Chapter 873: Primordial Chaos Starry Expanse

Ling Yun's head finished forming as he spoke.

The ancient God of Life was a handsome young man with bright eyes and a lean but powerful physique. His high and well-defined nose punctuated his thin lips, and his pale green hair brought out the fair complexion of his smooth skin.

Despite his refined features, he carried a sense of unruliness about him.

Still, even as he questioned the injustice of the bizarre mist's will, his face bore no trace of anger, his expression composed.

The blood-colored mist surrounding his body condensed into a deep crimson suit of armor that seemed fused with his flesh. Blood-colored lightning coiled across it like serpents.

A heartbeat echoed from his chest, causing the entire Ruin Realm to tremble with it.

The Dao of Life imbued in the stars and continents resonated with his heart. It was as if Ling Yun's heart had become the heart of the Ruin Realm, with his heartbeat pulsing through everything within it.

Fa Ji, Bai Zi, Xing Huan, and the Duke of Thunder felt as though an invisible hand had gently closed around their hearts. Their lives could be snuffed out with nothing more than a squeeze.

The completion of Ling Yun's face corresponded to his advancement past even high-ranking God Yuan Yi's cultivation level. He was incredibly close to the realm he once held as the Sovereign of Life.

"Pang Jian, if you die, the bizarre mist will have no better choice left aside from me."

Ling Yun raised one hand. Fine strands of blood-colored lightning coiled up his arm, converging on the Celestial Fey Warhammer in his grasp.

The massive Celestial Fey Warhammer absorbed the vast torrent of energy channeled from thirty-six stars before crashing down on Pang Jian like a blazing meteor.

The strike was not a special divine technique and bore no formal name, but it carried the power of the entire Ruin Realm.

Intricate runes silently merged with the Celestial Fey Warhammer, imbuing the strike with the force to shake heaven and earth.

The God King's skull held no remaining will of its own. Ling Yun had already overwritten everything that remained.

At this moment, Ling Yun was the true master of the Ruin Realm. He could wield the God King's residual divine power at will, bolstered by the unique empowerment granted to one who had become one with the Dao.

"It doesn't matter if it's fake. As long as I say it's real, then it's real," Ling Yun said calmly.

The stars responded. Ancient Fey Gods appeared on the stars alongside members of the Demon Races, Ghost Race, Shadow Spirit Race, Dark Shadow Race, and Titan Race, all willed into existence by Ling Yun.

The stars of the Ruin Realm, once shrouded in deathly stillness, came back to life.

This ancient God of Life seemed like a supreme being of creation. Using his blood essence, will, and the essence of countless races' bloodlines, he birthed all manner of beings born within the bizarre mist.

Life teemed on the thirty-six stars. Spirits, ancient beasts, and insects filled them in droves.

That single hammer strike appeared to awaken the Ruin Realm, transforming it from a lifeless realm into the most vibrant and bustling part of the bizarre mist.

"That hammer strike cannot be stopped without shattering the illusion," muttered the Duke of Thunder in his Thunder Dragon form inside the Thunder Pool.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

The terrifying force behind that strike left him shaken. Mobilizing the massive Divine Court of Thunder, he attempted to counter the strike.

"The line between reality and illusion is not so easily drawn," Pang Jian said, stopping the Duke of Thunder.

Pang Jian quietly sensed the strange stirrings among the stars and the awakening of lifeforms as the Celestial Fey Warhammer approached.

"Divine manifestation."

A new starry expanse unfolded around Pang Jian.

Pang Jian's physical body grew to billions of times its original size in the blink of an eye, standing tall in the boundless starry expanse. Bright moons and a blazing sun hovered on either side of his shoulders.

The sun, moons, and stars, though dazzling in their own right, still could not shine as brightly as Pang Jian.

"The eternal starry skies above the bizarre mist!" Fa Ji shuddered, a strange glint flashing in his eyes. "How could this be? Did he—did he pull the starry skies into the Ruin Realm?"

Xing Huan, born of the Star Race in the starry skies, attempted to perceive it through the Sea of Shattered Stars on his forehead. Yet, even he could not tell whether the starry expanse that surrounded Pang Jian was real or illusory.

Bai Zi was bewildered. "Two moons? For as long as I can remember, the starry skies above the bizarre mist have only ever had one moon."

"There used to be two," the Duke of Thunder explained from within the Divine Court of Thunder. "I've seen ancient star charts from an older era. The starry skies above the bizarre mist originally had two moons."

The Celestial Fey Warhammer, carrying an unstoppable momentum and stirring the laws of the Ruin Realm, swung straight into the strange starry expanse.

The moment it entered, the warhammer found itself in an unfamiliar realm, where the Daos were twisted and chaotic.

A manifestation of Ling Yun emerged from the gleaming crimson warhammer, his body forged from threads of crystal bloodline chains.

This manifestation was a spirit that Ling Yun's true body had crafted and embedded into the Celestial Fey Warhammer to help it build momentum and stabilize the laws within. It held a portion of Ling Yun's divine techniques and remained connected to his true body, able to draw strength from him at any time.

However, its connection with Ling Yun's true body in the Ruin Realm was severed the instant it entered the mysterious starry expanse.

It was as though Pang Jian's strange starry expanse had become a separate Ruin Realm of its own, capable of isolating itself from the outside world, trapping the spirit within.

"The starry sky of my dantian, projected outward and deployed as the Primordial Chaos Starry Expanse."

Pang Jian stood in the starry expanse, the sun and moons on his shoulders. Lowering his gaze, he squinted down at the Celestial Fey Warhammer as if attempting to see a tiny, struggling insect.

The starry sky that once hovered above his dantian was now gone.

This strange starry expanse was the same starry sky he had cultivated over the years, gathering the power of the celestial bodies, comprehending the Heavenly Daos, and learning mystical arts and techniques tied to them.

All his efforts had manifested as a starry sky within his Primordial Chaos Spiritual Sea.

He named it the Primordial Chaos Starry Expanse.

This starry expanse was nearly identical to the ancient starry skies above the bizarre mist. It was more complete than the one that existed now and contained greater detail and marvels.

Pang Jian's understanding and control over his Primordial Chaos Spiritual Sea had reached a new level with the union of his Immortal Divine Soul and physical body.

This led him to the discovery that the manifestations within his Primordial Chaos Spiritual Sea could be summoned and used at will, merged with divine artifacts, or even fused with his surroundings.

For instance, the sea of demonic energy within his Primordial Chaos Spiritual Sea!

The pitch-black sea had been drawn out from his dantian and merged into the vast sea formed by the demonic cloak.

Demons are without fixed form, ever-changing and unpredictable. They are not bound by a singular nature. They are the embodiment of malice within all living beings. Even the human heart is constantly changing. Good and evil are never absolute.

Countless definitions of "demon" flowed through Pang Jian's mind as the sea of demonic energy fused with the sea that was the demonic cloak.

Pang Jian's understanding of the Dao of Demon rose to new heights.