59: Strength is the only true measure of success.

On the desolate mountain, Lin Jingyu sat cross-legged, his aura like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

The immense power brought by the Perfection of the Star Body Tempering Method surged within his body, like a chaos furnace, with a colossal strength of twenty-six million catties dormant beneath his sinewy, Dragon-like muscles.

Even more crucially, the phantom of the Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart in his mind was becoming clearer than ever before!

A vast, ancient will, as if originating from the primeval Universe, descended with a roar, transcending endless time and space!

Within the phantom, a majestic divine demon, towering between heaven and earth, with muscles bulging like star-mountain ranges, Chaos Qi Flow entwining its body, and galaxies forming and perishing with the opening and closing of its eyes, was slowly opening its eyes!

That gaze penetrated the phantom, directly imprinting itself deep into Lin Jingyu's Soul!

"Now!"

In Lin Jingyu's eyes, Chaos nebulae spun wildly, his will as firm as iron, without a trace of hesitation!

"System! Consume all evolution points and evolve the Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart!"

[Ding! Consumed 31,430 evolution points!]

[Cultivation Technique Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart is evolving...]

[Star Body Tempering Method → Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart (Initiation)!]

"Boom—!!!"

An indescribably terrifying phenomenon erupted violently, centered around Lin Jingyu!

Above the desolate mountain, stars appeared in broad daylight!

The power of infinitely distant stars was forcibly drawn in, transforming into visible silver light pillars, like the Nine Heavens' Milky Way pouring down, roaring into Lin Jingyu's body!

The desolate mountain beneath him instantly turned to dust!

The earth trembled violently, splitting open bottomless ravines!

A divine demon dharma idol phantom, a hundred zhang tall and towering between heaven and earth, suddenly condensed behind him! Although blurry, its terrifying might, capable of suppressing star rivers and destroying all ages, swept across a hundred li radius like a tangible tsunami! Space groaned under the unbearable pressure!

"Roar—!!!"

A roar, as if from the primeval Chaos, erupted from Lin Jingyu's mouth, shaking the wilderness!

His entire body's bones crackled like thunder, muscles furiously bulged and swelled, and a dark golden glow, intertwined with Chaos and stars, flowed beneath his skin!

His strength surged again, beyond its limits!

**Marrow Cleansing Realm, Seventh Level! Eighth Level! Ninth Level! Peak!**

His strength was rapidly approaching fifty million catties! Only a step away from the Divine Treasury Realm!

The phenomenon came and went quickly.

When the divine demon dharma idol phantom slowly dissipated and the star light pillars vanished, all that remained was a giant pit, dozens of zhang deep.

At the bottom of the pit, Lin Jingyu slowly stood up, the Chaos Qi Flow around him even more profound and viscous, like flowing liquid Chaos. With the opening and closing of his eyes, divine demon phantoms seemed to form and perish!

"Archaic God-Demon... Initiation!"

He felt the terrifying power, far exceeding the Star Body Tempering Method, surging within him, and the nascent divine demon will. Killing Intent boiled in his heart. "Perfect, I'll use these pursuers as a sacrifice!"

In the distance, several streaks of light emitting powerful auras were rapidly approaching through the Void Realm!

Leading them were the three Elders of Treasure Gathering Pavilion: Elder Hong Lie, the Fiery Palm; Elder Leng Qianqiu, the Profound Ice Finger; and Elder Han Feng, the Sky-Rending Sword!

Behind them followed Young Lord Nangong Hao of the Nangong Family, along with several powerful Family venerables, all with ashen faces and surging Killing Intent.

"Over there! What terrifying residual phenomenon!"

Elder Hong Lie's gaze was like a torch, instantly locking onto Lin Jingyu in the deep pit. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was immediately replaced by greed and Killing Intent. "You little beast! Hand over the Starfall Secret Silver Marrow, cripple your own cultivation, and I'll spare your life!"

"Why bother talking to him!"

Elder Leng Qianqiu's voice was icy cold. "Kill him, and the item will naturally be ours! Activate the Three Talents Sky Locking Formation! Don't let him escape with that strange Movement Technique again!"

The three instantly spread out, forming a triangular Formation. The Divine Treasury Realm pressure converged, and an invisible spatial Restriction force instantly enveloped a radius of several li!

This Formation was specifically designed to counter spatial displacement!

Nangong Hao, in the air in the distance, had a pale face and stared at Lin Jingyu with venomous eyes: "Three Elders! Capture him alive for me! I want to flay him, refine his Soul to light lamps! Make him wish for death but unable to die!"

The two Nangong Family venerables behind him, whose auras had reached the Divine Treasury Realm, First Level, were also poised to strike.

Facing the pressure and spatial blockade from three Divine Treasury Realm, Middle Stage powerhouses, Lin Jingyu's face showed no fear, only an indifferent coldness.

He slowly raised his head, his divine demon-like gaze sweeping over everyone, as if looking down at a group of ants.

"You, are you worthy of locking me down?"

He took a step forward!

He did not use Movement Technique!

Purely relying on the terrifying Physical Body strength that had just transformed and contained the will of the Archaic God-Demon!

"Rumble!"

The earth beneath his feet instantly collapsed as if trampled by a giant god!

He himself was like a human cannonball, tearing through the air, creating a deafening sonic boom cloud!

His target was Elder Hong Lie directly in front of him!

"Seeking death!" Elder Hong Lie roared, but a hint of shock flashed in his eyes!

His opponent's speed was more than several times faster than at the auction house?!

He dared not be careless. His palms instantly turned fiery red like branding irons, and his Blazing Flame True Qi, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas, erupted without reservation!

"Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Palm!"

A hundred-zhang-sized giant flame palm, carrying a high temperature that could incinerate all things, violently struck towards the charging Lin Jingyu!

Space itself was scorched and distorted!

Lin Jingyu did not dodge or evade!

His right fist, wrapped in Chaos Qi Flow, met it head-on without any flourish! On the fist's edge, the phantom of an Archaic God-Demon faintly roared!

"Divine Demon Sky-Rending Fist!"

"Bang—!!!"

Fist and palm collided!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a dull thud that made hearts stop!

That giant flame palm, powerful enough to incinerate Divine Treasury Realm, Early Stage cultivators, was instantly eroded, decomposed, and annihilated under the Chaos divine demon fist print, like snow meeting its nemesis!

The fist print's momentum remained undiminished, fiercely smashing into Elder Hong Lie's crossed arms!

"Crack! Pfft!"

The grating sound of bones cracking and the splattering of flesh and blood rang out simultaneously!

Elder Hong Lie's arms, along with half of his shoulder, were instantly torn apart by an invisible immense force, turning into a bloody mist and shattered bones!

He let out a bloodcurdling scream, not sounding human, and flew backward like a broken sack, blood splattering across the sky!

One punch! Severely injuring a Divine Treasury Realm, Fourth Level cultivator!

"Senior Brother Hong!" Elders Leng Qianqiu and Han Feng turned pale with shock, unable to believe their eyes!

How was this possible?!

His opponent clearly still had the aura of the Marrow Cleansing Realm!

"Junior, die!" Leng Qianqiu was furious and alarmed, condensing extreme cold Qi at his fingertips. An ice-blue finger attack, piercing through the Void Realm, shot towards Lin Jingyu's back!

Elder Han Feng, even more so, merged with his sword, transforming into a sharp sword light that tore through heaven and earth, stabbing directly at Lin Jingyu's glabella!

Both attacked in a rage, using their ultimate killing moves!

Lin Jingyu did not turn his head.

He casually grabbed backward with his left hand!

That Profound Ice Finger attack, powerful enough to freeze Divine Thought, was actually directly crushed by his palm, which was covered in Chaos Qi Flow! Like crushing a piece of brittle ice!

"Pfft!"

The finger attack was annihilated!

At the same time, facing the incoming Sky-Rending Sword light, he pulled back his right fist and simply threw a straight punch!

On the fist's edge, the divine demon phantom reappeared!

"Boom!"

Fist and sword collided!

The Sky-Rending Sword light, reputed to be indestructible, shattered inch by inch like fragile glass before the power of the Chaos divine demon!

The High Grade Spirit Sword in Elder Han Feng's hand let out a wail, its blade instantly covered in cracks. He himself was struck as if by lightning, his tiger's mouth burst open, blood spurted wildly, and he flew backward!

"Monster! He's a monster!" Elder Leng Qianqiu was utterly terrified, losing all Battle Intent, and turned to tear space and flee!

"Trying to run?"

Lin Jingyu's cold voice was like a declaration from the god of death.

His figure shifted slightly. The Major Achievement of Movement Technique, combined with his divine demon Physical Body, made his speed so fast it surpassed visual capture!

He instantly appeared before Elder Leng Qianqiu!

His large hand spread open, five fingers like the claws of a Chaos divine demon, disregarding the layers of ice shield defenses hastily set up by his opponent, directly seizing his head!

"No—!" Leng Qianqiu's eyes were filled with nothing but boundless terror!

"Pfft!"

His five fingers exerted force violently!

The head of a Divine Treasury Realm, Third Level cultivator, exploded instantly like a ripe watermelon! The red and white matter was swept by the Chaos Qi Flow, turning into nothingness! The headless corpse fell limply!

[Ding! Killed Divine Treasury Realm, Third Level! Gained evolution points: 8000!]

"Your turn." Lin Jingyu's cold gaze turned to Elder Hong Lie, who had just stabilized his figure, with blood gushing from his severed arm, his face filled with horror and despair.

Elder Hong Lie's Soul was scared out of his wits. He burned his vital blood, intending to self-destruct!

However—

Lin Jingyu's figure was even faster!

A gray finger attack, condensed to the extreme, arrived first!

"Chaos Finger: Extinguish Origin!"

"Pfft!"

Pierced through the glabella! Annihilated the Divine Soul!

[Ding! Killed Divine Treasury Realm, Fourth Level! Gained evolution points: 12000!]

Finally, there was Elder Han Feng, lying on the ground, his aura weak.

"Spare my life... I am willing..." His plea for mercy abruptly ceased.

A large foot stomped down!

"Bang!"

Like crushing a rotten persimmon!

A Divine Treasury Realm, Third Level cultivator, turned into a paste of flesh!

[Ding! Killed Divine Treasury Realm, Third Level! Gained evolution points: 8000!]

The battle was swift, taking only a few breaths!

The three Divine Treasury Realm Elders of Treasure Gathering Pavilion were all executed! As if three insects had been crushed!

In the air far away, Nangong Hao and the two Nangong Family venerables were already scared to death, their faces devoid of color!

Nangong Hao's legs went weak, and he directly fell from his flying Magical Artifact, his pants wet and emitting a foul odor!

"Young... Young Lord, quickly leave!" One of the venerables, suppressing his fear, grabbed the paralyzed Nangong Hao and tried to flee.

"Can you leave?"

Lin Jingyu's figure appeared before them as if teleporting, his divine demon-like aura pressing down on them, making them gasp for breath.

"Spare... spare my life! I am the Young Lord of the Nangong Family! I'll give you anything you want! Spirit Stones! Women! Cultivation Techniques..." Nangong Hao cried and sniveled, incoherently begging for mercy.

Lin Jingyu's gaze was indifferent, as if looking at a pile of trash.

"Noisy."

He punched out!

The Chaos fist print crushed through!

Nangong Hao, along with the venerable holding him, instantly turned into two exploding blood mists! They couldn't even let out a scream!

[Ding! Killed Marrow Cleansing Realm, Peak (Aristocratic Family Young Lord)! Gained evolution points: 2000!]

[Ding! Killed Divine Treasury Realm, First Level! Gained evolution points: 5000!]

The last venerable was scared out of his wits, turning to flee for his life!

Lin Jingyu flicked his finger.

A Chaos finger attack shot through the Void Realm!

"Pfft!"

Pierced through the back of his heart! The corpse fell!

[Ding! Killed Divine Treasury Realm, First Level! Gained evolution points: 5000!]

The battle ended.

Around the desolate mountain... no, the giant pit, there was dead silence.

Only the strong smell of blood and residual energy, slowly absorbed by the Chaos Qi Flow on Lin Jingyu's body.

[Ding! Battle settlement complete!]

[Total evolution points gained: 40,000!]

[Current evolution points: 40,000!]

The cold numbers brought a tangible sense of power. Forty thousand evolution points credited to his account!

Lin Jingyu stood in place, feeling the terrifying power of the Archaic God-Demon surging within him, and the loosening of the Marrow Cleansing Realm, Peak Bottleneck.

His gaze swept over the messy ground, finally landing on a Storage Ring dropped beside the Nangong Family venerable's corpse.

His Divine Thought forcibly broke through the Restriction and swept inside: Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, ordinary Magical Artifacts... and a beast hide map with strange blood-red patterns, emitting faint spatial fluctuations.

"Hmm?" Lin Jingyu picked up the map. The beast hide was cool to the touch, and the blood-red patterns seemed to flow slowly.

The map pointed to the extreme west of the Prefecture, a perilous forbidden land marked as the Demon Abyss Fissure.

More importantly, the System panel gave a hint: [Contains faint spatial coordinates and evil god aura, pointing to an unknown evil god altar/lair. Estimated danger level: High. Estimated reward (evolution points): Extremely High!]

"Demon Abyss Fissure... evil god lair?" Lin Jingyu's eyes flickered with Chaos light, and Killing Intent surged. "Good place!"

Just then, the ancient token with the character "Xū" carved on it, which was in his embrace, suddenly trembled slightly, resonating with the spatial fluctuations on the beast hide map to an extremely faint degree!

Lin Jingyu's heart stirred, and he put away both the token and the map.

"It seems this Prefecture is getting more and more interesting."

In the distant sky, a terrifying pressure, far more grand and domineering than Hong Lie and the others, carrying an aura of iron-blooded conquest, was surging towards this direction at an astonishing speed, like an awakened angry Dragon!

It was none other than the imperial envoy, Marquis Wuwei, Qin Zhenyue, who had come to investigate the Ziyang Sect's massacre!

Lin Jingyu's divine demon-like eyes looked in that direction, a cold arc forming at the corner of his mouth.

"imperial envoy? Divine Treasury Realm, Peak?"

"Perfect, I'll test the limits of my divine demon power on you!"

He chose not to leave.

Instead, he took a step, his figure soaring into the sky, actively meeting the surging terrifying pressure!

Like a divine demon challenging the might of heaven!

[System Interface] (Displayed every few chapters)

[host]: Lin Jingyu

[Realm]: Marrow Cleansing Realm, Ninth Level Peak! chaos furnace! Divine Demon Awakening! (Strength: 50,000,000 catties↑)

[evolution points]: 40000

[Cultivation Techniques]:

- Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart (Initiation) Divine Demon Power! → Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body (Unlocked)

- Chaos Heaven Opening Art (Minor Achievement)

- Indestructible Vajra Divine Art (Perfection)

- Movement Technique (Major Achievement)

[Martial Skills]:

- Divine Demon Sky-Rending Fist (Initial Glimpse)

- Chaos Finger (Initial Glimpse)

- Chaos Heaven Opening Fist (Minor Achievement)

[Items]:

- Ancient Token (Carved with "Xū" character) x1

- Blood-colored Beast Hide Map (Demon Abyss Fissure) x1