367: Strange Events in the Divine Realm

The dead silence of the Lanyu Basin was like a massive boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up monstrous waves across the 903 Divine Domain and even wider planes.

Fragmentary images of that battle spread rapidly like a plague. In the footage, Lin Yuan raised his hand to annihilate the torrent of destruction, wiped out the Lava Fortress and Star Remains fleet with a wave, and slaughtered Peak Supreme Dao Lords as if crushing ants... All of this exceeded the understanding of the Myriad Dao Realm Dao Lords. "Invincible below the Saint Realm," "Chaos Demon God," "Master of the 903 Divine Domain Forbidden Zone"...

These various titles, accompanied by bone-deep fear, were branded into the hearts of all extra-planar beings who knew of this event. Countless factions that had originally been restless and planning to enter the 903 Divine Domain to get a slice of the pie urgently called off their related actions, strictly ordering their Disciples never to approach the ten-thousand-mile territory of Chaos Origin City, and even staying far away from territories marked as "Primal Plane."

News traveled back to the territory belonging to the Primal Plane, triggering earth-shattering joy and reverence. Abyss Ruin stood at the Peak of Imperial Dao Dragon City, gazing at the distant Star Domain, dragon shadows churning in his eyes, his voice resonating throughout the city: "The Star Lord's Divine Might! This battle has cast the Foundation for a hundred years of peace for our Primal Plane! Gentlemen, you should take the Star Lord as your model, sharpen your weapons and horses, and live up to this prosperous age!"

In Su Yao's Life Sanctuary, the ancient tree swayed and Holy Light shone brightly. She prayed softly, blessing Lin Yuan and rejoicing that the creatures of the Primal Plane had finally gained a breathing space. Heavenly Emperor Cang looked at the intelligence in silence, ultimately ordering the Star Glory Guards to contract their defenses and focus entirely on construction, harboring no further thoughts of contending with Lin Yuan. The fate of the Saint of Withering and Prosperity and the bloody case in the Lanyu Basin made him thoroughly recognize the gap between himself and that existence.

After Lin Yuan returned, he did not immerse himself in the pleasure of slaughter. He injected the massive amount of merit points gained from the battle of Lanyu Basin into the grandmist dao stele. The dao stele rumbled, its pure brilliance surged, and the entire Chaos Origin City seemed to have undergone a deep-level baptism.

Under the illumination of the dao stele, the aura of the Star Scar Guards and Hongmeng Dao Soldiers became more refined, and their potential was quietly elevated. The reserve of slaughter value reached an astronomical figure, sufficient to support the continued rapid expansion of the territory's construction.

Lin Yuan stood at the Peak of the Dao Palace, his Divine Thought sweeping over the thriving Star City and the boundless territory of the Star Alliance. He could clearly feel that the sealed primordial chaos universe prototype within his body was pulsating at an unprecedented frequency, creating a marvelous resonance with the entire 903 Divine Domain. The growth rate of the Divine Domain seemed to be accelerating rapidly!

"The restrictions of the Hunyuan Realm may be loosening faster than expected." Lin Yuan opened his palm, a wisp of Chaos Qi winding around his fingertips. The power of rules contained within it was more active and tougher than a month ago, with faint signs of breaking through the shackles of the Hunyuan Realm. "Three years? One year? Or even... within half a year?"

He needed stronger power and a more perfect Foundation! Although the primal dao bone had been refined to a 5000-unit power bonus, deep within Lin Yuan's Dao Heart, a voice was always whispering—it still had potential to be tapped, it could still carry more!

Lin Yuan's gaze turned to an exploration opportunity granted by the primal divine seal—a two-star Creation Secret Realm called the "Bone Sea of Return to Ruin." According to the information from the divine seal, this place was filled with the most primitive and violent Power of Gui Xu and the essence of the bones of countless powerful beings who had fallen.

It was extremely dangerous. If an ordinary Supreme Dao Lord stepped in, they would be eroded by the Power of Gui Xu and assimilated by the bone sea in an instant. But the "Gui Xu Source Quenching" and "Ten Thousand Spirits Bone Fire" contained within were peerless treasures for tempering the physique, especially the bones!

"The Power of Gui Xu grinds away Impurities, and the Ten Thousand Spirits Bone Fire calcines the Origin... This is the opportunity for the primal dao bone to make its final leap!" A sharp light shot from Lin Yuan's eyes. He needed to use this extreme environment to push the primal dao bone to true Perfection, and perhaps even... surpass the limits of the current Realm!

Without hesitation, his figure flashed, and he stepped into the star gate leading to the Bone Sea of Return to Ruin.

What met his eyes was an endless expanse of pale white. It was not snow, but an "ocean" piled up from countless huge, bizarrely shaped bones! These bones exuded an ancient and vicissitudinous aura; the smallest were like mountains, and the largest were comparable to the wreckage of stars! Above the bone sea, grey-black Gui Xu mist permeated, silently eroding everything, and even space was slowly "withering."

Deep in the bone sea, ghostly blue "Ten Thousand Spirits Bone Fire" rose from time to time, burning silently. Wherever it passed, even the Gui Xu mist was incinerated, leaving behind only the strange energy where the purest destruction and rebirth were intertwined.

Lin Yuan descended directly into the core area of the bone sea, which was also where the Gui Xu mist and bone fire were most violent. He dispersed his protective Chaos mist, relying only on his purest primal dao bone and Chaos Body to resist!

The grey-black mist was like billions of tiny bone-eating insects, crazily drilling into his bones. Agony! Inexpressible agony! It felt as if every inch of his bones was being pierced and corroded by billions of steel needles at the same time!

The Universe birth-and-death patterns engraved on the dao bone flashed violently, operating crazily to resist the erosion, while also passively absorbing and analyzing this most primitive Power of Gui Xu.

The ghostly blue flames wound around him silently. There was no sensation of heat; instead, it was a bone-chilling cold that penetrated deep into the marrow! But this cold was more terrifying than any high temperature; it burned directly at the Origin structure of the bones, as if it wanted to ignite and incinerate the Dao runes that constituted the dao bone!

Lin Yuan's Chaos Body let out an unbearable groan, his skin cracked, flesh charred, revealing the dao bone beneath that shimmered with Chaos luster but trembled violently under the double attack of Gui Xu and bone fire.

Lin Yuan held fast to his Chaos Fearless Dao Heart, turning the pain into fuel for tempering. He actively operated the Grandmist Creation Scripture, drawing on the power of the chaos origin seed and the primordial azure lotus dao embryo within his body!

The guixu origin point in his Sea of Consciousness rotated frantically, forcibly swallowing and refining the Gui Xu mist that had invaded his body, converting it into pure Power of Gui Xu Origin, feeding it back to the dao bone, making the gui xu runes on the dao bone deeper and more solid.

The primordial azure lotus dao embryo shed its pure brilliance, and the Creation vitality nurtured within the lotus pedestal poured out continuously, repairing the dao bone's Origin that had been scorched by the bone fire. Each repair made the dao bone's structure denser and the vitality it contained more magnificent.

The phantom of the Chaos Void Return Creation Seal manifested deep within the dao bone, forcibly stabilizing the two completely different energies, allowing the dao bone to constantly hammer and temper every particle of the dao bone in the cycle of destruction and rebirth!

This was an extremely painful and dangerous process. Lin Yuan's body withered in the Gui Xu mist and charred in the bone fire. After being repaired by the Creation vitality, it was eroded and burned again... The cycle repeated, as if experiencing an infinite purgatory.

But his Dao Heart was like iron, his will like steel. Every cycle of destruction and rebirth caused the primal dao bone to undergo a subtle but essential transformation. The color of the dao bone gradually shifted from a deep Chaos color to a strange luster that contained Grandmist purple inside and manifested Gui Xu black light outside. The Universe birth-and-death scene upon it became clearer and more vivid, as if it were truly evolving a miniature universe!