C2043 Where Is It?
"Master."
With a gentle call, Yu Yiyi carefully set the Crucible of Evil down upon the earth beneath her feet.
In an instant, Taishi, Tianqi, Taixu, and Xuanli, each a God-King merged with their own primordial spirit, emerged from within the Crucible and encircled the Time Gate.
These four God-Kings had merged with their primordial spirits at a pace far surpassing Yu Yiyi's.
Already experts with refined primordial spirits, they had long occupied the loftiest of positions. All except Tianqi had previously undergone the fusion with their primordial spirits.
Taishi, Taixu, and Xuanli had been supreme beings with primordial spirits when the Human Race had dethroned the Nagas.
For them, this was merely a homecoming.
Together with Jihui and the sinister stone statue, these God-Kings, now endowed with a primordial spirit, stood guard over the Time Gate, warding off any external intrusion.
They faced the Time Gate, turning their backs to the onlookers, and the aura emanating from their beings carried the profound scent of the Abyss.
"My old friends, it is a pleasure to witness your return," Jihui said, his face beaming with delight.
The ninth-level giant dragon and the alien beasts were awestruck by the spectacle.
Ann Ziqing, Zhongli Dapan, Shi Jing'er, and Duan Yisheng, all titans of the Unbound Realm, watched the God-Kings' silhouettes with somber expressions, uncertain of their next move.
Outside, the Abyssal Greater Basilisk was undergoing its metamorphosis. The Abyssal Leviathan, intent on taking action, suddenly caught the gaze of the Sword Sect Master.
With a look of bitter resignation, the Abyssal Leviathan's eyes fell upon Yu Yuan, seated in silent contemplation upon the Dragon Slaying Stage in the Moonfall Sanctuary.
"Who are you, truly?" he pondered silently.
With a rush of wings, the Secular Bird Queen appeared in her grand Divine Visage, three heads and six arms at the ready, with an Azure Bird unfurling its wings behind her. Leaving behind the Uxthar Tree, she soared toward the Everlands.
"Yu Yuan!"
Her cry, resonant enough to cleave the heavens, summoned clouds heavy with death force and flames of annihilation that cascaded down upon the land of the Everlands.
The boundless divine might and vital energy stirred the concealed laws of truth, halting the swift passage of time in the Everlands.
Using Cao Jiaze's body, it cast a glance at Lin Daoke.
Atop the Sword Cave, Lin Daoke perceived its intent and gave a slight nod.
The next moment, myriad swords resonated in unison.
Spirit Swords and Divine Swords soared from the Sword Cave, now detached from the Everlands, weaving together into dazzling rivers of sword light.
Chen Qinghuang's enigmatic Divine Visage, along with the body of the cosmic giant beast she had created with her Solar Spirit, was ensnared within the sword light.
The Secular Bird Queen had previously confined Lin Daoke within a small realm where death and destruction coexisted, using her six wings.
Now, he harnessed the myriad of Spirit Swords and Divine Swords from the Sword Cave, which echoed his call, to form a sword circle that ensnared Chen Qinghuang with thousands of resplendent sword lights.
This was another manifestation of the Heaven-Opening Sword Array!
Lin Daoke didn't need to divide his focus or manually control the multitude of sword wills. He simply had to hold the concept of "Heaven-Opening" in his mind, and the Divine Swords and Spirit Swords would autonomously arrange themselves into formation.
The sword spirits within the Sword Cave were actively responding to him, acting upon his thoughts.
His Primordial Spirit Sword influenced the Spirit Swords and Divine Swords.
At the same time, he remained vigilant against the Abyssal Leviathan, High Priest Reid, the Demon God Youqian, Grec, and the other tenth-level Blood Warriors.
This included Zhong Chichen, Loong Jie, and the mature little spinosaurus.
"The old lizard's mutation was due to Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit sinking deep into the earth. Through the eleventh-level Solar Spirit, the entity beneath the Everlands grasped the essence of the Bloodline Revelation. The Primal Blood that was bestowed upon Yu Yuan must have already been deciphered, thus infecting the old lizard."
The Abyssal Leviathan looked forlorn, as it, along with the little spinosaurus, the Starpierced, and the Titan Turtle, formed a small group.
They watched as Lin Daoke's Primordial Spirit Sword, mobilized by the Sword Cave, besieged the Secular Bird Queen, debating whether to offer assistance.
Regardless, the Secular Bird Queen was a member of the cosmic giant beasts, and these creatures understood the concept of mutual dependence for survival.
"Father..."
Adorned in a radiant violet-gold robe and crowned with a purple-golden dragon horn, the little spinosaurus gazed intently at the figure of Yu Yuan seated upon the Dragon Slaying Stage, murmuring softly, "If you simply let the humans of the Everlands massacre the inhabitants of the Ashlands, you might as well not awaken."
"To awaken would at least let us understand what has transpired."
"Him, him!"
Grec, from the Blood Fiend clan, jolted in realization, pointing at the seated figure of Yu Yuan's real body atop the Dragon Slaying Stage.
Yu Yuan, who had kept his head bowed, concealing his face from view, suddenly stirred.
His hand delved into his own forehead, as if he was struggling to extract something buried within.
The skin at his brow tore open, and he continued to dig deeper, as though reaching into his very soul. His expression was etched with agony, as if this effort was draining all his strength.
Whoosh!
A mass of greenish-black energy was finally wrenched from his forehead and Mindscape.
It was the essence of the Everlands!
At some unknown point, this essence had invaded his mind, compelling him to ascend to the ultimate state and complete his final metamorphosis.
It was what triggered the resurgence of all his memories.
Cao Jiaze's silence had afforded him the necessary time for his dominant soul and origin to merge, enabling him to once again refine his primordial spirit.
For Cao Jiaze, Yu Yuan's primordial spirit was the ideal host.
Cao Jiaze was merely a temporary convenience.
It was this essence that had caused both of Yu Yuan's forms to become unresponsive, as if their souls had departed, after Cao Jiaze emerged from the inferno and surged into his Mindscape.
With the release of the essence, Yu Yuan's real body swiftly regained its autonomy.
His Solar Spirit Body and Demonic Vessel were once again endowed with their own spiritual sense.
In that moment, his real body on the Dragon Slaying Stage involuntarily lowered its gaze to the ground beneath.
Crack!
The earth beneath his feet silently fissured, revealing a chasm leading to the mysterious depths below, as if beckoning him forward.
Cao Jiaze glided over, standing alongside him, gesturing towards the crevice.
Like a gracious host flinging open the doors, he seemed to be ushering in an esteemed guest.
Cao Jiaze watched him in silence, signaling that it was time for him to descend.
Yu Yuan nodded subtly and stepped onto the Dragon Slaying Stage, vanishing in a blink.
Once he departed, the portal sealed itself, preventing any further entry.
Unhindered by the encircling blazing fire, Yu Yuan's real body navigated the mysterious void of the Dragon Slaying Stage, guided by the resonance with the Solar Spirit Body, and arrived at its location.
Deep within the Everlands, a fiery red Fire Crystal formed a churning magma pool, the epitome of the world's most intense flames. It seemed to contain its power deliberately, capable of such restraint when fully conscious.
Something lay at the bottom of the fiery pool, concealed by the blazing fire, its form yet to be revealed.
Yu Yuan, at the eleventh level, stood beside the fiery pool with his Solar Spirit Body and real body.
Surveying his surroundings, he discovered that both his Solar Spirit and his main body were encased within a massive, translucent crystal sphere, radiating a spectrum of divine light.
Each beam of light was a manifestation of a mysterious Cosmic Order, encompassing earth, lightning, vegetation, ice, metal, water, space, darkness, poison, and stars.
Every Cosmic Order known to Yu Yuan, and even those unknown, were etched within this crystal sphere.
The flames blanketing the pool receded slowly, unveiling the pool's depths.
Numerous greenish-black oddities at the bottom seemed to be gradually taking shape.
These greenish-black entities appeared in response to the Everlands' influence, tainted by its Cosmic Order, which had permeated the Ashlands and unveiled new secrets once hidden there.
These were the Origins.
With the Everlands' successful descent into the Ashlands, a vast quantity of Origins was being generated, and it was only a matter of time before these Origins would give rise to an abundance of supreme primordial spirits.
"Where is it?"
Both manifestations of Yu Yuan inquired simultaneously.
The enigmatic crystal sphere, akin to the heart of the Everlands, and the intense flames within the magma pool were likely the Blazing Flame.
Yet, the Primal Soul from the Abyss was nowhere to be seen at first glance, which he found peculiar.
With a whoosh, Yuan Lianyao, clad in divine armor forged by the Cosmic Crucible, approached with deliberate steps, flames licking at her heels as she took her place.
The spiritual sense of the Blazing Fire surged into Yuan Lianyao's body, guiding her actions.
"It has always been within your Dominant Soul," the Blazing Fire declared through Yuan Lianyao's lips.
At these words, three Yu Yuan felt the ground shake beneath them in different locations. Could it be that the Will of the Deep, emerging from the Abyss, had been contained within his Dominant Soul all along, suppressed by his own power?
