow?”

The silver cat looked at the short-legged cat without speaking.

Actually, earlier, the silver cat had already figured out what god Cele most likely was, because that god was too special and famous in subspace – it would have been difficult not to know.

However, comparing that fierce reputation with the timid little baby before It… they weren’t just completely different, they had absolutely nothing in common.

Was Cele really that ultimate of ultimates, the God of Deconstruction whose path was marked by chaos and destruction?

Probably. While personality might be debatable, powers couldn’t be faked.

So far, among all the gods, besides It, only Barbatos seemed to have a personality closest to their previous life.

The silver cat hesitated for a moment, choosing not to tell Cele.

Actually, was there really a need to know? Besides, what was wrong with letting little brother remain innocent forever?

Cele was silly, probably never realizing It had once been such a terrifying existence.

The silver cat smiled slightly, suddenly walking over and gently patting the short-legged cat’s head with Its paw.

The short-legged cat looked up at the silver cat, Those eyes still maintained their clear light green color, pure and bright.

Such beautiful eyes. The silver cat suddenly reached out with both paws and squished the short-legged cat’s face.

The short-legged cat didn’t know how to resist, acting foolishly and allowing the silver cat to do as It pleased.

The big orange cat next door witnessed all this, a flash of ferocity passing through Its eyes, almost ready to swat the silver cat away. Petting little brother? How dare you!

The silver cat seemed to sense the big orange cat’s displeasure and wisely stepped back, continuing, “Father is busy, so we need to work hard with the housework, and mind the store, understand?”

“Meow!”

The short-legged cat might not understand other things, but It understood housework and minding the store.

“Go on then.”

The big orange cat, seeing this, narrowed Its eyes, watching the short-legged cat’s serious demeanor, and the displeasure in Its heart slightly subsided.

After Cele left, the big orange cat said to the silver cat. “Cele is your older brother, how can you treat your older brother like that, reversing the roles of younger and older siblings, huh?”

The silver cat justified confidently. “Mental age is more important than actual age.”

The big orange cat was speechless, staring blankly as the silver cat walked away, pulling out a workbook.

“…”

****

Around eight o’clock, Xiu Si finally finished copying his insights and walked out of the bedroom.

The children weren’t in their cat beds – where had they gone?

He first went to the courtyard, then looked around, delightedly discovering that the house had been transformed – not only was it cleaner and tidier, but many new flower varieties had been added to the courtyard.

The morning air was filled with floral fragrance, making it feel as if his soul had been elevated.

This must have been accomplished by Cele and Lelagin working together – their filial devotion was evident everywhere.

The old father was moved to tears.

Xiu Si walked to the bookstore and sure enough saw the kitties dutifully minding the store.

The four cats each guarded a position – front desk, entrance, bookshelf, and stairs.

As soon as he appeared, the kitties all turned their heads, their faces showing expressions of joy.

The little Siamese ran the fastest, jumping into his arms at once, nuzzling while saying, “Good morning Father meow~”

Such a cute attack right after waking up – Xiu Si almost couldn’t maintain his composure, nearly overwhelmed by his child’s cuteness!