The Third Recording: The Warship Outside the Giant Clam!

"All personnel, immediately proceed to the coordinates via the Divine Kingdom Passage!" Xuan Yan commanded in a deep voice.

His two hundred gods immediately responded.

One of the gods opened the passage to his Divine Kingdom, and the rest of the gods transformed into streams of light and filed in.

In less than a standard day, the Xuan Yan and his subordinate gods appeared at the edge of a desolate and lifeless star field.

However, it was ultimately too late.

In the void ahead, an irregular, pitch-black vortex had already taken shape, its edges writhing like molten Amber, emanating a chaotic aura that made even the soul feel sticky.

A chaotic beast, constantly twisting and deforming, was hovering beside the hole, and the energy fluctuations it emitted had reached the Venerable Lord Rank.

Worse still, inside the hole, most of another chaotic beast's body had already squeezed out and was frantically trying to crawl out.

"Attack!" Xuan Yan shouted, his figure instantly transforming into a sharp gray streak of light as he pounced on the first Chaos Beast guarding the entrance to the hole.

He made a grasping motion with his right hand, and a gray spear appeared out of thin air, carrying a sharp light that could pierce through the void, and stabbed fiercely at the first chaotic beast.

"Everyone, focus fire on the second one and stop it from coming out!" Xuan Yan ordered his subordinates at the same time.

"Yes!"

Two hundred gods responded in unison, instantly spreading out in formation. A barrage of divine power attacks, each Dao Resonance different laws and characteristics, rained down on the second dark mass that was desperately trying to break free.

Thousand Illusions stood at the front of the battle formation, her body enveloped in Phantom Light that blended reality and illusion.

She is now a high-ranking deity. Ming Luo was not far from her side, her divine power heavy and profound, approaching the threshold of a high-ranking deity.

Boom boom boom!

The barrage of attacks landed on the body of the second Chaos Beast, unleashing chaotic energy turbulence.

The shadowy mass emitted a silent hiss, its body writhing violently. Its mud-like form rapidly sculpted, revealing a rough, armor-like shape on its surface. The outlines of its limbs began to emerge, and a blurry humanoid face coalesced around its head.

Its simulated arms flailing wildly, blocking some of the attacks, while emitting a roar full of violence and greed, struggling even more frantically towards the outside of the hole.

On the other side, the battle between Xuan Yan and the first Chaos Beast was almost one-sided.

Each thrust of his gray spear caused the enemy to roar in pain, its dark body disintegrating and evaporating, its aura rapidly fading.

However, just as the Xuan Yan was gathering his power, preparing to strike hard and eliminate him completely in one fell swoop.

"Roar!"

A furious roar exploded from the direction of the hole!

The second chaotic beast, having withstood the continuous barrage of fire from over two hundred gods, forced its way out of the hole!

As soon as it broke free, its mimicry giant arm, accompanied by a destructive gray-black turbulence, slammed into the nearest divine battle formation.

"Joint defense!" Thousand Illusions shouted.

The surrounding deities reacted extremely quickly, their divine power instantly connecting to form a thick, composite divine power shield, while various defensive treasures were thrown out in a frenzy.

Bang!!!

The mimicking giant fist slammed into the protective shield.

The protective shield shattered instantly, and all the defensive measures collapsed in an instant. However, thanks to this momentary delay, the gods were able to dodge the giant fist's attack in time.

Even so, many gods turned pale, and some of the weaker ones even had blood spilling from the corners of their mouths.

This is the enormous difference between the Venerable Lord Rank and the God-level.

With a single strike, it shattered the combined defense of two hundred gods and injured the divine bodies of several others.

This is because the Chaos Beast's attacks are straightforward and lack any skill.

Xuan Yan's heart sank suddenly.

Because behind that second mimicking chaotic beast, in the center of the hole, the outline of a third dark shadow was already faintly visible, taking over the vacated position.

This is troublesome.

More than half an Epoch ago, a hole appeared here once before, but he was able to deal with the first one before the second one emerged.

This time, however, due to the deteriorating cosmic environment and the sluggish mobilization of the Origin Law, he was a tiny bit slower in dealing with the first one.

In addition, the time it took for his divine squad to escape the second enemy was also shortened.

The two sides overlapping resulted in the second one successfully escaping.

"Immediately request assistance from General Headquarters! Coordinates K-7783. One is severely injured, one has escaped, and the third is about to emerge. Requesting urgent support!"

While instructing the Intelligent Life to send a message to the command center in his mind, Xuan Yan moved swiftly, his gray spear tracing an arcane path as he caught the second Chaos Beast that had just escaped its confinement.

At the same time, he distracted himself and ordered, "Everyone, at all costs, slow down the third one! We absolutely cannot let it out!"

"Yes!"

The gods immediately turned all their firepower towards the third shadow that was struggling to emerge, unleashing a barrage of attacks based on various laws.

However, the effect was limited.

The third shadowy mass writhed, its outward expansion slowed but remained resolute, and at the same time, signs of mimicry began to appear on its surface.

Time passed second by second.

The outline of the third chaotic beast became clearer and clearer, with half of its body already visible, and its mimicry features becoming more and more obvious.

Thousand Illusions turned her head and glanced at the battle in the distance.

The Xuan Yan was fighting two against one. Although it was clear that he was suppressing the two chaotic demonic beasts, he was unable to defeat them in a short time.

We can't wait any longer.

Thousand Illusions's stunningly beautiful face remained expressionless.

She paused for a moment, then said coldly, "Execute the emergency plan. First team."

The words had barely left his mouth.

In the battle formation, twenty deities straightened their expressions, and then, without the slightest hesitation, their divine power surged instantly.

Twenty blazing divine flames shot into the sky!

The attack intensity increased dramatically.

The third chaotic beast's outward pushing motion abruptly halted, its body surface violently rippled by the even more ferocious attacks, reducing its outward speed.

However, it was still slowly pushing outwards, roaring.

"Second squad."

Thousand Illusions's voice rang out again.

Twenty more deities silently ignited their divine power.

With the addition of newly burning flames, the torrent of attacks became even more turbulent.

But that's not enough.

Thousand Illusions's gaze swept over Ming Luo.

Ming Luo's expression was solemn. He nodded slightly to her, then took a deep breath, and the already concentrated divine power around him suddenly surged!

"Third squad." Thousand Illusions's voice rang out for the third time.

Including Ming Luo, the third batch of twenty deities ignited their divine power.

Divine power and flames blazed fiercely on the battlefield.

The third chaotic beast, with most of its body protruding, was suppressed by even fiercer firepower and almost pinned to the spot.

Time passed amidst the fierce competition.

The flames on the bodies of the twenty gods in the first squad began to flicker slightly, their auras were no longer as violent as they had been initially, and their attack intensity also decreased slightly.

But they persisted, burning with their last breaths.

Xuan Yan naturally noticed the commotion on the side of the divine battle formation.

A flicker of pain crossed his eyes, but his attacks became even more ferocious and ruthless.

However, the two chaotic beasts cooperated very well, especially the newly emerged second one, which, taking advantage of its relatively good condition, often took the initiative to block attacks for the other. As a result, although both chaotic beasts were already seriously injured, it would still take some time to completely defeat them.

However, what we lack now is time!

The twenty deities in the first squad began to show a noticeable dimming of their radiance and their auras became unstable.

They had been burning their divine power for some time, and their divine bodies were beginning to show signs of disintegration.

Thousand Illusions looked at his twenty comrades, a flicker of emotion passing through his eyes, before quickly returning to calm.

She slowly raised her hand, and the Phantom Light surrounding her, a blend of reality and illusion, began to contract inward, and then... it lit up!

"Fourth squad," she said.

Her own divine power also blazed fiercely!

At the same time, the fourth batch of gods followed closely behind, igniting their divine power.

With the support of the fourth batch of burning divine power, the third chaotic beast's tendency to burrow outwards was even suppressed, causing it to slowly retract into the hole.

But the cost is enormous.

The twenty deities in the first squad were nearing the end of their divine power burning; their flames were as faint as candles flickering in the wind, and their divine bodies were disintegrating at a noticeably faster pace.

Thousand Illusions felt the divine power rapidly draining from his body, looked at the third chaotic beast that was still roaring and charging outwards despite being suppressed, and glanced at the Xuan Yan circle that was still locked in a stalemate in the distance.

At this moment, the twenty deities of the second squad... their flames began to flicker, and their aura gradually faded.

Thousand Illusions took a soft breath.

"Fifth..

Just as the syllable was about to be uttered, a sudden change occurred!

The surrounding area was filled with the turbulent energy of fierce battle, the rampant chaotic aura, the burning divine power flames, and the distorted fluctuations of the holes... Whether it was the chaotic beasts that were frantically squeezing outwards, the gods who were burning their divine power to struggle to survive, or the Xuan Yan and the other two chaotic beasts who were engaged in a fierce battle in the distance.

Everything froze instantly.

Immediately afterwards, in the center of that frozen spacetime, in that originally empty void, a silver-gray ripple silently spread out.

A figure dressed in a silver-gray robe stepped out from the ripples.

The person who arrived was Lin Yi.

He grasped the whole situation with just a quick glance, then raised his hand and made a perfunctory clenching motion.

Those three chaotic beasts, whether it was the two that had been severely injured and had their bodies broken by the Xuan Yan, or the third that had been suppressed at the edge of the hole by the gods at the cost of burning their lives, with most of its body still pushing outward, were like ice crystals thrown into the interior of a blazing star, silently disintegrating from the smallest structure.

The whole process was faster than I could have imagined.

When the effect of the time-slowing force field faded, Xuan Yan only felt a blur before his eyes. The three chaotic beasts that had brought him and his gods immense pressure, even forcing them to burn their divine power, had vanished without a trace, leaving not even a trace of residual chaotic aura.

The battlefield fell silent.

Only the still slightly wriggling dark hole, and the lingering black mist around it, proved that what had just happened was not an illusion.

Lin Yi dealt with the Chaos Beast, but his movements did not stop for the first time.

He turned to the hole, his hands clasped together in front of his chest, and the silver-gray light of the Time-Space Origin Law gathered in his palms, eventually transforming into complex and mysterious chains of silver-white runes.

"Seal up."

He uttered a single word softly.

The silvery-white rune chains shot out as if they were alive, precisely covering the edge of the irregular hole.

The moment the chain came into contact with the hole, it made a hissing sound, and at the same time, it continued to intertwine and extend, eventually weaving a dense and complex silver-white net on the surface of the hole, completely sealing the entire hole.

At the center of the net, a silver-white rune slowly rotated, like a huge scar branded onto the void of the Main Universe.

At this point, the breach has been temporarily sealed, requiring only periodic replenishment of energy.

Although not as solid as a seal created by a supreme being, it is enough to prevent new chaotic beasts from pouring in through this place for quite some time.

After doing all this, Lin Yi slowly turned around.

Everyone on the battlefield stared at him in disbelief.

The Xuan Yan looked at Lin Yi with extremely complicated emotions.

Once upon a time, the young man before him needed his guidance and protection; now, he has grown into someone he looks up to, someone who saves them from danger in critical moments.

After a brief silence, someone was the first to react.

"Greetings, Lord Star Abyss!"

Everyone, including Xuan Yan, bowed in unison.

Lin Yi's gaze swept across the entire scene, lingering for a moment on the gods whose divine power was surging and whose divine bodies were beginning to disintegrate, and he sighed softly.

Then, he raised his hands and made a light, perceptual gesture of pressing down.

A gentle yet vast and powerful force of the Origin Law spacetime spread out, precisely targeting each deity burning with divine power.

That force instantly severed the burning process and forcibly suppressed the violent backlash caused by the burning.

For Lin Yi, forcibly stopping the burning of divine power at the god level would require some mental effort, but it was not impossible.

"Thank you, Lord!" The gods, whose burning had been interrupted, felt the cessation of the destructive process within them and bowed once more.

Lin Yi waved his hand and looked at Xuan Yan and Thousand Illusions who were walking over.

"Xuan Yan Sister Thousand Illusions, are you alright?"

Xuan Yan shook his head, his expression grave. "We're alright, thanks to the Sovereign's timely arrival. However..."

He glanced at the pale-faced deities behind him and the silvery-white seal in the direction of the hole. "This time, we failed in our duty; we couldn't plug the breach immediately."

"The deterioration of the cosmic environment and the difficulty in mobilizing the Origin Law are not due to a lack of combat skills," Lin Yi comforted him.

Thousand Illusions walked up to Lin Yi. Her beautiful face remained expressionless, but the coldness deep in her eyes seemed to have melted a little.

She looked at Lin Yi and nodded gently. "Junior brother, thank you."

Lin Yi nodded slightly in response.

He wanted to ask a few more questions, inquire about his senior sister's recent situation, ask about Ming Luo and the other old acquaintances, and also chat with Xuan Yan to understand the specific circumstances.

However, his brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

In his mind, an emergency distress call from the Yu Shen Defense General Headquarters sounded again. Another gap at the coordinate point had not been defended at all, and a small group of chaotic monsters had appeared, urgently needing support from nearby forces.

Lin Yi sighed inwardly.

There's never enough time.

"Xuan Yan, Senior Sister Thousand Illusions, I have a mission to complete and must leave. You should lead the wounded to rest as soon as possible. It's safe here for now, but don't let your guard down."

Xuan Yan and Thousand Illusions both nodded in understanding.

They all knew that Lin Yi, as one of the dominant combat forces, was undoubtedly the most crucial mobile force in the hands of the General Headquarters, and his tasks were heavy.

"Take care, Your Majesty," Xuan Yan said solemnly.

"Junior brother, be careful," Thousand Illusions whispered.

Lin Yi said no more, nodded slightly to them and the gods around him, and the next moment, silver-gray ripples spread through spacetime, and his figure disappeared from this star field that had just experienced a bloody battle.

On the other side, in a hidden place isolated by layers of time and space barriers.

Lin Yi's Main Body slowly opened his eyes, his pupils swirling with a silver-gray light, deep and unfathomable.

Just now, after resolving the crisis in the K-7783 star system, his clone rushed to several other locations seeking help. Although he successfully resolved the crisis each time, it made his heart grow heavier.

Because he could clearly sense that the battle situation was deteriorating at a visible rate.

Fortunately, so far, the maximum strength of the Chaos Beasts that have appeared seems to be limited to the Venerable Lord Rank.

Although their energy level is at least at the Venerable Lord Rank and their numbers are numerous, they can still crush true Dominator-level combat power, especially a Dominator like him who has perfected the dual Origin Law of spacetime.

For this reason, since the start of the war, the dominant powerhouses of the various races in the Main Universe, relying on their absolute advantage in individual strength and their flexibility as a strategic mobile force, have been running around tirelessly, but have not yet been killed in action.

As for casualties at the Venerable Lord Rank and below... in the past, this might not have been considered true death, because there was always a chance of resurrection.

But now...

Lin Yi recalled his recent attempt to resurrect a large number of fallen gods.

That time, he tried his best, but only managed to revive less than 60% of the people. Now, the rate of revival is far slower than the rate of death.

Moreover, as the cosmic environment continues to deteriorate, this gap will only widen.

"If the situation continues to deteriorate like this..." Lin Yi frowned, "It's probably only a matter of time before there are casualties among the Dominator-level beings."

Once a supreme-level powerhouse begins to fall, it means that the battle will completely slide into an irreversible abyss.

The ruler is the core pillar of each race, and the loss of any one of them is an unbearable burden.

However, he still has a trump card.

The Spiritual Enlightenment Qi.

Lin Yi had considered long ago whether to use this resource, which was enough to drive any supreme being crazy.

But now, the rapid deterioration of the situation is forcing him to make a decision.

He already had a clear boundary in his mind.

"If 50% of the Main Universe has fallen, and there's still no sign of the situation improving..." A resolute glint flashed in Lin Yi's eyes, "We must find a way, a relatively suitable reason, to try and use the Spiritual Enlightenment Qi."

This "try" refers to giving the Supreme Being the Spiritual Enlightenment Qi to use.

Because... once it comes to that point, we can't wait any longer.

He couldn't just sit and wait to die with these resources that could change the course of the war.

After all, even with Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, cultivation still takes time and cannot be achieved overnight.

If we wait until the situation completely collapses, the Supreme Beings might not even have the time or environment to break through in peace.

By then, even if he unleashes his Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, it will most likely be too late.

As for the reasons... Lin Yi felt that it could be attributed to the two-star mark of the Origin Universe Tower. Of course, the specific details would need to be carefully considered at that time, and it had to be reasonable enough and able to withstand a certain degree of scrutiny.

"Hopefully... the situation won't deteriorate to that point," Lin Yi sighed inwardly.

His Main Body needs to continue cultivating, seizing every minute and second to improve his understanding of the Origin Law Death, while also having to control his clones to deal with the constant requests for help from all sides.

The war continues, and the shadow of despair is slowly but surely spreading.

All he could do was to do everything possible to delay that final moment and prepare for any possible glimmer of hope.

Time passed by in the midst of endless war and intense training, and more than an Epoch went by.

In a remote place within the Human Race territory, surrounded by numerous spatial and temporal barriers and a surveillance network, Lin Yi sat cross-legged.

He was surrounded by a profound aura of death, and countless gray-black runes condensed from the Origin Law death slowly flowed and died around him, as if depicting the final journey of all things.

With the help of rare treasures such as "Departed Soul Stillness Crystal," "Nether River Sighing Flower Stamen," and "Eternal Stillness Origin Core Fragment," which were provided by the Spirit Race and the Human Race with all their might and had miraculous effects on comprehending the Origin Law Death, coupled with the efficient burning of "Spiritual Enlightenment Qi," he made rapid progress in his cultivation of the Origin Law Death.

Currently, his understanding of the Origin Law Death has reached 62%.

This was an astonishing speed, but Lin Yi's face showed no sign of relaxation.

Because the overall war situation in the universe has continued to deteriorate irreversibly over this period of more than one Epoch.

According to the latest macro-level war situation report released by the Cosmic Defense General Headquarters to the various rulers, the proportion of the Main Universe's territory that has fallen has reached 44%.

Nearly half of the universe has been transformed into a desolate wasteland where only chaotic monsters roam.

Countless civilizations, galaxies, and life forms were silently annihilated by the boundless black mist and the erosion of the slime monsters.

The defensive line was forced to shrink again and again, and all the surviving forces were huddled in less than half of the remaining space, relying on a complex three-dimensional defense system and the desperate resistance of the strong to barely hold on.

Lin Yi's three clones were always active on the Frontline.

One of the clones has been stationed near a massive breach for a long time.

The other two clones, acting as mobile support forces, follow the real-time dispatch of the General Headquarters. Wherever there is the most urgent request for assistance, or wherever a new "level two" or "level three" breach that may get out of control appears, he, as the master of the Space Law, will rush there immediately, like a firefighter.

His Main Body, on the other hand, focused all his efforts on enhancing his understanding of the Origin Law Death.

With each additional bit of power gained, one gains a greater chance of success when facing an ever-growing number of chaotic monsters.

At this moment, his Main Body is in a brief period of deep meditation, sorting out his understanding of the true meaning of the Origin Law death, annihilation, and ultimate destination.

However, just as he was immersed in the moment, his consciousness resonating faintly with the origin of death in the universe, a new image suddenly appeared in his mind.

First, there was a thick, black fog filled with an aura of chaos and death.

The black mist, like an eternal curtain, enveloped everything.

Shadows loomed in the black mist.

Immediately afterwards, the thick, impenetrable black mist was cleaved apart by a brute force.

A silver-gray ship, bearing obvious signs of battle, suddenly broke through the fog like Sharp Blade cleaving through the waves, appearing "in front" of the image.

This warship wasn't particularly large, about the same size as a regular capital ship in the Main Universe, but its hull was covered with all sorts of scars.

Deep energy burn marks, ripped gaps resembling those torn by the claws of a giant beast, large areas of corrosion and melting, and even some dark, dried remnants resembling biological tissue adhering to the seams of the armor.

It had clearly endured unimaginable and brutal battles, exuding an aura of resilience and indomitable spirit.

The background of the image was... that grayish-white "giant clam" that Lin Yi had already etched into the depths of his soul.

It's their universe!

The battered warship suddenly pierced through the black mist and appeared above the giant clam!

Its appearance immediately attracted the attention of the chaotic beasts that were frantically writhing and eroding the giant clam's shell like a malignant tumor.

In an instant, countless chaotic beasts raised their heads from their devouring of the giant clam, turned around, and like a swarm of sharks that had smelled blood, rushed madly toward the suddenly appearing alien object!

During their attack, their bodies rapidly writhed and changed shape, and many even began to mimic the form of the warship.

Faced with the surging tide of chaotic monsters, the battered warship made no attempt to evade or accelerate its escape.

The ship only shuddered slightly, then a pale blue protective shield lit up.

The blue light from the shield wasn't dazzling, but when the chaotic beasts that rushed in frantically, whether they remained in their original mud form or had been roughly modeled after miniature warships, their movements instantly froze the moment they touched the blue shield.

Then, it silently turned into grayish-white ashes and completely disappeared.

The video ends abruptly there.