C2365 The Forbidden Land of All Living Things
In the vast emptiness, the Secular Bird Queen took her seat slowly, the death force around her flickering out as swiftly as lightning.
Her eyes, a cool mix of gray and white, held a sense of reckless abandon. She permitted the will of the Spirit of Destruction and the Spirit of Poison to awaken, no longer resisting the convergence of their scattered energies.
With Kurkova's assistance, she had ascended to the eleventh level and had delved deeply into the rules of Darkness Destruction and Toxicity.
Unlike Galuba and Kuna, she, who had mastered the death force, could use it to contain the spread of the destructive and poisonous auras, thwarting the two Primal Animas' attempts at awakening.
As long as she persisted in her resistance, the resurgence of the two Primal Animas would be significantly delayed.
However, after strenuous efforts to defend against them, she came to a sobering realization: the so-called refined Primal Animas had always been lurking within the depths of Galuba and Kuna's flesh and blood.
The Primal Animas had never truly faced extinction!
Regardless of who harnessed the power of the God of Destruction and the Snail Goddess, melting away their flesh, the two Primal Animas could be revived at some future moment.
Unless she renounced the powers of destruction and poison, eradicating the two rules she had internalized, the Primal Animas would persist.
Naturally, she was loath to relinquish the prize she had nearly secured.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The spiritual sense imbued with the essence of destruction and poison coalesced within her flesh and soul, fueled by her willful neglect.
Bit by bit, the dual forces of destruction and poison saturated her being, both body and soul.
With her immaculate beauty unmarred, she gazed at Yu Yuan and spoke with serene detachment, "They are about to be resurrected."
Her trust in Yu Yuan was unwavering.
Having ceased her resistance, she was vulnerable to the Spirits of Destruction and Poison, which could possess or annihilate her in an instant.
"Don't worry, I've got this."
Yu Yuan gave a reassuring nod, signaling her to be at ease, free from the fear of any mishaps.
His colossal, multicolored form, vast as an Astral Domain, sensed a surge of dark and vibrant energies nearly bursting forth from Chen Qinghuang's body.
The Spirits of Destruction and Poison pervaded Chen Qinghuang's blood and spirit. Should they fully unleash, her fate would be sealed.
Moreover, the Spirits of Destruction and Poison remained in a frenzied and twisted state.
Yu Yuan perceived that the two Primal Animas, deeply embedded within Chen Qinghuang's flesh and soul, were influenced by the eerie emptiness of this place and had not truly regained their spiritual wisdom.
Yu Yuan emitted a cold snort.
He acutely detected that under the influence of a corrupting force, the Spirits of Destruction and Poison were attempting to transform Chen Qinghuang's body into a source of poison infused with the essence of Destruction!
Their true aim was to poison his vibrant, multicolored body and corrode his jade-like flesh!
It appeared that some force did not want his body to exist in this alien void and sought to sabotage his deep exploration.
"Let's see who is behind this!"
Following his cold snort, a deep red aura enveloped the entire Wellspring of Creation, naturally including Chen Qinghuang within its reach.
On the surface of the deep red aura, innumerable, glistening, fine bloodlights intertwined.
From the Abyss, Origin Realm, and Wasteland, the once-mighty figures obliterated by time, these interlacing bloodlights cast a seal over the Wellspring of Creation.
"The Ban of All Living Beings!"
This ban, which restricted the blood of all living beings and limited the existence of creatures with flesh and blood, was a divine art that spontaneously erupted from his will.
The Ban of All Living Beings and the All Spirits Ban shared a similar genius, yet they specifically targeted flesh-and-blood creatures.
With a whoosh, a burst of five-colored divine brilliance poured into Yu Yuan's Undead Sovereign form, converging within his gaze.
His eyes, now a chaotic dance of peculiar glimmers, grew increasingly luminous.
His gaze, sharp as Divine Weapons, observed the forming Spirits of Destruction and Poison within Chen Qinghuang.
The Spirit of Poison bore no resemblance to the presence of the God of Oblivion he had encountered at the Dragon Slaying Stage.
The consciousness of the two Primal Animas had been warped by some force, their intelligence overshadowed, leaving only an instinctual power of destruction and a will to turn Chen Qinghuang's body into a source of poison.
Suddenly, Yu Yuan sensed the Primal Animas on the verge of unleashing their power, threatening to ignite Chen Qinghuang's blood and soul!
At that moment,
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The five-colored divine radiance infused into Yu Yuan's "Undead Sovereign" body shot through his enigmatic eyes towards the two Primal Animas within Chen Qinghuang. Amidst the blinding divine lights, countless profound and intricate chains of rules emerged, as if the profound meanings of the universe were being unraveled within the fearsome glow.
Within the radiance, scenes of worlds crumbling and the annihilation of all living beings in a single breath unfolded.
The strange powers tainted with the power of destruction and toxicity melted away like ice under the brilliance of the two beams of light.
The true spiritual wisdom of the two Primal Animas had barely awakened when they were penetrated by the divine light in Yu Yuan's gaze.
Before they had the chance to take over Chen Qinghuang's body after their formation, the powers of destruction and toxicity were obliterated by the five-colored divine radiance from Yu Yuan's eyes.
Whoosh!
The Dragon Slaying Stage appeared abruptly.
Yu Yuan's real body, stationed far in the Origin Realm, was accompanied by the Great Demon God Bertain, the God of Oblivion, the Death God, and a colorful butterfly. Alongside Lin Daoke, Zhiya, and Ji Ningshuang with the Stardust Blade, they all stood upon the Dragon Slaying Stage.
Yu Yuan, possessing supreme combat prowess and a yearning to explore the Otherworld, had brought them along for the journey.
As for Yu Zhu, the Abyssal Leviathan, Taixu, and Zu Ann, since they had not ascended to supreme status, Yu Yuan deemed them a hindrance and thus left them temporarily in the Ashlands of the Origin Realm.
"Kurkova!"
Chen Qinghuang, now fully alert, caught sight of the stunning Death God from the Otherworld. Sensing the death force within her, she raised her eyebrows and called out in surprise.
Kurkova acknowledged her with a cool nod.
She had granted the Secular Bird Queen the exquisite essence of death, aiding Chen Qinghuang's rise to the eleventh level. Kurkova had plans to recruit Chen Qinghuang into the ranks of the Underworld as one of her sovereigns in the future.
Unfortunately, Chen Qinghuang was not content with her situation and had no intention of playing second fiddle.
Chen Qinghuang had even slain Galuba, the God of Destruction. Yet, Galuba, this grotesque deity from the Otherworld, was the husband she had chosen, and they had been locked in a bitter, deadly struggle for many years.
Were it not for Yu Yuan's presence, she would have taken matters into her own hands to eliminate Chen Qinghuang, stripping away the death force she had granted and reducing the Secular Bird Queen to her original state.
"Peak of Creation!"
Upon the arrival of the Demon God, he immediately fixed his gaze on the vanishing Peak of Creation and sneered, "I knew there was something amiss!"
After Dark Phoenix Zhiya, Lin Daoke, and Ji Ningshuang arrived, they were struck by the eerie and peculiar nature of this void. They extended their powers to probe every direction.
Above the Dragon Slaying Stage at this moment, there remained the crystalline Heart of the Everlands and that enigmatic dark pool.
But the pool was devoid of any essence.
Whoosh!
As Yu Yuan's real body materialized, his Soul Altar emerged at his brow, casting light from the ninth tier of the Soulstone Pedestal onto Chen Qinghuang.
The spiritual senses of the spirits of destruction and poison, along with their profound meanings, were forcibly extracted from Chen Qinghuang's body by the radiance of the Soul Altar and merged into the ninth tier of the Soulstone Pedestal.
In a mere moment, the rules of destruction and toxicity had fully integrated with his Soulstone Pedestal, including the spiritual senses of the two Primal Animas.
It felt as though Yu Yuan had directly devoured the spirits of destruction and poison with his Soul Altar!
The God of Oblivion and the Death God watched his revealed Soul Altar in bewilderment, sensing the disappearance of the two Primal Animas.
Simultaneously, Yu Yuan, in his real body, turned his gaze upon the God of Oblivion and the Death God.
These two deities, who had come from the Otherworld and were the true rulers of the Underworld and the Ashlands, felt a deep chill at the sight of Yu Yuan's Soul Altar.
"You two?"
The big devil's demeanor shifted, his face taking on a grave expression as he peered intently at the two gods who had refined the Primal Animas. "Are you experiencing any abnormal sensations?"
"Yes!"
Harris, significantly shorter than the God of Time, Heesters, suddenly let out an exclamation.
Harris looked at Yu Yuan, who had partially revealed his Soul Altar, with a tremor of unease and spoke candidly, "The Spirit of Oblivion within me was stirring restlessly upon entering this place."
"But then, they abruptly ceased their frenzied attempts at revival."
Harris shared his genuine experience.
"I feel the same."
Kurkova bowed her head, searching for the presence of the Spirit of Death, her expression somber as she explained, "It turns out we never truly refined them. They've always been there, lurking in our flesh and souls after being dispersed."
"Before, they didn't awaken because we hadn't ventured to the Domain of Origin or this Land of Nothingness, which may border it."
Upon reaching this land, the two deities from the Otherworld sensed the anomaly within the Primal Anima in their bodies and came to this realization.
The recent disturbance was their Primal Anima attempting to regroup in this peculiar Land of Nothingness.
However, the spiritual sense that sought to revive the two Primal Animas within them discovered that the Spirit of Destruction and the Spirit of Poison, which had awakened in Chen Qinghuang's body, had been slain by Yu Yuan and directly consumed by the Soul Altar.
The Spirits of Oblivion and Death suddenly grew quiet, no longer daring to reveal their presence.
These two entities within Kurkova and Harris, whose Primal Anima had been detected as still alive, went back into hiding after witnessing the fate of their kin, as if waiting for a better opportunity.
"Crafty creature," the Old Demon scoffed, eyeing Harris and Kurkova thoughtfully. "With their loss, your strength will surely diminish. Can you still maintain your status as Primal Gods?"
Kurkova shook her head, "It's highly unlikely."
Harris grimaced, "It's not the loss that I fear, but the possibility that it might possess me and erase my soul!"
"It appears that your method of refining the Primal Anima has always been flawed," the Old Demon mused before delivering his verdict, "The consciousness and power of the Primal Anima have always been present in your flesh and soul. They have never truly been extinguished!"
The old devil pointed a finger at Yu Yuan's "Soul Altar" and declared, "It seems that the spirits of destruction and toxic only truly perished after being devoured by this altar."
Harris remained silent, evidently concurring with the old devil's viewpoint.
"The methods for refining Primal Anima were imparted to us by Lady Stephanie. Every deity in our world, whether Origin Gods or Primal Beasts, follows her teachings to refine Primal Anima," Kurkova murmured, her head bowed. "Could it be that Lady Stephanie's methods are flawed or incomplete?"
"Or perhaps she has ulterior motives!"
Zhiya, also present on the Dragon Slaying Stage, interjected with an icy expression, "She once visited the Origin Realm in secret. She instructed me on how to nurture Primal Beasts, which suggests she's been plotting something for quite some time."
Zhiya, full of cunning plans, was not inclined to see the positive aspects of the God of Destiny from the Otherworld. In her mind, she had long since pegged Stephanie as a grand schemer, much like herself.
