101: Lingwu Hall Founder

"This is definitely not Devouring Origin!" Nine Nether Emperor's pupils contracted violently, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

"What kind of Law have you actually mastered?"

His voice suddenly became greedy and distorted.

"But soon... all of this will belong to me!"

"Boom—"

The entire space on the fifth floor of the heavenly soul pagoda shook violently, and the blood-colored chains binding Nine Nether Emperor shattered inch by inch.

His aura climbed at an astonishing speed, breaking through the 1.5 million Yu mark in the blink of an eye.

The liquid in the Heavenly Soul Pool surged crazily, turning into countless blood-colored threads that wrapped around his body.

"Do you see it?"

Nine Nether Emperor spread his arms, and the liquid in the Heavenly Soul Pool formed a vortex that rotated around him.

"The remains of the Soul Spirits that fell on every floor are refined by the heavenly soul pagoda into the purest Heavenly Soul Liquid."

"Every time this tower opens, it devours tens of millions of Soul Spirits..."

His laughter became increasingly frantic.

"And now, this entire pool of Heavenly Soul Liquid will be used by me!"

Lin Yuan's hand gripping the chaos heavenly extreme sword trembled slightly.

Although his combat power had reached 1.26 million Yu, the gap compared to a powerful enemy with 1.5 million Yu was still like a chasm.

What was more troublesome was that the opponent seemed to have completely mastered the rules of this floor's space.

"Chaos · Heaven Opening!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Yuan directly unleashed his strongest finishing move.

The chaos heavenly extreme sword expanded against the wind, turning into a thousand-foot giant blade.

The Chaos dao patterns flowing on the sword emitted a blinding light.

This sword strike contained 6% of the Chaos Origin, and wherever it passed, space shattered like a mirror, revealing pitch-black Void Realm cracks.

"Ridiculous!"

Nine Nether Emperor sneered and raised his hand, and a blood-colored curtain as thin as a cicada's wing rose from the Heavenly Soul Pool.

The seemingly fragile barrier firmly blocked the Chaos Sword Qi.

Even more terrifying was that countless tiny vortexes appeared on the surface of the blood-colored curtain, actually slowly devouring the energy within the Sword Qi!

"Here, I am the Dominator!"

Nine Nether Emperor waved his arms wildly, and nine blood Dragons condensed from Heavenly Soul Liquid broke through the air, each emitting terrifying pressure.

The battle instantly entered a white-hot stage.

Lin Yuan pushed his Chaos Dharma Body to the limit, his figure weaving between the blood Dragons like a ghost.

With every sword strike, a blood Dragon would wail and disintegrate.

But new liquid would immediately surge out from the Heavenly Soul Pool, re-condensing into blood Dragons.

"If this consumption continues..."

Fine beads of sweat seeped from Lin Yuan's forehead.

As he slashed and extinguished another blood Dragon, he keenly noticed the vertical pupil between Nine Nether Emperor's eyebrows flickering slightly.

A bold guess formed in his mind.

"I have to take a gamble!"

He suddenly changed direction, the chaos heavenly extreme sword pointing directly at the Heavenly Soul Pool.

At the tip of the sword, the Devouring Origin and the Chaos Origin merged perfectly, forming a continuously rotating micro black hole.

"Chaos · Devouring!"

The moment the sword tip pierced the surface of the pool, the entire Heavenly Soul Pool boiled and rolled like an enraged giant beast.

The wails of countless Soul Spirits echoed in the space, and the pool water dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Nine Nether Emperor let out a heart-wrenching roar: "Stop! You are courting death!"

His aura began to fluctuate violently, and dark golden blood seeped from the vertical pupil between his eyebrows.

Lin Yuan's guess was correct—this Heavenly Soul Pool was the true source of power for the ancestor of the Soul Spirits!

"Break!"

Lin Yuan fully activated his Immortal Dharma Idol, and the dao patterns on his body shone like stars.

As the Heavenly Soul Liquid was continuously absorbed, the bottom of the pool was gradually revealed—there, countless skeletons of Soul Spirits were piled up, each maintaining a painful posture from before they died.

And Lin Yuan's Chaos Origin was increasing at an astonishing speed.

[Chaos Origin: 6.1%... 6.3%... 6.5%...]

Nine Nether Emperor rushed over like a madman, but it was too late.

When the last drop of Heavenly Soul Liquid was absorbed, Lin Yuan's Chaos Origin broke through to 7%!

Meanwhile, Nine Nether Emperor's aura plummeted to 800,000 Yu, and the blood-colored threads surrounding his body snapped one after another.

"Now, is it fair?"

Lin Yuan wiped the blood from his lips, the chaos heavenly extreme sword pointing at his opponent from afar.

Having lost the support of the Heavenly Soul Pool, Nine Nether Emperor finally showed a look of terror and turned to flee, but he was firmly imprisoned by nine Chaos chains—this time, the master of the chains was Lin Yuan!

"It's time to end this."

The sword light poured down like the Milky Way, and Nine Nether Emperor's body froze in place.

The vertical pupil between his eyebrows let out one last unwilling roar before exploding.

An ancient and evil consciousness tried to escape, but was crushed by a palm from the Chaos Dharma Body.

"No! I am the eternal and undying... Ah!"

With a shrill scream, this consciousness of the Soul Spirit ancestor completely dissipated.

Nine Nether Emperor's body turned to dust, with only a crystal-clear soul crystal floating in the air, inside which pure energy fluctuations flowed.

"Fifth floor trial passed."

The ancient voice echoed in the space:

"Final reward: Heavenly Soul Pool Essence."

A seven-colored beam of light descended from the sky, enveloping Lin Yuan.

The previously absorbed Heavenly Soul Liquid was being purified by some mysterious power, transforming into the most original Chaos energy.

[Chaos Origin: 7.5%... 8%... 8.5%...]

When the light beam dissipated, Lin Yuan's Chaos Origin had reached 9%!

Even more astonishingly, the Eternal Evolution Body completed a new round of transformation, the Great Void Body completion rate broke through 50%, and the immunity to Law attacks was greatly improved.

At this moment, his combat power soared directly to 1.74 million Yu!

"Hidden passage opened."

In the Void Realm, a golden portal slowly appeared.

Lin Yuan, whose combat power had skyrocketed, was fearless and took a deep breath before stepping into it.

The golden portal behind him closed silently, and the scene before him immediately plunged into absolute darkness—this was not ordinary darkness, but a realm of nothingness that even Divine Sense could not penetrate.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Nine blood-colored chains suddenly shot out from the Void Realm, instantly wrapping around Lin Yuan's limbs.

The ancient runes engraved on the chains flickered with an eerie light, and every line seemed to squirm like a living thing.

"Finally waited for you..."

A hoarse voice echoed in the darkness, like rusty gears rubbing against each other.

At the end of the chains, a hunched figure slowly emerged.

It was an old man wearing a tattered gray robe, his face hidden in the shadows, only the six fingers on his right hand, which were different from ordinary people, were particularly eye-catching.

"Spirit Martial Hall Ancestral Master?"

Lin Yuan's pupils shrank, immediately recognizing this unique hand feature—this was exactly the characteristic of the founding Ancestral Master recorded in the Spirit Martial Hall classics.

The old man let out a laugh like metal colliding: "Just a wisp of a remnant consciousness about to dissipate."

He raised his withered finger, and the runes on the nine chains lit up suddenly, "Let me see if you are qualified to inherit the true 'Devouring' Dao."

The runes on the chains flickered crazily, and Lin Yuan was shocked to find that the Devouring Origin within his Dharma Body had actually begun to leak uncontrollably!

What was even more terrifying was that the Great Void Body enhancement he had just obtained was also rapidly fading.

"This is... reverse devouring?"

"Good eye."

The old man grinned, revealing a mouth full of jagged, uneven fangs, "The essence of the Dao of Devouring lies, first and foremost, in not being devoured by others."

Lin Yuan suddenly realized the true meaning of this floor's trial.

He no longer resisted the suction of the chains, but instead actively circulated his Devouring Origin, not to resist, but to try to achieve a peculiar resonance with the fluctuations of the chains!