206: The shackles of primal magic

Boom—!!!

Inside the Sea of Consciousness, the emerald star river representing the Life Origin and the dim star river representing the Death Origin, under the bridge of the Primordial Purple Qi and the guidance of the Chaos Origin Scripture, crashed together and melded! There was no annihilation, only a perfect Fusion of being in each other and becoming one! Ultimately, it transformed into an even more vast and profound river that flowed with emerald vitality and gray desolation, cycling endlessly and evolving the flourishing and withering of all things—the Long River of Life and Death!

[Life Origin Law (100%) and Death Origin Law (100%), fused! Great Dao of Life and Death comprehension: 10%! (300 million Yu combat power bonus)]

One of the ten supreme Great Daos, the Great Dao of Life and Death, has reached initial mastery! Though only 10%, it has already shown the rudimentary form of the supreme authority to govern life and death! Lin Yuan felt as if he had become a deity in charge of the flourishing and withering of all things; with one thought, he could revive stars, and with another, he could make star rivers wither!

At this point, all transformations returned to calm.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes. His left eye was emerald like the Mother River of Life, containing the vast vitality that nourished all things; his right eye was as gray as the Abyss Return to Ruin, reflecting the eternal silence that buried the gods. Between the opening and closing of his eyes, the dao rhyme of life and death rotation flowed naturally.

The Data Panel manifested:

[Realm: Peak of the Feather Transformation Realm]

[seed of martial dao (Supreme Grade): Gestating 10%]

[Chaos Body (Gestating 5%)]

[Chaos Great Dao comprehension: 10% (1 billion Yu combat power bonus)]

[Great Dao of Life and Death comprehension: 10% (300 million Yu combat power bonus)]

[supreme war spirit: 500 million Yu combat power bonus → Fused with Green Lotus Origin, evolved into chaos green lotus war spirit (1 billion Yu combat power bonus)]

[chaos wings (Six Wings): 3.8 billion Yu combat power bonus (Tier 3 Middle Stage)]

[Will Origin Wisdom Sword (Soul Wisdom Sword): 100 million Yu combat power bonus]

[chaos heavenly extreme sword (Low Grade Origin Dao Artifact): 100 million Yu combat power bonus]

[chaos heavenly evolution robe (Low Grade Origin Dao Artifact): 100 million Yu combat power bonus]

[Devouring Origin Dao Seed (Refining): Current progress 50%]

[heaven swallowing pagoda (Second Floor): Devouring Space evolved into Chaos Origin Pool (Rudimentary Form)]

[Primordial Dao Body (30%): 1 billion Yu combat power bonus]

[Eternal Evolution Body (Innate Dao Body 25%): 25 million Yu combat power bonus]

[Total combat power: 7.425 billion Yu]

Peak of the Feather Transformation Realm! 7.425 billion Yu of power! Such a magnificent Foundation was unprecedented throughout the ages!

Feeling the surging and vast power within his body, which far exceeded what he had before, Lin Yuan's thoughts stirred. 7.425 billion Yu! Equivalent to the combat power bonus of seventy-four basic Great Daos! This was a terrifying force that would make even experts in the Myriad Dao Realm take notice, a miracle he had forcibly built at the Peak of the Feather Transformation Realm with his supreme Foundation. However, in previous battles, Lin Yuan seemed to have felt the limit of his five major Origin Spells regarding their combat power bonus.

"The shackles of power..." Chaos Qi swirled in Lin Yuan's eyes, his gaze—life in the left and death in the right—as calm as an ancient frozen abyss. He needed to know exactly how much of his power, which exceeded the limits of the Feather Transformation Realm, could be manifested under the bonus of the five major Origin Spells.

With a thought, "Myriad Laws Reversal Wheel!"

Buzz!

A gray vortex with a diameter of a hundred zhang, rotating slowly, instantly unfolded in front of him, its core as deep as the Eye of Return to Ruin. Lin Yuan mobilized the majestic Chaos Origin Power within his body, attempting to inject over 10 billion Yu of destructive energy into it!

Chhh—!

The moment the energy injection exceeded 10 billion Yu, the gray vortex shook violently! The Return to Ruin dao patterns forming the vortex let out an overburdened wail, and fine but clear cracks began to appear at the edges! The rotation of the vortex became sluggish and distorted, as if it would collapse at any moment! A powerful backlash surged back, making Lin Yuan's arm feel slightly numb!

"The limit... 10 billion Yu!" Lin Yuan instantly withdrew his power, and the Myriad Laws Reversal Wheel vortex slowly calmed down, but the cracks at the edges did not immediately disappear. This meant that Lin Yuan could at most reflect 10 billion Yu of combat power output. Facing an attack exceeding the 10 billion Yu level, the Myriad Laws Reversal Wheel would not only be unable to perfectly double the reflection, but it might also collapse itself, even triggering a backlash! The Spell Foundation of the Feather Transformation Realm could not withstand the pouring of higher-level power.

"Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel!"

The phantom of a giant wheel of life and death crashed into existence, and an aura of majestic judgment permeated the air. Lin Yuan mobilized his power again, attempting to push the might of this amplification secret technique to its limit!

Buzz—!

At the moment the life and death wheel carried Lin Yuan's own 500 million Yu of combat power and attempted a tenfold amplification (meaning 5 billion Yu), it shook violently! The light of the life and death dao patterns on the wheel's surface surged to a blinding degree, like a rubber band being forced to its limit, emitting a tooth-aching "creak" sound! The space at the edge of the wheel shattered inch by inch, and an extremely unstable destructive aura, as if about to self-destruct, spread out! With forced amplification, the wheel itself would collapse first!

"Limit amplification... 5 billion Yu!" Lin Yuan decisively stopped, and the Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel slowly dissipated. The terrifying effect of tenfold amplification had its own limit; it could not carry his current, overly massive base of personal power. It could at most stably amplify 5 billion Yu of damage output.

"Soul Devouring Seal!"

An eerie seal, black as ink and entwined with countless devouring dao patterns, condensed silently. Lin Yuan attempted to compress over 500 million Yu of Soul impact and devouring power into it.

Poof!

Before the seal could form, it was squeezed by over 1.5 billion Yu of power and, like a balloon inflated to its limit, it suddenly collapsed into a chaotic black mist of Souls! Not only did it fail to congeal, but the collapsed energy also caused a weak ripple of impact on Lin Yuan's own Divine Soul. The stable structure of the seal could not accommodate a higher intensity of Soul power.

"Soul Devouring Seed Spirit Technique!"

Lin Yuan turned his gaze toward a distant fragment of a Chaos Origin Beast's skeleton that contained the aura of the Early Stage of the Myriad Dao Realm. He attempted to use his Divine Thought to drive the seed spirit secret technique, simulating the control of a target with 2.5 billion Yu of combat power.

Buzz!

Invisible Soul threads wrapped around the skeleton fragment. However, when the simulated control intensity exceeded 2.5 billion Yu, those Soul threads instantly became incredibly fragile and sluggish, as if stuck in a thick mud. Let alone penetrating the control core, even maintaining a basic connection was difficult, and they snapped and dissipated on their own with just a little force. The upper limit of control was firmly locked.

"Swallowing Origin Mending Heaven Art!"

Emerald-green life radiance lit up, enveloping him. Lin Yuan attempted to use it to repair a simulated "Dao Wound" that contained 5 billion Yu of destructive dao principles.

Chhh—!

The moment the life radiance touched the edge of that simulated Dao Wound, it was like snow meeting a red-hot branding iron, instantly evaporating and dissipating! The power of repair was easily annihilated by the higher-level Law will contained within the Dao Wound, and the effect was negligible. For severe injuries truly involving the level of Great Dao Laws, this technique was inadequate.

The test ended!

Myriad Laws Reversal Wheel: Damage Absorption/Reflection Limit—10 billion Yu.

Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel: Amplification Limit—5 billion Yu.

Soul Devouring Seal: Amplification Limit—1.5 billion Yu.

Soul Devouring Seed Spirit Technique: Target combat power Control Upper Limit—2.5 billion Yu.

Swallowing Origin Mending Heaven Art: Can only effectively heal ordinary injuries and low-level energy wounds.