209: Chapter 211 The body may shatter, but the Dao remains unbroken.

The moment the right half of Lin Yi's Physical Body disintegrated, the entire black stone palace seemed to fall silent.

It was not because the Formation had stopped.

Rather, it was because the Yuan Yi's mind had gone blank for a brief instant.

It had seen too many geniuses break through to the Divine Body Realm.

It had also seen many people forcibly attempt to impact the high-grade divine body or Top-grade Divine Body.

But like Lin Yi, having half his body disintegrated by the divine body Origin energy not long after starting, almost no one could survive that.

"Steady yourself!"

The Yuan Yi shouted sharply.

It quickly formed seals with its paws, and the patterns surrounding the black stone palace suddenly lit up, with layers of soft radiance pressing down toward Lin Yi.

That was not to help him Breakthrough.

It was to forcibly slow down the infusion speed of the treasure's Origin energy.

But the next moment, the Yuan Yi's expression became even uglier.

It could not be slowed down.

The Water Dao Body within Lin Yi had already instinctively drawn in those body-forging Origin energies.

Just like parched earth encountering a torrential rain, every inch of flesh and blood in his body was frantically devouring the power.

But being able to swallow it did not mean he could withstand it.

Boom!

The remaining half of Lin Yi's body shook violently.

Cracks spread from his chest to his neck, then climbed up to his cheeks.

Blood vessels burst in his left eye.

The entire person looked like a piece of porcelain about to shatter.

Lin Yi did not scream.

But that kind of pain was no longer pain in the ordinary sense.

Every inch of flesh and blood was being torn apart.

Every bone was being ground into powder.

Deep within his Divine Soul, it felt as if countless thin threads were passing through, intending to tear his consciousness apart bit by bit.

He attempted to circulate the Dao of Water.

Water should have been able to contain all things.

Water should have been able to harmonize everything.

But the power surging into his body at this moment was too violent.

He had just gathered the disintegrated flesh and blood back together, but in the next instant, those pieces of flesh and blood exploded again.

Gather once. Shatter once. Gather again. Shatter again.

In the end, the Yuan Yi could no longer see a complete Lin Yi.

In the center of the Formation, only a large patch of golden-red blood mist remained, along with a body so mangled it barely looked human.

"Stop!"

The Yuan Yi gritted its teeth and again forcibly activated the stone palace's Formation.

It could no longer care whether Lin Yi would ruin his Foundation if the Breakthrough failed.

If this continued, Lin Yi would truly die.

But just as the Formation pressed down, a low rumble came from within Lin Yi's body.

That was the sound of the Golden Core vibrating.

The originally round and flawless Innate Golden Core now had its first crack appear on its surface.

Followed by a second, then a third.

There were more and more cracks.

The Xiantian True Essence lost its restraint and began to leak out frantically.

The Yuan Yi's pupils constricted.

"It's not working."

"The Golden Core cannot hold on either."

It finally understood that Lin Yi's early body-forging this time was even more dangerous than it had imagined.

If the Physical Body is not perfect, it can be supplemented with resources.

If the Divine Soul is insufficient, one can rely on willpower to hold on.

But now even the Golden Core was starting to collapse.

This meant that Lin Yi's original Innate Foundation was being forcibly ground to pieces by the Top-grade Divine Body Origin energy.

It was not a transformation. It was destruction.

The Yuan Yi stared fixedly at the center of the Formation and growled, "Lin Yi, give up! Give up now, and there is still a glimmer of hope!"

In the center of the Formation, Lin Yi's mangled lips moved slightly.

No sound came out. But the Yuan Yi understood. He said: No retreat.

The Yuan Yi was shaking with anger. "Madman! You are truly a madman!"

Boom! As if responding to its words, the Golden Core within Lin Yi finally reached its limit. A soft sound. The Golden Core shattered.

At that moment, the remainder of Lin Yi's body completely lost control.

The Xiantian True Essence, divine body Origin energy, Dao of Water, and the physical power of the Black Demon War Heaven Body were all churned together.

They no longer circulated in an orderly fashion as they did during cultivation. Instead, like countless enraged rivers, they collided with each other within a body that was already mangled.

Bang! Lin Yi's left arm exploded. Bang! His chest exploded. Bang! His legs also turned into blood mist at the same time.

In the blink of an eye, his complete Physical Body was reduced to only a head covered in cracks, and half a broken spine.

Even the phantom of his Divine Soul began to become blurry.

The Yuan Yi watched this scene, its heart sinking to the very bottom.

It knew the worst-case scenario had arrived. Lin Yi's body could no longer withstand it.

Meanwhile. Outside the Jiuzhou World. A purple-gold flying boat tore through the turbulence of the starry sky and slammed fiercely into the membrane wall of the Jiuzhou World.

Boom! The entire firmament of the Nine Provinces shook.

Countless Martial Artists looked up in terror.

They saw that high above in the sky, an overbearing figure wearing purple-gold battle armor with a long beard hanging to his chest stepped out from the flying boat.

Just by standing there, his aura pressed down so heavily that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi became somewhat stagnant.

Sanshan Helong had arrived.

He looked down and surveyed the Nine Provinces, his gaze sweeping over the direction of the Heavenly Mountain Sect, then over that stretch of sky where the great battle had just ended.

The auras of the eleven Elders had all disappeared. Only the fluctuations of the broken Formation remained in the world.

The smile on Sanshan Helong's face disappeared bit by bit.

"Wuya." "Wuhai." "Luojing."

Each time he spoke a name, his voice grew a degree colder. In the end, his eyes had become incomparably chilling.

"All dead?"

He slowly looked up, and his terrifying Divine Thought instantly swept across more than half of the Nine Provinces.

"Lin Yi!" His voice was like thunder, shaking the world.

Within the Heavenly Mountain Sect, countless people were shaken, their blood and Qi surging.

Lin Haichuan sat in his wheelchair, his face slightly pale, yet he still looked up at the sky.

Ji Xuan stood behind him, her fingers gripping the back of the chair tightly.

Old Ancestor Yan Hui and the others ascended into the sky simultaneously, but as soon as they approached, they were halted by that pressure of the Undying Realm.

It was too strong. This was not like those Divine Body Realm Elders from before. This was a complete powerhouse of the Undying Realm.

Sanshan Helong looked coldly in the direction of the Heavenly Mountain Sect.

"You killed eleven Elders of my Sanshan Family, and you still want to hide?"

He raised his right hand. Purple-gold divine light gathered in his palm.

"Since you won't come out, then I will destroy your Sect first."

As his words fell, he pressed down with his palm.

Rumble! The sky seemed to have collapsed a piece. The giant purple-gold palm spanned hundreds of miles and smashed fiercely down toward the Heavenly Mountain Sect.

Everyone's expression changed drastically.

Within the Yuanhe Divine Palace, the Yuan Yi also sensed this palm strike. Its expression was livid.

If it used the power of the Yuanhe Divine Palace, it could certainly block it. But if it did that, the Yuanhe Divine Palace would risk exposure.

And Lin Yi was currently at the life-or-death juncture of body-forging, making it impossible for him to act.

"Damn it!" The Yuan Yi gritted its teeth.

It was about to forcibly divert a portion of the Divine Palace's power to block the aftermath for the Heavenly Mountain Sect.

Just at this moment, a very faint sound suddenly came from the center of the Formation.

"Don't move."

The Yuan Yi turned its head sharply. Lin Yi's Physical Body was almost completely gone. Only a churning mist of blood and a tottering will of his Divine Soul remained.

Yet his consciousness was actually still awake.

"You are still worrying about the outside world?" the Yuan Yi shouted angrily. "You are about to die yourself!"

Lin Yi did not respond. Or rather, he no longer had the strength to respond.

The sound of that palm strike from Sanshan Helong in the outside world reached the depths of his consciousness as if filtered through countless layers of water.

His parents were down below. The Heavenly Mountain Sect was down below. The Nine Provinces were down below. And he, right now, didn't even have a body.

Boom! The last half of his spine shattered. His head also turned into blood mist. The phantom of his Divine Soul completely split apart amidst the countless impacts of Origin energy.

At this moment, Lin Yi had truly lost his Physical Body. No flesh. No bones. No Golden Core. Even his Divine Soul had been torn into countless fragments.

The Yuan Yi froze. It looked at the empty blood mist in the center of the Formation, and for the first time, a cold feeling arose in its heart.

Failed? But the next instant, it suddenly looked up again. No. Not yet.

In the deepest part of the Formation's center, in the middle of that nearly disintegrated blood mist, there was still a speck of light that had not been extinguished.

That was not a Divine Soul. Nor was it a Physical Body. It was—a wisp of will.

Extremely faint. Yet it had not been extinguished.

Outside, the giant purple-gold palm was getting closer and closer. Inside the stone palace, countless body-forging Origin energies were still running wild.

Lin Yi no longer had a body, nor a complete Divine Soul. But that speck of will was like a spark of fire buried under endless darkness. Tiny. Silent. But still burning.

The Yuan Yi stared fixedly at that speck of light, its voice trembling. "Even this... and he is not dead yet?"