Chapter 224 - 223: Three Rebirths within the Thunder Rain Dao!

Night had fallen over Sky Jade City, casting the vast city beneath a sea of glittering stars. The chaotic, frenetic energy that had consumed the central pavilions throughout the day following the conclusion of the first preliminary round had finally begun to settle, replaced by a tense and uneasy quiet.

Tomorrow would be the second preliminary round. The rules were changing, the battlefield was shrinking, and the absolute predators of the Central Continent were already sharpening their blades in the darkness, preparing for what’s to come.

Yet within the eastern royal pavilion of Zhao Province, the atmosphere remained a sanctuary of absolute tranquility.

The master suite was bathed in the soft, ethereal glow of hovering celestial pearls, their warm radiance filling every corner of the room. The faint fragrance of frozen orchids lingered in the air, sweet and calming, creating a peaceful atmosphere that stood in stark contrast to the tension spreading throughout Sky Jade City.

Lin Yuan stood near the center of the expansive chamber, his pristine black and white robes hanging loosely from his broad shoulders. His deep purple eyes, which had recently flashed with the terrifying, tri-colored light of the Rebirth essence, were currently focused inward, projecting his divine sense onto the glowing blue interface that hovered silently in front of him.

[Millionfold Return System]

[Host:] Lin Yuan

[Wife:] Bai Qingyue

[Root Bone:] Supreme Heavenly Talent

[Comprehension:] Against Heaven Understanding

[Lifespan:] 200/4500 years

[Physique:] Ancient Beast Body (Rank 10)

[Realm:] Spirit Severing Realm (Unshaken Stage)

[Divine Skills:] Death Gaze, Three Rebirths within the Thunder Rain Dao Intent, Immortal Cloud Step, Thunder Step, Eye of Heavenly Retribution (Autonomous), False Immortal Palmstrike, Shatter Illusion, See Truth.....

Lin Yuan’s gaze swept across the panel, his attention eventually settling on the divine skill section.

[Three Rebirths within the Thunder Rain Dao Intent]

To merge two Daos, as he had done with Thunder and Rain, was already considered an act of supreme Dao cultivation. Countless cultivators spent their entire lives comprehending a single Dao, yet he had managed to bring two fundamentally opposing forces into perfect harmony.

But to take a third Dao, the Dao of Three Rebirths, a profound law that could lead one toward the very essence of the cycle of reincarnation, and weave it seamlessly into an already established duality? That was no longer merely supreme.

Lin Yuan could not help but feel a faint sense of anticipation as he stared at the skill. He had a feeling that the changes brought about by this fusion were far greater than what he had initially imagined.

Lin Yuan slowly closed his eyes and raised his right hand. He did not manifest Thunder, Rain, or the power of Rebirth in the physical world.

Instead, he directed his awareness inward.

Within his vast spiritual sea, the newly formed Tri-Dao intersection began to pulse. Thunder mainly represented destruction, while Rain represented nourishment and the birth of life. The Dao of Three Rebirths represented a path towards the endless cycle connecting life and death, destruction and renewal, beginning and ending.

Three seemingly different concepts intertwined within his consciousness, yet instead of conflicting, they resonated with one another as though they had always belonged together.

The sensation was staggering.

Previously, when he had possessed only the Thunder Rain Merged Dao, he had managed to touch the periphery of the Origin. The intersection between Thunder and Rain had allowed him to faintly recreate the chaotic state of the universe before everything had settled into its present order.

In that primordial chaos, Yin and Yang had yet to fully separate, destruction and creation had yet to establish their boundaries, and all things existed in an indescribable state of potential.

It was within that fleeting moment that Lin Yuan had caught a glimpse of the Origin, the true underlying foundation of reality.

That revelation had been profound, granting him an understanding that gave him a terrifying advantage even against cultivators far stronger than himself.

But it had remained just that: a glimpse.

It was like a mortal standing before an ancient palace of infinite light and peering through a tiny keyhole, seeing only a fraction of the magnificence hidden beyond the door.

But after injecting the Dao of Three Rebirths into that intersection, something fundamentally different had occurred. Lin Yuan had not merely looked through the keyhole anymore, he had kicked the door off its hinges.

The concept of Rebirth, of endless cycles, of death giving rise to life and the past becoming the foundation of the future, had become the final piece that completed the chaotic intersection.

It connected destruction with renewal and transformed what had once been a fleeting glimpse into something far deeper.

Thunder mainly destroy, Rain mainly nurture, and Rebirth could ensure that what was destroyed could emerge again in another form. It was as if the concept was allowing thunder to actively manifest it imitative essence of creation, as the three concepts formed an endlessly revolving cycle, faintly mirroring one of the most fundamental principles underlying existence itself.

Because of this profound intersection, Lin Yuan had obtained something that should have been impossible for a Spirit Severing cultivator.

He had obtained an Origin Dao spell simply by touching the Origin Dao through his Tri-Dao fusion.

[Six Arms of Reincarnation]

The moment Lin Yuan saw the name, even his expression became slightly solemn. But Lin Yuan understood that there was a difference between an Origin spell and an Origin Dao spell.

An Origin spell was a technique fueled by Origin Energy. It was the kind of power Feng Yao, the sixteen-year-old anomaly of Feng Province, could wield. Feng Yao had been born with a powerful Primordial Spirit, granting him the ability to directly interact with and utilize Origin Energy despite possessing no conventional cultivation.

When Feng Yao created a butterfly, for example, he was using a conceptual mold and pouring Origin Energy into it, giving that otherwise ordinary concept terrifying weight.

The result could be astonishingly powerful, but the underlying principle remained unchanged. It was akin to a mortal discovering a celestial sword capable of cutting through mountains. The sword itself was unimaginably sharp, but the mortal wielding it was merely taking advantage of the weapon’s inherent power.

He did not understand the forging process, nor did he understand the principles that had allowed such a weapon to exist in the first place.

But an Origin Dao spell was something else entirely. An Origin Dao spell stemmed directly from the Origin Dao, which in its absolute essence was the Dao itself.

It was the root principle beneath all existence, the fundamental law upon which reality was constructed.

To cast an Origin Dao spell did not merely require Origin Energy as fuel. It required a degree of authority over the concept itself, allowing the cultivator to command the principle that had generated the energy in the first place.

It was no longer a matter of swinging the celestial sword. It was the difference between holding the sword and commanding the very concept of cutting to manifest, allowing the act of severing to exist because one had commanded it to exist.

And because Lin Yuan had touched the Origin Dao through his Tri-Dao intersection, he had gained access to this terrifying level of power.

The Six Arms of Reincarnation was an Origin Dao spell. When manifested, those six ethereal arms would not simply strike an opponent with physical force or spiritual energy.

They would carry a flicker of the reincarnation cycle itself. Each arm represented a different aspect of the endless cycle, and together they could reach beyond the present existence of a cultivator.

They could interfere with the traces left behind by past lives, sever the karmic connections binding one existence to another, and even crush the present reality of an opponent beneath the overwhelming authority of the cycle.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a profound light flickering within them. This was no longer merely another powerful divine technique.

It was a manifestation of his understanding of the Dao!