“Prepare to devour; we only have one chance,” Li Mu instructed the Five-Colored Flood Dragon in a deep voice, while his hands rapidly formed seals, pushing the Spiritual Power within his body to its limit.
The Treasure Mansion Spirit received Li Mu's command and instantly responded, soaring into the air, its form ethereal, rapidly expanding, its eyes fixed on the black palace complex about to detach from Dark Spirit Star.
After several months of hard work, Li Mu had expended a great deal of effort to refine the entire black palace, transforming it into a unique spiritual domain. Now, at the most critical moment, he would completely isolate the Spiritual Veins confined within it from Dark Spirit Star.
These Spiritual Veins were the essence of Dark Spirit Star. Once separated, it would inevitably cause the entire Dark Spirit Star to fall into decay, and the Heavenly Dao Will of this Realm would not tolerate such a thing.
However, the coming of the Dharma-ending Age, with its Spiritual Qi depletion, forced Li Mu to make some preparations for the future.
Moreover, the life force of this eighth-tier Dragon egg had been inextricably bound to the black palace. Unable to find any other means to save this precious Dragon egg, Li Mu had no choice but to resort to this last resort, first packing the entire palace into the Treasure Mansion.
“Rise!”
Li Mu roared in a deep voice, his entire body surging with Spiritual Power as he fully activated the grand array.
The next moment, the entire black palace complex was lifted by an invisible force, slowly rising and gradually separating from the ground below. Innumerable Spiritual Veins Spirits materialized, unable to bear their separation from Dark Spirit Star, struggling wildly, attempting to break free from the confinement of the black palace complex.
The act of stripping the Spiritual Veins was akin to gouging out the heart of Dark Spirit Star, and its severe consequences were immeasurable.
At this moment, Dark Spirit Star trembled violently, the earth raging, the sky wailing, the power of the stars losing its former balance, Chaos Qi rampant, the Heaven and Earth in chaos. Giant cracks, like a spiderweb, spread across the surface of Dark Spirit Star, releasing a profound and terrifying aura—the mournful cries and struggles of the planet's Origin power.
The entire palace array surged with power, shimmering with a dark and mysterious glow, forcefully suppressing the resistance of the Spiritual Veins Spirits, ensuring they could not escape this final restraint. Each Spiritual Vein Spirit was like a giant python endowed with life, twisting and roaring, but before this powerful array, their strength seemed so minuscule.
As Li Mu and the black palace complex gradually separated, the wails and struggles of those Spiritual Veins Spirits that had once nourished the entire planet now echoed like starlight tears, scattering into the endless Void Realm. Simultaneously,
At this moment, the Heavenly Dao Will above Dark Spirit Star was also stirred. In the sky, dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, and purple lightning, like giant Dragons, roamed across the horizon, deafening roars rising and falling.
Seeing this, the Five-Colored Flood Dragon, while fearing the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation, could not suppress its excitement. Its massive body continuously tumbled in the air, its bright eyes fixed on the floating black palace, eager to incorporate it into the Treasure Mansion.
“Treasure Mansion, now!”
Li Mu roared, successfully activating the isolation array, separating the black palace, and then decisively ordered the Treasure Mansion Spirit.
“Yes, Master!”
The Five-Colored Flood Dragon was overjoyed. It let out a long roar to the sky, its body surging with five-colored light, transforming into a brilliant, gigantic Dragon shadow. It opened its massive maw and swallowed the black palace like a whale.
A powerful suction erupted from the Treasure Mansion Spirit's mouth, forming a massive vortex, attempting to slowly pull the refined black palace into its mouth. However, the wails and resistance of countless Spiritual Veins Spirits converged into an undeniable force. Though bound, their indomitable will, originating from the Realm's will, made the entire devouring process exceptionally difficult.
The tug-of-war between the black palace and the Treasure Mansion Spirit was like a fierce clash of two ancient forces in the Void Realm, stirring up layers of Spiritual Power ripples, shaking the surrounding space. The black palace, this behemoth formed by the condensation of countless Spiritual Veins Spirits, shimmered with a dark and profound light, as if containing the will of the entire Dark Spirit Star, unwilling to be easily stripped away.
The Treasure Mansion Spirit, on the other hand, displayed its majesty and power as an eighth-tier Heavenly Treasure. The massive vortex was like a black hole, capable of devouring everything. However, facing the stubborn resistance of the black palace, the vortex's suction seemed to be somewhat weakened, making the pull exceptionally strenuous.
At the same time, the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation also reacted. The first purple bolt of lightning, like an arrow of divine punishment, pierced through the heavy obstruction of the dark clouds, carrying destructive power, and fiercely struck down towards the Painting World Treasure Mansion, which was in the process of devouring, to stop the devouring.
This lightning bolt contained the Heavenly Dao's wrath and retribution against Heaven-Defying acts. Its might was enough to make any living being tremble, and it was merely the beginning; more terrifying lightning was already poised.
At this critical moment, Li Mu's Divine Thought moved, and the grand array for defending against the Lightning Tribulation activated, shining brightly. A massive barrier woven from Spiritual Power instantly unfolded around Li Mu and the Five-Colored Flood Dragon, like a brilliant starry shield, blocking the destructive power of the purple lightning.
How could the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation be so easily resisted?
As the first purple lightning bolt was blocked, the dark clouds in the sky grew denser, and the lightning intertwined more frequently. A more terrifying aura was brewing. The second, the third… more and more purple lightning bolts, like a raging tide, bombarded the protective grand array constructed by Li Mu, wave after wave.
Before long, under the bombardment of the Lightning Tribulation, the grand array collapsed.
The next Purple Heaven Tribulation Lightning, like an enraged Dragon emerging from its abyss, carried an invincible might, striking directly at the Five-Colored Flood Dragon's phantom, vowing to swallow this Heaven-Defying entity into the endless lightning and fire.
Seeing this, Li Mu's eyes brightened, as if he had perceived the secrets of Heaven and Earth. With a wave of his hand, ripples immediately spread across the Void Realm. The sixth-tier Talisman—the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman”—appeared out of thin air at this moment, carrying endless Profound Truths of space and time, like a divine sword from ancient times, about to begin a new legend.
The “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman,” under Li Mu's control, fully awakened. The temporal and spatial spiritual patterns flowing on it, like the trajectories of stars, suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, illuminating the entire Heaven and Earth. The Talisman was no longer an inanimate object; it transformed into the sharpest blade in Heaven and Earth, its edge pointing directly at the sky, vowing to sever the restraints from the Heavenly Dao.
“Slash!” Li Mu's low roar was like thunder, his voice piercing the clouds, resonating with Heaven and Earth. The Spiritual Power within his body surged like a river pouring backward, rushing into the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman.”
In an instant, the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman” transformed into a brilliant blade of space and time, instantaneously cutting through the sky, accurately meeting the Purple Heaven Tribulation Lightning.
“Boom!” A heaven-shaking colossal sound vibrated the Void Realm. The Purple Heaven Tribulation Lightning and the blade light fiercely collided in mid-air, erupting with dazzling light and violent energy fluctuations. The entire Heaven and Earth seemed to lose color at this moment, leaving only endless lightning and blade light intertwined. The Purple Heaven Tribulation Lightning, upon contact with the blade light, was instantly split in two, and then, under the pull of the power of space and time, dissipated into nothingness along a specific trajectory, as if it had never descended upon this Heaven and Earth.
However, would the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation easily admit defeat? It seemed to be utterly enraged by the resistance of the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman.” The dark clouds above the sky rolled even more violently, and the thunder roared, like the wrath of Heaven and Earth.
The giant thunder brewed to its peak within the dark clouds, finally erupting with a roar, transforming into a purple light pillar that pierced through Heaven and Earth, carrying world-destroying power, and once again striking towards the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman.”
Facing this unprecedentedly terrifying Lightning Tribulation, Li Mu rapidly formed hand seals, his entire body surging with True Essence, and his Divine Sense fully focused on manipulating the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman.”
The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi seemed to respond to the summons of the 'Sky-Rending Blade Talisman,' converging wildly. Not only did it quickly replenish the Talisman's consumed Spiritual Power, but it also formed a massive and complex Five Elements Spiritual Power shield around it. The Five Elements powers of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth intertwined, forming dazzling rings of light that tightly enveloped the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman,” like an impregnable fortress standing in the sea of lightning.
Under the protection of the Five Elements power, the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman” displayed astonishing might. It seemed to transform into the Dominator of Heaven and Earth, guiding the lightning to move along specific trajectories, dissolving the destructive power of the Lightning Tribulation that originally intended to destroy everything, one by one, into nothingness. And those lightning bolts that could not escape became nourishment for the Talisman's growth, making the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman” even sharper after the baptism of the Lightning Tribulation.
The “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman,” this Talisman containing the profound Profound Truths of temporal flow, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements, under Li Mu's exquisite control, seemed to resonate with the most minute pulsations of the Universe. Each movement was accompanied by subtle distortions and precise reorganizations of space and time. It had transcended the scope of a mere Talisman, transforming into a sharp blade in Li Mu's hand to counter the Heavenly Might Lightning Tribulation. At certain critical moments, it even seemed to Awaken its own Soul, actively leaping out to directly face the rampaging purple lightning in the sky, displaying a will that transcended the mundane.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
The Lightning Tribulation was continuous, the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, like a raging sea, surged forth wave after wave, vowing to swallow all living beings into the endless lightning and fire. However, the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman,” with its astonishing power, repeatedly dissolved these destructive forces into nothingness.
Under the ravages of the Lightning Tribulation, the extraordinary efficacy of the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman” was fully activated. This Talisman, meticulously drawn with nearly a thousand mysterious patterns, not only possessed the miraculous effects of absorbing the spirits of all things and self-repair, but also could continuously strengthen itself with the nourishment of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power, and even the baptism of lightning. Li Mu successfully used it to counter one sharp lightning bolt after another.
Time flew by. Under the full cover of the “Sky-Rending Blade Talisman,” the Five-Colored Flood Dragon's devouring action also achieved Breakthrough progress, finally successfully incorporating the black palace into the Treasure Mansion Space.
With the disappearance of the black palace, the heavy thunderclouds that originally shrouded Dark Spirit Star seemed to sense some invisible pressure. They slowly and unwillingly dispersed, as if the Heavenly Dao Will, after a brief struggle and reluctance, finally had to face reality and helplessly accept this irreversible outcome.
However, just in this seemingly about to return to calm Star Domain, a sudden anomaly quietly brewed.
Just as the Five-Colored Flood Dragon completed its devouring, its massive body slowly shrinking in the Void Realm, preparing to return to its normal state, the entire Heaven and Earth seemed to change color for it. The sky above Dark Spirit Star, which had already quieted down, was once again enveloped by an unprecedented anomaly.
Dark clouds re-converged at an astonishing speed. They churned and collided, as if the ancient power deep within the entire Star Domain was completely awakened at this moment, converging into a Heavenly Dao Will more terrifying and oppressive than before.
Just then, a dazzling red illusory lightning bolt pierced through the sky, suddenly appearing with world-destroying might.
This red illusory lightning was completely different from the previous purple Lightning Tribulation. It was deeper and more intense, as if it contained the Heavenly Dao's purest and most powerful force. It was not only the Heavenly Dao's angry response to the challenge, but also the Heavenly Dao Will's ultimate judgment on the Painting World Treasure Mansion, an existence that transcended conventional norms.
The red illusory lightning appeared suddenly, instantly striking the body of the Painting World Treasure Mansion's Spirit, so fast that Li Mu didn't even react or have time to intervene.
The Painting World Treasure Mansion, this eighth-tier Heavenly Treasure, trembled slightly under the impact of the red illusory lightning, its surface rippling with layers of energy. However, this red lightning did not cause substantial damage to it; instead, it forcibly merged into the Treasure Mansion, absorbed and transformed by the mysterious power it contained.
Soon, countless wondrous artifact patterns appeared on the body of the Painting World Treasure Mansion, rapidly intertwining with the red illusory lightning, forming a strange and spectacular sight.
As the artifact patterns' spiritual light merged with the lightning, an ancient and profound aura permeated from the Treasure Mansion. The Painting World Treasure Mansion seemed to have been forcibly bound by some contract by the Heavenly Dao Will.
Faced with this sudden change, Li Mu was startled, but under his Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits, he quickly learned the current state of the Painting World Treasure Mansion and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It turned out that the Painting World Treasure Mansion formed its own domain, not bound by the Heavenly Dao of this Realm, yet it had repeatedly succeeded in devouring the Spiritual Veins of this Realm. Now, by devouring the massive Spiritual Veins of Dark Spirit Star contained within the black palace, it had touched the bottom line of the Heavenly Dao Will. Since the Tribulation Lightning could not destroy it, the Heavenly Dao Will placed a special mark on it.
The Heavenly Dao Will's mark was not merely an act of revenge born of anger, but a re-examination and redefinition of the Painting World Treasure Mansion, an existence that transcended conventional norms.
The situation had both good and bad aspects. For the Painting World Treasure Mansion, it was both an opportunity and a challenge. On one hand, the Painting World Treasure Mansion gained more powerful strength and a higher status, allowing it to advance to a higher Realm in the future; on the other hand, the situation for the Painting World Treasure Mansion to advance further would become extremely difficult, as it would be more closely monitored and restricted by the Heavenly Dao Will. This special mark, like a double-edged sword, both opened a Dao for the Painting World Treasure Mansion to higher Realms and paved a thorny path for its journey.
As the red illusory lightning dissipated, the complex artifact patterns on the surface of the Painting World Treasure Mansion gradually stabilized. They were arranged in a mysterious pattern, a delicate balance achieved between the Heavenly Dao Will and the Treasure Mansion's power. (End of Chapter)
