89: In the realm of eternal silence, the abyss stirs with unusual activity.

At the Peak of the main Peak, the thunderclouds had dispersed.

Lu Qingxuan stood in the air, surrounded by swirling Chaos Qi like Dragons. Each wisp was as heavy as a mountain, subtly twisting the space around him. He slowly opened his eyes, and deep within his pupils, a Chaos Star River seemed to flow, capable of piercing through ten thousand miles of Void Realm with a single thought.

"This is... the Chaos Ancient God Dao Body."

He clenched his fist, and Chaos Laws condensed in his palm, actually crushing a piece of space directly, revealing a dark Void Realm fissure. His Physical Body's strength was already comparable to a Magic Treasure in the Early Stage of Tribulation Transcendence, and his Divine Soul had touched the threshold of Tribulation Transcendence. His true combat power—

[System Notification: Realm stabilization complete. Current Cultivation: Body Integration Late Stage (Chaos Ancient God Dao Body Major Achievement)]

[Combat Power Assessment: In regular state, capable of slaying a Tribulation Transcendence Middle Stage cultivator. With all trump cards revealed, can directly contend with a Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage cultivator, and briefly resist a Tribulation Transcendence Peak cultivator.]

[New Physique Trait Unlocked: Damage against ten thousand ruins-type units increased by 300%, Chaos Law affinity increased to 'Origin Level']

The light screen flickered, and the data stream was clearly presented.

Lu Qingxuan's lips curved slightly.

At the same time, the entire Grand Void Holy Land—

"Rumble!"

The chaos reincarnation pagoda suddenly vibrated violently, with dense Chaos Dao patterns appearing on its body. The original nine-story pagoda actually condensed a tenth illusory layer above its Peak! Although not yet fully formed, the Dao rhyme it emitted caused all the Disciples' hearts to tremble.

"The Reincarnation Pagoda has evolved!"

"It's the Holy Master! The Heaven and Earth anomaly triggered by the Holy Master's Breakthrough has nourished the Holy Land's Foundation!"

"I feel my Bottleneck loosening!"

Hundreds of Peak Golden Core Disciples experienced a sudden surge in their aura at the same time, all Breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage! Thunderclouds gathered in the sky, but as soon as they formed, they were dispersed by the Chaos Qi stirred by Lu Qingxuan's casual glance.

"Dispense with it," he said indifferently.

His words became Law, and the Heavenly Tribulation dissipated.

The entire Holy Land was ecstatic.

Previous Holy Master Lu Mingdao emerged from his secluded Immortal Cave, followed by seven Grand Elders, each with a profound aura, all having touched the Body Integration threshold.

"Qingxuan..." Lu Mingdao looked up at the figure on the main Peak, his eyes slightly red. "Grand Void Holy Land has truly revived."

"Old Holy Master, we have been nourished by the Holy Master's Dao rhyme, and our Bottlenecks have been broken," an excited white-haired Grand Elder said. "In at most three months, all of us can step into Body Integration!"

"Pass down the order," Lu Mingdao took a deep breath. "All Disciples and Elders, from today onwards, may enter the tenth illusory layer of the chaos reincarnation pagoda to comprehend for three days. The resource library will be 30% open for a full power boost!"

"Yes!"

Cheers shook the heavens.

Lu Qingxuan's Divine Sense swept across the Holy Land, nodding slightly. Over three hundred newly advanced Soul Transformation cultivators, nearly a thousand Nascent Soul cultivators, and Golden Core cultivators everywhere... Today's Grand Void Holy Land truly had the bearing of an Eastern Domain leader.

He flickered, returning to the Holy Master's Hall.

Inside the hall, Jin Wanxiang and Moyuan were already waiting.

"Congratulations, Holy Master Lu, for Breaking through another Restriction in your Cultivation!" Jin Wanxiang cupped his hands and smiled, his eyes filled with shock. As the Myriad Realms Merchant Alliance's Eastern Domain General Manager, he had seen countless Prodigies, but none like Lu Qingxuan, who Broke through as easily as drinking water and possessed Heaven-Defying combat power.

Moyuan bowed deeply: "Star Sea Pavilion is willing to be an eternal ally of Grand Void Holy Land."

"You two are too polite." Lu Qingxuan sat down, and with a wave of his hand, three cups of Chaos Spirit Tea appeared. "How are the post-war matters?"

"All sects in the Eastern Domain have completely submitted," Jin Wanxiang said gravely. "Star Sword Pavilion, Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, and other extra-territorial forces that previously had enmity with the Holy Master have secretly sent lists of atonement gifts, expressing their willingness to turn hostility into friendship."

"Mere opportunists," Lu Qingxuan took a sip of tea. "Any movement from the Void Abyss side?"

Moyuan's expression was solemn: "Our Star Sea Pavilion's spies stationed outside the Domain sent back news that three days ago, the Void Abyss's core layer was enraged and issued a 'kill order' to the six Apostles. Three of these Apostles have already left their respective Star Domains and are moving towards the Eastern Domain."

"What about the other three?"

"They are still dormant, but according to energy fluctuation monitoring, there are signs of large-scale troop mobilization within their respective Star Domains," Moyuan paused. "What's more troublesome is that the Void Abyss seems to have used 'Corrosive Markings' to rally at least three major Domain forces completely corrupted by Darkness, forming a joint army. The total strength... probably exceeds a million, with no less than ten Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators among them."

Jin Wanxiang added: "The Myriad Realms Merchant Alliance's three cross-Domain strongholds in the Northern Domain were suddenly attacked by unknown forces yesterday. Although not breached, the Star Domain Teleportation Arrays were destroyed. I suspect this is the Void Abyss cutting off our wings."

Lu Qingxuan tapped his finger on the table.

[myriad ages demon suppressing star chart (Updated) displayed]

A vast Star Chart appeared before him. The Eastern Domain, like a bright pearl, was slowly surrounded by several scarlet arrows. Six dark stars—representing the six Apostles—three of which had begun to move, their trajectories pointing directly at the Eastern Domain.

The other three were stationary, but dense red dots, representing the corrupted forces, gathered around them.

"The first attack target..." Lu Qingxuan's gaze fell on a certain spot on the Star Chart. "It's not the Holy Land, nor a Merchant Alliance stronghold."

He pointed a finger, and the Star Chart magnified.

A desolate Star Domain at the border of the Eastern and Northern Domains appeared. There was an inconspicuous life planet there, and on its surface, a shattered ancient palace's phantom could vaguely be seen.

"This is... a secondary projection of the bronze immortal palace?" Moyuan exclaimed.

"The Void Abyss wants to first seize the bronze immortal palace's associated coordinates," Lu Qingxuan sneered. "They think that by mastering the coordinates, they can find the bronze immortal palace core fragment and use it to counter me."

Unfortunately, the bronze immortal palace core fragment had already completely Fused with him.

However... "Since that's the case, we'll play along," a cold light flashed in Lu Qingxuan's eyes. "General Manager Jin, Pavilion Master Mo, I'll trouble you to spread the news that I need to go into secluded Cultivation for three months to stabilize my Realm due to excessive consumption during my Breakthrough. At the same time, 'accidentally' leak the coordinates of the bronze immortal palace's secondary projection to the Void Abyss's spies."

The two looked at each other, immediately understanding.

"The Holy Master wants to lure the snake out of its hole?"

"More than that." Lu Qingxuan stood up. "I want them to come but never return."

After seeing the two off, Lu Qingxuan activated the Holy Master's Hall's Restriction and sat down cross-legged.

"System, bring up the list of mergeable entries."

The light screen unfolded, and the newly acquired entries shone brightly.

[Death Law Fragment (Gold)] x9

[Corrosion Domain Origin (Gold)] x1

[Soulfire Core (Gold)] x1

[Abyssal Blessing Imprint (Chaos?)] x1

"To Fuse nine Death Law Fragments, 3 million Dao rhyme points are required. Fuse?"

"Yes."

Nine fragments flew out of the System space, gathering in Lu Qingxuan's palm, transforming into a gray-black Law light sphere. Inside the light sphere, countless wailing spirits seemed to exist, and the Death Dao rhyme was so dense that the spiritual plants in the hall instantly withered.

[Fusion successful! Obtained: Death Law Origin (Chaos · Elementary)]

"Fuse the Death Law Origin with the Corrosion Domain Origin to deduce a new Domain Divine Ability."

[Deduction started... Consuming 5 million Dao rhyme points]

The two Origins collided violently. Death and Corrosion were originally paths of the same Origin. Now, under the harmonization of Chaos Dao Laws, they began to perfectly intermingle. Dark green corrosive power seeped into the gray-black Death Law. Before the Domain was even formed, the decaying aura it emitted had already caused space itself to 'age,' developing mottled cracks.

[Deduction successful! Obtained new Domain Divine Ability: Eternal Silence Domain (Chaos · Intermediate)]

[Eternal Silence Domain: An ultimate decay Domain formed by fusing Death and Corrosion as core elements with Chaos Dao Laws. Within the Domain, all things return to silence, Laws wither, and vitality is cut off. Provides an additional 500% damage bonus against ten thousand ruins-type units and can strip them of their 'immortality trait.']

"Good!" A sharp light flashed in Lu Qingxuan's eyes.

Next, he looked at the [Abyssal Blessing Imprint].

This imprint was dark purple, shaped like a twisted eye, with foul yet powerful energy flowing within it. It was the mark bestowed by the Void Abyss's core layer upon its Apostles, serving as both a source of power and a controlling shackle.

"System, analyze this imprint and reverse-deduce a purification-type ability targeting Void Abyss creatures."

[Analysis started... Detected high-level Dark Forbidden Runes, involving Void Abyss Origin Laws. Analysis difficulty: Extremely high.]

[Consuming 8 million Dao rhyme points, activating Chaos Ancient God Dao Body enhancement.]

Chaos Dao patterns appeared on Lu Qingxuan's brow, and a wisp of Chaos Qi injected into the imprint.

"Hiss—"

The imprint trembled violently, emitting a sharp shriek, as if a consciousness was resisting. But Chaos Qi was the nemesis of all Laws. In just three breaths, cracks appeared on the imprint's surface.

[Analysis progress 30%... 60%... 90%...]

[Analysis successful! Obtained: Void Abyss Imprint Structure Diagram (Complete), reverse-deduced new blessing-type entry: Myriad Ruins Purification Imprint (Chaos · Elementary)]

[Myriad Ruins Purification Imprint: Can be bestowed upon friendly units, causing their attacks to apply a 'Purification' effect to Void Abyss creatures, continuously eroding their Darkness Origin, and having a certain probability of triggering 'Imprint Backlash,' causing the target to briefly lose control.]

Lu Qingxuan nodded with satisfaction.

With these two new abilities, he had a greater chance of success in the upcoming great battle.

Just then—

At his glabella, Su Linger's Dao print suddenly sent out intense fluctuations.

It wasn't a crisis, but an emotion of extreme shock, accompanied by an encrypted Divine Thought message.

Lu Qingxuan closed his eyes to receive it.

A scene appeared: deep within the Hall of Rebirth, inside the ancient god corpse's chest cavity, the purified true spirit fire seed had grown as vast as a blazing sun. Su Linger sat before it, the Purple Firmament Reincarnation Body's radiance flowing around her, using her own Dao print as a guide to delve into the core of the fire seed.

Then, she 'saw' it.

Not a corrupted imprint, but a 'memory echo' sealed layer by layer—

It was a message sealed by the ancient god with its last Divine Power before its demise:

"Latercomer... if you can purify to this point, you will know the truth."

"I did not die in battle... I willingly became the 'coordinate' for this place."

"The Hall of Rebirth... was not built by Purple Firmament Sovereign Lord... it was constructed by her according to an 'ancient contract,' fulfilling my last wish."

"My corpse is the key pointing to the 'Myriad Ruins Burial Pit.' Seven ancient god corpses, seven keys. Gather them... and the true Myriad Ruins Seal will be opened."

"What the Void Abyss seeks is never destruction... they want to release the 'First Generation Lord of Myriad Ruins' from the 'Burial Pit'—that Chaos fierce beast that once devoured three thousand Star Domains."

The scene abruptly ended.

Su Linger's Divine Thought arrived, trembling: "Qingxuan... we might have been wrong about the Void Abyss's true purpose all along. What they want isn't corruption, it's 'release.'"

Lu Qingxuan opened his eyes, Chaos flowing within them.

So that was it.

The Legacy memory of the bronze immortal palace vaguely mentioned the 'Myriad Ruins Burial Pit,' but the information was incomplete, and he had always thought it was an ancient battlefield ruin.

If it was a Seal... "Ling'er, continue to purify, but temporarily delay delving deeper into the memories," Lu Qingxuan transmitted via Dao print. "This matter is top secret. Besides you, no third person must know."

"I understand." Su Linger's voice was solemn. "Also, in the memory fragments, I sensed another message: each of the seven Apostles guards the location of an ancient god corpse. The Mourner of the Departed is dead, so his key is invalid. But the remaining six locations... they may have already begun forcibly extracting coordinate energy from the corpses."

"No wonder they're gathering," Lu Qingxuan sneered.

He once again displayed the myriad ages demon suppressing star chart.

This time, with [Myriad Ruins Perception (Pseudo)] enhancement, six faint light pillars vaguely appeared at the positions of the six dark stars on the Star Chart. The ends of the light pillars seemed to be connected to some blurry phantom—the projection of an ancient god corpse.

Three of these light pillars were fluctuating violently.

These corresponded to the three Apostles who had already begun to move.

"Trying to gather the keys to open the Burial Pit?" Lu Qingxuan stood up, and the Holy Master's Hall's great doors opened with a roar.

Outside the hall, sunlight streamed down.

The entire Holy Land was bathed in vibrant vitality. The shouts of Disciples Cultivating, the roars of Spirit Beasts, the fragrance of pills drifting... This was the Foundation he had built with his own hands.

No existence would be allowed to destroy it.

"Issue an order," his voice echoed throughout the Holy Land. "All Elders above Soul Transformation and Core Disciples, gather at the training ground in the time it takes for one incense stick to burn."

"Prepare for battle."

These two words instantly made the atmosphere of the entire Holy Land solemn and murderous.

Lu Qingxuan stepped out, arriving before the Star Domain Teleportation Array deep within the Holy Land. This grand array was jointly built by Jin Wanxiang and Moyuan after the war, capable of reaching the edge of the Eastern Domain and even cross-Domain teleportation.

He condensed Chaos Dao Laws at his fingertips and began to carve them onto the Formation Plate.

Not to reinforce it, but to—modify the coordinates.

At the same time, he copied hundreds of the [Myriad Ruins Purification Imprint] he had just deduced, turning them into light dots suspended beside him.

An incense stick's time later, at the training ground.

Over three hundred Soul Transformation cultivators, seven Half-Step Body Integration Grand Elders, Previous Holy Master Lu Mingdao, and the two allies Jin Wanxiang and Moyuan, gathered.

Lu Qingxuan stood on the high platform, his gaze sweeping across them.

"The Void Abyss has moved. Six Apostles, leading a million-strong allied army, intend to invade the Eastern Domain," his voice was calm, yet carried supreme majesty. "Their first target is this place."

He waved his hand, and a Star Chart projection appeared, marking the desolate planet.

"This is a bait, and also a grave."

"I will personally lead a hundred people, and through the Star Domain Teleportation Array, arrive first to set up a killing formation."

"The rest of you, under the command of Holy Master Lu Mingdao, will guard the Holy Land, activating the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Formation to defend against enemy forces splitting up for sneak attacks."

Everyone held their breath.

"Those willing to go, step forward."

"Boom!"

Three hundred Soul Transformation cultivators all stepped forward!

Not a single one retreated.

A look of satisfaction flashed in Lu Qingxuan's eyes. With a flick of his finger, hundreds of [Myriad Ruins Purification Imprints] shot out, merging into the glabella of each Soul Transformation cultivator.

"This is a new blessing I have deduced, capable of countering Void Abyss evil creatures."

"You all have half a day to familiarize yourselves with the power. We depart at nightfall."

"Yes!" A roar like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami echoed.

As everyone dispersed to prepare, Jin Wanxiang remained, whispering: "Holy Master Lu, Star Sea Pavilion just received an urgent message—beyond the Eastern Domain, deep within the boundless Star Sea, in the Guixu Sea Eye region, abnormal spatial fluctuations have been detected, suspected to be energy reactions of the same Origin as the 'bronze immortal palace,' but... more ancient, more fragmented."

Lu Qingxuan's heart stirred.

Energy of the same Origin as the bronze immortal palace?

He suddenly recalled that at the end of the bronze immortal palace's core Legacy, there was a fragmented Star Chart marking a location called the "Guixu Burial Ground," with small characters next to it that read: Source of the Immortal Palace, Beginning of Reincarnation.

Could it be... [Ding! Detected special fluctuation resonance!]

[The host's bronze immortal palace core fragment is resonating weakly with fluctuations from a distant Star Domain!]

[Resonance analysis in progress... Analysis failed. Distance too far. Further detection requires proximity within one light-year.]

The System prompt suddenly sounded.

Lu Qingxuan's eyes were profound.

It seemed that after the Void Abyss matter was resolved, it would be necessary to make a trip to the Guixu Sea Eye.

But for now—

He looked at the darkening sky; night was about to fall.

Hunting season had arrived.