69: World Heart Resonance, Final Battlefield

The Remains of the Nether Lord were forcefully suppressed and killed by Yun Feng using the power of Chaos, and the remaining forces of the Shadow Cult on the continent were almost entirely rooted out. The Demon Spirit Continent ushered in a brief, yet precious, period of calm.

However, beneath this tranquility lay an increasingly suffocating pressure. Everyone knew this was merely the final calm before the storm.

Under Yun Feng's will, the entire Cloud Court operated like a tightly wound war machine, running frantically.

Resources were invested regardless of cost into strengthening Formations, forging equipment, and training personnel. Nie Li managed the overall situation, busy non-stop; Yun Hao went into seclusion to charge toward a higher Realm; and Yun Qiao utilized her Wood Spirit Physique to fully accelerate the growth of Spirit Medicine, stockpiling healing resources.

Yun Feng himself once again entered the deepest level of seclusion.

During the battle at the Burial Bone Plain, his full exertion in activating the chaos source blood, though consuming a vast amount of energy, also allowed his compatibility with this "key" to reach a new height.

He could clearly feel that the connection between the light deep within his heart and his Soul had become tighter; he could even vaguely perceive the more vast regulatory information contained within it.

He cast aside all distractions, sinking his entire consciousness into it, no longer merely activating the power, but attempting to understand and communicate with this drop of chaos source blood that originated from antiquity and related to the Origin of the world.

Time quietly flowed by as he Cultivated.

After an unknown amount of time, perhaps in a certain instant, when the frequency of Yun Feng's Soul reached a marvelous resonance with the core fluctuations of the source blood—

"Buzz!!!"

A grand buzzing sound, seemingly originating from the world's Origin, did not ring in his ears but directly echoed deep within his Soul! Simultaneously, the light at the core of the chaos source blood suddenly erupted, transforming into an invisible fluctuation containing supreme rules. Centered on Yun Feng, it instantly spread across the entire Demon Spirit Continent, even penetrating the world barrier and rippling toward the endless Void Realm!

In that instant, Yun Feng's "perception" was infinitely elevated! He seemed to have become the Incarnation of the world itself, clearly "seeing" the Demon Spirit Continent's mountains and rivers, the flow of its earth veins, and the operation of its rules...

And deep within the continent's core, a "singularity," whose form, size, and color could not be described in words, was emitting the Origin power that maintained the existence of the entire world!

The world heart!

He found it! Relying on the fully resonant chaos source blood, he finally clearly pinpointed the location of the world heart—it was not in some hidden Secret Realm or ruin, but integrated with the entire Demon Spirit Continent, hidden deep within the *Earth Core*!

Just as he located the world heart, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction.

"Rumble—!!!"

The entire Demon Spirit Continent, no matter where they were located, felt the ground beneath their feet violently shake!

In the sky above, the weather, whether clear or overcast, was suddenly torn open by countless massive, hideous, *pitch-black rifts* radiating thick Abyssal Qi!

Like a shattered mirror, they covered the firmament!

Abyssal passages, thousands of times larger and more stable than the fissure at the Burial Bone Plain, were forcibly opened!

Through those rifts, one could clearly see the terrifying scene on the other side: twisted, chaotic, and filled with countless Devil Shadows!

Shrill roars, containing the will of destruction and hunger, came from behind the rifts like a tsunami!

Immediately following, like a plague of locusts or a breached River Styx, countless Abyssal fiends of various forms and radiating evil Qi surged out of those rifts like a tide, rushing toward the vibrant world below!

The sky was obscured by Devil Shadows, sunlight dimmed, and Devilish Qi soared to the heavens!

Across the continent, all regions instantly plunged into endless warfare and slaughter! Cities were breached, forests burned, and living beings wailed under the fiends' claws!

The Abyss has launched a full-scale invasion!

"Finally... they're here!" Yun Feng violently opened his eyes, the light of Chaos in his pupils piercing the Void Realm, allowing him to see the countless rifts in the sky, like scars on the world, and the vast army of fiends pouring down.

His gaze was utterly cold, yet utterly resolute.

The world heart is clear, the battlefield is open! There is no retreat!

He stepped out of his seclusion, his figure appearing above the Cloud Court. Nie Li, Yun Hao, Yun Qiao, and all the Cloud Court core members were already fully armed and assembled, ready for battle, each face bearing an expression of fighting to the death.

"Nie Li!"

"Present!"

"According to the plan, activate the Zhou Tian Star Array Formation at maximum power to protect the core of the Northern Region! Organize all forces, rely on the Formation, intercept them in sections, eliminate the fiends as much as possible, and protect the living beings!"

"Yes!"

"Yun Hao! Yun Qiao!"

"Present!" The two stepped forward, their aura more than twice as powerful as before!

Yun Hao had clearly stabilized his Black Gold Rank Cultivation, and Yun Qiao had also successfully achieved a Breakthrough to Black Gold Rank, her Wood Spirit Physique overflowing with vitality.

"Follow me, let's strike directly at the heart of the enemy!" Yun Feng's gaze was like a torch, fixed on the largest and most terrifying central rift in the sky, which had the strongest energy reaction.

There, a terrifying will that made even him feel dread, far surpassing the Remains of the Nether Lord, was slowly descending—that must be the commander of this invasion, the Abyssal Great Lord!

"Yes!" Yun Hao and Yun Qiao showed no fear, only boiling Battle Intent in their eyes.

Yun Feng said no more. With a sweep of his sleeve, majestic Legendary Soul Power enveloped Yun Hao and Yun Qiao, transforming into a stream of Chaos light that tore through the sky. Ignoring the countless fiends and smaller rifts along the way, it shot straight toward the largest central rift in the firmament, like an arrow flying against the current!

They had only one target—the Abyssal Great Lord!

Only by slaying the leader could this invasion be fundamentally dismantled! And the final decisive battle to protect the world heart would erupt there!

The fate of the entire Demon Spirit Continent hinged upon this soaring battle!