76: The Holy Land's Transformation and the Abyss's Reappearance

Inside Xuan Di Palace, the ripples of space and time settled. Lu Qingxuan stood quietly in the hall, the Chaos aura circulating around his body slowly receding, his deep eyes reflecting the shattered scene of the Annihilation Star Abyss from just moments ago.

"System, organize the gains from this trip." His thoughts stirred.

【Ding! Host has organized: Darkness Origin (Pure) x 97,000 units; Deep Nirvana Dao Rhyme fragment (Chaos?) x 43,000 pieces; destruction dao rhyme fragment (Chaos?) x 68,000 pieces; World Remains Core (Special) x 1 (Contains the final Law imprints and Origin essence of a Middle Thousand Worlds); Forced Requiem (Gold Trait) x 1; Darkness Domination (Purple Trait) x 1; Twisted Life Aggregation Core (Purple) x 37; Half-section reincarnation stele fragment (Special) x 1; Unknown Reincarnation coordinates (Weak) x 1】

Lu Qingxuan's gaze fell upon the 【World Remains Core】. It was a crystal the size of a fist, covered in cracks. Through these cracks, one could see the phantoms of mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars flowing within—it was the final memory imprint of a world. Although the Origin energy it contained had undergone erosion by the Void Abyss, deep within, it still retained a trace of pure Origin from the "beginning of the world's birth."

"This object is perfect for perfecting the Foundation of the Grand Void Holy Land." He reached out and grasped the crystal core.

The next moment, Lu Qingxuan's figure appeared at the source of the main vein of the Grand Void Holy Land—the "Dragon Vein Ancestral Court," located thirty thousand zhang beneath the Holy Land. This was the intersection point of nine main Dragon Veins, a place previously accessible only to successive Holy Masters. At this moment, the dense Spiritual Qi had turned into liquid Spiritual Spring, forming a lake of spiritual fluid in the vast underground space.

"Still not enough."

Lu Qingxuan placed the 【World Remains Core】 in the center of the lake, formed hand seals with both hands, and opened all nine orifices. The power of the Primordial Dao Source surged out, transforming into nine rays of Chaos divine light that poured into the crystal core.

"With the World Core as the Foundation, and the Primordial power as the guide, reshape the Holy Land's Origin—Open!"

Rumble—

The entire earth vein of the Grand Void Holy Land vibrated. The nine main Dragon Veins emitted heaven-shaking dragon roars, their size expanding threefold. Each Dragon Vein began to divide into twelve branches, totaling one hundred and eight secondary Spiritual Veins extending like a spider web to every corner of the Holy Land!

Inside the main vein Ancestral Court, the World Remains Core slowly melted, turning into billions of light dots that merged into the lake of spiritual fluid. In the center of the lake, a "World Tree sapling" formed entirely from pure world Origin broke through the water. Although only three feet tall, it radiated a majestic vitality that nourished all things and stabilized the universe!

This World Tree sapling was not a physical entity, but a manifestation of world Laws combined with Spiritual Veins. Its appearance meant that the Spiritual Qi quality of the Grand Void Holy Land would be elevated to "World-class"—even in the ancient era, it would be sufficient to serve as the core blessed land of a Major Thousand Worlds!

【Ding! Host has successfully activated and fused the World Remains Core, reshaping the Holy Land's Dragon Vein layout and condensing the World Tree Spiritual Vein phantom. Obtained new trait: Holy Land Origin (Chaos · Growth-type)—Grows with the development of the Holy Land, can autonomously absorb Spiritual Qi from the Void Realm, and improve the overall Spiritual Qi quality and capacity of the Holy Land. Current Rank: Newborn.】

"This is just the beginning."

Lu Qingxuan waved his hand, taking one hundred thousand units of 【Darkness Origin (Pure)】 and thirty thousand pieces of 【Deep Nirvana Dao Rhyme fragment】 from the System space.

"All people fear darkness and annihilation, yet they do not know that when things reach an extreme, they reverse; when death reaches its extreme, life is born." Chaos circulated in his eyes. "With my Primordial Dao, I shall refine darkness into protection and transform annihilation into tempering."

The Primordial Dao Source operated at full power, opening the "Dao Refining" characteristic of the Chaos Law to the extreme! The one hundred thousand units of Darkness Origin churned, compressed, and purified in his palm, eventually forming one hundred and eight fist-sized crystals, pitch-black as ink yet glowing with pure luster—【Primordial Dark Star Stones】!

These crystals retained the resistance characteristic of Darkness Origin against energy erosion, but all chaotic will was stripped away, and they were branded with the "Origin Return" and "Protection" Laws of the Primordial Dao Source.

"Go!"

One hundred and eight Primordial Dark Star Stones flew to various parts of the Holy Land, falling into the nodes of the newly born one hundred and eight secondary Spiritual Veins. The moment they landed, they combined with the Spiritual Veins, rising as translucent black light curtains that connected with the core Chaos light curtain of the main Peak, forming a "parent-child nested" super defense System—the outer Chaos light curtain focuses on defending against physical and Law attacks, while the inner Primordial Dark Star light curtain focuses on defending against Divine Soul erosion and energy infiltration!

As for the thirty thousand pieces of Nirvana Dao Rhyme fragments, Lu Qingxuan threw them into the "Destruction Nirvana Trial Grounds" he had previously created.

The space of the trial grounds expanded crazily, surging from the original hundred miles in radius to three thousand miles! The internal environment evolved from simple destruction flames and Nirvana snowflakes into a complete "Nirvana Reincarnation"—those who enter will experience a complete tempering from life to death, from death to annihilation, from annihilation to nothingness, and then finding a trace of life from nothingness!

The effect of this on tempering a Cultivator's Dao Heart was terrifying. As long as one could walk out of it, not only would their cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, but they would also possess extraordinary tenacity of will when facing any desperate situation in the future.

【Ding! Host has created a new defense System "Primordial Dark Star Array" and a high-order trial Secret Realm "Nirvana Reincarnation Realm". Obtained new trait: Formation Grandmaster (Purple)—Significantly improves understanding and creation ability of Formations. Obtained new trait: Secret Realm Creator (Gold)—Can consume resources to create and stabilize various trial Secret Realms.】

After finishing all this, Lu Qingxuan returned to Xuan Di Palace and took out the half-section reincarnation stele fragment.

As soon as the fragment appeared, the reincarnation sapling in his Sea of Consciousness transmitted a strong feeling of longing. He did not stop it, bringing the fragment close to his brow.

Whoosh—

The reincarnation stele fragment turned into a golden light and merged into his Sea of Consciousness, flying straight towards the reincarnation sapling. The sapling's roots spread out, wrapping and absorbing the fragment. Visibly, the sapling grew from three feet to four feet, its branches became thicker, and beside the grey-patterned leaf, a new leaf actually grew—this leaf was a faint gold color, with the two ancient Innate Dao runes for "Rebirth" flowing on it!

At the same time, the sapling transmitted a fragmented information image:

It was a huge palace spanning the two worlds of life and death, built entirely of unknown grey-white stone, with a plaque hanging on the palace gate bearing the three characters "Hall of Rebirth". In front of the hall was a turbid great river, with countless struggling phantoms floating in the water. Deep inside the hall, it seemed that some kind of existence was sleeping, or perhaps waiting...

The image cut off here.

"Hall of Rebirth, Yellow Springs River... Could this be the legendary ancient relic that holds the authority of Reincarnation?" Lu Qingxuan thought thoughtfully. "It seems that the complete growth of the reincarnation sapling requires collecting more relics related to Reincarnation."

He carefully preserved the faint Reincarnation coordinate; this might be the key to finding the Hall of Rebirth in the future.

Just at this moment, Lu Qingxuan's thoughts stirred, and he sensed a warning from the 【myriad ages demon suppressing star chart】. His Divine Sense sank into the star chart, and he saw three scarlet dots rapidly approaching the edge of the Eastern Region where the Grand Void Holy Land was located!

The aura emitted by each dot had reached the Body Integration Peak! And they were not ordinary Body Integration Peak—they were entwined with a dense, purer Void Abyss aura that originated from the same source as the Annihilation Star Abyss, clearly the direct power of the Void Abyss entity, far from comparable to those eroded and twisted monsters.

"They found me so quickly?" Lu Qingxuan sneered. "It seems that crushing the will of the Annihilation Star Abyss has indeed alarmed the real master."

Almost simultaneously, three figures appeared silently in the Void Realm at the edge of the Chaos light curtain outside the Holy Land.

The leader was an old man in black robes, with a withered face and sunken eye sockets, holding a bone staff refined from the spine of an unknown creature. On the left was an eerie man shrouded in blood-colored mist, and on the right was a hunchbacked old woman carrying a huge black coffin.

The three had no Sect markings, but that pure aura of darkness and dead silence made the creatures within ten thousand miles instinctively feel fear.

"This is the place." The black-robed old man's voice was hoarse, his hollow eye sockets looking at the Chaos light curtain. "Before Lord Cang Mo's split consciousness was destroyed in the Annihilation Star Abyss, it captured the aura of the murderer... the taste of the Primordial."

"To be able to destroy the stationed will of the Annihilation Star Abyss, it must be at least Tribulation Transcendence Stage combat power." The blood-colored man licked his lips. "However, with our 'Three Envoys of the Void Abyss' working together, even a true Early Stage Tribulation Transcendence can be killed by us."

"Stop talking nonsense, break this turtle shell." The coffin-carrying old woman's voice was sharp. She patted the coffin on her back, and the coffin lid opened a crack. Suddenly, monstrous corpse Qi and resentment surged out, turning into a huge pitch-black ghost claw that grabbed fiercely at the Chaos light curtain!

The power of this claw had already surpassed the limit of the Body Integration Stage, faintly touching the threshold of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage! Ordinary mountain-protecting Formations could be broken with one claw!

However—

The ghost claw grabbed onto the light curtain, but the Chaos light curtain did not move at all. Instead, the part that the ghost claw touched began to dissolve silently!

"Hmm?" The old woman's expression changed.

"Interesting, this Formation is not simple." The black-robed old man tapped his bone staff. "Attack together!"

The three looked at each other and exploded with power simultaneously!

The black-robed old man chanted an ancient spell, and a pitch-black miniature star condensed at the tip of the bone staff, emitting the terrifying power of gravity distortion and light swallowing—【Void Star Fall】!

The blood-colored man's blood mist transformed into nine ten-thousand-zhang blood dragons, each containing corrosion Laws and Divine Soul attacks—【Blood Dragon Soul Erosion】!

The old woman directly lifted one-third of the coffin lid, and an ancient demon corpse, thousands of zhang tall and wrapped in chains, stepped out. The demon corpse threw a punch, and wherever the fist wind passed, the Void Realm turned into a dead zone—【Ancient Demon Corpse Fist】!

The three major killing moves, any one of which could easily destroy a large Sect, now slammed into the Chaos light curtain together!

Inside the Holy Land, all Disciples and Elders sensed this heaven-destroying fluctuation and changed color. The Previous Holy Master and others were horrified—such an attack, if it were the previous Taixu Mitian Array, would probably not last ten breaths!

However, Lu Qingxuan in the Xuan Di Palace just raised his eyes lightly.

He didn't even stand up.

He just said three words to the Void Realm:

"Forbidden Law, Return to Void."

【Word Law Dao Ruling】, activate!

This was not an attack, but a modification of rules—within a spherical area extending thirty thousand miles with him as the center, the existence Foundation of all spells, Divine Abilities, and Law attacks that did not belong to the "Primordial Dao Source" System was temporarily "negated"!

The Void Stars, blood dragons, and demon corpse fist shadows that had been blasted out, when they were still a hundred zhang away from the light curtain, inexplicably... collapsed!

Not blocked, not offset, but as if they had never existed, they disappeared into thin air!

"What?!"

The Three Envoys of the Void Abyss had their pupils shrink sharply; this was completely beyond their scope of understanding!

"Not good! Retreat—" The black-robed old man reacted first, but it was too late.

On the Chaos light curtain, one hundred and eight Primordial Dark Stars lit up simultaneously. Black light beams shot out, not attacking their physical bodies, but directly locking onto their Divine Souls and Origin!

【Primordial Dark Star Array】 second-stage change—Divine Soul tracking, Origin erosion!

"Ah—!" The blood-colored man was the first to be hit. His blood mist Origin, which he relied on for survival, was forcibly purified by the Dark Star power, and his whole body began to melt as if splashed with sulfuric acid!

The old woman frantically urged the ancient demon corpse to block in front of her, but the Dark Star beam could penetrate physical entities and act directly on her Divine Soul! She screamed, and black blood flowed from her seven orifices.

Only the black-robed old man had the deepest cultivation, sacrificing a tortoise-shell-shaped Magic Treasure to barely protect his Divine Soul, but cracks appeared on the tortoise shell as well.

"Withdraw! This person cannot be fought!" The black-robed old man roared, burning his essence blood to flee.

But Lu Qingxuan's voice, like the judgment of the Heavenly Dao, sounded again:

"Did I allow you to leave?"

"Fixed."

The Void Realm solidified! Under the Word Law, the space around the three envoys was completely frozen, and even their thinking became sluggish!

"Deprive."

【Deprivation】 function activated! The core traits on the three were forcibly extracted—the black-robed old man's 【Void Star Envoy (Gold)】, the blood-colored man's 【Blood Soul Dao Body (Gold)】, the old woman's 【Ancient Demon Corpse Controller (Gold)】, as well as the traits of a total of seven top-tier Magic Treasures they carried, were all stripped away!

The three's auras instantly plummeted to the Soul Transformation Stage!

"Extinguish."

As the last word fell, the space where the three were collapsed inward, turning into a black dot, and then disappeared completely.

From the three attacking to being completely annihilated, the whole process took less than ten breaths. And Lu Qingxuan remained seated in the Xuan Di Palace, having not moved half a step.

Inside and outside the Holy Land, it was dead silent.

For a long time, a Disciple murmured tremblingly: "Your Majesty Xuan Di... what kind of Realm has he reached?"

The Previous Holy Master took a deep breath and bowed deeply toward the direction of the main Peak: "With Xuan Di in my Taixu, it shall flourish for ten thousand years!"

Inside the Xuan Di Palace, Lu Qingxuan looked at the three newly stripped gold traits and seven Magic Treasure traits, his expression calm.

"Direct envoys of the Void Abyss... It seems that the real probing has just begun."

He looked into the depths of the star chart, at the darker red, larger darkness dots.

"Come on, let me see how much weight this so-called source of darkness really has."

And in his Sea of Consciousness, the reincarnation sapling, having absorbed part of the Void Abyss envoy's Origin aura, had the "Rebirth" characters on its new golden leaf seem to become a bit clearer.