167: The Lord of the End Awakens

Lin Ye lifted his right hand.

In his palm, the "origin crystal" (fragment)—only the size of a fingernail, pitch-black, yet seemingly containing endless mysteries of death, which had just been peeled from the core of the bone mountain—was floating quietly.

"System!"

"Burn these 100,000 [origin points], along with this 'origin crystal' fragment, completely!"

"Target—Great Liberation Sutra!"

"Forcefully initiate AFK cultivation for me!!!"

[Command confirmed!]

[Warning! The host has insufficient energy in the current "origin crystal" to forcefully initiate AFK cultivation for a [Transcendence-grade] Cultivation Technique. It will be a life-and-death gamble!]

[Confirm?!]

"Do it!!!"

Boom—!!!

In that instant!

A terrifying storm, indescribable in words, seemingly capable of completely swallowing the entire Universe and galaxy, erupted violently with Lin Ye's body as the center!

Those 100,000 origin points, along with the incomparably precious "origin crystal" fragment, were simultaneously burned and vaporized in an instant! They transformed into a torrent of the purest, most… violent "Transcendence" energy, fiercely surging into his long-thirsty "prison suppressing divine spark"!

"Argh—!!!"

His indestructible divine body cracked inch by inch in an instant!

His vast Dantian Qi Sea was nearly burst on the spot by this violent energy!

However, it was precisely in this extreme pain!

In his mind, the first layer of the Mind-Cultivation Technique of the Great Liberation Sutra, which had been filled with endless mystery and obscurity, seemed to have been injected with a Soul. It transformed into billions of golden divine characters filled with the mysteries of "liberation" and "freedom," crazily branding themselves onto his Divine Soul Origin!

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, host! Great Liberation Sutra has been successfully set to AFK cultivation!]

[Congratulations, host! You have gained an initial understanding of the true meaning of "Transcendence"!]

[Congratulations, host! Your cultivation Realm has reached the early stage… Peak of the [Realm Lord] (God Emperor)!]

That shattered divine body, nourished by the true meaning of "Transcendence," began to crazily… reshape at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Is this… the power of the Great Liberation Sutra?"

Lin Ye raised his head. His pitch-black eyes pierced through the layers upon layers of billions of skeletons, locking firmly onto the figure of the "Reaper" still roaring crazily above the Demon Palace!

"Then…"

"The hunt…"

"—has begun!"

Before the words even faded!

Without any warning, his entire body transformed into an imperceptible purple arc of lightning that seemed capable of tearing apart even time and space with a "chi-la" sound!

Lightning Light Shadow Evasion!

In an instant, he crossed the ten-thousand-foot bone mountain and appeared inside that magnificent Demon Palace filled with endless demonic might!

"Huh?!"

Inside the Demon Palace, the roar of the Black Mist Dominator, filled with endless resentment and poison, came to an abrupt halt!

He discovered in horror that a terrifying pressure, indescribable in words and filled with endless suppression and destruction, had appeared behind him… without any warning?!

"You…"

He turned his head with difficulty, inch by inch.

He met those pitch-black eyes filled with endless mockery!

"You… how could you…"

His powerful Divine Soul at the early stage of [Dominator] was completely frozen at this moment by an extreme fear originating from the deepest part of his Soul!

He couldn't understand!

Why would this ant, who should have been at the early stage of [Realm Lord], possess such terrifying, elusive speed?!

He understood even less!

Why, after just half an hour of not seeing each other, was the aura on the opponent even more… terrifying than him, an old-school [Dominator] who had been famous for tens of thousands of years?!

However, Lin Ye did not give him any more time to think.

"myriad realms furnace》—"

Lin Ye slowly raised his hand. That fair, slender palm, which seemed to contain an entire purgatory, pressed gently onto the crown of the Black Mist Dominator, who had already stiffened from fear!

"—Open!"

"No—!!!"

...

Half an hour later.

When Su Qingyue followed the energy fluctuations that had long since subsided and carefully snuck into this dead-silent Demon Palace.

What met her eyes was a mess.

The once arrogant "Black Mist Dominator" had long since disappeared without a trace.

In his place was only a cold, shriveled demonic corpse that had lost all vitality and Divine Soul!

And that black-and-white figure, sitting cross-legged quietly in front of the corpse, whose aura had surged by another notch.

[Ding!]

[Smelting [Dominator] early-stage Cultivator * 1…]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained [origin points] * 500,000!]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained [origin crystal] (complete) * 1!]

...

This was… Lin Ye's "crazy hunting"!

Since the "Myriad Gods Hall" wanted to "harvest" the Myriad Realms.

Then he would "harvest" these "Reapers" one step ahead!

...

And just as Lin Ye held that hard-won "origin crystal" tightly in his hand, preparing to start his Heaven-Defying AFK journey again.

He did not know.

This "dog-eat-dog" move of his had already… poked a hole in the sky!

...

Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain, that towering Divine Palace standing at the end of the continent, seemingly integrated with the entire Universe and galaxy.

The deepest part of the Divine Palace was a void… indescribable in words.

No light, no darkness, no time, no space.

All that existed was a pitch-black "heart"… so huge it was indescribable in words!

That "heart" seemed to be the Origin of this "cage"!

Every beat of it seemed capable of triggering the life-and-death Reincarnation of the myriad heavens!

It was… the "End Dominator" who had been sleeping for billions of years, surviving by "harvesting" the power of the Myriad Realms' Origin!

At this moment, around that pitch-black "heart," billions of pitch-black "blood vessels" were connected, dense like a spider web!

Each "blood vessel" corresponded to a "Reaper" like the "Black Mist Dominator"!

They were continuously drawing the purest "Origin" power from that vast, boundless "pasture," supplying it all to that sleeping "heart"!

However, just a moment ago!

Among those billions of "blood vessels," one that was connected to the "Sea of Fallen Demons," which was originally quite thick, suddenly trembled without warning!

Immediately after!

It… had broken?!

The "Origin" power that should have been continuously transported was completely interrupted in this instant!

"Hum…"

That pitch-black "heart," which had been beating steadily, suddenly stiffened!

Immediately after!

A terrifying will, indescribable in words, filled with endless hunger and… monstrous rage, suddenly… awakened like a resurrected Creator God!

"Who is it…"

A vast voice, seemingly coming from the prehistoric Universe, filled with endless majesty and brutality, boomed for the first time in this void that had been dead silent for billions of years!

"Who is it… that dares… to touch… my… food?!"

Boom—!!!

In that instant!

The entire "Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain" seemed to have suffered an apocalyptic disaster!

That originally calm, brilliant sky dome, woven from countless "rivers of Laws," suddenly… boiled!

That "Myriad Gods Hall," which had been filled with divinity and majesty, shook violently! It seemed as though it would completely… collapse under this terrifying will at any moment!

On the reception platform!

The "Scavenger" old man, who had been playful and teasing Lin Ye, saw the smile on his face instantly freeze! In his originally turbid old eyes, for the first time, a trace of… extreme fear originating from the deepest part of his Soul appeared!

"No… impossible…" He muttered in a daze, "The ten-thousand-year deadline… obviously… hasn't arrived yet…"

"It… it… how could it… wake up… early?!"

...

"Sea of Fallen Demons", Peak of the bone mountain.

Lin Ye's pitch-black eyes, which had been filled with ecstasy, suddenly narrowed!

In the deepest part of that "river of laws" that had long since boiled!

Behind that "Myriad Gods Hall" that had long been shrouded in endless fear!

A pair of… pale golden giant eyes, indescribable in words, cold, indifferent, filled with endless hunger and… brutality!

Were slowly… opening!

That gaze pierced through endless time and space, pierced through all Laws…

And landed with pinpoint accuracy… on his body!

It landed on his… Divine Soul Origin that had long since merged with the "Seed of Transcendence"!

[Ding!]

[Warning! Warning! Warning!]

[Detected… "End Dominator"… will… descending!]

[Target… locked!]