293: Forging the Daoist Spirit

"From the Foundation to the supreme!" Lin Yuan opened his eyes, a sea of Chaos stars rising and falling within them, containing incomparable determination. "This is the heaven-reaching ladder of the Myriad Dao Realm! My path as a Dao Lord begins beneath my feet and will eventually reach the summit!"

"However, for now, the Dao Heart, dao embryo, and Dao Body have all been forged, and the Great Dao system has been confirmed. Only the Dao Bone has yet to be condensed—this final puzzle piece is enough to bring my Dao Lord Foundation to Perfection."

Lin Yuan raised his hand and pressed it against his chest, feeling the heavy stillness of the Chaos Fearless Dao Heart, the pulsation of the primordial azure lotus dao embryo, the warmth of the Innate Dao Body, and the majestic Dao rhyme flowing through the Chaos Great Dao system within him.

These four Foundations were like four pieces of ancient jade fitting perfectly together, leaving a blank space only at the 'bone.' This caused the great power throughout his body, though strong, to always lack a sense of seamless unity 'from flesh to marrow.'

His fingertips brushed over his shoulder blades. Beneath the flesh there, a surge of longing was faintly pulsing—it was the Chaos Origin calling out, the resonance of the power of the ninth-rank Chaos Wings, as if urging him: only when the Dao Bone is formed can this body, which carries the Myriad Dao, truly possess the immortal Foundation to shake Chaos and reverse the Grandmist.

"Once the Dao Bone is formed, I will be flawless." A sharp light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. As his fingertips brushed over his shoulder blades, the longing originating from the Chaos Origin beneath the flesh surged violently, creating a deep resonance with the majestic power of the ninth-rank Chaos Wings on his back.

And the nine supreme skills it contained—Void Shuttle, Absolute Defense, Great Resurrection Art, Chaos Ruin Blade, Chaos Domain, Devouring Evolution, Life and Death Cage, Guixu End, and Grandmist Creation—were like nine primitive stars being gestated, shining and vibrating in the depths of Lin Yuan's will, longing for their final destination.

"Once the Dao Bone is formed, I will be flawless." The sharp light in Lin Yuan's eyes was like the first ray of edge at the dawn of Chaos, severing the last trace of hesitation. His consciousness sank into his Sea of Consciousness, communicating with the primordial azure lotus dao embryo rooted at the guixu origin point, its lotus leaves supporting the stars.

"With Chaos as the furnace and Grandmist as the guide, fuse the nine ultimate skills to forge my immortal Dao Bone!"

Boom—!

His will struck down like a world-opening axe. The Void Realm behind him suddenly collapsed, and the ninth-rank Chaos Wings spread out. No longer in their usual submissive and attached state, they were like an ignited Chaos nebula, erupting with unprecedentedly brilliant light! On the six massive dark-gold wings, the profound runes representing the nine major skills circulated, peeled off, and burned frantically!

The runes of Void Shuttle turned into twisted silver threads, Absolute Defense condensed into a heavy dark-gold barrier, the Great Resurrection Art blossomed with vibrant green light spots, and the Chaos Ruin Blade became a pitch-black edge that tore through all things... The torrent of nine runes, symbolizing the ultimate power of the chaos wings, broke away from the wings themselves. Under the absolute control of Lin Yuan's will, like nine roaring Chaos Ancestral Dragons, they slammed violently into his upright spine!

"Argh—!"

Unimaginable pain instantly swept through every nerve of Lin Yuan's! It was not a simple pain of tearing flesh, but the ultimate agony stemming from the forced reshaping of his life Origin and dao foundation! It was as if billions of Chaos Divine Hammers were simultaneously striking, smelting, and branding his spine!

His spine was glowing! It was transforming! It was roaring!

The primordial azure lotus dao embryo swayed violently, gushing out atomized Primordial Purple Qi that turned into the purest furnace fire, enveloping the nine violent rune torrents. The Chaos Fearless Dao Heart let out Soul-shaking pulsations within his chest. Each pulse was like the explosion of Chaos Divine Thunder, forcibly suppressing and organizing the nine distinct and even mutually exclusive terrifying powers, forcing them to blend amidst the pain.

On Lin Yuan's body surface, the dark-gold runes of the Great Accomplishment Chaos Body and the purple intent of the Primordial Dao Body completely boiled and intertwined. His skin cracked inch by inch, only to heal instantly under his majestic vitality, repeating in a cycle. Vast amounts of primordial chaos qi were frantically plundered, forming a massive energy vortex that poured into his body, becoming the fuel for this world-shaking transformation.

"Fuse! All paths return to the source; I alone am Chaos!"

Lin Yuan's will was tempered thousands of times in the furnace of agony, becoming purer and tougher than ever before. The general principles of the Grandmist Creation Scripture flowed through his heart, turning into invisible chains of Dao Laws that wrapped around the nine unruly powers.

The spatial ripples of Void Shuttle were forcibly compressed and solidified, turning into the 'Spatial Meridians' that supported the Dao Bone in piercing through all worlds.

The barrier fragments of Absolute Defense were smelted and reinforced, becoming the 'Defensive Pedestal' that allowed the Dao Bone to bear ten thousand tons and remain immortal and indestructible.

The vibrant vitality of the Great Resurrection Art was refined and purified, turning into the 'Life Origin' contained within the Dao Bone for infinite life and Rebirth from a single drop of blood.

The destructive edge of the Chaos Ruin Blade was tamed and internalized, condensing into the 'Destruction Sharpness' of the Dao Bone, capable of severing the Great Dao and returning all things to Guixu with a single thought.

The controlling power of the Chaos Domain was expanded and deepened, becoming the 'Domain Core' of the Dao Bone, allowing for the creation and destruction of Domains and mastery over the surroundings with a single thought.

The gluttonous power of Devouring Evolution was purified and sublimated, turning into the 'Devouring Furnace' of the Dao Bone, which constantly absorbed Chaos and tempered his own body.

The imprisonment and transformation of the Life and Death Cage were dismantled and reconstructed, forming the 'Prison Authority' of the Dao Bone, which held the boundaries of life and death and imprisoned all spirits.

The ending Dao rhyme of the Guixu End was extracted and concentrated, becoming the 'Brand of the End' on the Dao Bone, which triggered the end of all things and buried everything.

The opening power of Grandmist Creation was ignited and stimulated, turning into the 'Creation Spark' of the Dao Bone, which nurtured life and enlightened Chaos!

Under the smelting of the Primordial Purple Qi, the governance of the Chaos Dao Heart, and the guidance of the supreme Dao rhyme of the Grandmist Creation Scripture, the runes of the nine major skills finally began to break their mutual boundaries, undergoing an essential transformation and Fusion! They were no longer independent skills but had turned into the components of a higher-level, more essential power—the Original Dao Patterns!

Buzz—!

A grand hum, appearing to come from the Origin of Chaos, sounded from within Lin Yuan's body, instantly drowning out the noise of all the energy storms. His upright spine now erupted with an indescribable, magnificent light! That light was not a single color, but the original color of Chaos, where all colors returned to one at the beginning of Chaos and then split into ten thousand colors!

The chaos wings, containing infinite energy, gradually turned to ash as the sections of the brand-new Dao Bone took shape! Lin Yuan's Dao Bone was crystal clear yet deep as an abyss. The surface of the bone was no longer simple bone texture but was covered with Chaos dao patterns that were extremely profound! These dao patterns flowed and intertwined like living things, sometimes turning into the world-opening Primordial Purple Qi, sometimes condensing into a Guixu vortex that buried the heavens, and sometimes manifesting strange scenes of the cycle of life and death, space-time shuttling, and devouring all things... The original brands of the nine major skills had completely disappeared. All their characteristics and powers had been perfectly dismantled, purified, and sublimated, finally smelted into one furnace and turned into these unique Original Dao Patterns, engraved upon the newborn Dao Bone!

This was no longer the power of the wings carrying skills, but the complete refinement and absorption of the nine powers that touched the Chaos Origin, making them part of his own dao foundation! It was 'transforming skills into the Dao' in the truest sense!

When the final Chaos Dao Pattern was engraved on the tailbone, the Chaos Dao Bone connecting the entire spine was completely formed! An indescribable sense of completion, like the warm tide of the Chaos Mother Sea, instantly swept through Lin Yuan's entire body and reached the depths of his Soul!

Dao Heart, dao embryo, Dao Body, and Dao Bone—the four Foundations finally fit together perfectly at this moment, becoming one seamless whole!

Boom!

The primordial chaos universe prototype temporarily sealed within Lin Yuan's body shook violently! Although the Seal was not broken, the condensation of the Dao Bone was like injecting the most solid support and the smoothest bridge into this Universe.

The pulsation of the Universe became more vigorous and powerful. The Primordial Azure Lotus at the core also seemed to become more solid, its petals stretching as if it could push open the Seal at any time and support the stars of the myriad worlds!

An indescribable, majestic aura naturally spread from Lin Yuan's body. He still stood there, his figure unchanged, but the feeling he gave off was completely different.

It was as if he himself were a living, walking Chaos Great Dao! With every movement, it was no longer just an escape of power, but carried a supreme flavor of 'words becoming Law' and 'Dao rhyme naturally formed.' Space no longer distorted around him but naturally submitted and smoothed out like a docile pet.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes. Deep within his pupils, there was no longer a sharp edge, but two slowly rotating Chaos nebulae, encompassing everything, evolving the heavens, returning to silence, and gestating new life. Deep, vast, and calm, yet containing the ultimate power that could make a Saint tremble with fear.

He gently clenched his fist.

Without using any primary energy or triggering any Great Dao Laws, the terrifying power contained within this perfect Dao body, forged from the four supreme Foundations of Dao Heart, dao embryo, Dao Body, and Dao Bone, caused the space in his palm to silently annihilate and reorganize, forming a miniature cycle of Chaos creation and destruction!

"The Dao Bone is complete, and all paths return to the source." Lin Yuan's voice was calm and without ripples, yet it carried a majesty originating from the beginning of Chaos. "The nine skills are combined as one; this path shall be—'Chaos Void Return Creation Seal'."

This was not a specific skill, but a concrete mastery of the ultimate Profound Truths of his own Chaos Great Dao after fusing the Origins of the nine major skills. With a single thought, he could transform into the Ruin Blade to sever all Laws, the light of creation to derive all things, the Life and Death Cage to imprison space-time, or the devouring furnace to refine the heavens... All kinds of wonderful uses were within a single thought, following his heart without a fixed form, yet possessing infinite power far exceeding the sum of any single previous skill! This was a supreme Dao method that truly belonged to him, Lin Yuan!

With a slight movement of his thought, he tried to mobilize the power of the newborn 'Chaos Void Return Creation Seal.' At his fingertip, a point of original Chaos light quietly emerged.

Within that light, it seemed to simultaneously contain opening and ending, vitality and death, devouring and releasing... Just this insignificant point of light caused the Space Great Dao within a hundred feet of Lin Yuan to let out an overburdened groan, showing signs of completely collapsing into Guixu! Its terrifying power far exceeded any of his previous methods!

Lin Yuan dispersed the light at his fingertip, feeling the majestic power surging endlessly and seamlessly within his body with satisfaction. The Dao Bone was formed, the dao foundation was perfect, and on the path of a Myriad Dao Realm Dao Lord, he now stood on the most solid starting point, looking down upon his peers.