C2167 The Ancient Evil God That Was Revived
The Jade Tower crumbled, reverting to its original form as a magic item, and began to orbit the space around Yu Yuan.
Tong Laoqian's lifeless body, now devoid of a soul, descended toward Tyria instead.
The cultivators from the Skyreach Consortium watched in silence as the corpse plummeted. None dared to intercept it, fearing they might incur the wrath of that certain individual and suffer a fate similar to Tong Laoqian's—soul obliterated in an instant.
Yu Yuan, unable to flee through the Dragon Slaying Stage, sensed the void's seal. As he attempted to claim Tong Laoqian's remains, he witnessed the body entering Tyria.
The Silver Dragon, burdened with Zhongli Dapan's skeletal remains, let out a mournful cry. Unaffected by the void's seal, it made its way toward Tyria.
Resigned to its fate, the Silver Dragon seemed to understand that no amount of struggle would free it from its bonds.
Thus, it decided to serve as a noble steed for a divine warrior on Tyria—a choice that promised survival.
At this moment, the void encompassing the Everlands, Tyria, and Eiwrone seemed to solidify, restricting Yu Yuan's movements.
The highest echelons of the Gods, along with the champions nurtured by Boulderdawn, watched Yu Yuan with the desire to intervene. Yet, recalling the ends met by Zhongli Dapan and Tong Laoqian, they hastily abandoned the thought.
They reassured themselves internally, believing that Yu Yuan was an extension of that personage, who would likely only confine Yu Yuan rather than destroy him.
"Without your Solar Spirit descending into the Heart of the Everlands, I couldn't have reshaped the Holy Temple like this. The Primal Blood's mastery over the Secrets of Life taught me the power to meld flesh and blood. The mysteries of life and blood are realms I had never explored before. That mass of flesh... it's a chaotic mess, and I can't unravel it!" He expressed his frustration.
In the Abyss of Truth, shrouded in darkness, he had slain another bearer of Primal Blood but failed to assimilate it, unable to unlock the profound secrets within that mass of flesh and blood.
This was his greatest regret.
Fortunately, in the Origin Realm, he discovered similar Primal Blood nurturing life. As Yu Yuan served as the voice of his will, he had also harnessed the life power of this realm's Primal Blood through the Solar Spirit.
"You truly are my lucky star, as you were in the past and will be in the future."
He smiled contentedly.
He transformed the Evil Temple into a body, turning the vast hall into a physical form with the current Evil God's flesh and blood as its organs.
The Holy Temple, shaped like a human, had a massive skull that was wobbling.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Deep within the eye sockets of the skull, a dark green flame ignited, followed by a pitch-black fireball.
They resembled his two eyes.
Inside the skull's forehead, right at the center, his spirited body took on Yu Yuan's form, resembling an unconventional "Soul Altar" pressed against the flesh-covered brow.
"We haven't had a proper conversation yet. Don't rush off."
The skull's flesh, a dark greenish-black hue, began to spread across the entire skull as he spoke.
It took on the visage of another Yu Yuan.
"Apart from the Evil God, the Gods born of my influence can also be summoned by me."
He said with a smile from within the skull's brow.
The Guardian in the form of a withered old man, Zu Ann, Van Heqing, Jihui, Qin Luo, Lu Hongpeng, and other supreme deities of the Gods, suddenly felt the majestic summons of the Heavenly Dao.
The flesh-covered Holy Temple, with its interwoven patterns, began to shimmer.
Each pattern represented a profound and arcane rule: Jihui's space magic, Qin Luo's Sacred Way of the Sun, Zu Ann's Art of Observing the Heavens, Taishi's understanding of the earth's profound meanings, and Tan Junshan's true essence of the moon.
All the Divine Sealers of the Everlands, relying on the Way of Heaven to ascend to godhood, had their achievements etched into the walls of the Holy Temple, enhancing its supreme might. This Holy Temple, now the Primal Soul Body, had become the most formidable weapon of doom in the world.
Additionally, the dark magic and the Heavenly Dao secrets realized by past and present Evil Gods also emerged intermittently on the hall's walls, enigmatic and brimming with endless laws.
This Holy Temple is a veritable hall of countless rules and the knowledge of the Way of Heaven.
The highest echelons of the Gods, upon glimpsing the human-shaped Holy Temple, were deeply mesmerized. They believed that this Holy Temple, forged from the bones of the Evil Gods, was their ultimate resting place.
Should they perish in the Origin Realm, their bones too should be assimilated into it, enhancing the temple's might.
This was their glory!
"The departed Evil Gods, their souls extinguished and their bones abandoned, I can now awaken them, bringing them back to existence. Just as the Beast God Temple in the Wasteland can recreate Beast Gods, I possess the same power. Indeed, the Holy Temple was constructed from the skeletons of numerous Evil Gods for this very purpose."
Having developed complex emotions, he began to speak freely, eager to share his triumphs with Yu Yuan.
"Observe."
In the chest cavity of the humanoid palace, a door stood ajar.
The Heart Gate swung open, peering into the void of the extraterrestrial realm.
Gurgle! Crack!
The enigmatic sounds of flesh and blood, mingled with the lamentations of the present Evil Gods, emanated from the deep heart door, sending shivers down one's spine.
The gaze of the Gods' mightiest warriors shifted from the Heavenly Meridians on the walls to the open portal in the chest.
They faintly perceived ancient Evil Gods stirring back to life within the robust stone columns, taking shape as they writhed across the palace floor, drawing vibrant life force from the rocky walls.
If the new era of Evil Gods failed to halt the resurrection of the ancient ones, if their flesh and blood were seized, it would signify their unworthiness to survive.
The weaker Evil Gods would be reduced to sustenance for the rebirth of the mighty ancients.
Within the Holy Temple, a savage and bloody struggle for dominance was unfolding.
Ultimately, it was unknown how many nascent Evil Gods would perish, or how many ancient ones would be resurrected.
The visage of Yu Yuan, formed by the Holy Temple, saw its eye sockets ablaze with deep green and dark flames, which suddenly coalesced into spherical eyeballs, casting their gaze upon Yu Yuan.
The deep green and dark eyeballs bore a striking resemblance to the amethyst demonform that the Demon God Bertain had crafted for himself.
They also mirrored the Soul Altar nestled between Yu Yuan's brows, crystalline and immaculate.
Yu Yuan, ensnared, glanced at the deep green and dark eyeballs, as if witnessing countless Evil Gods wailing in their frenzied approach.
I also witnessed a God-King, once renowned in the Abyss, being rallied for my demise.
"Eiwrone, open the heavens."
The transformed head of the Holy Temple beckoned softly from the center of its brow.
The silvery Eiwrone, stirred by Yu Yuan's power, soared from the side and settled at his feet, as if it had become the Divine Artifact that wielded the Way of Heaven.
Beneath Yu Yuan's feet, the Eiwrone spun, and numerous deep chasms connecting to various voids of the Origin Realm burst forth with dazzling arcs of light.
Each arc was as broad and luminous as a River of Swords, pulsating with an astonishingly potent energy.
As the Eiwrone rotated, it cast out beams of light from the different caverns.
Boom!
A tremendous surge of vital energy burst forth from Yu Yuan's little world, coursing through the hundred acupoints within his body and linking his limbs and bones with a formidable force that shattered the stillness of the void.
A Divine Visage, towering millions of feet high, materialized in the cosmos, dwarfing the one that had vanquished Gomez and Olliergues.
Next to this Divine Visage, the Everlands, Tyria, and the Eiwrone seemed like a washbasin beside a colossus.
The stars yonder were as diminutive as clods of earth.
"You wish to detain me? Show me what you've got!"
The Dragon Slaying Stage morphed into a colossal violet gold shield, repelling the robust beams of light.
At his real body's brow, the "Soul Altar" thundered, with ice magic coalescing to shield him from the myriad illusions within his mind.
Merely a single exchange of glances caused the Soul Altar in his mind to conjure overlapping visions.
The spectacle of innumerable Evil Gods descending to slaughter him was cast onto Yu Yuan's Soul Altar with just one look, simultaneously infiltrating his consciousness.
Within his mind, the deceased Evil Gods appeared momentarily resurrected by that entity's might, slicing through his soul.
"Yu Yuan, you obliterated my kin and fueled my vengeance. Today, you shall finally face retribution!"
A towering Eight-armed Evil God emerged from the portal at the core of the Holy Temple, each of his robust arms clutching a massive copper hammer.
He had been resurrected from the River of Time, emerging once again to do battle with his old foes.
Whoosh!
In a flash, Yu Yuan soared up to the Divine Visage, landing squarely on its forehead. The eight-armed Evil God brandished its hammer, striking down with force.
The eight hefty copper hammers pounded the Soul Altar at the center of Yu Yuan's brows, sending sparks flying in all directions.
"Lord of the Abyss, on your journey to supreme power, the corpses of Evil Gods lie strewn about. And I am merely one among them."
Another Evil God emerged, radiating beauty and grace as she flew from the heart of the Holy Temple.
Her voluptuous form was encased in the Sapphire Snail, and she wielded a winged spear as she glided on the breeze.
*Crack!*
With a sweep of her winged spear, a bolt of soul-shattering lightning burst forth, striking directly at Yu Yuan's sea of consciousness.
She was a forebear of the Sapphire Snail clan. As the human race ascended from the Abyss to its zenith, this Evil God of the Sapphire Snail clan had been a formidable barrier.
Slain by Yu Yuan, her bones had become the cornerstone of the Holy Temple, yet they were reanimated by the power of that one being.
"I have been dead for eons, and yet, to my surprise, I find myself awakened once more. Apart from the creator of the Abyss, I can think of no one else with the power to recover my lost memories through my remains."
Another Evil God, resembling a colossal octopus, was brought back to life.
Like Gomez, he was an ancient Evil God of the Ashen Clan. His thousands of tentacles whipped through the void, like apocalyptic whips edged with razor-sharp teeth, lashing chaotically at everything around him.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
This being, even mightier than Gomez, saw his tentacle whips strike the violet-gold, shield-like Dragon Slaying Stage with such a fearsome force that sparks of violet-gold flew, yet the stage remained unscathed.
"Yu Yuan!"
"Lord of the Abyss!"
More Evil Gods were resurrected by his power. Some invaded Yu Yuan's sea of consciousness with evil souls, others assailed the Soul Altar on his brow, and still others fused directly with their progeny, all converging to assail the towering Divine Visage of Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan wielded mastery over the Dragon Slaying Stage, seamlessly transforming it into a shield to fend off attacks and then into a blade to strike down his foes.
The Soul Altar, nestled deep between his brows like a third eye, safeguarded his Sacred Heart, ensuring it remained uncorrupted by the malevolent spirits.
