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Chapter 528 Creation of the Heavens!
Chapter 536

The strongest among them has already condensed the "Bone General" body, and with every move he makes, he has the power to split mountains and shatter rocks.

Zhenshan and Zidian, thanks to the wisp of chaotic primordial energy bestowed upon them by Xu Ran, had already broken through their original constraints. Zhenshan's murderous aura had completely subsided, transforming into pure battle intent. With every move, he could unleash the power of heaven and earth's punishment, already reaching the realm of a half-step "Bone King." Zidian, on the other hand, had become more restrained. The lightning power within him merged with the path of edification, evolving into a kind of "Divine Thunder of Enlightenment," capable of punishing evil and enlightening the mind, similarly touching the threshold of the "Bone King."

And in these thirty years, a legend was born on the ladder of enlightenment.

A young man named Cangshi.

He was originally an ordinary human soul left behind after being purified by the holy light when the gates of heaven descended, ignorant and almost a blank sheet of paper. But he possessed an unwavering will like a rock.

He was the first to step onto the ladder of inquiry, and also the one who climbed the highest.

For thirty years, he never left the area of ​​the Daoist Ladder. When hungry, he would inhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; when thirsty, he would draw upon the sweet dew of Daoist wisdom to moisten his throat; when tired, he would sit in meditation on the steps, comprehending the supreme scriptures.

His figure has become an eternal sight on the ladder of enlightenment, inspiring those who follow.

He has now climbed the 8,100th step!

Even Zhenshan and Zidian were taken aback by this height. They tried to climb it, but stopped at around the seven thousandth step. Any higher, and the overwhelming pressure from the Great Dao, originating from chaos, almost crushed their souls.

But Cangshi continued to rise.

The fragility of the human soul had long since vanished from his body; in its place lay a quality akin to the "Tao." His bones possessed a hazy, chaotic grayness, as if they were a microcosm of a monument to the transmission of knowledge.

Everyone believed that he would be the first to reach the summit and become a disciple of our Lord.

On this very day, the Guixu Palace, which had been closed for thirty years, slowly opened its doors with a creak.

A figure stepped out from there.

It was Xu Ran.

Compared to thirty years ago, his appearance remained unchanged, but his aura underwent a dramatic transformation. If he was a divine weapon hidden in its sheath thirty years ago, then he was now a black hole that had swallowed up galaxies and the universe.

Profound, vast, and unfathomable.

He simply stood there, and the laws of the Great Dao of the entire Guixu Domain seemed to find their backbone, becoming more stable and more dynamic.

He took a step forward, and his figure appeared below the steps leading to the Dao.

He looked up at the figure struggling to climb the 8,100 steps, a hint of approval in his eyes.

"good."

These two simple words seemed to contain profound truths about the universe, clearly reaching Cangshi's ears.

Cang Shi shuddered and turned around abruptly, seeing the figure that haunted his dreams. He was so excited that he almost knelt down in worship.

"Disciple Cangshi greets my master!"

"You haven't reached the summit yet, you're not my disciple," Xu Ran said calmly. "But your perseverance has earned my approval. I can answer your question once; what is troubling you?"

Upon hearing this, countless creatures climbing below cast envious glances.

This is guidance from our Lord himself! One act of enlightenment is worth more than a hundred years of arduous cultivation!

Upon hearing this, Cang Shi trembled with excitement. He forced himself to calm down and respectfully asked, "Reporting to my lord, I have cultivated the 'Primordial Return to the Void Scripture' and have reached the peak of 'Bone King'. I want to condense the 'Return to the Void Dharma Body', but I always feel that I am lacking a certain 'god'. No matter what I do, I cannot merge my own path with the world. It is as if... as if this world is rejecting me."

This is a common dilemma for all cultivators who have reached the "Bone King" realm. They can sense that although the laws of heaven and earth in the Guixu Domain are stable, they are like a closed loop, not allowing any living being to borrow deeper power from it to break through to a higher realm.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ran did not answer directly, but instead asked, "What does this Guixu Domain resemble to you?"

Cangshi was taken aback and subconsciously looked up and around.

Mountains, rivers, earth... everything was in perfect order and full of life, but for some reason, he always felt that this world lacked a certain "soul".

“Like…like a perfect prison.” Cang Shi hesitated for a long time before finally revealing his truest thoughts.

“Well said.” Xu Ran nodded. “It was originally a cage, which I forcibly reshaped based on my own Great Dao. The laws here are my laws; the order here is my order. You can naturally resonate with this world by cultivating the laws I created, but you cannot use its power to condense a Dharma body or touch the divine fire.”

"Because this world itself is a product of the 'Divine Furnace Realm.' How can you ignite your own 'Divine Fire' within a 'Divine Furnace'?"

Xu Ran's words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the minds of all the high-level cultivators.

That's it!

They always thought it was because they lacked understanding, but it turns out that the upper limit of this world blocked their path forward!
A sense of despair began to spread among the crowd. If they couldn't ignite the divine fire here, wouldn't they be doomed forever? Wasn't the thousand-year promise made by our lord just empty words?
“However,” Xu Ran’s tone shifted abruptly, his voice suddenly rising, filled with boundless domineering confidence, “I can create it, and naturally I can… break it!”

He suddenly looked up at the sky!

"The 'god' you lack, the 'fuel' you need to ignite the divine fire, is not on this earth, but... in heaven!"

Before he finished speaking, he soared into the sky!

boom!
An indescribable, terrifying aura erupted from his body! He had reached the Great Perfection of the Divine Furnace Realm!
During his thirty years of seclusion, he not only pushed his cultivation to its current limit, but also began to refine a trace of that fragment of the Green Paulownia!
"Divine Court War Seal, Open the Heavens!"

Xu Ran's tongue crackled like thunder, and his hands formed an ancient, vast, and fiercely powerful hand seal!
This is the first divine power he comprehended from observing the supreme powerhouses of the "Battle of Burying the Heavens" through the bronze fragments! This seal is not for attack, but rather an imitation of the supreme power of the ancient divine court in creating the great world!
Om-!
A gray battle seal flew out from his palm, growing larger with the wind, instantly transforming into a size of ten thousand feet, and slammed fiercely into the sky of the Guixu Domain!
To everyone's utter astonishment, the seemingly indestructible celestial barrier, personally constructed by Xu Ran, was blasted open by this single strike, creating a massive hole!

Click!

It sounded like an eggshell breaking.

Beyond the hole, there was no longer the barren and chaotic universe of the Dragon Elephant Domain, but... a dazzling galaxy!

Endless starlight, mixed with various mottled, chaotic, yet incredibly vibrant cosmic energy, poured wildly into the Guixu Domain from that hole like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens!

"This is……"

All the creatures below were stunned. They could sense an "outside" law, completely different from the Guixu Domain and filled with infinite possibilities and danger, surging in.

“I will use the Ruins of Return as my foundation to build a solid base for you all and shed your mortal bones.”

"Today, I will break through your cages and draw in the fire of the Great Dao from the outside world. Whether you can ignite the fire and set your own Dao ablaze depends on your destiny!"

Xu Ran's voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

He single-handedly broke through the world barrier, connecting the "well" of the Guixu Domain with the "sea" of the outside world!

Cangshi stared blankly at the dazzling starry river descending from the sky, feeling the unfamiliar yet alluring aura of the Great Dao. Suddenly inspired, he burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! I see! I see! My path lies not in the internal, but in the external! Not in guarding, but in... contending!"

boom!
The power within him erupted with a roar, and a towering "Return to the Void Dharma Body" phantom materialized behind him! The Dharma Body opened its maw, like a whale sucking in water, frantically devouring the surging power of the starry river!

His Dharma body, under the influence of the power of the galaxy, rapidly solidified and grew stronger!
An aura of power belonging to the "Divine Fire Realm" began to slowly emanate from him!
With Xu Ran's guidance and help, he actually took a step forward and was about to ignite the divine fire on the spot, achieving the highest level!
However, at that very moment, something unexpected happened!

Beyond the crater in the sky blasted open by Xu Ran, amidst the dazzling galaxy, a ferocious starship, shaped like a giant centipede and made entirely of star-white bones and black metal, silently emerged.

It seemed as if it had been lurking there for a long time, waiting for this opportunity.

On the deck of the starship stood rows of skeleton soldiers clad in black armor, their soul flames glowing a ghostly blue. At the bow stood a tall figure wearing a white bone crown, wielding a massive scythe, his soul flames gleaming a dark gold.

Through the hole in the sky, he saw everything happening below: the vibrant Guixu Domain, the Cangshi about to break through, and Xu Ran, suspended in mid-air, his aura as deep and boundless as the sea.

"Jie Jie Jie..."

A sickeningly powerful voice of the soul echoed in the minds of all the beings in the Ruins of Return.

"What a new world, what a perfect pasture! Such pure soul energy is truly the best food!"

The skeletal king raised its enormous scythe, pointing it towards the Void Realm below.

"I am the master of the 'White Bone Pirates,' the 'Calamity' King! This world, from this day forward, belongs to me! All living beings, offer your soul fire and become a member of my undead army, and you will be spared the torment of soul refining!"

His voice was filled with unquestionable domineering and greed.

These are predators roaming the dark universe! They live by devouring worlds and enslaving souls!
The newly ignited flame of hope in the creatures of the Guixu Domain was instantly extinguished by a bucket of ice water, replaced by boundless fear.

The aura of that "Calamity" king was clearly that of a powerful being who had ignited divine fire! Moreover, his divine fire had burned for countless years, filled with the laws of death and plunder, far more powerful than that of the newly born Cangshi!

Zhenshan and Zidian's expressions changed drastically. They immediately organized their "bone generals" into battle formation, ready for action. However, they knew in their hearts that their resistance would be utterly futile against a true Divine Fire Realm expert and an entire interstellar fleet.

Everyone's gaze instinctively fell upon the figure suspended beneath the sky.

That was their only hope.

Xu Ran's expression remained calm.

He looked at the grotesque bone ship and the arrogant "Calamity" king, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever, as if he were looking at prey that had just been delivered to his door.

"The White Bone Star Pirates?" he said calmly, his voice not loud, but it clearly carried throughout the entire battlefield. "I was just worried about not having suitable materials to refine my first batch of Dao weapons and magic artifacts. You have come at just the right time."

"Insanity!"

The King of Calamity roared, his soul fire surging violently. He had never seen such reckless natives.

"Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish! My men, raze this world to the ground and hang the skulls of all the rebels on the sides of our ships!"

boom!
The enormous bone ship roared with engines, and hundreds of cannons opened on both sides of its hull, unleashing beams of psionic energy imbued with the laws of death, pouring down like a torrential rain onto the Guixu Domain!

Each beam of light is enough to easily flatten a mountain range and evaporate a great river!
This is a blow capable of destroying the world!
The creatures of the Guixu Domain were terrified by this apocalyptic scene.

However, Xu Ran simply raised his right hand slightly.

"It's not your place to run wild within the dojo I've established."

"Return to the Void, impervious to all laws!"

As his words fell, endless gray Dao patterns lit up the entire Gui-Xu Domain. These Dao patterns were the chaotic Dao essence he had imprinted when he restored heaven and earth!
Om-!
A colossal, hazy, semi-transparent dome instantly enveloped the entire Guixu Domain.

Those destructive psionic beams bombarded the dome, but they were like mud oxen entering the sea, without causing the slightest ripple. They were easily assimilated, decomposed, and obliterated by the chaotic Daoist energy!
"what?!"

The Calamity King at the bow of the ship suddenly narrowed the dark golden soul fire in his pupils, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

This was a volley of fire powerful enough to severely injure an ordinary Divine Fire Realm expert! And it was blocked so easily? How could the defenses of this world be so bizarre?
"It's a domain! No... it's even more advanced than a domain, this is... this is someone who has refined the entire world into their own domain! Damn it, the intelligence was wrong! This isn't a newly born world, it's a trap set by an old monster!"

The King of Calamity reacted instantly, a strong sense of unease rising in his heart.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered: "Retreat! Retreat at full speed!"

However, it's too late.

"Since you're here, stay."

Xu Ran's voice was like a judgment from the depths of hell.

The illusory image of the "Primordial Dao Diagram" behind him suddenly appeared, obscuring the entire sky.

A colossal hand, ten thousand feet long, formed from pure chaotic energy, emerged from the Dao diagram, ignoring the distance in space, and grabbed at the white bone starship that was frantically fleeing!
"Do not!!"

The King of Calamity let out a terrified roar, pushing his divine fire to its limit, unleashing countless death scythe shadows in an attempt to sever the giant hand.

(End of this chapter)