A magnificent gate of light materialized abruptly above the Soul Clan's cities. After a moment, the gate solidified, and a figure stepped out.

The arrival was Shi Yan.

The power formed from devouring the souls and flesh of Naputon, Keith, Oliver, and the others had not pushed his divine power to the critical point of breakthrough.

Instead, it had forged a new Primal Origin Talisman for him!

This Origin Talisman condensed into an ancient symbol named "Shuttle," manifesting like a heavenly gate within his Spatial Profundity. This was an extraordinary divine ability, a completely new realization of spatial mastery.

Relying on the "Shuttle" divine ability, he could keenly capture the locations of various domains with his spirit, piercing through space to form a domain gate—one that allowed him arbitrary ingress and egress!

It was by utilizing this newly realized divine ability that he traveled directly from the Linming Domain to the depths of the Void Sea, arriving at the Soul Clan's stronghold.

His purpose was simple: a wholesale slaughter, using the lives and altars of the Soul Clan members to nurture his soul energy, enhance his divine power, and quickly ascend to the second heaven of the Domain Ancestor realm.

He and Zi Yao had discussed the Primal Era and the Gate of Primal Things for a long time, reaching an understanding: they both needed to rapidly increase their strength to journey together towards the entrance of the Gate of Primal Things.

The Gate of Primal Things concealed the ultimate secret of the world's genesis and the Primal Split, holding the deepest imprints of the Great Dao. It was rumored to also hide the path and direction for the realm beyond Domain Ancestor.

Legend held that Primal was the ultimate realm beyond Domain Ancestor, possessing the terrifying power to split the heavens and earth, and manifest void domains with a mere thought.

The mutual slaughter among Primal beings was all in pursuit of that Primal step—fusing the flesh and blood essence of their ancestors into one, to replace the Primal with themselves!

Alas. The Primal Era had ended, and no one had ever managed to reach that step.

A new era had already forged experts like Solon, at the third heaven of the Domain Ancestor realm. Yuan Zu remained alive and was also searching for the Gate of Primal Things. Huang and Shi also awakened, making the opening of the Gate of Primal Things an increasingly realistic possibility. Various factions were poised and waiting.

They had to rapidly enhance their power. With the strongest and most formidable realms, they could face the sudden upheavals that might occur at any moment.

For this goal, he would spare no cost!

The Soul Clan, the Devourer Clan, the Ancient Demon Clan, and the Black Demon Clan were the four most powerful races of this age. Back in the Sea of Destruction, these four races had relentlessly hunted him. Even after his return, these four races had never ceased in their efforts to annihilate him and seize the Profundity Talisman Tower.

Time flew by, over a hundred years passed. The four great races remained mighty. However, he was no longer the defenseless lamb he once was.

To rapidly accumulate his strength through the blood and devastation of the four great races became his urgent objective.

The Soul Clan was the first stop!

Hovering above the Soul Clan territory, he remained silent for a long time before letting out a low roar, coalescing his Primal Body and transforming into that towering, ferocious giant.

A terrifying energy capable of destroying heaven and earth instantly permeated the surroundings, enveloping the hearts of every Soul Clan member and winding through every corner of the horizon.

Pitch-black, abyssal Devouring Black Holes emerged above the Soul Clan lands, like massive demonic mouths, releasing an aura that shook heaven and earth.

Profundities such as Soul Control, Death, Corrosion, and Darkness materialized as islands suspended in the Soul Clan sky. Destruction emanated from these islands piled high with white bones, faintly forming a world-ending array. Amidst the shrieks of the Soul Clan members, the ferocious giant in Shi Yan’s form stood among these bone islands.

He roared, shouting, "Back then, Naputon hunted me for the Profundity Talisman Tower, and you Soul Clan issued bounties for my head! Now I have come to see which of you Soul Clan members can take my head!"

"Boom!"

Giant meteorites rolled down from the depths of the Void. This sea of meteors, numbering in the tens of millions, all impacted the Soul Clan territory under the rotation of the Star Profundity.

"Flame Meteor!"

The Vice Soul twisted its Profundity, condensing power with Heavenly Fire, causing the flames to resemble rivers, like molten iron juice, to rain down from the sky.

"Power of Destruction!" "Curtain of Darkness!" "Heart of Despair!"

Shi Yan roared repeatedly, unleashing rampant, destructive evil energies like world-ending tornadoes crashing upon the Soul Clan territory.

Patches of darkness descended, swallowing the light. Under the influence of the Power of Despair, every Soul Clan member was filled with crushing hopelessness and terror, seeing no glimmer of hope.

The Soul Clan, accustomed to their brutal, hellish slaughter and their domineering presence across the Void Sea and all the domains of heaven and earth, never imagined that one day someone as ferocious as Shi Yan could tear through the Soul Clan's domain defenses and descend directly to carry out a bloody massacre!

The Eight Great Evil Powers—Space, Stars, Flame, Life, and other Profundities—operated smoothly. Soul Clan members perished amid agonizing cries.

However, many Soul Clan members below the God-King realm miraculously survived this brutal onslaught of destruction.

Conversely, those of higher cultivation levels were often the primary targets of the destructive power. Origin Gods, Void Gods, Beginning Gods, and Immortal realm experts were singled out by the overwhelming Profundity energies, caught in Shi Yan's scarlet gaze, and executed one after another.

He believed that the slaughter of low-level Soul Clan members, even if killed, would yield little substantial gain to his power.

Only the elimination of the strongest experts would yield the power necessary for a qualitative leap!

The Soul Clan's You Yu was not present currently. Naputon was dead, and another Domain Ancestor had rushed to the Land of the Void, resulting in the Soul Clan territory being entirely devoid of any Domain Ancestors.

This left the Soul Clan without any capacity to counterattack, forced to passively endure Shi Yan's slaughter.

This age spanned hundreds of thousands of years. The seven clans had slowly accumulated their current power and status in the Star Sea over these years.

No one had ever dared to launch such a massacre in the territories of the Seven Clans—never!

Today was the first time!

Like a bloodthirsty fiend, Shi Yan descended upon the Soul Clan lands, initiating a bloody purge against the high-level members, consuming them after slaying them.

Amidst the screams and terror of the lower-level Soul Clan members, Shi Yan's killing lasted for several hours before he vanished eerily.

Next were the territories of the Black Demon Clan, the Ancient Demon Clan, and the Devourer Clan. Shi Yan did not spare these three races, employing the same method and continuing his wholesale slaughter.

The highest-ranking experts of the Black Demon Clan, Ancient Demon Clan, and Devourer Clan, much like You Yu, were temporarily absent from their ancestral lands. All had been invited by Solon for secret discussions and were entirely unaware that their races were being bloodily purged in their absence.

Shi Yan swept through the Black Demon Clan and Ancient Demon Clan territories, slaying tens of thousands of Void Gods, Beginning Gods, and Immortal experts. He then entered the Devourer Clan lands, wreaking havoc in that eerie, gloomy world, using Devouring Profundity as his source to drown the Devourer Clan members one by one.

The Devourer Clan ancestral land possessed a deep ocean, and in the depths of that ocean lay a secret area—the cultivation ground of Shi.

Shi Yan's rampage within the Devourer Clan awakened Shi. Shi woke from cultivation, raging and determined to keep Shi Yan there. A colossal, dark abyss materialized above the gloomy territory. However, just as it arrived, Shi Yan’s figure was already fading into a gate of light.

In the Devourer Clan territory, countless bones of their kin remained from the attack. The earth was scarred by innumerable meteor strikes and burning fire pits.

In a short span, Shi Yan had inflicted a grave injury upon the Devourer Clan, departing using his Spatial Profundity divine ability just before Shi arrived.

Shi roared in madness, watching his clansmen perish. Its rage seemed to pierce through space, tearing through barriers, reaching the deepest core of Shi Yan’s soul.

"When I break through my realm and advance further, you too will become a target for my annihilation."

Shi Yan’s soul fluctuation transmitted across the boundless space, echoing above the Devourer Clan lands and manifesting within Shi's consciousness.

Shi, which had transformed into a Devouring Black Hole, felt Shi Yan's soul fluctuation and grew even angrier. It realized that its hatred for Shi Yan was gradually surpassing that it held for Huang.

A gate of light suddenly flickered into existence within the Phantom Clan territory.

Shi Yan stepped out composedly, arriving at the Phantom Clan’s sacred ground, materializing out of thin air in this wonderland that resembled paradise.

Releasing his spiritual consciousness, he quickly locked onto Mei Ji’s location. With a mere thought, he arrived at the palace where Mei Ji resided and manifested his true form with a smile.

"Shi Yan!" Mei Ji exclaimed in immense delight.

"I came because I need to refine a Primal Origin Talisman for you. I gained immensely this trip. Once I digest it, I might break through to the second heaven of the Domain Ancestor realm and temper one or two more Origin Talismans," Shi Yan said without preamble, stating his purpose directly. He then asked, "Mandis isn't here?"

"She was invited away by Solon. It’s said the strongest experts of the Seven Clans all accepted Solon’s invitation," Mei Ji explained. Then her eyes brightened, "You said you gained immensely? What kind of gains? I only heard you fought Yuan Zu in the Lanyi Star Domain; the specific details are unclear."

"Then do you know that just before this, I was active in the territories of the Soul Clan, Black Demon Clan, Devourer Clan, and Ancient Demon Clan?" Shi Yan grinned slyly.

"No, I haven't received news yet," Mei Ji shook her head.

"I think you’ll be busy soon once you receive news of the bloody massacres in the ancestral lands of those four races. Although those four ancestral lands weren't the sole gathering points for their entire clans, many of their experts were undoubtedly cultivating there. I've managed to thoroughly offend those four races now; it’s bound to be an irreconcilable enmity from now on," he said dismissively.

Mei Ji’s face turned pale with shock. "You—you went and massacred the ancestral lands of those four clans? Heavens! You really did that?"

She could hardly believe it.

"How they treated me back then is exactly how I treat them now!" Shi Yan's expression was cold and indifferent. "It's nearly impossible for the top figures of those four great races to kill me now; facing them individually, I might not even lose. What is there to fear? Once I refine this power and break through to the second heaven of the Domain Ancestor realm, hmph, even You Yu, Beifuli, Ega, and the others combined won't be able to kill me!"

Such confidence left Mei Ji stunned and uncertain, momentarily speechless.

...RQ