Winter Snow Thousand Cat Lanterns

The vast Dream Sea, atop layers of miracles and magnificence, where Transcendents walk the ascendant path guided by their ultimate longings as if by beacons.
The supreme beings wielded power, their greatness shining in all directions, ascending to divinity.
But even deities were not the ultimate. They too struggled for greater perfection and ideals, endlessly, within the Void Origin, above the Dream Sea.
"So... Your Majesty Ybur, as the most powerful Slime in history, what exactly drives you to become stronger?"
Many years later, when faced with the question from a Heavenly envoy, Ybur, who by then stood at the zenith of the Dream Realm as the "World Devourer," recalled the afternoon just after his birth when the Creator had stuffed him down a golden toilet and flushed him into the sewers in one go...
After a long silence, he spoke with a heavy tone:
"It's the toilet. The golden toilet."
The envoy: "???"

I, a Slime, have also dreamed of becoming a great Demon King!

The thunder lizard died, Karlo fell into unconsciousness, and Ybur was lost in thought for a moment.


The materials needed for Advancement generally prioritize symbolic significance and don't necessarily require a direct correspondence; thus, although the thunder lizard had scales rather than fur, its thick skin could actually satisfy the requirement of "thick fur." Furthermore, the armor-piercing spike that Karlo used to kill the first thunder lizard could also meet the condition of a "blood-stained blade."


Ybur looked thoughtfully at the unconscious Karlo.


Although Karlo completely failed to understand its meaning, perhaps Karlo's understanding wasn't entirely wrong?


Destruction followed by construction, death followed by rebirth, Phoenix Nirvana—could this also be considered a form of "reincarnation"?


But then again, is it really possible to use a living person as ritual material?


Chapter 55 Advancement!