Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 5 The Descent of the Primal Will
Just as Ling Xuan was about to step forward to support his clansmen, the entire Candle Dragon Secret Realm was suddenly enveloped in a soft golden halo, and countless rotating secret patterns appeared in the sky.

Ling Xuan's consciousness was drawn away by a warm and irresistible force, slowly detaching from his body and flying towards the depths of the universe.

This journey felt like traversing an endless time tunnel, with ever-changing light and shadow all around, and the trajectories of stars twisting and rearranging beside him.

A humming sound, beyond the reach of hearing, resounded deep within the soul, and the entire universe suddenly came to a standstill.

Ling Xuan's consciousness seemed to be propelled by an invisible hand, traversing endless time and space, and arriving at a void space.

There is no up, down, left, or right here, no boundaries. All around are countless floating points of light, some bright and some dim, rising and falling like breathing. Each point of light seems to contain incredible power.

Ling Xuan stared blankly at his surroundings, his mind filled with questions: "Could this be the origin of the universe? After my Martial God Heart awakened, the primordial universe sensed the changes that had occurred in me. Could it be that they want to check if I'm an unregistered resident?"

He recalled that after the Lord of Yuan'ao brought a 'strange object' that did not belong to the primordial universe into the primordial universe, he was immediately rejected by the primordial universe, and the Ancestral God Sect sent many powerful people to kill him.

But his own Martial God Heart is different from the 'strange object'. It is not a prohibited item that the Primal Universe needs to control on the Origin Continent. Perhaps it was just brought here for inspection?
Suddenly, whoosh! One of the points of light transformed into a streak of light and shot towards Ling Xuan's consciousness at a speed far exceeding the speed of light.

In this mysterious space, the speed of light seemed to be no longer the limit; the streak of light arrived in an instant. Ling Xuan didn't even have a chance to react before his consciousness was struck by the light and electricity.

Immediately, a series of images flooded into Ling Xuan's consciousness.

He saw a flame that never ceased to burn. This flame was not an ordinary fire, but rather it emanated a chaotic aura, containing the birth and destruction of the universe.

The flames sometimes roared and surged like a giant dragon, and sometimes they turned into specks of sparks that drifted in the void, yet could instantly reassemble and form a new shape.

Where flames burn, space is distorted and reshaped, and matter and energy are constantly transformed within it.

Ling Xuan's consciousness was immersed in the image of the flames when suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind like lightning.

He discovered that when flames change shape, they highly compress and purify the surrounding energy.

He realized that he might be able to imitate this flame and refine the power of his own flame domain through a special operating method, so that each flame contained purer and more powerful energy.

If successful, the power unleashed will far exceed anything seen before.

Immediately following, endless messages entered Ling Xuan's consciousness.

Before he could fully process it, a muffled "bang" was heard, and an invisible yet powerful force suddenly kicked his consciousness out of the mysterious space.

The void world just now vanished quickly, like a mirage, and the plants, trees, and rocks in the secret realm instantly returned to their original state, leaving only a faint, strange aura in the air.

Ling Xuan shook his somewhat heavy head as a piece of information appeared in his mind.

Just now, he received the innate secret technique bestowed upon him by the primordial universe: Fire Explosion.

After casting it, one can burn their own primal force, the power of the world, and the power of immortality to increase their combat strength by one level.

Ling Xuan gripped the slightly hot three-pointed double-edged sword, looked at Ling Yue and Ling Xue beside him who were completely unaware, and said in a deep voice, "Sister, you two guard the flanks, I'll clear the way."

Having said that, he transformed into a streak of fire and rushed toward the direction where the fighting was most intense.

In the center of the battlefield, three iron-backed wolf demons were cornering two young tribesmen.

The wolf demon was thirty meters tall, its back armor gleaming coldly like black iron, and its sharp claws slicing through the air with a piercing shriek.

Ling Xuan's fiery domain exploded, and dark golden flame patterns moved through the void like living things, causing distorted ripples in the space wherever they passed.

Sensing the murderous intent behind him, the demon wolf naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die.

The wolf demon on the left was the first to attack, leaping up and biting Ling Xuan's neck with its gaping maw.

Ling Xuan neither dodged nor evaded; the three-pointed double-edged sword suddenly left his hand, transforming into a golden streak of light as it spun and shot out, the blade precisely slicing into the soft part of the wolf demon's jaw.

Dark golden flames instantly spread along the wound, engulfing the wolf demon's head in the blink of an eye. With a deafening roar, the wolf demon's head exploded into a cloud of blood mist within the flames. At the same time, the wolf demon's claws swept across from its right side, but Ling Xuan's figure flashed like a ghost, directly stepping into its embrace.

"Explosive flames."

Ling Xuan's primal force instantly surged, and at this moment, his aura was approaching that of a stellar-level powerhouse.

He curled his fingers into a claw, and dark golden flames condensed at his fingertips into a sharp blade of fire. With a "whoosh," it pierced the wolf demon's right eye, striking straight into its brain.

The wolf demon let out a shrill scream, its massive body crashed to the ground, twitched a few times, and then died.

This is why possessing a domain can be considered invincible at the planetary level; one can unleash the power of a peak planetary level with bare hands. Moreover, with the blessing of his innate secret technique, his power has now been elevated to the stellar level.

Seeing this, the last wolf demon turned to flee.

Ling Xuan had already arrived beside the first demon wolf, quickly pulling his three-pointed double-edged sword from its corpse and twirling it.

In an instant, a giant flaming blade descended with earth-shattering force, cleaving the wolf demon in two from above. The scorching blade energy, still powerful, plowed a trench several meters deep into the ground.

The three wolf demons were dealt with in the blink of an eye, and Ling Xuan continued his charge towards more demonic beasts without stopping.

Blade light and flames clashed, and with each swing, a monster fell.

He would sometimes leap into the air, his three-pointed double-edged sword slashing down like lightning to sever the neck of a demon beast; at other times he would glide forward, his blade sweeping across to sever the legs of a demon beast at the root.

Wherever the dark gold flames touched, the flesh and skin of the monsters instantly carbonized, and their screams echoed throughout the entire battlefield.

However, there were simply too many monsters, and they kept pouring in from all directions.

The moment Ling Xuan's three-pointed double-edged sword cleaved a giant python in two, dark golden flames erupted from the blade, scorching the beast's body into charcoal.

But the dense horde of beasts, like a black tide, engulfed him in the blink of an eye.

The blade left afterimages in the moonlight, each swing raising a cloud of blood, yet behind the fallen monsters, more scarlet pupils flickered in the darkness.

Just then, a violent tremor tore the earth apart without warning, and a burst of flames shot into the sky from the direction of the ancient temple in the distance.

The light was like the blazing flames of the primordial universe, turning the entire sky blood-red.

The moment the pillar of light shot up from the ground, space distorted like a shattered mirror, and Ling Xuan's hand holding the knife trembled uncontrollably—it was a terrifying pressure far exceeding that of the planetary level.

"Hmph." The cold snort made everyone's eardrums hurt. As the pillar of light dissipated, a fiery red figure walked through the void.

It was the immortal elder of the Zhulong clan who arrived. In an instant, the domain of laws enveloped the entire battlefield surrounding the Ancient God Temple, and everyone showed expressions of relief.

"Is this the complete domain of fire laws?" Ling Xuan sensed the power within the domain of this immortal fire god, which shared the same origin as his own fire domain.

The roars of the beasts abruptly ceased.

The ferocious beasts remained frozen in their attacking postures, their thick limbs deeply embedded in the ground, their fierce glint completely replaced by fear.

The immortal god of flames lowered his gaze indifferently, raised his hand and waved it lightly. The demonic beasts shrouded in the domain of laws were ignited by invisible flames and exploded into blood mist from the inside out.

Amidst the piercing screams, the entire battlefield transformed into a living hell.

"This unexpected event has given me some pleasant surprises." The immortal god's voice resounded like a great bell, shaking heaven and earth. With its overwhelming pressure, the surviving trial participants all knelt on one knee. "Those who are alive have all passed. To have held out until now amidst the beast tide, you deserve the highest reward of your race."

As he surveyed the entire room, his gaze lingered on Ling Xuan for a half-second longer, a meaningful smile playing on his lips. "Take your glory and step down."

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