Deduction, deconstruction, enactment, deduction, deconstruction, enactment...
Over and over, Ye Chen continuously cycled through these three steps, silently comprehending the myriad laws of the heavens he had realized across his past and present lives.
His body was accompanied by chaotic light, boiling, surging, swelling, condensing into mist that steamed upwards.
In the end, the movements of his hands grew slower and slower, the divine abilities he enacted became fewer and fewer, even the forms appeared blurred, no longer the various divine abilities he had learned in the past.
It might be a Flower-Pinching Finger, a pushing palm, or an inch fist—clearly just a simple palm, finger, or fist, yet Ye Chen enacted them with myriad transformations. Palm not palm, finger not finger, fist not fist—all transformations were contained within his hands.
And with each swing of palm, finger, or fist, chaotic Dao marks accompanied the enactment, possessing a kind of Dao pulsating within, displaying vast grandeur while also appearing unfathomable, all contained therein.
His entire body gave birth to boundless chaotic light, terrifying chaotic fluctuations emerging.
Suddenly, he slapped a palm forward.
Boom—
A terrifying roar exploded, overturning the lava world for a million li in radius, exploding with endless towering waves.
This palm was too terrifying, to the extent that even the great formation originally arranged here was blasted through. A fluctuation of great terror appeared, then it pierced through the earth's crust, shot out above the Spirit Heaven Sea Area, causing a massive fluctuation and stirring up layer upon layer of towering waves.
The Spirit Heaven Sea Area, because the countless spirit veins deep beneath the sea had been completely plundered by Ye Chen, had long since returned to calm after ten years.
Back then, it had caused an uproar in the nearby hundred nations and even across the entire Jiuyan Continent, drawing worldwide attention. Even the powerhouses of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan were alarmed, personally investigating and discovering that many spirit veins had completely vanished, causing imperial clan fury as they suspected it was the work of some powerful individual.
Naturally, some also thought it might be Ye Chen's doing, for even after sealing the entire Jiuyan Imperial Star and dispatching numerous forces to search, they still found not a single trace of him—especially on their own turf.
However, even Great Powers from the imperial clan had personally taken action, yet even scraping the earth three thousand zhang deep yielded nothing. They simply never thought to look in the deepest lava world.
Now, with the emergence of this massive fluctuation accompanied by vast power, the hundred nations near the Spirit Heaven Sea Area were also startled. Seeing the Spirit Heaven Sea Area, calm for twenty years, once again stir up towering waves, many were pleasantly surprised. Quite a few believed the spirit veins deep beneath the Spirit Heaven Sea Area had reappeared.
"Could it be that the countless spirit veins that mysteriously vanished have appeared once more?"
"The Spirit Heaven Sea Area is stirring up endless towering waves again; it's very likely the mysteriously vanished endless spirit veins have reappeared in the mortal world."
"Everyone, let's go take a look!"
Nearly a hundred countries near the Spirit Heaven Sea Area dispatched powerhouses one after another.
Naturally, the Jiuyan Imperial Clan also received the news immediately, for only the Jiuyan Imperial Clan knew that those endless spirit veins had not mysteriously vanished but were very likely the work of that wounded, fleeing Battle Saint King.
Only, that sea area had been combed through many times, yet they could never find the true location. Now, with the emergence of this vast fluctuation, it was highly likely related to the Battle Saint King.
"Go quickly!"
"Mobilize troops and generals, invite the Great Powers within the clan, surround the Spirit Heaven Sea Area!"
Almost immediately, the Jiuyan Imperial Clan took action. Among them, Imperial Clan Great Powers personally stepped forth. And because of the Battle Saint King's special nature, a full twelve Imperial Clan Great Powers personally set out. Moreover, there were imperial clan warships, and among them, two Super Great Powers also personally set out—this was practically mustering half the strength of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan.
Even if it was just suspicion, the Jiuyan Imperial Clan would not give up the slightest chance to find the Battle Saint King.
Unaware of all that was happening outside, Ye Chen within the lava world was undoubtedly at a critical moment of creating a peerless divine ability. His eyes were peaceful and calm, not emitting the slightest sharpness, like the gaze of an ordinary person. Yet within them, faint traces of chaotic light flickered. His palm moved as his heart willed, and he pointed a finger.
That was a terrifying chaotic finger, a finger that could blot out the sky. Immediately, it pierced through the earth's crust once more. A terrifying column of light shot skyward, exploding in the heavens above the Spirit Heaven Sea Area, transforming into thousands upon thousands of strands of dawn light that shot in all directions.
Yet each strand of dawn light represented a Great Dao, a primal rune of a Dao, causing the Spirit Heaven Sea Area to stir up endless storms. Towering waves appeared within, yet they were also gathering endless spiritual energy that descended from the sky, making this vast sea area instantly many times more concentrated, yet also filled with wildness, exactly the same as the stormy environment from before.
Moreover, everyone felt as if the myriad Daos within the Spirit Heaven Sea Area had awakened, each one appearing prosperous. Cultivating here would be much easier.
Such a method could truly be called a divine miracle.
However, the imperial clan powerhouses also grew increasingly certain that Ye Chen was here.
"This is the Chaos Great Dao, the Dao of the Battle Saint King. He is very likely inside."
"Hurry over!"
"The Battle Saint King is very likely inside comprehending the Dao. Stop him quickly!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
One Imperial Clan Great Power after another streaked across the sky like lightning.
Ye Chen paid no heed to the outside commotion. Above the lava world, he moved as his heart willed—one moment supremely hard, the next soft as clear water, then like a gentle breeze brushing the face, containing myriad transformations.
Gradually, faintly visible, Ye Chen's figure grew increasingly illusory. One moment he executed the Four Extremities Connecting to Sage Style, the next he employed the Five Elements Great World, then a Life-Death Taiji Diagram appeared... Various divine abilities, myriad shadows, all manifested.
Finally, everything transformed into a finger, a palm, a fist—nothing more.
At this moment, tens of thousands of Dao marks interwove, ten thousand ancient runes manifested, some overwhelmingly domineering, some divinely majestic, truly descending upon the world.
Gods roared, demons howled. Three thousand ancient runes, three thousand Great Daos, occupied the most prominent positions, flowing and interweaving in the firmament, possessing the grand momentum to suppress past, present, and future!
In a trance, these figures all transformed into Dao talismans, interweaving and compiling into an ancient scripture, a supreme orthodoxy, a supreme inheritance. The scripture's meaning flowed as if gods and demons were reviving, their true bodies descending.
Until finally, everything dissipated. Only Ye Chen stood tall upon the lava world, unmoving as a mountain. And his gaze suddenly grew many times sharper, icy light illuminating the cold Nine Provinces!
It was over!