163: Thousand Star City Returns to Human Territory

"Must destroy it..." Lin Yuan could feel that three-quarters of the Shadow of the End had already squeezed out; once it fully descended, everything would be beyond saving!

But at this moment, he was heavily injured, his Origin Spell was almost exhausted, and his conventional attacks could not break through the barrier of the dark vortex to reach the anchor crystal deep within!

"I have no choice... but to gamble..." A look of determination flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. He still had one final trump card—the resonance of the four major Origin Laws!

Life, Death, Devouring, and Chaos; these four Origin Laws had never truly undergone Fusion within Lin Yuan, always maintaining a delicate balance. But now, he decided to forcibly break this balance and trigger an unprecedented Law storm!

"Primordial Dao Body! Eternal Evolution Body! Hold on for me!" Lin Yuan roared in his heart while simultaneously beginning to frantically stimulate the four major Origin Laws within his body!

The emerald green light of the Life Law lit up on his left arm!

The gray, decaying aura of the Death Law condensed on his right arm!

The pitch-black vortex of the Devouring Law rotated in his chest!

The gray airflow of the Chaos Law surged throughout his entire body!

Four distinct Origin powers, under Lin Yuan's forced guidance, began to converge toward the chaos heavenly extreme sword! The sword body trembled violently, emitting an unbearable wail, and countless fine cracks appeared on its surface! This was a Magical Artifact, but at this moment, it had to bear power far exceeding its limits!

"Still not enough!" Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and began to burn his own life force! The purple Qi of the Primordial Dao Body and the vitality of the Eternal Evolution Body were forcibly extracted and injected into the sword body! His hair turned gray at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his skin lost its luster, but his eyes became increasingly sharp!

"Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel!"

Hum—!!!

The phantom of the Life and Death Wheel emerged, but it was not used to boost combat power; instead, it was forcibly guided by Lin Yuan to act as a stabilizer for the four Origin Laws! The vast power of 127 million units was entirely used to stabilize the impending Origin Law storm!

The chaos heavenly extreme sword had become an extremely unstable collection of energy. The sword body was completely swallowed by light intertwined with four colors, and the surrounding space began to silently collapse and annihilate!

The Shadow of the End seemed to have sensed a fatal threat. Ignoring the containment of the myriad laws heavenly stele Clone, it frantically waved its tentacles to lash out at Lin Yuan! Within the base, all the top Prodigies tried their best to block it, but one tentacle still broke through the blockade and fiercely lashed at Lin Yuan's back!

At the critical moment!

"heaven swallowing pagoda! Bind it for me!"

The phantom of the quaint little pagoda emerged, and its heavy force field erupted with full power, slowing the tentacle's speed for an instant!

It was this very instant!

"Break... for me!!!"

Lin Yuan used all his strength to fiercely hurl the chaos heavenly extreme sword toward the anchor crystal deep within the dark vortex!

The moment the sword left his hand, the balance of the four Origin Laws was completely broken!

Life and Death intertwined!

Devouring and Chaos merged!

Under the reconciliation of the Life and Death Wheel, a torrent of destruction of indescribable color, containing the true meaning of "Chaos Return to Ruin", erupted from the sword body! Wherever it passed, the energy of the dark vortex was forcibly assimilated and annihilated! A straight channel instantly pierced through the vortex, pointing directly at the bone altar deep inside!

The Shadow of the End let out an unprecedented roar mixed with anger and fear! It twisted its body frantically, trying to use its body to block this torrent, but it was too late!

Boom—!!!!!!!!!!!

The torrent of destruction hit the pitch-black crystal with pinpoint accuracy!

There was no explosion, no flash of light. The surface of the crystal was instantly covered with countless cracks, and then... like a pencil sketch erased by an eraser, it disappeared silently. Along with it disappeared the bone altar that supported it, as well as a large area of the dark vortex around it!

"No—!!!" The will of the Shadow of the End was filled with unwillingness. "Ant... I have remembered your aura... next time..."

Its body began to collapse, starting from the part in contact with reality, turning into countless black ashes that scattered with the wind. The dark vortex shrank rapidly, eventually turning into a black dot, and completely vanished.

The Shadow of the End was forcibly expelled!

The entire ruins of Thousand Absolute Star City fell into a deathly silence.

Then, the base erupted into earth-shattering cheers! The joy of surviving a disaster made many people hug and cry!

Lin Yuan floated in mid-air, looking at the chaos heavenly extreme sword that was now only a hilt in his hand, and the ashes scattering in the wind, and let out a long breath. His hair was already half-white, and his aura was withered to the extreme, but his eyes held a trace of relief.

On the intelligence screen, the final data finally refreshed:

【Nest Destruction Rate: 100%】

【Number of Exotic Beasts: 0】

【Final Mission Completed! All Trial Participants will be teleported back in ten breaths!】

The voice of the myriad laws heavenly stele Clone sounded: "The third round of the trial is over. Thousand Absolute Star City returns to human territory."

Silver light began to envelop every survivor. Lin Yuan took one last look at this ruin that had been baptized by blood and fire, and slowly closed his eyes.

The silver teleportation light gradually dissipated, and Lin Yuan's feet touched solid ground again. He opened his eyes, and what greeted him was a magnificent silver platform—the reception square where the main myriad laws heavenly stele was located. The platform floated in the boundless Void Realm, surrounded by other surviving Trial Participants, and countless stars transformed from platforms twinkled in the distance, like scattered diamonds.

The air was filled with extremely pure Origin Qi of heaven and earth, and every breath made Lin Yuan's parched Meridians feel like they had encountered sweet rain after a long drought. The Primordial Dao Body operated spontaneously, greedily absorbing this energy, repairing the wounds left after the battle with the Shadow of the End. He looked down at his palms; the cracks on his skin caused by the forced stimulation of the four major Origin Laws were slowly healing, but the half-white hair remained striking—that was the price of overdrawing his life force.

"The third round of the trial is over, survivors have been teleported back." The grand and indifferent voice of the myriad laws heavenly stele echoed in the Void Realm, "Thousand Absolute Star City cleanup completion rate: 100%, returned to human territory!"

Lin Yuan looked around; there were less than two million Trial Participants sparsely standing on the square. Compared to the massive 8.53 million people at the start of the third round, this number was shocking. Most of the survivors were ragged, their auras withered, and their eyes still retained the daze of surviving a disaster. Even top Prodigies like Luo Hou, Luo Shen, and Clear Emptiness looked disheveled at this moment, bearing wounds that were difficult to heal.

Only Lin Yuan, although also heavily injured, had a sharpness tempered by blood and fire that became more restrained and profound. He stood alone in a corner of the square, and an area naturally cleared around him—that was the instinctive expression of awe from other Trial Participants.

"Now beginning to settle the final merit." The voice of the myriad laws heavenly stele continued.