309: The flawed jade is the king (48).

"It's him!" "It's that Supreme Body!" In an instant, everyone's eyes were drawn to the white-robed youth who had just stepped out of the crowd, preparing to ascend the Heaven-Ascending Road.

It was indeed Wang Yun.

"He's that Supreme Body who publicly slaughtered the Little Sage Yu Tianheng in the Place of Dao Fall?"

"What a powerful aura... I actually can't see through him at all."

Countless Divine Thoughts intertwined in the Void Realm, with sounds of discussion, amazement, and wariness rising and falling one after another.

The name Wang Yun had already spread throughout the entire Ancient Starry Road.

It was a name of infamy, and also one of prestige.

Wang Yun ignored the commotion.

He just calmly looked up at the white jade staircase that seemed to have no end.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, he lifted his foot and unhurriedly stepped onto the first step.

Everyone held their breath.

They wanted to see what kind of astonishing performance this legendary Supreme Body would have under the pressure of the Heaven-Ascending Road.

However.

One breath passed.

Ten breaths passed.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn passed.

Wang Yun's figure remained on the first step, motionless, as if completely suppressed by the pressure of the Great Dao, unable to advance even a fraction.

"Ha, and here I thought he was something special."

"It seems rumors are just rumors after all. Some Supreme Body; he's nothing more than this."

"To struggle so much on just the first step, how embarrassing."

Mockery broke out everywhere.

However, what they didn't know was that at this moment, Wang Yun wasn't unable to move forward.

Instead, he was sensing.

With his eyes closed, his spirit wandered beyond, carefully sensing every wisp of the Law of the Great Dao upon these stairs.

"It's not just simple pressure."

"It's a comprehensive test of one's Dao Heart, potential, and perseverance."

Wang Yun understood in his heart.

He stopped lingering, slowly opened his eyes, and lifted his foot once more.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

His pace wasn't fast; one could even say it was a bit slow.

But every step was incredibly steady and composed.

He was like someone taking a leisurely stroll in his own backyard; the powerful pressure of the Great Dao seemed to have no effect on him at all.

This scene caused the laughter of all the surrounding Prodigies to come to an abrupt halt.

The contempt on their faces turned into shock.

"This... how is this possible?"

"The Supreme Body is this fierce?"

"Holy crap, the Supreme Body is terrifyingly powerful!"

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Wang Yun's pace grew faster and faster.

One hundred steps.

Five hundred steps.

Eight hundred steps.

Eventually, he even ignored the exponentially increasing pressure, covering dozens of steps in a single stride.

In just a brief fifteen minutes.

Wang Yun's figure appeared at the end of the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step, standing upon the platform that channeled endless starlight and was wreathed in Chaos Qi.

Upon the square, there was total silence.

Wang Yun ignored the stunned figures below; his gaze fell upon the many stone tablets on the platform.

Wang Yun saw a "You" on one of the stone tablets.

Azure light flowed over it, and the faint sound of a hundred birds singing could be heard.

"Chen You..."

Wang Yun murmured softly; he could sense that this person's Dao had already reached an extremely profound level.

On the adjacent stone tablet was carved a "Chen".

This was a "sword" character, its strokes sharp and filled with a killing intent.

Wang Yun's Heart Heavy Pupils narrowed slightly; from this character, he sensed an incredibly familiar aura.

It was the mysterious sword-carrying man he had met in the Falling Star Secret Realm during his ninth life.

He saw many other inscriptions on the stone tablets.

Ling, Xin, Ba, Kuang, Shen... Finally, Wang Yun's gaze landed on a stone tablet that was positioned very far forward, and his heart trembled slightly.

"Xunyun..."

The position of the stone tablet was so far forward, showing how powerful its owner was; the aura of the Sword Scripture on the character was extremely potent.

There was no need to say who the person who left the inscription was.

Wang Yun withdrew his gaze, no longer hesitating.

He composed himself.

It was time to leave his own mark.

Boom!

The aura of the Supreme Body erupted without reservation.

The vast phenomenon of "Grandmist Gives Birth to All Things" unfolded behind him, like a newborn Universe enveloping this world.

The purple-gold Grandmist Domain expanded, covering the entire platform.

He pressed his fingers together like a sword; at his fingertips, three distinctly different powers began to intertwine and fuse.

The resoluteness of "Sever Self".

The dominance of "Return to One".

The fearlessness of "Punish Heaven".

Ultimately, all the power converged into a single point.

Facing a stone tablet he could reach, Wang Yun slowly, stroke by stroke, carved his character.

Yun.

Rumble!

The moment the character "Yun" was completed, the entire Heaven-Ascending Road shook violently.

A powerful Supreme dao rhyme erupted from the stone tablet, spreading throughout the entire Ancient Starry Road.

It was as if announcing the arrival of a true king.

Immediately after.

Starlight gathered in the firmament.

A divine object, entirely purple-gold and wreathed in Chaos Qi, with a quality far exceeding the previous solar dao seed, slowly descended and floated before Wang Yun.

A gift from the will of the Ancient Road.

Wang Yun looked at this dao seed and nodded with satisfaction.

Although it couldn't compare to the heavenly dao seed of his previous life, its quality was sufficient to carry his vast Supreme Foundation.

He reached out, intending to refine it.

However, at that moment.

A sudden change occurred.

The Azure Heaven Indestructible Art within Wang Yun's body began to circulate frantically and uncontrollably.

An extremely dominant devouring force erupted from his palm, turning into a tiny black vortex.

Before that vortex, the top-grade dao seed was unable to resist and was directly devoured and refined.

"Damn it!"

Wang Yun's expression changed; he wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

Boom!

A powerful force dispersed within his body.

That was the pure energy fed back after the dao seed was refined.

This force washed through his limbs and bones, violently pushing his cultivation base—which had already reached the Peak of the Heavenly God Realm—toward the threshold of the Venerable Realm.

Wang Yun's body began to break through uncontrollably.

But the dao seed was gone.

An unprecedented dilemma lay before him.

He had the power to break through to the Venerable Realm, but no "Foundation stone" to carry the Great Dao.

If he forced the Breakthrough, he could only take the inferior path of "directly condensing a Dao Fruit," and his future path would be limited.

"Must I stop here?"

Wang Yun's heart sank.

Just as he was in despair.

Thump.

Within his chest, that heart of flora which had been silent all along suddenly throbbed violently.

Immediately after, the emerald-green seed formed from the Origin of the Ancestor of Grass and Wood, which had been dormant in the deepest part of his heart, awakened.

A life dao rhyme, far purer and more vast than the previous dao seed and filled with an aura of immortality and eternity, instantly spread throughout his body.

Wang Yun was stunned at first, then overjoyed.

How could he have forgotten?

He was carrying a true Supreme treasure!

This grass and wood seed was formed from the entire Origin and Dao Fruit of the Ancestor of Grass and Wood, a powerful existence above the Saint Realm.

Its quality had long since surpassed the scope of a dao seed.

Wang Yun no longer hesitated and immediately guided the surging power within his body, preparing to fuse with this seed and condense a dao seed.

But at that moment, that damned Azure Heaven Indestructible Art began to circulate uncontrollably again, attempting to devour this new seed.

Buzz!

The grass and wood seed sensed the threat and erupted with a brilliant green light.

A counter-shock force containing immense power directly and violently repelled that devouring force.

Now is the time!

Wang Yun seized the opportunity, unified his mind and spirit, and circulated his Cultivation Technique with all his might to begin fusing this Supreme dao seed.

The dao seed entered his body and perfectly combined with his Supreme Body.

Boom!

Wang Yun's cultivation base broke through the God Realm.

The Venerable Realm was achieved!

...Wang Yun left the Heaven-Ascending Road with Luo Xi and the others.

Just as they stepped out of the square, they saw a large number of Cultivators gathered on the main road ahead, blocking it completely.

In the center of the crowd, some kind of conflict seemed to be taking place.

Wang Yun originally didn't want to bother, but when he saw that familiar figure in the crowd, he paused.

Chen Yang.

At this moment, his Battle Intent was high, and his eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the youth opposite him.

That youth wore a magnificent golden robe and had a domineering aura; in his hand, he was clutching a beautiful woman who was weeping and trembling all over.

"Chen Yang, I'll give you one last chance."

That golden-robed youth, the Nine Suns Saint Son, grinned maliciously and increased the strength of his grip.

"Kneel, cripple your own cultivation base, and hand over your Great Sun Divine Body Origin."

"Otherwise, I'll let you watch right in front of your eyes as your woman becomes my Cauldron."

Beside him, three top Prodigies whose auras were no weaker than his, along with a group of followers, had already laid down a killing array, sealing off all of Chen Yang's paths of retreat.

This was a death trap.