95: The Essence of Laws

"The rules for the third level of the trial are as follows—"

Suddenly, the entire sea area trembled, and a magnificent voice condensed from the power of Law resonated across the heavens and earth:

"One: Different Ranks of Law spirits inhabit the Sea of Law; hunting them yields the corresponding law essence."

"Two: Trial Participants may refine the obtained law essence themselves, or choose to submit it after the time ends. At that time, the ranking will be calculated according to the quantity and Rank of the law essence submitted by each Trial Participant, and those who Rank higher can receive generous rewards."

"Three: Trial Participants are strictly forbidden from killing each other; violators will be directly erased."

"Four: After thirty days, the top one hundred participants by total submitted essence will be allowed to enter the fourth level."

As soon as the voice fell, the calm sea surface suddenly surged with monstrous waves.

Tens of thousands of blue light orbs surged underwater, transforming into various Vicious Beast forms.

They were all evolved from the power of the heaven and earth Law, and were basically about one meter in height.

"It's the Law spirits!"

"Grab them quickly!"

All the Soul Spirits instantly erupted into action.

Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not rush to compete with these Soul Spirits for these low-Rank Law spirits: "Let's start with exploration first."

He chose a path of light and flew towards the depths of the Sea of Law.

As he went deeper, the color of the seawater gradually changed from azure to deep purple, finally presenting a Chaos-like gray-black.

The concentration of Law here was getting higher and higher, and Lin Yuan could even see materialized Law runes swimming in the water.

"Roar!"

A Thunder Spirit over thirty meters long suddenly leaped out of the water.

It resembled a Dragon, covered in golden electric light, with a combat power of about 150,000 Yu.

Lin Yuan was unhurried; his ten-meter-tall Chaos Dharma Body appeared behind him, and a grayish Sword Qi precisely struck the center of the Thunder Spirit's forehead.

"Ssh—"

The Thunder Spirit exploded with a bang, turning into golden light dots filling the sky.

Two walnut-sized pieces of golden law essence floated in the air, the lightning flickering inside containing complete Thunder Law.

"So this is... law essence?"

Lin Yuan reached out and grabbed one of them, immediately feeling the surging power of the Thunder Law.

According to the rules, he could only refine half, so he put one into his storage space and began to refine and absorb the remaining one.

However, Lin Yuan didn't know if he could refine law essence, as law essence was just fragments of Law crystals.

Because he was an Origin Law Cultivator, he could not improve his comprehension of Origin Law by refining Law crystals; moreover, this was Thunder law essence, so he should just see if he could refine it first!

"Hmm?"

The moment the essence entered his body, a sudden change occurred!

The Chaos Origin within his body actually took the initiative to wrap around this Thunder essence, decomposing and reorganizing the power of Law within, and finally transforming it into a wisp of pure Thunder Origin Law!

"This... the Chaos Origin can actually refine law essence into the corresponding Origin Law!

Although it's only such a wisp, one of the characteristics of the Chaos Origin Law is that it can be improved by refining other Origin Laws."

Lin Yuan's heart raced wildly.

Martial Artists who comprehended Origin Law simply could not improve their comprehension of Origin Law by refining Law crystals—because Origin Law was the source and root of ordinary Laws, a more Advanced, pure, and powerful existence that transcended the scope of ordinary Laws, representing the most core power and essence of the Universe.

Refining ordinary Law crystals would instead reduce the purity of the Origin Law, yielding no improvement, and could even affect the comprehension of the Origin Law; this was common knowledge in the cultivation world.

But the Chaos Law, as the source of all Laws, could actually decompose and reorganize law essence, convert it into Origin Law, and then devour it to strengthen itself!

"Again!"

He couldn't wait to refine the second essence.

Anyway, he could kill more Law spirits later to submit for points, so he should refine it first.

This time, he carefully observed the changes within his body: the Chaos Dharma Body ground and purified the Thunder Law like a millstone, finally turning it into a wisp of Thunder Origin Law, which was then refined and absorbed by the Chaos Law.

Although the conversion rate was less than one percent, this meant he had found a shortcut to rapidly improve his Chaos Origin!

"It seems I need higher-quality essence..."

Lin Yuan looked towards the deep sea with burning eyes.

Over the next seven days, he continuously hunted various Law spirits: Fire Spirits, Ice Spirits, Storm Spirits...

After each type of law essence was converted and absorbed by the Chaos Origin, it could bring about a slight improvement.

In the middle, Lin Yuan killed a Life Law spirit to test if it could improve his Life Origin Law, but it failed; it seemed that only the Chaos Origin Law could be improved in this way!

On the seventh day, Lin Yuan finally discovered his target in a chaotic sea area—a hundred-meter-long Space Spirit!

It resembled a black Dragon, with every scale shimmering with spatial ripples, and a combat power of at least 250,000 Yu.

Ten breaths later, this Space Spirit wailed and exploded, dropping five fist-sized silver essences.

"Space law essence... The law essence dropped by a Law spirit with 250,000 Yu combat power is indeed of higher quality!"

Lin Yuan couldn't wait to start refining.

When two Space essences were converted and absorbed, he clearly felt the improvement of his Chaos Origin—it grew from 2.03% to 2.05%!

Although it seemed small, this was already a qualitative leap.

You have to know that this is the Chaos Origin Law; even for the peerless Prodigies of the Taichu Divine Continent, the time required to comprehend a lower-Rank Origin Law is calculated in centuries.

Just as he was preparing to continue hunting, he suddenly sensed several powerful auras approaching.

Looking up, seven Advanced Soul Spirits were flying in from different directions.

Leading them were the three third-Rank red Soul Spirits, each with a combat power of over 300,000 Yu.

"Human, this is not a place where you should be."

One of the red Soul Spirits said coldly, contempt flickering within its blood-colored soul fire.

They had already learned of Lin Yuan's identity from other Soul Spirits; although they knew that Lin Yuan had caused a large amount of slaughter, they felt that if they were to face second-Rank Soul Spirits, they could also easily slaughter them.

The seven of them had long formed an alliance, so they were not afraid of Lin Yuan, and they were also very hostile towards Lin Yuan's identity as a human!

Although the rules of this level forbade killing, they obviously wanted to use their pressure to force Lin Yuan to retreat.

Lin Yuan smiled indifferently and casually unleashed his Dharma Body pressure.

The seven Advanced Soul Spirits changed color simultaneously because they felt a suppression originating from the Origin!

This level forbade killing, so Lin Yuan wouldn't waste time with this group of Soul Spirits.

Lin Yuan retracted his pressure and turned to fly towards the deeper sea area: "When the restrictions are lifted on the next level, I'll come back to play with you."

Behind him, the seven Advanced Soul Spirits looked at each other in dismay.

They had never seen a human who could reach the third level of the heavenly soul pagoda, let alone an existence that could emit such a terrifying aura...

Lin Yuan's figure swept rapidly over the Sea of Law, his ten-meter-tall Chaos Dharma Body following him like a shadow, slaying the Law spirits encountered along the way.

The concentration of Law in this sea area had already reached a thousand times that of the outside world, and every drop of seawater contained pure power of Law.