Chapter 410

Chapter 410: Law! Power! Boundless!

"Boom!"

As the incarnation of the great sun, Haoyang possessed overwhelming might. His power burned with pure yang energy, giving a sense of indestructibility. Merely by existing as the great sun, his presence caused everything around him to begin crumbling. When the colossal sun descended, it smashed into the barrier between yin and yang realms like a meteor.

"Boom… roar!"

This strike created far greater tremors than Chongming Bird’s attack. Mu Lin felt his Yin Soil shaking under the great sun’s scorching flames. In the world of the living, Moon Water City’s ground quaked violently, rapidly drying and cracking.

Though Haoyang’s sun form held terrifying power, Mu Lin could have stopped him. Yet after brief consideration, Mu Lin let him enter. After all, while these beings sought Mu Lin’s head for Dragon Palace rewards, Mu Lin himself wanted their souls to enhance his own cultivation.

…

"Filthy realm."

The instant Haoyang stepped into Yin Soil, his face twisted in disgust. As the embodiment of pure yang energy, he naturally despised this yin-dominated environment. The perpetual night covering Yin Soil further suppressed his power.

But the harsh conditions only annoyed Haoyang – they did not frighten him. "Weaklings whine about environments. The strong reshape worlds to their will." True to his words, he acted immediately.

"Cleanse all with flames!"

Upon entering Yin Soil, Haoyang reignited his magic. "Boom!" His sun form blazed brighter as intense light and heat erupted from his body. In ordinary worlds, this radiance would turn night to day and scorch the earth barren.

Yin energy and evil spirits withered before Haoyang’s yang dominance. Normally, simply hovering above ghost cities would purify them through his mere presence. This absolute counter against yin forces gave him confidence to confront Mu Lin in Yin Soil.

Yet soon, something defied all his expectations.

The burning magical energy erupted into endless light and flames, yet failed to fully tear through the pitch-black night.

The profound darkness instead acted like a lightless abyss, rapidly devouring all radiance and fire.

Such was the might of Zhu Long—the night brought by its closed eyes couldn’t be easily dispersed.

Though Zhu Long was powerful, Jin Wu as the embodiment of the great sun stood as its equal. Among divine beasts, the golden crow ranked supreme as a natural-born sacred spirit.

Few creatures in this vast world could surpass its innate gifts.

Zhu Long alone couldn’t suppress Jin Wu’s brilliance.

But Mu Lin wasn’t relying solely on Zhu Long’s power.

Beyond the support from Yin Soil, the assimilating force of Chaos Origin Essence combined with the pitch-black night enabled Mu Lin’s darkness to consume all things.

The Divinity of Silence and Great Luo Merging Heaven also blended perfectly with the endless dark.

Mu Lin now merged these three powers with Zhu Long’s night-shroud.

Their combined influence caused everything within the dark veil to fade into ‘divine obscurity’ through utter stillness.

Forms grew indistinct, presences dwindling rapidly.

Even sunlight began bleaching away, absorbed by the hungry shadows.

"Hummm!"

The boundless dark surged like tidal waves toward the great sun, this pitch-black shroud striving to smother solar radiance and plunge all Yin Soil into eternal night.

This provocation finally ignited Haoyang’s wrath.

"You dare wield night’s power against me? Your arrogance blinds you, Mu Lin!"

"Triple Solar Convergence!"

With a thunderous roar, Haoyang’s form split into three identical beings, each radiating equal might.

Simultaneously, all three transformed into blazing great suns.

"BOOOOM!!!"

Their combined resonance multiplied the solar glare sixfold over the original.

This explosive rising value of light tore through the endless dark like celestial blades, restoring illumination to Yin Soil.

Yet Haoyang’s display only drew Mu Lin’s mocking laughter.

"You challenge my magical reserves?"

"The true arrogance lies with you, Haoyang!"

"Power—FLOW TO ME!"

At his command, Mu Lin’s Zhu Long form in Moon Water City connected with Substitute Paper Figures spread across conquered territories.

Earlier assaults had seized multiple East Sea King’s manor towns, spiritual mines, and spirit fields.

Where spiritual veins existed, Mu Lin’s paper proxies remained entrenched after conquest.

Areas without energy-rich ley lines were abandoned, but every spiritual vein now fed Mu Lin’s bottomless hunger.

He opened Yin Soil in the shadowy areas of those regions and used the power of spiritual veins to sustain its existence.

The benefit was clear: with spiritual veins present, these areas wouldn’t burden Mu Lin but instead serve as backup sources of spiritual power.

Now, Mu Lin tapped into the stored spiritual energy from dozens of such locations.

“Boom!”

As he activated them, Substitute Paper Figures worked like pumps, relentlessly drawing power from the spiritual veins and channeling it into Zhu Long’s body.

Rivers merged into an ocean. This endless surge of energy flooded Mu Lin’s Zhu Long form, stirring colossal waves within.

Truthfully, the torrent from dozens of paper figures was overwhelming.

Any ordinary cultivator would’ve been torn apart instantly by such violent energy.

But Mu Lin was no ordinary cultivator.

The three hundred sixty-five Central Earth Evils had forged him an unshakable foundation, solid as Mount Tai.

Thus, despite the raging energy, Mu Lin endured through sheer resilience.

Next, he funneled this vast power into his eyes.

“Hum…”

The greatest sound is silent; the greatest form is formless… Though noiseless, the darkness Mu Lin summoned with this boundless energy brought terror.

“…”

Silently, the radiant light of Haoyang’s great sun form was swallowed and erased by the pitch-black night.

The darkness then advanced like an unstoppable wall, steadily engulfing the three suns in the sky.

“Impossible!”

“Solar Flare Burst!”

Haoyang fought desperately, burning himself to intensify his light and flames.

But it was futile.

Though their talents matched, their power disparity was vast.

Haoyang, despite his strength, remained at the Transformation stage.

With dozens of backup energy sources, Mu Lin could outlast even an Earth Immortal.

Guided by endless power, the pitch-black night devoured everything.

The suns’ light—and the suns themselves—vanished beneath the dark shroud.

“It’s over.”

Yin Soil existed as its own realm, now veiled by night’s essence. Outsiders couldn’t perceive the Cycle of Life and Death within.

But Chongming Bird, near Haoyang, saw everything.

When darkness swallowed Haoyang’s light, dread gripped her heart.

She knew Haoyang hadn’t yet unleashed his full power.

But as the sun’s incarnation, his greatest strength lay in becoming the sun itself—radiating light and flame across realms.

Now that strength was crushed outright.

Chongming Bird doubted his other abilities could pierce this darkness.

Then came worse terror.

Enveloped in night, Chongming Bird felt her magical power and soul power grow sluggish, resisting her commands.

Worse, the stagnant energy began merging with the night itself.

As her power faded, so did her sense of self—a chilling erasure of existence.

“This night… devours life!”

“Prolonged exposure will phase my magic, soul, and very being into nothingness.”

Terror seized Chongming Bird completely.

Seeing Qing Que—her cherished companion—already fading into emptiness, Chongming Bird broke.

Helpless, she yielded to Mu Lin.

“Mu Lin, spare Qing Que. I submit.”

Recalling glimpsed truths, she added urgently, “Killing me might grant you scraps through the Slaughtering Blade.”

“But you’ll never claim all my power and skills that way.”

“My service gives you a subordinate who grows stronger—far more valuable.”