pjbooks Chapter 342 No destruction, no construction! The Heart Palace shatters and devours the divine soul.
Chapter 342 No destruction, no construction! The Heart Palace shatters and devours the divine soul.
Boom!
The moment Chen Yifan finished speaking.
A deafening roar, beyond description, exploded in the deepest part of Chen Yifan's mind.
The magnificent and sturdy white jade palace that he built with his own hands began to collapse inch by inch from the inside, and disintegrated with a crash, driven by his own mad will!
Star Soul Venerable's eyes were filled with utter horror.
This guy actually detonated the entire Heretical Heart Palace?!
He's gone mad!
However, the anticipated scenario of the spiritual world collapsing and the soul being completely annihilated did not occur.
Just as the white jade palace collapsed, an unimaginable, terrifying suction force that devoured everything suddenly erupted from the center of the ruins!
The entire Heart Palace world seemed to be on fast forward; all the space, light, and energy, along with the shattered white jade stones, were uncontrollably collapsing madly towards the central point.
Ultimately, a singularity, spinning rapidly, chaotic and radiating the aura of extreme destruction and rebirth, quietly took shape in the center of Chen Yifan's spiritual world.
A soul black hole that belongs only to him!
"What...what the hell is this?!"
Star Soul Venerable was completely dumbfounded.
The soul storm he had unleashed, which was capable of crushing everything, was rendered powerless by this unreasonable and terrifying suction force, as if it had encountered its natural enemy.
The raging energy instantly went out of control. It was violently pulled by the chaotic singularity, letting out a mournful cry of being unable to bear the burden. It was pulled uncontrollably, transforming into torrents of dazzling starlight that rushed madly into it.
For the first time, he felt a deep-seated fear emanating from this young man.
Self-destruction of the inner palace?
What kind of playing style is this?
This kid's madness has completely exceeded his ancient understanding, which he has lived for countless millennia!
"No! Stop right now!"
Star Soul Venerable screamed in terror, trying to cut off the energy output and escape from this eerie place.
But it was all too late.
This is Chen Yifan's inner palace, his absolute home turf.
The moment he decided to close the door and beat the dog, Venerable Star Soul had already lost all his way out.
The chaotic singularity was like a greedy glutton, locking onto the remnant soul of the Star Soul Venerable. The suction force was so domineering that this "outsider" had nowhere to escape.
"Aaaaaah!"
Star Soul Venerable let out a mournful howl.
His enormous body, composed of pure divine soul energy, was torn apart and crushed bit by bit, turning into the most primordial soul particles, which were mercilessly devoured by the chaotic singularity.
The remnant soul that was once high above and looked down on all living beings as ants has now become a gluttonous feast on someone else's plate.
This meticulously planned possession drama, which had been going on for countless years, ended in a way that was both absurd and ironic.
"No! I am not reconciled! I am not reconciled!"
Star Soul Venerable was still making a final struggle. Countless fragments of memories, negative emotions, and his resentment were like a flood that had burst its banks, frantically washing over Chen Yifan's will and trying to drag him into the abyss of destruction.
This is the most dangerous part of Chen Yifan's high-stakes gamble.
It was also when Luo Tian was teaching him unorthodox cultivation that he mentioned an ability that could injure the enemy by a thousand while harming himself by eight hundred.
Originally, this ability was used to forge the highest level of the Heart Palace, a method of destruction before construction in order to achieve perfection.
But now.
He used it to devour the remnant soul of an ancient god.
This is like an ordinary person trying to drink an entire ocean dry; if they're not careful, they'll be overwhelmed and die.
"You better...behave yourself!"
Chen Yifan held fast to his original intentions, letting the torrent of memories wash over him, his will as firm as an eternal rock.
Excruciating pain!
The pain was unimaginable!
His soul felt as if it had been thrown into a high-speed blender, enduring the pain of being torn apart and reassembled every second.
But at the same time, unprecedented and extremely pure energy was also frantically nourishing the origin of his soul.
The Star Soul Venerable's accumulated wisdom over countless ages, his profound understanding of the "Path of the Heretics," his insights into the laws of the universe, and even... the deeper secrets about the [Supreme Divine Court] and the [Civilized Farm], all gradually unfolded in Chen Yifan's mind amidst this torrent of energy.
It turns out that the so-called "Supreme Divine Court" is not a unified whole. It is divided into several factions that are fighting openly and secretly for the right to harvest the "Civilized Farm".
It turns out that the so-called "heretical paths" are not a single road, but countless rugged paths leading to the truth, and at the end of each path may lie secrets that could overturn the universe.
Even more surprisingly, Chen Yifan found a shocking secret technique in those fragmented memories that made him stop breathing!
A heaven-defying method that can forcibly break the "genetic lock" and "mental lock" of others!
Although this method is extremely dangerous, has a very low success rate, and requires a huge amount of rare materials.
But it does exist!
This means that he will have the opportunity to personally open the door to the world of true power for Wang Fugui, Lin Xiaoyu, and even his own sister!
This discovery made Chen Yifan's will stronger than ever before!
He must live!
He needs to process all of this!
"Swallow! Swallow it!"
Chen Yifan let out a deafening roar in his heart.
The suction force of that rotating chaotic singularity surged once again!
"No!"
With a final, desperate roar, the Star Soul Venerable's last remnant soul was completely devoured by the Chaos Singularity, leaving not a trace behind.
The entire Heart Palace world instantly fell into absolute silence.
The wildly spinning chaotic singularity, after devouring the last ray of starlight, suddenly shrank inward, as if trying to compress the entire spiritual world into an infinitely small point.
Followed by.
boom!
The singularity exploded!
This time, it's not destruction, but rebirth!
A dazzling purple-gold light illuminated the entire void.
On the ruins of the original white jade hall, a pagoda ten times more magnificent than before, three stories high, and made entirely of purple-gold glazed tiles rose from the ground!
Each level of the pagoda was ornately decorated and engraved with runes ten thousand times more profound than before, radiating a terrifying pressure that suppressed all ages and asserted absolute supremacy.
At the very top of that pagoda, a thick, ancient book, radiating a soft starlight, floated peacefully.
It was that book, "The Starry Sky Bible"!
Chen Yifan's spiritual body slowly condensed and took shape on the first floor of the pagoda.
He could feel that his mental power, whether in terms of quantity, purity, or intensity, had undergone a tremendous qualitative leap!
If his mental strength was like a rushing river before, then...
So now, it is a vast starry sea, unfathomable and containing boundless power!
The "Starry Sky Codex," suspended atop the tower, seemed to sense the birth of its new master, emitting an affectionate hum.
The pages of the book turned on their own without any wind, flipping open with a rustling sound.
The next second, the entire book transformed into a stream of light, directly imprinting itself into the deepest part of Chen Yifan's soul.
Countless secret methods for cultivating mental power, offensive techniques, and defensive methods flooded into his mind like a tide, and he instantly understood, absorbed, and mastered them.
Chen Yifan slowly opened his eyes.
Outside, less than three seconds had passed.
He still stood on that white jade platform, still holding that ancient book that had become simple and unadorned.
But his eyes were completely different from three seconds ago.
What kind of eyes were those?
Calm and profound, as if containing an entire starry sky.
Deep within that starry sky lies a chilling killing intent that could make anyone tremble.
"What happened?"
Inside the main hall, the black worm lurking in the deputy director's corpse emitted a confused mental fluctuation.
Just a moment ago, the terrifying energy fluctuation originating from the "Starry Sky Codex," which had almost burst the entire hall, vanished into thin air.
All the aura emanating from Chen Yifan himself vanished completely.
He remained standing on the high platform, clutching the ancient book tightly, his eyes closed, motionless, like a lifeless, cold statue.
All the puppet assassins stopped attacking, staring blankly at the scene, seemingly having lost their command.
After a brief moment of surprise, the black worm's body trembled violently with extreme excitement.
"Success! Hehehe... Success!"
It could clearly sense that within Chen Yifan's body, an aura that was even more ancient, majestic, and terrifying than that of the previous Star Soul Venerable was slowly awakening.
In its view, this was undoubtedly the final sign that the remnant soul of the ancient god had successfully possessed and perfectly integrated into the body of the "Unlocked One"!
"That's great! That's really great!"
The black worm emitted waves of ecstatic excitement, and its tiny body even cracked open in several places due to excessive agitation.
"Once the ancient god has complete control over this body, I will then parasitize it... At that time, the entire world will grovel at the feet of the great divine religion!"
It stared greedily at Chen Yifan's body, as if looking at a ripe, sweetest fruit, waiting for the final moment to be picked.
However, it did not know.
The feast it anticipated was, from the very beginning, a complete scam.
It was at this moment that...
On the high platform, the "statue" slowly opened its eyes.
Those were eyes as calm as an abyss.
Chen Yifan glanced at the black worm that was about to pounce on him, his eyes completely unmoved, as if he were looking at an insignificant insect by the roadside.
He didn't even bother to use any of the powerful supernatural abilities he had just learned from the "Starry Sky Codex".
He simply raised his hand slightly.
"kill!"
The black worm sensed the familiar yet strangely terrifying pressure and mistook it for a command from the Star Soul Venerable, immediately letting out a sharp screech.
The dozen or so parasitized puppet assassins around him, under its command, had their eyes glow red again, and like sharks smelling blood, they once again pounced on Chen Yi-fan!
Beams of energy cannons, rapidly spinning plasma blades, distorted claws covered in barbs, and corrosive venom emitting a foul stench...
Dozens of attacks once again completely engulfed Chen Yifan's figure.
However, this time...
Chen Yifan simply waved his hand lightly.
"Buzz!"
An invisible yet absolutely dominant mental energy field instantly spread out from him.
All the puppets' movements came to an abrupt halt at that moment.
Both the swung claws and the blasting energy eerily froze in mid-air, as if time had been paused.
Immediately afterwards, the bodies of those puppet assassins began to tremble violently.
The black tentacles within their bodies used for control were instantly pulverized into the most basic dust by this domineering and unparalleled mental energy field!
puff!puff!puff!
A series of dull, bloody explosions rang out.
Black, viscous liquid simultaneously gushed from the seven orifices of those puppet assassins.
The red light in their eyes faded, and they regained a moment of clarity.
Then, amidst endless terror and bewilderment, he watched as his body was crushed and pulverized inch by inch by the subsequent onslaught of mental energy, eventually turning into pools of indistinct, fleshy pulp.
The entire process was smooth, clean, and efficient.
It didn't even make a single extra sound.
The hall fell silent instantly.
Only the black worm remained, frozen in mid-air, its body contorted with extreme fear.
Its ecstasy, its pride, its grand plans—all were utterly crushed in this moment by the bloody and bizarre scene before it.
It finally realized what a stupid and fatal mistake it had made.
The possession attempt failed!
The man before them had not been possessed; on the contrary, he had devoured an ancient deity!
"No...this is impossible..."
The worm let out a sharp, distorted screech, and all its mouthparts and barbs on its tiny body clenched tightly in fear.
It abandoned the idea of parasitism, abandoned all illusions, and its body transformed into a twisted black light. Without thinking, it turned around and fled madly toward the exit of the main hall.
However, it had only flown less than ten meters.
A cold, emotionless voice echoed behind it, throughout the entire hall.
Did I let you leave?
Before he could finish speaking...
A giant hand, composed entirely of pure purple-gold spiritual energy, appeared out of thin air above the hall. It arrived faster than the black light and grabbed it tightly in its palm.
"squeak!"
The black worm struggled and writhed frantically in the giant hand, emitting a series of tooth-grinding screams.
But that giant purple-gold hand remained as still as the most solid cage.
It could even feel the energy that made up its body being crushed and decomposed bit by bit by the terrifying power attached to that palm.
Chen Yifan slowly walked down from the high platform, step by step, to the foot of the giant hand.
He raised his head, looking at the worm in his palm that had completely given up hope, his face expressionless.
"Tell me, where is the stronghold of your Holy Church?"
His voice was soft, yet it carried an undeniable air of authority.
Tormented by excruciating pain and fear, the worm was on the verge of collapse.
But it is, after all, a high-ranking member of the Holy Church, and deep down it still retains a trace of fanatical loyalty to the "Holy Lord".
It emitted intermittent mental fluctuations.
"You...you should kill me...'The Holy Lord'...will sense it...he will personally descend...to take your...body..."
Before it could finish speaking, its body suddenly began to swell rapidly and uncontrollably.
A terrifying energy, filled with destruction, annihilation, and deadly pollution of the soul, surged wildly from its body, about to erupt completely!
It's going to self-destruct!