Yet, at the very core of this storm of destruction, a stream of light—faint enough that only Xu Yunfan could perceive it—suddenly appeared. It ignored the vastness of space, the suppression of the Sea of Suffering Law, and even the rampaging energy storm.
The power of the Attribute Panel then forcibly restrained and purified it. Through a formless channel, it instantly crossed an endless expanse of space, projecting with perfect precision into the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm, into the Primordial Sect’s Divine Sky Palace, and finally, into the Dantian Cave Heaven where Xu Yunfan’s true body sat in meditation.
Xu Yunfan’s body shuddered violently.
An indescribable power—an aura of Supreme Yin and bone-chilling cold, yet also containing boundless vitality—erupted within his Dantian Cave Heaven, which was as stable as a star core. It was like the bursting waters of the Nether River.
This power was the origin aura of the Taiyin Nether Dragon Dao Fruit.
This Dao Fruit had been brought back into his Grotto Heaven by the Attribute Panel, using Han Shi as a vessel and leveraging its Strong Control Attribute.
At this moment, Xu Yunfan’s Dantian Cave Heaven was far from empty.
At its core, the Divine Sky Golden Core shone like an eternal, thunderous sun. Ninety-nine Purple Gold Thunder Dragons coiled and roared around it, exuding a dense aura of destroying the Ten Thousand Laws in an endless cycle of creation and destruction.
Surrounding the Golden Core’s core was a purple-gold ocean of endless thunderbolts and a Profound Vault sky. This was the embryonic world manifested from his Dao Foundation, and the very source of his power.
And between the thunderbolt ocean and the Profound Vault sky, a scorching miniature sun hovered.
The Light Leaving Flame Burning Red Sun Dao Fruit!
It emanated a Pure Yang Fire that could burn mountains and boil seas, illuminating all the heavens. It resonated with the Divine Sky Thunderbolt, their Thunder and Fire powers weaving together to form a cycle of Supreme Yang and Firm, incomparably tyrannical energy. This filled the entire Grotto Heaven with a searing, violent aura, as if it could incinerate everything at any moment.
The Thunder and Fire Dual Dao Fruit filled his Grotto Heaven with searing heat.
If not for the Linn Character Technique protecting him, Xu Yunfan’s temperament would have long since become extremely violent under the influence of the two Dao Fruits’ extreme yang auras.
It was into this purgatory of thunder and fire that the origin aura of the Taiyin Nether Dragon Dao Fruit—this water of the Nether River, Supreme Yin and Cold—descended with a deafening boom.
BOOM!
SZZZZZLE!!!
Imagine tossing the core of Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice into a boiling ocean of magma.
At that moment, it was as if a bomb of infinite power had been detonated within the entire Dantian Cave Heaven.
A conflict visible to the naked eye erupted.
The ocean of thunderbolts, which had been flowing placidly under the dominion of the Divine Sky Dao Fruit, instantly turned into billions of enraged Thunder Serpents the moment the Taiyin aura invaded, and they lunged forward madly.
The purple-gold thunderbolts, carrying the True Intent of destroying the Ten Thousand Laws, viciously struck at the cold, clear stream.
The Red Sun Dao Fruit reacted even more violently.
As if directly provoked, it erupted with a booming Crimson Flowing Fire, which transformed into a Pure Yang Fierce Flame capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas. It sought to completely evaporate and purify the encroaching yin-coldness.
The entire Grotto Heaven World Space trembled violently.
Purple Gold Thunderbolt, Crimson Flowing Fire, and the clear, faintly blue cold stream—three powers representing the ultimate Laws and Dao Fruits of heaven and earth—began a primitive, frenzied collision inside Xu Yunfan’s Dantian.
The pristine Grotto Heaven was torn open with black cracks visible to the naked eye—a sign that the conflict between the three Laws had reached such an extreme that even the Grotto Heaven Embryo could barely withstand it.
The Purple Gold Cloud Platform on which Xu Yunfan sat shook violently. His face instantly turned pale, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans trickled from his forehead, drenching his Purple Gold Daoist Robe in an instant.
An excruciating pain originating from the depths of his soul washed over him, as if his entire body was about to be torn apart from the inside by the violent conflict.
"Hmph!"
Xu Yunfan let out a muffled grunt. He clenched his jaw, but his eyes shone with an unprecedentedly sharp light.
He showed no hint of panic. Instead, he immersed his Heart and Spirit into the core of his Grotto Heaven and began to circulate the Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture with all his might.
’Profound Vault Undying, bearer of all heavens! Divine Sky reigns over punishment, the Ten Thousand Transformations Core! Fuse!’
Following the sharp cry in his mind, the Divine Sky Golden Core at the center of his Dantian erupted with an unprecedented radiance.
The ninety-nine Purple Gold Thunder Dragons roared in unison. The sound waves materialized into golden ripples that instantly swept across the entire Grotto Heaven.
The True Intent of Profound Vault Undying was pushed to its absolute limit.
Under the augmentation of the Profound Vault Dao Rhyme, the Grotto Heaven’s walls, which had been trembling violently on the verge of shattering, took on a deeper purple-gold luster. Countless abstruse Runes surfaced upon them, emanating a vast and mighty power that could encompass all things and bear all heavens.
Like the veritable membrane of a nascent world, it forcibly stabilized this small world on the brink of collapse.
At the same time, the Divine Sky Destruction True Intent descended upon the rampaging ocean of thunderbolts.
The billions of Thunder Serpents, which had been striking chaotically, instantly became orderly. Though they still furiously bombarded the Taiyin Cold Stream, each strike now carried a precise intent of destruction. It was no longer a blind repulsion, but a purposeful attempt to deconstruct and analyze the Supreme Yin Principle, allowing it to slowly integrate into the system.
As for the Supreme Yang Fire gushing from the Red Sun Dao Fruit, under the mediation and powerful suppression of the Divine Sky Dao Fruit, its violent tendency to incinerate everything abated slightly. Although it still instinctively resisted the yin-coldness, it began to confront and probe the Taiyin Cold Stream in a more regulated manner.
If any other Golden Core True Monarch had tried to shove a Dao Fruit into their Grotto Heaven in such a crude and brutish manner, their body would have likely exploded within minutes, leaving not even a trace of their True Spirit behind.
But Xu Yunfan had the Attribute Panel. For every Realm, for every Cultivation Technique, it allowed him to achieve flawless mastery over its mysteries.
As of now, Xu Yunfan was definitively the number one expert in the Golden Core Early Stage. Especially with his current Daoist Cultivation and the Thunder and Fire Dual Dao Fruit, even Sword Cultivators would not dare claim they could surpass his combat prowess. And that was without even mentioning his mastery of the Array and Artifact Dao.
Xu Yunfan endured the soul-tearing agony and the immense strain from his Grotto Heaven’s tremors. His Heart and Spirit operated like the most precise instrument, using the Attribute Panel’s absolute insight into energy flow to cautiously guide the three powers.
He did not immediately try to suppress the Taiyin Dao Fruit, nor did he crudely allow the Divine Sky or Red Sun to devour it.
Instead, under the embrace of the Profound Vault Undying Dao Rhyme and the deconstruction of the Divine Sky Destruction True Intent, he allowed the aura of the Taiyin Origin to spread slowly through the purgatory of thunder and fire, like a drop of ink in clear water.
This process was exceedingly dangerous.
The slightest misstep or loss of balance in his guidance would immediately result in the Grotto Heaven’s collapse and a backlash from his Golden Core.
CRACKLE...
CRACKLE...
The clear, faintly blue Taiyin aura reacted violently with the scorching, tyrannical Power of Thunder and Fire, producing a terrifying sound.
Within the Grotto Heaven, vast areas would at times become covered in frost, freezing the thunderbolts solid.
At other times, they would be swept over by the Red Sun’s flowing fire, instantly vaporizing the frost and raising a strange, bluish-white mist.
And at other times still, the Divine Sky Thunderbolt would forcibly blast everything open, revealing the purple-gold foundation of the Grotto Heaven below.
Each clash caused Xu Yunfan’s body to shudder violently, and faint golden trickles of blood once again seeped from the corners of his mouth.
But his gaze was as sharp as a knife, fixed on every subtle change in the energy flow within the Grotto Heaven. He continuously fine-tuned the output frequency of his Divine Sky Golden Core and the coverage of the Profound Vault Dao Rhyme.