Chapter 554: Chaos

Chapter 554: Chaos

As the Fiery Sun Divine Body took form, a vast amount of almost instinctual information flooded Lin Yuan's mind.

Lin's consciousness quickly absorbed the influx of information, which originated from the innate nature of the divine body. For example, just as a person is born knowing how to breathe and open their eyes.

"So this is the Fiery Sun Divine Body?" Lin couldn't help but be amazed. During the previous transformation of the Fiery Sun Divine Body, he had already felt the terror of this physique.

Additionally, the numerous ancient texts and legacies within the Burning Heaven Institute also introduced a lot of information about the Fiery Sun Divine Body.

However, it was only when his physical body completely transformed into the Fiery Sun Divine Body that Lin truly realized he had underestimated this divine body.

"Too powerful," Lin murmured as he raised his right hand. Although it still appeared to be flesh and blood, at the most microscopic level, it was composed of fiery sun particles, each bearing profound and mysterious patterns on its surface.

"Burn everything, devour everything?" Lin carefully sensed the intricacies of the Fiery Sun Divine Body.

When Lin Yuan condensed the thirty-thousandth Fiery Sun Seed, his spiritual will had entered a crimson-red space, where he caught a glimpse of a figure resembling the Fiery Sun Ancestor.

The Ancestor had countless forms, and different beings would see different appearances.

Moreover, the Fiery Sun Divine Body differed depending on the individual who awakened it.

Lin's Fiery Sun Divine Body, while maintaining the endless burning power, also possessed the power of devouring.

Any living or dead matter that Lin completely burned with the power of his Fiery Sun Divine Body would have its origin directly absorbed.

He could even burn space-time itself, turning it into origin to replenish himself.

This devouring absorption occurred instantaneously, without the need for refinement.

In simple terms, Lin was not expending energy in combat but rather, he was feeding.

"This ability..." Lin shook his head slightly. It was too overpowered, akin to having an 'eternal motion machine', negating the concern of expenditure.

Even Chaos Honored Ones would worry about excessive expenditure, whereas Chaos Grand Saints had the advantage of being able to refine Chaos Qi to replenish themselves at any time.

But what if there was no Chaos Qi around?

Lin's Fiery Sun Divine Body possessed the ability to burn and devour everything, including Chaos Qi, enemy attacks, and both tangible and intangible substances.

Rumble...

A cluster of flames ignited at Lin's fingertip.

The flames burned quietly, causing the surrounding space to distort and crack, and Lin immediately felt a warm current flowing into his physical body.

"Is this the feeling of burning and devouring space?"

Lin's expression turned pensive as he deliberately extinguished the flames.

This ability should be used with caution; a slight mistake could lead to a large-scale collapse of time and space, attracting the attention of the higher-ups in the Fiery Sun Ancient Nation.

After all, this was definitely not a good thing. If they let Lin burn at will, he might end up consuming the entire Fiery Sun Ancient Nation.

Of course, the territory of the Fiery Sun Ancient Nation was vast and boundless, and it would take an unimaginable amount of time to burn and devour such a large area.

Moreover, the Lords and Kings within the nation would not stand idly by as Lin burned and devoured everything, not to mention the Eternal Fiery Sun that loomed above the firmament.

Most importantly, the devoured origin could only replenish expenditure and heal injuries; it didn't have much other use.

"My current strength..." Lin exhaled softly.

Burning and devouring was merely one of the abilities of the Fiery Sun Divine Body. After the transformation was complete, Lin's physical strength and body toughness had increased significantly.

"In a direct confrontation, I should be no weaker than the true body of Chaos Void, and if it comes to a stalemate, I will ultimately emerge victorious."

Lin assessed himself. The Fiery Sun Divine Body he had awakened, with its ability to burn and devour, was absolutely invincible in a stalemate.

If it came to a battle of attrition, even Grand Saints might not be stronger than him.

"Transform into the Fiery Sun! Transform into the Fiery Sun!" Lin sensed the intricacies of his divine body. While each strong individual who awakened the Fiery Sun Divine Body was unique, they all shared one ability.

That was—to transform into the Fiery Sun.

This was also the ultimate move of the Fiery Sun Divine Body. Once activated, the physical body would completely change form, becoming a miniature fiery sun.

At that moment, one could borrow a trace of the mighty power from the Eternal Fiery Sun hanging high above the firmament.

Of course, this ultimate move placed an enormous burden on the origin of the Fiery Sun Divine Body, so it was best not to use it unless it was absolutely necessary.

It would take millions or even billions of years to recover from using it just once.

"The Fiery Sun Divine Body I've awakened seems to enhance my physical body much more than others."

Lin thought to himself. As the strongest divine body of the Fiery Sun Ancient Nation, there was a lot of information available about this physique.

Lin also knew about the improvements others had experienced after awakening the Fiery Sun Divine Body.

However, their enhancement was far inferior to his.

"It's the influence of the Fiery Sun Seeds," Lin nodded slightly.

Even when the Fiery Sun Divine Body was still in the process of transformation, Lin had noticed the effect that the number of Fiery Sun Seeds had on the progress of his bodily transformation.

Now, it was proven to be true.

In fact, it was no secret among the Grand Lords of the Fiery Sun Ancient Nation that the more Fiery Sun Seeds one condensed, the more powerful the awakened Fiery Sun Divine Body would be.

But knowing something and being able to do it were two different things.

Chaos Void.

Lin sat cross-legged.

"Fiery Sun Divine Body."

Lin carefully observed the intricacies of the Fiery Sun Divine Body.

His source world clone shared the same consciousness, allowing Lin to observe this divine body from the most comprehensive perspective.

"It would be extremely difficult to replicate this physique," Lin concluded.

The Fiery Sun Divine Body was too complex, especially at the most microscopic level, where it was composed of fiery particles adorned with countless profound and mysterious patterns.

The feeling this gave Lin Yuan was as if he were facing a vast universe.

In the source world, the Fiery Sun Divine Body was a natural metamorphosis. According to the cycle formed by the three thousand, three hundred, and thirty-three Fiery Sun Seeds, one's physical body would slowly change, eventually metamorphosing into the Fiery Sun Divine Body.

However, in the Chaos Void, the Fiery Sun Seeds were useless, so if he wanted to replicate the Fiery Sun Divine Body here, he had to comprehend the most microscopic flame particles.

"Slow and steady," Lin thought, his mind calm and collected. With his heaven-defying comprehension talent, unraveling the fundamental mysteries of the Fiery Sun Divine Body was indeed challenging, but not impossible.

Lin's attempt to comprehend the Fiery Sun Divine Body wasn't to replicate it in the Chaos Void, but rather out of curiosity about the most microscopic particle composition of this divine body.

This might involve another path to enlightenment, a heavenly path that was no less profound than the thirteenth-tier legacy, the Infinite Void.

Once he could grasp this, he could extrapolate and apply it to countless other scenarios, freeing himself from the limitations of the Fiery Sun Divine Body.

In the Green Inferno City, the purple-haired woman and other powerful beings from the Purple Illusion Domain gathered together.

"We've finally infiltrated," said a thin man, his expression grave.

At this moment, their presence in the Green Inferno City would mean certain death if they were discovered. A single thought from the Green Inferno Marquis could erase them from existence.

"With our secret treasures, we can completely conceal our presence as long as the Green Inferno Marquis doesn't specifically look our way," the purple-haired woman said calmly.

As a domain city and the core of the Green Inferno Domain, countless powerful beings entered and exited the Green Inferno City. How could the Green Inferno Marquis possibly scrutinize every single life form that entered the city?

"If not for the arrays in the Green Inferno City that specifically detect the thickness and weight of life forces, we wouldn't have been able to sneak in with just a few of us," the purple-haired woman shook her head slightly.

At this moment, there were only twelve powerful beings from the Purple Illusion Domain who had infiltrated the Green Inferno City, including herself. Any more, and they would risk triggering the alarms for life force thickness and weight, thus attracting the attention of the Green Inferno Marquis.

Life forces had thickness and weight—while one could conceal their aura, they couldn't hide the thickness and weight of their life force.

As a domain city, it wasn't unusual for the Green Inferno City to have a dozen or so additional Dominator Realm life forces.

But any more than that would be suspicious.

For example, if they sent fifty or a hundred Dominators, the Green Inferno City's alarms for life force thickness and weight would surely be triggered, even if the Green Inferno Marquis didn't sense the anomaly. This would prompt a thorough investigation of the entire city.

Once the investigation began, the Green Inferno City would enter a state of full defense, and with the Green Inferno Marquis on guard, the Purple Illusion Marquis might not succeed in her plan.

"Our mission this time is crucial. We must succeed in replicating all the arrays of the Green Inferno City with the Crystal of Myriad Arrays; failure is not an option," the purple-haired woman said solemnly. If this plan failed, any future attempts to conquer the Green Inferno Domain would come at a terribly steep price.

And even then, success wouldn't be guaranteed.

"Understood," the others nodded. They, too, understood the weight of their task.

To accomplish this, they had brought with them the Crystal of Myriad Arrays, a priceless treasure that could replicate arrays.

The Crystal of Myriad Arrays was a priceless artifact crafted by an ancient nation's master array forger after expending all his heart's blood. Its value was immeasurable.

It was only due to the involvement of an ancient nation's schemes that such a treasure was being utilized.

"Senior Sister, what do we do now?" The hunchbacked woman looked at the purple-haired woman and asked softly.

"We wait."

"Wait?" The others exchanged glances.

"We wait for our Master to make her move and tie down the Green Inferno Marquis. Then we will proceed with our plan," the purple-haired woman said calmly. If the Green Inferno Marquis still had the capacity to spare, they wouldn't dare reveal their presence, let alone use the Crystal of Myriad Arrays to replicate the arrays.

"Alright."

The others nodded.

Before infiltrating the Green Inferno City, they had no idea how their plan would unfold. It was only after entering the city that they learned of the subsequent steps from the purple-haired woman.

"I hope everything goes smoothly," the purple-haired woman thought to herself.

If they successfully replicated the arrays of the Green Inferno City, she would have accomplished a great feat. With the rewards from the ancient nation, she might even be able to break through to the Grand Lord realm.

The purple-haired woman was at the peak of the Dominator Realm, just a step away from the Grand Lord realm.

She was well aware of the gap between Grand Lords and those below them.

In fact, most of the powerful beings from the Purple Illusion Domain who had infiltrated the Green Inferno City were at the half-step Grand Lord level.

With the restriction on numbers, it was only natural to send in Dominators with the highest possible cultivation levels.

"Hmm?"

The Green Inferno Marquis, who had been cultivating in seclusion, suddenly opened his eyes.

Not far away, a figure clad in a purple skirt silently appeared.

"Purple Illusion," the Green Inferno Marquis said, fixing his gaze on the purple-skirted figure. "Why have you only descended with a single incarnation?"

If the purple-skirted figure were her true body, the Green Inferno Marquis wouldn't have wasted any time and would have immediately activated the Green Inferno City's arrays to suppress her.

Capturing an enemy Marquis from a rival ancient nation would be a great achievement.

Even if he couldn't capture her alive, killing or severely injuring her would still benefit him greatly.

But unfortunately...

The Green Inferno Marquis clearly sensed that the Purple Illusion Marquis before him was merely an incarnation.

"For me, there isn't much difference between an incarnation and my true body," the Purple Illusion Marquis said gently. The path she walked was that of the Soul Illusion Realm, and she wasn't adept in physical combat.

Even as a mere incarnation, as long as her will and soul power were strong enough, she could still unleash terrifying combat power.

"How much soul power can a single incarnation contain? What secrets can you unleash?" The Green Inferno Marquis was skeptical.

"Green Inferno, I've spent three million years crafting a beautiful dream just for you. Step inside and have a look."

The woman with the purple skirt spoke, her voice echoing.

Lord Green Inferno immediately sensed his consciousness beginning to fall into a slumber.

"Not good!" Lord Green Inferno exclaimed, his eyes widening as he struggled to stay awake. He realized that this incarnation of the Purple Dream Lord contained her true body's origin, and he couldn't understand why she would take such a risk.

Simultaneously, layers upon layers of temporal labyrinths appeared around him, as this was his usual place of secluded cultivation, naturally protected by the core of the Green Inferno City's grand formation. With a mere thought, he could harness the power of the grand formation to protect himself.

"Purple Dream, you can only trap me for a hundred breaths at most," Lord Green Inferno said, staring intently at the Purple Dream Lord as his mental willpower began to waver.

Just before his consciousness completely succumbed, Lord Green Inferno managed to send a message to his disciples and subordinates.

"A hundred breaths are more than enough," the Purple Dream Lord said, gazing at the sleeping form of Lord Green Inferno.

She had paid a significant price to trap Lord Green Inferno for a hundred breaths, but her intention was not to kill him. That would be unrealistic, as he was protected by the grand formation of Green Inferno City. Even if she had brought seven or eight more peak Grand Lords with her, they would struggle to harm Lord Green Inferno within a hundred breaths, let alone kill him.

Furthermore, even if they managed to slay the physical body of Lord Green Inferno before them, he undoubtedly had a means of preserving his life, and he would not truly perish.

It wouldn't achieve much.

The Purple Dream Lord's true trump card was the disciples who had already infiltrated Green Inferno City, carrying the Crystal of Myriad Arrays.

As Lord Green Inferno's consciousness fell into slumber, it wasn't just his true body's consciousness that was affected, but also the consciousness of his incarnations, causing them all to fall asleep.

In this situation, Green Inferno City was left leaderless, and a hundred breaths were more than enough time for the Crystal of Myriad Arrays to replicate the grand formation within the city.

Just before losing consciousness, Lord Green Inferno had managed to send a message to his disciples and subordinates.

"The Lord instructed us to head to the core of the formation immediately and stand guard?"

Dominator Realm experts like Feng Wanshi received Lord Green Inferno's transmission and, though puzzled, they didn't hesitate to follow the plan.

Not long ago, Lord Green Inferno had a vague premonition that something was amiss and had informed Feng Wanshi and the other Dominators that if anything unexpected happened, they should ignore everything else and guard those few formation core locations within the city.

In Lord Green Inferno's estimation, even if an extreme situation arose and the Purple Dream Lord took action, her goal would be to destroy the core of the Green Inferno City's formation.

As long as they guarded the formation core and ensured the grand formation remained intact, the schemes of the Purple Dream Domain would naturally fall apart.

"Hmm?"

"Master is telling me not to go out?"

Lin Yuan also received Lord Green Inferno's final transmission. "His tone is urgent, something must have gone wrong."

Lin Yuan speculated, glancing at the area outside the Burning Heaven Institute, "Since Master doesn't want me to go out, I definitely won't."

Lin Yuan proactively operated the formations surrounding the Burning Heaven Institute, which usually operated in secrecy, only triggering automatically during times of crisis. As a precaution, Lin Yuan maintained the formations at their highest defensive strength.

This state consumed a significant amount of energy, but Lin Yuan didn't mind the cost after deducing that something had happened to Lord Green Inferno.

"Our Master has successfully stalled Lord Green Inferno," the purple-haired woman said, a hint of joy in her voice as she received the message.

In the Purple Dream Domain's scheme, the most critical factor was whether or not they could detain Lord Green Inferno.

If they failed to do so, all their efforts would be in vain, and they would be doomed if they dared to show themselves.

"We only have seventy breaths left."

The purple-haired woman turned to the others.

The Purple Dream Lord was confident that she could hold Lord Green Inferno for more than a hundred breaths, but they needed to leave enough time to evacuate Green Inferno City.

"Let's begin."

The purple-haired woman waved her hand, and hundreds of massive figures appeared. These figures were all peak Dominator Realm puppets, devoid of life force, which was why they could sneak past the detection of Green Inferno City's formations.

Rumble...

The hundreds of peak Dominator Realm puppets immediately began causing chaos within Green Inferno City, drawing everyone's attention.

As for the purple-haired woman and the other powerful beings, they concealed themselves and, holding the Crystal of Myriad Arrays, began to secretly replicate the grand formation of Green Inferno City.

At one of the formation's core locations.

The purple-haired woman and her companions appeared.

"Lord Green Inferno's disciples are guarding this place," the purple-haired woman said with a slight smile. "This Lord Green Inferno is indeed a peak Grand Lord who has fought with our Purple Dream Domain for many years. He's very thorough in his preparations, anticipating that our target might be the formation cores."

The other powerful beings smiled as well.

As soon as Lord Green Inferno was detained, his disciples had entered the formation cores to stand guard, indicating that he had planned for this situation in advance.

However, it was a pity that they possessed the Crystal of Myriad Arrays, which meant they didn't need to destroy the formation cores. They only needed to replicate them from a distance and bring the information back to their ancient nation's formation master to decipher.

Directly breaking the formation cores and quietly replicating them from the outside were naturally two very different levels of difficulty.

The purple-haired woman and her companions spent three breaths' worth of time using the Crystal of Myriad Arrays to replicate this formation core before quietly leaving.

From start to finish, the disciples of Lord Green Inferno who were guarding the formation core never noticed their presence.

Time passed.

Soon, twenty breaths had gone by.

"We've successfully replicated six formation cores," the purple-haired woman said, pleased with their progress. Everything was going smoothly, and the hundreds of peak Dominator Realm puppets were drawing all attention to themselves.

Along the way, they hadn't encountered any obstacles.

Green Inferno City had twelve formation cores in total, and they had now replicated nine of them, all within twenty breaths. They had more than enough time to spare.

"Let's go to the next formation core."

The purple-haired woman and her companions immediately made their way to their next target.

(End of Chapter)

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