Qi

The Purgatory Abyss.

Wave after wave of terrifying beasts attacked Lu Yan'an from all directions. At first, these terrifying beasts were only at the initial level of Domain Lord. Now, these terrifying beasts have reached the Peak Realm Lord Level, and each of them is World Lord recognized by the Origin Law!

Lu Yan'an dared not stop releasing the World Projection and his Heart Power illusion techniques! Even though the current group of beasts was already largely unaffected by the suppression and restraint, even a delay of less than a second would significantly alleviate the pressure on Lu Yan'an!

"Huff! Huff!" Lu Yan'an was panting heavily, exhausted. Due to excessive Heart Power exertion, he was already in a state of over-fatigue! Even though his Origin Force and Spiritual Force were barely used, his condition was still not good.

"Is this godforsaken place completely devoid of any chance of survival?" He dragged his weary body and thoroughly searched the enormous spiral-shaped space, even the platform of stone steps floating overhead, but found absolutely nothing. It was as if this place was a death trap, a place specifically designed to grind down anyone teleported here!

"I can't hold on any longer!" Lu Yan'an said with a wry smile. No matter how profound the World Projection of the mind and the illusion of Heart Power are, they cannot be used forever. Even if Lu Yan'an's Heart Power level has reached the sixth level of the world, the Heart Power surging in his body is ultimately limited.

Suddenly, the projection of Lu Yan'an's Heart Power World Projection weakened, and the surrounding plains environment slowly dissipated. The strange beasts that were attacking him suddenly found that the restraints on his body had completely disappeared, and even the mental pressure had vanished. As a result, they let out wild roars one after another!

"Awoo! Awoo!"

"We're doomed!" Lu Yan'an said with a hint of bitterness.

In the next instant, his true form was completely engulfed by this horde of strange beasts...

Outside the Purgatory Abyss.

The Demon Beast Clone, Lu Yan'an, was solemnly sensing the continuous depletion of his Heart Power. Because his memories were completely shared, he understood what his main body had experienced. Although all his Clone could use Heart Power was essentially just a form of energy generated by will and mind. Since all of Lu Yan'an's Clone originated from the same will, the total amount of Heart Power possessed by each Clone was fixed, and all of his Clone would suffer from the side effects of excessive Heart Power consumption.

"No wonder the mortality rate in this godforsaken place is so high; it's utterly impossible to survive!" Lu Yan'an said with a sigh. Even an immortal would be doomed facing such a massive siege. Let's not even talk about the minor skirmishes at the Domain Lord level; later on, who could withstand an attack by ten thousand ordinary World Lord Level beasts? And in the end, it got even more outrageous—ten thousand beasts recognized by the laws themselves arrived!

Keep in mind that he's only Domain Lord! Although he has a record of slaying an Immortal, there's no doubt that it was achieved through trickery. Faced with this situation, even a true Immortal would have to perish! Any Feng Hou who hasn't cultivated Undying Body would have to avoid this level of encirclement!

The Original Core within the Demon Beast Clone sensed the gradually weakening life force of its original life Life Core and was about to end the pain it was enduring. But at that very moment, it felt that the life force, which had been weakening, was now strangely stabilizing!

"Hmm?" The Demon Beast Clone Lu Yan'an, sensed the stable life force with some surprise, then activated memory sharing with his main body through the connection of the Original Core...

Lu Yan'an's body was blasted apart, leaving only his Life Core floating alone in the air. In the endless, dark Purgatory Abyss, all the alien beasts that had been attacking him had also disappeared.

"What's going on with me?" Lu Yan'an's consciousness groaned from within his Life Core.

At this moment, his body had been completely devoured by the frenzied attacks of numerous strange beasts, but for some unknown reason, they had left behind his Life Core. The Life Core was a crystallization that automatically evolved from Lu Yan'an's Human Main Body when he broke through to the Domain Lord. For Domain Lord- level powerhouse, the Life Core was the real weakness, because within Life Core resided his soul consciousness!

Even if the body is completely destroyed, as long as the Life Core remains, it can still be reshaped through the accumulation of Origin Force energy. This is precisely the terrifying aspect of Domain Lord- level expert.

Suddenly, on the stone-paved platform floating overhead, Secret Pattern appeared! These Secret Pattern converged, forming a perfect, continuous cycle. After the cycle completed, a powerful surge of energy erupted from one of the Secret Pattern, directly striking Lu Yan'an's solitary Life Core!

In an instant, Lu Yan'an's Life Core reshaped his body. At the same time, the enormous spiral space above his head quietly opened a path leading upwards!

After regaining his body, Lu Yan'an looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the horde of strange beasts that had disappeared earlier had not reappeared. "What's this?" He stared at the road above him, wondering to himself. The road above him was not wide, and on the other side it stretched into an unknown darkness.

"There's no other choice!" Lu Yan'an shook his head. Since things had come to this point, he had nothing to fear anymore. Now, he just needed to see what this Purgatory Abyss was really up to!

Immediately afterwards, his body slowly floated up and flew towards the dark cave entrance.

At first, the path was extremely narrow, barely wide enough for one person to pass through. After walking several hundred meters, the path began to shrink back at an extremely rapid pace. However, because it was dark, Lu Yan'an could not judge the distance or direction; he only realized that his speed was far slower than the path's rate of retreat.

A moment later, he appeared in a vast, dark space.

"Boom..." An invisible energy suddenly descended.

Lu Yan'an instantly sensed the energy fluctuation, his eyes fixed on the source of the energy wave ahead. Suddenly, a light appeared in the darkness! Slowly, the light grew brighter and brighter, even becoming blinding. After the light faded, an ancient throne quietly appeared. At this moment, the invisible energy gathered on the throne, gradually forming a vague silhouette, which finally became clear.

This is a seemingly ordinary human man.

Two eyes, one nose, one mouth... two hands, two legs, black eyes, yellow skin, and black hair—a typical image of a yellow-skinned person from Earth.

Lu Yan'an stared in shock at the figure before him, unable to comprehend why it resembled him so closely.

The black-haired human man seated high on the throne wore simple armor adorned with magnificent, Secret Pattern. The armor resembled a quietly flowing Galaxy, and the complexity and mystery of its Secret Pattern even surpassed that of the City Lord of Chaos's Supreme Treasure — the Qianbao River! He looked down at Lu Yan'an with icy eyes and then declared, "My name is Qi!"

"Qi?" Lu Yan'an was puzzled. Was there such a person in the original work? Just by looking at his appearance, it was clear that he was no ordinary person, yet this person hadn't even appeared in the original work?

The black-haired human man on the throne seemed unconcerned by Lu Yan'an's doubts, and instead continued coldly, "Descendants of the Endless Reincarnation, by the time you see me, I will have already perished in countless Reincarnation Era. After I used that daring Reincarnation Secret Technique, I knew, under the influence of the Supreme Rule, that the technique had completely failed."

"Indeed! How could even a 'Saint King' defy such a supreme rule?"

"Having anticipated failure, I didn't want my legacy to end."

"I can die."

"But my existence must never be erased by time!"

"Young one who has come here! You are fortunate, for you are about to embark on a path of strength that is entirely different from the Cosmic Rules. But you are also unfortunate, for the rise of the strong is destined to be a lonely one."

"Make a choice! Will you embrace a life-or-death attitude and forge your own path, or will you give up now? I'm giving you that chance!"

The sound faded away, and the figure on the throne vanished instantly.

For a moment, an eerie silence fell over the entire dark space!

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