C2307 The Heavily Injured Demon Phoenix
"Yes."
He spoke with earnest conviction, explaining, "Our conflict has spanned so many years. Sometimes you emerge victorious, other times I do. Regardless of the outcome, we are both continually evolving and advancing."
"That's good to hear."
He smiled subtly. In the depths of his green-black eyes, Yu Yuan could distinctly see the Law of Destruction, which then abruptly vanished.
Yu Yuan was correct in his assumption. Beilstein, being the supreme soul, had recently mastered the intricate Law of Destruction. Without any special means of isolation, it had directly resonated with him.
Just as when Yu Yuan had used the blood of the alien beast that the Yang God had acquired, once he understood its deeper meaning, it would resonate with the origin blood.
"Do I win at times as well?"
Yu Yuan asked, clearly astonished.
"Indeed."
He affirmed, his gaze laden with significance as he looked several times at the massive piece of flesh beneath Yu Yuan's feet, saying, "Our struggle is far more protracted than you currently realize."
Yu Yuan felt a stir within himself.
"Does this flesh not seem familiar to you?"
The green-black eye, concealed within the third Myriad Spirit Restriction, began to shift in the darkness.
The eye moved out of the shadows, positioning itself in front of Yang God Yu, hovering over the piece of flesh.
"There is a sense of familiarity."
Yu Yuan nodded, reflecting for a moment before he suddenly asked, "Back then, you lacked the ability to refine and understand the essence of life from the Abyss Origin Blood. Did you somehow use it to create me and the other Abyssal races?"
"Hehe."
He simply shook his head, his smile conveying more than words left unspoken.
Just as Yu Yuan was about to inquire further, he spoke in a detached tone, "Our relationship shouldn't be like this."
"Then how should it be?"
"Just like it used to be."
After this exchange, silence enveloped them once more.
He suddenly furrowed his brow, expressing his displeasure, "That troublesome fellow is always stirring up issues at every opportunity."
"Hmm!"
In the next instant, Yu Yuan sensed a disturbance in the Myriad Spirit Restriction in another world.
The Myriad Spirit Restriction, which veiled the true Abyss, was under assault by Zhiya, with countless sparks of lightning and fragments of light scattering from the impact.
The Demon Phoenix wielded a purple-golden totem pillar, and from behind her, a vast expanse of purple demonic energy emitted a roar that threatened to tear the heavens asunder.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The massive purple-gold Totem Pillar, under Zhiya's command, was even more formidable than Yuen Bu's Heaven Bearing Life Pillar.
The divine radiance and Demon Talismans it unleashed could directly collide with the true essence of the world's origin spirits, even after being sealed.
A resplendent river, the ultimate evolution of water, merged with a Demon Talisman. The talisman transformed into a Chaos Roc, devouring the river's waters and absorbing the Dao symbols into itself.
After bursting its beastly form, the Chaos Roc, born from the Demon Talisman, caused the luminous river to cease to exist.
Zhiya had obliterated a Dao symbol, a manifestation of the origin spirit, within the confines of the sealed barrier in such a manner.
The divine light from the Totem Pillar, along with more Demon Talismans, proceeded to assault the glacier, the golden palace, the miniature land, and the bizarre giant tree, undermining the very foundations of the Myriad Spirit Restriction.
"Do you really think you have me at a disadvantage?"
In the face of the boundless darkness, the Origin Soul within the azure-black pupils was enraged by Zhiya's actions.
"Just a moment."
His words barely spoken, the supremely wise body he had possessed revealed itself deep within the splendid barrier.
Having undergone his rigorous refinement and bearing the imprints of numerous bloodline laws within the Heart of Vast Waters, the supremely wise body now shone like crystal, radiating a potent energy field.
The Divine King, adept in both soul and spatial powers, found this body an excellent vessel for possession.
At that moment, he, inhabiting the supremely wise body, emerged within the barrier above the true abyss, passing through the Myriad Spirit Restriction of the Creation Continent.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Myriad Spirit Restriction, veiling the true abyss, plunged into the violet sea, as the Dao symbols of the Origin Soul within the layered seals dazzled onlookers.
The supremely wise body swelled boundlessly within the seal, swiftly assuming a towering and majestic stature, akin to a high god wielding the myriad laws of the Great Dao.
He toyed with the stars, set the sun and moon spinning like a wheel, and trod upon the golden earth to confront the Demon Phoenix Zhiya.
Crack! Snap!
Beneath his feet, the golden earth erupted with billions of golden lightning bolts, innumerable ice spires, boulders, and life-draining withered branches.
A sea of flames erupted suddenly, followed by thunderous explosions, as the world edged closer to total annihilation. Zhiya, momentarily dazed, soon realized that she and the purple sea had been engulfed by the Myriad Spirit Restriction.
"A mere speck of light dares to rival the sun and moon," mocked the Origin Soul, gesturing with a form of great wisdom. The previously manifested myriad of resplendent Dao figures plummeted into the purple sea, submerging the Demon Phoenix Zhiya.
Rip! Rip!
Divine lightning, symbolizing the Heavenly Dao's order, struck the purple sea in succession, cleaving through it like brilliant celestial blades. Eleven bolts of divine lightning, like eleven divine sabers, tore the purple sea asunder.
Zhiya, in her purple phoenix form, soared amidst the divine sabers. Her feathers drifted like autumn leaves, scattering across the Myriad Spirit Restriction's realm. Soon after, she was riddled with wounds.
The Chaos Djinn, having grown from consuming the King of Desolate Realm, Yuen Bu, and the spinosaurus, now transformed into a massive purple orb of light amidst the fragmented purple sea.
The orb quivered gently, as though shivering in fear, sensing imminent doom. It shook its head dispassionately, frowning, "Seeking death, are you?"
A barrage of multicolored radiance and blinding lightning continued to assault the purple orb, eliciting deep, agonized roars from the vicious beast within.
Elsewhere in the Gray Domain, Lin Daoke was besieged by Han Miaoyuan and the Sword Sect's Great Sword Immortals. His patience worn thin by their incessant babble, Lin Daoke prepared to depart.
Suddenly, from the vast depths of the earth's core, a surge of greenish-black divine light emerged. As it appeared, even a supreme being like Han Miaoyuan instinctively made way.
The greenish-black light charged towards Lin Daoke, enveloping him just as he was about to leave, and forcefully dragged him downward.
"Lin!" Han Miaoyuan cried out in alarm.
"Sect Master!" The elders and disciples of the Sword Sect shouted in terror, fearing that their revered figure had finally decided to unleash his wrath upon their leader.
The elders and disciples of the Sword Sect were also screaming in terror, fearing that He had finally lost patience and struck down their sect master.
Zu Ann, Tan Junshan, and the exalted Jun Chen were equally shaken by the scene, unclear about what was happening.
"No, no, it's not what you think! He's not out to kill Lin!"
Han Miaoyuan was the first to pick up on the message being conveyed and quickly reassured the Great Sword Immortals of the Sword Sect, smiling as he said, "He has sent Lin to another place."
"Where to?"
Yue Mu, licking his lips in urgency, implored, "Senior Han, our sect master has poured his heart and soul into serving the Protoss of the vast expanse. You must help him by any means necessary!"
"I understand, truly, you needn't worry," Han Miaoyuan replied, exuding tranquility as he gestured for everyone to remain calm.
He hadn't anticipated the profound regard everyone held for Lin Daoke.
...
In the barren reality of the Desolate Abyss.
Just as Yu Yuan had been delivered here by the power of the Great Demon God Beilstein, so too was Lin Daoke transported to this world he and Beilstein had once observed from within the Myriad Spirit Restriction.
The entire world was engulfed in deathly silence, devoid of any natural energy.
All around him were the fragmented remains of stars and the cosmos, as well as numerous Chaos Djinn, their true forms obscured, tethered to the heavens.
The colossal Chaos Djinn were so immense and so near that even Lin Daoke was overwhelmed by their presence.
This true abyss had to be unfathomably vast to accommodate the birth of such titanic Chaos Djinn.
Suddenly, from the resplendent Myriad Spirit Restriction above, a blood-stained purple phoenix plummeted.
The once majestic purple phoenix, now with tattered wings, no longer possessed its former elegance. As its mystical feathers transformed into a shower of blood-red light raining down, there was no purple sea to greet it, no power to restore its former glory.
Inside the Myriad Spirit Restriction, the refined purple sea that belonged to her had vanished, leaving the vicious beast as nothing more than a massive purple orb of light.
Within the orb, a shadowy outline could be discerned, a purple phoenix reduced to a fraction of its size.
The entity trapped within the glowing purple orb emitted a piercing scream, clearly in the throes of agonizing pain.
Hovering above the orb, it gazed down at the battered Zhiya and Lin Daoke, whom it had transported from the Gray Domain.
"The battle between you two has yet to conclude. Here, in this ruined abyss, you will fight to the death. The survivor will be granted leave from this place," it decreed.
After shattering the barriers between the Origin Realm and the Desolate Realm, Zhiya, who had hunted down several supreme beings to seize their primal essence and eradicated the spinosaurus, ultimately met defeat.
Lin Daoke, the Sword Sect Lord, was cast into the true abyss by it before he could even make contact.
The two most formidable warriors of the Vast Ocean New Era were confined by it in the true abyss, crushed under the weight of the Myriad Spirit Restriction, left to battle each other to the death.
...
"They have never caught my attention," it said dismissively, shaking its head as Yu Yuan's image flickered in its eyes amidst the darkness.
It was aware that Yu Yuan could witness Zhiya's plight through his true form.
It understood that the three Myriad Spirit Restrictions it governed were also within Yu Yuan's perceptive reach.
Just as it could detect Yu Yuan's "Soul Altar" and access the powers of its eight tiers one by one.
"This newly born Chaos Djinn is somewhat intriguing," it mused, pausing briefly. Suddenly, the purple orb that had hovered above the real abyss traversed the vast cosmic expanse, materializing in the guise of the Myriad Spirit Restriction.
The three Myriad Spirit Restrictions were interconnected, allowing it to retrieve items from any of them.
"Would you like to see what makes it so extraordinary?" it offered generously, propelling the purple orb, which housed a mature Chaos Djinn, towards the corporeal form of Yu Yuan's Yang God.
