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Chapter 511 Bones of the Wasteland
Chapter 519

Under the aura of "desolation," the violent energy within the bone demon melted away rapidly, like ice and snow meeting the sun, leaving only the purest essence of the bones.

Step one, purification, done!
Next comes shaping.

In Xu Ran's mind, the perfect shape of a "middle joint finger bone" appeared. Using his own Dao Source finger bone as a blueprint and his divine soul power as a carving knife, he began to meticulously sculpt that pure bone essence.

This is an incredibly meticulous and mentally taxing process.

Any more would make it bloated, any less would make it weak. Every structure, every direction of the Dao pattern, must be flawless.

Time, in the focused forging process, slowly slips away.

When the first "middle phalanx finger bone" was successfully forged, it resonated with Xu Ran's "Dao Origin Finger Bone" in a mysterious way.

hum!
The two finger bones automatically adhered to each other, fitting together perfectly. For the first time, Xu Ran experienced a feeling of being connected by blood, as if they were his own arms and fingers.

"Congratulations, host, on successfully forging your first 'Subordinate Dao Bone'! Your progress in the Bone Forging Chapter has been advanced!"

[Current Dao Body Completeness: 2/206]

"Success!"

A tremendous sense of accomplishment welled up in Xu Ran's heart. This was even more exciting than when he proved himself to be the strongest in the universe.

Because this is the most crucial step for him to go from "nothing" to "something"!
He was no longer a wisp of ethereal will; he possessed a second "physical entity"!
With the experience of the first success, the subsequent process went much more smoothly.

The second one, the distal phalanx!

The third one, the metacarpal bone!

The fourth one, the wrist bone!

……

One bone after another was forged by his divine soul fire, taking shape and then perfectly joining together with the previous bones.

He is like a most devout and focused artist, using the materials of death to create miracles of new life.

When the last strand of bone energy was completely consumed, and the last arm bone was also pieced together.

A complete right arm skeleton, composed of thirty-four bones from fingertips to arm, floats silently in the shadow of the dragon-elephant leg bone.

This skeletal arm was a deep gray, as if forged from ancient, cold iron. The joints of the bones were seamless, perfectly formed. Each bone was covered with mysterious "desolate" Dao patterns, exuding a chilling aura of annihilation and end.

"Congratulations, host, on completing the stage objective: Forging the 'Barren Arm'!"

"The second level of the Primordial Dao Bone Scripture: Bone Forging Realm, officially entered!"

[Host Information Update:]
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[Host]: Xu Ran (Daoist Bone Body Form)
[Status]: Good
[Location Coordinates]: High-Dimensional Matrix, Abandoned Ruins, Primordial Bone Sea, Geng No. 73 Skeleton Domain
[Current Realm]: Bone Forging Realm (Entry-level)

[Taoist Body Completeness]: 34/206
[Mastering the Dao]: Wilderness (Original Seed - Revival State), Will of the Breaker (Fragmented)
[Mastered Technique]: *Primordial Dao Bone Scripture - Fragment* (Unlocked to the Bone Forging Realm)
Xu Ran's will slowly flowed into this brand-new arm bone.

An unprecedented feeling called "power" filled his senses.

He had a thought in his mind.

The gray, bony hand clenched its five fingers tightly!
Click!

A crisp crackling sound suddenly rang out in the air, as if the space itself was being squeezed by the force of that grip and groaned.

"This power..."

Xu Ran felt the surging power within his bone arm, which far exceeded the limits that thirty-four ordinary bones could achieve. This was a transformative change after being tempered by the "Desolate" Origin and forged by the "Primordial Dao Bone Scripture"!
He slowly extended his bony hand and gently pressed it down onto a leg bone of an unknown creature, about the size of a human head, on the ground.

There was no loud noise, nor any burst of energy.

That gray, bony hand pressed down so lightly.

puff.

A soft sound.

That leg bone, as hard as refined steel, was silently pressed into a pile of fine white powder, as if it were made of tofu.

Xu Ran slowly raised his hand, looking at the five slender and powerful gray finger bones, feeling the sense of control he had over them. An indomitable spirit welled up from the depths of his will.

"I'm back."

He was no longer a remnant soul that could only cling to a piece of finger bone.

He, Xu Ran, finally found a body once again in this despairing graveyard of death that could bear his overwhelming fighting spirit!
Although, it's just an arm.

But this is a brand new beginning!
His gaze finally settled on that small patch of "burial mounds".

He could feel his "barren arm" yearning intensely for this handful of soil.

Xu Ran pondered for a moment before making a decision.

He carefully controlled his bony hand and picked up a pinch of dark burial soil.

Then, before the system warning sounded, he resolutely pressed it onto his Dao Source Finger Bone!
He intends to use this heaven-defying divine object to lay an unparalleled foundation for his future Dao body!
He intends to use this heaven-defying divine object to lay an unparalleled foundation for his future Dao body!
boom!
The moment that gray bone hand, as cold as ancient iron, pressed that small clump of pitch-black "Return to the Ruins Burial Soil" against its own Dao Source Finger Bone, an indescribable, terrifying aura of annihilation erupted!
That was not an impact of energy, nor a shock to the soul, but a higher level of erosion and assimilation originating from the "concept" itself!
"End", "Ruins", "Dead silence", "Nothingness"...

Countless Dao principles representing the end of the universe transformed into the coldest torrent, flowing wildly into Xu Ran's Dao Source Finger Bone along his bone hand, intending to completely drag this "wild" seed, which had just sprouted a "new life" bud, into eternal slumber and annihilation!
In that instant, Xu Ran's will seemed to see a series of magnificent yet heart-wrenching paintings.

He saw countless brilliant stars extinguished silently, turning into cold dust. He saw magnificent civilizations, along with their gods and epics, wiped away without a trace. He saw endless lives wailing in despair, ultimately crushed and compressed along with their worlds, reduced to a tiny speck of dust the size of a fingernail. This is the Burial Ground of the Void! It buries the true universe!
"Warning! Warning! Invasion of the 'End' Dao Law of an ultra-high dimension has been detected! The host's 'Desolate' Origin is being suppressed... Suppression in progress..."

"Original activity reduced by 99%! Imminent annihilation!"

"The operation of the Primordial Dao Bone Scripture has stalled! The Dao Body is at risk of collapse!"

The system alarm, more shrill and urgent than ever before, tolled wildly through Xu Ran's core will like a death knell.

His "Barren Arm," those thirty-three newly forged bones, began to have their Dao patterns rapidly dimming, and even fine cracks appeared, as if they would turn back into bone dust at any moment.

This burial soil of the Ruins is an unparalleled divine object, but also the most terrifying poison! The "Ending" power it contains is far too high, exceeding Xu Ran's current limit of endurance!

"You want to bury me? I was born in desolation and will return to oblivion! You may bury countless worlds, but you cannot bury me!"

In the final moment before his will was completely frozen, Xu Ran let out a deafening roar. He did not choose to fight back, because he knew that at his current level, confronting such an ultimate law was tantamount to a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

His choice was to comply, to guide, and... to integrate!
"Wilderness is both the end and the beginning! Only by devouring all things can new life be born! You, this burial ground, have buried the old universe, so I will be your new home!"

At this moment, the core of Xu Ran's will, that ancient and unyielding reef, no longer resisted, but actively opened its arms. He abandoned the protection of the "Wilderness" origin, allowing that cold, deathly final law to completely submerge and envelop it.

At the same time, he activated the method of the "Primordial Dao Bone Scripture: Concentration of Spirit" not to refine it, but to "bear" it. He transformed his will and soul into a huge vortex, frantically drawing in the immense "annihilation" power in the Ruins of Return to the Burial Ground, power powerful enough to crush all the heavens.

No destruction, no construction; destruction precedes construction!
He's going to take a risky gamble, hoping to survive by putting himself in a do-or-die situation!
hum-

When Xu Ran completely gave up resisting and actively embraced that ultimate Dao, a sudden change occurred!

The originally domineering, cold, and all-encompassing power of the Void seemed to lose its target and paused slightly. Immediately afterwards, Xu Ran's "Desolate" origin, which had been suppressed to the extreme and was almost extinguished, seemed to have smelled the aura of a kind in a desperate situation and took the initiative to entwine with it.

If "Return to the Ruins" is the "corpse" after the universe dies, then the "Wilderness" is the "law" that buries this corpse and draws nourishment from it to create a new world!
Both originate from the same source, yet they represent the two stages of "end" and "new life after the end".

In an instant, a mysterious balance and resonance was achieved between the two.

The violent, destructive power of the Guixu Burial Soil began to become gentle, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, slowly and gradually merging into Xu Ran's Dao Source Finger Bone and the newly formed "Wilderness Arm".

Xu Ran's "desolate" origin, nourished by this power of the same origin but of a higher status, began a crazy transformation!
Originally just a "seed" of origin, it quickly took root and sprouted, and the mysterious Dao patterns on it became more complex and profound at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if explaining some supreme principle of going from nothing to something, from death to life.

His Dao Source Finger Bone had become a deeper color, no longer a simple gray, but a chaotic gray that seemed to contain the birth and death of countless stars. Its sturdiness had increased more than tenfold!
And that "barren arm" has undergone a complete transformation.

The cracks on the surface of the bones had long since disappeared. In their place was a faint halo, like stardust. Each bone seemed to have been reforged, its internal structure possessing an indescribable "return to nothingness" aura. It was as if this arm no longer belonged to this time and space; it could easily detach itself from cause and effect and disappear into nothingness.

"Successful fusion!"

"The host's 'Wilderness' essence has successfully absorbed 'Return to Ruins Burial Soil,' undergoing a fundamental transformation!"

"The foundation of the Primordial Dao Bone Scripture has been completed, and its stability has been greatly enhanced!"

"The Dao Source Finger Bone has evolved into the 'Return to the Void Dao Bone (Prototype)'!"

"'Arm of Desolation' has evolved into 'Arm of Ruins and Annihilation'!"

"Congratulations, host, on mastering the innate divine ability: The Silence of Return to Nothingness!"

The Silence of Returning to Nothingness: Activating this divine power allows one to completely integrate their Dao body and aura into the concept of "dead stillness" in the environment, isolating them from all divine thoughts, causal relationships, and the detection of Qi. As long as no power exceeding the environmental threshold is used, theoretically, they cannot be detected by any means.

Xu Ran's will slowly "opened," feeling the transformative changes within himself, and endless waves surged in his heart.

Become!

He won the bet!

This "Silence of the Ruins" divine ability is practically a life-saving technique tailor-made for him in this perilous sea of ​​bones! It is far more precious than any means of attack!

With a thought, he activated the "Silence of Returning to the Ruins".

hum.

The "Arm of Returning to the Void and Annihilation," which emitted a faint starlight, along with the Dao Source Finger Bone that served as its core, instantly concealed its radiance and then simply "disappeared" into thin air.

It is not a physical disappearance, nor a spatial relocation, but a conceptual "non-existence".

It was still lying quietly in the shadow of the dragon-elephant leg bone, but Xu Ran could no longer "see" it at all, no matter how hard he tried. It was as if there was only pure nothingness there.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Xu Ran was thrilled. With such supernatural power, his ability to survive in this abandoned ruins would be increased exponentially!
However, just as he was immersed in this immense joy, a strange palpitation came from the depths of his will without warning.

It felt as if I was being targeted by something extremely terrifying and extremely cold!
This feeling was different from the greed of the skeleton predators, and different from the scrutiny of the bone-worshipping crows. It was a kind of pure, emotionless "lock-in" like the laws of nature!
Xu Ran felt a chill run down his spine and instantly pushed the "Silence of Return to the Ruins" to its limit, minimizing his own presence.

He looked toward the source of the locked energy.

On the gray-white bone plain a thousand meters away, the space rippled like the surface of water.

Immediately afterwards, three "chains" shimmering with silver metallic luster slowly "grew" out from the center of the ripples.

The chains were not physical entities, but rather energy bodies formed from countless tiny specks of light, each the size of a grain of rice and shimmering with mysterious runes. They were icy cold and exuded an absolute will of "order," "rules," and "correction."

As soon as they appeared, they formed a triangular shape, surrounding the area where Xu Ran was located.

At the front of the chain, smooth metal heads without facial features slowly materialized, with only a constantly rotating compound eye embedded in the very center of each head, seemingly composed of countless codes.

(End of this chapter)