The Lord of the Ruins has appeared! Lin Yuan: Your energy is mine now!

That gaze was cold, ancient, and devoid of any emotion.

It was as if a deity hanging high above the Nine Heavens was looking down indifferently at the tiny land beneath its feet.

It did not deliberately release any pressure.

But just the gaze of this single look caused the entire Guixu to fall into an absolute deathly silence.

All the rioting monsters, whether Monarch-level or ordinary vengeful spirits,

At this moment, fled frantically, wishing they could stuff themselves back into the cracks of nothingness and never come out again for all eternity.

Lin Yuan's figure floated quietly in mid-air.

He raised his head, meeting that gaze in the void.

He could feel that the other party had no hostility.

It was a kind of pure indifference that was even beyond hostility.

Just as a human would not have any particular feelings toward an ant at their feet.

Interesting.

The corners of Lin Yuan's mouth curled up slightly.

He did not move.

He was waiting.

Waiting for the owner of this gaze to reveal themselves.

Finally.

In the deepest part of Guixu, that absolute darkness where even 'nothingness' seemed to be swallowed began to squirm.

It wasn't converging.

Instead, that darkness itself was a living thing!

Slowly, from its eternal slumber, it raised its 'head'.

It had no concrete form.

It was like a torn, living cosmic night curtain.

Countless starlight-like points of light constantly flickered, twisted, and died within its 'body'; they seemed to be the wreckage of worlds it had once devoured.

A grand and ancient thought slowly echoed in Lin Yuan's mind.

[Another... intruder.]

[The last one, when was it? A thousand years? Or three thousand years?]

[Hmm... I remember now. He was a very interesting toy; he called himself... King-Sealing.]

[His taste was quite good. Like a ripe fruit.]

[You... smell even more delicious than him.]

This thought carried no trace of emotion.

It was as if stating a fact that couldn't be simpler.

A King-Sealing Expert was just a tasty toy, a ripe fruit in its mouth.

If Qin Pojun heard these words, he would probably have his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering from fright on the spot.

But Lin Yuan just listened calmly.

A trace of interest even appeared on his face.

"Is that so?"

He spoke, his voice carrying clearly through this absolute deathly void.

"Coincidentally, I also think your taste should be quite good."

"..."

That grand thought seemed to pause for a moment.

It was as if no 'ant' had ever dared to say such words to it.

[Interesting.]

[Tiny insect, you do not even understand what you are facing.]

[I am Guixu.]

[Guixu is me.]

[Here, I am the end.]

The moment the words fell.

That living night curtain moved!

It didn't pounce.

Instead, it opened its 'mouth'.

No.

That wasn't a mouth.

It was a pure, absolute erasure Domain, even more void than the surrounding nothingness!

This Domain instantly enveloped Lin Yuan at a speed that transcended space and time!

Hum—

There was no sound.

There were no energy fluctuations.

Lin Yuan only felt that the very concept of his existence was being erased from its root, bit by bit!

His body, his energy, his Soul, even the traces of his existence!

Everything was returning to nothingness!

This was the power of the Lord of Guixu!

However.

At the moment Lin Yuan's body was about to become transparent,

Inside his Dantian Qi Sea, that small stream gathered from Primordial Chaos Sword Aura suddenly trembled!

Then.

It boiled!

An unprecedented, most primitive desire, as if from the beginning of all things, exploded from that stream!

A knowing smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

"So, this is the 'fuel' you truly wanted."

He no longer resisted that erasing force.

Instead, he let go of his control over his body.

He allowed that power to flood into his limbs and bones, and toward his Dantian Qi Sea!

[Stupid insect, have you given up resisting?]

The Lord of Guixu's grand thought carried a trace of an imperceptible emotion, as if mocking him.

But in the next second.

Its thought froze.

[This... what is this?!]

In its eternal and unchanging thought, shock and a hint of Fear appeared!

It felt that its own power,

The power that was always successful and could easily erase even a King-Sealing Expert,

After pouring into that insect's body, not only did it not erase him,

Instead... instead, it was like a clay ox entering the sea, being... being devoured by an even more domineering, more ancient, and higher-level power!

That's right!

It was devouring!

Lin Yuan's Dantian Qi Sea had now turned into a grey-gold, crazily spinning vortex!

That stream transformed from Primordial Chaos Sword Aura was the core of the vortex!

Any 'erasure' power that flooded in would be instantly crushed and decomposed by this vortex.

Then, it was converted into the purest, most original energy and integrated into that stream!

Crash—

That stream was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

From a stream, it became a river!

From a river, it became a galloping, roaring, boundless ocean!

The aura on Lin Yuan's body climbed steadily!

Every cell in his body was cheering and jumping with joy!

"The taste is indeed quite good."

Lin Yuan raised his head and looked at that completely stunned living night curtain.

"Thank you for the treat."

"Now, it's my turn."

He slowly raised his right hand.

He pressed his fingers together to form a sword.

He made a light slash toward that boundless darkness.

Squelch—

A grey-gold sword light, condensed to the extreme as if it could split the entire Universe in two, flashed and vanished!

Just for an instant!

That living night curtain, that terrifying existence that called itself the 'Lord of Guixu',

Its body was split neatly down the middle.

The cut was as smooth as a mirror.

[Im...possible...]

[What... exactly... are... you...]

This was its final thought left in the world, filled with unwillingness and confusion.

In the next second.

BOOM!!!

Its massive, boundless body collapsed!

It turned into an energy storm of the purest Origin, billions of times larger than all the previous monsters combined!

Lin Yuan took a deep breath.

The entire Guixu shook because of it!

That energy storm, sufficient to create a new world, was swallowed by him like a whale!

In his Dantian Qi Sea, that grey-gold ocean began to roll violently, compress, and condense!

Finally.

In the center of that ocean,

A grey-gold, simple Sword Embryo, only the size of a thumb but seemingly carrying the weight of the eternal heavens, slowly took shape.

Lin Yuan's cultivation also officially stepped into the Juyuan Realm at this moment!

And it was still skyrocketing!

Juyuan Realm First Level!

Juyuan Realm Second Level!

...Juyuan Realm Third Level Peak!

Only then was that massive energy finally exhausted.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes, feeling the unprecedented, terrifying power within his body that could seemingly create heaven and earth with a single thought.

He was just about to leave.

His gaze, however, was suddenly attracted by something.

In the place where the Lord of Guixu had dissipated,

An irregular metal fragment the size of a palm, pitch-black all over but engraved with countless stellar trajectories, was floating there quietly.