147: The Seventh Law: Destroy the Origin

Shen Yuanmo stared intently at the black line emerging from the crack in his palm.

The moment the black line appeared,

an indescribable chill, flowing up his arm, instantly filled his entire body.

It wasn't cold.

It was a touch of finality.

His surging blood Qi seemed to freeze, and his indestructible Vajra Glazed Body actually emitted a faint, fragmented wail of unbearable strain from within.

His Divine Soul screamed madly in his Sea of Consciousness, not from pain, but from a primal fear deep within life itself, facing a natural predator.

It was as if just a gentle touch from this black thread,

and his entire being, from Physical Body to Divine Soul, from past to present, all traces of his existence, would be completely erased.

Not death, but a return to nothingness.

"New Master! Throw it away! Quickly!" the hall spirit cried out in terror, its normally stable light-and-shadow form now flickering violently, bright and dim.

"That's Qi of Gui Xu! It's the most malevolent thing said to be born when a Great World reaches its end, and all Laws collapse! You can't touch it! Even Old Master had to steer clear of such things! Quickly throw it away!"

The hall spirit's thoughts were tinged with a sob.

He didn't need its reminder.

Shen Yuanmo also felt that terror, which transcended everything.

The six threads of Law he had painstakingly peeled away over half a month, enduring the pain of his Divine Soul being sliced, were now trembling madly.

Whether it was the domineering Geng Metal Law, the vast vitality of the Yi Wood Law, or the Origin of the crimson sun sword, which was connected to his mind and heart like a sibling... at this moment, they were all like ants encountering a Creator God, huddling in a corner of the Chaos Glazed Fire Sea, emitting silent, primal wails, desperately trying to escape.

However, it was useless.

The slender black thread merely floated there silently.

The Concept of finality it exuded was like an invisible, absolute cage, firmly imprisoning the six proud Law powers, preventing them from even twitching.

This was an absolute suppression of rank!

"Qi of Gui Xu..."

Shen Yuanmo forcibly suppressed the tremor deep within his Divine Soul, his teeth grinding audibly.

"No, it seems even more Advanced than Qi of Gui Xu."

He had to figure out what this damn thing was!

Why was it coming out of his body!

In his eyes, brilliant golden light suddenly flared, like two small suns!

Insight into Origin!

Buzz!

His consciousness felt as if it was suddenly gripped by an invisible large hand, violently torn from his body, and thrown into an boundless, dark Void Realm.

Here, there was no time, no space, only eternal dead silence.

He saw a massive star that had burned for billions of years, its light dimming in an instant.

It didn't collapse, didn't explode; along with the distorted space around it, it vanished.

He then saw a prosperous Great World that had nurtured countless immortals, gods, demons, and monsters.

Heaven and earth inverted in a flash; majestic immortal mountains, surging rivers, billions of screaming living beings... everything, in a single breath, turned into the purest nothingness.

Sound, light, Law, Karma, all returned to silence.

And at the core of that supreme power was a wisp of... black thread.

"So... that's how it is..."

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Yuanmo's consciousness suddenly returned to reality, gasping for breath, his entire body drenched in cold sweat.

He finally understood that this was not Qi of Gui Xu at all; the hall spirit's knowledge was ultimately limited by the Five Elements True Lord's vision.

This was a true fragment of the Law of Destruction!

Its source was precisely the extraterrestrial meteoritic iron he had swallowed!

That meteoritic iron was fundamentally the core of a "sun" burning with destructive flames!

He had refined its energy, pushing his Vajra Glazed Body to the seventh level.

But this wisp of the most fundamental Law of Destruction had silently lurked deep within his flesh and blood!

It wasn't until this moment, when he re-refined his Lifebound Treasure, drawing upon various Law powers, that it was "fished" out!

What to do?

Throw it away?

This rational thought appeared for only an instant before being completely crushed by another thought, one akin to madness!

That fear stemming from his life's instinct, at this moment, incredibly transformed into an extreme, thrilling excitement!

His heart pounded like a drum!

Blood surged through his veins, roaring like a tsunami!

The corners of his mouth uncontrollably curled into a smile so fanatical it was distorted.

When people refine artifacts, taking the Five Elements of heaven and earth and drawing upon the Yin and Yang Qi is already the limit.

But what if... what if this Law of Destruction, representing finality and nothingness, could also be integrated into his Lifebound Treasure... what kind of terrifying weapon would that create?

One sword strike, all Laws extinguished!

One sword descends, immortals and gods give way!

"Haha... Hahahahaha!"

Shen Yuanmo burst into laughter, terrifying flames burning in his eyes.

Risk?

Shen Yuanmo cultivated immortality for a clear conscience, for a path no one had ever trodden before!

"Perfect Deduction! For me... Fuse!"

He immediately activated his Golden Finger, attempting to simulate in his mind the possibility of forcibly fusing this seventh Law with the other six Laws.

However, the moment the deduction began!

"Boom—!"

His Sea of Consciousness felt as if it had been directly struck by a real star!

The consumption of his Divine Sense was not merely a river bursting its banks, but the instant evaporation of an entire vast starry sea!

The indestructible Divine Soul sword, condensed from the fifth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Spirit Refining Art, couldn't even withstand the aftershocks of the deduction for a single breath!

"Crack—bang!"

The Divine Soul sword shattered on the spot! Turning into billions of lusterless fragments!

"Pfft!"

A mouthful of golden blood, containing the Origin of his Divine Soul, spurted from Shen Yuanmo's mouth.

His face instantly turned ashen, and his entire aura became extremely weak.

The deduction failed completely, in a tragic way he had never imagined.

Only the final feedback image remained in his mind.

The instant the seven Laws collided, an indescribably terrifying explosion occurred.

The only outcome was that he himself, along with this Small World, would be utterly blasted into the most insignificant dust in the Universe.

"New Master! New Master! How are you?!"

The hall spirit's light-and-shadow form almost dissipated, its tearful thoughts rushing to Shen Yuanmo, its voice trembling.

"Stop! Please stop! You'll die! You'll really die!"

However, Shen Yuanmo merely raised his trembling hand and casually wiped away the golden blood from the corner of his mouth.

The excruciating pain of his torn Divine Soul caused every muscle in his body to spasm.

But in his dimmed eyes, an unprecedented, brilliant light erupted once more!

His Divine Soul was severely wounded, and his Sea of Consciousness was on the verge of collapse, yet his five-colored Golden Core spontaneously spun madly at this moment.

Vast Five Elements magical power surged out, transforming into the purest energy, mending the spiderweb-like cracks in his Sea of Consciousness.

The sharpness of Metal, the vitality of Wood, the moistness of Water, the warmth of Fire, the thickness of Earth.

Driven by his Golden Core, the five powers formed a perfect, self-sustaining cycle.

Mutual generation, continuous rotation.

Endless life.

A gentle, life-filled creative intent slowly flowed within his body, counteracting the sense of destruction brought by the shattering of his Divine Soul.

Shen Yuanmo's body suddenly shook.

He raised his head, his gaze once again falling upon the silently suspended black line.

"So that's it..."

He murmured softly.

"Destruction transcends all Laws. It cannot be controlled, only guided."

"The Five Elements generate each other, leading to creation."

"Only by using creation as a furnace can one bear destruction..."

"I understand."