NOVEL NEXT Chapter424-The Treasure Vault of the Luck Goddess
When Daniel read the contents written on the strange newspaper, he was momentarily stunned.
Then, as if a memory suddenly clicked into place, he recalled something from ten thousand years ago. Back in those distant days, he had casually asked Luke to help him with a certain matter. It had only been a passing remark, said in an offhand manner, and he had never taken it too seriously.
Yet he never expected that Luke had truly taken his words to heart. She had actually gone and collected things for him, little by little, across the span of more than ten thousand years.
These were treasures the Goddess of Luck herself had gathered for millennia.
At this moment, Daniel could only sigh from the depths of his heart, offering thanks for the gift of nature… and more importantly, thanks to the kind and beautiful Luck Goddess.
A single god, collecting materials for more than ten thousand years—how difficult would it be to craft a God Rank Skill scroll that reached the fortieth rank? Hardly difficult at all.
The thought made Daniel's lips curl into a smile. His mouth lifted slightly at the corner as he silently rejoiced in his fortune.
At the same time, he immediately commanded his incarnations to begin construction of a portal within the City of Luck.
Because of the Tree of Faith, once such a portal was completed here, it would link directly to the Land of Origin.
Inside the City of Luck there were not only gods. Among its population were countless ordinary awakeners as well.
Their levels were not low, but they had never obtained divine seats. The most important reason for this was simple: they were protected by their devotion to the Luck Goddess.
By their current strength, if they left the City of Luck, they would instantly receive the divine seats of the Old Gods.
This was the Backworld. Here, creatures were born quickly, grew quickly, and advanced in level with astonishing speed.
Following the hints given in the newspaper, Daniel found the entrance to the City of Luck's warehouse.
The doorway, however, was covered in a sealing formation of immense complexity.
Under normal circumstances, Daniel would need to master the method of undoing this seal before he could open the vault.
But the Luck Goddess had clearly underestimated him. She could never have guessed that Daniel possessed the Universal Gauntlet.
With a flicker of power, the Gauntlet activated, and the complicated seals fell apart like cobwebs in a storm.
The vault was open.
[Luck Goddess's Treasury]
[Description: A warehouse filled with vast treasures, accessible only by the rightful Lord of the City of Luck.]
Seeing the entry condition only confirmed Daniel's suspicions.
This was no accident. It was something the Luck Goddess had deliberately left behind for him.
He did not hesitate. At once, he opened a portal to the treasury and stepped through.
The instant he crossed the threshold, the space around him transformed.
And then his eyes went wide.
Before him stretched a sight so dazzling he almost forgot to breathe.
Mountains.
Mountains upon mountains of rare materials, stacked high like hills, sprawling in every direction.
The sheer quantity was so overwhelming that he could not begin to count them.
And the surfaces of these heaps glittered with gems, shimmering in every color, making the entire scene look like a vision from a dream, radiant and unreal.
[Abyss Mana Stone]
[Starlit Brilliance]
[Fateful Gem]
…
One after another, precious names flashed across Daniel's perception as his mind power swept over the vault.
So many rare treasures—some he knew, and many more that he had never even seen before.
And then, at the center of the warehouse, a colossal mana stone drew his gaze like a magnet.
[Origin Stone of Start]
[Effect: By using this stone, you may create a starry sky, with every stellar body within it falling under your control. It is also a vital material for synthesizing God Rank Skills.]
[Usage Condition: Can only be used after the destruction of an existing starry sky.]
Daniel lifted the Origin Stone of Start into his hands. Its surface blazed with dazzling brilliance, as though a universe of light was trapped within.
Inside, he could feel it—a vast space, bursting with energy so immense it felt as though it had been sealed away since the dawn of creation.
It was like a miracle waiting to happen, a second Big Bang, ready to erupt and transform its imprisoned energy into thousands upon thousands of stellar worlds.
But when he read the usage condition, Daniel's excitement cooled in an instant.
This was practically impossible.
To unleash the Origin Stone's true potential, every star in the heavens would have to vanish. The entire starry sky would need to be destroyed.
That kind of event… was beyond imagination.
Only after the cosmos itself had been extinguished could this stone reveal its ultimate form.
Daniel's expression twitched, a bitter smile tugging at his lips.
How in the world had Luke acquired something like this?
He began to understand why so many rare materials had always seemed out of reach for him.
The conditions for their birth were utterly beyond his grasp.
The methods of acquiring them were impossibly harsh.
By his estimation, this Origin Stone of Start must have come from some ruined stellar domain. Perhaps Luke, by sheer chance, had wandered across countless planes until she stumbled upon a starry sky in its death throes—and there, she had discovered the stone.
There was no denying it: the Goddess of Luck truly lived up to her name.
For Daniel, such a material might be something he would never encounter in his entire lifetime.
Turning his gaze, he spotted a gnarled tree root resting nearby. At first glance it appeared utterly ordinary, but when he opened the Eye of Insight, the truth became clear.
[Doom Wood]
[Description: A tree that sprouted after the destruction of a plane, infused with unfathomable destructive power. The annihilation contained within is so immense that not even a god can destroy it.]
Daniel blinked, his thoughts tumbling.
And this too? Where could such a thing have come from? Did it appear only when entire planes collapsed?
He shook his head, suddenly struck by a dangerous thought.
If Doom Wood contained destructive power so great that even gods could not obliterate it… what would happen if he could find a way to unleash that energy?
Would it be enough to kill a god?
A chill rippled down his spine.
His imagination was running wild.
To destroy a god was one thing—but to wield such force would mean annihilation for himself as well.
It was a weapon of mutual destruction, nothing more.
Still… something so powerful, and Luke had never thought to make use of it?
The thought made him wonder if treasures like Doom Wood were beyond even gods to handle.
Truly, the Luck Goddess's fortune was extraordinary.
Even gods might never acquire such things, yet she had managed to gather them.
Daniel's eyes roamed across the vault once more. The treasures were countless, but he quickly realized that even with all this, it was not enough.
For a God Rank Skill, he still lacked vast quantities of auxiliary materials.
Which meant that his work in the Backworld had only just begun.
It was time for him to plunder, to scour, to gather every fragment of power this realm had to offer.
He sighed softly, then opened his backpack space.
Without hesitation, he swept every treasure within reach into his possession.
Most of these materials could not be used directly. Only a small portion had effects he could tap into now.
And those effects always came with formidable restrictions.
Yet Daniel did not feel disappointed. On the contrary, he understood it perfectly.
These materials carried powers so great that even gods would hesitate before them.
He was only a demigod. To borrow even the faintest trace of their strength was already an unimaginable blessing.
Something like the Doom Wood… perhaps it represented the level of laws themselves.
Just to hold it was to glimpse the raw forces that shaped existence.
And Daniel, with determination burning in his chest, intended to wield it all.