Shi Yan's main body held Mei Ji, slowly retreating from the Primordial Soul Pool, desperately fighting the invasion targeting his mind. On the Soul Altar, a formidable spiritual will, like a massive, twisting, ferocious bolt of lightning, writhed in his sea of consciousness.

This will possessed an unimaginably wondrous power, causing the wisps of his divine sense to dissipate one by one, vanishing like storm clouds scattered by a squall. That lightning-swift, powerful will gradually pressed toward his soul pool, intent on shattering it.

His spiritual consciousness coalesced into a shield of starlight, gathering barriers of the void, using boundless, surging vital energy to continuously resist the lightning, setting up layer upon layer of barriers, restrictions, and arcane formations, attempting multiple times to intercept the bolt. Meanwhile.

The Evil Avatar activated the Profundity of Devouring; a colossal, pitch-black cavern yawned open, descending from the heavens to swallow up Solon and Yuan. Amidst this, Huang remained immobile, but his gaze was ice-cold and sharp, fixed directly on his two avatars.

Zi Yao looked anxious, keen to help, but was constrained by the overwhelming force of the established rules and order; all her profound divine power was locked away, unable to be used to help Shi Yan's main body escape. "No!" Solon shrieked, suddenly bursting open across his body, blood surging wildly, his face twisting into a ghastly, terrifying mask.

The Wheel of Destiny beneath his feet reformed into a ring, which he slipped onto his finger. Trembling, he was just about to channel the power of destiny when his soul suddenly shook violently.

Streams of sweet, mellow, wondrous energy flowed like rivers, piercing into his sea of consciousness. The massive will that had previously restrained him vanished instantly and completely.

In the soul pool of his sea of consciousness, the soul power of the initial origin surged explosively! Solon's power escalated exponentially at an immeasurable rate!

"Hmph?" The Evil Avatar gasped, his eyes narrowing. From his brow emerged islands of blood-soaked bone, and overwhelming auras of fierce malevolence and evil spread wildly as the eight great evil powers cycled.

"Kill!" Solon formed arcane seals with both hands, pressing them heavily onto a page of the Book of Destiny, landing directly on Yuan's soul-thread of gray life essence. The weakened Yuan, who had also been impacted by that vast spiritual will, was suddenly freed and, like Solon, bestowed with an incomprehensible surge of mysterious power.

Yuan’s strength skyrocketed, his spirit instantly roused, giving him hope of seizing control of the situation. "Oh?" Huang and Zi Yao, observing the entire situation without moving their bodies, let out soft gasps simultaneously.

Their gazes suddenly fell upon the Primordial Soul Pool; they keenly noticed that the surface area of the Primordial Soul Pool had shrunk ever so slightly—as if a portion of pure soul liquid had departed, drawing energy from the pool... Connecting this observation with the ferocious growth of Solon’s and Yuan’s power, their minds stirred, and they instantly understood where that soul energy had gone.

But why would the Primordial be actively aiding Solon and Yuan? Helping Solon and Yuan counteract Shi Yan?

It was precisely so! "Owooo!" Yuan roared to the sky, his human form inflating like a balloon.

In an instant, it transformed into his Primordial body—a physique vast as mountains and seas, with a serpent's head and a tortoise's body. The aura of the Origin of Water Profundity he released forcefully carved out a vast, deep, surging ocean before the Devouring Black Hole condensed by the Evil Avatar.

The ocean, rippling with jade-green waves, was composed entirely of Yuan’s divine power and soul energy—the purest essence condensed, possessing formidable defensive might. Solon’s power had also surged.

Holding the Book of Destiny and stepping on the Wheel of Destiny, his face was grim. "Why suddenly turn on us?" "You are easy to kill..." The Evil Avatar grinned with a savage sneer, his monstrous, soaring malevolence capable of obliterating the good thoughts of billions of beings.

That aura of absolute wickedness and ferocity was even more terrifying than that of the original Shi! "Heh heh!

You think you can stop me?" This Evil Avatar also roared and transformed in an instant, shedding his form to reveal his Primordial Body! A massive physique strikingly similar to the main body’s, yet this one was covered naturally in dense plates of armor, with strange, sharp spikes protruding from its shoulders, elbows, and knees.

Its claws were as sharp as blades, and from its spine sprouted vast, wide bony wings, like Yuan's... However, this Primordial Body condensed by the Evil Avatar had long hair the color of blood red.

Each strand was as thick as an arm, and upon closer inspection, they resembled countless grotesque tentacles, constantly whipping and whirling, trailing terrifying auras of death, despair, destruction, and darkness, as if the original Shi's body had been melted within. Furthermore, the skin of this Primordial Body was pitch black, and its eyes looked as if they were dripping blood.

Its malevolence towered to the heavens, embodying every fierce god, devil, and monstrous giant in existence, encompassing the wickedness of billions! An aura entirely distinct from the main body's!

"Sssshhkk!" The vast ocean condensed from Yuan’s Water Profundity was torn apart like silk tapestry. The Evil Avatar, whose two claws resembled immense blades of Yuan, strode forward amidst the surging demonic, malevolent, and evil qi.

Everywhere he passed, light was swallowed, and a darkness so thick one could not see five fingers spread forth with him. Yuan and Solon were immediately engulfed by the endless darkness.

Their sight perceived no light, and even when they released their soul consciousness, it felt like drifting in pitch-black seawater—unable to sense anything, unable to discover anything. The Evil Avatar consumed the original Shi, fusing with the Devouring Origin.

That Evil Heart gathered the obsessions of all sources of wickedness in the world, transforming into the King of Ten Thousand Demons, the Progenitor of Evil Gods, the ancestor of giants, condensing the evil wills of all living things, controlling the inner demons, desires, evil thoughts, slaughter, madness, fear, and numerous negative beginnings of sentient beings... "Even if the Primordial helps you, it will be useless; you still cannot escape." In the boundless darkness, Shi Yan's Evil Avatar's insane, brutal sneer was heard.

That evil sound spread out, reverberating ceaselessly in the minds of powerful cultivators across every race in the universe. In the outside universe, across the great domains and realms, many powerful cultivators refining profound Profoundities, upon breaking through a bottleneck, were suddenly afflicted by intensified inner demons.

As if hearing an epoch-defining demonic sound, or invaded by immense evil, they exploded their altars and died. Many docile spiritual beasts also suddenly exhibited madness at this moment; their bloodthirsty, instinctual sides were awakened, and on the planets of the great realms, many beasts began slaughtering one another, as if all had gone mad.

Even the most ordinary mortals felt inexplicably irritable and intensely suppressed, yearning to unleash the evil within them to the fullest. The sneer of Shi Yan's Evil Avatar in this place actually managed to resonate across heaven and earth, influencing the emotions of all beings and stirring up their inner demons.

The stronger the cultivator's realm, the more intense the effect; many high-level testers who had reached the level of Origin God suffered violent soul shocks, spitting blood as they forced themselves to meditate and purify the evil thoughts within. "Ping!" Simultaneously, Shi Yan’s main body, carrying Mei Ji, finally broke free from the Primordial Soul Pool.

As Mei Ji distanced herself slightly from the pool, the confusion on her face gradually vanished, and her consciousness drifted back. "I will try not to cause you any more trouble." Mei Ji came back to her senses, frowned, and exerted her utmost to condense the power of Ice.

Vast slabs of cold ice covered her entire body, slowly forming what looked like a colossal glacier. She sealed herself within the glacier, even the interior of her Soul Altar becoming thickly frosted.

If someone could probe deep into her mind, they would find her sea of consciousness, soul pool, profundity layers, domain, and soul all transformed into a state of ice. This self-sealing was the strongest defensive method of the Ice Profundity: Absolute Freeze.

A bone-chilling cold radiated from her. Shi Yan paused for a moment before secretly nodding, praising Mei Ji’s intelligence.

He then moved away from her, intending to enter that boundless darkness to join forces with his Avatar and first refine and devour Solon and Yuan. Taking a step forward, his main body also rapidly enlarged, condensing into the Primordial Body—identical in form and appearance to the Avatar’s, but this body possessed a heavy, upright, righteous aura, untainted by any hint of wickedness.

"Crack! Crack!

Crack!" Suddenly, Huang, who had been immobilized by the Primordial’s powerful spiritual will, heard dense cracking sounds from his bones. Amidst a roar, he too completed his transformation, once again assuming the form of a primeval giant dragon.

As he roared, his own eyes showed a look of horror, and he suddenly looked up toward the heavens, his dragon body shaking violently. A clear, pure stream gushed out from the Primordial Soul Pool, tracing a graceful parabola directly toward the head of his dragon form.

It flowed smoothly into his sea of consciousness and soul pool! An ineffable, primal, mysterious energy mingled with his soul pool, causing him to undergo a complete metamorphosis; his divine body, soul, and spiritual will felt reborn.

The incredibly wonderful sensation moved him so deeply he nearly suffered a mental shock and shed tears. He finally understood why Solon’s and Yuan’s powers had suddenly surged!

It was a direct bestowal from the Primordial! Huang grasped it and awoke abruptly, realizing that the Primordial's spiritual will, having failed to seize him, Solon, and Yuan and force them to integrate into the Primordial Soul Pool, saw Shi Yan's Evil Avatar descending from the sky.

In order to stop Shi Yan and prevent the Evil Avatar from absorbing them, the Primordial had adopted a new strategy. The Primordial intended for him, Yuan, and Solon to counterbalance Shi Yan.

At this moment, Mei Ji had frozen herself, sealing her existence with the ultimate defense of the Ice Profundity, temporarily immune to all external forces and environments. In this state, even Huang would require a measurable investment of time and energy to kill her.

Zi Yao remained locked in struggle with the Primordial’s spiritual will. The Primordial’s awakening thoughts had released Solon, Yuan, and Huang, granting each of them mysterious energy, yet it continued to suppress Hui, preventing her from breaking free.

This was because the Primordial knew that if Zi Yao were to break free of restraint, she would side with Shi Yan. Shi Yan left Mei Ji aside.

Seeing that Zi Yao was unharmed, he did not linger, heading to assist his Evil Avatar to destroy Solon and Yuan first. Huang’s complete liberation was the Primordial's ruthless strike against him.

However, nothing in the universe is absolute; even the Primordial, the progenitor of all things and the source of all life, could not account for every variable... "Hmph!

You want me to act according to your plan? You want me to obey you and let you control my destiny?

Dream on!" Huang’s expression turned cold, and he curled his lips into a strange smile. He did not attack Shi Yan’s main body.

Instead, as Shi Yan’s main body moved toward the endless darkness, Huang suddenly erupted, charging wildly toward Zi Yao! "If I can just fuse with your Primordial Essence Blood, I will surely be able to cross that final step and ascend to the ultimate realm!" Huang, transformed into a giant dragon, opened his crimson maw.

Taking advantage of Zi Yao resisting the Primordial’s spiritual will and Shi Yan’s main body rushing toward his Evil Avatar, he suddenly swallowed Zi Yao whole. (To be continued)