Shi Yan's agonizing roar erupted, shaking the void with its sound. The original body, which should have been merging with the evil clone, wildly turned back, fighting towards Huang with reckless abandon.

"Thump-thump-thump!"

His heart pounded like a war drum; bones, sinews, and flesh swelled, surging with vital energy like a tide. This life force manipulated the profound mysteries of space, and in an instant, he descended beside the colossal dragon.

The sea of stars shone brilliantly, weaving into long chains; countless stars twinkled within them. These chains held indestructible stars, and an eternal, mysterious will pierced through, coiling around the dragon’s body like a vast galaxy.

Shi Yan, manifesting in the form of a towering giant, wielded the Star Chain, binding the dragon’s form. His twin claw-blades, like serrated edges of space, fiercely sliced into Huang's dragon body.

"Krak-krak-krak!"

The dragon scales, hard as iron and stone, scraped and split under the space-sawing action of the claw-blades, shattering and exploding piece by piece. Huang’s body, dense and rich with life force, was instantly rent open, flesh tearing from bone.

"Die for me!"

Roaring in fury, Shi Yan moved like a madman. His two claw-blades acted like ten broadswords, slicing and waving, tearing away chunks of flesh.

"Wooooaaarr!"

Huang shrieked in agony. His massive body, stretching across billions of miles, convulsed and shuddered like a mountain range caught in an earthquake. Energies of various different elemental profound truths erupted from every region of his form.

Blazing flames soared to the heavens, hurricanes raged, dust condensed into demonic dragons, gold hardened into iron mountains, hail tumbled down…

The Five Elements—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—alongside the dazzling, sacred canopy of light, gravity multiplied ten million times over, and the explosions of mountains and lakes within the Huang Domain… all transformed into ferocious, sky-shattering energies, bombarding Shi Yan’s Primal Body.

"Crack-crack!"

It was as if he were being struck by a hundred million firecrackers; Shi Yan’s body exploded with continuous concussive sounds. Even his supremely resilient form became drenched in blood.

"Life Imprisonment Lock!"

From the corner of the Huang Dragon's horn, the Life Soul Tree suddenly flew out, carrying a soul-shaking surge of life force. The tree grew ceaselessly, rapidly expanding to a size matching Huang’s colossal dragon body. As Shi Yan’s body detonated all over, the Life Soul Tree suddenly branded itself onto his chest like a tattoo.

More branches erupted wildly; the Life Soul Tree became an ancient wooden cage, its knotted branches and roots spreading across his entire body like a tenacious net.

In an instant, the tree transformed into a massive prison, tightly wrapping Shi Yan’s massive frame. The tree acted like a terrifying vine demon, squeezing him relentlessly, intending to crush him utterly and drain every last spark of his vitality, extinguishing his life completely.

The Life Soul Tree was one of the two top-tier Divine Artifacts held by Huang. It was related to his dominance over heaven and earth in the Primal Era. Forged and tempered over eons, these two artifacts had grown increasingly terrifying, capable of manifesting the ultimate expression of a single profound truth, unleashing unimaginable, horrific power.

Entangled by the dense branches of the Life Soul Tree, Shi Yan’s monstrous, sky-piercing original body struggled desperately. The more he moved, the tighter the branches constricted, slowly pushing him into an extremely difficult and perilous situation.

"Once I digest her and fuse with the purest Primal Blood, I will surely break through the shackles! Step into the Ultimate!"

Huang twisted his body, roaring toward the sky. Inside his vast, spreading form, mountains and rivers seemed to swell, causing violent and intense activity in his abdomen.

Ziyao was fighting back fiercely within his belly!

Shi Yan was burning with anxiety, his face turning extremely grim as he desperately strained to break free from the Life Soul Tree’s restraint.

He knew clearly that Ziyao and Shi, who had survived the Primal Era without perishing, were both top-tier, ferocious experts. The refinement of Primal Blood was extremely high in that age; those who survived the endless slaughter among Primal Beings undoubtedly absorbed the greatest variety of Primal Blood.

Ziyao, Shi, and Huang had all fed upon the Primal essence blood of countless peers, continuously perfecting their physical bodies and bloodlines, slowly climbing to their current formidable status. Their power was built upon the accumulated corpses of countless others of their kind.

The Primal Essence Blood within Ziyao contained the essence of dozens of different species; that was why she was so powerful. If Huang absorbed and refined it, his strength would inevitably skyrocket!

Compared to Yuan, the purity and wonder of the Primal Essence Blood within Ziyao was more than a tier higher!

This was because Yuan, during the Primal Era, could not stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Ziyao, Huang, or Shi. Yuan dared not participate in the final battle and naturally could not devour and refine the essence blood of many peers. Thus, even after a full era of recuperation and accumulation, he remained fearful and uneasy when facing ferocious beings like Ziyao, Huang, and Shi.

He was still inferior.

The reason was that his Primal Essence Blood had never undergone repeated refinement and condensation; it was not as miraculous and pure as that of Huang, Shi, or Ziyao. The evolution of his Primal Body was limited. This gap was not something that could be bridged simply by accumulating divine power over many years.

"You cannot bind me!"

Suddenly, a spark of inspiration flashed, and Shi Yan roared, pointing toward the center of his brow.

A transparent sphere of life emerged from his Profound Truth layer. Within this translucent orb was a thick, milky-white ocean—the Origin of the Life Profound Truth!

As the transparent sphere appeared, an aura of the origin of life was released, emanating mysterious and immeasurable life fluctuations like ripples spreading outward.

A will imbued with Shi Yan’s life aura shot out from the Life Profound Truth Orb and merged into the Life Soul Tree.

The Life Soul Tree was a Divine Artifact of the Life Profound Truth, containing a spirit—a life spirit condensed based on the will imprinted by Huang. This spirit was originally completely obedient to Huang, but under the influence of the life origin aura, the spirit became disoriented. It perceived the incoming aura carried the mark of the life origin…

It was an aura that instinctively drew it in, an aura it instinctively wanted to fuse with and obey. Under the influence of that aura and spirit, it had no desire to resist.

The densely knotted, vigorous branches slowly slackened, releasing their restrictive hold.

Even the Life Soul Tree gradually shrank, receding into Shi Yan’s chest, as if it wished to merge with Shi Yan's heart and become a part of Shi Yan's divine body.

Shi Yan possessed an aura that caused it to feel kinship, an aura that made it want to merge proactively…

"I understand now."

Shi Yan muttered to himself, reaching out to press against the Life Soul Tree. Trickles of life force, shining like flowing light, entered the Life Soul Tree one by one.

The Life Soul Tree had been refined by Huang for many years as a Primal Artifact, carrying Huang's spiritual will and soul imprint—such an artifact almost never changed masters.

But Shi Yan possessed an extremely rare uniqueness.

Firstly, he also cultivated the Life Profound Truth, and the origin of that Life Profound Truth ultimately derived from Huang, having evolved gradually from the origin of the Divine Grace Continent. Furthermore, he had merged with the Origin of the Divine Grace and Divine Favor Continents, which were formed from two of Huang’s separated souls. This caused his body to also carry Huang’s imprinted aura. Consequently, the Life Soul Tree perceived Shi Yan as its rightful master, Huang!

Therefore, the Life Soul Tree lost its confusion and, guided by the Origin of the Life Profound Truth, proactively moved to integrate with Shi Yan.

By a fortunate coincidence, Huang’s most core Divine Artifact not only ceased binding Shi Yan but also merged into Shi Yan’s body, gradually connecting with his entire network of meridians, set to augment Shi Yan’s life force with even greater power.

"Truly heaven aids me!"

Shi Yan’s spirit soared. Feeling the surge of life energy within him, he gathered his power again, using the Fallen Star River to continue restraining Huang's dragon body, and transforming his spatial power into countless blades to violently destroy Huang’s form.

"Soon! Almost there!"

At this moment, Huang was fully focused on refining Ziyao’s Primal Body. Inside his abdomen, Ziyao had summoned her true form and was struggling fiercely. Unfortunately, the Primal spirit's will continuously suppressed and overwhelmed her soul altar, preventing her profound truths from exerting their full power, allowing Huang to seize the opportunity to refine her blood.

When the Life Soul Tree mutated, Huang was startled. With a slight shift of his mind, he understood the reason.

Huang was extremely calm. Discovering the unfavorable situation, without a second thought, he twisted his body like a dragon ascending to the heavens, choosing to temporarily leave the Sea of Consciousness layer and surge towards the Profound Truth layer above.

"You shall not escape!"

Shi Yan roared fiercely. Just as he was about to pursue, an even vaster mental will struck down. This mental invasion was like countless lightning dragons plunging directly into his Sea of Consciousness, flooding it and threatening to cause its collapse.

He clutched his head, shouting in agitation, his massive divine body swaying as if about to fall.

"No! This won't do! His consciousness is becoming clearer, his spiritual power stronger. At this rate, he is recovering rapidly! Once he awakens, this heaven and earth, this world, and all things will face unimaginable disaster, and I too will surely meet my doom!"

"Why? Why is he helping Huang? And why help Solon and Yuan? Why bestow power upon them to fight against me? Why? Why?"

"Because unless it is you, whoever breaks through the Domain Ancestor realm and steps to the next level, he will awaken!" Suddenly, his evil clone transmitted a thought.

As this thought arrived, the endless darkness vanished. A gigantic black hole began to slowly swallow Yuan’s body. Solon was enveloped by a sticky droplet, which within it was filled with terrifying corrosive power.

Solon was being corroded bit by bit; death would be his final destination. He could no longer escape.

Yuan was also a Primal Being, branded with fragmented memories and soul remnants from the Primal Era. The black hole formed by the evil clone, while consuming Yuan, utilized the profound mystery of consuming profound truths to instantly extract Primal Essence Blood, transforming it into the evil clone’s bloodline…

As the consumption progressed, as the Primal Essence Blood was refined and fused, Yuan’s initial memory fragments transformed into a series of imprints surging into the evil clone's mind. When combined with the memory fragments of the clone’s own Shi nature, a massive enigma suddenly became clear.

Huang, Shi, Yuan, and Ziyao, through the slaughter of the Primal Era and the condensation of Primal Blood, had evolved their life forms step by step, moving closer to the Primal body. These four beings all originated from a part of the Primal entity, condensed from the Primal entity’s split souls and severed limbs.

The mutual slaughter among them would ultimately result in one victor.

This final victor, regardless of who it was, would refine the Primal Essence Blood of the other three and fuse it into themselves, pushing their life evolution to the extreme, breaking the shackles of the Domain Ancestor realm, and entering the Ultimate state!

Regrettably, when that moment arrived, it would also be the moment of their own complete disappearance!

As the Primal Essence Blood gradually integrated and approached perfection, as their bloodlines became flawless and their Primal Essence Blood completely converged, they would no longer be them. They would be the Primal Entity!

The completely awakened Primal Entity!