Pierce the heavens? No! I will forge the heavens into my sword!

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

Deep within his pupils, a wisp of gray-gold light flashed and vanished.

He could feel it.

That once indestructible barrier of the "Juyuan Realm," which represented another heaven and earth in the martial path.

At this moment, in his perception, it was as fragile as a layer of window paper.

As long as he wanted to.

He could pierce it at any time!

Once pierced, he could ascend to the heavens in a single step and enter a brand-new Realm.

His strength would undergo another earth-shaking surge!

However.

There was not the slightest hint of joy on Lin Yuan's face.

He just quietly looked inward at his Dantian Qi Sea.

Looking at that wisp of Primordial Chaos Sword Aura, only as thick as a strand of hair, appearing in a chaotic gray-gold color.

After a long time.

He slowly shook his head.

"Too small."

"And... too little."

A mere wisp.

Although the power contained within was enough to easily kill his former self.

But this was far from enough!

His goal had never been these so-called lords and generals before him.

But rather the end of this Ten Thousand Races Battlefield.

Those terrifying existences who truly stood at the Peak of the Universe and viewed gods as ants!

In the Late Stage of that novel from his previous life.

There were supreme experts who, with a single sword strike, sent Sword Qi across thirty million li, cutting down stars like rain!

There were immortal holy emperors who, with a single breath, could freeze a Star Domain, causing all things to wither!

Compared to that.

What did his current bit of power count for?

A slightly stronger ant?

Juyuan Realm?

It was nothing more than a slightly higher step on the road of the martial path.

Hurrying to step onto it now would ultimately leave his Foundation hollow.

A flash of unprecedented, frantic ambition flickered in Lin Yuan's eyes!

What he wanted was not a wisp of Sword Aura.

What he wanted was a sea of Sword Aura!

What he wanted was not to pierce this layer of window paper.

What he wanted was to accumulate, compress, and refine his power in the Huagang Realm to an extreme that was unprecedented and would never be surpassed!

"A million li..."

The corner of Lin Yuan's mouth curled into an arc.

"Let's set a small goal first."

"Refine this Primordial Chaos Sword Aura to a length of a million li before talking about a Breakthrough."

If any Martial Artist knew of this thought, they would think he had gone completely insane.

Transforming Qi into Aura was originally about refining formless Qi into tangible Aura.

And Sword Aura was a product of thousands of refinements, concentrated to the extreme!

For an ordinary Juyuan Realm expert, having a hundred zhang of Sword Aura in their body would already make them a peerless talent!

A million li?

What kind of concept was that?

That was a distance enough to pierce through a planet hundreds of times over, like skewering candied haws!

Even draining all the energy in the entire Dragon Country's territory probably wouldn't be enough to refine such a Sword Aura!

This was no longer ambition.

This was delusional thinking!

But.

Lin Yuan felt it was only natural.

Just because others couldn't do it didn't mean he couldn't.

The Primordial Chaos Sacred Body was the Foundation of ten thousand paths, theoretically possessing infinite possibilities!

The only limitation was energy.

Massive, endless amounts of energy!

"The previous savings are used up."

Lin Yuan felt his empty storage space and the dozens of alien cores that had just been completely "digested."

He stood up and pushed open the door.

He needed more "fuel"... Outside the door.

The sunlight was just right.

But the atmosphere was somewhat stagnant.

Qin Pojun and almost all the captains of the Longxiang Army were standing outside Lin Yuan's residence like utility poles.

They didn't dare to approach.

They just stood far away, each craning their necks and watching eagerly.

They had been guarding here since Lin Yuan went into seclusion.

They hadn't left for a single step.

Everyone's heart felt like it held ten thousand rabbits, thumping up and down.

Your Excellency Lin Yuan had "accidentally" broken through again.

Moreover, he had soared directly from the sixth level to the ninth level Peak!

This kind of mythical occurrence made them feel like they were dreaming.

Now, Your Excellency Lin Yuan was in seclusion again.

What did he want to do?

Could it be... could it be that he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and directly break through that natural chasm to enter the Juyuan Realm?!

This thought made everyone's breathing become heavy.

Lin Yuan in the Huagang Realm was already so Heaven-Defying.

If he were allowed to enter the Juyuan Realm... they didn't dare to imagine that scene!

"Squeak—"

Just as everyone was waiting expectantly.

The tightly closed door opened.

Lin Yuan's figure appeared at the doorway.

Swish!

Everyone's gaze instantly focused on him!

They held their breath and widened their eyes, carefully sensing the aura on Lin Yuan's body.

Hmm?

Still at the Huagang Realm ninth level Peak?

No Breakthrough?

Everyone was first stunned, and then, they all breathed a sigh of relief in unison.

Good, good.

My heart is still beating.

If Lin Yuan really walked out like this and told them he was already in the Juyuan Realm.

They had no doubt that at least half the people present would have their Dao Heart shattered on the spot and suffer a myocardial infarction.

"Your... Your Excellency..."

Qin Pojun was the first to go forward, his voice carrying a hint of cautious probing.

"You... have finished your seclusion?"

"Yes."

Lin Yuan nodded.

His gaze swept across the crowd present and finally landed on Qin Pojun.

"Give me a map."

"A map?"

Qin Pojun was stunned.

"What map?"

"A map of the areas in the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield where the alien races are most densely distributed and their strength is the greatest."

"..."

"..."

Qin Pojun was dumbfounded.

All the officers behind him were also dumbfounded.

Most densely distributed alien races?

Greatest strength?

Your Excellency... what are you planning to do?

You just finished an earth-shaking seclusion!

Shouldn't you rest well and stabilize your Realm?

Why are you going out to fight again?

And as soon as you speak, you want to go to the most dangerous places?

"Your Excellency, do you want to... engage in actual combat to stabilize your Realm?"

A captain gathered his courage and guessed.

This was a standard procedure after a Martial Artist's Breakthrough.

A high-intensity battle could allow the surging power to be adapted to by the body more quickly.

"No."

Lin Yuan shook his head.

Looking at everyone's puzzled expressions, he thought for a moment and used a metaphor they might understand.

"My furnace isn't burning hot enough yet."

"I need to go add some firewood."

Furnace?

Firewood?

Everyone looked at each other, even more confused.

Only Qin Pojun, after repeatedly pondering this sentence, seemed to suddenly think of something.

His pupils shrank violently!

He remembered the scene before Lin Yuan's seclusion, where he terrifyingly devoured a massive amount of spoils of war!

Furnace... firewood... could it be... a thought that even he felt was utterly absurd rose from the bottom of his heart.

Your Excellency Lin Yuan isn't going to fight!

He's going to... feed?!

He treats those terrifying alien races, who have caused countless human warriors to shed blood on the battlefield, as firewood for his cultivation?!

Gulp.

Qin Pojun swallowed hard.

He didn't dare ask any further.

He was afraid that the more he knew, the faster he would go crazy.

"We have it!"

He suddenly snapped to attention and shouted to the adjutant behind him.

"Go! Bring the Longxiang Army's top-secret defense map of the death zones!!"

"Yes!"

The adjutant shuddered and scrambled toward the command center.

Soon.

A 3D holographic map composed of light and shadow was projected in front of Lin Yuan.

On the map, dozens of areas, large and small, were marked in blood-red.

Beside each area was a line of shocking annotations.

[Howling Abyss: Suspected to have a Calamity-level Void Giant Beast slumbering; those who approach lose their sanity and bleed from their seven orifices.]

[Myriad Bone Cemetery: Bones piled up like mountains, resentment soaring to the heavens; presence of multiple Monarch-level undead creatures; three elite squads once entered and were completely wiped out.]

[Natural Disaster Insect Hive: A place where billions of Zerg reside; when an insect tide erupts, it can submerge everything.]

...These were the most terrifying death zones outside the Demon Suppressing Pass!

They were forbidden areas that the Longxiang Army had spent a hundred years of blood to survey and must never be stepped into!

Qin Pojun and the group of officers felt their hearts twitching as they looked at these red areas.

However.

Lin Yuan just looked on calmly.

His finger slowly slid across the Howling Abyss, across the Myriad Bone Cemetery, across the Natural Disaster Insect Hive... and finally.

His finger stopped at the deepest part of the map, an area marked in pure black, as if it could swallow all light.

There were no annotations there.

Only a code name.

[Guixu].

Qin Pojun's breathing completely stopped at this moment.

He saw Lin Yuan's finger lightly tap on that pure black area.

"Let's go here."