247: Those who disturb my Daoist heart shall be destroyed.

However, at the core of Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, that speck of glazed Chaos Heart Light burned eternally like the very first ray of light at the creation of the world, blooming with flawless, clear radiance!

Wherever that clear radiance reached, all illusions dissolved and disintegrated rapidly, like snow cast into the blazing sun!

Weak struggles? They are the cornerstone for tempering the Dao Heart!

The disappearance of his parents? That is the motivation driving him to become stronger!

A future with no path forward? That is merely a step he will inevitably crush in the future!

As for that Heart Demon transformed into his closest kin...

Lin Yuan's eyes were calm and waveless, with only the Chaos Heart Light shining even more brilliantly.

"Monsters and demons, you dare to disturb my Dao Heart? Destroy!"

With a single thought, the clear radiance of his Chaos Fearless Dao Heart, like billions of invisible sharp swords, instantly pierced through the "mother" illusion.

That Formless Heart Demon let out a shrill scream, like a shadow cast into strong acid, instantly twisting, evaporating, and completely dissipating.

The entire Heart Demon illusion collapsed with a boom, like a shattered mirror!

Lin Yuan's Dao Heart, having undergone this tempering, was like true gold forged in divine fire—purer, tougher, and eternally indestructible!

The Luck Rainbow Bridge behind him erupted with unprecedented, searing radiance that nearly condensed into substance, illuminating the entire Fourth Heaven!

Above the Rainbow Bridge, a phantom image of the chaos green lotus, swaying and glowing, vaguely appeared!

This scene caused a palpitation in the Seven Absolute Sword Immortal, who was also resisting a Heart Demon in the distance and cutting through falsehood with peerless Sword Intent, as well as in Azure Heaven Emperor, who was forcibly suppressing his Heart Demon with imperial will.

As for those Prodigies with unstable Dao Hearts who were still struggling in the illusions, they were like people awakened from a nightmare, their gazes toward Lin Yuan filled with shock and awe.

The Fifth Heaven is a carnival and a graveyard for violent elemental forces.

The sharpness of metal tears through space, the vitality of wood twists and grows wildly, the cold tide of water freezes all things, the explosive flames of fire burn through the eight wildernesses, the gravity of earth crushes everything, the sharp blades of wind cut the Soul, the violence of thunder rages with destruction, and the purification of light and the corrosion of darkness annihilate each other...

Various elemental forces were pushed to the extreme, colliding and annihilating each other, forming an energy purgatory that was colorful yet filled with absolute destruction!

The Guardian—the Elemental Dominator—was like the king of this purgatory, hovering in the center of the energy storm, able to unleash elemental tsunamis and annihilate everything with a wave of its hand.

The moment Lin Yuan stepped into this place, an annihilation torrent mixed with all elements roared and swallowed him whole!

Terrifying energy, capable of instantly melting top-tier Origin Dao Artifacts, crazily bombarded his Chaos Domain.

Hum!

The Chaos Domain's light flowed, like the all-encompassing Chaos Mother Sea.

The violent elemental torrent impacted it, but instead of tearing it apart, it was forcibly decomposed and assimilated by the power of the Domain!

The metal Qi had its sharpness ground away, turning into refined metal Qi to nourish his physique; the wood Qi had its violence smoothed out, turning into vitality to merge into his dao body; water and fire complemented each other, wind and thunder generated each other, light and darkness were balanced...

All the violent, conflicting elemental forces, under the transformation of the Chaos Domain, turned into the purest Chaos nutrients, greedily absorbed by Lin Yuan's Chaos Body!

Lin Yuan even actively stepped forward, meeting the even more terrifying elemental storm unleashed by the Elemental Dominator!

"Chaos is the beginning of all things, and also the end of all things. How can mere elemental annihilation shake the Origin?"

He raised his hand, his five fingers splayed, facing the roaring Elemental Dominator.

"Disperse."

There was no earth-shattering explosion. An invisible "Return to Ruin" true meaning, originating from the Chaos Origin, spread out with his thought.

That Elemental Dominator, composed of pure elemental energy and possessing monstrous might, was like a sandcastle cast into the Chaos Return to Ruin; its massive body, starting from the part that touched the Chaos true meaning in Lin Yuan's palm, silently disintegrated, annihilated, turned into the most primitive energy particles, and finally completely dissipated within the Chaos Domain.

The entrance to the Sixth Heaven appeared where the Dominator had dissipated.

Lin Yuan stepped in, and his figure disappeared.

Behind him, the Luck Rainbow Bridge, having experienced the tempering of the five heavens and absorbed the Aura of countless Dao Law Origins, had transformed into a dark golden divine rainbow spanning the heavens and earth, its brilliance completely overwhelming the rainbow light behind several Era Prodigies who had arrived at this level slightly later.

When the entrance to the Fifth Heaven closed, fewer than a hundred people had successfully reached the Sixth Heaven.

And the real slaughter was about to unfold on the higher levels.

The Luck Rainbow Bridges behind the fifteen Era Prodigies, Lin Yuan, and top Divine Domain Leaders like Xuanyuan Wuji were like fifteen brilliant suns, illuminating the cruel road to the final throne.

The struggle for the heavenly Luck imprints would stir up a storm of blood on this plain of Dao Laws!

The proclamation of the Heavenly Dao's will was cold and cruel, like an icy blade piercing into the heart of every surviving Prodigy: "Starting from the Sixth Heaven, seize 'heavenly Luck imprints'! To ascend to the Ninth Heaven, one must collect ten imprints, or reach the summit of the 'heavenly luck stele' to receive the baptism of heavenly might! Time limit, three days!"

The moment the words fell, the battlefield was dead silent.

Immediately afterward, an Aura of killing intent, like a tangible cold tide, swept across the entire plain of Dao Laws.

The already tense atmosphere was instantly ignited!

After a brief silence came an explosive frenzy!

"Do it!" "Hand over the imprints!" "Join forces, eliminate him first!"

Shouts, energy explosions, and the sounds of weapons clashing suddenly rang out!

Those Prodigies with weaker strength or insufficient imprints instantly became prey.

Some huddled together in terror, attempting to form formations for self-preservation; others hid their figures like poisonous snakes, searching for isolated or injured targets; still others, relying on their own strength, took the initiative to attack nearby targets, and small-scale skirmishes broke out all over the plain, with spiritual light flashing and constant roaring.

However, the true center of the storm was those dozen or so figures who were like moving natural disasters.

Mr. Yuan Mie Xu transformed into a Return to Ruin black hole, appearing silently behind a Divine Domain Leader who had comprehended the "Thick Earth Dao" and possessed astonishing defenses.

That Leader's pride and joy—the thick, mountain-like, earth-yellow protective divine Aura—collapsed and annihilated silently like a sandcastle the moment it touched the edge of the Return to Ruin black hole!

He didn't even have time to scream before his body and Divine Soul were completely swallowed by the deep darkness, leaving behind only a faintly glowing heavenly Luck imprint, which was indifferently collected by Mr. Yuan Mie Xu.

The Return to Ruin Rainbow Bridge behind him, having devoured a portion of the opponent's Luck, appeared even more profound.

Azure Heaven Emperor was surrounded by galaxies, like the center of the Universe walking about.

His gaze was disdainful as he locked onto a Leader surrounded by destructive thunder and violent Aura.

"Star Fall!" He flicked his finger, and a miniature star condensed from pure star Origin flew out, growing in the wind, and crashed down with an Aura that crushed all things!

The thunder Leader roared, drawing ten thousand thunders to resist, but was ruthlessly annihilated by the starlight; he was smashed into the ground, severely injured and near death, and his imprint was easily taken by Azure Heaven Emperor.

The Origin Rainbow Bridge shone brightly, as if new stars were being born within it.