The piercing wail of Candice’s soul echoed in the minds of Ziyao and Shi Yan, yet both chose to ignore it completely. Candice’s soul altar, like a massive tuft of cloud cotton, finally plunged into the inky abyss, utterly submerged by the Devouring Black Hole.

Only then did Shi Yan’s eyes suddenly blaze with light, his mental focus snapping sharply, locking onto the pitch-black, ink-like black hole. Threads of soul energy, like nimble filaments, condensed by the profound laws of Space, shot like arrows toward the perimeter of the black hole.

“Whoosh, whoosh…” The Devouring Black Hole roared like a grinding maw, hurricanes howling from within. Candice, who cultivated the profound laws of Wind, had her soul altar become a tempest, its dying echoes still audible.

The furiously operating Devouring Black Hole swallowed Candice’s soul altar, and the terrifying suction force emanating from it noticeably weakened immediately. Now was the moment!

The galaxy within Shi Yan’s pupils suddenly erupted in blinding brilliance. The Fallen Galaxy, clutched tightly in his hand, gave a violent shudder.

Each crystalline star, like a bright diamond, like cold stone, tumbled and spun. These stars became spears of space, imbued with the most intense life fluctuations, launching a fierce assault upon the Devouring Black Hole with unparalleled momentum.

“Roar!” Amidst the bellowing, like the progenitor of demons, Shi Yan charged with a ferocious countenance, his two fingernails hardened into menacing cold blades. “Crack, crack, crack!” Spatial energy coalesced, instantly forming colossal spatial blades upon his nails—jagged, long, and their sharp, chilling light distorted the very void, as if threatening to shatter heaven and earth.

The pounding of his heart thundered like war drums within Shi Yan’s chest. Listening closely, it sounded like a giant dragon roaring at the heavens, a stampede of ten thousand horses—his aura was magnificent!

At this instant, Shi Yan’s mastery of the Star, Space, and Life profound laws all spun into motion. He unleashed the flesh-and-blood energy of his Primal Body simultaneously, impacting the Devouring Black Hole with a suicidal charge.

Taking advantage of the black hole’s momentary stagnation, taking advantage of each star gambling at the black hole’s entrance, he hurled out a savage punch. The punch was like the collapse of mountains and the ruin of the earth, surging life energy dense, starlight splashing, space fracturing!

“Boom, boom, boom!” The fist struck the black hole. The black hole violently convulsed.

The suction force within the Devouring Black Hole abruptly vanished! With a wild, mocking laugh directed toward the sky, Shi Yan, like a demon god, like a massive fiend, let the primal blood boil, burning his life potential with pure physical brute force.

Employing the most terrifying techniques of the Star, Life, and Space profound laws, he delivered consecutive heavy blows, hammering repeatedly into the Devouring Black Hole. Ziyao did not lag behind.

The instant Shi Yan moved, Ziyao’s massive, seven-colored glazed serpentine body suddenly split, transforming into twelve streams of light. Like twelve meteors traversing the cosmos, destined never to fall, they all shot towards the Devouring Black Hole from above.

World-shaking fluctuations emanated from the Devouring Black Hole; at this moment, the void here visibly warped, as if space itself could barely endure. “Pfft!” The Devouring Black Hole, squeezed past its limit, a black, taut sphere, visibly deformed.

It simply could not withstand such terrifying destructive power. After a sharp, anomalous sound, the Devouring Black Hole suddenly shattered, scattering into billions of inky shadows, splashing out like motes of dark light.

Every single dark shadow carried the soul aura of Shi, and every soul aura was dreadfully sinister and evil. “Jie jie!

Jie jie!” Billions of dark figures simultaneously emitted Shi’s eerie, cold laughter. Just as Shi Yan and Ziyao felt a sense of dread, one of the shadows plunged into the Origin of the Devouring Profound Law in the distance.

More dark shadows, splitting from the Devouring Black Hole, which had initially scattered randomly, now seemed to have found their destination. They frantically dove into the Origin of the Law, merging into it one by one.

“By enduring your heavy blow, I finally found an opportunity to immerse myself in the Origin of the Devouring Law. How can your avatar’s soul energy contend with me?

Once I integrate with the Origin of the Devouring Law, devouring everything your avatar possesses, and perfectly fusing the Devouring Law, who in this heaven and earth, in this sea of stars, can oppose me?” Shi’s soul sneered chillingly, the sound echoing from every dark shadow. Those inky figures, like crows, converged back into the Origin of the Devouring Law.

All were absorbed by the Devouring Black Hole. Shi Yan’s face suddenly turned ashen, and Ziyao cried out in alarm, “Damn it, we were schemed against!

This is disastrous!” Shi had used his full strength to condense the Devouring Black Hole, drawing in every living soul with its devouring force, pulling Candice in as well. For Shi Yan, the moment Shi devoured Candice, the need to refine her would cause the profound law to stagnate, momentarily binding Shi himself.

Fully aware of the inherent weakness in the Devouring Law, Shi Yan and Ziyao believed they had seized a once-in-a-lifetime chance to strike him heavily the moment he merged with Candice. And they did exactly that.

Regrettably, after absorbing Candice’s soul altar, Shi merely created the illusion of merging; he hadn't truly activated the Devouring Law, nor was he rushing to assimilate Candice’s altar. Instead, he condensed all his power, waiting for Shi Yan and Ziyao to attack recklessly.

He endured their combined strike head-on, and in the instant both their attentions were fixed upon him, leaving them unable to guard the Origin of the Devouring Law, he split his soul body, transforming into myriad forms using the Soul Controlling Law, surging into the Origin of the Devouring Law at maximum speed. Now, all his avatars had entered the Origin of the Devouring Law, allowing him to reform his main body within it.

Shi, being the progenitor of evil profound laws, was naturally imprinted with Devouring and the Eight Great Evil Forces. He had cultivated this law for eons, drilling into its depths.

With his realm, his laws, and his power, plunging into the Origin of the Devouring Law to vie for fusion with Shi Yan’s avatar—wouldn't success be a foregone conclusion? “If Shi manages to fuse with the Origin of the Devouring Law and refines and absorbs your avatar as well, then he will truly have perfected the Devouring Law to its extreme.

In heaven and earth, very few people could possibly surpass him,” Ziyao’s expression was grave. “If Arang didn't manage to integrate with his corresponding Origin of Law, facing Shi again might not guarantee victory.

And I, because I was preoccupied with guarding this place, have yet to find my corresponding Origin of Law, so I might also struggle to surpass him. The situation… is perilous.” Shi Yan’s gaze turned sharp.

While Ziyao spoke, his Primal Body gradually contracted, slowly reverting to a human form. He forcefully compelled himself to calm down.

After a long pause, his eyes suddenly brightened. “It’s not entirely hopeless!

Because of the combined strike from you and me, Shi’s power and soul have sustained injuries. And since my split soul entered the Origin of the Devouring Law first, it secured the initiative.

Victory is not entirely impossible.” Taking a deep breath, he commanded, “You are no longer needed here. Leave first and search for your corresponding Origin of Law.

My main body will not linger here for long either. My split soul will concentrate all its energy to contend with him, and even if it cannot defeat him, it must slow down his speed of fusing with the Devouring Law.

During this time, I hope you can find your corresponding Origin and integrate with it. My main body will return to the Sea of Life to merge with the Life Profound Law.

If I can integrate the Life Law, even if the avatar fails, the main body will still possess the power to fight in the future!” Since they were currently at a disadvantage here, if both stayed to guard, they would only become more passive. Rather than this, it was better to disperse, striving to strengthen themselves while Shi hadn't yet fused with the Devouring Law.

Once he integrated his own Origin of Law, even if Shi succeeded and Shi Yan’s avatar was destroyed, there would still be hope for recovery. This was the wisest decision.

Ziyao was not foolish. After Shi Yan explained clearly, she nodded and decisively departed without any hesitation.

Shi Yan’s main body sat in place, concentrating to commune with his split soul. He perceived that within the Origin of the Devouring Law, his split soul was still plunging toward the endless source of darkness and evil.

Shi had not fully encountered him yet, and during this interim, the evil and negative energies from the souls of countless beings across various realms continuously surged toward his avatar. His avatar was rapidly gaining energy every second, growing stronger every second!

There was indeed hope of fighting Shi! After pondering for a period, his main body firmly chose to depart, returning to the Sea of Life at the fastest possible speed.

He chose a strategy of splitting his forces. Ziyao and his main body left; his avatar remained within the Origin of the Devouring Law, continually falling toward the heart of endless darkness and evil.

During its descent, the acupoints of this avatar connected to various realms, absorbing the evil from those worlds into its body. His split soul maintained its core consciousness, operating the Devouring Law, frantically absorbing everything.

He could sense his avatar, his split soul, the Eight Great Evil Forces, and the soul altar—all their power was ascending wildly! The Origin of the Devouring Law was like a broad, boundless dark tunnel connecting all the realms in the universe and linking to the Heart of Evil.

After entering, Shi Yan was ceaselessly pulled, involuntarily speeding toward the depths of the tunnel. From the entrance of this tunnel onward, waves of evil thoughts and negative emotions from countless beings submerged him, frantically assaulting his divine body and soul.

However, as he gradually moved deeper into the tunnel, all the evil energy in the tunnel’s center through which he had traveled disappeared. It had been absorbed deep into his body and soul.

The tunnel seemed endless; perhaps he had only traveled a tiny segment, but where he had traveled, there was already no energy left to absorb… Streams of dark shadows began to condense at the tunnel’s entrance, solidifying into a single black figure—Shi’s miniature form. He plunged in, desperately operating the Devouring Law, attempting to swallow the evil thoughts of beings across all realms, absorbing the negative energy to empower himself, building strength for his entry into the Heart of Evil.

He suddenly froze. He realized there was not a single speck of energy at this black hole entrance for him to absorb.

Shi was not foolish; on the contrary, deep within his soul seemed to reside a vague memory of this place. He paused only for a moment before quickly discerning the reason.

“No!” Shi screamed madly, charging toward the depths of the dark tunnel at the fastest speed he could muster. He understood clearly: every second, Shi Yan’s avatar absorbed power and grew stronger.

Every bit Shi Yan advanced into the dark tunnel meant he would absorb a greater portion of the Origin of the Devouring Law’s power, becoming even harder to deal with. If Shi Yan reached the deepest part of the Devouring Law first, entering the Heart of Evil and refining the main Devouring Law, then everything would be too late.

Shi attacked with all his might! …RQ