Projection of the Heavens: I prove my immortality through slaughter.

Lin Xuan's Nascent Soul reached its ninth transformation, achieving a flawless state. His aura merged with the Netherworld, and his divine sense covered a small part of the star field, giving him an air of unparalleled dominance within the Nascent Soul realm. Throughout the Netherworld, everyone rejoiced at his breakthrough, and the cycle of reincarnation operated more smoothly, presenting a scene of solid foundation and boundless vitality.

However, the tree may wish to remain still, but the wind will not cease. Lin Xuan's series of earth-shattering actions—slaying the Immortal Envoy, routing the Allied Forces, establishing the Cycle of Reincarnation, peering into the ancient past, defying fate, severing cause and effect—have been like resounding slaps to the majestic face of the Immortal Court. His actions, especially his reversal of life and death and his rebuilding of Mo Yuan's Dao foundation, have crossed the bottom line of what the Immortal Court can tolerate, and are seen as the most blatant desecration and provocation of the authority of the Immortal Path!

If we allow it to continue growing, the consequences will be unimaginable!

On this day, outside the Netherworld, the starry sky that was covered by Lin Xuan's net of laws and already bore the imprint of the order of reincarnation suddenly became incredibly oppressive!

It was not the chilling aura of a massive army pressing in, but a solidification of a higher level of law, a level that made one's soul tremble!

It was as if an invisible hand had forcibly choked the "breath" of this star field! The slowly flowing star fragments stopped, the turbulent energy currents subsided, and even the omnipresent faint starlight became dim and faded.

A supreme, cold will that looks down upon all living beings and regards all things as straw dogs, like a primordial beast that has been sleeping for countless ages, slowly awakens from the depths of the endless void and descends upon this place!

This will is far stronger than that of the previous Blood Slaughter Immortal Envoy, and even more concentrated, clearer, and closer to the original body than the will contained in the Immortal Venerable's palm that struck from a distance!

"Buzz—!"

Within the Netherworld, the Nine Netherworld Guardian Array activated itself to its maximum, the dark yellow light shield fluctuated violently, and the witch runes on it flashed wildly, resisting the pressure of the invisible will! The surging flow of the Xuanhuang Yellow Springs was momentarily halted, the Mirror of Judgment shimmered, and the six illusory figures flickered uncertainly!

All beings in the underworld, whether they were ghostly gods and soldiers, members of the witch clan, or those floating souls, felt a great terror originating from their very life instincts at this moment! Like ants facing the sky, or millet gazing at the starry sea, a sense of insignificance and powerlessness arose spontaneously!

"Your Majesty!" The core powerhouses, including the Xuan Yue Witch Priest and the Netherworld Legion Commander, all changed color and gathered outside the Netherworld Palace, their faces showing unprecedented solemnity and worry.

Lin Xuan stepped out of the Netherworld Palace and stood suspended beneath the clear sky of the Pure Land. His expression was calm, but his deep, star-like eyes were sharp as knives, fixed on a certain void outside the Netherworld.

His perception was the clearest. The newcomer was not a true physical entity, but a projection of laws! However, its essence was extremely high, a manifestation of the will of a Celestial Venerable! Its power far surpassed that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, having already begun to grasp the fundamental laws of the universe. Every word and action could invoke the power of heaven and earth; it was a true high-level combat force of the Celestial Court, a giant among men!

"Finally... they couldn't resist sending out beings of this caliber?" Lin Xuan sneered inwardly, not particularly surprised. The commotion he had caused was too great; it would be strange if the Celestial Court only sent some insignificant soldiers.

Just as his thoughts were racing, outside the Netherworld, in the center of that solidified starry sky, endless immortal light gathered, the laws of the Dao roared, and finally condensed into a huge Dharma image that was ten thousand feet tall and stood upright in the sky!

This dharma form, its face blurred, shrouded in an endless halo of immortal light, obscuring its specific features. Only its pupils, like two cold, golden suns, contained boundless majesty and indifference. It wore a myriad-star immortal robe and a towering crown, its body surrounded by flowing, dazzling galaxies composed of pure immortal laws! Its aura was so vast that it seemed as if it alone represented an entire immortal realm, embodying some supreme order in the universe!

The mere existence of this Dharma form caused the laws of the surrounding star field to begin to shift and submit towards the Immortal Path! Lin Xuan's painstakingly woven "Net of Laws" groaned under the pressure of this higher-level law, its coverage area forcibly compressed!

"Ants... Lin Xuan."

The grand, cold, and emotionless Daoist voice, like a thunderclap from the heavens, resounded deep within the souls of every living being in the underworld, carrying an unquestionable sense of judgment.

"You have violated the Heavenly Laws, usurped the cycle of reincarnation, slaughtered celestial messengers, and disrupted the balance of Yin and Yang... Your sins are heinous and beyond description!" "I, the Venerable One of Ten Thousand Laws, have come by the decree of the Heavenly Emperor to deliver the final judgment!" "I will scatter you into the Netherworld, destroy your foundation of cultivation, imprison your soul, and escort you to the Execution Platform to suffer the torment of countless eons of thunder, to uphold the majesty of Heaven!"

As the voice faded, the ten-thousand-foot-tall Immortal Venerable Dharma Image slowly raised a giant hand formed from endless immortal runes and pressed it down towards the Primordial Netherworld!

This was no simple energy attack; within this palm strike lay a multitude of terrifying immortal laws, including suppression, purification, disintegration, and return to the source! Within the palm, it seemed as if countless worlds were being born and destroyed, and billions of gods and demons were chanting celestial court hymns! Wherever it passed, space collapsed layer by layer, transforming into the most primordial chaotic energy, and all non-immortal laws were repelled and annihilated!

This palm strike is meant to completely erase Lin Xuan, along with his Netherworld, from concept to existence!

"The Immortal Venerable's Dharma Form... is indeed powerful." Lin Xuan felt the earth-shattering power and his eyes became extremely solemn, but there was no fear in them. Instead, a fierce fighting spirit ignited within him!

After achieving the Nascent Soul stage, he needed a whetstone of sufficient weight to test his limits! And this Immortal Venerable Dharma Image was the perfect test subject!

"Judgment? You think you can judge me with just a projection?!" Lin Xuan roared, his voice shaking the nine netherworlds! Instead of retreating, he stepped out of the Netherworld Barrier and took the initiative to meet the colossal palm of the Immortal Venerable that blotted out the sky!

The perfect and flawless power of the Nascent Soul erupted from his body, connecting with the origin of the entire Netherworld, causing the Xuanhuang Yellow Spring to reverse, the Mirror of Judgment to condense its radiance, and the Reincarnation Mark appeared above his head, slowly rotating and emitting a chaotic radiance that surpassed all laws!

"My existence within the cycle of reincarnation is the Heavenly Way!" "My words are law, my actions are the rule!" "Immortal Venerable? Today, I will make you, this projection, the first... stepping stone for me to reach the Nascent Soul stage!"

Facing the Immortal Venerable's palm strike, which contained endless purification and disintegration power, Lin Xuan pointed his fingers like a sword, integrating his understanding of reincarnation, his control over the power of words to become law, and his supreme sword intent that severed cause and effect into this single finger strike!

His words carry the mandate of heaven, his decrees are as numerous as the stars in the sky:

"In this place, reincarnation reigns supreme; all other laws... begone!"

Words become law, defining the domain!

Om-!

An invisible domain of reincarnation expanded outwards from Lin Xuan, colliding fiercely with the immortal domain of the immortal venerable's dharma image!

The collision of laws was silent, yet more dangerous than any explosion of energy! That star field seemed to have transformed into a battlefield where two supreme rules clashed, light distorted, concepts blurred, and even time itself seemed to become disordered!

The downward momentum of the Immortal Venerable's giant palm was actually halted for a moment by the power of the Word of Power combined with the Samsara Domain! The immortal light in its palm that could annihilate all things also seemed to have encountered its nemesis when it came into contact with the Samsara Domain, becoming dim and sluggish!

"Hmm?" For the first time, a faint hint of surprise flashed in the cold golden pupils of the ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma Image. He hadn't expected that a mere Nascent Soul cultivator could actually block his Dharma Image's attack (though not at full strength) by relying on that strange incantation and the authority of reincarnation!

"The light of an ant dares to rival the brilliance of the moon?" The voice of the Immortal Venerable of Myriad Laws carried a hint of offended anger. "Break!"

On his giant palm, the immortal runes blazed brightly once more, their power surging, forcefully crushing the layers of the Samsara Domain, and continuing to grind down on Lin Xuan!

"A mere projection dares to act arrogantly before me?" Lin Xuan's eyes were icy, showing no fear. His perfected Nascent Soul shone brightly, and his hands moved rapidly, drawing upon the power of the entire Netherworld. "Yellow Springs... heed my command!" "Reincarnation... judgment!" "Netherworld... empower!"

The Yellow Springs of the Primordial Chaos transformed into a roaring water dragon that soared into the sky! The Mirror of Judgment cast a beam of light that pierced through to the very source! The power of the entire Netherworld surged into Lin Xuan's body like a tidal wave!

He gathered all his strength and unleashed a punch at the descending Immortal Venerable's giant palm! This punch contained the ultimate power of his perfected Nascent Soul stage, the order of reincarnation, the will to transcend, and even more so, his... ambition to slay immortals!

"Get back here!"

Before their fists and palms even clashed, the domains of the two ultimate forces were already frantically annihilating and clashing in the void! The burst of light instantly illuminated this frozen star field and even reached more distant worlds!

A seemingly disparate clash between a Nascent Soul cultivator and a Celestial Venerable Dharma Form, yet one concerning lineage and dignity, erupts violently here!