C2058 The Innate Pride

Transforming stars into swords, he cleaved through the wall of the Ashlands, reconnecting the Starry Sky Forbidden Zone with the world beyond. At this moment, the power Yu Yuan displayed commanded the awe of mortals and stirred the spirits of countless ghosts.

Beneath the blinding divine light, his eleventh-level Solar Spirit Body shone with the clarity of a flawless ruby, coursing with dizzying blood-red lightning. With a thunderous boom, his vast Solar Spirit broke through the celestial dome, once again revealing itself in the extraterrestrial realm.

The stars shone with a pure light, as though refined by the Abyss's Light Spirit, becoming its eyes to spread the force of illumination. Yet, as Yu Yuan's immense Solar Spirit Body manifested in the extraterrestrial realm, the brightness of all stars was overshadowed.

The stellar glow was eclipsed by his colossal Solar Spirit Body, as insignificant as pebbles behind him. He gazed down upon the expanse from above. The violet gold barrier encasing the Ashlands, undoubtedly the work of the mighty Titan Spinosaurus, had become visible. With the Everlands' descent and the shifting rules of the Ashlands, the once-invisible Dragon Scale Wall began to align with the will of the Everlands' core, transforming into a screen that separated the outside world.

Additionally, Lin Daoke's Divine Sword had shattered the Time Gate, leading to the Wraithlands' incursion and the creation of a breach. This allowed the power of the Primal Blood to enter and transform Grec's fleshly form into a red moon.

The suspended red moon signified the dispersal of Primal Blood's power throughout the Ashlands. The infusion of the Levi River and the Path of Undead, the drifting of Shadow Mountains, and the howling of billions of ghosts and specters summoned the force of the Primal Vitality.

Primal Blood and Primal Vitality hastened to enter the Ashlands before the dominant soul could metamorphose into the primordial spirit, before the mightiest Primal Soul of the Abyss could claim a new vessel. Their emergence and the subsequent tainting of the Ashlands roused the Primal Soul that had given rise to Bertain, triggering a domino effect.

Crack! The fearsome blade formed by Eiwrone continued to slice through the tangible wall, creating more fissures within the Ashlands. Guided by Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit, the blade wrought by Eiwrone inflicted further ruptures, ensuring that the Ashlands were no longer isolated from the Origin Realm but now bordered it directly.

The Ashlands were no longer part of the Starry Sky Forbidden Zone; instead, they were a particularly unique Astral Domain within the Origin Realm. The proliferation of fissures within the Ashlands allowed the Primal Blood from the Dark Star and the Primal Vitality from the Wraithlands to flow ceaselessly into this region.

"The Ashlands have been unsealed!"

"The wall has been torn asunder by Yu Yuan!"

The mighty beings from various races, once confined to the Starry Sky Forbidden Zone, gazed upward as the heavens split open like a torn curtain. They were overwhelmed by the invincible aura emanating from Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit Body.

The Ashlands, forged by the Titan Spinosaurus, stood apart as an extraordinary place within the Origin Realm—once as unassailable as a fortress, now shattered by Yu Yuan's might. Yu Yuan, the mightiest being in existence, dimmed the stars themselves, imposing a suffocating pressure on the preeminent powers of the Origin Realm.

At this moment, Yu Yuan had exceeded even the legendary dragon slayer, perhaps even surpassing the formidable Demon God Bertain.

"Retreat! Flee the Ashlands!"

"We must not linger in the Ashlands!"

Frail Otherkin warriors clamored in panic, abandoning their dreams as they fled through the gaping rifts. To them, the Ashlands had become the most fearsome battlefield in the Origin Realm, where even the Most High seemed feeble and ineffectual in the face of the extraordinary Primal Animas.

And what chance did they stand?

"You must leave first—and quickly."

Yu Yuan's voice echoed in Yuan Lianyao's mind, "You are the prime vessel for the Blazing Fire! As long as you remain here, it can emerge from the Everlands at any moment and manifest its power through your body once more."

Having become the progenitor of the Fire Demon, Yuan Lianyao's body had undergone a profound transformation. She hesitated only briefly before transforming into a fiery comet, shooting through a crack in the Ashlands and hurtling toward the outer Star River.

Others, from the Crypt Clan and the Silverscale Tribe, who fled through the same fissure, were not so fortunate. Being too close to her—and due to her yet unmastered powers—they were instantly reduced to ash.

From a distance, the Otherkin wailed and hurled curses, desperately trying to steer clear of her destructive path.

Yuan Lianyao, infused with the Blazing Fire Rule throughout her body, was on the cusp of the eleventh level, surpassing even the fire phoenix from the Wasteland in strength. Once she fully grasped her power and integrated the flames from various realms into her physique, she stood a chance of advancing to the eleventh level.

"You!" Yu Yuan, like a colossal deity, stood amidst the extraterrestrial starry expanse, his gaze settling on Taishi, Taixu, Xuanli, and Tianqi. "Taixu!" At his command, the Altar of Rebirth within Taixu was inundated with his life force, unleashing a purifying tide.

"Get out!" Yu Yuan's furious shout echoed from within the Altar of Rebirth. The dark green essence within Taixu's mind, jolted by the roar and the altar's vibrations, was expelled from his forehead. Sensing the gravity of the situation, Taixu vanished, blending into the Ashlands' atmosphere.

"Primal Anima..." Lin Daoke whispered, as he directed an ethereal Lunar Spirit Sword towards Taishi's brow. Taishi winced in pain, his skin splitting and bleeding, tears streaming from his eyes.

Whoosh! Another surge of dark green Primal Anima, fearing annihilation by Lin Daoke's Lunar Spirit Sword, reluctantly retreated from Taishi's mind, joining the one that had escaped from Taixu. As Lin Daoke's Lunar Spirit Sword shifted focus, Tianqi and Xuanli's Primal Anima, endowed with spiritual wisdom, also took flight.

The escaping Primal Anima paused briefly before plunging into the Heart of the Everlands, vanishing in the blink of an eye. Lin Daoke, having obliterated their Primal Anima and wielding the power to do so again, instilled fear in them, forcing their retreat to the Heart of the Everlands for recuperation.

Crack! A sudden surge of thick, scarlet lightning, akin to a dragon's girth, emerged at the brow of Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit, seeking to penetrate his mind and claim his Solar Spirit Body. The red moon dimmed into obscurity.

Behind Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit, the once brilliant stars now appeared as if stained with fresh blood. The crimson glow cast by the blood-drenched stars bathed Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit, dispersing his boundless vital energy throughout the vicinity and creating a sealing force akin to a blood-colored wall.

The Primal Blood, residing in the distant Dark Star Region, sought to manifest its power and essence through Yu Yuan's eleventh-level Solar Spirit Body. It aimed to use Yu Yuan's vessel to quell the chaos in the Ashlands and eliminate the Primal Soul at the core of the earth.

Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit, an eleventh-level entity, was a creation of the Primal Blood itself, imprinted with the complete Secrets of Life and encompassing the bloodline mysteries of all beings within the Origin Realm. By entering and harnessing the power of Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit, it could achieve a great deal.

"No," Yu Yuan declared.

He transformed the Dragon Slaying Stage into a luminescent white seal and placed it on his forehead. The surface of the seal shimmered with innumerable lights, each one representing the Mind Magic, Divine and Demonic Creation, Soul Controlling Technique, Dao of Ghost Spirit, and arcane arts of reincarnation that his real body had comprehended. The wondrous Dragon Slaying Stage, now at his brow, became the world's most formidable shield of the soul, staunchly resisting the Primal Blood's attempt to infiltrate.

The red moon, a manifestation of the Demon God Grec, had already drifted away from the Tyria Star, resembling a sinister scarlet eye fixed upon the defiant Yu Yuan. With his hand pressing the seal, Yu Yuan's gaze met the entity's.

"Do you still seek to destroy me?" Yu Yuan's brow furrowed as he addressed the red moon, shaking his head. "Back in the Abyss, I was the one who forged the human Primal Soul, and I forbade it from possessing others. Now, you wish to possess me before attempting my destruction. Rest assured, it won't be so simple."

He sensed the Primal Blood's fury, its profound malevolence, and a trace of apprehension.

Previously, the Primal Blood, from its remote position in the Dark Star Region, had only recognized him as the God-King Taiyin, the leader of the Everlands' human race, and the favored one of the Primal Soul. However, it had recently discovered his origins in the Abyss and his emergence at the hands of the Titan Spinosaurus.

That ancient Spinosaurus had been the Primal Blood's previous spokesperson, the pioneer of the Ashlands, dispatched by the Primal Blood to gather the Life Seeds of the Abyss's denizens.

The ancient spinosaurus appeared victorious, but shortly after its return, it perished in the Everlands.

At this juncture, the Primal Blood, recognizing him as the Lord of the Abyss—the mightiest of the Abyss who had once battled the Titan Spinosaurus—viewed him in a new light.

The Primal Blood, which had bestowed upon him the complete Secrets of Life, sought to take over his body after the Ashlands' wall crumbled. It aimed to wield him as a vessel for its power before ultimately destroying him.

The Primal Blood's favor towards him waned; it no longer cherished his life or feared for his death.

Simultaneously, the progression of Yu Yuan's Demonic Vessel ground to a halt.

The Levi River, which had been encircling him, along with the "Path of Undead," abruptly withdrew.

The ancient tree, Matina, Wagner, and Youyu all cast peculiar glances at his Demonic Vessel.

Yu Yuan paused, then grasped the cause.

The advancement of his Demonic Vessel, the undead spells granted by the Primal Vitality, had unexpectedly resonated with his dominant soul during his contemplation.

His primordial spirit, on the cusp of evolution, had directly accessed all insights gleaned by the Demonic Vessel due to the soul-to-soul connection.

Curiously, the Spirit Magic from the most potent Primal Soul within his dominant soul did not manifest in the Demonic Vessel.

This led the Primal Vitality of the Wraithlands to suspect that the Abyss's Primal Soul was using Yu Yuan as a conduit to usurp its dominion over souls.

Yet, it could not leverage Yu Yuan to gain even the slightest insight into the arcane knowledge of the Abyss's Primal Soul.

Naturally, it withdrew its investment.

"Don't stop," Yu Yuan, emerging from the Heart of the Everlands, instructed his Demonic Vessel with a smile. "Continue."

With a rush, the Levi River returned, the Path of Undead once again enveloping his Demonic Vessel. He forcefully extracted the undead secrets within and integrated them into the Demonic Vessel.

Remarkably, his dominant soul possessed the strength to challenge the Primal Vitality, compelling it to reinvest the powers it had sought to reclaim!

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