Chapter 485 - This is My World

___Edited by Aelryinth___

Zhang Che lay on the ground, his heart cold as ash, waiting for the world to collapse. However, nothing happened for a long time.

-What’s going on? Is the crystal shard not the control center of this world?- Zhang Che was baffled.

-That shouldn’t be. An object at the level of the rainbow crystal should be the one invaluable treasure in this fragmented world. How could it not be the control center?-...

-Hmm, perhaps it really isn’t!- Zhang Che thought for a while, and remembered when he first dug out the rainbow crystal in the beast world. The big boss went on to follow him, and nothing happened in the beast world, either!

-Since that was the case, naturally this secret world wouldn’t be affected after the crystal shard was devoured by the rainbow crystal. But the crystal shard was hovering in the air above the higher platform. At the very least, it should be the control center of this floating mountain range, right?-

At that thought, Zhang Che’s eyes suddenly lit up. He felt this possibility was more and more likely. Otherwise, why didn’t he discover anything else here?

-Lift the restriction..!- Zhang Che yelled inside. Afterwards, his excited expression stiffened.

He freaking forgot that the crystal shard was devoured by the rainbow crystal boss. Even if it could undo the restriction, it wasn’t something he could do himself!

As a result, Zhang Che stared blankly at the rainbow crystal hovering above him, crying inside, -Big boss, why aren’t you coming back?-

It was like the rainbow crystal was jolted awake at Zhang Che’s cry. The resplendent light from the rainbow crystal quickly retracted, then turned into a streak of light and returned to Zhang Che’s brow, settling down in the sky above his spiritual sea.

From just its appearence, it seemed like there wasn’t anything different about the rainbow crystal after it devoured the crystal shard. However, Zhang Che knew that the big boss had changed!

-Big boss, can you disable the restriction on the mountain range and let me go gather spiritual herbs?- Zhang Che asked carefully inside.

Truthfully speaking, he wasn’t confident about this. He didn’t know whether the restriction was really under the rainbow crystal’s control. After all, perhaps the switch to the restriction wasn’t on the crystal shard. Even if it was, perhaps it wasn’t transferred over to the rainbow crystal after it was devoured.

Just as Zhang Che was feeling anxious about it, an invisible wave suddenly flashed on the rainbow crystal. It directly shot out from his brow, instantly enveloping the whole floating mountain range.

-This is... I succeeded?- Zhang Che blinked a few times. Afterwards, his figure shook, and quickly transformed back to his original self.

After changing back to the form of a human, Zhang Che looked around the stone platform cautiously, afraid that those puppet-animals would rush out once more and surround him.

Fortunately, the stone platform was as calm as before. Even so, Zhang Che remained wary. He took a light step forward, walking down the stairs from the higher platform one step at a time to the outside.

The puppet-animals didn’t appear.

“Yes!” Zhang Che almost jumped from excitement. His joy was indescribable.

-I did it! I really did it!- The restriction here was indeed controlled by the crystal shard, and after it got devoured by the rainbow crystal, the way to undo it had transferred over as well.

Although Zhang Che didn’t have direct control over it, leaving him slightly regretful, it didn’t matter in the end. The rainbow crystal having control of it meant he had control over it!

Now, it was time to start harvesting the spiritual herbs on this floating mountain range!

Zhang Che trembled slightly from excitement once he thought of the surrounding hundreds of square kilometers in the inner ring of the floating mountain range having an endless supply of spiritual herbs waiting for him to gather.

The value was simply too great!

Finally, he left the stone platform and returned to the mountain peak outside.

On his way there, not a single puppet-animal came to life. It seemed like the rainbow crystal indeed had full control of the area.

“Come, let’s go dig for herbs!” Zhang Che summoned out the frisky monkey. The master and pet jumped onto the Darkfiend byssal Dragon’s back, then Zhang Che waved his hand suavely, flying off to the nearest mountain.

The elemental queen, who had been left here waiting on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s back, obviously understood what had happened. She was similarly overjoyed inside and quickly said to Zhang Che, “Congratulations to Master!”

-This master is incredible! He actually has such a treasure!-

Thinking back on how she was pressed down by an invisible weight before she saw the rainbow crystal, unable to move at all, the elemental queen had a hint of shock of her face even now.

She felt that her surrendering to Zhang Che after realizing she couldn’t defeat him was indeed the best choice she could have made.

By following a strong master like Zhang Che, perhaps she’d have a chance at reaching the realm of legends in the future, living an eternal life in the world!

“Hahahaha. We’ll go dig herbs. After digging the spiritual herbs here, we’ll go to another place!”

Zhang Che was incredibly happy. He didn’t know if the rainbow crystal could control other fragmented worlds yet. If it could, given how vast this secret plane was, with uncountable floating mountain ranges, the amount of spiritual herbs waiting to be gathered was simply countless. It was absolutely an inexhaustible supply, capable of directly turning him into the wealthiest man on Mercury!

Let alone others, if he could find sufficient high-grade spiritual herbs, he could totally let his subdued beasts and pets, with the exception of a few unique ones, advance to the peaks of their potential, especially the Umbra Wind God Leopard! If he could continuously break through with the use of spiritual herbs, wouldn’t he be able to grow to nine-star super divine-quality directly?

Wouldn’t he become invincible right away?!

At the idea, Zhang Che started feeling a little dizzy, overwhelmed by happiness, so much so that he almost forgot what his surname was!

“Not right! With so many spiritual herbs, I can’t bring them all back!”

Zhang Che instantly woke up from his dreams, realizing the space available in his spatial storage was limited. It was impossible for him to bring away so many spiritual herbs!

Moreover, if the rainbow crystal was unable to control the opening and closing of the secret plane, then he’d be thrown out along with the other beastmasters in a month or two at the most.

So, what was most important going forward wasn’t for him to hurry up and go dig the spiritual herbs. Instead, it was to clarify whether the rainbow crystal could control this world, as well as the opening and closing of the secret plane gateway.

As thought after thought quickly flew through his mind, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived at the skies above the forest on the mountain peak.

This time, the animals didn’t come to attack Zhang Che. He wasn’t surprised by this, however. Even the puppet-animals on the stone platform were under the rainbow crystal’s control. Why would these weak little creatures come attack him?

Jumping off from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s back, Zhang Che didn’t need the frisky monkey to guide him. With the monkey’s Halo, Zhang Che could sense the fluctuations of several spiritual herbs not far away from him.

He directly walked to a spot with quick steps. Parting the grass aside, he saw a purple flower in full bloom, a delicate fragrance coming from it.

With a thought, an herbal hoe appeared in his hand. Zhang Che aimed at the root of the spiritual flower, swinging down at it.

Pu! The herbal hoe easily dug into the earth.

“I can really dig now!” A hint of happiness flashed in Zhang Che’s eyes. He dug out the whole purple spiritual flower directly, along with a large piece of earth.

Holding the spiritual flower’s root in his hand, Zhang Che exerted gentle strength, shaking the soil off it.

The spiritual flower didn’t turn into spiritual qi and dissipate away.

“Good! Now I need to check if the rainbow crystal can control the barrier outside of this floating mountain range.”

Zhang Che wasn’t in a hurry to dig other spiritual herbs. Instead, he mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon again, flying off to the outskirts of the floating mountain range.

Soon, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew to the edge of the floating mountain range, arriving in front of the invisible barrier.

Zhang Che reached out his hand to touch it. The smooth but tough, impenetrable and invisible membrane was still blocking the way back.

“Big boss, can you get rid of this thing?” Zhang Che asked the rainbow crystal, harboring some anxiety in his heart.

Of course the rainbow crystal wouldn’t answer him, but an incorporeal splendor flashed across the translucent crystal and shot out in all directions.

“It really can!” Zhang Che lit up. He reached out once more.

As he had expected, the layer of tough membrane-like barrier had disappeared without a trace.

Everything in this world was now under the big boss rainbow crystal’s control. However, Zhang Che wasn’t sure if the rainbow crystaal also had control over the barriers in the other fragmented worlds.

After all, the crystal shard was found at the stone platform in this floating mountain range. Perhaps it was only the control center of this area?

That would also explain why the secret plane didn’t shatter after the crystal shard was devoured.

With a quick thought, Zhang Che immediately sped off on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, flying to the nearest floating mountain range.

The short distance of a few dozen thousand meters was quickly covered in a dozen or so seconds by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. After the dragon flew into this floating mountain range, Zhang Che quickly turned back and reached his hand out. As expected, he felt another layer of tough, brilliant membrane, stopping his fingers from going further.

“Big boss, can you handle this?” Zhang Che sent his will to the rainbow crystal again.

In the next moment, an invisible wave spread out from the rainbow crystal once more. The barrier shrouding this floating mountain range was opened by the rainbow crystal as well.

Zhang Che’s heart pumped crazily. He could faintly tell that the rainbow crystal seemed to be able to control all the barriers and restrictions in this world!

However, Zhang Che wasn’t very sure after testing on only two areas. He quickly flew to the next floating mountain range a few dozen kilometers away on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

After the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew out a few thousand meters, Zhang Che’s ears suddenly twitched. He hurriedly ordered the dragon to stop.

Zhang Che turned to look behind. He saw a figure entering the forest on the floating mountain range he had just left.

“Someone already entered here? So, that person saw the entire process of me passing through the barrier and leaving the floating mountain range clearly?”