I can receive unlimited protection; my parents handed me over to the state.

Ye Cang's activated [God-Slaying Domain], like a giant blood-red millstone, temporarily suppressed the wildly beating [Heart of Anubis]. Within the domain, the terrifying abyssal aura capable of tearing space apart was weakened by more than 90%, and its dissipation became extremely slow. But everyone knew that this was only temporary.

Ye Cang's face grew paler and paler at a visible speed. Maintaining such a massive [God-Slaying Domain] while suppressing the energy of an ancient god's heart was an extremely terrifying drain on him. The veins on his forehead bulged, and his hand holding [Asura] trembled slightly.

"Damn it, Ye Cang, you better hold on for me!" Gu Tianye felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at Ye Cang, who seemed ready to collapse at any moment. He was genuinely terrified now. Just looking at that blood-red heart made his soul tremble. If it really exploded, none of them would be left but ashes.

"Shut up, you idiot! Don't bother him!" Xiang Batian slapped Gu Tianye on the back of the head. Although he cursed, his eyes were also filled with seriousness. He had already held the [Heaven-Opening] Battle Axe horizontally in front of his chest, and the Titan bloodline in his body was running wildly, ready to step in if Ye Cang couldn't hold on any longer.

On the other side, Lin Ziling and Mu Bingli had also pushed their abilities to the limit.

"No! The spatial structure here is too stable! Affected by the energy of that heart, all the spatial nodes are locked, and we can't open a stable teleportation channel at all!" Lin Ziling's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. On the holographic compass in front of her, countless data streams were flashing wildly, but she still couldn't find a safe way out.

Mu Bingli's situation wasn't much better. She tried to use her icy power to freeze the energy dissipating from the heart, but when her power came into contact with that pure abyssal aura, it was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun—instantly evaporated and assimilated, having no effect whatsoever.

Time ticked by, second by second. A trickle of blood seeped from the corner of Ye Cang's mouth. His body began to tremble uncontrollably. Unstable fluctuations began to appear at the edge of the [God-Slaying Domain].

"I can't hold on any longer..." Ye Cang gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words.

Just a second before everyone was about to fall into despair again.

"Buzz—!"

A humming sound, seemingly from beyond the heavens and filled with a sacred and solemn aura, suddenly resounded above everyone's heads!

Everyone looked up sharply. There, in the sky tinged crimson by the abyss's aura, stood an enormous golden pillar, more radiant and purer than the sun, descending like a sword of creation!

The beam of light pierced straight through the thick, dark cloud made of abyssal energy, dispelling the nauseating evil aura!

The warm, holy golden sunlight once again shone upon this land of death!

Immediately afterwards, a woman dressed in a magnificent, snow-white priestly robe, holding a heavy holy book made of pure gold, slowly emerged from the golden pillar of light.

She looked to be around thirty years old. Her appearance wasn't stunning, but she exuded an aura of unparalleled holiness and solemnity. It was as if she weren't a person, but rather the representative of a deity walking among humans.

Her golden eyes calmly swept over the ravaged battlefield below. When her gaze fell upon the blood-red heart shrouded in the [Godslaying Domain], a hint of solemnity appeared on her usually impassive face for the first time.

"The ancient god of the abyss... a fragment of Anubis's heart?" Her voice was soft, but it was like a clear spring flowing through everyone's heart, instantly washing away all the negative emotions caused by fear and despair.

"You are...?" Ice Blade stared at the mysterious woman who had suddenly appeared before him, his eyes filled with wariness. He sensed a terrifying pressure emanating from this woman that was no less than that of General Su Lie!

"I am Ling Jing, the current head of the 'Spirit Suppression Hall'," the woman said calmly, her gaze shifting to the ice blade. "I have been ordered by the Supreme Council to handle this 'S-Rank Abyss Incident'."

Zhenling Hall!

Upon hearing these three words, a monstrous wave surged within Ice Blade's heart!

That's one of the most mysterious and ancient organizations in China! They specialize in handling all kinds of supernatural events related to "souls," "abysses," and "gods and demons"! It's said that everyone within it possesses extremely strange and powerful special abilities! And this woman before me is actually the current head of the "Spirit Suppression Hall"? Her strength…

"So it's Lord Lingjing." Bingren immediately lowered his guard and gave Lingjing a respectful military salute. "Commander of Forward Position T-03, Bingren, reporting for duty!"

"No need for formalities." Ling Jing nodded slightly, her gaze turning to Ye Cang, who was still struggling, and the [Asura] sword that exuded endless demonic power.

The moment she saw the knife, her golden pupils contracted sharply!

"This knife..." Her voice held a hint of disbelief and shock, "So...so pure in its rules of killing! It even incorporates a trace of the concept of 'breaking the law'?"

She then looked at the two battle axes in Xiang Batian and Gu Tianye's hands.

"And these two weapons... they also contain the rudiments of the rules of 'power' and 'change'?"

She was completely stunned.

Any one of these three weapons would be enough to cause a bloodbath! Yet now, they're all in the hands of these young people who look to be under twenty?

Who exactly are they?

"Commander Iceblade," Ling Jing's gaze returned to Iceblade, her voice becoming somewhat serious, "And who are these gentlemen?"

"Reporting, sir!" Iceblade replied immediately, "They are members of the 'God-Making Project'!"

"A god-making project?" Ling Jing frowned slightly upon hearing this. She had heard of this project. It was a top-level genius cultivation program jointly undertaken by the military and research institutes. It was said that everyone involved was an SSS-level genius.

Even SSS-level geniuses can't all have a divine weapon of this kind, right?

Just as Ling Jing was still shocked by these weapons, her gaze inadvertently swept over the huge silver-white metal sphere that had been floating in mid-air, and the pale-faced boy standing outside the sphere with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

When she saw the menacing golden dragon emblem on the sphere, her calm golden eyes revealed a look of utter horror for the first time!

"A prototype of 'Pangu'?!"

"Those lunatics at the Xinghai Research Institute actually built it?!"

She stared intently at the boy standing outside Pangu, a storm of emotions surging within her that was even more terrifying than when she saw the three divine artifacts!

He can use the Pangu prototype as a "mobile platform"! He can make these SSS-level geniuses, who wield divine weapons, subtly acknowledge him as their leader! Who exactly is this seemingly ordinary young man?!

A storm raged within Ling Jing's heart. As the master of the "Spirit Suppression Hall," she held a transcendent position and had access to top-secret intelligence unknown even to high-ranking military officials. She knew very well what that mobile super forging platform, codenamed "Pangu," meant to the entire nation of China. It was more than just a machine; it represented the ultimate culmination of China's highest achievements in the field of "rule engineering"!

This is the most important strategic trump card in the future fight against the Abyss and the Void! And in the entire country of China, only one person is allowed to use this prototype! That mysterious being, codenamed "Divine Craftsman" in the Supreme Council's top-secret files, whose danger and importance levels are both marked as "highest." Could it be... this boy who looks to be less than twenty years old?

The thought, once it appeared, spread like wildfire through Ling Jing's mind, becoming uncontrollable. Her gaze towards Lu Yuan completely changed. From initial scrutiny and curiosity, it transformed into deep apprehension and awe.

"Lord Lingjing?" Bingren called out, somewhat puzzled, as Lingjing suddenly stared at Lu Yuan without saying a word for a long time.

"Ahem." Ling Jing finally came to her senses. Realizing she had lost her composure, she took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed her shock and speculation. Now was not the time to think about these things; dealing with this "super bomb" in front of her was the top priority.

Her gaze fell once again on the blood-red heart that was still being suppressed by the [Godslaying Domain], and her expression became extremely solemn.

"All personnel, retreat another five kilometers." Her voice, transmitted clearly through her mental power, reached everyone's ears. "What follows may be beyond your comprehension. Those with weak wills may even be contaminated by 'divinity'."

Upon hearing this, Bingren dared not hesitate and immediately organized another evacuation. Gu Tianye, Xiang Batian, and the others, while also curious about what methods this SSS-level expert would use to deal with the ancient god's heart, knew their own lives were more important. They exchanged glances and obediently followed the main force in retreating.

Soon, within a ten-kilometer radius of the giant crater, only Ling Jing, Ye Cang who was still struggling to hold on, and Lu Yuan, who was quietly watching the battle from above Pangu, remained.

"Are you alright?" Ling Jing asked calmly, looking at Ye Cang's swaying body.

"Okay." Ye Cang gritted his teeth and squeezed out the two words. His pride wouldn't allow him to fall in front of a powerful stranger, especially with that young man watching.

"Very good." Ling Jing nodded, said no more, and slowly opened the pure gold holy book in her hand.

"Buzz—!"

The sacred text moved without wind, its pages turning rapidly with a "whoosh." Ancient and mysterious golden runes, composed of pure holy light energy, flew out from the pages, swirling and dancing in mid-air!

"I am Ling Jing, the thirty-seventh Hall Master of the Zhenling Hall."

"Summoning the ancient heroes!"

"I beseech the power of the Holy Light to descend upon this place!"

"Forbidden Technique—"

"The Wailing Wall!"

As Lingjing's chanting, filled with a sacred and solemn aura, faded away!

"boom--!!"

Above the entire Death Sand Sea, the enormous golden pillar of light that she had just summoned shone brightly once more, then transformed into twelve slightly smaller golden pillars of light, like twelve sacred pillars supporting the heavens and the earth. They descended from the sky and fiercely pierced around the blood-red heart, completely surrounding it!

Immediately afterwards, between the twelve golden pillars of light, translucent golden walls made of pure holy light energy rapidly condensed and took shape, forming an enormous dodecahedral golden cage that enveloped the blood-red heart and Ye Cang!

The moment the golden cage took shape, Ye Cang felt the pressure on his body suddenly lighten! The terrifying abyssal aura emanating from the blood-red heart, upon contact with the golden walls, was as if it had encountered its nemesis, emitting a "sizzling" sound of purification, and the speed at which its energy dissipated was instantly suppressed by more than 90%!

"Now!" A glint flashed in Ling Jing's eyes, and the pure gold holy book in her hand closed automatically with a "whoosh," then transformed into a stream of light and flew directly above the golden cage!

"seal up!"

With a delicate shout from Ling Jing, the pure gold holy book burst forth with dazzling golden light! Countless golden chains, thinner than a strand of hair, shot out from the holy book, like living serpents, binding the still unwillingly beating blood-red heart tightly layer by layer!

"Bang...bang...bang..."

The heart of the ancient god seemed to sense a deadly threat. Its beating became faster and more violent! Each beat caused the entire golden cage to tremble violently, and tiny cracks appeared on the golden walls!

"Hmph! Still want to resist?" Ling Jing snorted coldly upon seeing this. She formed an extremely complex ancient hand seal with her hands in front of her chest.

"Holy Word—"

"town!"

A gigantic golden character for "town" appeared out of thin air, and then, with supreme majesty that made its words law, it was firmly imprinted on the blood-red heart!

"Bang--!!"

The ancient god's heart, which had been beating wildly, suddenly stopped the moment it was imprinted with the word "suppress"! Then, all the energy fluctuations and all the abyssal aura were completely suppressed at this moment! It turned into an ordinary heart that looked like a ruby, quietly floating in mid-air, without any further movement.

"Hoo..." After doing all this, Ling Jing's forehead was covered with a fine layer of fragrant sweat. Clearly, casting such a powerful forbidden-level seal was quite a drain on her.

With a wave of her hand, the dodecahedral golden cage that had completely sealed the heart of the ancient god rapidly shrank, eventually transforming into a delicate golden Rubik's Cube the size of a palm, which flew back into her hand. She carefully put the Rubik's Cube into her storage space before turning around to look at Ye Cang, whose face was as pale as paper, having already released the [God-Slaying Domain].

"You're quite impressive." She looked at Ye Cang and the [Asura] weapon, which had already restrained all its demonic power, and sincerely praised him, "With strength below level 50, you were actually able to suppress the energy dissipation of the ancient god's heart head-on with just a weapon. Your name is Ye Cang, isn't it? I'll remember you."

After saying that, she stopped looking at Ye Cang and turned her gaze to the boy, Lu Yuan, who had been watching everything quietly like an outsider from beginning to end.

"You are the 'Divine Craftsman', aren't you?" she said slowly. Although her voice remained calm, anyone could hear the undisguised curiosity and inquiry within it.