Between heaven and earth, violet light surged violently, descending from beyond the domain and striking Shi Hao, sending violent tremors through his body!
His primordial spirit was on the verge of shattering!
Moving at incredible speed, he dashed away from Stone Village, traversing the vast wilderness, determined to leave this familiar territory and draw all the danger away with him.
Along the way, the violet light flickered like a towering pillar, descending straight down, connected to the crown of his head, unshakable, relentlessly striking him.
This was bizarre and extremely perilous, for unlike the crimson light, which would vanish if it failed to kill in a single strike, this violet light had locked onto Shi Hao.
In the heavens, it was as though a source of destruction had latched onto him, ceaselessly assaulting his primordial spirit—an act of utter annihilation, granting him no chance.
“Hao’er!” Shi Ziling cried out, while Qin Yining turned deathly pale, her face drained of color.
Yun Xi clenched her delicate hands so tightly that her fair, slender knuckles turned white. She was gripped with tension, for Shi Hao, who had just become her Dao companion, was now facing a calamity.
“Child, hold on!” Old Patriarch Shi Yunfeng murmured, his face etched with worry and fear.
The entire Stone Village was on edge. Everyone sensed that Shi Hao had reached the greatest turning point of his life. If he overcame it, the heavens and earth would be his to roam freely. But if misfortune struck, he would perish.
This was both an opportunity and a cataclysmic tribulation!
“As expected, traversing like this is akin to issuing a challenge. The heavens’ interrogation has grown fiercer—that violet light should have vanished by now!” The Golden Lion’s lips trembled.
It wasn’t out of camaraderie with Shi Hao, but sheer terror, fearing that if Shi Hao perished, it too would meet its end here.
Back in the foreign domain, it had heard rumors that provoking the heavens on the path to becoming a Supreme Being could invite immense calamity, drawing violent and merciless punishment.
Now, Shi Hao had likely encountered just that, causing the Golden Lion’s furry face to scrunch up in distress, nearly bursting out in anger.
Shi Hao’s current cultivation had long surpassed everyone’s imagination. With a single step, mountains and rivers reversed, the starry skies drew near—true spatial compression.
Times had changed. The youth of the past had now grown to a terrifyingly formidable level!
With a mere lift of his foot, Shi Hao could traverse beyond the domain—such was the horror of his Dao attainment and speed.
Thus, though the journey was vast, in the span of a few blinks, he had already crossed countless miles, arriving before the domain barrier.
He wasn’t heading to any of the other eight domains—he was entering the primordial chaos.
**Boom!**
Without hesitation, he threw a punch at the barrier, his fist unyielding, unstoppable, shattering it instantly. At this point, nothing in the lower realm could hinder his steps.
Breaking through, Shi Hao entered the chaos.
This was the turbulent expanse beyond the eight domains—a savage, perilous place filled with spatial and temporal turbulence, a primordial realm where chaos churned like rolling mist or molten metal.
Shi Hao was no stranger to this place. Over the years, whenever he sought enlightenment or tested his Dao attainments, he would come here.
Otherwise, he feared he might shatter the entire Desolate Wasteland!
**Ssshh!**
The violet light surged like a towering beacon, growing ever more terrifying—this was its final strike against him.
Shi Hao’s body trembled, his pores flaring as the light enveloped him, yet it did not harm his flesh. Instead, the radiance converged toward his skull.
**Thud!**
Dozens of muffled thunderclaps seemed to erupt within his head, the violet light swirling violently, intent on annihilating his primordial spirit.
This light spared his body—it sought only to sever his soul.
It was as though a grand will was interrogating a mortal being, preparing to deliver the harshest judgment.
Shi Hao’s hair whipped wildly as his body blazed with light, his primordial spirit writhing in fierce resistance, flames roaring as his spiritual power boiled.
He invoked the Willow Deity’s technique, his vitality surging, his primordial spirit regenerating endlessly, clashing against the violet light.
Finally, with a deafening **boom**, violet flames engulfed the heavens, dyeing even his primordial spirit in their hue.
This was dire. Shi Hao swayed, on the verge of collapse, his consciousness nearly erased.
Yet, in this very moment, enlightenment dawned upon him. Traces of the Great Dao manifested in his mind.
He realized now—the earlier crimson light had been provoked by his blood energy, while this violet light stemmed from the Purple Mansion within his body. These radiances corresponded to his physical form.
The so-called “Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit” now revealed its truest essence—this was the most primal form of expansion and growth.
At last, the violet light dissipated. Shi Hao stood motionless for a long while, his primordial spirit now suffused with violet mist, radiant and profound.
He exhaled deeply. A fraction more, and his soul would have been severed, his life extinguished.
The path to becoming a Supreme Being was truly this arduous!
He had believed himself strong enough, prepared enough—yet still, such a crisis had befallen him.
Perhaps it was indeed due to insufficient time in cultivation, still far from the fabled “five-century” threshold.
Then, from the heavens, a golden light descended, igniting Shi Hao’s flesh. No matter how he struggled, it was futile.
In an instant, he became a human torch, blazing with terrifying radiance and heat, causing even the primordial chaos to churn violently.
Spatial rifts and void cleaves appeared intermittently, yet none could harm Shi Hao now. The true horror was the agony of his burning body.
“Ahhh—!”
In the end, Shi Hao could no longer suppress his howls. His flesh was consumed, parts of it withering to charcoal.
Some bones were exposed, scorched to a metallic sheen before blackening.
How terrifying was this?
Even someone as mighty as Shi Hao had been reduced to such a state. The flames could not be quenched—no ordinary Dao fire could compare.
This was a peculiar flame, one that sought only to erase him, to reduce him to ashes.
**Karmic Flames!**
Shi Hao understood now. These were boundless karmic flames—not mere fire, but a manifestation of judgment, of the ruthless suppression of the cosmos itself.
The sins of the heavens, the weight of countless karmic ties, all descended upon him, transforming into these flames to incinerate his body.
Truly monstrous!
The path to becoming a Supreme Being was too cruel. He had already taken half a step into that realm, yet now faced such torment, nearly reduced to dust.
Flames surged skyward as Shi Hao sat cross-legged, motionless, enduring without resorting to other techniques or treasures.
For he had heard that karmic flames of the mortal world were a trial—the finest baptism for one seeking true supremacy. To endure was to reap immense rewards.
The inferno raged, blurring even the primordial chaos. It was as though an eternal, unquenchable furnace had descended, purging all corruption from the world.
At last, the flames died down. Like gold hidden within ashes, parts of Shi Hao’s body gleamed while others remained charred and withered.
With a mighty shake, the ashes fell away. His desiccated flesh revived, golden light coursing through him as though reforging an indestructible golden body.
And from his form erupted—the aura of a **Supreme Being!**
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