"You must have quite a few souls in your possession, right?"
Having completed this step, Damien asked.
"Yes."
"But the souls we hold are rather impure..."
"In short, please don't mind their quality."
Daemons never lacked souls, especially the four among the Primordial Daemons, who had amassed countless soul energies over time.
However, these soul energies were too mixed and impure, not particularly useful for their own growth.
"That's fine. Hand them all over to me."
Damien said, "You won't need souls anymore."
"???"
Though puzzled, the four didn't question his reasoning.
Instead, they promptly transferred all the soul energy they had accumulated over countless years to Damien.
"A substantial amount."
Damien roughly estimated the scale of this soul energy. After refinement, it could yield at least five True Demon Lord slots.
Gaining five slots while only providing soul energy for four was a net gain for Damien.
Combined with the soul energy he still had, it was enough to help three more familiars evolve into True Demon Lords.
"Prepare yourselves. I'll perform the Demon Lord Blessing on you!"
The Demon Lord Blessing was Damien's special method to help the four awaken as True Demon Lords.
Their qualifications, potential, and eons of accumulation were more than sufficient for them to evolve into Demon Lords.
Becoming Damien's familiars was the final step to breaking their shackles.
"You!!!"
The four were stunned by Damien's generosity.
They were newcomers, yet to prove themselves in any way.
Yet Damien was willing to perform the Harvest Festival for them.
Such grace and favor...
In that moment, whether it was Diablo, or the three women... Testarossa, Carrera, and Ultima... they were deeply moved by Damien's actions.
Especially Testarossa.
The white-haired, red-eyed woman's gaze toward Damien shifted.
It was a look filled with affection and adoration.
Carrera and Ultima weren't far behind.
At that moment, the three women shared the same thought: they would find a way to repay Damien in the future.
'Lord Damien's most favored person...'
'It can only be me!'
'It can only be me!'
'It can only be me!'
"Hmm?"
Damien didn't notice the heartfelt declarations of the three women before they fell into slumber.
"Rest in my world for a while."
Watching the four fall into a deep sleep due to the Demon Lord awakening, Damien waved his hand, drawing them into the world of the God of the Void.
"Let's go, Treyni."
After setting up the familiar contracts for the four Primordial Daemons and their Harvest Festival, Damien took Treyni into the God of the Void's world.
"This!"
As soon as they entered, Treyni's pupils contracted. "What a magnificent sight!"
In the Void World, Damien and Treyni appeared amidst an endless sea of stars, overlooking the land below.
With the Void Ark evolving into the God of the Void, the original world had undergone earth-shattering changes.
Compared to the Void Ark, which was merely a single continent, the God of the Void now bore the embryonic form of a true universe.
In a sense, Damien, like Veldanava, had used his authority to create a new world, achieving the feat of creation.
To distinguish it from the cardinal world, Damien named it the Void World.
Its space was boundless and would continue to expand over time.
"Though it's all real, those stars haven't given birth to life."
Damien said, "The only place in this world with life is the continent before us."
The continent floating in the void, crafted by Violet using Stardusts, boasted an incredibly stable natural cycle and ecosystem.
The only pity was that no native life had emerged here.
Moreover, due to the lack of followers, the Void World's utilization rate was extremely low, not even comparable to the Jura Forest.
"Do you plan to develop this world?"
Treyni asked, but Damien shook his head. "No, that's too much trouble."
The cardinal world was already highly developed, so there was no need for Damien to seek alternatives.
Since he had become the new Star King Dragon, inheriting the cardinal world was only natural, wasn't it?
As for the Void World...
Damien had always been clear about its purpose: a 'fallback'.
Thus, he had no plans to create or nurture life in the Void World.
At most, he would use it as a resource storage and a sanctuary for his people.
"Of course, if I encounter an interesting world, I'll bring it in."
This was the ability of the God of the Void, allowing Damien to consume other worlds and use them as nourishment for the Void World's growth.
"Swish!"
The next moment, with a thought, Damien and Treyni instantly appeared in the area where the Einzbern Castle stood.
A sea of flowers stretched out, with countless monsters lying within... Damien's goblins, kijin, tengu, and beastmen.
"Lord Damien!"
The first to awaken were his familiars, followed by the strongest among them.
Shion, Shuna, Benimaru, and Souei, led by the Akahiko, came to pay their respects.
"Congratulations on becoming a Demon Lord, my lord!"
"You've all grown as well."
Damien smiled as he scanned the group. "You've become much stronger."
"Thanks to your grace."
With the onis by his side, Damien quietly waited for the others to awaken.
Soon, as the last one opened their eyes, the monsters' evolution was complete!
"Lord Damien!!"
"It's Rigurd, isn't it?"
Damien looked at the towering figure before him. "Say, have you gotten taller again?"
"Haha, after evolving into an ogre, I've broken past three meters!"
Damien recalled that Rigurd was once a hunched old goblin, barely half a meter tall.
Now...
'He's like a completely different person.'
Damien's gaze fell on a certain goblin named Gobta. 'Hmm, still just as short.'
'Though his magicules have clearly risen to the level of an ogre.'
'But that appearance...'
'Is he cursed or something?'
Damien inwardly chuckled. Gobta truly had the face of cannon fodder.
Thanks to the Demon Lord Blessing, the strength of Damien's forces had skyrocketed.
Even the weakest goblins and goblinas had evolved into ogre, reaching B to B+ rank monsters.
Those with high potential had even broken through to A-rank, completing two evolutions to become oni.
As for the original ogre, they had all evolved into Special A-rank Oni and Wicked Oni.
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