C2403 Yu Yuan Destroyed the World!!(1)
The reticent Origin, having once proclaimed the end of the Ninth Era, now found its expression dramatically altered by Yu Yuan's similar declaration of world destruction.
With a grave look, he turned to glance behind him, his eyes, ablaze with a deep, radiant light, fixated on the highest crystal face in the Land of Origin.
"Destroy the world," Yu Yuan mused.
Boom!
A thunderous roar of world-ending proportions erupted from the heavens!
Yu Yuan unleashed the ten-story Soul Altar, its dazzling crimson light emanating from its apex.
Spinning, it soared towards the All Spirits Ban, unaffected by the myriad influences of the Primal Animas within.
The enigmatic Land of Origin, where numerous Primal Animas were nurtured, and Yu Yuan's Soul Altar shared a profound, harmonious design and purpose.
Neither the Land of Origin nor the All Spirits Ban impeded the Soul Altar's entry.
For Yu Yuan had forged this Soul Altar specifically for this moment!
Crack, crack!
As Yu Yuan's Soul Altar penetrated the All Spirits Ban, it abruptly split apart.
It divided into ten layers, each composed of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, light, ice, thunder, soul, and life, forming distinct, luminous crystal facets.
It separated into a complete ten layers!
Without the need for any directed force, these ten crystal layers, each harboring the mysteries of different Primal Animas, instinctively sought out and merged with their corresponding crystals within the Land of Origin.
The golden crystal integrated into the Land of Origin as the Soulstone Pedestal.
The fiery red crystal, resembling a hot iron, became the Fire Soulstone Pedestal.
The Ice and Light Soulstone Pedestals followed suit.
As expected, the ninth layer of Yu Yuan's Soul Altar, the Soulstone Pedestal, seamlessly merged with the Soulstone Pedestal within the Land of Origin.
The Blood Altar, containing the Ninth Era's Secrets of Life, also merged with the highest crystal face in the Origin Realm. The Life Seeds, cultivated from the combined Primal Bloods of the Abyss, Wasteland, and Origin Realm, cascaded into the vast, blood-red sea.
The heart, symbolizing the Abyss's Primal Blood, the blood crystal stalactite representing the Origin Realm's Primal Blood, and the Tree of Life, emblematic of the Wasteland's Primal Blood, all floated within this enigmatic blood crystal surface. They unleashed an astonishing glow, resonating with the crimson sea below.
Due to his premature entry into the Soul Altar and its fusion with the Blood Altar, coupled with the sudden emergence of a world-annihilating intent in his heart, he successfully activated two mature World Destruction Dao Fruits!
These freshly matured fruits, drawn to each other and poised to merge, collided.
With the fusion of the World Destruction Dao Fruits, all life teetered on the brink of extinction, signaling the end of the Ninth Era.
Boom!
A life force transcending time and space enveloped the cosmos in an instant. This infinite life force and the dazzling ripples from the Spirit of Creation were strikingly similar!
"Destroy."
"Destroy."
"Destroy."
Even the mightiest beings, such as the Dark Phoenix Zhiya, who had reached the pinnacle of cultivation, Loong Jie, Yuan Lianyao, Ballo, Green Willow, and Taishi, heard the faint divine resonance of the cosmic order echoing from the depths of their hearts, blood vessels, and lifeblood!
The word "Destroy" resonated throughout all the living worlds within Yu Yuan's perception.
On the fringes of the Genesis Nebula, the indecisive Dark Phoenix Zhiya was the first to perish at the sound of "Destroy."
Following her were the supreme beings like Loong Jie, Taishi, and Yuan Lianyao in the Ashlands, who fell into utter silence upon hearing the decree of destruction.
Subsequently, the various Astral Domains of the Origin Realm and the Star Rivers of the Wasteland, where life had clung on, were affected.
Every living creature perished at the moment of the collision between the two mature "World Destruction Dao Fruits," as the era of "Destroy" commenced.
In an instant, all life in the Star River nearest to the Origin was extinguished.
The deceased beings transformed into orbs of blood-colored halos, flickering in the void for a moment before vanishing mysteriously.
Yet, at the highest echelon of the Origin Realm, within the colossal blood crystal, a deluge of blood-colored halos rained down from the heavens, sinking into the vast, blood-red sea.
After the Origin Realm and the Wasteland were purged of life in a mere moment, the horrifying wave of annihilation swiftly reached the Genesis Nebula. Zhiya, too, became a massive orb of blood-colored halo and disappeared.
This was followed by the other thirty-five worlds already linked to the Origin Realm.
The Heaven Race, the Sylph, the One-eyed Tribe, and the spirit animals—regardless of their strength—were all overwhelmed by the "World-Annihilating Tide" just like the beings of the Origin Realm and the Wasteland. In an instant, they perished.
Even the most remote and isolated worlds, unconnected to the Domain of Origin, succumbed to extinction.
"World Annihilation!"
"You were the one who triggered the World Annihilation!"
The Primal Soul was jolted awake, staring at Yu Yuan in horror as if beholding a cold, bloodthirsty beast.
It had believed that its collaboration with Yu Yuan was meant to fend off the encroachment of the Origin and to safeguard the Ninth Great Era.
In the past eight Great Eras, it had joined forces with Yu Yuan to attempt to suppress or eliminate the spiritual sense of the Origin, striving to preserve the ancient eras and avoid the perpetual cycle of rebirth.
Their failure and subsequent loss of spiritual sense had allowed the Origin to initiate World Annihilation.
Though it had involved them and their corresponding Soulstone Pedestals, they had never directly caused annihilation themselves!
The Primal Soul could never have imagined that, in the Ninth Great Era, Yu Yuan, while fully conscious, would preemptively unleash World Annihilation before the Origin even exerted its influence!
This time, Yu Yuan was solely at the helm of World Annihilation!
Now, in the depths of the void, next to the Land of Origin, only Yu Yuan's immense, multicolored form and the wounded Primal Soul remained.
In the blink of an eye, Yu Yuan had extinguished all life across the myriad worlds, leaving no living beings behind.
"How could you become... become so..."
The Primal Soul was in disbelief, struggling to come to terms with the abrupt end of the Ninth Era at the hands of Yu Yuan.
It gazed in shock as the Soul Altar was cast out, descending to a lofty position above the Land of Origin, allowing the fragmented ten-tiered pedestal to merge with the Land of Origin, and Yu Yuan to prematurely initiate World Annihilation.
It could hardly believe its eyes, appearing lost and disoriented, murmuring to itself unconsciously.
"Hmm!"
The Primal Soul suddenly discovered that its spiritual sense, which was on the brink of being obliterated by the Heaven-Opening Sword Array, had experienced a tremendous surge in growth! Its body, riddled with scars, was suddenly infused with an endless supply of life power, and all its wounds healed in the blink of an eye. It looked towards Yu Yuan in astonishment once again.
It could feel an unimaginable life power flowing from Yu Yuan's body into its own. This supremely refined life power, complete with the memories of all nine great eras, was something even the Primal Soul had never encountered before! It was vast, boundless, seemingly merging all the Secrets of Life from every era into a single, potent life force, imbued with a divine might terrifying enough to challenge the Origin itself!
Yu Yuan's massive, once grievously wounded, multicolored body was also instantly restored by this life power. The Origin, now in the form of Lin Daoke, watched with deepening eyes as both Yu Yuan and the Primal Soul recovered from their injuries. This time, the Origin truly fell silent.
"This is the apocalypse you sought," Yu Yuan declared, having cast the Soul Altar. He felt the stillness of all worlds, the extinction of all beings, his expression devoid of both grief and joy as his divine voice echoed through the depths of the Origin Realm.
