113: Eye of the Rules

Second level of the Xiaoyao Realm!

Third level of the Xiaoyao Realm!

...He continued to break through until the fifth level of the Xiaoyao Realm before that violent energy finally began to subside!

His Ancient Desolate Sacred Body became deeper and more powerful, with a faint dark-gold luster flowing beneath his skin; every gesture contained the terrifying power to shatter mountains and crack the earth!

He even felt as if he had touched the edge of the next stage of the Sacred Body's transformation!

"What?! He actually... refined it?!" The Great Demon's sinister laughter came to an abrupt halt, replaced by unbelievable shock.

At that moment, Lin Dao's Chaos Heaven-Imprisoning Cage finally reached its limit under the Great Demon's frantic assault!

Crack—!

Accompanied by a crisp sound of shattering, the massive Chaos cage collapsed with a bang!

Endless Devilish Qi surged out like a flood bursting through a dam!

"It's over!" The Thunder Roar Saint King and the others looked ashen-faced.

"Hahaha! This king is finally... free!!" A hearty and murderous laugh echoed from the bottom of the tower, and the entire black giant tower completely collapsed under the impact of the Devilish Qi!

A terrifying demon shadow, a hundred thousand zhang tall and shrouded in heaven-shaking Devilish Qi, slowly stood up!

The pressure it emitted caused the space within a million-mile radius to freeze!

This ancient Great Demon had escaped its confinement!

Its demonic eyes, burning with blood-colored flames, immediately locked onto Ye Chen—who had just refined the Demon War God Source and was at his peak of essence blood—as well as Lin Dao, whose aura filled it with disgust and a sense of threat!

"I will devour you two little fellows first to replenish this king's depleted Origin!"

It opened a giant mouth large enough to swallow stars, and a terrifying devouring force enveloped Lin Dao and Ye Chen!

Facing this truly escaped Great Demon, whose strength far exceeded the Saint King Realm, Lin Dao took a deep breath, his gaze becoming incomparably resolute.

He gathered all the power in his body, including the true intent of the Heaven-Slaying Dao Sword he had recently comprehended, as well as the full potential of his Primordial Divine Demon Body.

Chaos Law boiled around him, as if evolving the scenes from the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth.

However, just as he was prepared to fight to the death and was even considering using certain taboo methods that would damage his Origin—

Buzz!!!

A more ancient, more magnificent, supreme will that seemed to transcend the heaven and earth of this ancient world descended without warning!

This will was filled with majesty, indifference, and an instinct to maintain the operation of the rules.

It was not targeted at any single individual but swept across the entire ancient battlefield, finally fixing its gaze on that newly escaped and arrogant ancient Great Demon.

"Violator... shall be executed."

A cold, emotionless voice, like a decree from the Heavenly Dao, resounded in the depths of every living being's Divine Soul.

Then, under the horrified gazes of everyone, in the depths of the endless void above the ancient battlefield, a gray giant eye of indescribable size, composed entirely of Order God-Chains and Law Runes, slowly opened!

Within the giant eye, there was no emotion, only absolute indifference and destruction!

It looked at the ancient Great Demon.

In the next instant, a hazy gray beam of light, seemingly ordinary, descended from the giant eye, ignoring spatial distance and instantly shining upon the Great Demon's body.

The ancient Great Demon, which had just escaped and was emitting the terrifying pressure of the Great Saint Realm, couldn't even let out a scream the moment it was hit by the gray light. Its massive body, along with the overwhelming Devilish Qi, was erased like pencil marks by an eraser, disintegrating inch by inch from bottom to top into the most primitive particles and dissipating between heaven and earth!

Body and soul utterly destroyed!

An ancient Great Demon suspected to be in the Great Saint Realm was easily obliterated just like that by the suddenly appearing Eye of Rules!

Everyone was stunned by this sudden, cognition-shattering scene!

"What was that?"

"Heavenly Punishment?"

"An Incarnation of rules?"

Lin Dao's pupils shrank violently, and a storm of shock rose in his heart.

He could feel that the level of power contained in that giant eye far exceeded his understanding, and might even... transcend the Great Emperor?!

This ancient battlefield actually possessed such terrifying rule guardians?

After obliterating the Great Demon, the Eye of Rules indifferently scanned the battlefield, pausing slightly on Lin Dao and Ye Chen as if sensing some special auras on them, but ultimately did nothing, slowly closing and vanishing.

The suffocating supreme pressure also dissipated along with it.

In the center of the basin, only the ruins of the completely collapsed black giant tower remained, along with the war god blood tree, which appeared slightly dimmed due to the loss of the Demon War God Source supply but was still extraordinarily divine.

The Thunder Roar Saint King, Nether Bone Saint King, and others who had narrowly escaped death were all pale and drenched in cold sweat. Their gazes toward the war god blood tree were filled with lingering fear and hesitation.

After experiencing that terrifying scene just now, how could they dare to step forward and compete for it?

Lin Dao slowly restrained his aura, suppressing the shock in his heart.

He walked to Ye Chen's side and checked his condition, confirming that he only needed time to stabilize his surging power and was otherwise fine.

His gaze swept over the war god blood tree and then at the various shaken factions, speaking indifferently:

"This tree belongs to my Lin Clan now.

Does anyone have an objection?"

His voice was calm, yet it carried an unquestionable power.

No one answered.

Lin Dao said no more and signaled Lin Hao to step forward, carefully putting away the war god blood tree along with a portion of the soil beneath it that contained special essence blood.

After collecting the war god blood tree, Lin Dao led the Seven Saint Sons away from the basin filled with Devilish Qi and the aura of destruction.

Behind them, although the Thunder Roar Saint King, Nether Bone Saint King, and others were unwilling, no one dared to stop them.

The scene of the ancient Great Demon being instantly obliterated by the Eye of Rules still haunted their minds.

The ancient battlefield was vast and boundless, filled with dangers, but it also contained countless opportunities.

The deeper they went, the more chaotic the space became. Residual wills of the powerful and broken Laws formed various forbidden zones; with the slightest carelessness, even a Saint King could perish.

But at the same time, the ruins, broken legacies, and even divine materials tainted with Emperor Qi became increasingly precious.

Relying on his formidable Divine Thought and keen perception of the Chaos Law, Lin Dao avoided many fatal dangers and led the Seven Saint Sons through this land where death and Opportunity coexisted.

In a canyon plowed into countless abysses by Sword Qi, they found a half-buried Sword Tomb. Lin Hao sensed a wisp of Sword Intent from it that shared the same Origin as the Heaven-Slaying Dao Sword but was even more ancient, gaining much from it.

Under a collapsed Star Altar, Lin Yun triggered a dormant Star Core and absorbed pure star Origin, making the Star Domain within his Double Pupils appear more real.

They even found a pool of blood formed from the essence blood of an unknown Divine Beast beside its mountain-like skeleton. Ye Chen, Lin Zhan, and the others used it to temper their Physical Bodies, causing their essence blood to surge once again.

Every gain was accompanied by fierce competition.

Forces like the Netherworld Hells, Ancient God Heavenly Domain, and Ten Thousand Demon Ancestral Court appeared frequently like maggots on a bone, attempting to snatch their finds.

However, with Lin Dao overseeing them and the increasingly tacit cooperation and strong individual strength of the Seven Saints of the Lin Clan, most of these struggles ended with the Lin Clan's victory.

The Lin Clan's prestige was forged time and again with strength on this cruel battlefield.

With the accumulation of abundant resources, the cultivation bases of the Seven Saint Sons improved steadily.

Lin Hao, Ye Chen, Lin Yun, and Lin Feng stabilized at the fifth level of the Xiaoyao Realm and were advancing toward the sixth level.

Phoenix Spirit, Yang Yan, and Moon Radiance also successfully crossed the Xiaoyao Tribulation, officially stepping into the Xiaoyao Realm, causing their strength to undergo a qualitative change.