109: Chapter 109 Primal Essence

After returning to Wanxiang University from the periphery of the Devouring Abyss, Shen Ye compiled the Seal diagrams with the latest decryption data from Lin Tianyin and Jiang Yue.

The Primordial Abyss Essence sealed deep within the Devouring Abyss by the Ancestor of the Abyss himself was the last trace of undistorted Origin he had left before his fall.

The Crown Prince had spent his entire life trying to find it to complete the final Fusion of the Perfect Abyss-Devouring Body, but he possessed neither Twilight Energy nor the Twilight Apostle resonance ability granted by the Eternal Loyalty talent, and he was unable to penetrate that Seal throughout his life.

"The value of this essence does not lie in the energy itself, but in the fact that it is the only sample that completely retains the Law structure of the Primordial Abyss before it was distorted."

Lin Tianyin turned the Seal diagram toward Shen Ye; hundreds of Law patterns on the hologram rotated slowly within the dark golden beam of light. "You can use it to connect the dual repair circuit of Twilight Energy and the Time Law to the Void Race Royal Family's Law network, blocking the spread of the distorted Law from the root of the Bloodline. This is not a stopgap measure to Seal the Ancestor of the Abyss, but the key to ending the spread of the distorted Law at its root."

Shen Ye submerged his consciousness into the Land of Gods and Demons.

Chen and Ye stood on either side of the Twilight Altar, and a new batch of Twilight Apostles was being born from the altar.

After the Breakthrough to Level 2 God, the daily production of Twilight Apostles had stabilized at nearly a thousand per day. When they lined up under the Twilight Light Network, the golden light in their left eyes and the purple light in their right eyes intertwined into an extremely stable Law network.

He selected a batch of Apostles with the most stable Law resonance frequencies from among them and precisely calibrated their resonance parameters with the frequency of that third-party Law energy deep within the Devouring Abyss—the two were completely homologous, with an error of less than a few ten-thousandths.

This was the most critical key to breaking through the Devouring Abyss Seal: the Law resonance of the Twilight Apostles could penetrate the Devouring Abyss patterns laid down by the Ancestor of the Abyss himself and directly lock onto the precise location of the essence within the inner layer of the Seal.

Before setting off, it was necessary to fully confirm that all combat power and resources were in place.

Qin Youyou completed the final deep tempering of the ancient war spear at the front-line camp of the Independent Pioneer Sequence. The Law density at the spear tip was now completely synchronized with the Tier 2 Divine Rank Twilight Energy. When she encrypted and sent the tempering data over, she attached a short sentence: "Ready to depart at any time."

In the Ancient Artifact Repository on the top floor of the Golden Tower, Bai Ye performed the final round of synchronous calibration between the Bai family's ancient star map and the time anomaly area of the Devouring Abyss Seal, and the coverage parameters of the miniature Time Law beacon had already been pre-loaded with the Devouring Abyss coordinates.

Deep within the Body Refining Cave, Yan Shan finished deducing the underground Spiritual Qi flow for the last few nodes of the inner layer of the Devouring Abyss Seal. Hou Tu squatted beside him, marking the node coordinates one by one on an obsidian slab, and the father and son silently adjusted their breathing rhythms.

Tie Chui expanded the production line of portable twilight beacons to all front-line camps and specially rushed a batch of high-density beacons for this operation—the shells were tempered with spiral ore crystal, and the activation slots were reinforced with Twilight Metal. Although the coverage radius of a single unit was only one-fifth of the fixed version, it had the advantage of being numerous and triggering quickly.

Before departing, Shen Ye activated these beacons one by one. Each time one was activated, a higher-grade beacon of the same type condensed synchronously deep within the Land of Gods and Demons.

The trigger frequency of Gain Without Labor reached a new peak in just a few days, and the Law density gap from Level 2 God to Tier 1 God was mostly filled by the continuously pouring in high-grade beacons.

Su Wanqing's chamber of commerce channels delivered the final batch of supplies, accompanied by the latest deployment data for all major front-line camps—the self-circulating pill room clusters had covered all peripheral outposts, and the inventory of portable twilight beacons was sufficient to support the consumption for the entire Devouring Abyss purification cycle.

She mentioned in passing that Bai Lu had found a few more ancient, incomplete volumes about the Devouring Abyss Seal in the Wanxiang University library and had entrusted someone to pass them on to Jiang Yue.

Mo Lan sent news from the Mo family that the Mo family's intelligence network had locked onto the latest activity patterns of the Crown Prince's remnants on the edge of the Empire's core area, confirming that the remnants were gathering toward the periphery of the Devouring Abyss.

Gu Changfeng completed the final round of Law resonance calibration for the wind-thunder twin spears in Cangyin City.

Qin Sese entrusted someone to deliver freshly brewed wild strong liquor from the Northern Mining District, attached with a note: "You're coming back soon, right?"

After compiling the intelligence from all sides, Shen Ye gathered the core team at the Law Analysis Laboratory of Wanxiang University to make the final operational deployment.

Lin Tianyin projected the complete structure of the Devouring Abyss Seal onto the hologram and divided the entire action plan into three stages: In the first stage, Shen Ye would continuously activate portable twilight beacons on the periphery of the Devouring Abyss to trigger Gain Without Labor and accumulate Law density, while simultaneously suppressing the Devouring Abyss patterns on the outer layer of the Seal with the Twilight Light Network; in the second stage, when the outer Devouring Abyss patterns were suppressed to be thin enough, the Twilight Apostle array would release Law resonance to precisely locate the coordinates of the Primordial Abyss Essence in the inner layer of the Seal; in the third stage, Shen Ye would use the twilight longsword to break through the Twilight Seal of the inner layer head-on—this Seal itself would not repel Twilight Energy, but opening it required verifying whether the holder possessed the complete Fusion Law of both the Holy Light and the Primordial Abyss, which was the core value of the Twilight Apostle resonance.

"After breaking through the Seal, that Primordial Abyss Essence will automatically resonate with the Twilight Energy. You need to integrate it into your Dantian and complete the synchronization with the Heart of Twilight. Once the integration is complete, your Twilight Energy will possess the complete Law frequency of the Void Race Royal Family Bloodline, allowing you to directly connect to the diffusion network of the distorted Law and block the spread of the distortion at the root. This process itself will release immense energy, and combined with the continuous triggering of Gain Without Labor, it will be enough to allow you to break through the Bottleneck of a Tier 1 God."

She paused, performed a final synchronous calibration of Bai Ye's Time Law Array parameters with the time anomaly area of the inner layer of the Devouring Abyss Seal, and said, "The Crown Prince's remnants are gathering toward the periphery of the Devouring Abyss, and Gu Qinghan and Cang Ming will be responsible for containing them on the periphery. You must complete the recovery of the essence before the remnants break through the outer defense line."

On the night before departure, Shen Ye placed the wild strong liquor freshly brewed by Qin Sese by Yan Shan's side.

Yan Shan unscrewed the lid and took a sip, saying that this liquor was stronger than the last one.

Shen Ye said it was freshly brewed by Qin Sese, and she said it was a toast to him.

Yan Shan put the liquor flask into the old ore basket in the corner of the Body Refining Cave, placing it next to the obsidian slab used when Hou Tu first helped him mark the Seal nodes.

Outside the window, the light beams of the four towers rotated slowly in the night, and he leaned against the stone wall of the Body Refining Cave and closed his eyes; the Rock Pattern on his right arm flickered slightly in the afterglow of the Twilight Light Network.

Shen Ye stood alone by the lake.

The heart deep within his Dantian beat powerfully, each pulsation echoing the flowing Twilight Light Network at the end of the horizon.

The Crown Prince's Perfect Abyss-Devouring Body had perished, the Seal repair circuit had been activated, and the coordinates of the Primordial Essence deep within the Devouring Abyss had been locked.

This step would determine whether he could cut off the diffusion path of the Void Race's distorted Law at the root before it found a new host.

He pressed the small amulet on his chest through his clothes, turned, walked back to the dormitory, and zipped up his backpack.

Outside the window, the twilight was thick over the lake, and the light beams of the four towers rotated slowly in the night sky.

Tomorrow, he would return to the Devouring Abyss, retrieve that essence, and complete the final step of breaking through to Tier 1 God.