149: Chapter 149: The test is over, a new goal begins.

The greyish-white storm was the silence of annihilation buried deep within the years.

When that massive, blurred face opened its mouth to spit out the Extreme Realm Tribulation Light, the surrounding Void Realm didn't just shatter; it dissolved.

Su Yun stood at the center of the violent storm, his black robes fluttering loudly.

He didn't activate the protective Divine Ability of the Wanfa Immortal Sect, nor did he hide behind the faint light of the burial heaven token; instead, he slowly opened his arms.

"Since this is a test, then let it come even more fiercely."

Su Yun whispered softly, his pitch-black pupils reflecting the grey light filling the sky.

Boom—

The first wave of tribulation light slammed into his chest.

Su Yun's protective Qi collapsed the moment it made contact. His skin burst open inch by inch, and gold-red blood sprayed out, only to be ground into nothingness by the aura of annihilation before it could even hit the ground.

This was a dual torture of both the Divine Soul and the Physical Body.

Su Yun let out a muffled groan, his teeth clenched tight as the Supreme Soul Refining Fire in his Sea of Consciousness flickered wildly.

He was using this most primitive and tragic method to forcibly strip the aura of annihilation from the tribulation light, filling it into the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Dao Imprint within his body.

This old fogey, even in death, has to make things difficult for people.

A faint trace of internal complaint flashed through Su Yun's mind.

"My wrath can incinerate the heavens. With what will you bear it?" The ancient corpse's will exploded in Su Yun's Sea of Consciousness like a thunderclap.

Su Yun's right leg buckled as it failed to withstand the weight of that terrifying planar Karma.

With a "crack," fine cracks spread across his leg bone.

He fell to one knee, but then, relying on a surge of ruthless determination, he forced himself back up.

"Bear it?"

The corners of Su Yun's mouth curled into a ferocious arc. Covered in blood, he looked like a demon god climbing out of Hell.

"These heavens and myriad worlds are originally the hunting grounds of the strong. This Karma you speak of is, in my eyes, nothing more than a stepping stone to the Peak!"

He took a sudden step forward. The stone platform beneath him collapsed with a roar, but his step was incredibly steady.

Chaos Qi surged through his body like a violent river.

Su Yun guided this power, frantically repairing the wounds that were constantly splitting open.

Splitting, then restructuring.

Splitting again, then restructuring again.

For ten full hours, there was nothing beneath the starry sky but the roar of thunder and the sound of bones growing.

Watching from a distance, Zi Yun was distressed, her fingernails digging deep into her palms. Blood flowed through her fingers without her even noticing.

Although Luo Bingyan remained expressionless, her knuckles had turned pale from the excessive force she used to grip her icy longsword.

They were witnessing the birth of a madman.

Su Yun's consciousness was on the brink of collapse.

Under the washing of the Extreme Realm Tribulation Light, his Soul felt as if it were being crushed millions of times on a millstone.

Yet the wolf-like ruthlessness in the depths of his eyes never dimmed in the slightest.

Finally, the greyish-white storm pervading the sea of stars slowly receded.

The ten-thousand-foot ancient corpse let out an extremely long sigh.

In that sigh, there was resentment, relief, and even more of a desolation regarding the Reincarnation of destiny.

"So alike... you are so alike..."

The blurred face of the ancient corpse gradually solidified into an aged visage. Looking down at the blood-stained youth standing tall like a spear, it spoke slowly.

"With such a heart, you are indeed worthy of this heavenly dao heart."

The massive pressure receded like a tide.

Su Yun's body swayed violently, but he steadied himself. Taking a deep breath, he reached out to grasp the beating heart.

"Wait."

The ancient corpse's words made Su Yun pause. His brow furrowed. "Are you going back on your word?"

"Since I have given my approval, I will not go back on it."

The ancient corpse's phantom began to become transparent, like weathered rock.

"But the Laws of the Lower Realm are flawed. It is like a cramped clay jar that cannot hold this vast ocean."

Su Yun narrowed his eyes. "Get to the point."

The ancient corpse's hollow gaze turned toward the dark-gold heart.

"You are currently only at the Dao Integration Realm; you haven't even truly crossed the threshold of the Laws."

"This heart contains an Origin more powerful than this entire plane. If you attempt to forcibly refine it now, the only outcome will be your Physical Body failing to withstand the expansion of the Origin, instantly exploding into the dust of this starry sky."

Su Yun fell silent.

Sensing the energy within the heart that was so surging it was despair-inducing, he had to admit the ancient corpse was telling the truth.

It was like an ant trying to swallow a whale in one bite.

"Only by reaching the realm of an Immortal Lord and forging an Immortal Lord Golden Body can you preliminarily bear it."

The ancient corpse added.

"At that time, you will be the sole Dominator of the Upper Realm. Even the great powers of the Upper Realm will have to bow before you."

The Immortal Lord Realm.

That was a Peak that Su Yun currently could not see the end of.

The resources of the Lower Realm had long since dried up. Forget becoming an Immortal Lord, even achieving a Breakthrough to the Immortal Ascension Realm was fraught with difficulties.

"So for now, I can only look at this piece of fat meat, but I can't bite into it?"

Su Yun looked at the heart, his eyes reflecting an extremely dissatisfied coldness.

It felt like meticulously arranging everything, only to find out his teeth weren't up to the task.

The ancient corpse's phantom gradually dissipated.

"I shall pass the Seal technique of this place to you. This Heaven-Severing Array Eye will be completely hidden within the turbulent currents of the Void Realm. Aside from you, who holds the burial heaven token, no one under these heavens will be able to find it."

A streak of light entered the space between Su Yun's eyebrows.

It was an ancient and complex Seal secret Seal.

"Boy, I will wait for you in the deeper void... I hope the next time we meet, you have already reached the Nine Heavens."

The ancient corpse finally turned into drifting ash, completely merging into this annihilated starry sky.

The ninety-nine thousand Star River Chains retracted once more, accompanied by the final secret Seal Su Yun struck out.

The massive stone platform and the dark-gold heavenly dao heart.

At this moment, they suddenly dimmed, then vanished into the depths of the Void Realm like brushstrokes being erased.

The entire area was deathly silent, with only the sound of the star river slowly flowing.

Su Yun stood in the void. His originally damaged black robes had already been restored to their original state under the nourishment of the Chaos Qi.

He turned around and looked at the ten thousand elites kneeling in the distance.

"Congratulations, Lord, on seizing the supreme treasure!"

The multitude cried out in unison, the sound waves shattering the residual scent of blood.

With one step, Su Yun crossed the ten-thousand-foot distance in an instant, landing before Luo Bingyan and Zi Yun.

Zi Yun hurried forward. Ignoring the gazes of others, she reached out distressedly to wipe the blood from Su Yun's face, but Su Yun gently caught her wrist.

"You didn't get the heart?" Zi Yun asked in a low voice.

Su Yun looked into the depths of the starry sky, his tone calm yet carrying an unshakable dominance.

"I got it. It's just temporarily stored in this starry sky."

He looked around. The armies of the four Holy Lands of the Lower Realm were all trembling.

During the process of him resisting the ancient corpse's pressure just now, these Cultivators had already been completely subdued.

"In this Lower Realm, there is no longer anything worth my stay."

Su Yun stood with his hands behind his back, his voice echoing in the depths of everyone's Soul.

"Pass down my order: within three days, reorganize the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance. All Sects, regardless of strength, must hand over all their resources."

Luo Bingyan's eyebrows twitched slightly. "Senior Brother, you mean to..."

"The resources of the Lower Realm cannot nurture an Immortal Lord, let alone allow us to strike at the Heaven Burial Palace."

An extremely cold glint flashed in Su Yun's eyes.

"Since the pond here is too small, then we'll drain it dry. What we must do is not just unify the Lower Realm, but achieve a whole-realm Ascension—to go to the Upper Realm and harvest those gods like leeks."

Zi Yun's beautiful eyes rippled as she let out a giggle. "Husband's move will surely make those great powers of the Upper Realm lose sleep."

"They should have lost sleep long ago."

Su Yun snorted coldly. Waving the burial heaven token again, a massive spatial rift appeared before everyone.

"Return to the Central Region. In three months, we begin the Great Ascension Plan."

...

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the high-pressure rule of the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance, all Spiritual Veins, treasuries, and Secret Realms in the Lower Realm were forcibly stripped away.

Although the Taiyi Holy Master and others were terrified in their hearts, no one dared to speak up.

Because they discovered that the speed at which that man named Su Yun increased his cultivation had already exceeded their understanding.

Just as the entire army of the Lower Realm was ready to strike at the planar barrier.

The Upper Realm.

In a fairyland shrouded in nine-colored clouds, there was a Forbidden Ground called the 'Reincarnation Pool'.

This pool water was no ordinary substance, but was gathered from the extremely precious 'primordial life liquid'.

At the bottom of the pool lay countless fragmented shells of bodies.

Suddenly, the mirror-like surface of the pool burst open.

A man with a bare upper body, covered in dark-gold runes, leaped out from the pool.

His eyes were an extremely eerie greyish-white, and in the depths of his pupils, phantoms of ten thousand tribulations collapsing seemed to float.

The man stared fixedly at a certain point in the void, which was the direction of the Lower Realm.

"Su Yun..."

His raspy voice sounded like crushed stones being squeezed from the depths of his throat, carrying a malice that could freeze the Divine Soul.

"You destroyed my Physical Body, stole my Sect, and took my woman. I, Lin Aotian, swear I will never forgive you!"