If you die, I will be able to inherit your cultivation.

It was funny as it was, but Zhou Ming didn't show any extra expression on his face.

He did not intend to let this consciousness huddle in a corner of the crystal core and eke out a living.

With a slight thought, a gentle wisp of world power slowly touched the curled-up consciousness.

The moment they touched, the consciousness that had been trembling and desperately trying to hide itself could no longer hold back when the power of the world touched it.

It trembled violently, and its previously weak fluctuations of consciousness suddenly became rapid, filled with intense fear and panic, directly transmitting intermittent thoughts.

"Spare me! Boss, spare me! I'm still useful, I really am still useful! Please don't kill me!"

Zhou Ming naturally couldn't understand the special language of this consciousness.

However, relying on his own formidable level of skill and precise perception of intention, he completely understood the plea for mercy and urgency in the other party's words.

Zhou Ming looked at the crystal core in his palm, his expression calm and indifferent, and asked the question in a detached tone.

"Useful? What use are you?"

Upon hearing Zhou Ming's question, the consciousness seemed to grasp at the last straw, instantly becoming excited, yet also completely panicked due to extreme fear.

It was terrified that Zhou Ming would erase its intelligence at any moment, so it hurriedly transmitted its thoughts.

"I...I can provide you with energy to aid your cultivation!"

After saying that, it still felt it wasn't enough, fearing it wouldn't be convincing enough, so it hurriedly added explanations, speaking more and more incoherently, its speech so fast it was almost a jumble of words.

"It's true! As long as I can come into contact with living beings, I can actively absorb all the energy emanating from them!"

"Even dead beings can be absorbed; I can absorb all the energy remaining in the bodies of the dead."

"I really work! Boss, please don't erase my intelligence, I'm definitely useful!"

Listening to the consciousness's panicked and urgent explanation, Zhou Ming suddenly understood the origin of his cheat system in the Qiankun World.

They also thoroughly figured out the old man's methods in the chaos: setting up countless cheat codes and secretly reaping everything.

All the mysteries that I couldn't understand before have now become clear.

Zhou Ming collected his thoughts, looked at the consciousness within the crystal core, and spoke calmly as he continued to confirm the key information.

"If your crystal core separates from your consciousness, can you still take the crystal core back?"

Without the slightest hesitation, the consciousness quickly gave its reply.

"Yes! Absolutely! As long as we're in the same universe."

"No, not only in the universe, but also in chaos. As long as the distance is not too far, I can retrieve the crystal core instantly."

"However... there's one exception: if there's a cosmic barrier, the laws of the Great Dao will directly block me, and I won't be able to take it back..."

The consciousness seemed a little embarrassed, and its voice grew softer and softer.

Zhou Ming's eyes flickered slightly, and he then asked the second key question.

"If your crystal core becomes bound to someone else's true spirit, can you take it back?"

"It's alright! It won't have any effect at all!" the consciousness responded immediately, its tone extremely confident.

"As long as it's my original crystal core, no matter who or what it's bound to, I can eventually reclaim it intact!"

Zhou Ming stared intently, then asked in a deep voice, "Even if a sage intervened, couldn't he stop you?"

"We can't stop them!" the consciousness replied quickly. "These crystal cores are originally our bodies, a part of ourselves. Even a saint can't forcibly stop us from taking back what belongs to us."

After hearing these words, Zhou Ming took a deep breath and became completely certain that all his guesses had been confirmed.

All the cheat codes the old man set up in the chaos were actually products formed by simply processing and modifying the primordial crystal cores inside these mist monsters.

When he was researching the cheat codes in the Qiankun World, he also figured out a rudimentary method for making cheat codes.

However, he discovered at the time that this artificially modified "golden finger" had obvious drawbacks.

First, it cannot perfectly absorb energy, its absorption efficiency is extremely low, and it will consume a lot of its original energy.

Second, once the cheat system is acquired by someone else and bound to that person, it cannot reclaim its energy independently.

The only solution is to eliminate the entity that possesses the cheat ability in order to reclaim everything.

Having clarified all the causes and consequences, Zhou Ming continued to question the consciousness.

"What exactly is the purpose of this black energy accumulated within you? And how will it assist my cultivation?"

Upon hearing Zhou Ming inquire about its own value, the consciousness instantly became extremely alert. Instead of panicking and begging for mercy, it diligently listed the various uses of its energy, as if afraid that Zhou Ming would not see its value.

"Boss! The black energy I've accumulated is extremely pure; it's top-tier primordial energy."

"Not only can it be directly absorbed by you, rapidly enhancing your cultivation foundation."

"It can also be used to set up high-level formations and to nourish and polish various magical artifacts and spiritual treasures."

"Besides that, I can travel between different universes, absorbing various kinds of energy in other universes and giving it back to your main universe in exchange for merit. I have many uses! I am extremely useful!"

Zhou Ming listened quietly, pondering a question that had been bothering him for a long time.

Those sages who have reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao have long since merged their true spirits with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

As long as the Great Dao persists, the spiritual power of sages will never be exhausted, and they will never lack energy for cultivation. Logically speaking, they should have no need for these black spheres of energy.

Since the sages look down on these energies, what is the real purpose of that old man in the depths of chaos who spent so much effort setting up countless cheat codes and placing them in various planes and in various transmigrators?

He once thought that the old man just wanted to use the special luck of the time traveler to help him search for the Qiankun Pearl.

But now, after hearing the explanation from the consciousness entity, he finally understood.

While searching for the Qiankun Pearl, the old man's true purpose was to find the black energy spheres inside the Golden Finger.

These consciousness entities, which are born from the crystal core, possess the ability to reclaim the crystal core across different domains.

Even if those transmigrators who obtained cheat codes were killed by a saint, their cheat codes would most likely be secretly taken back by the Chaos Elder's controlled consciousness.

As for Huiming and Ren Nianci, since their true spirits were intact, the old man in the chaos most likely thought that the two were not dead, so he did not take back the golden finger.

As for himself and Kui Shun, firstly, their true spirits had not been destroyed, and secondly, both of them and the golden finger were in the Qiankun World, perfectly concealed by it. Those consciousness entities could not sense any trace of their presence, so naturally they had no way to retrieve them.

In addition, Zhou Ming also figured out the reason why the people from outside the region had collectively evacuated earlier.

It is highly likely that the other party has secretly recovered most of the golden finger energy, and having found no treasure, they have chosen to completely withdraw from this chaotic area.

After careful consideration and analysis, all the clues were closed and all the mysteries were solved. Zhou Ming instinctively felt that this was the truth.

After leaving a mark, Zhou Ming directly returned to the small world of the Qiankun World with the crystal core.