It had been a long time since he seriously clashed with anyone after his soul altar, divine body, and bloodline underwent a transformative sublimation through the tempering of the mysterious energy from the Hui Main Body.

Now, engaged in a fierce battle with Evelyn, his entire being felt exhilarated. The degree to which his divine power, vital essence, and soul were integrated had reached a realm he previously dared not even imagine!

The branches of the divine power ancient tree within him connected directly to his sinews. With a mere thought, pure and potent divine power was inexhaustibly stimulated, instantly surging through his limbs and bones. There was no stagnation, not a shred of waste; every trace of divine power unleashed delivered its full ten-tenths of might.

This was utterly impossible before.

Previously, activating divine power through the lower abdomen's Dantian and letting it flow through the meridians caused a delay, wasting some energy along the way, making it impossible to unleash the full potential of the divine power.

He focused his gaze upon the altar.

Within the Sea of Consciousness at the lowest layer of the altar, which resembled a vast, boundless ocean, strands of divine sense were no longer ephemeral, like smoke, mist, or vapor. Instead, they had solidified into a liquid energy, real as seawater!

This dark ocean, its gently flowing waters, was filled with a core of power possessing an aura even more astonishing than that of the divine power ancient tree, a power that nourished the soul!

The Sea of Consciousness had become a true ocean. The dark seawater spread wide and deep, emitting a shadowy, ethereal mist that rose to nurture his Layers of Profound Truth, layers of Heavenly Fire, his Initial Realm, his Main Soul, and his Secondary Soul—acting like an eternal engine, the very wellspring of energy for his soul altar!

A strange light ignited in his eyes.

Through careful contemplation, he discovered that the energy within the Sea of Consciousness and the energy of the divine power ancient tree were diametrically opposed, their auras completely different, like the positive and negative sides of a coin, which greatly astonished him.

The divine power ancient tree was dazzling and brilliant, like condensed diamond crystal. In contrast, the dark ocean in the Sea of Consciousness was black as ink, reflecting no light, undulating in a liquid state. The moment a wisp of divine sense flew out, it immediately became invisible and formless, yet it possessed terrifying power all the same.

He suddenly felt that the Sea of Consciousness was quietly nurturing his soul altar, subtly changing everything within it!

Regarding this so-called dark energy in the Sea of Consciousness, he knew too little. At this moment, he secretly resolved that within this Domain Sea, he absolutely must break through the mystery of this energy and grasp its true marvelous nature.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

His mind churned with countless thoughts, yet the star river connected by his two fingers did not cease. Streaks of stellar chains, tethered to meteorites, continued to bombard Evelyn with a ferocious and brutal momentum.

Evelyn condensed his Gold Sharp Profound Truth, and streaks of golden saw blades split open from within his body, striking the meteorites with a majestic, rainbow-like impact. The massive meteorites gradually shattered, exploding piece by piece. Firelight and debris violently splashed out, causing deafening roars to emanate even from the surrounding meteorite flow.

Every time a meteorite fractured, Evelyn convulsed, his entire skeletal structure feeling as if hammered, his face flushing crimson.

When the last meteorite exploded, Evelyn's flushed face abruptly turned pale, his gaze becoming gloomy and terrifying. His qi and blood were in turmoil. Suspended above his head were about a dozen giant golden saw blades, their teeth serrated menacingly, resembling demons opening blood-gorged mouths—truly horrifying.

His hateful gaze locked firmly onto Shi Yan, and a bestial growl escaped his lips.

The third eye tightly closed on his brow twitched, emitting intense energy fluctuations, as if about to open.

A sense of imminent danger suddenly surged in Shi Yan’s heart. His expression became solemn as he secretly circulated his power. Pure divine power coursed through his meridians like a rapid stream. In an instant, his qi and blood surged, his life magnetic field ascended to a brand new realm once more. Accordingly, he transformed into a combat form, treating this as a mortal enemy.

Broad, bony wings tore through his back. Spikes jutted out from his shoulders, elbows, and knees. His muscle surface formed natural keratinous armor, and his fingernails became like cold, sharp sabers.

An evil and tyrannical aura suddenly burst forth from his new combat form, like the roar of a hellish volcano, fiercely unleashing immense terror.

Evelyn’s eyes suddenly shone with alarm. The third eye on his brow trembled, on the verge of fully opening.

"Senior Brother!" Adams suddenly cried out, stopping instantly beside Evelyn like a violent hurricane. He spoke with gravity, "It’s just a minor conflict; there's no need to fight to the death over this, is there? Although this friend’s realm is only at the Third Heaven of Initial God, his true strength is not weak. Senior Brother, let's just drop this matter?"

When persuading Evelyn, he spoke in the Domain language that Shi Yan and Audrey could understand, but while speaking, he simultaneously conveyed a secret message to Evelyn through a marvelous soul fluctuation.

"This kid’s bloodline is extraordinary. He can ignite his bloodline power to transform his life form; he probably won't be easy to deal with. Senior Brother, your soul and body are both injured. It will be hard for you to win alone. Pretend to drop the matter, and let the two of us work together to seize an opportunity for a fatal strike, killing him instantly!"

Adams’ soul fluctuation conveyed this additional message as he communicated with Evelyn.

Listening to Adams’ private message, Evelyn’s third eye remained closed for a long time, seemingly listening carefully to his advice.

Not far away, Marisa sighed secretly, her eyes distant.

She knew that between the two senior brothers, Adams was actually even more extreme than Evelyn and full of wicked schemes. As soon as she saw Adams approach without using the language of the Tianmu Clan, she immediately guessed that Adams must have hatched another plot, intending to use a new conspiracy.

In fact, the strategy of feigning kindness and friendliness only to suddenly probe with soul power was exactly what Adams had suggested to Evelyn.

Of the three, Adams was the most treacherous and cunning, serving as the strategist for their group.

"Ah!"

Just as Marisa made an accurate judgment in her mind, she suddenly covered her mouth and shrieked, her face filled with disbelief.

In her view, with Adams ostensibly persuading, coupled with Evelyn’s "reluctant" nod, she was sure Shi Yan would back down. After all, Adams was also an Immortal, and there was her, who had reached the Third Heaven of Initial God.

Any sensible person should know how to judge the situation and wouldn't blindly charge forward in a fit of rage. But precisely at this moment, as Evelyn nodded helplessly and pretended to recall his golden saw blades, the rugged youth grinned menacingly and rushed forward with a chuckle!

Marisa’s face turned pale with horror.

Audrey was equally bewildered, her beautiful eyes showing surprise, not understanding why Shi Yan would escalate the fight when the other party clearly seemed ready to stop.

"Who do you think you are? You can attack if you want, and stop when you can't kill? It’s not that simple!" Ten streams of starlight converged into one. Shi Yan suddenly vanished into the stream, but the stream flowed toward Evelyn and Adams like a radiant silk banner.

Within the starlight stream, countless star lights resembled dazzling ribbons. Within these ribbons surged a powerful life fluctuation, like seawater overflowing, suddenly gushing out.

Following the intense life fluctuation, an icy sense of death emerged, chilling the surroundings. Almost simultaneously, dozens of huge spatial blades drifting nearby were drawn by the starlight stream, as if pulled by a magnet. They dragged long rainbows and slashed toward them fiercely.

In the meteorite flow, those spatial blades drifting between the meteorites were the most terrifying. Marisa had watched those spatial blades pulverize meteorites into fine dust.

She was certain that even if Evelyn and Adams were struck by those giant spatial blades, they would surely perish.

"You brat are insane!" Adams’ face changed drastically.

Shi Yan’s violent attack tore apart his scheme, causing the plan he had been secretly plotting to perish before it could even be executed. At this moment, Evelyn, who was supposed to cooperate with him, had just retracted his Gold Sharp power and was caught off guard by the surging starlight stream. Seeing the terrifying spatial blades approaching, even his scalp tingled.

They had underestimated Shi Yan’s vengefulness and overestimated their own position. They were destined to suffer a heavy loss.

"Spatial Cutting Blades!"

The shining spatial blades, hundreds of meters long, approached like magnificent blade dragons. Where the blades passed, the air hissed and crackled strangely. Several nearby meteorites immediately exploded into powder. The blades slowly converged, falling down upon them like a giant cutting mechanism, their momentum staggering.

Evelyn and Adams’ minds were shaken. Without time to think, they unleashed their Profound Truths to the extreme, dodging within the meteorite flow like erratic flashes of lightning.

They dared not linger on Shi Yan’s meteorites for even a moment.

"Heh heh, pay a price for this!" Shi Yan suddenly sneered.

The meteorites near Evelyn and Adams seemed instantly activated. Their trajectory, which was heading forward, changed abruptly, and they slammed into the two men.

Caught completely off guard, the two were struck by several meteorites, immediately spitting blood from their mouths and noses, looking utterly wretched.

Those meteorites, some as small as the Undying Island and others as massive as ten thousand-zhang mountains, were instantly connected to Shi Yan’s will as he manipulated them with his stellar power, infused with his divine power to become his lethal weapons.

His Star Profound Truth, within the vast, boundless sea of stars, was practically monstrous. All the countless meteorites here could be considered weapons in his hands. Fighting him here was simply asking for trouble.

Even though Evelyn and Adams were a level higher in cultivation, in this terrain where Shi Yan held the geographical advantage, they were still destined to be severely wounded!

"Senior Brother!" Marisa shrieked.

The Fire Crystal Cloud Boat beneath her suddenly altered its course. Clusters of fire clouds emerged from the Fire Crystal meteorites below, and those meteorites transformed into beams of crystal light, shooting toward Adams and Evelyn.

With blood staining their faces and mouths, the two were greatly shaken and had lost any thought of retaliation. They quickly boarded the Fire Crystal meteorite, with Adams urging, "Go! Leave this place immediately! What rotten luck, what kind of monster have we encountered!"

Evelyn glared back in the direction of Shi Yan with a face full of chilling malice. "Once my soul and divine body recover, I will certainly take this brat's life. He has gone too far! He has utterly humiliated us!"

"Don't, don't speak such nonsense! Ah, he, he's caught up! Good heavens, he’s—he’s actually trying to kill us all!" Marisa’s face turned cold, and she scolded him once before looking back, only to scream again.

In the rolling tide of meteorites, Shi Yan streaked like a brilliant shooting star, rushing toward them at incredible speed.

The meteorites that should have blocked his path actually parted voluntarily as he approached, clearing a path for him, as if he were the Lord of the Star River, capable of commanding the stellar meteorites of the Star Sea—a natural overlord of that expanse.

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