142: The remains of a war god! You call this "inviolable"?

Inside the Star Plucking Tower, it was so silent that one could hear a pin drop.

Only the Golden Dragon Heir's two legs, still twitching outside the table, and the crunching sound of Gu Yang chewing "Emerald Jade Dragon Meat" echoed in the spacious hall. The two Early Void Refinement Stage Elders responsible for protecting the heir closely now had Faces that turned from blue to purple, a result of the backlash of magic power caused by extreme shock and anger.

In the Central Continent's Five Elements City, right under the nose of the Primordial Imperial Clan, their own heir was pressed into the ground like a nail. This was no longer just a slap in the Face; it was equivalent to digging up the ancestral graves of the Golden Dragon Clan.

"Barbarian... How dare you!!!"

The white-haired old man on the left looked as if his eyes were about to burst. He took a sudden step forward, unleashing his terrifying Early Void Refinement Stage aura. The tough flood dragon skin carpet in the hall was instantly torn by the fluctuation of magic power. He formed a hand seal, and a dark gold giant dragon phantom appeared behind him. It was the product of a high-level Fusion of Law and Primordial Spirit—the "Golden Dragon Sea-Suppressing Seal"... Gu Yang didn't even lift an eyelid.

He casually picked up a jar of "Heavenly Dew Wine" brewed from Rank Five Spiritual Plants on the table and took a heavy swig from the spout. As the Central Continent's wine entered his throat, it felt like a warm fireball exploding in his stomach. This high-concentration feedback of Spiritual Qi made the Five Elements Millstone inside him rotate even more joyfully.

"Old man, I advise you to take back that damn seal."

Gu Yang patted the crumbs off his hands and slowly turned his head. Because his physical density was so high, this simple movement of turning his head actually created a slight air vortex, making a muffled "whoosh" sound.

"I asked just now if the feast had started. You didn't say anything, so I took that as a default 'yes'. Since I'm eating, and your little worm insists on barking next to me, the only reason I didn't crush him to death directly was out of respect for this table of good food."

"Arrogant! Kneel and apologize to this seat!"

The old man couldn't listen to any of that. The golden dragon phantom brought down ten thousand tons of thunder. With the special hundred-fold gravity enhancement of the Star Plucking Tower, the potential energy of this seal's fall was enough to easily crush and kill any Peak God Transformation Stage Cultivator... Gu Yang sneered; he didn't use the star shattering hammer.

Currently, with his Divine Demon Golden Body Second Turn at Perfection, his Physical Body was not just hard; it had undergone a qualitative change called "Mass Suppression." In this hundred-fold gravity environment, his basic physical weight of nearly a million catties, combined with the boost from Extreme Dao Blood Qi, made him practically a walking neutron star.

He simply extended the index and middle fingers of his right hand and flicked them lightly against the falling giant dragon seal.

"Extreme Dao—Force Field Reversal!"

Clang—!!!

A metallic clanging sound erupted, making the Sea of Consciousness of all the Saints and Saintesses present go numb.

Under the horrified gazes of countless people, that golden dragon seal, condensed from pure Law and heavy as a mountain, was actually flicked away on the spot by Gu Yang's two fingers! The giant dragon phantom shattered inch by inch, turning into a sky full of golden light. Meanwhile, the Early Void Refinement Stage old man was struck head-on as if by an ancient giant elephant at full speed. With a "wah" sound, he spat out a large mouthful of black blood mixed with Law fragments. He was sent flying, smashing a human-shaped hole through the walls of the Star Plucking Tower, which were reinforced with eighteen layers of Formations...

"This is impossible..." The other Void Refining Elder, who had been about to strike, stopped dead in his tracks and swallowed hard.

Flicking away a Void Refinement Stage Law Divine Ability with pure physical strength? This had touched the blind spot of these Spell Cultivators' knowledge. In the Central Continent's Rank system, Spell Cultivators controlled heaven and earth, while Body Cultivators were merely high-level guards. But the strength level of this man calling himself "Iron Bull" was absurdly high, as if he himself were the Incarnation of this world's Laws.

"Fellow Daoist... please show mercy."

Just as the situation was about to spiral out of control, a blurred figure slowly solidified on the empty purple-gold throne at the top of the hall.

It was a young man wearing a five-colored robe, appearing to be in his twenties. However, his eyes were as deep as an abyss. With every gesture, the surrounding gravity Laws seemed to rhythmically pulse with his breathing.

The Young Lord of the Five Elements Mansion—Surpassing the Barbarians Saint.

Although his cultivation was also at the Peak God Transformation Stage, the depth of his aura even made several Void Refinement Stage Elders leading their teams show looks of wariness... "The Golden Dragon Clan was reckless first; Fellow Daoist Iron Bull was right to teach them a lesson."

Surpassing the Barbarians Saint waved his hand, and a soft five-colored divine light descended, "brushing" out the ruined table and the Golden Dragon Heir who was deeply embedded within it. At this moment, the Golden Dragon Heir's head was swollen like a rotten watermelon, his Divine Soul severely wounded, and he was on the verge of fainting.

"Since you are a distinguished guest of the Heavenly Phoenix Sect, please take a seat of honor."

Surpassing the Barbarians Saint nodded slightly to Gu Yang, but a very subtle look of greed and scrutiny flashed in his eyes.

Gu Yang glanced sideways at the Young Lord of the Five Elements Mansion and cursed inwardly: Another poser. But his current goal wasn't to kill, but rather that War God's Skeleton.

"Then I won't be polite."

Gu Yang sat down grandly in a seat originally belonging to a top-tier Holy Land at the front of the hall as if nothing had happened. Er Gou also scurried over, skillfully jumping onto the table and drooling at a plate of "Nine-Turn Golden Cicada Pupae."

Saintess Feng Ni followed behind Gu Yang with a complex expression. She realized that she didn't need to do any socializing now; as long as she followed this barbarian, all the Holy Land descendants in the Star Plucking Tower would automatically keep their distance... The banquet continued, but the atmosphere became extremely eerie.

Gu Yang and Er Gou accounted for nearly two-thirds of the food consumed during the entire banquet. While the surrounding Saints and Saintesses elegantly tasted spiritual wine and discussed Daoist methods, this man and dog were frantically devouring various high-grade Spirit Beast meats.

[Devoured Rank Five "Emerald Jade Dragon" meat, Blood Qi +8000!] [Devoured Rank Five "Purple Gold Fire Phoenix" wing, energy converting...] [Divine Demon Golden Body Third Turn Progress: 35%!]

"This grade of meat can only be scavenged in the Central Continent."

While gnawing on a bone, Gu Yang pricked up his ears to listen to the conversations around him. With the abnormal hearing of an Extreme Dao Body Cultivator, even through a dozen layers of sound-isolating Formations, those whispers were as clear as thunder.

"Have you heard? For this 'Origin Grand Sacrifice', what the Five Elements Mansion excavated from the earth veins wasn't just a skeleton, but also a piece of the 'Extreme Dao Imperial Seal' fragment in the skeleton's chest cavity that hadn't completely weathered away."

"Shh! That's a supply prepared for the Primordial Descendants. It's said that the skeleton's owner had once stepped into the forbidden realm of the ninth turn of body cultivation. Even a trace of residual aura can make a Void Refinement Stage Cultivator's Physical Body immortal."

"Is that 'Wilderness Ridge' really that miraculous?"

"More than that! The Five Elements Mansion wants to use the Great Sacrifice to drain the Blood Qi essence from the skeleton and inject it into the 'Five Elements Pool' to open a one-way teleportation portal to the abyss of the Endless Sea. It's said that the Opportunity for Immortal Ascension is hidden there..."

...Extreme Dao Imperial Seal? Draining Blood Qi?

The coldness in Gu Yang's eyes grew deeper and deeper.

These Spell Cultivators are using such Heaven-Defying Body Cultivator resources as "fuel" to open a map? This is practically jumping back and forth on Gu Yang's landmines.

"Er Gou, did you hear that? There's something even tastier in those bones," Gu Yang transmitted.

Er Gou raised his grease-covered head, his silver scales flashing with a fierce light under the lamps. "Big brother, I smelled it just now. The scent of that skeleton is in the dungeon beneath the Star Plucking Tower. The calcium in those bones... it's thick enough to break a Void Refinement Stage Cultivator's teeth, but for us, it's just right for a supplement."

Gu Yang inconspicuously touched his chest. There, the fused Extreme Dao fragment was vibrating rhythmically, as if sensing a call from the same source... Three days later, in the center of Five Elements City.

The Origin Grand Sacrifice officially began.

The entire Five Elements City was now shrouded in a thick layer of five-colored brilliance. In the sacrificial altar square at the very center of the city, tens of thousands of Cultivators were lined up in Formation. The dense Spiritual Pressure caused the space to have a visible sense of folding.

Following a muffled toll of a bell.

Rumble—!!!

The earth shook violently as the center of the altar slowly split open.

A massive spinal skeleton, ten thousand yards long and possessing a dark gold luster as if forged from countless stars, slowly rose from deep underground under the guidance of numerous Formations.

The moment that skeleton appeared, a desolate, overbearing, and terrifying aura sufficient to suppress all ages swept through the scene. This aura didn't carry any magic power; it was purely the absolute deterrence of a high-level life form on a material plane.

Thud! Thud!

On the square, many Cultivators with weaker cultivation actually couldn't withstand the aura and fell to their knees on the spot... "Is this... the spine of the ancient War God, 'Wilderness'?"

Saintess Feng Ni's pretty Face was pale, and the Phoenix Feather Magic Treasure in her hand was trembling slightly.

Standing beside her, Gu Yang was the only one whose spine remained perfectly straight.

The blood in his body completely boiled at this moment.

Deep within that massive skeleton, he could clearly see countless dark red energy threads being frantically extracted by the eighteen Heaven-Reaching Pillars surrounding the altar. Those supreme essences that should have belonged to a Body Cultivator were being converted into pure Five Elements energy to maintain the massive teleportation vortex above.

"What a waste... what a f*cking waste!"

Gu Yang's eyes were bloodshot, and his originally simple and honest Face had become extremely ferocious.

Ingredients of this grade are actually being used as fuel? Are these Spell Cultivators' brains kicked by donkeys?

..."Everyone!"

Above the altar, Surpassing the Barbarians Saint floated in mid-air, his voice reaching everywhere.

"The Five Elements Illusory Realm has opened! All Prodigies holding the Great Sacrifice Golden Token may enter the Illusory Realm to compete for a spot in the skeleton baptism. If you can reach the top of the 'War God's Spine', you can obtain the blessing of that trace of Extreme Dao Imperial Might!"

"But remember, the gravity inside the Illusory Realm is a hundred times that of the outside, and the power of Spells will be reduced. If you want the Opportunity, it will depend on the fortune of your Physical Bodies!"

Before his voice had even faded, countless streaks of light impatiently charged toward that massive skeleton forest.

Clearly, these Holy Land descendants also knew the value of this skeleton. Although they primarily cultivated Spells, if their Physical Bodies could obtain a trace of the "immortal" attribute, it would be of immeasurable benefit for their later Undergoing Tribulation and Immortal Ascension.

"Let's go!" Gu Yang grunted, his feet suddenly exerting force.

Boom!!

The ground of the sacrificial altar square, which was strong enough to withstand the aftershocks of the Body Integration Stage, was actually stomped into a deep pit by this single step.

He was like a dark gold cannonball shot from the abyss, instantly penetrating that layer of five-colored light screen and crashing headlong into the so-called "Five Elements Illusory Realm"...

As soon as he entered the Illusory Realm, Gu Yang felt the pressure on his shoulders double again. The surrounding scenery had completely disappeared, and everywhere he looked was a white skeleton forest.

"Iron Bull! Die!"

Before Gu Yang could even steady himself, three Cultivators wearing golden armor suddenly leaped out from the white bone thicket. They held specially made Demon-Breaking Heavy Swords; they were clearly death guards trained by the Golden Dragon Clan, specifically here to ambush him.

In this five-thousand-fold gravity environment, these golden-armored guards' movements were still agile. They were clearly wearing extremely expensive Weight-Shedding Precious Armor.

"That's it?"

Gu Yang gave a ferocious laugh.

He didn't even turn his head, his right arm suddenly swinging backward.

"Extreme Dao—Mass Bombardment!"

Without any trace of Spells, the physical inertia generated by the swing of his arm alone drained the air within a ten-meter radius in an instant.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three muffled thuds.

Those three golden-armored death guards, capable of standing firm against the Peak God Transformation Stage, didn't even have time to scream the moment they came into contact with the afterimage of Gu Yang's arm. They and their top-quality precious armor were directly crushed into a pile of flat iron sheets by the physical pressure of that single swing.

The blood mist was about to disperse when it was forced back to the ground by the terrifying gravity... "Saintess, keep close to me."

Gu Yang cracked his neck, his gaze locked onto the very top of the ten-thousand-yard skeleton.

There, he could sense a faint but extremely arrogant instinctive consciousness awakening.

"In this Central Continent... no one can owe me wages, including this dead bone."

Gu Yang strode forward; with every step, the skeleton forest trembled violently.

He no longer suppressed the Divine Demon Origin within him. The Dark Gold Divine Patterns on his skin completely lit up at this moment, like a Primordial Demon God patrolling his territory, officially beginning his first violent plunder in the heart of the Central Continent.

[Current Cultivation: Divine Demon Golden Body · Initial Stage (Second Turn Perfection)] [Analysis Progress: Third Turn (Vacuum-Shattering Realm) 45% (Continuously absorbing skeleton aura)]