112: The Graveyard of Laws, the God-Slaying Array of Ten Thousand Soldiers activated.

The fourth floor, The Graveyard of Laws.

Lu Qingxuan stepped out from the colorful vortex, his pupils constricting slightly at the sight before him.

There was no earth here, no sky, only countless shattered Law fragments floating, colliding, and annihilating within the void. Fragments of the Fire Law burned with eternal flames, fragments of the Ice Law emitted Soul-freezing low temperatures, fragments of the Lightning Law crackled, and fragments of the Space Law twisted and folded... each fragment represented the remains of a Law, chaotically interwoven to form an extremely dangerous Chaos Domain.

Most bizarrely, black cursed patterns began to emerge between these Law fragments.

"The power of the Ancient God of Curse... has already permeated the fourth floor." Lu Qingxuan could clearly feel that the power of the curse filling the air was more than ten times denser than on the third floor. These curses were slowly eroding the Law fragments, making the already unstable Laws even more violent and distorted.

[Warning: Entering ultra-high-risk area "The Graveyard of Laws"]

[Warning: Over three hundred types of shattered Laws exist in the environment; collisions may generate a Law storm]

[Warning: Curse power concentration continues to rise. Current concentration: 17% (Curse Tide will be triggered at 30%)]

"Not much time left." Lu Qingxuan glanced at the tomb guardian guest token in his hand. The token had completely dimmed, but he could still vaguely sense a lingering trace of Bronze Profound's aura. "One hour... I must break through the four floors of the tomb within one hour and reach the ninth floor."

According to Bronze Profound's last words, he had burned his life to activate the preparatory mode of the Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation, opening a direct passage to the core of the ninth floor for Lu Qingxuan. However, that passage would only exist for one hour; it would not wait.

Even more pressing, the war godhead fragment in his breast was growing increasingly hot—the Ancient God of War had finished devouring and was heading toward the ninth floor! The heartbeat of the Ancient God of Curse was also drawing closer!

"Three parties gathering on the ninth floor..." Lu Qingxuan took a deep breath. "Then let's see who will have the last laugh."

He circulated the Chaos Immortal Devil Body, forming a hazy grey shield on his body's surface, and began to advance into the depths of The Graveyard of Laws.

But just as he had flown a hundred miles, a sudden change occurred.

*Hum—*

Ahead, three massive Law fragments suddenly collided! Under the catalysis of the curse power, the three Laws of fire, ice, and lightning produced a terrifying chain reaction!

*Boom!!!*

A Law storm with a diameter of over a thousand zhang instantly formed! Fire and ice intertwined into a red and blue tornado, with countless silver-white lightning bolts coiling within, while the outermost layer was wrapped in a shroud of pitch-black curse mist!

Wherever the storm passed, space was torn to shreds, and even the flow of time began to turn chaotic!

[Detected composite Law storm "Ice-Fire-Lightning Curse"]

[Power Rating: True Immortal Peak Stage (Capable of heavily wounding an Early Stage Ancient God)]

[Suggestion: Evade immediately]

Lu Qingxuan's figure came to a sudden halt, but the storm's speed was too fast! In the blink of an eye, it was before him!

"Can't dodge it..." His eyes narrowed. "Then I'll charge through!"

"Chaos Return to Void... Devouring Domain!"

Instead of retreating, Lu Qingxuan advanced, his entire being transforming into a massive grey vortex as he charged toward the Law storm!

*Boom—*

The Ice-Fire-Lightning Curse storm and the Chaos devouring vortex collided! A terrifying shockwave swept in all directions, shattering all Law fragments within a thousand-mile radius!

The three Laws of fire, ice, and lightning inside the storm frantically lashed against the Chaos vortex, attempting to tear it apart. The outer curse mist acted like a living thing, transforming into countless black tentacles that coiled and eroded!

But Lu Qingxuan's Chaos Void Returning Dao Seed was an existence that devoured all Laws and returned all things to their Origin!

"Devour!"

The grey vortex spun rapidly, beginning to forcibly devour the Law power within the storm! Fire was assimilated into Chaos Fire, ice was transformed into Chaos Ice, and lightning was absorbed into Chaos Lightning! Even those curse tentacles, the moment they touched the Chaos Qi, began to be inversely eroded and transformed!

[Devouring: Fire Law Fragments ×83]

[Devouring: Ice Law Fragments ×79]

[Devouring: Lightning Law Fragments ×91]

[Devouring: Curse Power ×217 units]

[Chaos Void Returning Dao Seed completion +5%]

[dao rhyme value +23 million]

After ten breaths, the Law storm completely dissipated.

Lu Qingxuan emerged from the grey vortex, the Chaos Qi around him noticeably denser. Red, blue, and silver lights vaguely flashed in his eyes—signs of the three Laws he had just devoured circulating within his body.

"The Graveyard of Laws... is actually a supplement for me." A slight smile touched the corners of his mouth.

But just then, the System suddenly issued a sharp warning:

[Warning! Large-scale Law riot detected!]

[Warning! Curse power concentration has surpassed 25%!]

[Warning! A "Law Black Hole" is forming in the core area of the graveyard!]

Lu Qingxuan looked up sharply.

In the deepest part of The Graveyard of Laws, a black vortex was rapidly expanding! Around the vortex, tens of thousands of Law fragments were being forcibly sucked in, colliding, annihilating, and recombining within! And in the center of the vortex, a distorted face was vaguely visible—it was the will projection of the Ancient God of Curse!

"Trying to stop me on just the fourth floor?" Lu Qingxuan sneered. "Unfortunately, you've chosen the wrong way."

He didn't charge toward the Law Black Hole but suddenly changed direction, flying toward the right side of the graveyard!

There, dozens of Space Law fragments were floating.

"Space Law... just right for travel."

Lu Qingxuan flew into the group of fragments, his hands forming seals as Chaos Qi surged out, beginning to forcibly fuse these Space Law fragments!

[Fusing: Space Law Fragments ×47]

[Fusion Successful! Obtained: Space Jump Ability (Temporary)]

[Effect: Can perform ultra-long-distance spatial teleportation within The Graveyard of Laws. Maximum jump distance: 100,000 miles (Requires a large amount of spiritual power)]

"One jump is enough." Lu Qingxuan locked onto the exit at the other end of The Graveyard of Laws—the entrance to the fifth floor.

But just as he was prepared to initiate the Space Jump, another change occurred!

*Boom!!!*

A blood-red pillar of light descended from above, piercing through the top of The Graveyard of Laws! Within the pillar, a blood-colored phantom ten thousand zhang tall slowly descended—it was a Clone projection of the Ancient God of War!

"Ant... I've found you!" The Ancient God of War's will boomed like thunder. "Give the godhead fragment... back to me!!!"

The blood-colored phantom threw a punch! Wherever the fist wind passed, Law fragments shattered, and space collapsed layer by layer! The power of this punch had already reached the Early Stage Ancient God level!

"Caught up so quickly?!" Lu Qingxuan's expression changed.

With his current strength, he could kill a True Immortal at the Peak Stage and even withstand a few moves from an Early Stage Ancient God, but winning a direct battle against an Ancient God's Clone was nearly impossible.

"I can't face him head-on... I must use the environment!"

A sharp light flashed in Lu Qingxuan's eyes. Instead of jumping toward the entrance, he jumped—toward the Law Black Hole!

"Are you mad?!" Even the Ancient God of War was stunned. "That's a trap set by that Curse fellow!"

"I know," Lu Qingxuan sneered. "That's why I'm taking you in with me!"

"Space Jump... Activate!"

*Hum—*

Lu Qingxuan's figure instantly vanished from the spot, appearing at the edge of the Law Black Hole in the next instant! Then he did something that enraged the Ancient God of War—

He slammed the aura of the war godhead fragment fiercely into the Law Black Hole!

"Don't you want the godhead? Go get it in the black hole yourself!"

"No—!!!" The Ancient God of War's Clone was furious. Ignoring the trap, he charged directly into the Law Black Hole!

Lu Qingxuan took this opportunity to initiate another Space Jump. This time, the target was—the real entrance!

*Boom!!!*

Sensing the aura of the war godhead fragment and the impact of the Ancient God of War's Clone, the Law Black Hole instantly erupted! The terrifying suction forcibly dragged the Ancient God of War's Clone inside, and sounds of frantic Law collisions and curse erosion echoed from within the black hole!

[Law Black Hole overloaded due to absorbing the Ancient God of War's Clone]

[Estimated collapse time: Thirty breaths]

[Warning: Black hole collapse will trigger a massive Law explosion, powerful enough to destroy the entire fourth floor]

"Thirty breaths... is enough."

Lu Qingxuan flew at full speed, arriving at the entrance five breaths later—a seven-colored portal composed of countless Law runes.

Just as he was about to enter, the bronze immortal palace fragment in his breast vibrated violently!

Then, an old and majestic voice rang directly in his mind:

"Palace Holder, come quickly to the ninth floor."

"The Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation... has been fully activated."

"My Legacy... awaits your claim."

It was the lingering will of the Artisan Ancestor!

Lu Qingxuan's spirits rose, and he stepped into the portal.

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The fifth floor, the Blood Sea Battlefield.

The sixth floor, the Soul Prison Abyss.

The seventh floor, the Maze of Time.

The eighth floor, the Ruins of Creation.

With the memory crystal left by Bronze Profound, the secret guidance of the Artisan Ancestor's will, and the temporary passage opened by the preparatory mode of the Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation, Lu Qingxuan advanced with unstoppable momentum!

He no longer entangled himself with the guardians of each floor, but instead used the devouring power of Chaos Return to Void, the acceleration of the Law of Time, and the jumping power of the Space Law to break through at maximum speed!

On the fifth floor's Blood Sea Battlefield, he devoured the Blood Sea Origin and obtained the [Undying Blood Sea Body (Temporary)] trait.

On the sixth floor's Soul Prison Abyss, he refined a hundred thousand resentful Souls, strengthening his Divine Soul and touching the threshold of a True Immortal.

On the seventh floor's Maze of Time, he comprehended a deeper application of the Law of Time—Time Reversal (Partial).

On the eighth floor's Ruins of Creation, he collected three types of Innate Materials to prepare for refining his Lifebound Treasure in the future.

And when Lu Qingxuan finally stepped onto the ninth floor—

Half an hour had already passed.

He had only the final half-hour to obtain the heart of the artisan ancestor.

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The ninth floor, the Tomb of Ten Thousand Gods.

This place was not gloomy and terrifying as imagined; instead, it was an incredibly magnificent starry hall.

The hall was ten thousand zhang tall and over a hundred miles in diameter. Its four walls were entirely cast from Star Fragments, each emitting the light of different Laws. In the center of the hall, nine bronze divine pillars that reached the heavens supported the dome, each pillar carved with different weapon patterns—saber, spear, sword, halberd, axe, battle-axe, hook, fork, and whip.

At the top of the central-most divine pillar floated a bronze heart the size of a fist.

The heart beat slowly, and with each beat, it emitted a majestic vitality and creative power. That was—the heart of the artisan ancestor!

But Lu Qingxuan did not step forward immediately.

Because at this moment, the ninth floor was already... quite lively.

On the left side of the hall, a blood-colored giant three thousand zhang tall was fighting countless weapon phantoms—that was the true body of the Ancient God of War! He was more than ten times stronger than his previous Clone; every punch could shatter over a hundred weapon phantoms, but the Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation continuously generated new weapons, trapping him firmly.

On the right side of the hall, a mass of writhing black mist was slowly eroding the starry walls—that was the will aggregate of the Ancient God of Curse! Within the mist, billions of pained faces were vaguely visible, each emitting a silent curse. Wherever the black mist passed, even the Star Fragments decayed and disintegrated.

And in the center of the hall, between the nine bronze divine pillars, countless weapon phantoms were automatically evolving and combining, forming an incredibly massive slaughter Formation—that was the fully activated Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation!

The Formation had already reached its seventh transformation, its power attaining the Middle Stage Ancient God level! Had the Ancient God of War and the Ancient God of Curse not been the Formation's primary focus, Lu Qingxuan would have been submerged by the myriad weapons the moment he entered.

"Three parties gathered..." Lu Qingxuan took a deep breath. "No, it's four."

He looked up at the dome.

There, a miniature phantom of the bronze immortal palace floated. The phantom cast a soft light, forming a... golden passage beneath Lu Qingxuan's feet.

The passage extended straight from the entrance, passing through the gaps between countless weapon phantoms, bypassing the battlefield of the two Ancient Gods, and reaching directly below the central divine pillar.

This was the preparatory mode passage that Bronze Profound had exchanged his life for—safe, but only a narrow path, and... with a time limit.

Lu Qingxuan could see that the light of the passage was slowly dimming. At this rate, it would indeed only last for half an hour.

"Go!"

He did not hesitate for a second and stepped onto the golden passage.

Outside the passage, the Ancient God of War and the Ancient God of Curse sensed his appearance simultaneously!

"Ant... you dare come here!" The Ancient God of War was furious, throwing a punch toward the passage, but the fist wind was intercepted and dissipated by the weapon phantoms of the Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation the moment it touched the passage's light.

"Fresh... aura of life..." The Ancient God of Curse whispered greedily, a wisp of black mist splitting off to try and erode the passage, but it was similarly blocked by the Formation.

Both Ancient Gods were held back firmly by the Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation and could not attack Lu Qingxuan directly!

"It's exactly as Bronze Profound said... once the preparatory mode is activated, the Formation prioritizes the strongest targets." Lu Qingxuan understood in his heart and advanced at full speed along the passage.

But he had still underestimated the wisdom of the Ancient Gods.

Seeing that he could not attack directly, the Ancient God of War suddenly changed his strategy and threw a punch at... the Ancient God of Curse nearby!

*Boom!!!*

The black mist was mostly scattered by the punch!

"War... are you mad?!" The Ancient God of Curse was both shocked and enraged.

"Join forces!" the Ancient God of War roared. "Break the Formation first, then kill that ant! Otherwise, we'll both be trapped here to death!"

After a brief silence, the black mist reconsolidated.

"Fine... let's join forces."

The two Ancient Gods actually reached a temporary alliance!

The next moment, the Ancient God of War's blood-colored giant fist and the Ancient God of Curse's black mist merged, transforming into a terrifying red-and-black flood that slammed fiercely into the core node of the Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation!

*Boom—!!!*

The entire ninth floor shook violently! Cracks appeared on the starry walls, and the nine bronze divine pillars began to sway! Large swaths of the weapon phantoms evolved by the Formation shattered!

And the golden passage beneath Lu Qingxuan's feet also began to fluctuate violently, its light dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Not good... the Formation is being attacked, and the duration of the passage is shortening!" Lu Qingxuan's expression changed.

He looked toward the central divine pillar—there were still thirty miles to go!

At this rate, the passage would only last for another fifty breaths at most!

"Fifty breaths... thirty miles..."

A look of resolve flashed in Lu Qingxuan's eyes.

"Chaos Return to Void... Time Acceleration... Twentyfold!!!"

He did not hesitate to consume his Origin, pushing the Domain of Time to its limit! The flow of time around him suddenly accelerated twentyfold!

To an outside observer, his figure turned into an almost uncatchable afterimage as he sprinted frantically along the golden passage!

Twenty miles!

Ten miles!

Five miles!

Three miles!

The light of the passage had dimmed to a thin layer, ready to shatter at any moment!

And the second combined attack of the two Ancient Gods was already prepared!

"Die!!!"

The red-and-black flood slammed into the Formation's core once again!

At that very instant—

Lu Qingxuan reached the base of the central divine pillar!

But the heart of the artisan ancestor was at the top of the divine pillar, a thousand zhang above the ground!

The passage... had reached its end!

"I can only... risk it all!"

Lu Qingxuan leaped, his Chaos Immortal Devil Body erupting with full force as he charged straight toward the top of the divine pillar!

Behind him, the golden passage shattered completely.

In front of him, the red-and-black flood hit the Formation core, causing the Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation to tremble violently. Countless weapon phantoms flew out of control, three of which were Sword Qi a thousand zhang long, slashing straight toward Lu Qingxuan's back!

Above, the heart of the artisan ancestor floated quietly.

There were only... the final ten zhang.