C2227 Block a Sword!

The Death Spring ceased its strange disturbances.

Regardless of Yu Yuan's words, the Death Will on the other side maintained its silence.

Yet, those gathered around the Death Spring, through its prior actions and the responses of Yu Yuan and Chen Qinghuang, deduced that a highly intelligent being must exist in the unknown realm beyond.

"I would like to see for myself."

After a lengthy silence, the breathtakingly beautiful Secular Bird Queen spoke, her clear eyes shimmering, "There, I believe, lies a power I desperately need."

"Now is not the time."

Yu Yuan gently shook his head, waited a bit longer, and upon seeing that the Death Will within the Death Spring still showed no desire to communicate, he suggested, "Let's preserve this Spring for the time being. The entity on the other side is bound to cause significant upheaval. We should watch and wait, addressing the pressing issues at hand first."

Chen Qinghuang hummed in agreement.

Having ascended to the Supreme Realm and cleansed her soul of death's taint with Yu Yuan's assistance, she now needed to stabilize and acclimate to her new status, grasping the newly revealed truths of death.

She was not in any rush.

She had indeed wrought havoc in the Desolate Realm, leaving several Starfields desolate. Yet, with Yuen Bu's demise and the Demon Phoenix Zhiya ensnared, as long as Yu Yuan kept out of her way, she had no need to concern herself with anyone else in the Desolate Realm.

"What about the Creation Pool? Do you have a plan?" asked the Mother Earth, her regal countenance still etched with concern. "She's likely to target Beilstein next. If she succeeds in possessing him, she'll obtain a suitable vessel and will surely break free from her confinement."

Yu Yuan replied with composure, "Rest assured, he won't be able to possess anyone."

...

Elsewhere.

"Your Highness!"

Before the Beast Temple, the Beast Gods cried out in alarm.

Zhong Chichen, Loong Jie, and Lvliu were equally stunned by the transformation occurring within the Creation Pool.

Within the Creation Pool's domain, he, shrouded by a massive void soul, reached into Lin Daoke's body and withdrew a sword.

A Divine Sword, seemingly crafted from the purest Spirit Crystal!

This was Lin Daoke's Yang God Sword, the embodiment of his Yang God and spiritual power, both durable and keen.

The Sword Sect Lord, Lin Daoke, had refined his Primordial Spirit into a sword, nurtured his Yang God into a sword, and even condensed his Yin God into a sword. Among these three swords, the Primordial Spirit Sword was the strongest, while the Yang God Sword was the most durable. The Yin God Sword, on the other hand, specialized in slaying spectral souls and ghosts.

At that moment, he sought to claim Lin Daoke's most durable creation, the Yang God Sword.

"This is an excellent sword," he whispered to the Extreme Flame.

Golden radiance, spurred by his words, infused the Yang God Sword, which originated from Lin Daoke's body, causing the sword's material to undergo a miraculous transformation. The Divine Sword instantly assumed a green-gold composition, its toughness and sharpness enhanced a hundredfold!

The fundamental principles of the Gold Origin Spirit, the core law within the sealed world, merged into the Divine Sword.

With a whoosh, the green-gold Divine Sword levitated above the head of the Great Demon God, Beilstein, emitting a sword light so dazzling it seemed poised to shatter the seal and strike at the Demon Gods and Beast Gods spectating from afar.

"My eyes!" cried the bone snake at the entrance of the Beast Temple, as blood streamed from its eyes and its sockets split open. The Sky Tiger let out a muffled groan, tears welling in its eyes, unable to endure the sword light's piercing intensity.

Loong Jie, Lvliu, and Zhong Chichen, positioned above the Time Book, remained unaffected by the sword light's intensity, thanks to the artifact's mastery over the void, which allowed them to gaze upon the light as though through layers of space. Yu Zhu, too, was unharmed, not even a furrow marking her brow. Clearly, even the enhanced sword light, bolstered by the laws of gold, posed no threat to her.

In a sudden cacophony of ripping and cracking, lightning and intense cold were drawn into the Azure Gold Divine Sword by the power it wielded when it halted. In a mere moment, the Divine Sword, tempered by Lin Daoke's Yang God, became imbued with the ultimate laws of gold, lightning, and extreme coldness.

"There lies the ultimate mystery of gold that I've been seeking!" Loong Jie growled, his face alight with longing. He licked his lips as his dragon blood surged with fervor.

"The Great Demon God is in peril!"

Lvliu, with his striking green vertical eyes, exclaimed, "The mark of the Gold Origin Spirit has transformed that sword into the sharpest artifact in existence. The supreme forces of lightning and bitter cold can obliterate the souls of all beings. He is the mightiest soul across the Three Realms, adept at precisely targeting and extinguishing the spirits of the mighty."

Zhong Chichen's face was etched with distress.

"That sword can penetrate Beilstein's armor and even his refined spirit crystal form," Loong Jie declared.

The profound mysteries of gold from the heavens and earth have honed Lin Daoke's Yang God Sword to an unparalleled edge, while the powers of lightning and extreme cold are capable of shattering Beilstein's soul.

Within the confining barrier, even if Beilstein could divide into billions of Devil Souls, he could not break free from the seal.

The Devil Souls, once separated from the spirit crystal body, became even more vulnerable to destruction.

In the enigmatic domain he ruled, the Great Demon God Beilstein faced constraints at every turn, with his only reliance being his demonic form.

Should that form fracture, the preservation of Beilstein's self-awareness would be nearly impossible.

Already the strongest soul in the three realms, within his own dominion, he could wield the profound truths of many origin spirits. Bereft of his demonic form, what could Beilstein possibly use to contend with him?

"Let me give you a hand."

Whoosh!

The Geocentric Fire suddenly traced two fiery rings.

Yu Yuan's Yang God and the Demon Phoenix Zhiya were instantly enveloped by the twin rings of flame, as if countless flame meteors were orbiting them.

The intense flames imposed a formidable constraint on beings of flesh and blood, and Yu Yuan's Yang God and the Demon Phoenix Zhiya were among the strongest of such beings.

Ultimately, even these extraordinary creatures would be limited by Beilstein, their natural adversary.

In the world sealed by the Origin Soul, the Geocentric Fire could manifest its full might without the need for a supreme being like Yuan Lianyao.

Thus, Yu Yuan and Zhiya, already hampered by their constrained souls and muddled consciousness, found it even harder to break free once encircled by the fiery rings.

Of course, they seemed oblivious to the current actions of Ji Yan.

After obliterating Beilstein's self-awareness and shattering his spiritual defenses, you'll be able to smoothly establish yourself in the Desolate Realm. Possessing Beilstein's body, you can traverse the Desolate Realm and swiftly bring peace to it.

The rotund Extreme Flame offered a few words of flattery before adding, "That armor, forged in the Heaven and Earth Furnace, cannot shield him with me present."

No sooner had he spoken than the exceedingly heavy armor, repeatedly tempered by the Great Demon God Beilstein, was stripped from his body, which resembled purple crystal.

At Extreme Flame's beckoning, the armor plunged into the fiery abyss that enveloped him.

With a crackle, the most intense flames in existence devoured the armor, and the fiery patterns etched within it swiftly changed allegiance.

Slightly melted by Extreme Flame's might, the armor transformed into a formidable weapon in his grasp.

"Back in the day, before I had reached a decision, when I was still allied with it, I permitted you to delve into the essence of fire because you were its successor," he reminisced.

"Now, I am merely reclaiming what is rightfully mine."

The deep red armor, now donned by the Geocentric Fire, felt comforting to the touch. Its pudgy, magma-dripping hand caressed the armor, murmuring, "Ah, this is right. It should be worn by me, not you."

The armor's origins lay in the pill furnace and Flowing Flames, later merging with the sinister force of gold mastered by President Lyi, including his steely physique.

Ultimately, upon Beilstein's return, the armor became the Artifact that sheltered him.

Now, stripped of that miraculous armor, Beilstein had no choice but to face the incoming green gold Divine Sword with his purple crystal-like form.

At that moment, with his consciousness muddled under the weight of the Abyss Origin Soul, Beilstein was unaware of the impending disaster.

The green gold Divine Sword, as it cleaved through his crystalline form, accompanied by thunder and a hailstorm of ice, might rouse him.

But by then, it would be too late; his billions of Devil Souls would be obliterated by the thunder and the frigid forces.

"Outland Devaputra Race, you alone persist in your futile resistance. Alas, it is all in vain."

His booming voice echoed within the sealed world, resounding so clearly that Zhong Chichen and Yu Zhu could faintly discern it.

The Green Gold Divine Sword plummeted like a bolt of lightning!

Boom!

The Green Gold Divine Sword, forged from Lin Daoke's Yang God, failed to pierce Beilstein's head or penetrate his body, which was like purple crystal.

Instead, the Divine Sword struck the Dragon Slash Platform!

When Yang God Yu was suppressed, the Dragon Slash Platform, lacking both an owner and an Artifact Soul, astonishingly teleported above Beilstein's head, shielding the Great Demon God from a deadly strike!

"Dragon Slash Platform!"

Outside, Zhong Chichen, Sky Tiger, Lvliu, and the other Demon Gods and Beast Gods exclaimed in shock.

Yu Zhu alone remained unperturbed.

The Black Sheep, which had pledged its loyalty to her, was taken aback to see the Dragon Slash Platform intercept the Green Gold Divine Sword and quickly turned its gaze to Yu Zhu.

"Your Highness, did you know all along?"

The Black Sheep's voice quivered.

Zhong Chichen and Sky Tiger also abruptly recalled Yu Zhu's earlier instruction to keep watching, giving them the choice to leave or stay and observe.

While Yang God Yu was ensnared and her most cherished mother was present, the young woman had suddenly become serene.

Clearly, she had foreseen this turn of events!

Inside the seal.

A figure, shaped from a sentient consciousness, merged with the Geocentric Fire. Its featureless face seemed to gaze fixedly at the Dragon Slash Platform.

"This is impossible! It shouldn't be able to move!"

The Geocentric Fire cried out in a frenzy, swiftly drifting toward Yang God Yu, its voice thundering in outrage all day long.

"I must inspect his body! When you had suppressed his soul, he was merely a mass of potent flesh and blood! I..."

The Geocentric Fire was both fearful and anxious, its thoughts in disarray within the armor. Its rotund form began to fade rapidly, as if on the verge of dissolving.

"Don't go!"

The vast, sky-obscuring soul sensed a grave threat at the extreme flame's erratic behavior and urgently warned, "Stay away from his Yang God!"

Yu Yuan's Yang God body's eyes suddenly blazed with light.

The soul he had dominated and sealed wavered and shattered all the soul cages, stretching its arms and smiling at the approaching extreme flame.

The flame meteors circling him abruptly transformed into vast seas of blood, resembling the origins of numerous Yang meridians.

"So you, too, must harness the forces of thunder and frost to vanquish Beilstein. The same laws that Beilstein's Devil Soul fears are the ones you should dread."

Yu Yuan's smile radiated warmth as his Yang God form underwent a remarkable transformation.

He quietly channeled an infinite well of lifeblood energy, utilizing the eight-tiered Soul Altar of his original form to imbue this vessel with the might of thunder and frost.

Whoosh!

The Dragon Slash Platform, having parried a strike from the Azure Gold Divine Sword, morphed into a purple-gold Divine Sword, cleaving the rolling inferno down into the sea of flames.

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