276: One-Star Creation Realm: Time Sands

Dark purple blood rain of destruction splattered in the chaotic void, as the wails of the shattered giant eye and a foul aura permeated the air.

Lin Yuan's figure had already transformed into a streak of dark-gold light tearing through space. At the extreme speed of Void Shuttle, he instantly distanced himself from the area where the Myriad Dao Origin Pool was located, leaving that space filled with the aftershocks of destruction far behind.

His face was slightly pale. Deep within the pupil of his right eye, the miniature Return to Ruin vortex slowly subsided, but a trace of burning pain and exhaustion remained.

Forcibly activating the unsolidified embryonic form of the Eye of Chaos Ruin to annihilate that giant eye of destruction, which contained the Origin of Return to Ruin, had consumed far more than expected. More than half of the power of his 80% Chaos Great Dao had been drained, and even his Great Accomplishment Chaos Body felt a sense of emptiness. Had the chaos origin seed not timely replenished him with pure Origin, he might have been exhausted.

“I wonder how such a terrifying creature from the Dark Abyss Plane descended into this newborn Divine Domain?” Lin Yuan thought with trepidation. The strength of that Eye of Annihilation definitely exceeded the Peak Hunyuan Realm level, and its foul and destructive will held a natural suppression over the Martial Artists of the Taichu Divine Continent. Other Prodigies would likely not even be a match for a single move!

Had he not newly acquired the chaos origin seed, seen his Chaos Great Dao break through to 80%, and mastered the higher-level truths of 'Governance' and 'Dominator', that battle just now might have taken quite some time.

The primal divine seal on the back of his hand grew slightly hot, and a new merit message was quietly imprinted:

【Kill Dark Abyss Plane Vanguard · Eye of Annihilation (Peak Hunyuan Realm), merit points +50 million!】

【Current Total merit points: 172.86 million points!】

His position at the top of the rankings became even more unshakable, completely leaving Xuanyuan Wuji and the others several tiers behind.

Lin Yuan had no time to pay attention to the rankings. He sank his Divine Thought into the primal divine seal, firmly locking onto the coordinates emitting strange temporal fluctuations—the One-Star Creation Secret Realm, Sea of Time Sand!

This place was quite far from the Myriad Dao Origin Pool, separated by several shattered worlds and dangerous zones of chaotic turbulence. He had to recover his state as soon as possible to face unknown challenges.

Behind him, the devouring vortexes at the edges of his seventh-tier chaos wings rotated silently, efficiently absorbing the free-floating Chaos energy in the void. Combined with the breathing of the miniature chaos origin spring within his body, he recovered his consumed power.

At the same time, he diverted a portion of his mind to guide the Origin power replenished by the chaos origin seed, nourishing his weary Divine Soul and injured right eye, while stabilizing his 80% Chaos Great Dao Realm.

After traveling through the spatial tunnel for about half an hour, the chaotic air currents ahead suddenly became thin, replaced by a thick, sluggish, and peculiar sensation as if eternal ages had been frozen.

The exit of the spatial tunnel appeared ahead.

Lin Yuan stepped out, and the scene before him caused even his eyes—which contained the imagery of the creation of heaven and earth and the return of all things to ruin—to flicker slightly.

There were no stars, no continents, and no 'heaven and earth' in the conventional sense.

Before him was a boundless, vast... sea of sand.

But this sea of sand was by no means ordinary. Every grain of 'sand' was not a physical mineral, but was condensed from pure fragments of the Great Dao of Time! They presented a flowing, translucent amber hue, varying in size and shape.

Some were like frozen water droplets, their interiors seemingly sealing the light and shadow of a certain moment; some were like twisted tadpoles, tracing profound and unpredictable trajectories in the void; others were like miniature hourglasses, slowly turning and flowing... the entire sea of sand was flowing in an extremely slow, nearly stagnant state. Time here seemed to be stretched thousands of times, yet also seemed to be simultaneously frozen and disordered at countless nodes.

As far as the eye could see, one could see the time-sand in some areas spinning frantically, forming small time vortexes that emitted a heart-palpitating aura of aging; while other areas were nearly absolutely still, where even thoughts seemed frozen; in some places, time fragments were like inverted waterfalls, tracing back upwards against all logic... Deep within the sand sea, a low roar like the friction of a grinding wheel could be heard faintly. That was the sound of Great Dao of Time fragments colliding, annihilating, and being reborn, carrying a cruel rhythm that could wear down all things.

The Sea of Time Sand! A world in every grain of sand, an eternity in every thought!

Lin Yuan hovered in the void at the edge of the sand sea and took a deep breath. Just by being near, he felt his own flow of time subjected to intense interference and pulling. Had it not been for the eternal and indestructible Dao rhyme contained in his Great Accomplishment Chaos Body, his 65% mastery of the Soul Great Dao, and his Chaos Fearless Dao Heart suppressing his will, he might have already fallen into temporal disorder, either aging into decay or regressing back to childhood.

“What a temporal dead zone!” Lin Yuan's gaze was grave. The richness, violence, and Chaos of the Great Dao of Time Origin contained here were far beyond imagination. This was by no means a simple place for comprehension, but a purgatory where every step held killing intent!

Beneath those seemingly calm dunes might be hidden time traps capable of instantly stripping away ten thousand years of Lifespan; those slowly flowing rivers of sand might be absolute freezing zones that could freeze one's thoughts; and those backflowing time fragments were even more likely to drag an intruder into an endless Reincarnation paradox!

However, supreme Opportunity was hidden within the crisis. If he could withstand the baptism of the Great Dao of Time here and even control part of the chaotic time flow, it would not only have a miraculous effect on tempering his Soul Great Dao but also deepen his understanding of Chaos governing time and space, potentially even allowing him to touch the threshold of the Great Dao of Time!

Lin Yuan did not venture deep immediately. He sat cross-legged in the void at the edge of the sand sea, his seventh-tier chaos wings fully spread like two giant barriers, isolating the chaotic air currents of the periphery. He needed to first restore his state to its Peak and initially adapt to the chaotic Great Dao of Time here.

“Chaos Domain: Temporal Harmony!”

With a slight shift of his will, a condensed dark-gold Domain slowly expanded with him as the center. This time, the Domain's power was not the overbearing annihilation of Return to Ruin, but instead had an added trace of 'Governance' and 'Harmony' derived from his 80% Chaos Great Dao.

Within the Domain, when the chaotic and violent fragments of the Great Dao of Time touched the Domain's barriers, their chaotic and disordered fluctuations were forcibly organized and smoothed out. Although he could not completely change the overall temporal Chaos of the sand sea, within the hundred-zhang range covered by the Domain, the flow of time was forcibly stabilized within a relatively normal interval.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes. The dark-gold runes of the Great Accomplishment Chaos Body flowed beneath his skin as he fully absorbed the relatively mild fragments of the Great Dao of Time filtered by the Domain. These fragments contained various truths such as time acceleration, deceleration, stillness, and regression, acting like countless carving knives that began to temper his Dao body and Divine Soul.

Somewhere in a newborn Secret Realm of the 903 Divine Domain: The Grave of Time.

Xuanyuan Wuji's figure moved forward with difficulty in a corridor composed of frozen time. Nine solid golden dragons formed from Imperial Dao Dragon Qi circled around him, their roars constant as they resisted the omnipresent power of temporal erosion. With every step he took, he left shallow footprints on the 'Time Crystals' beneath his feet, which were then slowly repaired.