253: The Three Tests of Heaven

A low shout, like the Dao sound of world creation, rang out from the depths of Lin Yuan's Soul! The eternal clear radiance of the Chaos Fearless Dao Heart erupted, perfectly blending with the majestic power of Luck from the Luck Rainbow Bridge behind him! The dark-gold Chaos Body runes around him flickered wildly, like billions of burning Chaos stars! Behind him, the fifth-rank chaos wings suddenly flapped, and the Chaos Domain contracted to its limit, transforming into a layer of Absolute Defense flowing with Chaos Origin runes that clung tightly to his body!

Boom!

Bracing against the Heavenly Dao pressure that was enough to crush stars, Lin Yuan took another step forward! His footsteps were heavy yet incredibly firm! The Chaos Heart Light collided fiercely with the Heavenly Dao pressure, splashing invisible sparks of the Great Dao in the Void Realm!

Ten steps! Twenty steps! Fifty steps!

Every step was like opening the heavens! The Chaos Ancestral Dragon behind him let out a Soul-shattering roar, sharing the pressure for him! The chaos green lotus above his head spun wildly, its clear radiance smoothing the tremors of his Divine Soul! The Luck Rainbow Bridge was like a spine supporting the heavens and earth, continuously providing the power to resist the heavenly might!

The moment he finally stepped onto the throne pedestal, the pressure suddenly surged to its peak!

"To ascend to the position of the Feather Transformation Realm Supreme, one must first undergo the Heavenly Dao trials!"

The grand voice of the Heavenly Dao's will exploded directly in Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness! Three invisible yet more terrifying trials than any Divine Ability descended simultaneously!

The First Trial: Heart Demon Tribulation!

His Sea of Consciousness was instantly dragged into the Avici Purgatory! Countless resentment-filled Souls of those Lin Yuan had defeated, killed, or who had indirectly perished because of him turned into hideous ghosts, letting out shrill curses and gnawing at his Divine Soul! There were even illusions of his closest kin, questioning him with tear-streaked faces why he had caused such widespread slaughter and why he had stepped onto this lonely path of blood! Deeper still were his own extreme desire for power, fear of the unknown, and worry about failure... All hidden negative emotions were infinitely magnified, like a monstrous wave trying to completely submerge him!

"The Dao Heart is clouded; there is no hope of redemption!" The venomous curse echoed in the Sea of Consciousness.

"Fearless and undaunted, immune to all demons!" Lin Yuan's will exploded in his Sea of Consciousness like a divine thunder from the beginning of Chaos! The Chaos Fearless Dao Heart shone with ten thousand zhang of light; wherever the eternal clear radiance reached, all vengeful Souls and hideous ghosts melted like snow! The illusions of his kin became warm and filled with understanding and support in the clear radiance! Those negative emotions, under the eternal light of the Dao Heart, evaporated instantly like dewdrops exposed to the scorching sun! The Heart Demon Tribulation was broken!

The Second Trial: Great Dao Questioning!

Countless profound and mysterious Great Dao runes, representing the billions of Great Dao Origins of the Taichu Divine Continent, flooded into Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness like a torrent! They spun, collided, and combined wildly, evolving the principles of the birth and destruction of the Universe, the rotation of time and space, the alternation of life and death, and the cycle of Karma! An invisible will originating from the Heavenly Dao's Origin questioned: What is the Great Dao? Where does the Great Dao exist? Where does the Great Dao go? If Chaos is disordered, how can it carry the myriad Daos? If Chaos is ordered, how can it encompass the heavens?

This was the most fundamental and original questioning of his understanding of the Great Dao! If the answer was unclear, the dao foundation would collapse!

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on the throne pedestal, his eyes slightly closed, his mind completely immersed in that 25% of the Chaos Great Dao Origin. The chaos green lotus in his Sea of Consciousness shone brightly, and the miniature universe evolving on the lotus platform operated rapidly. His thoughts flowed like a clear spring:

"Chaos is neither disordered nor ordered. It is the source of all existence, the mother sea of all laws! Before the Grandmist was judged and the clear and turbid were separated, Chaos encompassed all possibilities and nurtured infinite vitality! The three thousand Great Daos all emerge from Chaos and will eventually return to Chaos! Chaos evolving the heavens is life; Chaos returning all things to ruin is destruction! The cycle of life and death is eternity! My Chaos encompasses all, evolves the heavens, and also dominates the Return to Ruin! This is the true meaning of Chaos!"

As his thoughts were articulated, those violent and chaotic Great Dao runes that had flooded into his Sea of Consciousness were smoothed and soothed as if by an invisible hand. They became docile and orderly, slowly rotating around the chaos green lotus, and finally merged into that miniature universe, becoming nourishment for its evolution! The Great Dao Questioning was passed!

The Third Trial: A Strike of Saintly Might!

The moment Lin Yuan passed the Great Dao Questioning, above the throne, the golden giant eye condensed from pure Heavenly Dao will suddenly shot out a beam of light condensed to the extreme, showing the color of Chaos Return to Ruin! This beam was as thin as a hair, yet it emitted a terrifying aura that froze the entire Chaos Royal Court! It was the Light of Saint Annihilation, simulated by the Heavenly Dao's will and containing a trace of true Saint Realm power! Wherever the beam passed, space was silently annihilated, time was frozen, and even the Chaos currents were completely turned into nothingness! Its target was aimed directly at the center of Lin Yuan's forehead as he sat on the pedestal!

This was the final judgment! If he could withstand it, he would ascend to the position of the Feather Transformation Realm Supreme! If not, his body would perish and his Dao would vanish, with ten thousand years of cultivation going down the drain!

"It's coming!" The hearts of all the Prodigies leaped into their throats! The terror of this strike far surpassed any previous attack!

Facing this Light of Saint Annihilation, Lin Yuan finally opened his eyes! The Chaos Heart Light in his eyes was more blazing than ever before, as if burning with the will of the entire Universe! He rose to his feet, no longer sitting! The power of the Minor Achievement Chaos Body was pushed to its limit, and the dark-gold runes formed a natural Chaos Dao Armor on his body surface! The fifth-rank chaos wings fully spread behind him, the gui xu runes flowing at the wingtips flickering wildly! 25% of the Chaos Great Dao's true intent, the chaos green lotus Origin, the Power of the Cycle of Life and Death, the Wisdom of Soul Insight, and the Intent of Devouring and Returning to Ruin... The 20.78 billion Yu of monstrous power within his body condensed into his right arm without reservation at this moment!

He faced the Light of Saint Annihilation that pierced through everything and destroyed all things, slowly raising his right hand. He pressed his fingers together like a sword, and a point of Chaos light at his fingertip was concentrated to the extreme, as if he were holding a miniature chaos singularity about to explode!

"Chaos Unification: Heaven-Opening Finger!"

He pointed with one finger!

There was no sound, no explosion of light. Only a Soul-freezing ultimate annihilation sound of the Great Dao being forcibly torn apart and the Origin being forcibly opened!

That point of Chaos light at his fingertip collided silently with the tip of the Light of Saint Annihilation!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The entire Chaos Royal Court fell into absolute silence. All the Prodigies held their breath, and even their thoughts seemed to stop. They could only see that tiny Light of Saint Annihilation and the point of Chaos light at Lin Yuan's fingertip locked in a stalemate in the Void Realm!

Sizzle... sizzle, sizzle, sizzle... A faint sound, like strong acid corroding metal, rang out. The indestructible, all-annihilating tip of the Light of Saint Annihilation actually began to dissolve, crumble, and annihilate at a visible speed where it touched the Chaos light point! It was as if that point of Chaos light was an "existence" more ancient and more fundamental than the Saintly Might!

"Break!!!"

A sharp shout erupted from Lin Yuan's mouth, sounding as if it came from the depths of Chaos! The Chaos light point at his fingertip collapsed inward violently, then exploded!

Rumble—!!!