C1920 The Power of the First Ruler

Beneath the lowest level of the Abyss World, within the expansive depths of Creation Land, a towering figure with a red beard emerged. He swelled in size rapidly, his massive form soon shrouding the Creation Land, resembling an ancient Evil God of the Abyss, smiling down from above.

His eyes shone like two deep purple, otherworldly suns, casting light upon the Evil God Temple constructed from the bones of fallen Evil Gods. Swirls of demonic clouds emanated from his immense yet ethereal form, cloaking the entire Creation Land.

The Evil God Temple, which had stood for millennia, was now cut off from the seven layers of the Abyss. The Evil Gods, dispersed throughout the Abyss and its uppermost layer, suddenly lost their connection to the temple.

Using their secret arts and divine powers, the Evil Gods peered anxiously into the darkness below. All they could see was an ever-expanding purple sea, seemingly encroaching upon the depths of the Abyss.

Hidden within the endless darkness, a crisis loomed as the Great Demon God from a foreign land sneered with malevolent glee.

"Beilstein!"

The furious bellows of the Evil Gods echoed from various levels of the Abyss. Witnessing their sacred site under assault by Beilstein once more, the true bodies of the Evil Gods—each comparable to a small universe—plunged into the darkness below.

The champions of the seven layers of the Abyss sensed the wrath of the Evil Gods and fell to their knees in trepidation.

"Ha ha!"

The hearty laughter of the tall, red-bearded figure resonated through the Creation Land and the Evil God Temple. His laughter, imbued with power, tore through the thick darkness, revealing flashes of dark red and deep purple light.

The dark world was suddenly adorned with these unusual hues due to his mirth.

"As long as I remain in the Abyss, you shouldn't even dream of effortlessly channeling the power of that bone shrine into the Origin Realm," Beilstein said mockingly, his gaze fixed on the temple as he addressed its guardian.

Abruptly, sparse raindrops began to fall from his position, cascading onto the grand temple. Billions of runes adorning the temple, as if eroded by potent acid, began to dissolve.

The lingering might of the Evil Gods within the myriad of bones clashed with Beilstein's Demonic Will, all under the guardian's influence. Consequently, the guardian found it impossible to transfer the temple's power to the Origin Realm with ease.

As the Evil God Temple came under sudden attack, the Evil Gods who had ventured into the Origin Realm were compelled to divide their focus, turning their attention to the fate of their shrine.

The power that had infused the shrine within the Origin Realm continued to surge back towards it, channeled through the core intelligence of the Origin itself.

The unexpected return of the Great Demon God Beilstein threw a wrench into the plans of the core intelligence and the Evil Gods, rendering their efforts futile.

At this moment, Beilstein remained in the Abyss, launching an assault on the shrine that was intrinsically linked to that dark realm. With his stronghold shaking and on the brink of ruin, how could he spare a thought for Yu Yuan?

Demon Realm.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Wagner, Youyu, and Matina's Ghost God souls departed the Origin Realm Gate and seamlessly reintegrated with their waiting bodies.

Andrea's Devil Soul also found its way back to her form. She allowed herself a small, contented smile, her voice light, "The old man is still kicking."

"I knew it. With the old man's skills, those Abyss Evil Gods wouldn't stand a chance!"

A self-satisfied grin played across Andrea's radiant lips. The Soul Divine King's composure was unshaken, seemingly reassured by the answers she had received.

The trio of Ghost Gods, now reunited with their souls, looked on at the pulsating Origin Realm Gate with lingering trepidation.

Unlike Andrea's optimism, the display of power within the Origin Realm and the restrained might of the Evil Gods weighed heavily on them.

As soon as the "old man" made his move, Yu Yuan understood the crux of the issue, nodding in acknowledgment, "I hadn't anticipated..."

It was clear that Beilstein, concealed somewhere within the Abyss, had once again made his presence known, launching an offensive against the temple and forcing the Evil Gods and the Soul Divine King to divert their attention to counter his power.

This distraction left them unable to attend to the affairs of the Origin Realm.

Their smooth departure and return to the Demon Realm owed much to Beilstein's covert assistance.

"This heart stone..."

Youyu held the once radiant crystal, now diminished in power, as he pondered aloud, extracting it from the Origin Realm Gate.

"The power of the heart clam beast that I had later refined, along with the energy drawn from the Demon Realm, has been significantly depleted by the core intelligence." A hint of dejection was evident on Youyu's pale face.

Like a snuffed-out flame, the light that had formed the Origin Realm Gate vanished abruptly.

In its place, a dark brown leaf materialized, eerily occupying the space where the gate had once stood.

Yu Yuan peered through the leaf and witnessed numerous events unfolding within the Sea of Hearts. Guided by the Extreme Intelligence, he had encountered Youyu in the Origin Realm, observed the forging of the Ghost King in the Sea of Hearts, and overheard their exchanges—all of which left their imprints within the leaf.

Yet, when the Extreme Intelligence reemerged, seizing control of the Origin Realm and beginning its assault on the Sea of Hearts, those traces vanished. The dark brown leaf drifted to the ancient vine, integrating into the second Undead Ruler.

Yu Yuan immediately realized that the ancient vine had knowledge of the Origin Realm Gate's creation. It had even discreetly left behind a leaf to surveil the gate's activity. However, subsequent events had surpassed its foresight, preventing it from witnessing every detail.

"Hand over the heart stone," Yu Yuan, freshly returned from the Origin Realm and now inhabiting a body within the Abyss World, requested with a smile, reaching out to Youyu.

Without a moment's delay, Youyu passed the palm-sized heart stone to him, adding, "With the Origin Realm Gate gone, the energies that have entered the Origin Realm are likely irretrievable."

"That remains to be seen," Yu Yuan countered. Clasping the heart stone, he presented the Dragon Slash Platform.

Assisted by the Second Undead Ruler and empowered by a body brimming with Yin energy, Yu Yuan placed the heart stone atop the Dragon Slash Platform, which began to radiate a spectrum of light. A myriad of rainbow energies infused the heart stone, forging a bond through the faint resonance between it and the Sea of Hearts.

Yu Yuan's ghostly soul wielded the Dragon Slash Platform's power from a distance. In this moment, under the watchful eyes of three ghosts and gods and two Undead Rulers, he appeared as the sovereign of the Abyss World. His aura seamlessly aligned with the mystical essence of the Abyss World.

The Shinra Net, Grim River, Reincarnation Furnace, and the myriad paths of the Undead beyond all seemed to echo his command. In the Abyss World, his form appeared almighty, capable of altering the cosmos and dictating the cycle of life and death for all beings. Within the small heart stone, a faint white glow emerged, signaling the convergence of dazzling energy.

"Youyu!" Youyu gasped, his expression a mix of astonishment and amazement.

He could sense it—the power he had lost was now flowing back to him through the heart stone!

He gazed at Yu Yuan, standing before him, and caught the scent of the Yin Meridian's source. For a moment, he was under the impression that the source of the Yin Meridian in Horror Land had once again allied with him.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Yu Yuan, possessed of a Yin Body, was channeling the spirits of the dead in the enigmatic Abyss World, drawing upon the energies of the Grim River.

His ghostly and divine soul had condensed into the form of the Reincarnation Furnace, seeping into the heart stone.

The Dragon Slash Platform, meanwhile, had become a temporary, ethereal gate to the Origin Realm, retrieving the vanished powers from within.

A wordless Soul Arts technique naturally imprinted itself in Yu Yuan's mind. He was wielding the authority of the First Master to aid Youyu in reclaiming his lost powers.

"I can't retrieve the original source, but I'll recover everything else that still exists for you."

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