173: Come on! Destroy this damned world!

I don't care! Saving lives is more important!

Before Lu Chen could even use it, the heavenly dao energy seemed to sense its master's body was injured and automatically activated!

Buzz—

A dazzling golden light burst from his Dantian, like a galaxy reversing, instantly enveloping his entire body.

That light contained the power of the supreme Law. Wherever it passed, the shattered flesh and blood reassembled as if time were flowing backward! At the edge of the blood hole piercing his chest, granulation tissue wriggled madly, bones regenerated, blood vessels reconnected... Even more astonishingly, the Mortal heart, which had been destroyed, completely transformed under the cleansing of the heavenly dao energy! In its place was a crystal-clear "heart of the heavenly dao"—it was as transparent as crystal, its surface flowing with supreme Heavenly Dao patterns!

Lu Chen could clearly feel that the new heart was no longer pumping blood, but pure heavenly dao energy! Every drop of "blood" contained the power of Law, and his limbs and bones were tempered as if by divine fire, his strength skyrocketing exponentially!

Just as the heart of the heavenly dao formed, the Golden Scale Art suddenly began to operate on its own!

Previously, the liver (wood), spleen (earth), lungs (metal), and kidneys (water), which had been tempered by the Iron Shirt Technique, vibrated simultaneously, forming a perfect cycle with the newly formed heart of the heavenly dao (fire).

The five organs burst forth with dazzling rosy light, and five-colored radiance surged endlessly through his Meridians!

The most astonishing was that heart of the heavenly dao.

Every beat caused a resonance between heaven and earth, pumping out not Mortal blood, but golden blood imbued with the Heavenly Dao Law.

As this blood flowed through his limbs and bones, Lu Chen's bones let out a Dragon-like roar, and his muscle fibers reorganized into a more perfect form.

His Dantian Qi Sea churned, and the Golden Dragon True Qi was compressed to its extreme before suddenly collapsing, slowly forming a Dragon Pearl shining with nine Dragon patterns!

This was precisely Dragon Yuan!

Lu Chen's Realm also directly became Transcendent Rank Nine!!

Lu Chen could feel that as long as he comprehended the final step, "Dotting the Dragon's Eyes," he would officially enter the Qi Refinement Stage.

And with the heart of the heavenly dao, the combat power he would possess at that time would likely make even Foundation Establishment mighty ones tremble in fear!

Of course, the Qi Refining Layer was no longer important to Lu Chen now!!

Just a moment ago, Lu Chen sensed that a month had passed on Earth, and tens of thousands of infected mutants had died, collecting tens of thousands of heavenly dao energy for him!!

What kind of concept was this!!

He only needed ten points of heavenly dao energy to destroy the entire Small World!!

What kind of immortal cultivation was he doing then!!

Although Lu Chen had calmed down, honed his mind, matured a lot, and learned a lot over these thirteen years, forming bonds with Lu Family Village, his aunt, and his disciples, it didn't matter. After he destroyed this world, he could build an identical Lu Family Village in the Heavenly Dao Workshop and revive them!

He could even copy the entire Tianqi Continent 1:1, so that Lu Family Village would be completely unaware that they were already in another world.

Come on! Let's destroy it!

Lu Chen couldn't wait another moment!!

Just as Lu Chen was about to try using heavenly dao energy to destroy the world.

Ding!

That familiar, damned sound! It finally appeared!!

[Warning! Warning! The host is currently not the Heavenly Dao and cannot use any heavenly dao energy!]

[Chaos! Chaos! Why can a non-Heavenly Dao obtain heavenly dao energy? Initiating self-check procedure.]

[Detected a special BUG—the host's near-death moment caused temporal and spatial instability, accelerating the flow of time in the real world and generating new heavenly dao energy.]

[This BUG cannot be fixed! Activating special mode, separating Earth's time flow from the host's authority.]

F*ck you!!

System!

Aren't you just disgusting me!

Why should I bear the consequences of your own BUG!!

I demand to immediately stop the trial and restore my Heavenly Dao identity!!

[System: I am very sorry, host. Your trial is the highest priority of the heavenly dao system! The previous hosts all had to go through this stage, otherwise, the System's Rank will be stuck at Rank 9, unable to rise to Rank 10, and unable to unlock all permissions.

host, have you forgotten that coffin? It contains the ultimate reward of the Heavenly Dao. Don't you want it? Didn't you say you hated the System's restraints and restrictions on you? As long as you overcome this trial, you will become the true Heavenly Dao. You can even directly delete the System, erase everything about the System, and be able to do whatever you want, omnipotent.]

Uh!

Lu Chen was moved!

Thinking about it this way, although the risk was great, the reward was also great.

If he could endure this trial and become the true Heavenly Dao, it would be worth the risk.

Lu Chen's consciousness questioned: "Okay! Even if I'm willing to continue the trial, what about Earth? This BUG passed a month, what if the next BUG passes a year, or ten years? When I go back, Earth might already be destroyed! What kind of trial would I be doing then!"

[System: Again, I sincerely apologize. This BUG was indeed unexpected and something I cannot fix. After all, I am just a test version. As compensation, I can allow you, as the Heavenly Dao, to return to real Earth for ten days! Use these ten days to deal with matters on Earth.]

Ten days!

Lu Chen's eyes lit up!!

As long as his Heavenly Dao identity was restored, Lu Chen could definitely find a way to cheat and help himself grow quickly in the trial world.

Lu Chen was too lazy to bargain. He wanted to finish quickly, otherwise, if the System went back on its word, it would be troublesome.

"Good! Ten days it is!! What about here then!!"

Lu Chen looked at the world before him, where time and space had completely stopped.

Ge Hong was looking at him with a ferocious laugh, confident of victory.

Although Xiang Yu had transformed into a three-meter-tall imposing giant, he was still only a Transcendent, certainly no match for Ge Hong.

Blood droplets splashing from the boiling blood pool seemed to be frozen in time, solidified in mid-air.

The broken floor fragments that should have continued to fall seemed to be under a spell, suddenly pausing in mid-air.

Ge Hong's seven-year-old daughter, Ge Juan, lay in the crystal coffin, watching her father.

The entire Blood Palace, the entire world, had stopped at this moment.

[System: There are powerful unknown Laws on Earth that I cannot guarantee 100% control over, but the Small World is fine. You can return to Earth with peace of mind. Space and time here will be completely locked, and there will be no problems.]

That's good!

Lu Chen waved to the enraged Chu Yu: "Brother Chu, good luck, see you in ten days."

He then glanced at the sinister and smug Ge Hong: "Old scoundrel, you almost killed me, but it was a blessing in disguise. I found out about this BUG in advance. Otherwise, by the time I reached Foundation Establishment or Golden Core cultivation, I might not even have had a chance to react and would have died directly!! Wait for me for ten days. In ten days, I'll come for your dog head!!"

[System: host, are you ready? If you are, I will teleport you back to Earth.]

Lu Chen said expectantly: "I'm ready, come on!"