C2040 It Was Unwilling to Wake up
The Vast Ocean descended upon the Gray Domain!
This enigmatic foreign territory, wrapped in towering flames and encircled by dazzling light, seemed to have leaped from the far reaches of the cosmos, plunging into the deepest core of the Origin Realm.
Boom! The stars within the Gray Domain began to tremble mysteriously with its arrival.
Even the massive, pale-gold Tia Main Planet shuddered.
If the Stars Worlds possessed sentience, the Vast Ocean's abrupt visit would be akin to a supreme Titan spinosaurus entering the domain of a pack of Starry Behemoths.
For the other Stars Worlds, the Vast Ocean's arrival spelled disaster.
Whoosh! The radiant halo that enveloped the Vast Ocean silently converged and vanished into the Dragon Slash Platform.
As everyone stood in shock, the once-furious flames that burned through the air now chased the fissures in the ground, pouring into the planet's heart.
The inferno that had been the Vast Ocean's roaring engine of power was no longer necessary upon its entry into the Gray Domain.
The extreme flames concealed within the Vast Ocean, now sated from their feast, were clearly invigorated, their power boundless.
Before long, the once forbidden Vast Ocean re-emerged before the onlookers, its fiery veil retracted.
Seas and mountains, sects and human realms, forests and trees—all had vanished.
The now barren Vast Ocean, at first glance, bore a resemblance to the "Heaven Opening Flare Star."
Yet this Vast Ocean shimmered with an unusual sheen, its surface rippling with the twisted laws of chaos, and it began to draw in the rich energies of the Gray Domain.
From the crevices, a wild and tumultuous force akin to the abyss started to seep out.
The Vast Ocean appeared to breathe, inhaling the Gray Domain's stellar energies and exhaling the power of the abyss.
With each breath, the Vast Ocean seemed to burgeon with vitality, teeming with an astonishing life force.
The energies converging toward the Vast Ocean, the richest in the Origin Realm, were like water vapor being restored to parched seas, rivers, and streams.
For some inexplicable reason, everyone felt an odd sensation witnessing the transformation of the Vast Ocean.
It was as if the Vast Ocean, a skeleton devoid of flesh, was through its "breathing" reconstituting skin, muscles, and veins, growing anew with flesh and organs.
Mountains, rivers, forests, oceans, spirit stone veins, and the sects of the Empire were poised to emerge once again. This enigmatic star began to awaken, fueled by the immense energy of the Gray Domain, promising to unveil even greater wonders!
"Yu Yuan!" The Secular Bird Queen called out abruptly, her stunning face betraying a hint of surprise.
In the Fallen Moon Forbidden Area, the Dragon Slash Platform, once used to suppress the fate of the Nagas, now drew the attention of all. Yu Yuan's true form sat in quiet contemplation, head bowed, seemingly lost in thought and oblivious to the calls of those around him.
Cao Jiaze, who had been watching over the Realm's passage within the Fallen Moon Forbidden Area, remained by his side, along with Han Qi, who had ascended to the status of a ghost. Once the fierce flames had subsided, only these three remained in the vast expanse.
Han Qi stood tensely behind Cao Jiaze, not daring to meet the gaze of either Cao Jiaze or Yu Yuan, who sat in silence on the Dragon Slash Platform. This newly elevated ghostly figure exuded an air of subdued frustration.
It wasn't until the Boundless Land came to a rest that Han Qi managed to collect himself and turn his attention to Han Miaoyuan.
With a face full of unsaid words, Han Qi appeared troubled.
Provoked by Extreme Intelligence, Han Miaoyuan was the first to snap out of his daze and return to the Boundless Land.
"Han Qi, what's happened? And..." Han Miaoyuan began to inquire after landing.
Upon setting eyes on Cao Jiaze, he was struck with a jolt, his body freezing in place.
Shortly thereafter, he adopted Han Qi's cautious demeanor and positioned himself behind Cao Jiaze, swallowing the questions that had risen to his throat.
Without daring to voice his concerns to this unapproachable Cao Jiaze, he gestured towards Yu Yuan, who sat with a bowed head on the Dragon Slash Platform, his face inscrutable, seeking answers from Han Qi with a questioning look.
"What's the matter?" Han Qi's face was etched with terror as he shook his head incessantly, too frightened to utter a word.
Han Miaoyuan was left completely bewildered.
"Uh!" Zu Ann, Qin Luo, and even Han Miaoyuan himself, felt a growing affinity with the Gray Domain as the presence of the Boundless Land became more pronounced.
Upon Hao Ran's arrival, a profound sense of calm washed over everyone. The world's laws, deeply etched at the earth's core, began to influence the Gray Domain. Hao Ran's laws were seamlessly merging with the foundational rules of the Gray Domain. Thus, those from Hao Ran, possessing the origin within them, immediately had an intuitive understanding.
Whoosh!
Hao Ran's presence swiftly mended the massive spatial rift that had previously torn open. The deep caverns scattered with the Heaven Opening Flare Star continued to be engulfed in flames. The Gray Domain remained tightly sealed.
All the extraterrestrial warriors invited by the Divine Soul Sect, including the Thunder Beast, the Three-legged Golden Crow, the Secular Bird Queen, the Chaos Roc, and the Starry Behemoth, along with practitioners from the Silver Moon Sect, Ancient Desolate Sect, and the Babel Chamber of Commerce, found themselves trapped in Hao Ran. Escape was not an option.
"We're done for. We've been duped."
"The deceitful human race of the Abyss!"
"The Origin Realm is likely doomed to fall, becoming a world under human dominion."
The Bloodline warriors, unable to leave, realized that with each member of the Divine Soul Sect—Tianqi, Taishi, Xuanli—merging with the origin, and with Yu Yuan's every move exuding deceit, this was a meticulously orchestrated invasion by the humans. They feared that the Origin Realm was already in turmoil.
The fearsome Evil Gods of the abyss, whose might rivalled that of Samantha, were leading an endless army of abyssal forces in a relentless conquest. The Origin Realm was on the brink of collapse, soon to be annexed by the abyss, even without the intervention of the Beast God from the Desolate Realm. The humans were both the strategists and the instigators.
Whoosh!
The flame, a fragment of Ji Yan's consciousness, soared to the Heaven and Earth Furnace enveloping Yuan Lianyao. Encircling the furnace, it ascended back to the vast expanse. Upon reaching the Hellfire Mountain, the furnace settled at the crater of a volcano. Moments later, a ferocious torrent of flames erupted, interspersed with solar nuclei, all merging into the Heaven and Earth Furnace. The transformation of Yuan Lianyao and the emergence of the Flame Devil Ancestor demanded an immense surge of fiery energy.
The Heaven and Earth Furnace alone appeared insufficient, so the Extreme Flame from deep within the earth bestowed an additional surge of fiery energy upon Yuan Lianyao, allowing her to manifest in a new Flame Devil form.
The Extreme Flame seemed to be anticipating the arrival of the vast expanse.
The awakening of the world's most potent flame was a culmination of a long journey's gathered strength and a voracious feeding. This not only set the Boundless Land in motion but also served to amass power for the nascent Flame Devil progenitor.
Whoosh!
Extreme Intelligence, clutching the Soul Summoning Flag, descended before the Dragon Slash Platform.
He knelt down before Yu Yuan, who remained seated, his head bowed.
"Sir, are you still unwilling to awaken?"
After kneeling earnestly, Extreme Intelligence noticed Yu Yuan had yet to lift his head. He slightly tilted his head upward, gazing at Yu Yuan's face from below, and smiled, "Do you truly not wish to awaken?"
Yu Yuan remained indifferent.
"Cao Jiaze!" he silently observed the Eleventh Level Yang God high above.
A peculiar Soul Sound seemed to release the seal on Yu Yuan's Yang God, rousing him from his resistance to the call, his reluctance to venture into the depths of the Boundless Land.
Like a crimson meteor, the Eleventh Level Yu Yuan plummeted towards the Boundless Land.
Whoosh!
Yu Yuan, at the Eleventh Level, plunged into the fissure within the Hellfire Mountain just like that.
