Man-Made "Heavenly Might"

At noon, sunlight pierced through the thin mist in the mountains.

Lu Yuan opened his eyes, his gaze clear and bright. Yun Youzi stood opposite him, his gray hair veiled in the light. The two nodded simultaneously.

Lu Yuan raised his hand, and a halo of Soul Power condensed at his fingertips. Yun Youzi pressed his palms down, and his Soul Power seeped into the runes on the base.

"Rise."

The fingertip points towards the first Source Seed.

The crystal trembled slightly, its grayish-white luster shifting from dark to bright. The energy was precisely hooked by the Soul Power, drawn out and gathered along the circuit. The second one lit up immediately afterward. The two energy streams converged and Entanglement within the runes, achieving a fragile balance before surging upward.

The air began to tremble.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lu Yuan's forehead. The output of his Soul Power had to be stable and the frequency had to be accurate. The energy model in his mind was running at high speed.

Yun Youzi's expression was solemn. He pressed down with both palms and injected his Soul Power into the array's core.

The third Source Seed —the crystal whose cracks had mostly healed—underwent a sudden and unexpected change when touched by Soul Power!

The light surged, its gray-white hue mingling with chaotic colors. The released energy far exceeded expectations, violent and chaotic, accompanied by chilling spatial fluctuations.

The restraint system emitted a piercing scream.

Several secondary circuits overloaded, and the runes exploded into charred sparks. The main energy flowed like a runaway horse.

Lu Yuan's face paled, and he let out a muffled groan. His left hand shot out like lightning. He forcefully cut into the raging energy flow with his Soul Power, directing it towards the backup circuit leading to the abandoned upper structure.

"Boom!"

A sound of collapse came from the upper level, and dust and smoke fell down.

Yun Youzi gritted his teeth, veins bulging, his Soul Power firmly holding the collapsing formation in place. "Quick!"

Lu Yuan's right fingertip 'Soul Power frequency suddenly changed, turning into a high-frequency tremor, forcibly dispersing part of the abnormal Source Seed ' energy structure.

Every second felt like a year.

The energy chamber was filled with surging Soul Power, causing the air to distort.

Finally, with the backup circuit sharing the pressure, the interference taking effect, and the core being stabilized, the raging energy flow was barely tamed and continued upward along the main vein, only faster and more intense.

The two looked at each other, their eyes filled with the lingering fear of surviving a close call.

There was no time to catch my breath.

The energy flow reaches the upper burst point.

The next second.

Above the ruins, a thick beam of light tore through the mountain's obscurity and shot into the sky!

The core of the beam of light was blindingly bright, its edges Entanglement chaotic Soul Power ripples and visible spatial distortions. It pierced straight into the sky, dimming even the midday sun.

Then came the sound.

A deep, heavy rumble came from the depths of the earth. The entire Black Stone Mountain Range trembled! Rocks tumbled down, birds and beasts took flight in fright, and the mist in the forest was torn apart by the shockwave.

The beam of light lasted for several breaths before slowly dissipating.

What remains is Jiujiu, terrifying pressure in the air, and an aftertaste that sends shivers down your spine.

Outside the mountains, at the temporary camp of the Cloud Mist Sect.

Elder Wang was listening to a report when the ground shook violently! He rushed out of his tent and witnessed a scene he would never forget.

Deep within the distant mountains, the pillar of light, a mixture of brilliance and chaos, was dissipating. The lingering fluctuations of Soul Power in the air stung his skin. Even more terrifying was the afterglow of spatial distortion—a level beyond human comprehension.

"Elder... what is that?" The Soul Ancestor's voice trembled beside him.

Elder Wang's face turned ashen. A commotion arose in the camp, fear spreading like a plague. Many retreated, while others began packing their belongings.

"Give the order," he spat out through gritted teeth, "All search teams retreat to camp. Without orders, no one is to venture further in that direction!"

The camps of the Stone-Splitting Sect and Blood Saber Stronghold were equally chaotic. Surprise, fear, and greed were intertwined. In the short term, no one dared to set foot in that area that had just displayed "divine might".

The stone hall of the ruins was deathly silent.

Lin Xiao licked his canine teeth, his eyes shining. "That's powerful." Shen Moxin adjusted his glasses, his fingertips turning white.

Su Yan suddenly spoke up, "Sir and senior..."

Before he could finish speaking, the sound of staggering footsteps echoed down the stairs.

Lu Yuan and Yun Youzi helped each other up. Their faces were as pale as paper, blood was at the corners of their mouths, and their Soul Power fluctuations were weak and disordered.

"Did you succeed?" Lin Xiao rushed forward.

Lu Yuan nodded, but coughed up a mouthful of blood before he could speak. Shen Moxin immediately supported him, her fingertips touching his wrist pulse, her brows furrowed. "Severe exhaustion of Soul Power, minor tears in multiple meridians, and internal injuries—he needs immediate rest."

Yun Youzi was in slightly better condition, but his breath was weak. He waved his hand. "Go down... and check on the Source Seed."

Several people helped them back to the energy room.

Three crystals lay quietly on the base.

The two were completely dim, grayish, and without any energy fluctuations inside, like ordinary stones. The third one—the one that was unusually active—had its light dimmed considerably, but at the very core of the crystal, there was a tiny, rice-grain-sized speck of light that constantly shifted and changed chaotic colors.

The light spot slowly rotated and expanded, as if it were alive.

"This is..." Yun Youzi's pupils contracted.

"It's been marked," Lu Yuan said hoarsely, "Or rather... some characteristic we don't know about has been activated."

He suddenly looked up, towards the direction of the vertical fissure deep within the energy chamber.

Almost simultaneously, everyone sensed it.

The faint energy fluctuations emanating from that direction now seem to have become slightly clearer.

It's very faint, but it definitely exists.

Like a sleeping giant, it gently turned over amidst the commotion.