189: Desperate Counterattack: Reversing the Rules of Heaven

That cold and malicious gaze from a higher dimension quietly retreated.

But the bone-chilling cold it brought, deep into the Origin of the Soul, still lingered in Lin Fan's perception.

He had been targeted by the true "player."

No fear arose in Lin Fan's heart; instead, a more intense sense of urgency surged.

He had to be faster.

He had to acquire enough power to overturn the chessboard before it was completely flipped over.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the chill, and refocused his gaze on the massive Refining Void Remnant Shadow before him.

He had seen through its essence.

Pollution.

Chaos.

Using its own Dao of "Nihility" to twist and cover the original order of this world.

Then... the corner of Lin Fan's mouth curved into an arc that, to others, seemed almost insane.

Since you are poison.

Then I will feed you the strongest antidote in this world.

The Heavenly Dao fragment within him, at this moment, was pushed to an unprecedented extreme.

The light was no longer simply restrained and protective.

It began to radiate outwards, forming a strange, deep-seated connection with the entire Burial Immortal Valley, and even the remnants of the Heavenly Dao Law in this world.

Lin Fan did not create purifying power.

Nor did he construct defensive Spells.

He was "misusing."

He was invoking the most fundamental Laws in this world, those diametrically opposed to "Nihility."

Life.

Endless Laws of "Life."

Invisible threads of Law, yet containing the vigorous vitality of the world's genesis, were forcibly extracted by Lin Fan from the Void Realm.

These threads did not transform into blades, nor did they form Spells.

Under the guidance of his will, they wove into an invisible net, gently yet irresistibly, covering the Refining Void Remnant Shadow.

This was not an attack.

This was irrigation.

He wanted to forcibly irrigate this barren land, composed of "death," with the purest Origin of Life.

He wanted this Chaos to collapse from within, in the midst of extreme "Life."

"Aooo—!"

A silent, yet Soul-shattering, twisted roar erupted from within the Refining Void Remnant Shadow.

Its massive phantom began to tremble violently, unprecedentedly.

The "Net of Life" woven from Law threads, the moment it touched its body, was like a red-hot iron searing into ice.

"Sizzle... sizzle sizzle..."

A piercing, Law-level melting sound echoed through the Void Realm.

On the surface of the Remnant Shadow's body, instead of spewing Chaos, a strange, vibrant green light, representing "new life," began to appear in large areas.

These light spots, to the Remnant Shadow's pure "Nihility" Origin, were a more lethal poison than any Divine Sharp Weapon.

Its existence was being forcibly "reversed."

Chaos.

An unprecedented Chaos erupted at its core.

It was thoroughly enraged.

Boom—!

A Chaos storm, more violent than any before, exploded from within it.

That was no longer simple pollution, but a pure, destructive torrent aiming to drag everything into its end.

The space of the entire Burial Immortal Valley, under this power, was easily torn and crumpled like paper.

The earth completely turned into a chaotic pulp, surging and devouring everything.

That destructive will locked onto Lin Fan.

It wanted to crush this anomaly who dared to reverse its Dao, along with the "life force" he had invoked, into the most primitive particles... Ice Crystal Valley.

Li Hanyue's delicate body had been taut.

When she perceived Lin Fan's utterly insane plan through their Soul Pact, her heart, instead, settled down.

Without the slightest hesitation.

Without a moment's delay.

The instant the Chaos storm erupted, she also moved.

In her clear, autumn-water eyes, which seemed to reflect all truth in the world, two clusters of dazzling, silvery-white immortal light ignited to their extreme.

Her Mystic Ice Art, her Yin Origin which she had Cultivated for a thousand years, was ignited without reservation at this moment.

This was no longer for battle.

This was for protection.

"Condense."

She parted her red lips slightly, uttering a single word with undeniable resolve.

The "Order Domain" she and Lin Fan had jointly constructed before her instantly underwent a qualitative change with the infusion of this burning Origin power.

The Domain was no longer an illusory light and shadow.

It began to condense, compress, transforming into an extremely translucent Mystic Ice Cage, exuding an absolute zero aura.

This cage did not trap any enemy.

Following the passage of the Soul Pact, it instantly descended, precisely enveloping Lin Fan, who was enduring the Chaos storm.

Like an absolutely solid eggshell, it created a final sanctuary, isolating him from destruction, for Lin Fan at the center of the storm.

Her Dao Heart, her will, driven by Lin Fan's madness, ascended to a new height she had never touched before, in this unreserved sacrifice and trust.

Her protection was no longer passive defense.

Instead, it was an active creation of an "inviolable" Law... Boom! Boom! Boom!

The destructive Chaos torrent, again and again, furiously pounded the small Mystic Ice Cage.

Each impact caused Li Hanyue's delicate body, far away in the Ice Crystal Valley, to tremble violently.

A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth.

On her pale, snow-like face, however, there was no hint of pain, only an extreme focus and determination.

And within the cage.

Lin Fan was undergoing an unprecedented, terrifying transformation.

His body was being repeatedly torn apart.

The destructive Chaos power, despite the extreme suppression of the Mystic Ice Cage, still infiltrated, crushing his flesh and immortal Soul again and again.

But at the same instant, he was forcibly reshaped by the vast Law of "Life" he had invoked.

Death.

New life.

Death.

New life.

This process was cycling frantically, at an unimaginably fast frequency.

Extreme pain, like waves, crashed against his will, one after another.

Any other Cultivator, even a Peak Soul Transformation, would have had their Divine Soul collapse billions of times under this level of pain and Law collision.

But Lin Fan did not.

Not only did he not collapse, but his consciousness, instead, became unprecedentedly excited and clear in this feast of extreme pain.

He was not passively enduring.

He was greedily, actively analyzing and integrating these two opposing ultimate Laws.

His Supreme Origin Dao Unraveling operated to a degree that could be called burning.

The mystery of "Life."

The true meaning of "Death."

The Foundation of "Existence."

The essence of "Nothingness."

These supreme Daos, which would normally require eons to comprehend, were now repeatedly playing out and colliding within his body, within his Divine Soul, in the most brutal and direct way.

Each tearing was a profound analysis.

Each reshaping was a new insight.

He was using the destructive power of this Refining Void Remnant Shadow to forcibly temper his "Dao."

He was turning this certain-death situation into his unique ladder to a higher Realm...

"What... what is that...?"

In the distance, the few remaining Spirit Transformation Old Monster were completely stunned.

They huddled under the light of their last activated Magic Treasures, trembling like candles in the wind.

But their gazes were firmly fixed on the center of the storm in the distance.

They saw it.

They saw a tiny crystal, exuding an aura of absolute cold, within that destructive Chaos torrent.

They also saw a figure flashing madly within that crystal.

Sometimes it scattered into points of light.

Sometimes it re-condensed into form.

They couldn't understand what it was.

But they could clearly perceive that the extremely chaotic Laws within the entire Burial Immortal Valley were undergoing a strange "correction" they had never witnessed in their lives.

The Remnant Shadow's "pollution" was being forcibly neutralized, and even reversed, by another, more domineering "Law."

That man.

The man named Lin Fan.

He was not defending.

He was not fleeing.

He was actually engaging in some kind of Law-level confrontation with that world-ending Remnant Shadow, a confrontation they could not comprehend.

This realization made their Divine Souls tremble.

The despair in their hearts was still bottomless.

But the seed named "Hope," in this extreme shock, uncontrollably sprouted, sending out a faint but incredibly tenacious tender shoot.

Perhaps... this monster truly could create a miracle...

"Anomaly... you... deserve to die!"

A sporadic, yet truly "angry" will fluctuation, emanated from the core of the Refining Void Remnant Shadow.

In its hollow "eyes" formed of Chaos, for the first time, Lin Fan's figure, protected by the Mystic Ice Cage, was reflected.

It didn't understand.

It couldn't understand.

Why a low-dimensional ant could touch the forbidden Domain of "Law Reversal."

Why the "life force" he attracted, like a persistent disease, frantically grew within its Origin, destroying its eternal and unchanging "Nihility" Foundation.

Its core will was violently shaking.

It was the rage and confusion of a higher-level existence whose inherent cognition had been completely overturned.

And in this conceptual-level clash of madness.

Lin Fan and Li Hanyue's Soul Pact also reached an unprecedented level of intimate Fusion.

Their wills were no longer simple information sharing.

Instead, they were penetrating and supporting each other, almost merging into one.

Lin Fan could clearly feel Li Hanyue's burning Origin of Life, the immense pressure she endured, and her scorching resolve to protect him at all costs, all for maintaining that Mystic Ice Cage.

That resolve transformed into the strongest armor, protecting his Divine Soul.

Li Hanyue could also clearly feel the inhuman pain Lin Fan endured in each tearing and reshaping, and his increasingly high, mad Battle Intent in that pain, not retreating but advancing.

That Battle Intent transformed into the sharpest blade, motivating her will.

Heartache.

Pride.

Trust.

Love.

All emotions, in this ultimate tug-of-war between life and death, were repeatedly tempered, purified, and finally transformed into their shared, indestructible "Dao Heart."

Their existence, because of each other, became more complete, more resilient.

Rumble!

Just then, a muffled sound came from within Lin Fan's body.

In his vast Sea of Consciousness, the Heavenly Dao fragment suspended there suddenly shone brightly.

An indestructible Realm barrier, which had isolated countless Cultivators for eons, was now covered with spiderweb-like cracks under these repeated death impacts and Law Fusions.

The threshold of the Void Refining Realm was about to be forcibly broken open by him, in this most savage and incredible way.

The struggle of the Refining Void Remnant Shadow also became more intense.

Its form began to become extremely unstable; on its ethereal figure, those emerald-green "life force" light spots intertwined with the pitch-black "Nihility" cracks, seeming to completely collapse and perish together at any moment.

It sensed the fatal threat of impending transformation emanating from Lin Fan.

"Die!!!"

A piercing, utterly silent roar echoed through heaven and earth.

The Refining Void Remnant Shadow suddenly contracted.

It abandoned its pollution of the entire Burial Immortal Valley, condensing all its remaining, tyrannical, chaotic power into a single point.

A single point, so pitch-black that even light could not escape, a pure "concept" singularity.

Within it, there was no energy, no Law.

Only the purest, most primitive, ultimate Dao belonging to it.

Nihility.

This strike no longer targeted Lin Fan's Physical Body, nor his immortal Soul.

It targeted the very concept of Lin Fan's "existence."

It wanted to completely erase him from this timeline.

This was its desperate counterattack, burning everything, aiming for mutual destruction.

Facing this ultimate strike, capable of instantly reducing any existence to nothingness.

Lin Fan, within the Mystic Ice Cage, did not retreat.

Instead, he opened his eyes.

In his eyes, there was no fear, no solemnity.

Only an uncontrollable, almost fanatical light.

This was what he had been waiting for.

This final strike, this purest source of "Nihility" containing the entire Dao true meaning of the Refining Void Remnant Shadow.

It was the key for him to break through that barrier, truly touch the true meaning of Void Refining, and completely resolve this Remnant Shadow.