C2088 I Failed
"Thank you."
Yuan Le let out a sigh of relief.
His formidable giant ape form bled a cascade of blood from his chest, emitting a blinding crimson light. After creating a blood-colored realm, the blood left his chest cavity.
From each Crimson Realm, the roars of the Beast God echoed, establishing layers of bloodline restrictions.
Brie and the ninth level warriors of the Wingkind and Shadowkin staggered and collapsed, blood streaming from their mouths, at the mere sound of the Beast God's roar.
Chen Qinghuang frowned, summoning a radiant green sky beneath her feet that sheltered the heads of the Shadowkin and Wingkind.
Their hearts, nearly ruptured by the Beast God's roars, and their bodies, on the verge of bursting, were finally steadied by this verdant canopy.
"Break!"
Yuan Le's fangs glinted with a malevolent bloody light as he bellowed in the ancient Beast language of the Wasteland.
The Heaven-Shattering Hammer, trailing a brilliant tail of stardust, plummeted towards Cao Jiaze's crown.
Boom!
A torrent of blood light, laced with lightning, warped the Void Rules.
A conduit materialized between the descending Heaven-Shattering Hammer and the top of Cao Jiaze's head.
The blood light and lightning morphed into a dense Cosmic Order, filling the passageway like a mysterious sea of chaos.
The Beast God's roars intensified into earth-shattering peals of thunder, raining down in clusters.
As the emissary of the Wasteland's Primal Blood, Yuan Le bore the imprint of all the mightiest beings born of the Wasteland and the Cosmic Order that emerged from it, all sacrificed to the Primal Blood and etched within the Beast God Temple and his own heart.
He could wield all of this power, fusing the forces of the rules to exponentially amplify their might.
"The Maw of Oblivion, conjured by the Lizard, has not vanished and continues to spiral outward."
Inside the Maw of Oblivion, the Lizard that had taken over Cao Jiaze watched Yuan Le with a peculiar look, who awaited Yu Yuan's nod before initiating his attack.
The combined staff of the Banner of Duality and Wraithbanner materialized in its grasp, thrusting upward towards the sky.
The staff transformed into the most lethal weapon between heaven and earth, with innumerable bloodline mysteries and Mind Magic surfacing and vanishing swiftly on both the staff and the banner.
The flag embodied Mind Magic, the arcane secrets of Primal Vitality, and the profound mysteries of Primal Blood.
This flag had become an almighty Divine Artifact!
The flagpole obliterated all the lightning and cleaved through the sea of chaos, striking the Heaven-Shattering Hammer with a resounding clang.
A hole was torn through the Heaven-Shattering Hammer by the flagpole.
The flagpole quivered intensely as the flag swept across all directions.
With each flip of the flagpole and wave of the flag, the Crimson Realm was ripped apart as if it were mere fabric.
Yuan Le's offensive was effortlessly dismantled by it.
However, the Lizard inhabiting Cao Jiaze suffered greatly; his neck, face, and blood vessels burst, spilling blood everywhere.
Cao Jiaze's form was ghastly, as though he had been grievously wounded by a slicing blade.
"I knew this body was utterly useless to you!"
Yuan Le was not alarmed but rather delighted.
It also frowned slightly, seemingly displeased with Cao Jiaze's fragile body, unable to withstand its torment.
At that moment.
The Secular Bird Queen, perched upon the Uxthar Tree, plucked a leaf and cast it behind her, then gestured to Brie and all the members of the Wingkind and Shadowkin to return to the Shadowkin's Astral Domain.
This battle was beyond the scope of a tenth-level powerhouse like Brie; a single misstep could mean utter annihilation.
Brie was quick to understand. Upon alighting on the leaf, he produced the Azurewood Sceptre, causing the leaf to expand dramatically.
Whoosh!
He, along with the Shadowkin and Wingkind, used the leaf to make their escape from the perilous area.
"Uh!"
At that moment, Yu Yuan's spirit quivered, sensing that something was amiss with his physical form.
...
In the Abyss.
Within the shadowy chasm, a pitch-black mirror materialized, revealing a shadow that seemed to be a manifestation of Yu Yuan's inner demon.
It represented Yu Yuan's dark and sinister aspect.
In the mirror's realm, it looked up and smiled at Yu Yuan.
As Yu Yuan, who had completed six levels of the Soul Altar, smiled back, he felt the world spin and his consciousness blur.
It was as though he was locked in combat with his inner demon.
"Divine and Demonic Creation!"
At the mere flicker of a thought, the Dark Deity, the supreme beings of the Everlands, the extraterrestrial tenth-level powers, and a myriad of giant beasts emerged from the dark void behind Yu Yuan.
There were also numerous Otherkin, each with a pair of massive wings of light, radiating a dazzling brilliance.
Boom!
Ghosts wrapped in the currents of the Lunar Meridian were summoned by Yu Yuan, using his Soul Power, imbued with the sinister force that drags all beings toward the Wraithlands.
Crack!
The Stormwraith God, enshrouded in bolts of lightning, thundered a roar towards the mirror below.
With the completion of the Soul Altar's sixth level, Yu Yuan gained access to a greater array of cosmic order powers. The divine and demonic entities he could now conjure were no longer confined to his initial creations.
Every formidable being he had vanquished and dissolved could be reborn through his "Divine and Demonic Creation." By instilling a remnant soul, they would awaken and wield their might once more.
Gods, Beast Gods, and supreme Otherkin—all were manifestations of his power.
Boom! Rumble!
The sky was filled with deities and demons, all directed by Yu Yuan's will. They executed sophisticated spells, wielding lightning forged from their bloodlines and sword spells capable of cleaving stars, all converging on the ominous mirror.
His aim was to vanquish the inner demon within.
Whoosh!
Two dazzling pillars of light burst forth from his eyes, targeting the dark mirror.
Inside the mirror, the shadowy reflection of Yu Yuan, embodying his malevolent side, shook his head in a sinister manner.
Beneath him, an image materialized abruptly.
An inverted Evil Temple emerged, its dome facing the ground as if it were a reflection of the Holy Temple, left by the dark mirror through eons of time.
The Evil Temple settled upon a fragmented expanse of earth.
It resembled a dark mirror laid over the broken terrain, with the Evil Temple itself suspended upside-down above it.
The dome of the Evil Temple seemed endless, as if it led to another realm.
As the mirrored Yu Yuan shook his head, the Evil Temple began to quiver.
With the tremors, the temple crumbled, and the skeletal remains that formed the Evil Temple appeared to transform into Evil Gods, merging into the body of Yu Yuan.
Boom! Bang! Bang!
Yu Yuan's "Divine and Demonic Creation" brought forth gods, dark deities, and the highest beings of the Otherkin, but suddenly, every cosmic giant beast perished.
The fragments of Yu Yuan's soul energy, once dispersed, were ground to dust by an overwhelming and enigmatic force. Simultaneously, the consciousness of the Dark Anima wafted from the depths of the Genesis Continent.
"The Dark Altar, forged within your mind's sea, did not crumble with your demise. It has been preserved, and what you now behold is this pitch-black mirror."
No sooner had these words been spoken than an endless stream of dark light burst forth from the mirror.
It seemed intent on pulling Yu Yuan's real body into its obsidian depths.
The mirror, a component of the Soul Altar crafted by Yu Yuan during his reign as the Lord of the Abyss, was now under the Dark Anima's dominion, concealing profound secrets.
Within the mirror, a figure resembling Yu Yuan's inner demon fixed its gaze upon him, watching as he valiantly struggled against the darkness, casting forth infinite radiance.
Regrettably, not a single beam could penetrate the mirror.
"You are not my inner demon. You are me!"
With a thunderous roar, the six-tiered Soul Altar, residing in his mind's sea, materialized at Yu Yuan's brow, shining with the splendor of a six-tiered pagoda.
Every dark light that attempted to drag Yu Yuan toward the mirror was instantly dissolved.
"Darkness, you truly are my most steadfast ally."
With those words, Yu Yuan turned his back, his fixation on the Dark Anima's power fading.
The Yu Yuan within the mirror silently observed his departure, making no further move.
Even after Yu Yuan had vanished from the Genesis Continent, his counterpart within the dark mirror remained.
Slowly, the landscape within the mirror, shaped by a layer of darkness, began to transform.
The reflection, which seemed to be Yu Yuan's inner demon, now sat beside a pool encased within a luminous crystal sphere. Flames danced within the pool, while a dark green sea of souls churned above.
This mirror was linked to the Heart of the Everlands.
This version of Yu Yuan had become a Lunar Spirit, animated by the Primal Soul.
The so-called reflection of the temple had harnessed the power of the real Evil Temple on the Everlands' surface, manifesting its might through Yu Yuan's Demonic Vessel.
While Cao Jiaze could not endure its strength, Yu Yuan's body, elevated to that of an Undead Sovereign, was perfectly capable.
Using Yu Yuan's Demonic Vessel, it unleashed its present power through the Dark Stage crafted by Yu Yuan himself, thwarting Yu Yuan's plans.
The darkness within the mirror slowly consumed all in sight, and the black flames within the vast pit vanished into the earth's depths.
The Dark Anima, bound by a steadfast pact, knew of its awakening and newfound strength, and thus denied Yu Yuan's demands.
Within Yu Yuan's soul sea, the Dark Stage he so desired remained elusive, unattainable in the Genesis Continent.
