C2058 The Fall of an Innate Pride

He transformed the stars into swords, slicing through the celestial barrier of the Gray Domain and reconnecting the Starry Forbidden Ground with the world beyond.

At this moment, the power Yu Yuan displayed commanded the attention of mortals and stirred the spirits of the netherworld.

Bathed in blinding divine light, his Eleventh Level Yang God body shone with the clarity of a flawless ruby, radiating a dizzying blood-red lightning.

With a thunderous boom, his boundless Yang God burst through the dome of the heavens, revealing itself once again in the Outer World.

Stars shone with pristine light, as though refined by the abyss's Light Origin Spirit, transforming into its eyes to cast the force of illumination far and wide.

Yet, as Yu Yuan's formidable Yang God took its place in the Outland Starry Sky, the brightness of every star dimmed in its presence.

Their brilliance was overshadowed by his colossal Yang God, as insignificant as pebbles behind him.

He gazed downward through the expanse of space.

The purple-golden ramparts, resembling dragon scales, had become the protective shroud of the Gray Domain, undoubtedly crafted by the Titan spinosaurus.

This once-invisible dragon scale barrier, now inclined towards the will of the Vast Ocean Earth Core, had become a barricade to keep outsiders at bay, all due to the profound changes in the Gray Domain's underlying laws and the Vast Ocean's descent.

Moreover, the breach caused by Lin Daoke's Divine Sword through the Space-time Gate had led to an incursion from the Demon Domain, creating a gaping maw.

This allowed the power of the origin blood, once inside, to manifest through Grec's flesh and blood as a deep crimson moon.

The moon's presence in the sky signaled the dispersal of the origin blood's power across the Gray Domain.

The Grim River's flow, the wandering of Dark Mountains, and the wails of billions of lost souls summoned the power of the Origin Soul.

The origin blood and the Origin Soul seized the chance to step into the Gray Domain before his main soul could metamorphose into the Primordial Spirit and before the strongest Origin Soul, nurtured by the abyss, could possess him.

Their emergence and contamination of the Gray Domain roused the Origin Soul that had given rise to Beilstein, triggering a domino effect.

Crack!

The fearsome blade formed by the Heaven Opening Flare Star continued to cleave through the tangible barriers, creating even more fissures within the Gray Domain.

Guided by the hand of Yang God Yu, the blade of the Heaven Opening Flare Star wrought further breaches, dissolving the isolation of the Gray Domain and merging it with the bordering Origin Realm.

The Gray Domain, once part of the Starry Forbidden Ground, had become one of the more distinctive starfields within the Origin Realm. The proliferation of fissures within the Gray Domain enabled the origin blood from the Dim Starfield and the Origin Souls from other realms to steadily infuse their power into it.

"The Gray Domain has been unsealed!"

"Yu Yuan has actually torn through the barrier!"

Trapped within the Starry Forbidden Ground, the mighty beings of various races gazed upward as the sky tore open like fabric, overwhelmed by the invincible aura emanating from Yang God Yu Yuan, murmuring in awe.

Crafted by the Titan spinosaurus, the Gray Domain was once as unassailable as a fortress, yet it lay in ruins due to Yu Yuan's might. Yu Yuan, the most formidable being in existence, dimmed the stars themselves, imposing a suffocating pressure upon the mightiest in the Origin Realm.

In this moment, Yu Yuan had not only eclipsed the Dragon Slayer of old but seemed to surpass even the Great Demon God Beilstein.

"Retreat! Flee the Gray Domain!"

"We cannot linger in the Gray Domain!"

The cries of the weaker beings echoed as they no longer dared to harbor illusions, fleeing through the fissures.

To them, the Gray Domain had become the Origin Realm's most fearsome battlefield, where even the most exalted Origin Spirits were engaged, rendering the highest of beings powerless and insignificant.

And what of them?

"You need to leave, and quickly."

Yu Yuan's voice echoed in Yuan Lianyao's mind, "You are the prime vessel for the Flame Demon Ancestor! As long as you remain, it can emerge at any moment and manifest its power through you once more."

Yuan Lianyao, now the Flame Demon Ancestor, underwent a profound transformation. With only a moment's hesitation, she became a blaze, a fiery cloud streaking through a crack in the Gray Domain, heading for the vastness beyond.

Others from the Crypt Clan and Silver Scale Clan, too close to her uncontrolled power, were instantly reduced to cinders.

From a distance, the cries and curses of the non-humans filled the air as they scrambled to evade her fiery path.

Yuan Lianyao, imbued with the laws of the Extreme Flame, had reached the Eleventh Level, rivaling Jee Ningshuang and surpassing the fire phoenix from the Desolate Realm in strength.

When she realized the extent of her power and harvested the flames from various realms, infusing them into her being, she stood on the brink of ascending to the Eleventh Level.

"You!"

Yu Yuan, like a towering Titan, stood amidst the vastness of the Starry Sky, his gaze settling on Taishi, Taixu, Xuanli, and Tianqi.

"Taixu!"

At his call, the Life Altar within Taixu surged with his lifeblood energy, unleashing a purifying tide.

"Get out!"

Yu Yuan's furious bellow echoed from within the Life Altar.

The dark green essence within Taixu's mind was dislodged by the force of Yu Yuan's shout and the quaking Life Altar, flying out from his brow.

The clever Taixu vanished in an instant, blending into the Gray Domain like a wisp of air.

"Essence..."

Lin Daoke whispered, as a phantom Yin God sword targeted Taishi's forehead.

Taishi's brow throbbed with pain, his skin splitting and blood flowing, tears streaming from his eyes.

Whoosh!

Another strand of dark green essence, fearing annihilation by Lin Daoke's Yin God sword, hastily retreated from Taishi's mind, joining the one that had fled from Taixu.

Tianqi and Xuanli, sensing the shift in Lin Daoke's focus, allowed their essences to escape intelligently.

The essences paused momentarily before plunging into the depths, vanishing without a trace.

Having seen Lin Daoke obliterate their essence, and knowing his power to snuff out their very core, they retreated to the heart of the ocean to recuperate.

Crack!

A sudden burst of thick, crimson lightning, like a mighty spinosaurus, erupted from the brow of Yang God Yu, seeking to penetrate his mind and seize his body.

The deep red moon dimmed into obscurity.

Behind Yu Yuan, the luminous stars appeared as if stained with fresh blood.

The radiant blood-red light bathed Yu Yuan's Yang God, dispersing his vast blood energy throughout his surroundings, creating a barrier akin to a blood-red wall.

In the far reaches of the Dim Starfield, the Origin Blood, sensing a rift in the Gray Domain, sought to manifest its power and spirit through Yu Yuan's Eleventh Level Yang God.

It sought to exploit Yu Yuan's body to quell the chaos in the Gray Domain and eradicate the Origin Soul at the heart of the earth. Yu Yuan's Eleventh Level Yang God, a creation of its own making, bore the full essence of life and encompassed the bloodline mysteries of all beings within the Origin Realm. By entering and wielding Yu Yuan's formidable power, it could accomplish much.

"No," Yu Yuan declared.

Transforming the Dragon Slash Platform into a luminescent white seal, he pressed it to his forehead. The seal's surface shimmered with innumerable sparks, each one revealing the Soul Arts, Derivative Spell, Soul Controlling Technique, the Dao of Ghost Spirits, and the secret arts of reincarnation—all insights of his true form—manifesting through the twinkling light.

The wondrous Dragon Slash Platform, now at his brow, became the mightiest soul shield in existence, staunchly resisting the encroachment of the Origin Blood's will.

The Great Demon God Grec, having taken the form of a deep crimson moon, had already drifted away from the Tia Main Planet. It now resembled a sinister, scarlet eye, glaring at the defiant Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan, with his hand pressed to the seal, locked gazes with the entity.

"Do you still seek to eliminate me?" Yu Yuan's brow furrowed as he shook his head at the crimson moon. "Back in the Abyss, I forged the Origin Soul of humanity and forbade it from possessing me. Now, you wish to possess me first and then eliminate me. Rest assured, it won't be so simple."

He could sense the rage of the Origin Blood, its profound malice, and a trace of apprehension.

The Origin Blood, distant in the Dim Starfield, had only known him as Divine King Tai Yin, the leader of the Boundless Human Race, and the cherished protege of the Origin Soul. Recently, it discovered his origins in the Abyss, brought forth by the Titan Spinosaurus.

That ancient Spinosaurus, a former emissary for the Origin Blood and the pioneer of the Gray Domain, had ventured into the Abyss at the behest of the Origin Blood to gather Life Seeds from the Abyss Tribes. Though the Spinosaurus appeared victorious, it met its demise soon after returning to the Boundless Realm.

Now, with the knowledge that he was the Abyss Lord—the mightiest to have ever battled the Titan Spinosaurus in the Abyss—Origin Blood regarded him anew.

The Origin Blood, which had endowed him with the complete mysteries of life, sought to possess him following the fracture of the Gray Domain's Realm Wall. It aimed to manifest its power through him, only to ultimately extinguish his existence.

The favor of the origin blood had ceased; it no longer showed concern for his life or death.

Simultaneously, Yu Yuan's journey towards advancement ground to a halt.

The Grim River that had been encircling him, along with the "Path of the Undead," abruptly withdrew from him.

The ancient vine, Matina, Wagner, and Youyu all cast peculiar glances at his Demon God Body.

Yu Yuan paused, then grasped the cause.

As he delved into the Soul Arts with his Demon God Body, the arts bestowed by the Origin Soul had unexpectedly resonated with his main soul.

His Primordial Spirit, on the cusp of evolving, had directly accessed everything gleaned from the Demon God Body's insights.

Curiously, the potent Soul Arts from the strongest Origin Soul within his main soul did not manifest in his Demon God Body.

This led the Origin Soul of the Gray Domain to suspect that the Abyss Origin Soul was using Yu Yuan as a conduit to usurp the soul authority it wielded.

Yet, it could not leverage Yu Yuan to gain even a fraction of the Abyss Origin Soul's arcane knowledge.

Naturally, it withdrew its investment.

"Don't stop."

Yu Yuan, emerging from the Heart of the Vast Waters, gazed upon his Demon God Body and said with a smile, "Continue."

With a rush, the Grim River returned, and the "Path of the Undead" resumed its orbit around his ghostly form. The arcane secrets of the undead were forcibly drawn out, integrating into the Demon God Body.

Remarkably, his main soul had the power to challenge the Origin Soul, coercing it to reinvest the very power it had intended to retract!

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