This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 380 The Merging of Life Source and Form, the Mysterious Stone Tablet

Deep within the palace, a tremendous roar came from the walls of the crystal palace, startling everyone.

The more than 3 Yuanhe people, who were scattered in the 28 halls of the deep palace, were originally either cultivating or taking a break, waiting for the start of a new life.

However, the loud noise instilled a sense of panic in them.

In a confined space, deep underwater, and in a dark environment, the panic was undoubtedly amplified.

"Where are my fellow Source Emperors?"

"I don't know—they haven't shown themselves since they left us here."

"With so many talented people, we can't just give up, can we?"

Several restless geniuses from the Yuanhe region could no longer sit still. They tried to find a way out of the hall, only to discover that the door they had come from was perfectly fitted into the hall wall, forming an integral whole.

They seem to be trapped here.

While these Yuanhe people, geniuses, were displaying various expressions, a pair of eyes—no, 48 pairs of eyes—were watching them!

"well"

A long sigh.

"It came much faster than expected."

Emperor Chao sighed helplessly.

The Emperor Spirit Body is a technique created by the person who first explored the secrets of the [Life Source] Stele, built the Deep Palace, and was also the first powerful being in the Source River World to reach the "Great Spirit Level".

At the very least, the life essence of 12 Source Emperors is extracted from the [Life Source] stone tablet, interlocking, connecting, and restraining each other, ultimately constructing a special form!

This is the Emperor Spirit Body, the only path that the Yuanhe people have found in millions of years to surpass the Yuan Emperor Realm!

The Emperor Spirit Body can bear the power of the [Life Source], which is a power that far surpasses the Origin Emperor Realm—this form is also known as the "Life Source Fusion Form".

"Unfortunately, the more Source Emperors are filled in the life body, the easier it is for them to counterbalance each other and the more stable it becomes. The lifespan of a Source Emperor can reach 100,000 years, but after cultivating the twelve Life Sources to form a unified form, one gains the power of a Great Spirit, but one's lifespan is reduced to less than 10,000 years."

"By cultivating the twenty-four Life Sources into a unified form, one's lifespan can be extended to 2 years, and the thirty-six Life Sources into a unified form, it can be extended to 4 years. — Back then, when that senior was forging all the Source Emperors in the world, he only managed to gather 27 people to forge the twenty-four Life Sources into a unified form."

"I have the means to gather 36 people today, and I also possess the thirty-six combined construction method that my predecessor deduced, but ultimately I don't have the time."

Unable to discern whether he felt regret or anger, Emperor Chao remained expressionless. He knew that a battle with a powerful outsider at the Great Spirit level was absolutely inevitable.

He must win this battle!

Emperor Huang stood up. At this moment, he had lost his normal human form from the Source River and transformed into a being with forty-eight eyes and forty-eight hands. Countless mysterious runes flowed across his body, flickering and changing, exuding immense power and distorting all things.

The mere combination of a few dozen Origin Emperors could not possibly elevate him to the Great Spirit level. A slight difference in realm is like heaven and earth!

However, the superposition of dozens of Origin Emperors to form the Emperor Spirit Life Body is essentially to bear the power of the [Life Source] Stele.

This stone tablet is the one that truly possesses power on par with the Great River Spirit!

Above the enormous, twisted head, above the forty-eight eyes, the [Life Source] stone tablet, resembling a jade pendant, was deeply embedded in the top of the enormous head's forehead.

brush!

Emperor Chao took a step forward, but he had already appeared outside the inner palace.

At this moment, he didn't need any magic or profound methods to ward off the water. With his life essence combined with his physical form, he could disregard the pressure of the deep water and the erosion of the primordial water as nothing.

"Um?"

Ye Yang stared warily at the monster in front of him, which was neither human nor demon.

That's strange! Very strange!

But without a doubt, the oppressive aura emanating from this monster, and the phenomenon of its very existence naturally distorting and repelling the laws of the world to form a law vacuum, all prove that this thing possesses the status of a True Monarch.

Could it be that...?

"Are you Emperor Chao?" Ye Yang asked tentatively.

"Alas—" The monster's forty-eight eyes opened and closed, its words sounding like a cacophony of bird calls and beast roars, chaotic yet eerily beautiful: "Outsider, there's nothing to say between us. Today, it's either you or me who dies."

Having gathered the strength of the entire Yuanhe civilization, Emperor Chao had only one choice left after reaching this point.

In an instant, both sides moved simultaneously and engaged in a fierce battle.

Ye Yang was surprised to find that Chao Di, who had somehow acquired the combat power of a True Monarch, also had an astonishing basic output.

In terms of sheer effort, Ye Yang is far inferior to him.

However, even if both sides can reject the distortion of the world's laws and create a law vacuum, Ye Yangdao Zhengxuanzhen is building his own Great Dao Domain within the law vacuum.

The vacuum of laws surrounding Emperor Chao was simply a region devoid of world laws, or rather, a region where countless fragments of laws were constantly arising and ceasing, moving at will.

Following one's heart — it sounds sophisticated, but in reality it is a state of chaos and fragility!

Emperor Chao can distort the laws of the world, but he can only do so based on his understanding of the laws governing the Yuanhe World, amplifying the power of his existing methods and transcending the constraints of the laws.

But Ye Yang's use of Dao Yan and Dao Ni Zhan Fa (Daoist and Daoist Combat Techniques) made his moves so exquisite and perfect that they were hundreds or thousands of times better than his opponents'.

Therefore, after hundreds of rounds of fighting in the blink of an eye, Ye Yang actually gained the upper hand.

"No, why does it seem like he's deliberately destroying that solid primordial water foundation to open up the Heavenly One Primordial Water Sea?"

As the battle progressed, Ye Yang gradually realized that Emperor Chao seemed to have other plans.

"He's leading me towards that one-dimensional sea of ​​water!"

Realizing the other party's intentions, Ye Yang naturally refused to comply.

"Tsk, I clearly planted a lot of True Monarch-level thought algorithm Trojans during the battle, but they were completely useless. The soul attack also seems to have been absorbed by something, as if it had sunk into the sea."

Seeing that his mental methods were not working, Ye Yang had no choice but to push his battle body to its limits.

"Get up there!"

He roared, recklessly consuming primordial matter at low efficiency and high speed, and frantically unleashing the "Star Stream" secret technique despite his increasingly unstable battle body.

One blow after another, relentlessly, forcefully blasting Emperor Chao upwards with unstoppable power!

"Anyone can fight to the death!!" Emperor Chao was also furious.

The plan to destroy the world must be carried out!

Overturn the table, smash the dishes, and flush the cake down the drain—that's the only way to deter these foreigners who are trying to steal the cake.

The transformation of the Life Source into a different form is unpredictable, carrying more power from the Life Source Stone Tablet, which also causes irreparable damage to Emperor Chao himself. This damage is accumulating and growing.

Perhaps after this battle, he will be unable to continue for only two or three thousand years and will eventually be destroyed.

But if this battle fails to achieve its objective, there will be no more!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Suppressed by those forty-eight giant hands, the amount of primordial matter stored in Zhan's body was consumed by more than 0.017 units in a short period of time. Combined with the consumption in the previous battle, it was less than half left.

But Ye Yang's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he tore through space to strike a spot on the huge Emperor Spirit Life Body!

Previously, no matter where Ye Yang struck, this being, which clearly possessed the aura of 24 different beings, was completely and perfectly absorbed and endured.

There wasn't a single flaw.

However, as Emperor Chao drew upon more of the power of the [Life Source] stone tablets—it eventually exceeded the control of this method and Emperor Chao himself!

The flaw, though fleeting, was within Ye Yang's reach.

So they directly broke through, causing Emperor Chao's body to become disordered for a moment.

"You want to fight to the death when it's not your level?"

Ye Yang's voice was icy cold as he delivered another punch that shattered the opponent's defenses!

Yes, it exploded! Twelve wisps of smoke burst out of the Emperor Spirit's life form and flew out, then merged with the surrounding abyssal water.

Because the battle between the two had just shattered the basal elemental crystal that supported the riverbed of the Source River World, a large amount of Heavenly One Yuan Water from the Heavenly One Yuan Water Sea surged up and mixed together.

Therefore, the content of Tianyi Yuan Water here is extremely high. The 12 wisps of smoke absorbed the Tianyi Yuan Water here and quickly transformed into 12 human figures.

Whether young or old, male or female, they all exuded a powerful aura at the Origin Emperor level.

Unfortunately, it has lost all its consciousness and even most of its biological instincts, leaving only a last bit of survival instinct.

"River beast?"

Ye Yang only glanced at them briefly before unleashing a surge of power that sent the newly born Origin Emperor River Beasts flying to the side.

"We can't let this guy keep causing destruction."

Looking at Emperor Chao, who had fallen to the Twelve Life Sources Combined Form, Ye Yang could guess that this guy was probably about to overturn the table, so naturally he couldn't give him any more chances.

With five fingers forming claws and primordial matter serving as tendons and bones, this battle body is inherently more powerful than any immortal treasure crafted by a true immortal! Ye Yang launched another attack.

However, although Chao Di, who had been defeated once, fell to the Twelve Life Sources Combined Form, the pressure on him was much less, and his control over unit power soared!

He had already stabilized his life structure before Ye Yang's attack arrived.

"Is that not allowed?"

Although Emperor Chao's power had weakened, he was still able to barely resist the attack of this foreign Great Spirit level expert.

But he gave a wry smile.

He knew that the Yuanhe people had ultimately lost their final battle.

His understanding of higher levels was still insufficient, and the gap in their own realms was an even greater chasm! Even with the help of the powerful [Life Source] stele and the wisdom of his predecessors, there was still a fundamental difference between the two.

Above the mist-shrouded waters.

The eight star deities frowned as they watched the wildly churning river below.

This force not only affected the swirling, foggy waters, but also caused the entire Jianzu River, stretching for hundreds of billions of kilometers, to tremble!

"What happened down there, Senior Qingfeng? It caused such a commotion!"

"Could it be that the Source River World possesses True Monarch-level combat power?"

"Judging from the scale, it does indeed look like two True Lords fighting with all their might."

Just as the eight star lords were staring down with solemn expressions, suddenly, the mist was swallowed up by the giant wave that exploded!

The strange mist that had lingered for millions of years appeared incredibly small and fragile in the face of this earth-shattering change, and vanished in an instant.

A streak of light shot out of the river at near-limit speed and soared into the sky!

boom!

The river surface exploded a second time, and Ye Yang, radiating blue brilliance, also soared into the sky, chasing after Emperor Chao, who could no longer approach the Heavenly One Yuan Water Sea.

Let's end it here.

Ye Yang caught up with Emperor Chao again, and the two of them had arrived above the sky of the Source River World, a void filled with countless illusory and uncertain lights.

This is the starry sky of the Source River World, but it is not the real starry sky; it is merely the edge of the world, the boundary that all matter and information within the world can influence.

Beyond that lies true nothingness. No matter how far you fly outward, a single turn of your head and a single step will bring you back into the world.

"You've become weak." Emperor Chao's twenty-four eyes coldly stared at Ye Yang.

Ye Yang remained silent. There were still 0.008 units of Tai Su matter left, but that was enough to kill this person.

The two fought for two months in the sky.

The battles of the past two months have even disrupted the flow of clouds in the sky of the entire Yuanhe World, making the weather terrible everywhere!

During the protracted battle, the goal was to achieve the greatest results with the least cost, and both sides gained a deeper understanding of their own strength.

But without a doubt, Ye Yang's realm and strength match, and his upper limit is even higher!

In the end, Ye Yang wore down Emperor Chao to death, causing his injuries to accumulate, his lifespan to deplete, and his power to decline—during the battle, the life essence that Emperor Chao had condensed suddenly collapsed and dissipated.

He himself was enveloped by the power emanating from the stone tablet in front of Ye Yang, and then directly separated into a wisp of milky white smoke and a wisp of Heavenly Primordial Water.

Thirteen wisps of smoke drifted around —

"it's over."

Ye Yang was also feeling a bit tired. In the final battle of attrition, Emperor Chao did not take any more risks and did not give him any more chances, so he could only engage in a war of attrition.

Fortunately, even in a prolonged battle, Ye Yang's advantage in cultivation level allowed him to ultimately secure victory.

Moreover, the two months of non-stop fighting have allowed Ye Yang to understand and control the Tai Su Battle Body far beyond his previous level!

At the True Lord level, they have initially formed a certain level of combat power.

"This Emperor Chao is quite a figure."

Ye Yang looked at the stone tablet floating in mid-air, radiating an incredibly mystical power: "He's been fighting me until now using this thing, hasn't he?"

"This stone tablet—it truly possesses special power, and it resonates with the Celestial Immortal Dao system, or rather, the two are manifestations of different schools within the same system!"

He reached out and grabbed the stone tablet, recalling the scene of Emperor Chao being "refined" by this stone tablet, and carefully avoided the potentially dangerous side.

The moment Ye Yang touched the stone tablet, he felt a cool sensation, not the kind that was bone-chillingly cold, but one that instantly put the person who touched it into a completely rational and calm state.

"It's an influence at the level of the Great Dao—affecting my current state of mind." Ye Yang returned to normal almost instantly.

Although he has not yet truly ascended to the information realm, he possesses the basic thought theories and techniques of those who ascend to the information realm. He is also an expert in the study of souls and illusions, and is clear about the birth of every single thought of his own.

This impact has no effect on him.

"Touching it doesn't work, and there aren't any buttons or anything like that. It must require using one's divine soul or the power of the Great Dao to interact with it?"

These two things are very fundamental to cultivators of the immortal path, but Ye Yang only hesitated for a moment before extending his divine sense.

However, just like the previous attack on Emperor Chao's soul, it was like throwing a stone into the sea—there was no response.

"So only the power of the Great Dao remains."

Ye Yang had no choice but to try a different approach.

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