Streams of silver radiance suddenly shot out from the white crystal at the center of the stone platform, piercing through the sealing power surrounding the platform like an arrow shower aimed at Shi Yan and the two others.

Di Shan and Yu Rou started in alarm.

Without a second thought, the two patriarchs of the Wing Clan instantly unfurled their black and white wings. Ripples of black and white energy swept out from their long pinions, merging with the faint blue light emitted by the Blue Star Stone.

As the silver light streamed through, it struck the hazy blue glow, and in an instant, a spectacular five-colored radiance erupted outward.

The shooting beams of light scattered everywhere; wherever they passed, the shadowy beasts halted, and the mountain walls abruptly shattered.

A heaven-shaking roar suddenly echoed from within the mountain's belly. The majestic peak, towering ten thousand meters high, trembled incessantly. The earth shook with terrifying vibrations, and the giant mountain looked as if it might collapse at any moment.

The tribesmen of the Yin Charm Clan and the Wing Clan surrounding the Shadow Beast Mountain looked up at the towering peak with expressions of panic.

Beneath the firmament, the mountain that stood proudly between heaven and earth emitted a colossal roar, amidst which rocks flew and light flashed.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Amidst the deafening roar, the mountain seemed to be gradually crumbling. The ridge shook violently, and stones hundreds of meters long broke away from the body of the mountain, tumbling down to the slopes on either side, causing the tribesmen of the two clans to flee in terror.

Some tribesmen from the two clans who were slow to react were unfortunately struck by the massive boulders, instantly becoming pulpy messes of flesh and blood.

Inside the mountain, Duo Long, Yi Tian Mo, Ka Ba, and Zha Meng looked grim. Though they wanted to venture deeper to investigate, they were terrified of the destructive power of the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Flame and dared not move rashly, forced instead to wait passively.

However, as time wore on, the anomalies occurring in the Shadow Beast Mountain did not cease; instead, they intensified.

In the sky, the dense net of interwoven lightning slowly contracted.

As the mountain collapsed and boulders tumbled down, peculiar flashes of light streaked through the gray clouds. The entire world was undergoing massive changes amidst the mountain's disintegration.

It was as if the heavens were falling.

Thick gray clouds blanketed everything, plunging the entire Abandoned Land into a world of profound darkness, as if light itself had been swallowed.

Far in the distance, earthquakes were frequent, the ground rising and falling like a roaring sea, unending.

The tribesmen at the foot of the Shadow Beast Mountain felt as if the end of the world had arrived. Many powerful cultivators hovered in mid-air, gazing afar, realizing that the distant earth and the gray clouds had merged into a single line.

Amidst the violent tremors, the ground beneath their feet cracked open, revealing bottomless abysses from which an aura of world-ending devastation emanated.

Spatial annihilation!

The experts of the two clans who possessed even rudimentary common sense quickly grasped what was about to happen, looking upon the lightning-sealed Shadow Beast Mountain with utter despair.

"Blue Star Stone!"

The illusory face appearing within the crystal on the stone platform, centered in the mountain’s core, had delicate features, but its pupils glowed with an eerie silver light. It spoke with a soft yet cold voice: "The Blue Star Stone won't last much longer either!"

"Swish, swish, swish!"

More silver radiance shot out from the pearlescent crystal, striking the blue shield released by the Blue Star Stone.

The blue shield gradually distorted under the assault of the silver beams, its energy rapidly depleting.

The Blue Star Stone in Di Shan's hand blazed brilliantly, yet its power was draining away quickly. In the blink of an eye, the stone had shrunk by a fifth of its mass and continued to shrink fast.

A dark, fierce glint flashed in Di Shan's eyes. He stared coldly ahead, a smirk playing on his lips, and suddenly said, "Shi Yan, you claimed you could help me. Now it’s time to see what you can do."

Shi Yan paused, showing a look of embarrassment.

"Hm?" Di Shan’s expression grew more sinister. He suddenly glared at Shi Yan and barked, "What? Were you just lying to me?"

The White Wing Clan Patriarch felt uneasy. While urging the power from his wings to merge with the blue light, he anxiously urged Shi Yan, "Time is short! If you can restrain the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Flame now, you must act immediately! You see how powerful it is even while shackled by the seal. If it truly breaks free, no one will be able to manage it. If you have a way, don't hesitate, act now!"

"It's too far; I don't know if it will work."

Shi Yan gave a wry smile. "I thought I would be able to reach it, but being this far away, I don't really have the means to..."

"Stop wasting time!" Di Shan roared impatiently. "The power of the Blue Star Stone is being consumed every second. Once its power runs out, Yu Rou and I won't be able to withstand its Devouring Flame either, and we'll have to flee. If you can't deal with it now, we all die here together!"

"I know," Shi Yan nodded, his demeanor resigned, his face gradually growing heavy.

"Boy, you, a mere martial artist who hasn't even reached the Heaven Rank, think you can handle me? A pipe dream!" The Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Flame within the white crystal suddenly sneered coldly. "Forget you; even a powerhouse at the Triple Heaven of the Divine Connection Realm couldn't withstand my Soul-Burning Flame! In this space, without a True God Realm expert, no one can withstand my soul-burning power. Don't waste your effort."

"Do you have a solution?"

Shi Yan ignored the Heavenly Fire's mockery from the white crystal. He took a deep breath, calming his spirit, and sent a mental message into his Blood Rune Ring.

"My life form has just taken shape; I am nowhere near as powerful as that thing. Its soul is immensely strong, and its power terrifying. My flame can only block the ambient Yin energy around it; it cannot destroy its life imprint..." the Ten Thousand Year Earth Core Fire relayed with a note of helplessness.

"The Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Flame ranks much higher than me among the Heavenly Fires. Among the Nine Heavenly Fires, it ranks third, while I am eighth. Its life form is far more perfectly evolved than mine. Furthermore, I have lost too much power recently. Even if I weren't sealed in the ring, facing it, I could only ensure my own survival, not defeat it. It's even more impossible now..."

The Profound Ice Cold Flame hesitated for a moment before transmitting its message, also sounding troubled. "Among the Nine Natural Heavenly Fires, that thing is one of the hardest to deal with. For ages untold, there has never been a rumor of it being subdued. Its power constantly grows, unlike mine, which was once refined by someone. I am no match for it..."

The replies from the Ten Thousand Year Earth Core Fire and the Profound Ice Cold Flame made Shi Yan's expression even heavier. After a brief pause, he realized the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Flame was even more formidable than the Profound Ice Cold Flame. This time, relying only on the Cold Flame and the Earth Core Fire wouldn't be enough; he would have to rely on himself.

"Try using the ring to capture it. Other than that, I genuinely cannot think of any other way to deal with this entity," the Profound Ice Cold Flame messaged helplessly after a moment of silence. "But the distance is too great now, and you cannot fully control the ring. If you rashly throw the ring out, I don't know what might happen..."

"It has to be this way!" Shi Yan's pupils constricted. He cautioned, "You two be careful. I don't know how strong that thing truly is. I hope my action won't harm you."

With that, Shi Yan removed the Blood Rune Ring for the first time. After a moment's hesitation, he hurled the ring toward the crystal on the stone platform.

Life or death rests on this!

Shi Yan silently sent this thought to the Blood Rune Ring.

Torrents of rainbow light suddenly burst from the Blood Rune Ring. Once separated from Shi Yan, the ring transformed into a streak of flowing light, shooting directly toward the platform.

"Bang!"

The Blood Rune Ring struck the barrier surrounding the stone platform but was blocked by the beams of light emanating from the heavens. It failed to pierce the divine light descending from the clouds and couldn't even enter the platform's interior.

Shi Yan’s face suddenly changed!

"Thud."

The Blood Rune Ring landed, releasing gushing streams of blood-red light. The dense minute patterns on the ring's surface slowly shifted, and an aura of ancient desolation slowly seeped out from it.

"Useless..." Di Shan sneered with a sinister expression, looking coldly at Shi Yan, shaking his head in disappointment. "Is that your solution?"

"Prepare to evacuate," Yu Rou sighed softly, her beautiful eyes dim with defeat. "Heaven intends to destroy our two clans..."

"Evacuate?" Di Shan gave a self-mocking laugh. "Where can we evacuate to? The space is shattering bit by bit from the outside in. This Abandoned Land will cease to exist in at most a day. If we leave here, we will still be torn to shreds by the force of spatial collapse. Unless one reaches the True God Realm, their physical body cannot ignore the power of spatial breakage. We will surely die regardless of where we go, as long as we remain in the Abandoned Land. Heaven has left us no path to survival..."

The two Wing Clan patriarchs were filled with utter despair; even their will to fight seemed to gradually fade.

They failed to notice that when Shi Yan threw out the Blood Rune Ring, the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Flame in the white crystal had stopped its taunts and threats. The handsome face projected in the crystal gradually revealed an expression of anxiety.

Its pair of eerie silver pupils were fixed immovably on the Blood Rune Ring, as if sensing something profoundly unusual...

"It's changing! Something is changing inside it—something incredibly peculiar! There's a chance, there's a chance!"

A faint message suddenly came from within the distant Blood Rune Ring, from the Profound Ice Cold Flame. The Cold Flame, trapped inside, sounded utterly astonished, as if it had discovered an earth-shattering change. "Heavens, creating space out of thin air, condensing an octagonal stone platform... It is, it is constructing a new sealing ground inside itself, following the form of the platform! It is..."

"Hm?" Shi Yan's spirit surged, and a dazzling divine light shot from his eyes.

Crimson blood-light, thick as congealed gore, slowly oozed out from the Blood Rune Ring. As it quietly settled onto the ring lying outside the platform, the intricate textures on the ring's surface slowly morphed, forming a mysterious and inscrutable formation...

Gradually, the formation took on the shape of the Eight Trigrams, with a flash of rainbow light vanishing in the center.

The next moment, the gigantic, mysterious crimson sword hidden deep within the Blood Rune Ring suddenly materialized out of thin air.

The mysterious greatsword dragged behind it hundreds of meters of blood-light, unleashing an aura of world-ending ferocity, and cleaved down upon the barrier of the stone platform's formation.

"Rip!"

Like tearing apart a piece of thin paper, the barrier condensed from the divine light descending from the heavens offered no resistance to this sword and shattered instantly.