218: Tianyuan Dynasty's sincerity

"Have you heard? Lin Yuan is coming?"

"Indeed! He just released the news on the Taichu Virtual Network that he will decide which faction to join right here!"

"Hiss... To be able to make the five great Imperial Dynasties send people personally, this spectacle is practically comparable to a Saint-level figure!"

The clamor of Lihuo Star City was completely severed by a beam of Chaos light that tore through the firmament.

The beam of light descended like a sword of divine punishment, piercing through the sea of clouds and crashing down onto the massive "Lihuo Battle Platform" in the center of Lihuo Star City.

Before the dust could even rise, it was pressed firmly back to the ground by an invisible, immense power.

Time seemed to freeze for an instant, and countless horrified gazes solidified on the figure in the air.

Three pairs of chaos wings slowly unfurled behind him, every feather flowing with tangible green lotus divine patterns, while the newly born annihilation dao patterns on the edges shimmered with a faint light.

Every slight flap of the wings caused the surrounding space to silently collapse and reorganize, emitting a low hum like divine gold rubbing together.

He did not deliberately release his pressure, but that vast aura, originating from the essence of life and transcending the imagination of the Feather Transformation Realm, already weighed heavily upon everyone's Divine Soul like an invisible, primordial divine mountain.

Suffocating!

Millions of Martial Artists in Lihuo Star City, whether they were in the plaza, pavilions, or cultivation chambers, felt their hearts gripped tightly at this moment, making breathing difficult.

Those with weaker cultivation were even paler, their knees weak; if not for their willpower supporting them, they would have almost knelt down.

"Is that... Lin Yuan? Why is his wing pressure so terrifying?" someone squeezed the name through their teeth, their voice trembling with disbelief.

The several figures hovering above the battle platform reacted even more violently.

The Nine Heavens Emissary representing the Cangqiong Imperial Dynasty saw the nine-colored clouds flowing around his body suddenly pause, emitting a faint cracking sound, and the gaze beneath his hood suddenly contracted like needle points.

The Divine Guard Commander of the Taiyan Dynasty, originally standing with arms crossed in a disdainful posture, suddenly stood straight, his hands covered in divine gold arm guards subconsciously clenching, his knuckles making a clicking sound, his eyes shooting out sharp gleams as he stared fixedly at the figure in the center of the battle platform, having lost all of his previous composure.

And the Xuanming War General of the Tianyuan Dynasty, who bore the brunt of it, saw the dark Xuanming ice battle Qi surrounding him steaming and twisting violently, like ice thrown into boiling water!

His cold, hard face, which looked like it was carved from ten-thousand-year-old black ice, showed clear shock for the first time.

The giant ice crystal beast he sat upon, condensed from Xuanming cold Qi, let out a low roar filled with fear, uneasily pawing at the Void Realm with its hooves.

"Feather Transformation Realm... Peak?" The Xuanming War General's voice was low and hoarse, carrying a hint of imperceptible suspicion, "No... this is definitely not an ordinary Peak! Such a Foundation... such might..."

Lin Yuan stepped onto the dark metal ground in the center of the battle platform, his footsteps soundless.

His gaze calmly swept over the figures hanging in the air, his eyes as deep as an endless sea of stars; deep within his left pupil, vitality flowed like a wild, primitive forest, while his right pupil was as dead and silent as eternal underworld soil, with a point of glass-like Chaos Heart Light at the very core, burning eternally.

Swept by his gaze, even the emissaries and commanders as strong as those in the Myriad Dao Realm felt an inexplicable chill rise from the depths of their Soul.

"Everyone, you have waited a long time." Lin Yuan spoke, his voice not loud, yet it clearly penetrated the dead silent air of the entire city, like the first note of Dao when Chaos first opened, branding itself into everyone's Sea of Consciousness.

The brief silence was broken by the Xuanming War General. He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging waves in his heart, locked his deep eyes onto Lin Yuan, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Yuan, the conditions offered by our Tianyuan Dynasty—one hundred drops of Marrow Cleansing Holy Liquid, which can cleanse the marrow and cut the hair, reshaping your dao foundation; the first three volumes of the 'Tianyuan War Scripture', containing top-tier Dao techniques; the resources of one Star Continent offered as tribute, with hundreds of millions of living beings all at your disposal! Are you satisfied with this sincerity?"

His voice carried the majesty of a powerhouse in the Myriad Dao Realm, attempting to regain control of the situation.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan's lips curled into a faint arc, a smile that was not quite a smile. He shook his head slowly, his voice remaining flat and waveless: "Xuanming War General, the conditions are not bad."

The Xuanming War General frowned imperceptibly.

"But," Lin Yuan's voice turned cold abruptly, as if a frigid wind from the Nine Netherworlds had swept past, "not enough!"

"Not enough?!" These two words were like a thunderclap, exploding in everyone's ears.

The Nine Heavens Emissary of the Cangqiong Imperial Dynasty let out an irrepressible cold snort, and a fierce look flashed in the eyes of the Taiyan Divine Guard Commander.

The many Martial Artists around the battle platform below were in an uproar, looking at the figure in the center of the battle platform in disbelief. The conditions offered by the Tianyuan Dynasty were enough to drive any Prodigy in the Feather Transformation Realm or even a powerhouse in the Myriad Dao Realm crazy; how dare he say it was not enough?!

"Arrogant!" The Nine Heavens Emissary could not help but speak out, his voice coming through the nine-colored clouds with indignation, "Lin Yuan, do not think that because you are gifted, you can sit and raise the price! The Cangqiong Imperial Dynasty..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a sudden change occurred!

"Hum—!"

An indescribable, supreme dao rhyme originating from the Origin of the Universe suddenly erupted from within Lin Yuan's body!

In his left eye, emerald green divine light erupted like a floodgate opening! In an instant, the entire sky over the western half of Lihuo Star City was dyed with boundless emerald green!

Phantoms of hundreds of millions of towering ancient trees rose from the ground, their branches and leaves spreading, blotting out the sky and sun.

The wild forest was breathing, the divine trees supporting the firmament, and the life essence, thick enough to become tangible, turned into an ocean of rippling green waves, with the hymn of life resounding through heaven and earth!

Grass and trees grew wildly, dead wood encountered spring, and the old hidden injuries on countless low-level Martial Artists were rapidly healing under the washing of this majestic vitality!

In his right eye, a deep, dead, grayish light spread like a plague! The eastern half of the city instantly fell into absolute silence and withering!

The earth cracked, riverbeds dried up, and all things withered and decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Mountains of withered bones formed, and the dirge of weeping dead Souls circled low in the silence, as if the gates to the underworld had been opened.

Vitality was stripped away, spiritual power was frozen, and a withering force that made the Soul tremble permeated the area; those with weaker cultivation felt their Qi and blood stagnate, and their Lifespan seemed to be slipping away!

Life and Death cycle, the Dao manifests!

The entire Lihuo Star City was split apart by an invisible boundary! One half was a divine kingdom of life, vast with vitality and lush with green; the other half was a death underworld, silent, withering, and decayed!

Two diametrically opposed supreme powers of Law were crazily intertwining, colliding, and rotating above Lihuo Star City!

At the end of life, one sees silence; at the extreme of death, new life is contained! In the ashes, the wild forest tenaciously sprouted tender shoots, and under the skeletons of withered giant beasts, eerie flowers of death were born... Scenes of the cycle of Life and Death that shocked the Soul were constantly evolving amidst the collision of Laws!

"Hiss—!"

"This... what kind of Law is this?!"

"My injuries... are healed? No! My spiritual power is withering away!"

"Life and Death! It is the Great Dao of Life and Death! The Great Dao of Life and Death, one of the ten supreme Great Daos!" A well-informed, veteran powerhouse of the Myriad Dao Realm screamed, his voice distorted and changed due to extreme shock.