53: The sect was furious

"Boom!—!!!"

Three streaks of flowing light burning with fierce purple flames tore through the sky, crashing heavily onto the collapsed ruins of the Black Fiend Demonic Cave like falling meteors!

The terrifying wave of air instantly reduced the remaining rocks and trees to dust, and the scorching airflow warped the space!

The leader, with hair and beard bristling, wore a crimson-gold Daoist robe. His face was majestic, like an angry Vajra, and his body was enveloped in a terrifying Aura capable of burning mountains and boiling seas—it was precisely the Inner Sect Law Enforcement Elder of the Ziyang Sect, Venerable Lieyang!

The pressure of the Divine Treasure Realm Triple Layer Peak was released without reservation, like the glorious Great Sun descending upon the mortal world, causing the entire mountain range to groan!

Behind him, two purple-robed old men with equally astonishing Auras stood on either side, their eyes sharp as lightning. They were the accompanying Law Enforcement Hall Elders, Chihuo and Xuan Yan, both at the Divine Treasure Realm First Layer!

Venerable Lieyang's Divine Sense wildly swept across the ravaged battlefield, instantly locking onto the residual shattered Aura of Zhao Yuangang deep within the demonic cave, as well as the massive corpse of the Nine Nether Demon Chi! His eyes instantly turned crimson, like burning lava!

"You wicked creature! You destroyed my Demonic Cave Seal and slaughtered my Sect Elder! Today, I shall ensure your body and spirit are utterly destroyed, forever suppressed in the Nine Hells!" Venerable Lieyang's roar was like thunder from the Nine Heavens, shaking the distant mountain Peaks until their snow collapsed! He gave no chance for explanation, nor did he need one! His monstrous killing intent had materialized into purple flames, burning fiercely!

"Lieyang Burning Heaven! Suppress!"

Venerable Lieyang struck in anger, holding nothing back! He formed hand Seals, and the vast, sea-like Ziyang True Essence surged wildly from his body! The sky instantly darkened, and a terrifying Great Sun, over a hundred zhang in diameter and entirely condensed from purple-gold flames, appeared out of thin air! It radiated supreme majesty, capable of incinerating all things and purifying everything! The intense heat scorched and warped space, and the ground below instantly turned into scorching lava!

This was one of the Ziyang Sect's foundational Divine Abilities! The Lieyang Burning Heaven Seal! It was powerful enough to incinerate a small city in a single strike!

That Burning Heaven Purple Sun, carrying the will to destroy everything, fiercely pressed down toward the dark-gold figure still standing in the center of the demonic cave ruins! Its speed seemed slow, but it had actually sealed off the entire space! There was no way to evade it!

Facing this terrifying strike that could burn the sky, boil the sea, and instantly turn an Early Stage Divine Treasury Realm expert into ash, Lin Jingyu's eyes showed no fear; instead, an unprecedented, scorching Battle Intent ignited within them!

"Excellent timing!"

He let out a loud roar, and the dark-gold Qi and Blood surrounding him erupted like a volcano!

The power of the Marrow Cleansing Realm First Layer was injected without reservation into the Protective Aura circulating on his body's surface!

He did not dodge or retreat. Instead, he gathered five million jin of brute force onto his fists, rooted his legs into the earth, and fiercely punched out with both fists against the descending Burning Heaven Purple Sun!

"Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison!"

The Qi and Blood smoke shot up into the sky, vaguely forming the phantom image of a Dragon Elephant, roaring and charging, carrying the terrifying power to suppress Hell, rising up against the Heavens!

"Boom!!!!!!"

The dark-gold fists violently collided with the Burning Heaven Purple Sun!

Like the collision of two stars!

An indescribable destructive energy instantly erupted! Blinding light swallowed everything!

The violent shockwave swept out spherically, instantly leveling the Peaks of several surrounding mountains!

The earth violently undulated like waves, cracking open bottomless ravines!

Scorching airflow mixed with chaotic energy turbulence, forming a destructive storm that swept across the world!

In the center of the smoke and energy turbulence.

A figure stood firm, rooted like a bedrock!

It was Lin Jingyu!

The dark-gold Protective Aura circulating on his body violently fluctuated, emitting an overwhelmed buzzing sound, and even showing fine cracks! His feet sank deep into the lava ground, up to his knees! Yet, he did not retreat a single step!

That Burning Heaven Purple Sun was actually held back in mid-air by his fists, unable to descend even an inch!

"What?!" The fury on Venerable Lieyang's face instantly froze, turning into extreme shock! Elders Chihuo and Xuan Yan behind him had their pupils contract sharply, crying out in alarm!

"Impossible! He withstood the Lieyang Burning Heaven Seal head-on?!"

"How can a Marrow Cleansing Realm Physical Body be this powerful?!"

Venerable Lieyang's heart was churning with massive waves! His strike was enough to severely injure or even kill an ordinary Divine Treasure Realm Second Layer expert! Yet, it was blocked by a Marrow Cleansing Realm First Layer using pure Physical Body strength?!

Right at the moment of this mental shock!

A sharp light burst forth from Lin Jingyu's eyes! He felt the power surging within him, felt the Protective Aura reaching its breaking limit! He also felt... the opportunity for a Breakthrough!

"System! Consume the nine nether demon core! Evolve the Primordial Unity Qi Art!" His thoughts raced, and the command was issued!

[Ding! Detected Divine Treasure Grade energy core: "nine nether demon core"! Contains Netherworld Origin!]

[Do you wish to consume the demon core to assist in evolving the Cultivation Technique Primordial Unity Qi Art?]

[Warning: Netherworld Attribute conflicts with the current Cultivation Technique. Forcible Fusion carries unknown risks! Success rate estimated: 75%!]

"Yes! Evolve immediately!" Lin Jingyu didn't hesitate! Risk? Strength is eternal!

[Command confirmed! Consuming "nine nether demon core (Divine Treasure Grade)" x1!]

[Beginning Fusion and evolution! Target: Primordial Unity Qi Art(Minor Achievement) → 《???》!]

Buzz—!

An indescribable, icy and deathly silent, yet vast and boundless Netherworld Power instantly erupted from Lin Jingyu's body! It violently collided with his original Protective Aura, which was supremely rigid, supremely Yang, and unified as one!

"Ugh!" Lin Jingyu let out a muffled groan, and countless bizarre black-gold patterns instantly appeared on the surface of his body!

Half of his body was scorching hot like a furnace, his Qi and Blood boiling; the other half was icy cold like the Nine Hells, permeated with Death Qi!

Two completely opposing forces violently clashed and tore at each other inside his body, as if trying to rip his Physical Body apart!

"Qi Deviation?!"

Venerable Lieyang was stunned for a moment, then instantly overjoyed! "Heaven helps me! Strike him while he's weak! Chihuo! Xuan Yan! Activate the Three Yang Demon Burning Formation! Thoroughly refine this fiend!"

"Understood!" Elders Chihuo and Xuan Yan reacted instantly, retreating rapidly. They formed a triangle with Venerable Lieyang, surrounding the pain-stricken and rigid Lin Jingyu in the center!

The three rapidly changed their hand Seals, and vast Ziyang True Essence surged out, instantly weaving together in the air to form a massive purple-gold flame Formation covering an area of a thousand zhang!

Countless profound runes circulated within the Formation, emitting a terrifying Aura capable of incinerating Divine Souls and refining all things!

The Three Yang Demon Burning Formation! The Ziyang Sect's Demon Suppressing Killing Formation! Laid down jointly by three Divine Treasury Realm Elders, its power was doubled! It was sufficient to refine even Peak Divine Treasure Realm devils!

"Refine!"

Venerable Lieyang shouted sharply!

The entire grand Formation roared into operation! Three purple-gold fire pillars, thick as mountains and resembling three roaring Fire Dragons, fiercely shot out from the three vertices of the Formation, instantly engulfing Lin Jingyu, who was wrapped in black and gold energy, in the central area!

The Ziyang True Fire, which incinerated everything, frantically scorched and refined the chaotic energy field! Space itself was seared, emitting a "sizzling" lament!

"It's done!" Elder Chihuo revealed a sinister smile.

"No matter how strong his Physical Body is, he can't escape the fate of being refined into ashes!" Elder Xuan Yan's eyes were filled with delight.

Venerable Lieyang stared intently at the core area completely swallowed by the purple-gold flames, yet a subtle sense of unease lurked in his heart. That brat... was he really refined so easily?

Just when all three thought the situation was settled—

Boom!!!

From the core wrapped in purple-gold flames, an indescribable, terrifying suction force suddenly erupted!

As if an all-consuming black hole had suddenly formed!

The three violent purple-gold fire pillars were uncontrollably dragged and swallowed, as if they had encountered a bottomless abyss!

The entire Three Yang Demon Burning Formation trembled violently, and its light dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"What is happening?!"

"He's absorbing our True Fire?!"

Chihuo and Xuan Yan turned pale with shock!

Venerable Lieyang's expression changed drastically, and the alarm bells in his heart rang wildly! He abruptly looked toward the core area—

He saw a figure slowly straightening up amidst the fierce purple flames!

The black and gold energies that had been conflicting on his body surface had now strangely merged together, forming a gray, hazy airflow that was like the primordial Chaos, encompassing all phenomena!

This airflow seemed calm, yet it contained a terrifying power that even Venerable Lieyang found heart-stopping! It seemed capable of dissolving all things, and also generating all things!

Lin Jingyu slowly raised his head.

His eyes: the left was blazing gold like the Great Sun, and the right was dark and deep like the abyss!

At the corner of his mouth, a cold and wild curve appeared.

"Thank you for the meal."

His voice was like the thunder at the dawn of Chaos, carrying a majesty that disregarded all things. "This fire is strong enough."