118: Refining the Origin of Heavenly Dao

A chorus of furious voices, like mountain-shaking tsunamis, swept over.

Lin Chen waved his hand, and the All-Heavens Demon Burial Grand Array slowly dissipated, allowing the daylight to gradually brighten.

Hundreds of Great Emperors and Supremes appeared, their faces etched with rage as they surrounded Huyan Bao, wishing they could devour him alive.

"Huyan Bao, do you confess your crimes?!"

One of the Great Emperors questioned him in a fury.

"...I, I I..."

Almost all the top-tier combat power of the Cangxuan Realm was gathered here. Facing the wrath of so many, Huyan Bao felt an instinctive fear; his voice trembled, and he didn't know how to defend himself.

Escaping was impossible.

He had just witnessed Nine Infant Demon Venerable and thirty-six Demon Emperors being instantly annihilated by Lin Chen.

Lin Chen's strength had completely exceeded the scope of his understanding.

If he had known Lin Chen was this terrifying, even if he were given a hundred times more courage, he wouldn't have dared to oppose the Wending Sect... Back then, simply agreeing to the Heavenly Sword Sect's request to send Wu Zhixiong into the Secret Realm to assassinate a Personal Disciple of the Wending Sect had triggered this entire series of events.

He was filled with such regret!

But it was too late for anything now.

"For your own selfish desires, your Batian Sect actually released such a peerless Devil Head, causing the world's living beings to suffer!"

"You even helped the villain, refining billions of lives!"

"Your sins are too numerous to record!"

"If not for Lin Chen turning the tide, all of us would have died here!"

"The Cangxuan Realm would also have ceased to exist!"

"Huyan Bao!"

"Do you confess your crimes?!"

"..."

Countless insults and accusations overwhelmed him like a deluge.

At first, Huyan Bao was terrified; a sincere fear of death made him desperately want to explain himself.

But... soon after, he finally realized that this group of people would never let him leave alive; his end was certain death.

Consequently, his mind gradually turned frantic, and he began to laugh hysterically while covering his face: "Hahaha... I just wanted to survive, what did I do wrong?"

"...Hahaha, right, I'm not wrong!"

"..."

"So what if the Cangxuan Realm is gone?"

"..."

"So what if the Human Race is extinct?"

"..."

"As long as I survive, it's enough!"

"..."

Such insane remarks instantly pushed everyone's anger to the limit.

Lin Chen's face darkened: "I'll leave him to you. Don't let him die too quickly."

"Roar—!"

Having received Lin Chen's permission, over a hundred Great Emperors and hundreds of Supremes were like a pack of sharks smelling blood, frantically pouncing toward Huyan Bao. In an instant, Huyan Bao was submerged by the angry crowd, and screams and roars... rang out incessantly.

Meanwhile, Lin Chen stood in place, his brow slightly furrowed.

"What's going on?"

The mission previously issued by the System had two conditions: first, kill Nine Infant Demon Venerable; second, unify the Cangxuan Realm.

He had clearly killed Nine Infant Demon Venerable, but the System hadn't reacted at all.

No matter how affectionately he called out, the System ignored him.

And after this catastrophe, the vast majority of forces with even a bit of strength had almost all become affiliated forces of the Wending Sect. The Demon Venerable was dead, and ten thousand sects were paying homage. If this wasn't called unifying the Cangxuan Realm, then what was?

Could it be... Nine Infant Demon Venerable isn't dead yet?

As soon as this thought appeared, it was quickly dismissed by Lin Chen.

With his current Divine Sense, he could cover the entire Cangxuan Realm with a single thought.

If Nine Infant Demon Venerable weren't dead, he couldn't possibly hide from his Divine Sense perception.

"Unless..."

Lin Chen's mind raced, and an overlooked, Supreme existence flashed through his mind.

"The so-called unification isn't just about conquering living beings, but rather... controlling the very Foundation of this Realm's operation?"

"That would mean controlling... the Heavenly Dao?"

His gaze suddenly lifted, piercing through the layers of the Nine Heavens, looking toward that unseen, formless, yet tangible source that maintained the entire world's life and death Reincarnation, rewarded and punished all beings, and brought down Heavenly Tribulations—

The Cangxuan Realm's Heavenly Dao!

"That's it." Lin Chen's eyes sparkled with brilliance: "Under the whole heaven, every spot is the sovereign's ground; to the borders of the land, every individual is the sovereign's subject. If this 'Heaven' itself does not submit, how can there be true... unification?"

At this moment, the duration of his Peak Earth Immortal experience card hadn't yet expired. If he didn't seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to refine the heavenly dao origin, who knew how long he would have to wait before he could Breakthrough to the Peak Earth Immortal Realm on his own.

A hundred years?

A thousand years?

Who knew!

"System, since I'm to unify it, then... I'll unify it to the very end!"

Lin Chen no longer hesitated. With a flicker of his body, he instantly disappeared from the spot... and in the next moment, he appeared above the Nine Heavens, in the Sea of Law Origins!

This place was a vast Chaos, containing the world's Origin power.

Countless Laws were intertwined within it.

Ordinary Cultivators, and even Great Emperors, could not touch this place in the slightest throughout their entire lives.

Yet the current Lin Chen could not only sense this place, he stepped into it with almost no effort.

Looking around, in the center of this sea of Origins, there floated a halo of light that constantly changed shape and radiated a Supreme will.

It had no specific consciousness, only a cold instinct to maintain the world's balance and execute established rules.

"...Is this the manifestation of the Cangxuan Realm's Heavenly Dao?"

Sensing the intrusion of this "foreign object" Lin Chen, the Heavenly Dao instinctively sought to obliterate it.

The entire sea of Origins began to boil, and countless Law Chains extended from the Void Realm. These chains carried red lightning with an aura of destruction, like a hideous monster with countless tentacles, wanting to completely obliterate this "foreign object" that dared to challenge the Supreme rules!

"Heh."

Lin Chen gave a contemptuous smile.

If a Great Emperor Realm expert came here and faced these terrifying Law Chains, they would surely be helpless and meet a miserable end.

But for Lin Chen, who was currently a Peak Earth Immortal, it was somewhat insufficient.

Lin Chen gave a cold snort, and the majestic Immortal Power within his body erupted, transforming into an invisible giant hand. He directly ignored the countless Law Chains and grabbed toward that cluster of heavenly dao origin light!

"Rumble—!"

The Law Chains shattered! The red lightning was annihilated!

In the face of absolute power suppression, all the Heavenly Dao's resistance appeared so pale and weak!

The giant hand closed, firmly grasping the halo that represented the Cangxuan Realm's Supreme rules in its palm!

"Refine!"

Lin Chen gave a low shout as dao rhyme flowed around him. His Earth Immortal power acted like a furnace, beginning to forcibly refine and fuse with this cluster of heavenly dao origin!

The Heavenly Dao struggled violently by instinct.

But it was all in vain... Lin Chen's expression remained unchanged as he integrated the heavenly dao origin into his body bit by bit... To the people outside, they only saw their Sect Master suddenly disappear, and then the entire sky became abnormally bright. The sun, moon, and stars appeared simultaneously, shedding magnificent radiance as if heaven and earth were celebrating some kind of rebirth.

An indescribable, warm, and grand aura enveloped the entire world, making people feel peace and awe.

About two hours later.

Above the Nine Heavens, Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes.

The Heavenly Dao halo in his palm had disappeared, completely fused with him.

At this moment, he felt that his will was closely connected to the mountains, rivers, plants, living beings, and even every wisp of Spiritual Qi in the entire Cangxuan Realm.

He was the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao was him!

With a single thought, he could summon wind and rain!

With a single intent, he could decide the Lifespan of living beings!

With a single movement of his mind, he could modify the Heavenly Dao Laws of this Realm!

The heavenly dao origin was constantly nurturing him, and he could clearly feel that his cultivation Realm was growing at a terrifying speed... Even if the Disciples and Elders were Cultivating desperately in the great dao spacetime pagoda, it couldn't compare to the speed at which he improved while lying still!

"Is this what it feels like to be the master of a Realm?"

"This is great!"

Lin Chen shouted out in excitement!

Just then, several consecutive cold mechanical voices rang in his ears—

[Ding! Detected that the Host has completely refined the Cangxuan Realm's heavenly dao origin!]

[The mission 'Eliminate Nine Infant Demon Venerable and unify the Cangxuan Realm' has been completed!]

[System mission rewards are being distributed...]