C1157 The Source of Yang Meridian!

The Origin Blood Continent's landscape quivered, the ground beneath booming with an ominous resonance. Seas of blood, along with lakes and rivers, churned with a ferocity that threatened to overflow their bounds. To the north, south, east, and west, vast oceans of crimson swelled, waves towering as if sculpted by the unseen hand of a deity into ravenous beasts eager to break free and storm across the continent's expanse.

Within the terrestrial bodies of water, new members of the Blood Devil Clan were being birthed, their cries for sustenance echoing unheard. For reasons unknown, the continent itself seemed to have been ensnared by a mysterious will, a monstrous entity straining against the chains of its own imprisonment.

Behind Grec, the seasoned eyes of Knox and Quealy, the venerable Ninth Level patriarchs of the Blood Devil Clan, widened with a mixture of awe and terror. These elders, who had abstained from the conflict, now perceived the continent's peculiar state and appeared to come to a startling realization.

"My heavens!"

"Can it be?"

The patriarchs exclaimed internally, their minds reeling.

With a splash, the giant serpent, slain by the might of the Blood Devil Clan's warriors, plummeted into a broad, blood-red river. It dissolved instantly into the thick fluid, its demonic essence reduced to mere ash.

Golden-Winged Pengs, Giant Lions, Silver Jiaos, and other formidable demons followed suit, cascading from the skies. Upon contact with the sanguine lakes and rivers, they disintegrated into the bloody waters, their spirits utterly vanquished.

In stark contrast, the wounded champions of the Blood Devil Clan, regardless of the severity of their injuries, found rejuvenation upon immersion in the rivers of blood. They emerged revitalized, their combat prowess restored to its zenith.

The air crackled as countless strands of crimson lightning mercilessly tore through the Unrestrained Stage cultivator from the Devil Palace. The Mighty Spirit King, having attained the Middle Period of the Unrestrained Stage, loomed like a cascade of black meteors, showering upon the turbulent lake destined to engulf the Golden Elephant Ancient God. His demonic form, upon entering the waters, sizzled and disintegrated as if seared by boiling oil.

The Luan Bird Queen, poised to intervene, let out a muffled groan as a trickle of blood escaped the corner of her mouth.

Initially, she looked down at the ground in shock, her soul consciousness spreading out like a blanket. Then, she abruptly turned to Yu Yuan and said, "Deep beneath us, deep within the earth, there seems to be something..."

Yu Yuan nodded gravely and commanded, "Prepare to retreat!"

A will had emerged from the depths of the Origin Blood Continent, seemingly awakened by the small worlds he had created with the essence of the Yin Sunflower.

The pressure from this will was so intense it nearly stopped his heart.

Having lived two lifetimes, Yu Yuan had encountered a myriad of extraordinary beings and wonders. Yet, such a bizarre presence as this will from the depths had only been encountered in one place before.

Horror Land, the origin of the Yin Vein!

To this day, he couldn't fully comprehend the true nature of the Yin Vein source. All he knew was that it governed the cycle of life and death for all beings in the Boundless Land, serving as the ultimate resting place for souls after they dissipated.

Those born and dying within the Boundless Land would eventually merge into the Yin Vein as their souls slowly unraveled.

He was acutely aware that the Yin Vein source, despite lacking a physical form, possessed both intelligence and consciousness.

It was an extraordinary existence, transcending his wildest imagination, utterly unlike any other being in the cosmos!

He had always believed such a peculiar entity was unique to the Yin Vein source.

Yet, to his astonishment, he encountered another entity akin to the Yin Vein source in a Realm of the Origin Blood Continent, home to the Blood Devil Clan.

"The Yang Vein source, from the Early Period of chaos, was the first of the unusual beings to be nurtured. One Yin, one Yang."

"Yin resides in the Boundless Great World, Yang in the Origin Blood Continent."

Within the microcosm of Qi and blood, the Heavenly Soul that had settled into his mind's depths at the crimson Life Altar deciphered the most hidden message within the blood crystal.

Yu Yuan was profoundly shaken.

He envisioned the dawn of creation, when galaxies were but clusters of murky currents and the Starry Behemoth was still in gestation, witnessing the existence of two extraordinary rivers.

These rivers, brimming with countless dazzling lights and divine lightning, were in the process of refining the very chains of law.

The river, shrouded in a mist of mysterious power, drifted through the chaotic void, releasing fragments of souls and scattering seeds of blood.

Yu Yuan, deeply shaken, experienced a searing pain in his mind as he attempted to focus once more. Blood had unknowingly begun to trickle from the corners of his eyes, and a bloody fissure had opened on his forehead.

"Master!"

"Wake up!"

Yu Yiyi and Yu Zhu each grasped one of his arms, shaking him vigorously. He sensed a warm flow of blood and a stream of pure soul energy being infused into his body by Yu Zhu and Yu Yiyi, aiding his return to consciousness from the secret realm he had glimpsed.

The Dragon Slash Platform in his grasp emitted an unprecedented dazzling light, and the juvenile spinosaurus beside him shuddered uneasily.

"We must go!"

He bit his tongue tip, forcing himself to stay alert, and refrained from recalling the grand spectacle he had just witnessed in this realm. Blood and soul power surged into the Dragon Slash Platform, and with his other hand, he called forth the sheath of the Optimus Sword, soaring towards the heavens.

"Chen Qinghuang, Tan Junshan, leave the Origin Blood Continent immediately! Use any means, pay any price, just break free!" he bellowed as he ascended.

Deep beneath the Origin Blood Continent lay another anomaly akin to the Yin Meridian's source, which was undoubtedly the Founder of the Blood Devil Clan.

Grec, endowed with a Life Altar, served as the spokesperson for the vast cosmos, the tangible manifestation of its will. In its domain, Grec, the embodiment of the source known as the Yang Meridian, was its most formidable weapon. How could Grec perish in a world of its own making?

Forte, Nox, Quealy, and the other elders of the Blood Devil Clan were unwavering in their belief that Grec would triumph in the end, likely privy to this secret all along.

Munch, brother to the former Blood Devil Clan patriarch, had long harbored dissatisfaction with Grec, consistently opposing him. Yet, at this pivotal moment, why did he unhesitatingly align with Grec? Perhaps Grec had already won Munch over earlier, securing his loyalty, and their subsequent conflicts were nothing more than a tacit performance.

After all, the performance was meant for an audience, for outsiders to witness.

Hiss!

As a teenager, Greco pointed a finger at the center of his forehead, his fingertip shrinking infinitesimally, hooking into the deep red mark.

Hundreds of slender strands of crimson lightning leapt from the lakes and rivers, fusing into his fingertip.

The agony that once contorted Greco's face had vanished, the horrific bloodlines seemingly wiped away as if by an eraser.

The red mark that belonged to Cao Yi, under the divine aid Greco received, was like jade under the hammer's blow, gradually cracking and splintering apart.

Nox and Quealy's faces broke into smiles. After exchanging a glance, their grins deepened.

Then, Cao Yi's maniacal laughter morphed into piercing screams, starting high-pitched and slowly fading into silence.

It seemed he could no longer muster a cry.

"Do you really think you can come and go from the Blood Devil Clan's sacred land as you please?"

Munch stood tall in the void, beneath the dark red firmament, motionless as he observed Yu Yuan, Yu Yiyi, Yu Zhu, and Chen Qinghuang ascend.

Beside him, the three Blood Slaves he had refined continued their frenzied assault on the Golden Elephant Ancient God.

The Golden Elephant Ancient God, having steadied himself, required the combined strength of himself and Tan Junshan to barely withstand the onslaught of the Blood Slaves.

"If the former Patriarch of the Blood Devil Clan was the favored son of the gods, born of our clan's Founder to teach the subtleties of blood to all beings, then..."

Munch bowed his head, his gaze filled with awe and worship as he looked at Greco, "This generation's Patriarch of the Blood Devil Clan is the deity incarnate!"

Upon these words, the eyes of every Blood Devil Clan member across the Origin Blood Continent ignited with fervor.

Songs of praise echoed across the lands, from every realm inhabited by the Blood Devil Clan, their hearts swelling with pride for Greco.

Greco was their living deity, the most formidable Patriarch the Blood Devil Clan had ever known!

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