C2079 It's Useless

Jee Ningshuang's divine form radiated a mesmerizing starlight, as though she stood in the depths of the cosmic river. Ice crystals, transformed into shimmering stars, danced around her divine form, twinkling within the celestial glow. Her eyes became like crystalline moons, casting a divine radiance capable of piercing through heaven and earth.

"The stars of the heavens!" Jee Ningshuang exclaimed as she brandished her sword, setting the stars in motion. The ice crystal stars disrupted the formation Yuen Bu had arranged, preventing the Beast Gods from following their intended paths. A ribbon of icy sword light weaved through the void, perforating the stars dominated by the Tenth Level gold-stripped beast god. Initially frozen by the biting cold, the beast god's body and blood were then penetrated by the piercing sword light.

The gold-stripped beast god fell to Jee Ningshuang's might. With a whoosh, its blood was drawn out by the sword light, merging into the blade and enhancing the Divine Sword's edge. A golden pattern now adorned the sword, with the profound essence of the gold element concealed within the Starfrost Sword—a boon from the source blood.

"Black Sheep," Jee Ningshuang murmured, her gaze settling on the domain of the transformed beast god. She watched as the elegant woman, garbed in a black dress, emerged from her shadowy Stars World, her skirt billowing as if riding on clouds of tormented souls.

The Starfrost Sword leapt from Jee Ningshuang's palm, soaring like a segment of an icy peak towards the Black Sheep. The sword, now an icy mountain, bore the laws of the ultimate cold, unleashing a force that could shatter souls and causing the Black Sheep to shiver. Even Beilstein, the Great Demon God, dreaded the eternal, bone-chilling might of the Origin Blood of this realm, a power that could render souls into nothingness.

In the Desolate Realm, Jee Ningshuang caught the Black Mountain Sheep employing a nefarious soul technique, attempting to stealthily search for Taishi's soul on the Dragon Slash Platform. "It's you," she declared, marking her as the next target. A fierce, icy light shot from Jee Ningshuang's eyes, piercing directly into the Black Mountain Sheep's psyche.

She was actually a step ahead of her own Divine Sword!

The beautiful woman in the black dress's goat horns were suddenly coated with a layer of frost, causing her to shiver uncontrollably.

As she shivered, she realized that her Soul Arts, which she had been using to search for Taishi's soul, had failed.

Her goat horns and the hand she used to shake her dress were becoming numb from the cold.

She was horrified. By the time she reacted, the Starfrost Sword had transformed into an ice peak right before her eyes. When she attempted to flee back to her star, she found her entire body had become rigid with ice.

Jee Ningshuang's display of the Great Dao of Extreme Coldness instilled fear in the Black Mountain Sheep.

"Go back."

Yuen Bu's blood clone let out a low growl, and the Black Mountain Sheep jolted, regaining its freedom instantly and retreating to the star it had meticulously crafted.

Crack!

The Divine Sword shattered the barrier made of countless souls, pursuing her relentlessly and wreaking havoc in this world.

With the emergence of the Divine Sword, Jee Ningshuang's resplendent divine form also breached the soul barrier and entered this realm.

The Desolate God, beating his chest and stamping his feet, revealed his colossal ape form alongside the roaring smilodon, both flanking Yu Yuan's Yang God form.

In the front stood Sekou, possessed by the spirit of the earth, with Yuen Bu's blood clone perched on his shoulder.

To the left and right, the smilodon and the massive form of the Desolate God emerged.

Yet, Yu Yuan simply smiled radiantly, looking at Yuen Bu and saying, "It's futile. Without your true body here, Yuen Bu, they stand no chance of subduing me."

The Dragon Slash Platform transformed into an immense shield, blocking the Skyshatter Hammer hurled by the Old Ape. With a resounding clang, the shockwave pulverized countless shattered star fragments into dust.

Yu Yuan let out a hearty laugh as he effortlessly withdrew from the vicinity of the mountain.

Bursting through myriad star fragments, he emerged from a meteoric sea into the formless world.

The mountain, along with the vast array formed by the Beast Gods, had lost all effect on him.

A deep red, blood-like starlight shone from behind his head, casting a crimson halo that formed into an immense wheel.

The Wheel of Life!

The moment the deep crimson aura emerged, it naturally created a magnetic field that siphoned the vital essence of all creatures.

Within the mountain's domain, the skeletal remains of the Beast Gods slain by Yu Yuan and Jee Ningshuang began to levitate.

The massive skeletal remains of the deceased Beast Gods, as large as mountains themselves, soared towards the Wheel of Life.

Yet, mid-flight, they burst with a loud explosion. Fragments of bone and a shower of blood were swept away by the grandeur of the mountain, vanishing within its core.

"You cannot take them," Yuen Bu declared, rising from his crouched stance on Sekou's shoulder.

A Shrouded Tower emerged from the Beast Temple behind him, providing a platform for him to stand upon.

He ascended to the mountain's summit, positioning himself before the Beast Temple, and proclaimed, "The Beast Gods return."

The surviving Beast Gods, each emerging from their own celestial domains, surged towards the Beast Temple they revered as holy.

In an instant, the majority of the Beast Gods had withdrawn into the sanctuary of the Beast Temple.

They were well aware that lingering outside could leave them vulnerable to the influence of the Life Wheel behind Yu Yuan, potentially drawing them in uncontrollably.

Soon, only Yuen Bu's avatar and the five mightiest Beast Gods under his command remained outside.

Sekou, now inhabited by the Earth Spirit, along with the black goat, the smilodon, the bone snake, and the Old Ape, stood firm.

Yuen Bu was confident that these five formidable Beast Gods, along with the strength that had contended with Yu Yuan and Jee Ningshuang, would not be subdued by the Life Wheel.

"Spectacular, truly spectacular. I'm glad I didn't rush off," Tan Xiaotian remarked from the sidelines, offering his critique from within his Darkness World, "Yuen Bu, without your true form, you seem to be at a disadvantage against Yu Yuan."

At these words, Yuen Bu's brow furrowed.

Indeed, his true form had ventured into the abyss, locked in combat with Yu Yuan.

It wasn't a matter of reluctance to return; rather, his path back to the Beast Temple was stringently constrained within the abyss, preventing his immediate return.

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In the Gray Domain.

"It is complete," Yu Yuan intoned, bowing respectfully to the ancient vine tree. "I am grateful for your generosity."

Deep within the ancient vine, the will of the Origin Soul stirred, prompting him to swiftly address the situation with the Beast Gods in the Desolate Realm and obliterate the star-encircled mountain.

"Don't worry, my Yang God is already on it."

Feeling the power coursing through his body, Yu Yuan was suddenly drawn towards the burning expanse. The meridians within him, like pathways for the dead, were brimming with Yin Sunflower Essence.

Something felt off to him—the expanse was too silent, as was the Abyss Origin Soul.

Given his knowledge of the Abyss Origin Soul, a being of extreme terror, it should not be this subdued.

His true form was overseeing the abyss, while his Yang God restrained the mountain and the Beast God from moving freely.

Descending from the towering inferno was the form of the Evil God.

He settled within the flames, seated in the Evil God Temple on the Profound Sky Continent, watching as multicolored blood flowed from the temple walls and vaporized instantly.

Who knows how many Evil Gods had fallen to the Great Demon God Beilstein within these halls.

The image of the guardian materialized at the entrance, gazing at him with a ghostly stare. "The Evil God is dead, and new ones will eventually emerge from the abyss, but it will take a considerable time to accumulate. Beilstein has already extinguished half of the Evil Gods. Can you stand by as those who serve and wish to follow you are eradicated by him?"

He paused before adding, "The half that perished were defiant and rebellious, harboring resistance to you deep within."

"They were the most susceptible to torment and corruption. Those who survive are under my control and remain unwaveringly loyal to you."

The guardian spoke with a persuasive calm.

"You can't kill Beilstein," Yu Yuan interjected abruptly.

"It's extremely difficult, but not impossible," the guardian replied after a moment's hesitation. "Had you been willing to intervene, he would have been disposed of long ago. It wouldn't have required such effort on my part."

Yu Yuan pondered but remained silent, choosing instead to sink deeper into the earth.

His true form would be constrained by the Abyss Origin Soul until the Soul Altar was successfully forged, and his Yang God form was vulnerable to the underground Extreme Flame.

In contrast, his ghostly god form seemed most prudent for the time being, less influenced by the three Origin Souls below.

With a swift whoosh, he reappeared at the heart of the vast expanse.

Everything appeared unchanged, except for Cao Jiaze, now possessed by the Vast Ocean Origin Soul, whose eyes had reverted to a black hue instead of purple.

Descending, Yu Yuan caught sight of Cao Jiaze's eyes and glanced at the flaming pond, his expression shifting dramatically.

The struggle had come to an end.

The Abyss Origin Soul had reclaimed dominion over the heart of the Vast Ocean, quelling the presence of the other Origin Soul.

Yu Yuan could even sense that the Origin Soul, which had taken over Cao Jiaze and given rise to Beilstein, had been thoroughly integrated.

It was no longer a matter of contamination; it had been consecrated and wholly merged.

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