At this moment, at the core of the ever-pulling, dark purple New Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame, the three ribs that had been scorched from jade white to dark gold were nowhere to be seen. In their place was a pool of strange dark golden liquid, about the size of a fist, slowly flowing and writhing on its own!
This liquid seemed not to be an inanimate object, but rather possessed a unique Spirituality and life. It flowed slowly in the flames, its surface rippling, emitting a strange fluctuation originating from the source of creation.
"After three hours of burning, the seal set up by the Dou Sheng Expert has finally been completely broken!" Seeing this strange sight, a look of relief and joy flashed across Lin Ming's eyes, and he sighed softly.
Immediately, he took a deep breath of the air, which was particularly dry and scorching due to the high temperature, and adjusted his condition to the best. Without the slightest hesitation, he slowly extended his right palm.
Immediately, with his five fingers slightly spread, Lin Ming directly plunged his entire palm into the blazing Dark Purple Flame, and then steadily inserted it into the pool of constantly writhing dark golden liquid!
"Sizzle--!"
The moment the hand touched the liquid, an astonishing change occurred!
The dark golden liquid that had been flowing slowly suddenly began to boil violently and frantically, like a swarm of bees startled or a shark that had smelled blood!
They seemed to possess their own will, transforming into countless fine, dark gold threads that tightly and thoroughly wrapped around Lin Ming's entire right palm, from his fingertips to his wrist, quickly enveloping it completely and forming a dark gold liquid glove!
"Hiss--!"
The instant the dark golden liquid completely enveloped his right palm, an indescribable, excruciating pain, like being pierced by a thousand needles or branded with a hot iron, suddenly surged from his palm and even from every inch of skin, muscle, and bone of his right hand!
The excruciating pain was so intense and pure that even with Lin Ming's incredibly resilient nerves and willpower, the muscles in his face couldn't help but twitch slightly, his expression changed instantly, and he gasped for breath!
It's important to know that Lin Ming had previously refined a drop of precious Dragon Emperor Essence Blood in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, a gift from the old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun specifically designed to enhance his physical strength and Dou Qi! Combined with his own relentless cultivation of the top-tier body-refining Cultivation Method — the Rainbow Lightning Venerate Body Technique —his physical resilience had already reached an extremely terrifying level, enough to match his peak Eight-Star Dou Venerate Dou Qi cultivation, and even surpassing him in some aspects of resistance!
This makes Lin Ming's physical body difficult to injure with ordinary swords and blades, and even low-level Earth Tier Dou Technique might not leave a deep mark. However, it was this seemingly inconspicuous dark golden liquid that allowed him to feel such clear and intense pain!
This is enough to imagine how domineering and extraordinary this liquid, formed from the Dou Saint remains and containing the power of creation of the "Great Heaven Creation Palm," is!
Enveloped and corroded by the dark golden liquid, Lin Ming felt that his right palm was undergoing some kind of strange and uncontrollable deformation!
It seemed to be being kneaded and squeezed by an invisible, enormous force, its bones emitting a faint but teeth-grinding "clucking" sound, as if it could be Form Shaping this powerful force at any moment!
The muscle fibers beneath the skin were also throbbing wildly, sending waves of tearing pain through them.
The squeezing sensation grew stronger, and the pain intensified exponentially, crashing against Lin Ming's willpower like waves, attempting to make him retreat and give up.
At this moment, large beads of sweat instantly seeped out from Lin Ming's forehead, only to be instantly evaporated into white vapor by the surrounding high temperature.
"Hmph! I don't believe that you, an unclaimed thing, can be more domineering than the Essence Blood containing the Origin Power the Dragon Emperor's origin!" Facing this excruciating pain, a ruthless and resolute glint flashed in Lin Ming's eyes!
He recalled the extreme pain he felt when refining the Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, as if he had thrown himself into a stellar furnace, with every inch of his flesh and blood undergoing a cycle of destruction and rebirth.
Compared to that, the pain before me, though intense, lacks that crushing feeling that originates from the Life Origin!
Thus, a tenacious spirit of defiance surged from the depths of Lin Ming's heart, causing him not only not to try to pull his hand away, but to instead more actively meet the dark golden liquid, as if declaring war on it: Come on, let's see if your power of creation can transform me, or if my will and body can completely conquer you!
Just as Lin Ming was fiercely resisting with his indomitable will, confronting and merging with the dark golden liquid, the surging pain suddenly stopped, like a wild beast being choked!
The dark golden liquid, which had been clinging to and corroding Lin Ming like a malignant tumor just a moment ago, seemed to receive some kind of instruction or acknowledge Lin Ming's qualifications, and the violent energy on it instantly became docile.
At this moment, they no longer tried to destroy, but instead, like wanderers who had found their home, they transformed into countless gentle streams of dark gold. Like the receding tide, they seeped into the skin, flesh, and even the bones of Lin Ming's right hand at a speed visible to the naked eye, without any hindrance!
In the blink of an eye, the dark gold color that enveloped the palm completely disappeared, as if it had never existed, leaving only Lin Ming's palm, which looked no different from usual, but whose interior had undergone a tremendous change.
At the same moment the strange liquid completely dissolved, Lin Ming's head jolted violently! It was as if an invisible thunderclap had exploded deep within his soul!
Then, everything in front of Lin Ming's eyes instantly became blurry and distorted, and his vision was filled with an intense dark golden light.
At this moment, a dark golden light, identical to that of the liquid, uncontrollably surfaced deep within his pupils, swirling endlessly. And unconsciously, he uttered low murmurs imbued with a profound and mysterious Daoist rhythm:
"Great... Heaven... Creation... Palm!"
"Boom--!"
A deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were being created, echoed through Lin Ming's Consciousness Sea. His soul experienced a violent shock and a sense of being ripped apart. When the roar gradually subsided and his vision refocused, he found that he was no longer in the main hall of East Dragon Island!
At this moment, Lin Ming found himself in an incredibly strange space.
Here, there is nothingness, an endless expanse of emptiness in all directions, without sky, without earth, without light, and without darkness, only an eternal, Chaos sense of vastness.
The space wasn't large, yet it gave the illusion of being boundless, empty and lifeless, so quiet that you could hear the pulse of your own soul.
Lin Ming's gaze swept across the area briefly before settling on a certain spot in this Void Space. There, a figure quietly emerged.
The figure stood with his back to Lin Ming, hands clasped behind his back, appearing unusually ordinary.
He was dressed in simple cloth clothes, and his figure was not tall, even somewhat thin. Lin Ming could hardly detect any fluctuations in his aura or any signs of his Dou Qi circulating. He looked like an ordinary person who would disappear instantly if thrown into a crowd.
However, Lin Ming was perfectly clear-headed and did not underestimate him in the slightest. He knew that this seemingly ordinary figure should be the true creator of the "Great Heaven Creation Palm," the Creation Saint who left behind the skeleton within the Ancient Ruins!
"This doesn't seem to be the real space, but a memory fragment space hidden within the information of this Dou Technique inheritance... This figure is probably not a real soul remnant, but just a memory imprint he left in the inheritance to guide future generations..." Looking at the ordinary figure standing with his hands behind his back, Lin Ming seemed to be deep in thought.
With his current experience as Eight-Star Dou Venerate, coupled with his premonition of the original plot, he naturally wouldn't be as easily startled as a novice. After a brief moment of contemplation, he relied on his powerful Soul Perception to roughly figure out the background of this figure and the nature of this space.
Just as Lin Ming had predicted, the figure never turned around or even glanced at Lin Ming, as if he were merely a pre-programmed still image.
Shortly after the former entered this memory space, a voice, calm and still as water, yet seemingly containing the Supreme Principle of the universe, slowly resounded within this Void Space, like a stream, clearly penetrating the depths of Lin Ming's consciousness:
"The Great Heaven Creation Palm, Heaven Tier Low-grade Dou Technique, was created by me after a lifetime of effort, traveling the continent, observing the birth and death of all things, integrating the essence of various Dou Technique, and finally glimpsing a trace of the True Meaning of Creation of creation."
The calm voice was like a self-narration, devoid of any emotional color, yet it exuded a sense of arrogance that looked down upon the heavens.
"This palm technique is devoid of fancy moves or elaborate forms; it focuses solely on the essence, emphasizing the meaning of creation. It uses the palm to shatter the heavens and force to destroy all things. Under the power of creation, all things are but illusions..."
As he listened to the calm voice expounding the truth like profound maxims, Lin Ming's eyes grew brighter and brighter, his mind completely immersed in it, greedily absorbing the Supreme Principle contained in every word.
This is not merely a method for cultivating Dou Technique, but also a Dou Sheng Expert's understanding and interpretation of "power" and "creation"!
"Heaven Tier Dou Technique have transcended the mundane and surpassed even sainthood; they cannot be obtained or cultivated without great fortune and unwavering perseverance. You, who have obtained the secret hidden within my bones, can be considered a person of destiny."
The voice continued, "Now that you have obtained the bones and withstood the tempering of the 'Gold Spirit Saliva,' completing the transformation of your hands, you possess the initial qualifications to cultivate. Remember, the Great Heaven Creation Palm is incredibly powerful, but its backlash is also astonishing. You must use hands tempered by the 'Gold Spirit Saliva' to successfully unleash it; otherwise, before the palm force is even released, your own meridians will be destroyed by the domineering power of creation!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ming nodded without any surprise, his gaze falling on his seemingly unharmed right hand.
The dark golden liquid was called "Gold Spirit Saliva," a prerequisite for cultivating this palm technique. It was used to transform the palm, enabling it to withstand and guide the terrifying power of creation.
The figure ignored Lin Ming's reaction and, as if programmed, spoke again, beginning the true core inheritance:
"The Great Heaven Creation Palm possesses the power to Seize Heaven and Earth's Creation; its method of wielding this power is entirely different from ordinary techniques..."
As the calm voice slowly rose, the ordinary figure who had been standing with his hands behind his back suddenly emitted a faint yet incredibly pure fluorescent light! And his originally solid body actually became transparent at this moment, like the purest crystal!
Through that transparent body, Lin Ming could clearly see the complex and profound meridian routes within! Those meridians, like a network of rivers and streams covering the earth, shimmered with a faint light, forming a perfect and mysterious cyclical system.
The instant the meridian system appeared, a highly condensed energy stream radiating a dark golden light suddenly emerged from his dantian, and then, like a dragon with Spirituality, it swiftly traversed and surged through the transparent meridian network in a specific trajectory filled with a mysterious rhythm!