28: Breaking through the barrier of a hundred levels and fusing with the primordial chaos, the origin begins to manifest, setting a new path.

In the core area of the diamond-level floating island Secret Realm, under a dark Gold sky, suspended diamond fragments refracted a piercing light. Lin Chen spread his Ancient God Wings, and a golden halo enveloped Clear Snow and Nian Xue as they hung in mid-air.

In the crystal palace below, a hundred-meter-long Diamond Lord lay on a throne, surrounded by twenty diamond guards. Energy pillars around the palace were continuously absorbing the floating island's Origin, clearly accumulating power.

【Monster Name: Diamond Lord】

【Rank: 99 (grandmist rank)】

【Attributes: Strength 1,500,000, Agility 800,000, Physique 2,000,000, Spirit 500,000】

【Tactics: Guards set energy traps, the Lord controls the palace Origin to launch attacks, and if attacked, will detonate the energy pillars to perish together with the enemy】

"Nian Xue, hide well." Lin Chen handed his daughter to Clear Snow, and his Ancient Gods Pressure erupted. The guards outside the palace instantly froze, and Clear Snow took the Opportunity to deploy her Ice Domain.

Without her ice crystal sword, she directly used the Ice and Snow Law to condense Void Ice Blades, which shot toward the guards' joints like a rainstorm.

Although the dragon scale armor had merged into her body, pale Gold patterns still appeared on her skin, bouncing off all the counter-attacking diamond fragments.

The Diamond Lord sensed something was wrong, stood up abruptly, and controlled the energy pillars to fire dozens of golden light beams directly at Nian Xue.

The pendant around Nian Xue's neck lit up automatically, and a void shield reflected the beams. Golden runes flowed across the shield as the beams were redirected to slam into the palace walls, sending debris flying.

"Now!" Lin Chen teleported above the Lord's head, condensing Void Power into a fist and smashing it hard into the Lord's skull.

The diamond shell shattered instantly. The Lord let out a heaven-shaking roar, attempting to detonate the energy pillars, but Lin Chen would not give it the chance.

The Space Law instantly transferred the energy pillars to the Void Realm outside the floating island, and the Law of Light dispelled the Origin energy within the Lord's body. The Lord collapsed with a crash, dissipating into motes of light.

【Ding—Killed grandmist rank Diamond Lord ×1, grandmist rank diamond guards ×20, experience split equally】

【Lin Chen Rank: 100 (After level 50, attributes double every 10 levels; doubling triggered)】

【Lin Qingxue Rank: 100 (Doubling triggered)】

【Lin Nianxue Rank: 100 (Doubling triggered; low levels level up faster, cross-level experience bonus)】

Three beams of golden light fell from above their heads simultaneously. System notifications echoed throughout the entire floating island Secret Realm and even spread to all mission worlds:

【Server-wide Announcement: The first Survivor has broken through level 100, triggering the "Primordial Chaos Returning to One" Law】

【All Survivors' attributes (equipment, skills, traits) will automatically merge into themselves, transforming into Origin power】

【The "Rank" System is abolished, replaced by "Strength Realm": black iron → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond → Epic → Legendary → Mythical → Eternal → Heavenly Dao → Transcendence → Origin → Chaos → Grandmist → Void (Each Realm is divided into Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, Perfection, and Peak; Breakthrough requires meeting Origin concentration standards)】

【Rule Update: Equipment cannot be worn and skills cannot be used; only talents, Laws, rules, concepts, and Karma-type abilities can be utilized】

【Breakthroughs for Mythical Rank and above require corresponding "Breakthrough Origin Items"; other Realms require increasing Origin concentration to 100%】

The moment the golden light dissipated, Lin Chen clearly felt the changes within his body.

The power of items like the void-grade sacrifice cannon and the Heavenly Dao Storage Ring merged into his limbs and bones. His Ancient Gods Body and Law power fused completely, and the golden divine runes on his skin became even more refined.

Clear Snow's ice crystal sword and dragon scale armor energy also transformed into Ice and Snow Origin. When her nine tails unfurled behind her, every strand of fur was wreathed in void-grade cold Qi.

Nian Xue's crystal armor and pendant merged into her Ancient Demon God Bloodline, and the demon god mark on her forehead gained an additional golden line.

Lin Chen looked inward with his Divine Thought, and his Origin concentration clearly appeared—Diamond Early Stage, Origin 5%; Clear Snow was at Platinum Peak, Origin 80%; Nian Xue, due to her special Bloodline, directly reached Diamond Early Stage, Origin 3%.

"So this is the change that comes with reaching level 100." Clear Snow moved her fingers, and the Ice and Snow Law condensed into tiny ice flowers at her fingertips. "Without equipment, I feel even more flexible."

Nian Xue also reached out her small hand, and Void Power condensed into a small light ball in her palm. She tossed it into the air with a smile: "Daddy, Nian Xue can use power just like you now!"

Just as they were adapting to the new power System, hurried footsteps came from a distance—the Machine Race and Elf Clan Survivors who had stayed in the Gold World had rushed over.

They had also just broken through level 100, and their faces were full of confusion: "Lord, our equipment and skills have all disappeared. How are we supposed to fight?"

Just as Lin Chen was about to explain, an energy fluctuation suddenly came from the edge of the floating island.

Ten platinum-level Blood Race Survivors were besieging three members of the Diamond Race. Their eyes were full of greed, clearly intending to snatch the Origin energy within the Diamond Race members' bodies.

【Blood Race Status: Hostile, attempting to plunder Origin】

【Strength: Platinum Middle Stage (Origin 30%) ×10】

【Diamond Race Status: Non-hostile, Origin nearly exhausted】

"Stop." Lin Chen's voice was cold, and Void Power enveloped the Blood Race from a distance. The Blood Race members instantly froze in place. They tried to use their blood-sucking Laws to resist, but found that the Laws were suppressed by Lin Chen's Ancient Gods Pressure and could not be mobilized at all.

"Lord, have mercy! We just want to survive!" The Blood Race leader knelt and begged for mercy.

"Wanting to survive is no excuse for plundering others." Lin Chen remained unmoved. With a flick of his finger, the Origin energy within the Blood Race members instantly collapsed. They turned to ash, leaving behind only three pale Gold Origin Crystals.

【Obtained: platinum-level Origin Crystal ×3】

【Effect: Increases Origin concentration by 1% (Limited to use by Platinum Rank and below)】

Lin Chen handed the crystals to the Diamond Race: "Absorb these to restore your Origin."

The Diamond Race members thanked him profusely. After absorbing the crystals, their auras stabilized significantly: "Lord, we found a diamond treasure chest deep within the floating island. It seems to contain an Origin item, but it's protected by a grandmist rank Seal!"

The group followed the Diamond Race to a cave deep in the floating island. The treasure chest was hidden in the center of a pool, its surface wrapped in a pale blue Grandmist Seal, with space traps set around it.

Lin Chen used the Space Law to transfer the traps away, then touched the treasure chest with his Sublimation Talent:

【Ding—diamond-level origin treasure chest → epic-grade origin treasure chest → legendary-grade origin treasure chest】

Opening the treasure chest, three purple crystals the size of pigeon eggs lay inside, with a dense Origin aura swirling within them. Lin Chen did not hesitate to activate Sublimation:

【Ding—legendary-grade origin crystal ×3 → mythical-grade origin crystal ×3 → eternal-grade origin crystal ×3】

【Effect: Increases Origin concentration by 5% (Can be used regardless of Realm)】

He handed one crystal to Clear Snow: "Your Origin is almost full, absorb this first." He handed another to Nian Xue: "Nian Xue, you try it too, see if you can improve."

After Clear Snow absorbed the crystal, the Ice and Snow Origin in her body surged instantly. Her Platinum Peak aura broke through the Bottleneck, and her Origin concentration rose from 80% to 85%, only 15% away from the Diamond Rank.

After Nian Xue absorbed it, her Diamond Early Stage Origin concentration rose from 3% to 8%. Her small face was full of joy: "Daddy, Nian Xue feels even stronger!"

Lin Chen absorbed the last crystal himself. His Diamond Early Stage Origin concentration rose from 5% to 10%, his Ancient God Bloodline aura became even heavier, and his Divine Thought range expanded to 250 kilometers.

At that moment, Lin Chen's Divine Thought suddenly captured an anomaly deep within the floating island Secret Realm.

A weak but pure Origin fluctuation came from underground, mixed with a faint Heavenly Dao energy, clearly related to the Heavenly Dao's conspiracy.

"There is Origin energy there, along with traces of the Heavenly Dao." Lin Chen pointed deep into the cave. "Let's go take a look. We might find a way to increase our Origin and figure out the Heavenly Dao's next plan."

Clear Snow nodded, her nine tails swaying gently behind her as the Ice and Snow Law condensed into transparent steps beneath her feet. Nian Xue grabbed Lin Chen's hand, Void Power pulsing in her palm, ready to face any danger.

Before moving forward, Lin Chen called up the current strength panels for the three of them to confirm their status:

【Name: Lin Chen】

【Race: Perfect Ancient God (Tier 3)】

【Strength Realm: Diamond Early Stage (Origin 10%)】

【Talent: Sublimation (Unique Rank · Concept Rank) — Can sublimate everything touched/perceived (One tier per use, limit of two uses per item, no consumption, bound after Sublimation)】

【Mastered Abilities: Law of Thunder (Mastery), Space Law (Mastery), Law of Light (Mastery), Void Power (Perfection), Anti-Heavenly Dao Rule (Perfection), Ancient Gods Pressure (Perfection)】

【Trait: Law Affinity (Mastery) (Merged, increases Law control efficiency by 500%)】

【Name: Lin Qingxue】

【Race: Ice and Snow Nine-Tailed White Fox (Transcendence Level)】

【Strength Realm: Platinum Peak (Origin 85%)】

【Talent: Heart of Ice and Snow (mythical-grade) — Increases Ice and Snow Law control efficiency by 300%; Grandmist Ice Soul (origin level) — Controls Grandmist Ice and Snow Origin; Dragon Scale Guardian (void-grade) — Automatically generates a void-grade defensive shield】

【Mastered Abilities: Ice and Snow Law (Mastery), Void Ice Blade (Perfection), Ice and Snow Guardian (Perfection), Anti-Heavenly Dao Ice Blade (Perfection)】

【Name: Lin Nianxue】

【Race: Ancient Demon God】

【Grade: void-rank】

【Strength Realm: Diamond Early Stage (Origin 8%)】

【Talent: Void Immunity (void-grade) — Immune to all concept/rule/Karma-type attacks; Energy Sharing (void-grade) — Can share Origin energy with parents】

【Mastered Abilities: Void Power (Initial Success), Origin Shield (Initial Success)】

【Resting Time Limit: Cancelled (Heavenly Dao Order)】

【Mission Time: Unlimited (Only continuous survival required)】

"Now that we have no equipment or skills, we can only rely on talents and Laws to fight. Increasing our Origin is key." Lin Chen looked at his wife and daughter.

"The Heavenly Dao has cancelled the Resting World and blocked off higher-level worlds. It's definitely brewing a larger conspiracy. We must break through to higher Realms as quickly as possible to have the ability to resist."

Clear Snow squeezed Lin Chen's hand, her eyes full of determination: "Wherever my husband goes, I will go."

Nian Xue also nodded vigorously: "Nian Xue will go with Daddy and become even stronger!"

The group moved along the passage deep in the cave. On the rock walls on both sides, the pale blue Origin energy became denser and denser.

Lin Chen knew that ahead lay not only opportunities to increase their strength but also potential traps set by the Heavenly Dao.

But he felt no fear. His Ancient God Wings spread behind him, and a golden halo enveloped everyone as they walked step by step toward unknown danger and hope.

The new System of Primordial Chaos Returning to One had begun, and the path of the Origin was beneath their feet. This survival war against the Heavenly Dao had entered a brand-new stage.