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Just as his thoughts raced like lightning, weighing the pros and cons, an extremely obscure wave carrying bone-chilling malice and an aura of decay quietly penetrated the reinforced universal barrier like a venomous snake, attempting to invade the Grandmist Dao Palace!

This fluctuation was extremely weak. If Lin Yuan were not the Son of the Plane with senses sharpened to the extreme, it would have been nearly impossible to detect. It was not a direct attack but rather a deep-seated spying and marking, carrying the unique decaying charm of the Great Dao of Life and Death of Withering and Flourishing.

"Saint Withering-Flourishing?!" Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his killing intent spread instantly like solid ice. "You death-seeking thing! It seems the lesson I gave you in the Putrid Swamp Nebula wasn't deep enough!"

Almost simultaneously, the grandmist dao source divine seal erupted with brilliant divine light! An invisible barrier containing the power of purification and protection instantly unfolded in the core area of the Dao Palace, dissolving and annihilating that wisp of Withering-Flourishing Death Qi that attempted to invade!

At the same time, the divine seal's counter-mechanism was triggered. A tracing Divine Thought, sharper than before and fused with the triple Dao intents of Time, Guixu, and Soul, shot back fiercely like an invisible arrow along the causal line left by that wisp of Death Qi!

Life and Death Bone City, deep within the Withering-Flourishing Altar.

Saint Withering-Flourishing sat cross-legged in the center of a bizarre formation constructed from billions of withered bones and twisted vines. His face was pale, and the rune on his forehead representing the Great Dao of Life and Death was even dimmer than before, even showing slight cracks. The injuries from the previous backlash were far from healed.

At this moment, he was fully activating the formation, holding a bizarre heart flowing with thick, dark green liquid—it was a drop of "Dark Abyss Devil Emperor Origin Blood" he had obtained at a huge cost by communicating with a certain existence deep within the Dark Abyss through a secret method!

"Lin Yuan... Son of the Plane... star city lord... your Luck, your authority... will all be mine! With this drop of Origin Blood and using my Life and Death Dao Foundation as a guide... I will surely..." Greed flashed crazily in Saint Withering-Flourishing's eyes as he was about to fuse the Origin Blood into his chest.

Pfft—!!!

Without any warning, that tracing Divine Thought arrow sent by the grandmist dao source divine seal ignored the multiple Restrictions of the Bone City and accurately blasted into the core of the formation, fiercely piercing the Dark Abyss Devil Emperor Origin Blood in Saint Withering-Flourishing's hand!

"No—!!!" Saint Withering-Flourishing let out a shrill, desperate howl!

Boom!!!

That drop of Devil Emperor Origin Blood, containing the terrifying Dark Abyss Origin, was like being thrown into boiling oil when it came into contact with Lin Yuan's counter-Divine Thought fused with the three supreme Dao intents! The violent Dark Abyss Demonic Energy clashed and exploded crazily with the powers of Time, Guixu, and Soul Annihilation!

A terrifying energy storm instantly swept through the entire Withering-Flourishing Altar! The sturdy giant bone pillars shattered inch by inch, and the twisted vines turned to ash! Saint Withering-Flourishing bore the brunt of it, his body being tossed away like a broken sack and slamming heavily against the bone wall at the edge of the altar!

He was covered in blood, with an unknown number of bones broken, and that Life and Death Dao Mark was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, nearly on the verge of complete collapse! The Dark Abyss Origin Blood in his hand had long since been annihilated in the explosion!

"Lin... Yuan!!!" Saint Withering-Flourishing roared with extreme malice, blood mixed with internal organ fragments gushing from his mouth. In his eyes, besides endless hatred, a deep fear finally surfaced for the first time.

The opponent not only instantly detected his spying but his counter-power was so terrifying that even his greatest trump card—the Dark Abyss Devil Emperor Origin Blood—was directly detonated! This almost destroyed his only hope of reaching the Saint Realm and changing his fate against the heavens in the future!

Chaos Origin City, Grandmist Dao Palace.

The feedback of the successful backlash made Lin Yuan's brow relax slightly, but then it furrowed even tighter. Saint Withering-Flourishing's methods this time were even more secretive and sinister, and they even involved "Blood Abyss Saint King Origin Blood"!

This showed that the other party had become unscrupulous in order to become stronger, even going so far as to collude more deeply with the Dark Abyss. Such a tumor remaining inside the Divine Domain was more lethal than the external threat of the Dark Abyss!

"How can one secure the outside without eliminating internal troubles?" Cold light glinted in Lin Yuan's eyes. Saint Withering-Flourishing's crazy actions were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, instantly tilting the scales in his heart.

"In a hundred years, I must build the Star Continent Foundation, climb to my personal Peak, and clear out internal and external troubles... Following the rules step-by-step is absolutely impossible!" Lin Yuan's gaze became incredibly sharp, as if piercing through the mist of time and space to see the future journey of blood and fire.

"The Star Continent Territory, ten thousand Star Cities, must take shape! But, they don't all have to come from my hands!"

"Personal power, the threshold of the Saint Realm, must be crossed! Only power is the Foundation for ruling everything!"

A bold and resolute plan quickly took shape in his mind:

Sweep the den with thunder and clear internal troubles: This fellow Saint Withering-Flourishing, colluding with the Dark Abyss and being insidiously malicious, has become a major internal threat and must be eliminated immediately! With thunderous momentum, wipe out the Life and Death Bone City and deter all those with ill intentions!

This battle is also the ultimate tempering for the Chaos Star Scar Guards and the Origin Guards, and even more, a declaration of Lin Yuan's will and power to the entire Divine Domain!

After exterminating Saint Withering-Flourishing, immediately convene the "Star City Alliance Meeting" in the capacity of the star city lord and Junior Child of the Plane!

Formally announce to the world the existence of the Star Continent Territory and its vital importance to subsequent development.

Issue formal invitations to Mr. Yuan Mie Xu, Su Yao, and others to form the "Chaos Star Alliance" and jointly promote the construction of the Star Continent.

For powerful lords with unclear stances like Heavenly Emperor Cang, issue a final ultimatum: either submit and build a Star City at a designated node to join the territory, or be an enemy!

This move aims to gather a group of relatively reliable core forces around Chaos Origin City in a short time to quickly fill some key nodes of the Star Continent Territory.

After initially integrating the forces and putting the Star Continent construction on the right track, Lin Yuan will temporarily withdraw. Using the "myriad worlds star gate" and the authority of the Junior Child of the Plane, he will lock onto and head to those Creation Secret Realms deep within the Divine Domain for exploration!

In a hundred years, his goal is definitely not just the Hunyuan Realm! He wants to seek a greater Breakthrough in the Secret Realms and obtain power sufficient to decide the outcome in the Hongmeng Origin World struggle!

During this period, the operation of Chaos Origin City and the advancement of the Star Continent Territory will be jointly maintained by his reinforced Dao soldier legions, core generals, and allies.

When he returns from the Secret Realm with supreme power, it will be the moment to finally integrate the ten thousand Star Cities!

At that time, whether it's those stubborn hostile lords or those fence-sitters who feign compliance, they will all bow before his absolute power! Either help them quickly build a Star City with supreme might, or incorporate their Star Cities into the territory with thunderous means!

Finally, when the ten thousand Star Cities are in place and the Star Continent Territory is fully linked, he, Lin Yuan, will ascend to the throne of the Star Continent Lord in an indisputable manner, ruling over one Star Continent, and then go on to coordinate the linking of those ten thousand Star Continents into a Heaven Realm!