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

"What am I here for?"

Lu Yuan looked around at the world filled with sulfur and flames.

Then, his gaze fell on Baal.

A smile appeared on his face that sent chills down Bal's spine.

"Didn't I already say that?"

"We've come to take you back..."

"As raw materials!"

When Lu Yuan uttered the words "I'll take you back to be used as material," the entire Molten Throne Hall fell into a deathly silence.

All the high-ranking demons who were prostrate on the ground slowly raised their strangely shaped heads and looked at the human who had suddenly intruded with an expression as if he were a fool.

Where is this place?

This is hell! It is the divine kingdom of Baal, the seventh monarch and king of the Balrogs!

In this world, Baal is an omnipotent god and the rule-maker!

How dare a mortal trespass into the kingdom of gods and utter such rebellious words to the gods?

Did he think his way of dying wasn't creative enough?

"Haha... Hahahaha!"

After a brief silence, Baal on the throne suddenly burst into a deafening burst of maniacal laughter.

That laughter was filled with endless absurdity and brutality.

"Mortal! Mortal! You are the most foolish and audacious creature I have ever seen since I was born!"

Baal slowly rose from his throne.

Its originally somewhat illusory energy body began to solidify and grow rapidly the moment it came into contact with the aura of the origin of hell!

Countless magma rose from the ground and flowed into its body.

In just a few breaths, it recovered to its complete form, which was several times more powerful than it had been on Earth!

Standing over a thousand meters tall, his body ablaze with "original sin fire" powerful enough to incinerate everything, his terrifying divine might pressed down on Lu Yuan and Yan Ji as if it were a tangible force!

"Do you still think this is your fragile material world?"

Baal's voice echoed like thunder throughout the hall.

"This is my kingdom! Here, I am God! I am the law!"

How dare you trespass into my divine kingdom?

Should I call you brave, or ignorant?

"Today, I will show you what the true power of the gods is!"

"Children of hell!"

Baal spread his arms and gave the command!

"Tear them apart!"

"roar--!!!"

Beneath the throne, thousands upon thousands of high-ranking demons, upon receiving the monarch's command, instantly roared with excitement, as if injected with adrenaline!

They transformed into a black torrent of slaughter and destruction, surging madly towards Lu Yuan and Yan Ji from all directions!

These are no ordinary little devils.

Those qualified to stay in the Monarch's Hall are all elite lords of level 60 or higher!

Among them were even a few demon lords whose aura had reached the half-step S-rank!

Such a terrifying demon army is enough to easily flatten any ordinary material plane!

However, facing this sea of ​​demons that would make any S-class powerhouse shudder, Lu Yuan didn't even lift an eyelid.

He simply turned his head and said to Yan Ji, who was already gripping the Phoenix Cry Divine Sword and preparing for a desperate battle:

"Watch closely."

"That's what Qing soldiers should be like."

After saying that, he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers lightly.

"Smack."

"Buzz—!!!"

An invisible wave instantly spread out!

The next second, a scene that terrified all the demons, including Baal on the throne, unfolded.

The demons at the forefront suddenly began to disintegrate without warning!

It is not destroyed by energy, nor cut by a sharp blade, but directly disintegrated at the most fundamental level of its structure!

Their flesh and blood, their bones, their souls...

Everything was instantly reduced to the most primitive energy particles!

Then, drawn by an invisible force, they gathered in Lu Yuan's palm!

It only took a single second!

That surging torrent of demons was forcibly wiped out in large chunks!

A huge fan-shaped vacuum zone has appeared!

All the charging demons seemed to be frozen in place, stopping in terror!

They looked at the human standing calmly in the center of the vacuum zone, their eyes filled with the fear of seeing a demon!

What the hell is this ability?!

Does a word become law? Or are rules erased?

This is even more hellish than their ruler!

"What...what did you do?!"

On the throne, Baal's voice trembled for the first time.

It clearly sensed that, in that instant, the most fundamental rule of "existence" in this divine realm that belonged to it had been forcibly distorted by an external force!

In the face of this human, its divine kingdom has become utterly useless?!

"It's nothing."

Lu Yuan spread his hands.

In his palm, a colorful sphere of light composed of countless energy particles was slowly rotating.

"I just think you guys are a bit noisy."

Therefore, I have transformed you back to your quietest form.

Incidentally, I'll also collect some 'raw materials'.

He looked at the ball of light in his hand and nodded in satisfaction.

"Hmm, not bad. The energy purity is very high, and there are few impurities. It's much better than those inferior products we collected on Earth before."

These words terrified Baal more than the most vicious curse!

It finally understood.

The man in front of me is no ordinary person!

He is a monster who can manipulate the rules of the world at will!

An existence more terrifying than the devil!

escape!

We must escape!

Only this one thought remained in Baal's mind!

It even neglected its own throne and its sister!

Its enormous body, thousands of meters tall, suddenly transformed into a raging inferno, about to tear through space and escape this place of trouble!

However, as soon as it made a move, Lu Yuan's lazy voice rang out again:

Did I let you leave?

The voice just fell.

"BOOM—!!!"

The entire Molten Throne Hall trembled violently!

Four enormous chains suddenly emerged from the void!

The four chains are different colors:

A single strand, as blue as the sea, exudes a heavy aura that suppresses all things;

A crystal-clear strand, radiating an absolute zero that freezes time and space;

A blazing, crimson gold flame, radiating the sacred flames of burning rules;

There was another one, which was pure black!

That blackness seemed capable of devouring all light and existence!

It was Lu Yuan who condensed the sea, ice, and fire within his divine essence, along with a trace of the "return to zero" rule he had gleaned from "zero," to create...

"The Chain of Rules"!

The four divine chains, like four ancient dragons, pierced through the void in an instant!

They tightly bound Baal, who had just turned into flames and was preparing to escape!

"ah--!!!"

Baal let out a piercing scream!

Its divine body, composed of "original sin fire," melted and disintegrated rapidly the moment it was bound by these four chains of divine rules, as if it had encountered its nemesis!

It senses its own power, its own rules, its own divinity...

It is being frantically devoured and analyzed by these four chains!

"No! Let me go! Let me go!"

Bar struggled frantically.

However, it was all in vain.

Before Lu Yuan, the "God of Rules," this "false god" who only knew how to use a single rule had absolutely no chance of resistance.

"Okay, stop yelling."

Lu Yuan picked at his ear, looking impatient.

"Say that again, and I'll gag you too!"

He waved to the void.

Baal, bound like a dumpling by four divine chains, was forcibly dragged out of the void.

Then, to the horror of all the demons, Lu Yuan dragged her like a dead dog to Yan Ji's front.

"Here you are."

Lu Yuan pointed to Baal, who had been tortured to the point of being reduced to a mere flickering flame, and said to Yan Ji:

"Main ingredients, received."

Next, get ready.

We're about to begin the 'surgery'.

"Hand...surgery?"

Looking at the surreal scene before her, Yan Ji felt her language system was about to collapse.

One second he was majestic and awe-inspiring, known as the seventh monarch of hell and the Flame Demon King who was about to destroy the world, but now he was like a giant turkey that had been tied up, being dragged around by Lu Yuan, completely powerless to resist.

And this instigator is now actually saying he wants to use the Lord of Hell to perform "surgery" on himself?

This isn't just a matter of being crazy; this is something even mythology wouldn't dare to write!

"Yes, surgery."

Lu Yuan nodded, and then began to issue instructions like a surgeon preparing to perform a precise operation.

"You, stand here, yes, right here." He pointed to the spot directly in front of Baal.

"Relax your body, don't resist, completely open your mind, and imagine yourself as a red-hot iron ingot, yes, the kind that sizzles and smokes when thrown into water."

Flame Princess: "..."

Thank you for that vivid analogy!

Despite her inner turmoil, Yan Ji took a deep breath and, out of absolute trust in Lu Yuan, stood in the designated spot as instructed by him, closed her eyes, and tried to clear her mind.

"very good."

Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Baal, who was bound by the chains of divine rules.

"Your turn, brother-in-law."

Lu Yuan called out with a smile.

This title made Barn's faint flame tremble violently, filled with endless humiliation.

"Don't be nervous, it'll be quick and won't hurt at all."

Lu Yuan offered a word of comfort, and then his gaze instantly became incredibly focused!

"The first step: soul stripping and purification!"

He stretched out his right hand, fingers spread, and made a grasping motion towards Baal!

"ah--!!!"

Baal let out another piercing scream!

One could see that strands of the purest and most potent soul essence, burning with black flames, were forcibly extracted from its core by Lu Yuan!

For a deity, this process is tantamount to being slowly sliced ​​to death!

"It's so noisy."

Lu Yuan frowned and made a clenching motion in mid-air with his left hand.

Baal's screams abruptly stopped.

Its soul was imprisoned by an invisible force, and it couldn't even make a sound.

Lu Yuan was like a highly efficient assembly line worker, constantly extracting the purest essence of the "Original Sin Fire" from Baal's body.

The extracted essence of souls gathered in the air into a huge sphere burning with black flames.

"There are too many impurities."

Lu Yuan glanced at the black fireball and shook his head.

A thought suddenly occurred to him.

The crystalline chain representing "absolute zero" suddenly shone brightly!

An extremely cold force of rules instantly surged into the black fireball!

"Sizzle—!"

The black fireball churned violently!

Countless negative emotions and rule impurities representing "tyranny," "destruction," and "chaos" were forcibly frozen and stripped away under the scouring of this extreme cold power!

Then, it turned into black ice crystals and fell down, instantly annihilating into nothingness upon contact with the scorching ground of hell.

In just a few breaths.

The enormous fireball, which was originally pitch black, was purified and transformed into a divine core that radiated pure crimson-gold light, just like the sun!

Within this core, only the most fundamental and purest rule of the concept of "fire" remains!

"Hmm, that's more like it."

Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

After doing all this, he didn't even look at Baal, who had completely withered and whose flame was almost extinguished, and simply threw him aside like trash.

Then, he focused all his attention on Yan Ji.

"Step Two: The mortal body dissolves, the soul resonates!"

Lu Yuan clasped his hands together in mid-air!

That enormous crimson-gold divine core instantly transformed into a stream of light and entered Yan Ji's body!

"Hmm!"

Yan Ji let out a muffled groan, her pretty face instantly turning deathly pale!

An indescribable, searing pain erupted from the depths of her soul!

She felt as if that "sun" was completely melting her from the inside out!

Her body began to burn uncontrollably!

Skin, muscles, bones...

They all rapidly vaporized and decomposed in that crimson-gold flame!

"Stay calm!"

Lu Yuan's voice, like a resounding bell, echoed in her soul!

"Guard your memories! Guard your humanity! Remember, you are Flame Princess! Not some Primordial Phoenix!"

This power is yours, not something that will consume you!

Yan Ji gritted her teeth tightly.

The excruciating pain nearly made her faint.

However, Lu Yuan's words were like a guiding light, allowing her to hold onto the last glimmer of clarity amidst endless pain.

"I... am... Flame Princess..."

She told herself this over and over again.

Her childhood, her experiences in the orphanage, her confusion after awakening her talent, and the bits and pieces of her life after meeting Lu Yuan...

All the memories flashed through her mind like a movie.

These memories, belonging to the human "Flame Princess," became her only bulwark against the divine torrent!

Gradually.

Her crumbling human soul began to resonate in a strange way with that crimson-gold divine core!

Her soul, like a sponge, began to actively absorb and integrate that immense power!

And her mortal body, which had been burned to the point of being nothing but a skeleton, began to undergo earth-shattering changes in this resonance!

The crimson-gold divine flames, using her bones as a framework, began to reconstruct her muscles, meridians, and skin...

A completely new, perfect system, composed of the purest rules of fire...

The body of God is slowly taking shape!

This scene made the trembling high-ranking demons nearby stare in disbelief, their eyes practically popping out of their sockets.

You can... play like this?

Extract the divine core of the monarch and place it in another person?

This is no longer surgery.

This is fucking creating a god on the spot!

And they're using their gods as parts?!

Who exactly is this human?!

Time passed by, second by second.

The new body of Flame Princess has been basically completed.

It was a body that was even more perfect and powerful than her previous one.

Every inch of her skin radiates divine light.

Her long, fiery red hair moved without wind, as if each strand was a dancing flame sprite.

Her eyes were tightly closed, and the aura emanating from her body was rising at an alarming rate!

S-rank peak...

Half-step SSS level...

SSS level...

SSS-level peak!

In fact, it continues to break through to new heights!

However, just as her aura was about to break through that critical point and step into the true realm of "gods", a sudden change occurred!

Suddenly, a look of pain appeared on Yan Ji's flawless face!

Her newly formed divine body began to show fine cracks!

It feels like it could collapse again at any moment!

"Um?"

Lu Yuan frowned.

"Is the harmony between the soul and the divine body still insufficient?"

The conflict between humanity and divinity is more intense than I imagined.

Pure fire rules alone are not enough.

One more thing is missing...

It can also be a 'stabilizer' that harmonizes these two opposing attributes.

Lu Yuan stared at Yan Ji, who was about to lose control, and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, he remembered something and slapped his forehead.

"I'm such a pig brain."

Isn't the ready-made 'stabilizer' right in front of us?

He turned his head and his gaze fell on Baal, who he had thrown into the corner and who was now just a wisp of a soul.

Feeling Lu Yuan's gaze, Balna's faint flame trembled violently.

An ominous premonition welled up in its heart.

This devil...

What is he planning to do now?!

"Brother-in-law, don't be afraid."

Lu Yuan gave Baer a friendly smile.

"To see someone through to the end, one must do good deeds to the very end."

Since we've already helped so much...

I'll let you contribute a little more at the very end.

Don't worry, this is truly the last time.

After saying that, he once again extended the hand that had given Baal a nightmare.

"No... Don't..."

Baal's remnant soul emitted a faint yet desperate fluctuation of will.

It is truly afraid now.

This human isn't a devil at all; even devils aren't this outrageous!