96: Chapter 96: Five God-Level Terms Emerge in Succession, the Demon Tree Undergoes its Ultimate Metamorphosis!

After cleaning up the scattered resources, the main event arrived.

Lin Yuan focused his mind, and the volcano in the far north of the Central Basin trembled.

A kilometer-long [Abyssal Source Crystal Vein] slowly emerged from the Void Realm.

Lin Yuan manipulated the Law of gravity to smash the vein deep into the ground on the side of the volcano.

Boom!

The earth shook.

The Abyssal Source Crystal Vein connected with the earth veins of the Wasteland.

A massive amount of pure energy surged out along the earth veins.

The concentration of dark abyss spiritual energy around the volcano skyrocketed threefold in just a few minutes!

At the same time, a [Demon God Altar] built of white bones was placed by Lin Yuan directly above the vein.

This thing was a catalyst for Laws.

Finally, Lin Yuan stood in mid-air, his gaze finally falling on the three Demon God Core fragments.

This was the biggest harvest of his major examination.

Godhead fragments are the manifestation of rules left behind after a deity falls. They are relatively pure and can help demigods condense divine positions; they are the keys to the long stairway of ascension.

But Demon God Core fragments are different. They are the crystallization of the Laws of the abyss plane and the source of power for sleeping demon gods.

Inside, they are filled with extremely chaotic will, endless pollution, and the most primitive Laws of physical mutation.

When great families get this stuff, they can only use it as high-level energy, and they still have to pay a high price to ask a True God to purify it.

But in Lin Yuan's hands...

"Creation Extraction."

Lin Yuan continued to raise his hand.

This time, the light of Creation Extraction was unprecedentedly bright, carrying a clear sense of strain.

Three golden chains pierced into the Demon God Core fragments.

The fragments shook violently, and a scarlet light tried to resist.

Vaguely, Lin Yuan heard an angry roar from the will of the demon god.

"Shut up."

Lin Yuan's eyes were cold, and the Law of Creation forcibly crushed it.

Crack.

The three fragments shattered.

Five light orbs appeared before Lin Yuan.

Two were pure gold, and three were dark red.

Lower Divine-Grade traits!

When Lin Yuan saw the attributes of the traits, his breathing paused slightly.

Positive traits:

[Abyssal Life (Lower Divine-Grade)]: Bestows the target with the Origin life force of the abyss plane. The Physical Body is undying; as long as the core is not shattered, it can achieve Rebirth with a single drop of blood. Strength, defense, and stamina break through the limits of the species.

[Law Devouring (Lower Divine-Grade)]: Possesses the ability to devour all external Laws and convert them into one's own nourishment, granting a massive immunity to all elemental damage.

Negative traits:

[Chaotic Will (Lower Divine-Grade)]: Loss of sanity, falling into an eternal desire for slaughter.

[Endless Hunger (Lower Divine-Grade)]: An insatiable desire to eat, which will devour all living things within sight, including its own kind.

[Distortion Assimilation (Lower Divine-Grade)]: The Physical Body will undergo irreversible malignant mutations, growing countless useless organs and limbs.

Divine-Grade traits are incredibly domineering.

Lin Yuan looked at the two positive traits, his heart burning.

If he could bestow these two traits upon the Tyrant or the Insect King, their combat power would undergo a qualitative leap, possessing the foundation to rival Divine-Grade creatures.

Lin Yuan moved his mind and pulled the [Abyssal Life] light orb toward the Tyrant resting beneath the Demon Tree.

The Tyrant slowly raised its head, a flash of instinctive desire in its dark golden eyes.

But the next second, this trace of desire turned into fear.

The Tyrant's body began to tremble, and the dark golden fluid on its surface fluctuated violently, as if it would collapse at any moment.

Lin Yuan frowned and stopped the action.

It couldn't withstand it.

As the master of the Divine Domain, Lin Yuan saw the Tyrant's physical limit.

The Tyrant is currently only a Platinum-6 star; no matter how strong its Physical Body is, it cannot carry the Laws of the Lower Divine-Grade.

Forcibly bestowing it would only result in the collapse of its Physical Body.

It wasn't just the Tyrant, but also the Insect King and the Calamity Fire Spirit Lord. No single individual of his dependents could carry this thing.

"The rank is too low." Lin Yuan scratched his head.

Sitting on a gold mine but not having a shovel.

If it really didn't work, he could only inject these two traits into the core of the Divine Domain and let the entire Divine Domain share this power.

Just as Lin Yuan was preparing to throw the traits into the divine fire, his gaze inadvertently swept over the Central Basin.

There, a dark red giant tree, rising from the ground and hundreds of meters tall, stood quietly.

[Liquid Metal Blood-Devouring Demon Tree].

This is the only Transcendental-grade biological architecture in Lin Yuan's Divine Domain.

Its root system covers the entire basin, and its sub-trees have spread throughout the entire Divine Domain.

To some extent, it is half of the Wasteland Divine Domain.

Lin Yuan's heart stirred.

This old friend should be able to handle it, right?

Lin Yuan tentatively manipulated the [Abyssal Life] and [Law Devouring] light orbs to approach the Demon Tree.

Rustle.

The crown of the Demon Tree began to sway.

The metallic luster on the surface of the bark rose and fell like breathing.

Lin Yuan sensed an emotion from the spiritual fluctuations coming from the Demon Tree.

Desire—an extremely strong desire.

But within that desire, there was also fear.

It knew this thing could make it evolve, but it also knew this thing might explode it.

"Knowing fear is enough; it proves you aren't stupid." Lin Yuan smiled.

As long as the traits were purely positive, with the Demon Tree's foundation as half the Wasteland Divine Domain, it could definitely digest them.

"It's yours."

Lin Yuan did not hesitate and flicked his finger.

The two pure gold Lower Divine-Grade traits turned into two streams of light and merged into the trunk of the Demon Tree.

Boom!

The Demon Tree erupted with a dazzling dark red light.

The entire Central Basin began to shake violently.

The trunk of the Demon Tree expanded and rose at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But this violent growth only lasted for a dozen seconds.

The light suddenly retracted.

The Demon Tree's body shrank, like a person who had eaten too much and burped.

All vitality and energy fluctuations were internalized; leaves closed, and branches drooped.

It had wilted.

Just like when it absorbed the remnant branches of the Mother Tree, the Demon Tree fell into a deep slumber and metamorphosis period again.

Lin Yuan knew that when it woke up again, this tree would likely become a taboo existence that had never appeared in any deity's world.

After solving the positive traits, Lin Yuan turned to look at the three dark red negative traits floating in mid-air.

[Chaotic Will], [Endless Hunger], [Distortion Assimilation].

If these three things were thrown into the Divine Domain, it would only be an ecological disaster. Even Lin Yuan's Wasteland Divine Domain would be no exception.

But Lin Yuan had a better place for them.

He cast his gaze toward the [Demon God Altar] above the volcano.

"Creation Extraction."

Lin Yuan used his talent on the Demon God Altar to extract the negative pollution traits attached to the inside of the altar.

It was another dark red light orb.

Lin Yuan rolled the four negative traits into a ball and aimed at the volcano below.

Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to let the Calamity Fire Spirits directly devour these Lower Divine-Grade Laws.

Even the Tyrant, the strongest combat power on the surface of the Divine Domain, couldn't withstand the infusion of Divine-Grade positive traits.

Once the lower-ranked Fire Spirits came into contact with these negative crystals, the only outcome would be the collapse of their Origin, turning into a puddle of mindless, distorted sludge.

He needed a "buffer zone." Lin Yuan flipped his wrist, and the negative Law light orb fell into the deepest part of the volcano, smashing onto the core of the newly implanted [Abyssal Source Crystal Vein].

Boom!

The extremely cold poisonous fire inside the volcano instantly rioted, like cold water dripping into boiling oil, setting off towering waves of fire.

The Divine-Grade negative Laws were exceptionally domineering; as soon as they fell into the volcano, they wanted to expand outward and pollute everything.

The next second, Lin Yuan made his move.

Divine Power surged within him, and the Source Crystal Vein, combined with the suppression rules of the [Demon God Altar] above, locked this Lower Divine-Grade Law power tightly at the bottom of the volcano.

Under Lin Yuan's micro-management, the entire volcano was transformed into a large furnace.

[Chaos], [Hunger], [Distortion]... all negative traits were crushed and diluted bit by bit under the suppression of the vein and the scorching of the extremely cold poisonous fire, gradually merging into the environment inside the volcano.

Gurgle...

Eight thousand Calamity Fire Spirits hovered above the volcano, emitting uneasy yet excited shrieks.

In essence, they were distorted elemental bodies born from negative Laws, dark abyss spiritual energy, and volcanic magma.

This diluted Divine-Grade polluted environment was a deadly poison to conventional life upon contact, but to them, it was the ultimate "natural trial ground."

The Fire Spirits dared not go deep into the bottom of the volcano, but they greedily breathed the dark red poisonous mist gushing out of the volcano.

Under the subtle influence of the Divine-Grade negative environment, the black boiling water mist on the Fire Spirits began to roll, becoming deeper and more viscous.

This was destined to be a long and cruel assimilation process.

Under the pressure of the extreme environment, the weak Fire Spirits would collapse and dissipate because they couldn't withstand it.

But as long as they survived, they would welcome the metamorphosis of their Origin in pain, adapting to and mastering the demon god characteristics.

After doing all this, Lin Yuan clapped his hands, hovering in mid-air, overlooking the "vibrant" Wasteland Divine Domain below.

The Tyrant was sleeping and recovering in the depths of the Demon Tree, the dark golden fluid on its body flowing slowly.

The Insect King was commanding the breeding swarm underground.

The Demon Vultures and Bone Blade Bats in the air, and the bone fish and crabs in the water were digesting their newly acquired power.

Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze.

This batch of resources had been used up pretty well.

Next, he would wait for Commander Xiao Lie to return to get the Godhead fragments.