165: The fourth round of trials begins

The entire square instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Luo Hou's pupils contracted to the size of needle points, and the Destruction Battle-axe in his hand lowered unconsciously. Luo Shen covered her slightly parted red lips, her Eternal Light fluctuating violently. Clear Emptiness looked as if he had seen a ghost, stumbling back three steps and muttering to himself: "Cultivating Four Origins simultaneously! How is this possible?"

"Four Origin Laws!" Luo Hou's voice was so dry it didn't sound like his own. "No wonder... no wonder you could harvest so much in Thousand Absolute Star City..."

Lin Yuan retracted the light in his palm without explaining much. He bypassed the stunned Luo Hou and walked to a deserted corner at the edge of the square, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, leaving behind a wave of suppressed exclamations and whispers.

"Four Origin Laws... this has already shattered the understanding of Martial Artists in the Taichu Divine Continent!"

"No wonder his combat power increase is so terrifying! The power of those Origin Spells far exceeds those of the same level!"

"Could the upcoming Era Opportunity be prepared for someone like him?"

These discussions reached Lin Yuan's ears, but he remained unmoved. He opened a jade bottle and swallowed the entire bottle of Myriad Laws Marrow Liquid in one gulp!

"Boom—!"

It was as if a Chaos star had exploded inside his body! The extremely violent tempering force instantly swept through his limbs, bones, Meridians, and even every cell! A pain a billion times worse than being cut a thousand times struck him! The Innate Dao Body operated to its limit spontaneously, purple Qi surged wildly, but it was still shaken by this force, and his body's surface was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, dripping with blood!

"Eternal Evolution Body, refine it for me!" Lin Yuan growled. The life force of the Eternal Evolution Body was fully activated, and combined with the resilient will of the 21 million Soul Power units from the Supreme Soul Seed: Origin, he forcibly guided and absorbed this terrifying tempering force!

The cracks healed rapidly under the nourishment of life force. The healed bones, Meridians, muscles, and even skin were branded with fine Chaos Dao patterns, emitting an even more powerful aura that was closer to the Origin! The Awakening degree of the Innate Dao Body soared from 5% all the way to 10%! His physical strength and affinity with heaven and earth energy skyrocketed!

Then Lin Yuan brought out two items at the same time:

"Heavenly Evolution Star Core, fuse!"

"Returning to Ruins Sword Soul, merge!"

The Heavenly Evolution Star Core turned into a brilliant galaxy and instantly merged into the damaged chaos heavenly evolution robe! The star robe erupted with blinding light, and the Chaos runes on its surface evolved and multiplied rapidly. Its defensive power, as well as its properties for deduction and stabilizing space, increased crazily! The damaged parts were instantly repaired, becoming even more profound and mysterious, as if he were wearing a miniature starry sky!

The Returning to Ruins Sword Soul was like a bird returning to its nest, instantly sinking into the chaos heavenly extreme sword, of which only the hilt remained! Gray-white light shone brightly, the hilt trembled violently, and a sword body condensed from pure Power of Gui Xu quickly extended and solidified! Gray-white Dao patterns of Returning to Ruins flowed on the blade, emitting a terrifying sharpness that could end all things and annihilate everything! The chaos heavenly extreme sword was not only repaired but had also achieved a qualitative leap!

As for that Devouring Origin Dao Seed, Lin Yuan planned to refine it after breaking through to the Dharma Domain Realm.

Seeing that there was still time left, Lin Yuan called up the data panel that only he could see:

[Realm: Myriad Laws Realm Peak]

[seed of martial dao (Supreme Grade): Gestating]

[Supreme Soul Seed: Origin: 21 million Soul Power units]

[Origin Dharma Body (Supreme Grade): 5 million Yu]

[chaos heavenly extreme sword: 2 million Yu]

[chaos heavenly evolution robe: 2 million Yu]

[Primordial Dao Body (20%): 100,000 Yu]

[Eternal Evolution Body (Innate Dao Body 10%): 10 million Yu]

[Total combat power bonus from the four Origin Laws: 1.9 million Yu]

[Total Combat Power: 21 million Yu]

Lin Yuan subconsciously clenched his fists. His current total combat power was 21 million Yu. With the ten-fold damage bonus from the Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel and the one-fold bonus from the heaven swallowing pagoda, his combat power reached 231 million Yu—his damage was off the charts! After the myriad laws heavenly stele trial ended, he could indeed break through to the Dharma Domain Realm!

"The fourth round of trials officially begins." The voice of the myriad laws heavenly stele woke Lin Yuan from his contemplation. "The content of the fourth round of trials is announced: Challenge the historical rankings of the myriad laws heavenly stele."

"Since its birth, the myriad laws heavenly stele has recorded the combat projections of the top 100 million Myriad Laws Realm Peerless Prodigies from the past 901 eras. The myriad laws heavenly stele historical ranking is a list that all Myriad Laws Realm Martial Artists dream of being on."

"The rules are as follows:"

"1. Challengers will enter the 'Stele Illusion Realm' and face the projections of peerless prodigies who have left their names in history."

"2. Each time you defeat a historical ranker, you will take their place."

"3. There are no restrictions on methods or the number of attempts, but if you fail a challenge, you lose the eligibility to continue challenging."

"4. Those who leave their names on the Stele will receive corresponding rewards based on their rank."

The platform was in an uproar. Challenging the peerless prodigies of history—what an Opportunity and challenge!

A sharp light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. This was the true trial! To clash with the strongest prodigies of past generations and test his limits!

"The fourth round of trials officially begins." The voice of the myriad laws heavenly stele woke Lin Yuan from his deep comprehension. "All challengers can enter the Stele Illusion Realm through their wristbands at any time to challenge the historical rankings."

Lin Yuan opened his eyes and found that many silver light pillars had appeared on the platform. Other challengers were entering the illusion one after another to start their challenges. Luo Hou, Luo Shen, Clear Emptiness, and the others were nowhere to be seen, clearly having rushed to improve their rankings.

He looked at the golden wristband, and with a thought, the light screen displayed:

[Current Historical Ranking: Unranked]

[Ranked first in the third round of trials, eligible to challenge the highest rank: 10,000th]

"Starting from the 10,000th rank, huh..." Lin Yuan thought, "Enter the illusion, challenge the 10,000th rank."

A silver light flashed, and Lin Yuan's figure disappeared from the platform.

The scene before him changed, and he appeared in a vast starry sky. Opposite him, the projection of a young man wearing a green battle-robe and holding dual swords slowly condensed. Information was displayed above the projection's head:

[Historical Rank 10,000: Sword Venerable Qinglan]

[Era: Third Era]

"Challenger, state your name." The projection of Sword Venerable Qinglan actually spoke, his voice as cold and clear as the chime of a sword.

"Lin Yuan."

"Good, let me see what the Cultivators of this era are capable of!" Sword Venerable Qinglan crossed his dual swords and instantly turned into a streak of green lightning, piercing straight ahead! Wherever the sword tip passed, fine cracks were left in space!

Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed. The speed and power of this strike were at least 20 million Yu! As expected of a Prodigy who left his name in history!

But he didn't dodge. He simply raised his right hand, his Origin Dharma Body circulating slightly, and a hazy gray Sword Qi erupted from his fingertip!

Clang!

The dual swords collided with the Chaos Sword Qi, erupting in blinding light! Sword Venerable Qinglan's projection froze suddenly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. He clearly hadn't expected this seemingly casual opponent's Sword Qi to be so condensed!

"Interesting, take another move from me!" Sword Venerable Qinglan's body spun, and his dual swords turned into a sky full of sword shadows, pouring down like a rainstorm! Every sword shadow contained the power to cleave mountains!