I gain ten years' worth of cultivation every day, and even geniuses will only see my doorstep!

Qin Yuan feigned an opening, revealing his left ribs. Tianji thrust his sword forward, the blade piercing Qin Yuan's left ribs. Qin Yuan grabbed the blade, preventing Tianji from pulling it out. The bone blade pierced Tianji's chest and emerged from behind.

Tianji's eyes widened, blood gushing from his mouth. "You..." Qin Yuan twisted his bone blade, shattering Tianji's heart. Tianji collapsed to the ground, dying with his eyes wide open.

Qin Yuan drew his bone blade and knelt on one knee. Lin Qing'er rushed in and helped him up. He said, "It's over." Lin Qing'er shook her head. "Not yet. Hongyue said there are even stronger beings among the gods."

In the north, Tianqiong awoke from his seclusion. He was a Supreme Elder of the Divine Race, a half-step Void Ruler at the peak of the ninth level of the Void God Emperor realm, and had lived for hundreds of thousands of years. He sensed Tianji's death and the fall of the Imperial City. He gathered the last 20,000 elite troops of the Divine Race, vowing to avenge Tianji.

The Sky Dome Army marched south, completely surrounding Sky Pole City. Sky Dome stood at the front of the formation, his white beard and hair adorned with golden armor. He shouted, "Qin Yuan, come out and face your death!" Qin Yuan stood on the city wall, his bone blade pointing at Sky Dome.

The two armies faced off. Hongyue gripped her spear tightly, while Lin Qing'er drew her sword.

Tianqiong personally intervened, striking the city wall with a palm strike. The wall collapsed, sending debris flying. Qin Yuan leaped from the ruins, his bone blade slashing at Tianqiong. Tianqiong deflected the bone blade with one palm, then struck Qin Yuan in the chest with the other. Ribs shattered, Qin Yuan coughed up blood and flew backward, rolling several times on the ground.

He scrambled to his feet and continued charging. Tianqiong unleashed seven consecutive palm strikes, sending Qin Yuan flying seven times in a row. He was covered in blood, his bone blade cracked and mangled. Lin Qing'er fired a sword from the flank, piercing Tianqiong's back. Tianqiong countered with a palm strike, sending Lin Qing'er flying against a crumbling wall, coughing up blood.

Red Moon led her troops in a charge, but dozens were swept away by a single palm strike from the Sky Dome. The Sky Dome sneered, "Ants dare to compete with the sun and moon?"

Qin Yuan crawled out of the ruins, his white hair disheveled, the cracks on his bone blade filled with golden light. "Again."

He burned away ten thousand years of his lifespan, and a tenth golden pattern appeared on his bone blade. His speed surged, and he severed Tianqiong's left arm with a single strike. Tianqiong screamed in agony, shattering Qin Yuan's left shoulder with his right palm. Qin Yuan didn't retreat, instead piercing Tianqiong's abdomen with the bone blade from his right arm. The two were pressed together, their blood mingling.

Tianqiong grabbed Qin Yuan's hair and ripped a handful off. Qin Yuan slammed his head against Tianqiong's face, shattering his nose and smearing blood all over his face. The two rolled on the ground, and Qin Yuan bit Tianqiong's throat, tearing off a chunk of flesh. Tianqiong screamed and slapped Qin Yuan away with a palm strike.

Tianqiong clutched his neck, blood gushing out. Qin Yuan scrambled to his feet, his bone blade pointing at Tianqiong. "You're old, you can't fight anymore." Tianqiong's eyes were filled with terror. Qin Yuan beheaded Tianqiong with a single stroke and hung his head on the city wall. The remnants of the divine army scattered.

After Tianqiong's death, the gods were powerless to resist. Qin Yuan led his army in a hundred-mile pursuit, wiping out the remaining gods. The gods' palace was burned down, and the flags of Tianji City were torn down and replaced with the flags of the Bone Blade Hall.

Qin Yuan plundered the treasure trove of the gods. Piles of Origin Crystals formed mountains, including hundreds of thousands of Chaos Origin Crystals and thousands of bottles of pills. He found an "Origin God Core," the size of a fist, golden and translucent, with fragments of the laws of the Void Sovereign flowing within it.

He distributed the resources of the Divine Race to Red Moon and the soldiers of the City That Never Sleeps. Red Moon refused, but Qin Yuan forced them on her. "You brought people here to fight to the death, you can't come for nothing." Lin Qing'er's cultivation broke through to the third level of the Void God Emperor during the battle. Her short sword was reforged by Qin Yuan using bone blade fragments, and golden patterns appeared on the blade.

In the ruins, Qin Yuan found the key to the Origin Temple—a golden token. Similar to Frost Moon's black token, but larger and heavier. The back of the token was engraved with a map, marking the location of the Origin Temple—the "Godfall Mountain" at the very center of the Origin Ancestral Realm.

Qin Yuan decided to go to the temple. Lin Qing'er wanted to come with him, but Qin Yuan refused. "It's dangerous inside, you stay here." Lin Qing'er said, "You never let me go, but I always go." Helpless, Qin Yuan went with her.

Mount Divine Fall is a black mountain peak, its summit crackled with purple lightning. At its foot, remnants of the divine race guarded the area. Qin Yuan, with his bone blade, slashed through several, carving a bloody path. At the summit stood a stone gate with a groove on it, its shape perfectly matching the golden token. Qin Yuan inserted the token, and the gate opened.

Behind the door was a stone staircase leading downwards, with eternal lamps burning on both sides, their flames golden. Qin Yuan and Lin Qing'er stepped inside.

The first level of the temple was a massive stone hall, in the center of which stood a stone giant, ten zhang tall, wielding a stone axe. He was a ninth-level Void God Emperor. The stone giant brought down his axe, causing the ground to explode. Qin Yuan blocked with his bone blade but was sent flying. The stone giant possessed immense strength and continued its attacks. Qin Yuan didn't fight head-on; instead, he circled behind the stone giant and plunged his bone blade into the back of its neck. The stone giant roared and swung its axe back, sweeping Qin Yuan away. Lin Qing'er leaped from the side, her short sword piercing the stone giant's eye socket. The stone giant cried out in pain, its stone axe falling to the ground. Qin Yuan seized the opportunity and severed the stone giant's head with his bone blade. The stone giant shattered, dissipating into specks of light. A teleportation array appeared in the center of the stone hall.

The second level was an endless void, without ground. Countless wind demons floated in the void, moving at incredible speeds, invisible to the naked eye. The wind demons attacked in swarms, Qin Yuan's bone blade transforming into a whip, sweeping across the area. But the wind demons were too numerous, constantly attacking from all directions. Lin Qing'er closed her eyes, using her source energy to sense the flow of wind. She thrust her sword out, striking the true form of a wind demon. The wind demon screamed and vanished. "They have true forms!" Lin Qing'er shouted. Qin Yuan also closed his eyes, sensing with his bone blade. He killed dozens of wind demons with a single strike. The Wind Demon King appeared, a peak ninth-level Void God Emperor, ten times faster than ordinary wind demons. Qin Yuan fought it for a hundred moves, inflicting dozens of wounds on his body. Lin Qing'er pierced the Wind Demon King's true form from the side with her sword, and the Wind Demon King exploded. A teleportation array appeared.

The third level was a mental illusion, testing the soul. The moment Qin Yuan stepped in, countless souls of divine warriors appeared in the illusion, demanding his life. Qin Yuan's soul, tempered by countless tribulations, remained unmoved. He shattered one soul with a single punch, but the number of souls multiplied, overwhelming everything. Lin Qing'er also fell into the illusion, seeing the scene of her past life as the Azure Emperor being besieged and killed. Tears streamed down her face as she knelt on the ground. Qin Yuan walked to Lin Qing'er's side and took her hand. "It's fake." Lin Qing'er looked up and saw Qin Yuan's eyes; the illusion shattered. All the souls vanished simultaneously. A "Soul Crystal" appeared at the center of the illusion. Qin Yuan accepted it, and after refining it, his soul strength greatly increased.

The fourth layer conjured up Qin Yuan's most terrifying scene—Lin Qing'er dead before him, covered in blood, eyes closed. Qin Yuan knew it was an illusion, but his hands still trembled. He knelt before the phantom of Lin Qing'er, speechless. The phantom Lin Qing'er spoke: "You can't save me. You can't save anyone." Qin Yuan lowered his head, tears dripping to the ground. The real Lin Qing'er embraced him from behind. "I'm here. I'm still alive." Qin Yuan turned around, saw her, and the illusion shattered. A "Heart Crystal" appeared at the center of the illusion. Qin Yuan accepted it, and after refining it, his Dao heart became even more resolute.