Just moments ago, he had unleashed one of his strongest techniques. Let alone a Creation Immortal, even a Heavenly Position Immortal would have suffered grievous wounds from a direct hit. Yet the man before him had recovered in mere moments, his fighting spirit blazing even fiercer than before.
At this, the Celestial Clan Domain Lord was at a loss for words, a bitter expression creeping across his face. He could not comprehend why his opponent was going this far.
*Is he throwing away his life just to fight?* he wondered. Under such circumstances, there was only one thing the Domain Lord could do: continue gathering his internal power and surge forward to meet him.
Furthermore, genuine fury had been stoked within him. A mere Creation Immortal—even one blessed with supreme talent, a genius who had risen to such heights in just a few short years—what did that matter to him? Without stepping into the realm of a Heavenly Position Immortal, one could never truly grasp the gulf between the two realms.
And so the Celestial Clan Domain Lord struck once more, his aura erupting violently as boundless lightning roared around him. Not to be outdone, Lu Yuan unleashed his golden vitality from within.
Immense power vibrated in endless thunderous clashes. Just as before, the two collided once again.
Neither held back, both bringing forth their strongest techniques. Down below, the Celestial clansmen watching the scene were utterly dumbfounded.
They had originally thought Lu Yuan was dead, never expecting him to recover so quickly. What was more, the fighting spirit radiating from him was even stronger than before—it was simply unbelievable.
"Is this guy some kind of monster?" someone blurted out, unable to find the words to describe it. He was clearly an entire realm lower, yet he was battling their Domain Lord to such a standstill.
Could anyone else in the entire universe have achieved such a feat? The rest of the Celestial clansmen felt the same, stunned into silence.
In the void, the ferocious battle raged on.
Rumble!
Heaven and earth thundered as spatial rifts tore open one after another.
The earth cracked beneath them, crisscrossed with fissures and ravines. The auras unleashed by their clash reshaped the topography of the surrounding mountains and rivers across ten thousand li. This was a true clash of powerhouses!
Pfft!
In the next moment, Lu Yuan's shoulder was shattered, blood spraying from his flesh under the assault of the black lightning. Yet even so, his gaze remained as resolute as ever as his fists swung without pause.
Across from him, the Celestial Clan Domain Lord's expression shifted. His opponent seemed completely impervious to fatigue.
No matter what terrifying combat prowess he displayed or how many wounds he inflicted, Lu Yuan fought on as if oblivious to the pain, causing the Domain Lord's confidence to waver.
The Domain Lord knew full well the limits of a Creation Immortal. Against such techniques, anyone else would have succumbed and perished long ago. Yet the man before him still exerted frightening strength, the power behind his strikes and the energy in his body not diminishing in the slightest. The Domain Lord wondered just how long this battle was going to drag on.
He knew things could not continue like this; he had to unleash his trump card. With that thought, he instantly retreated.
Then, his figure vanished entirely. In that instant, the surrounding world was sealed, and a devastating aura permeated the entire firmament.
Sensing this, Lu Yuan's expression changed slightly. He attempted to locate the Celestial Clan Domain Lord, only to discover with shock that he could no longer perceive him. Worse still, his very soul began to tremble.
It felt as if he had reached the end of his life; an unprecedented sense of mortal peril rushed over him.
Before he could react, the void convulsed, and a silhouette emerged. By instinct, Lu Yuan sensed it had transformed into lightning, yet this lightning was not vast—it was roughly the size of a human figure.
However, the destructive aura it radiated surpassed anything seen before. As if embodying the punishment of Heaven itself, it manifested and plunged directly toward Lu Yuan.
It was unimaginably swift, as though freezing time itself, leaving no room for reaction.
Spurt!
In the next moment, Lu Yuan was struck with catastrophic force. Blood sprayed from his mouth as his physique fractured under the strain, unable to endure the impact. Ghastly white bone was exposed across his chest, arms, and other areas.
This strike was undeniably the most devastating attack he had endured since embarking on his path of cultivation and evolution. Even his origin had come under severe threat. Had his foundation and origin not been extraordinarily robust, that single instant would have claimed his life.
Soon after, the Celestial Clan Domain Lord's figure reappeared.
His expression was grave, and his aura was visibly weaker than before. Even so, his gaze remained fixed as he stared at Lu Yuan in shock. "My strongest strike... actually failed to kill you?"
The Domain Lord was genuinely astonished, finding it hard to believe. That attack had incorporated the Heavenly Position Laws. He had thought it would seal the outcome, yet the result defied his expectations—the flame of his opponent's life had not been extinguished.
"If you had been even slightly stronger, I certainly wouldn't have survived," Lu Yuan rasped, his voice hoarse.
Indeed, that blow had nearly taken his life. But nearly was not enough.
In the next breath, a terrifying fighting spirit erupted from him once again. In that brush with death, every shred of his potential had been unlocked, bringing that brand-new sensation surging back to the surface.
He had grasped it—he had truly grasped it. The sensation of stepping into the Heavenly Position Immortal realm and comprehending the Heavenly Position Laws dawned on Lu Yuan once more, swelling his aura into something far more vast and majestic than before.
Fierce glints of light flickered in his eyes, his fighting spirit soaring to touch the heavens.
"Are you... using me as a whetstone?"
Finally, the Celestial Clan Domain Lord realized what was happening. Something was strange about his opponent's state.
It was the enlightenment that came when someone reached the pinnacle of their realm and pushed past a bottleneck—an enlightenment usually found only on the razor's edge between life and death. He immediately understood: Lu Yuan wanted to break through to become a Heavenly Position Immortal, and he had chosen to fight him precisely to take that crucial step.
In an instant, incandescent rage surged within the Domain Lord's heart.
To have become the lord of a star sector, had he not been a favored pride of heaven in his own right? In his youth, he too had been a Divine Son of the Celestial Clan!
Throughout his rise, he had always treated others as stepping stones to reach this height. Yet now, having already attained the realm of Heavenly Position Immortal, he was being used as a whetstone for someone else's cultivation and evolution!
He could hardly stomach it; it was an absolute humiliation.
Yet Lu Yuan no longer cared what the Domain Lord thought.
Having seized that opportunity, he immediately mended his wounded body in the next instant. Vitality surged around him once more as immense power gushed from deep within.
Though he had not yet formally stepped into that realm, this single moment of comprehension had already caused his strength to surge exponentially!
Chapter 504