48: The divine weapon was first completed, and the Chaos Bell appeared.

In Lin Fan's place of secluded cultivation, Chaos Qi swirled, completely isolating him from the outside world. He sat cross-legged, his mind fully immersed in his Sea of Consciousness. Floating before him was that radiant piece of myriad law source gold, along with the vast, smoke-like knowledge of the Compendium of Void Artifact Refining.

Refining a life-bound divine weapon was no small matter. Especially for Lin Fan, his Dao was the unique Dao of Chaos. The required divine weapon had to perfectly carry and amplify Chaos, the Power of the Stars, Annihilation, Creation, and even other powers that might be integrated in the future. Ordinary Artifact Refining methods simply could not meet these requirements.

He carefully leafed through the Compendium of Void Artifact Refining and, combining it with his own situation, finally selected an ancient secret refining method called "Myriad Laws Returning to the Origin, Void Condensing Form." This method did not emphasize a fixed form; instead, it used core Materials as the Foundation and one's own Great Dao as the guide to draw the power of myriad Laws from the Void Realm, naturally condensing into the prototype of the divine weapon that best suited the Dao Master. Furthermore, it could continuously evolve as its master grew.

"I shall use this method to cast my Dao weapon!" A look of determination flashed in Lin Fan's eyes. With a thought, the star pagoda in his Sea of Consciousness responded first, shedding billions of rays of pure stellar brilliance. Like the furnace fire for forging a divine weapon, it enveloped the myriad law source gold. The Power of the Stars was extremely pure and masculine, making it an excellent flame for tempering Materials.

Immediately after, he guided that strand of Innate Chaos Qi within his body, slowly injecting it into the myriad law source gold. Chaos Qi is the mother qi of all things, the Foundation for shaping and Fusion. Under the soaking of the Chaos Qi, the myriad law source gold began to soften, flowing like a liquid. Its inherent "Myriad Law Affinity" characteristic was fully activated, emitting a misty seven-colored halo.

Then, it was the power of the Chaos Domain that fused the Annihilation Concept and the Creation Concept! The gray Chaos air currents carried a sliver of terminal black light and a sliver of vibrant emerald life. Like a paintbrush, they began to outline the traces of the Great Dao on this mass of liquid myriad law source gold. The power of the Domain served as the skeleton and meridians of the divine weapon.

Lin Fan guarded his mind carefully, engraving his insights into Chaos, the Stars, Annihilation, Creation, Space, and even that speck of time dust into it without reservation. This process was extremely taxing on his mind and strength; fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, and his face turned slightly pale.

"Not enough!" Lin Fan shouted low, suddenly drawing upon a large amount of Materials stored in the System space—rare treasures collected from the White Bone Wasteland and various parts of the Ancient Road, such as Nether Iron, star scar sword grass, and Ten-Thousand-Year Stone Milk, even including that Five-Colored Heaven-Mending Stone whose light had dimmed significantly! He threw all these Materials into the evolving liquid!

Sizzle! Under the burning of the stellar fire and the smelting of the Chaos Qi, Materials of various attributes quickly decomposed, turning into the purest energy and Law fragments, which were greedily absorbed and fused by the myriad law source gold! The Five-Colored Heaven-Mending Stone burst with its final brilliance, deeply imprinting its characteristics of stabilizing space and harmonizing energy into the mix.

With the integration of countless Materials and the engraving of the Great Dao, the mass of liquid began to vibrate violently, emitting bursts of Great Dao rhythms! Its form was no longer fixed, sometimes appearing as a sword, showing its sharp edge; sometimes as a pagoda, suppressing the heavens; sometimes as a mirror, reflecting the myriad worlds; sometimes as a tripod, smelting the universe... It was deducing on its own, searching for the form that best suited Lin Fan's Dao of Chaos!

Lin Fan had a sudden moment of inspiration. He no longer deliberately guided the form, but instead immersed his entire mind in his own Great Dao, allowing the divine weapon prototype to evolve naturally under the blending of the myriad law source gold and various powers.

After an unknown amount of time, when all the Materials were exhausted and Lin Fan's engraving of the Great Dao reached a certain critical point, the violently fluctuating mass of liquid suddenly shrunk inward!

"Dong!" A grand, ancient, and melodious bell toll, seemingly coming from the very beginning of the creation of the world, suddenly resounded in Lin Fan's Sea of Consciousness. It even penetrated the cultivation Restriction and echoed throughout the external world!

The bell toll was vast and powerful, containing the inclusiveness of Chaos, the vastness of the Stars, the end of Annihilation, the vitality of Creation, the stability of Space, and the flow of Time. It seemed to be the carrier of all Great Daos, the source of order, and the ringing of rules!

In Lin Fan's Sea of Consciousness, light shone brilliantly! An ancient and mysterious great bell slowly condensed into form!

The bell was nine inches high, its entire body presenting a murky gray color of primordial Chaos, as if condensed from the original Chaos Qi. On the body of the bell, countless profound and unfathomable patterns were naturally engraved. Looking closely, those patterns seemed to be miniature stellar trajectories, the Reincarnation of birth and death, interwoven spatial longitudes and latitudes, and the flowing river of time—encompassing everything and being unfathomably deep. Inside the bell, the elements of earth, water, fire, and wind could be vaguely seen drifting, with a sliver of black light of Annihilation and the vitality of Creation rotating slowly like a Yin and Yang fish.

The bell handle was even more extraordinary. It was not an auspicious beast like a dragon or tiger, but a miniature phantom of the star pagoda sitting there, shedding bits of starlight that complemented the bell's body.

The chaos bell! This was Lin Fan's life-bound divine weapon, based on myriad law source gold and fusing myriad Laws such as Chaos, the Stars, Annihilation, Creation, Space, and Time into one—a supreme Dao weapon naturally nurtured into being!

At the moment the chaos bell took shape, Lin Fan felt a sudden flash of insight, instantly understanding its initial powers:

First, Chaos Domain Suppression: With one ring of the bell, it can settle earth, water, fire, and wind, suppressing the void for ten thousand miles around to form an absolute Domain where myriad Laws cannot invade and all evils retreat. Its suppression power far exceeds that of an ordinary Realm Lord's Domain.

Second, Myriad Laws Returning to the Origin: It can swallow, transform, and reflect energy attacks of most attributes, turning the enemy's power to its own use. It is especially effective against dark energies like Annihilation.

Third, Stellar Body Protection: It draws upon the Power of the Stars in the sky to form a stellar light curtain, providing incredible defensive power.

Fourth, Spatiotemporal Ripples: Initially involving the power of time and space, the bell toll can trigger subtle spatiotemporal fluctuations to interfere with opponents or accelerate one's own Dao comprehension and healing.

Fifth, Growth Characteristic: It can continuously evolve as Lin Fan's Realm improves and as new Laws and Materials are integrated, possessing infinite potential!

"What a magnificent chaos bell!" A surge of heroic pride rose in Lin Fan's heart. With the help of this divine weapon, his strength would be more than doubled!

However, the initial formation of a life-bound divine weapon triggered a resonance with the Great Dao, which also drew the test of Heaven and Earth!

Rumble!! Above the place of secluded cultivation, the originally dark red sky was instantly covered by endless dark clouds. Lightning snakes danced wildly, and a destructive aura locked onto him! This was no ordinary Lightning Tribulation; within those dark clouds, chaotic Law fragments, violent spatial turbulence, and even wisps of Annihilation Qi drawn from the surroundings were interwoven!

This was the Law Artifact Tribulation spontaneously formed when the Myriad Worlds Battlefield's rules sensed the birth of a Heaven-Defying divine weapon!

The power of an Artifact Tribulation is directly proportional to the potential of the divine weapon! The potential of the chaos bell had clearly drawn an extremely terrifying calamity!

Lin Fan's eyes narrowed, showing no fear. He stood up and took a step out of the cultivation Restriction, floating in the air. The chaos bell rotated slowly above his head, emitting a hazy, chaotic brilliance.

"Perfect. I shall use your tribulation to temper the edge of my divine weapon!" He actually did not intend to defend passively, but instead wanted to use the chaos bell to strike back at this Law Artifact Tribulation actively!

"The Alliance Leader has come out of seclusion!"

"Is that a bell? What a terrifying aura!"

"It's a Heavenly Tribulation! A Heavenly Tribulation drawn by a divine weapon!"

Mo Yuan, Su Zhiqing, and others who were protecting Lin Fan from a distance were also startled. They all looked over, and upon sensing the terrifying power of that Artifact Tribulation, their expressions changed.

The first calamity descended! It was not thunder, but a gray torrent composed entirely of broken Laws and spatial fragments, like the heavenly river pouring down, pressing toward Lin Fan and the chaos bell!

Lin Fan did not dodge or avoid it. With a thought...

"Dong!" No one struck the chaos bell, yet it emitted a soft chime on its own. The mouth of the bell faced the gray torrent, producing an invisible devouring force! That torrent of Laws and space, which was enough to strangle an Early Stage Realm Lord, was swallowed up the moment it neared the bell's mouth, failing to stir even a single ripple!

The patterns on the surface of the chaos bell lit up slightly, seemingly transforming this power into its own nourishment.

Immediately after, the second, the third... all sorts of strange calamities followed one after another! There was the Annihilation black rain that corroded all things, the Soul whispers that disturbed the mind, and the extreme cold ice crystals that froze time and space... However, before the chaos bell, these calamities seemed like a joke.

"Dong!" "Dong!" "Dong!" The bell toll was sometimes melodious and sometimes stirring. The characteristic of Myriad Laws Returning to the Origin was displayed to the fullest; whether it was energy attacks or Law erosion, all were swallowed, transformed, and suppressed by the chaos bell! The light of the bell's body grew more brilliant, and its aura became increasingly heavy and majestic!

Finally, the tribulation clouds churned, condensing into a dark red tribulation lightning that was refined to the extreme—as if it contained a sliver of the Myriad Worlds Battlefield's Origin. Like a spear of world destruction, it crashed down!

Lin Fan's eyes turned sharp as he actively urged the chaos bell for the first time!

"chaos bell, suppress!" he shouted clearly, pouring his own majestic power of the Chaos Domain into it. The chaos bell suddenly expanded, turning into a hundred-zhang giant bell. Myriad Laws flowed over its body, and the phantom of the star pagoda shone brilliantly as it slammed fiercely against that dark red tribulation lightning!

Boom! An unprecedented roar shook the universe! Under the impact of the chaos bell, the dark red tribulation lightning exploded with a bang, turning into countless tiny electric snakes, all of which were absorbed by the bell's body!

The tribulation clouds slowly dissipated, and heaven and earth returned to "peace."

The chaos bell shrunk and flew back into Lin Fan's palm. The brilliance of the bell's body was restrained, making it appear even more ancient and mysterious, with an aura that was perfectly harmonious. After being tempered by the Law Artifact Tribulation, it was now completely formed, connected to Lin Fan's mind and heart, and as easy to use as his own limbs.

Feeling the blood-linked connection with the chaos bell and the majestic power feedback from the divine weapon, the corners of Lin Fan's mouth curled into a satisfied arc.

With a Late-stage World Lord cultivation and the chaos bell in hand, he now truly possessed the qualifications to traverse this Myriad Worlds Battlefield and even confront a portion of the Lord of Annihilation's power!

His gaze swept over Mo Yuan and the others flying from afar, and he said loudly, "Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting."

A new chapter was about to be opened by him, holding the bell!