C2214 The Appearance of the Otherworld
In the fiery chariot within the Creitecesh Astral Domain, Yu Yuan's real body sat up straight, extricating himself from Yuan Lianyao's warm embrace. Under her gaze, which was tinged with dissatisfaction, he spoke softly, "I have something to attend to."
Yuan Lianyao obediently ceased her entanglements, retracting her fair legs and draping her exposed skin with a garment of red silk.
With a flicker of her divine might, the blazing suns above the fiery clouds transformed into her eyes. The suns blazed with an even more ferocious intensity, emitting flames and light that unsettled the alien beasts.
A blinding radiance streaked across the Infinite Galaxy, focusing on the Secular Bird Queen amidst her breakthrough. The Secular Bird Queen maintained her posture, seated beneath trees heavy with the aura of death, drawing in the thick death force and infusing the law of mortality into her bloodline.
"She's fine," Yuan Lianyao concluded with a single glance, retracting her divine presence with a petulant huff. Her displeasure was evident; Yu Yuan's sudden awakenings during their intimate moments spoiled her mood.
"It's not her," Yu Yuan stated, without further explanation. His eyes narrowed as he peered into his Mindscape.
Within the depths of his spiritual sense, the eight-tiered Soul Altar was ablaze with light. The stage, imbued with the Secrets of Life from two Primal Blood essences, shone as Life Seeds, radiant as enormous crimson stars, burst forth with blinding brilliance.
The grand luminescence of the Soul Altar's eighth tier was due to a significant disturbance on this particular stage.
With a crackle, dense blood-colored lightning filled the red crystal-like stage, each bolt etched with a type of Secrets of Life and Bloodline Revelation.
Suddenly, an innumerable amount of blood-colored lightning converged upon a single point, as if billions of meteors were coalescing.
Shortly thereafter, a Tree of Life, modest in size, began to emerge, rooting itself upon the stage at the convergence point.
More blood-colored lightning surged into the Tree of Life, which, nourished by this energy, commenced its growth upon Yu Yuan's Soul Altar.
With a thunderous surge, the stage below, as if empowered by an immense force, shot upwards.
The red crystal stage ascended beyond the green stage associated with the Primal Soul, claiming its place at the pinnacle of the Soul Altar.
A sense of enlightenment washed over Yu Yuan. To grasp the entire cosmic order of a Primal Anima and to imprint it with a complete profound meaning was to create a Soul Altar. This was a distinct process, different from the refinement of a Primal Soul.
Refining involved seizing the energy, the cosmic order, and the entire spiritual sense of the Primal Anima!
Inside the Peak of Creation, Yu Yuan had used his Solar Spirit to perform a blood sacrifice with the Primal Blood of the Wasteland at the very heart of his Soul Altar, where a Tree of Life in its nascent form had emerged.
The emergence of the Tree of Life endowed this level with such formidable powers and abilities that it surpassed the level corresponding to the Primal Soul, catapulting it to the apex.
The force and presence it exuded weighed heavily upon the levels of Primal Soul and Primal Vitality below.
Yu Yuan also observed that parts of the green and luminescent white levels were overlapping, with their respective Mind Magic blending together.
This realization sent a jolt through him, sparking fresh insights.
The two levels crafted from Primal Soul and Primal Vitality could potentially fuse into one!
Perhaps at a pivotal moment, like when he fully grasped the profound meanings of Primal Soul and Primal Vitality, these two levels might merge, unlocking even more enigmatic and wondrous powers.
Whoosh!
At the highest level, upon the red crystal surface, the growing Tree of Life suddenly sprouted enormous Life Seeds from its branches.
It appeared as though the Tree of Life had fruited.
In the instant the Life Seeds were suspended, myriad blood-red lightning bolts erupted from within the trunk, surging into the seeds.
The Secrets of Life, derived from the Primal Blood in the Abyss of Truth, along with the bloodline mysteries of its native species, transformed into a boundless well of knowledge that flowed into the burgeoning Tree of Life.
The blood-red lightning not only sustained the growth of the Tree of Life but also facilitated the unraveling of the mysteries within the Life Seeds.
Following the successful refinement of the Wasteland's Primal Blood, a marvelous Tree of Life sprouted on his level, immediately commencing the deciphering of the Life Seeds.
A torrent of knowledge was drawn out by the blood-red lightning from within the Life Seeds, undergoing analysis and enlightenment.
Beneath him, both the green level of the Primal Soul and the radiant white level of the Primal Vitality were hemorrhaging Soul Power, seemingly summoned by the uppermost level.
Contemplating the Secrets of Life bequeathed by the Primal Blood in the Abyss, Yu Yuan expended an immense amount of his strength.
He had no leisure to exchange tender affections with Yuan Lianyao.
In the heart of Peak of Creation.
"Isn't the blood and flesh in that pool precisely why you came to the Wasteland? The Dark Phoenix is using the multicolored flesh and blood to integrate the bloodline mysteries she has grasped. Are you really going to allow her to grow even stronger?"
The spiritual sense of Mother Earth materialized within the rock wall, observing the Tree of Life as it contracted.
As the Tree of Life diminished, it began to take on a humanoid shape.
She was aware that Yu Yuan had already triumphed and would soon manifest in his original Solar Spirit form. She sensed an extraordinary power within Yu Yuan.
She was convinced that Yu Yuan alone had the power to thwart the Dark Phoenix's current endeavors.
"You worry too much. Zhiya lacks the ability to remove that mass of flesh and blood from the Wellspring of Creation. Within that mass, there's nothing but immense vital energy and a few... scant remnants, the dregs of the Life Secrets."
Yu Yuan's laughter echoed from within the metamorphosing Tree of Life, his voice brimming with confidence: "The most valuable Secrets of Life were extracted by me long ago."
His connection to his real body was now facilitated through vital energy.
The Peak of Creation, under Mother Earth's control, had once obscured his spiritual connection to his real body. Yet, the instant he performed the blood sacrifice with the Primal Blood of the Wasteland, his Solar Spirit could communicate in real-time with his real body through the blood-red surface.
It seemed that no force could interfere with the bond between his Solar Spirit and the bloodied surface!
Thus, he was well aware of the transformation that had occurred in his real body. He knew that as the spiritual sense of the Wasteland's Primal Blood vanished, a Tree of Life emerged on that surface.
At that instant, the blood-red surface ascended directly to the topmost layer.
He had also swiftly deciphered the Primal Blood of the Abyss. The profound Secrets of Life that had been imprinted within the multicolored flesh and blood were long ago drawn out by him using the Soul Altar.
The true essence of the Secrets of Life had been in his possession for some time; the Wellspring of Creation contained merely vital energy, and any residual Laws were certainly not of any quality.
The Dark Phoenix Zhiya, he believed, would gain little of value from those inferior remnants.
Whoosh!
Zhiya's finger, transformed into a white jade totem pole, was suddenly extracted from the spatial confines of the Wellspring of Creation, entwined by serpentine tentacles.
As the finger was withdrawn, the concealed rules of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Sun, Moon, Stars, Ice, and Thunder manifested!
Zhiya's face contorted with shock.
Within the crystalline layer she occupied, an immeasurable power emerged, targeting her and her finger!
A succession of dazzling beams of light struck her finger with precision, eradicating the bizarre tentacles she had transported from the other side.
Her finger and all the tentacles were instantly reduced to a mist of blood.
This mist, passing through a blood membrane, transformed into pure vital energy, seeping back into the mass of flesh and blood.
The moment she attempted to extract the tentacles with her finger, the enclosing seal of the Wellspring of Creation inflicted a severe punishment.
Howl!
A colossal entity within the deep purple ocean of demon energy unleashed a world-shattering roar.
The being that had consumed Yuan Le's real body, ever concealed within the demon energy sea, was enraged by the Dark Phoenix's assault, seemingly poised to break free.
The Beast God Temple and Phoenix Shrine shook violently, eliciting cries of alarm from numerous Beast Gods.
As the roar echoed, the Beast Gods spectating the Wellspring of Creation felt their blood and hearts quiver instinctively.
It was as though a creature of a life form and stature far beyond their own was on the verge of madness within.
Should this entity emerge, without the Dark Phoenix's vigilance, it could annihilate all life in the Wasteland!
The mere sound of its roar was enough to nearly rupture the hearts of these Beast Gods, their fragile beast souls on the brink of disintegration.
Had other alien beasts been present, they likely would have been obliterated by the roar's force!
Yu Zhu's face subtly shifted, as if she alone could perceive the horror lurking within the dense purple sea of demon energy.
She whispered, "Let's return to the Beast God Temple for now."
Paralyzed by the roar, the Beast Gods regained their mobility only after her command.
Thus, the overwhelmed Beast Gods hurried back to the sanctuary of the Beast God Temple.
Only the Moonfang Tiger, Death Viper, and black goat, among the more formidable Beast Gods, dared to remain at the threshold of the hall, continuing their vigil.
The Dark Phoenix, ensconced within the Wellspring of Creation, also heard the roar. Within her sealed sanctuary, she uttered a single command: "Silence!" Her faint voice, barely more than a whisper, pierced through eleven layers of confinement, resonating outside the Wellspring of Creation.
The enigmatic presence, shrouded in the dense purple depths, heeded her call for quiet. The roars ceased, and the tumultuous ripples stilled.
"I'm fine. There's no need for concern," Zhiya reassured Yu Zhu and the Astral Tiger, urging them to remain calm and avoid any hasty actions.
She then watched with a steely gaze as the manifestations of Heavenly Might dissipated, their arcane rules and mysteries fading from sight.
She realized she could extend her limbs through a layer of blood membrane to reach the potent energies within her flesh. But that was the extent of her reach.
Any attempt to extract a strand of the peculiar flesh and blood would instantly invite retaliation and suppression from the seals.
She paused, momentarily uncertain.
Then, her obliterated finger regenerated once more. Weakened slightly, she used precious droplets of her life essence to reform the digit, probing the interior once again.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Like great sinews, the anaconda-like tendrils burst forth from the pulsating mass of flesh, entwining around her finger now transformed into a totem-pole of evilkind.
This time, Zhiya refrained from impulsive actions. She did not attempt to remove the tendrils from the flesh and blood. Instead, she quietly sensed, carefully unraveling the arcane secrets within.
"No, this isn't right!" she exclaimed after a moment, her exquisite face clouding with confusion and frustration.
"There should be more than this paltry amount!"
She fixed a piercing gaze on Mother Earth within the barrier of the Wellspring of Creation, her voice tinged with accusation. "Is it you? What have you done at the Peak of Creation? Where have the deep-seated secrets of life and blood within that flesh gone? Did you take what is rightfully mine?"
Zhiya, having failed to discern any further Secrets of Life, was incensed. The object of her long-standing desire, for which she had prepared for countless years, surely amounted to more than this meager revelation.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Mother Earth was taken aback as well. Witnessing the enraged Zhiya emerging from the depths of the eleven-layered barrier, she sensed that something was amiss.
