Chapter 1038: Capture the Divine Body and Divine Realm Entirely! Massive Harvest!

After becoming a fourth-tier deity, the Goddess of Eternal Night emitted an even brighter radiance!

She stood up, and the light from her eyes was brighter than the sun, moon, and stars combined!

Her beautiful eyes gazed upward, seeing the Lord of Demonic Souls fleeing in all directions, chased by flames!

While fleeing, the Lord of Demonic Souls attempted to open a passage and return directly to his divine realm more than once.

But the flames pursued too closely, leaving the Lord of Demonic Souls no chance to open a passage!

The Lord of Demonic Souls' expression turned terrifyingly dark; he said nothing, his entire body surging with power as he continuously tried to fly higher into the sky!

Yet the flames surrounded and blocked him, shrinking the space available to the Lord of Demonic Souls!

Beside the divine realm, the Lord of Demonic Souls' dark-gold spear continued clashing repeatedly against Lin Yan's shield!

But as the Lord of Demonic Souls himself was in dire straits, barely able to save himself, the power infused into his dark-gold spear was nearly exhausted!

The Goddess of Eternal Night seized the opportunity, leaping forward to snatch the Lord of Demonic Souls' dark-gold spear in her hand!

Immediately, power surged through her body, and she instantly erased the Lord of Demonic Souls' lingering will from the dark-gold spear!

This dark-gold spear was forged by the Lord of Demonic Souls from divine matter collected from the moon—Dark-Condensed Gold!

In contrast to the Fiery Vajra, the Dark-Condensed Gold had an extremely low temperature.

The Fiery Vajra was divine matter shining to its ultimate extreme.

Dark-Condensed Gold was divine matter darkened to its ultimate extreme.

For a deity who mastered the Rule of Darkness, it was an excellent weapon.

And the Goddess of Eternal Night precisely mastered the Rule of Darkness.

That meant the Dark-Condensed Gold within this spear was perfectly suited for the Goddess of Eternal Night.

Naturally, she would not use the spear as her own weapon.

She planned to spend some time removing the Lord of Demonic Souls' divine energy seals from it and reforging it into a bow.

Although the Dark-Condensed Gold in this spear could not compare to Lin Yan's Fiery Vajra Sword, it still weighed several thousand grams.

After all, it was forged from decades of accumulation by the Lord of Demonic Souls.

A bow made of Dark-Condensed Gold, paired with a few arrows of the same material, would be just right!

Of course, in the Goddess of Eternal Night's view, this dark-gold spear was also Lin Yan's spoils of war, so she intended to exchange it for something of her own.

Moreover, Lin Yan had not only saved her life this time but also successfully ensured her ascension to the fourth tier; the Goddess of Eternal Night had already made certain decisions in her heart.

"He reached the fourth tier in only half a minute, merely half a month ahead of me—why is he so powerful?"

The Goddess of Eternal Night gazed at Lin Yan in the sky, her eyes sparkling with wonder!

This time, her own ascension had taken considerable time.

The most perilous moment had been when a Great Lord, six Divine Lords, and the Void Beast attacked simultaneously.

Yet even at the most perilous moment, Lin Yan's figure had stood immovably before her like an unshakable mountain!

She was not only stunned by Lin Yan's strength.

She also felt an infinite charm emanating from Lin Yan!

At the same time, the Goddess of Eternal Night pondered the reason for Lin Yan's power!

In the sky, flames raged wildly, obscuring everything; before being engulfed by the flames, it was nearly impossible to distinguish these flames from others.

Thus, the Goddess of Eternal Night could hardly guess that these flames were actually Lin Yan himself.

She thought Lin Yan was currently bathing in the flames, controlling them to pursue the Lord of Demonic Souls!

"Lord of Flames, do you truly intend to exterminate me completely?"

The Lord of Demonic Souls, now utterly desperate, finally spoke.

Yet, like the former Lord of Lanxu, he received not a single word of reply from Lin Yan!

"Boom!"

Lin Yan's flames surged again, further compressing the space available for the Lord of Demonic Souls to escape!

The Lord of Demonic Souls understood Lin Yan's choice and ceased speaking.

"Hah!"

The Lord of Demonic Souls roared loudly.

Immediately, his divine power surged violently.

Then, centered on him, an Immensely Heavy, solid energy wall appeared.

The Lord of Demonic Souls had sacrificed over half his divine power to form this astonishingly thick energy wall!

This energy wall was imperceptible to the naked eye!

Its appearance erected a wall of bronze and iron around the Lord of Demonic Souls!

The Lord of Demonic Souls had been a fourth-tier deity for tens of thousands of years.

His accumulation was extraordinarily vast.

For Lin Yan, ten thousand high-grade divine stones equaled one drop of 16th-tier divine power; fifty thousand high-grade divine stones equaled one drop of 17th-tier divine power.

The Lord of Demonic Souls' conversion efficiency was at least ten times higher than Lin Yan's.

As a 17th-tier fourth-tier deity, one drop of divine power meant five hundred thousand high-grade divine stones!

Yet, even with his total income, he could accumulate at most twenty thousand high-grade divine stones per year—meaning the Lord of Demonic Souls needed over a decade or two to gather a single drop of 17th-tier divine power!

But do not forget: the Lord of Demonic Souls had existed for tens of thousands of years!

Even after expending considerable divine power in battle, his total divine power remained terrifying.

At least several thousand drops, possibly over ten thousand!

Now, to save his life, the Lord of Demonic Souls released half his divine power all at once!

He was indeed a ruthless man!

And at the moment of release, Tianlan Zunzhu surged his power again, striking against the spatial seal.

"Boom!"

At that moment, flames rapidly spread, completely surrounding Tianlan Zunzhu.

"Sssss!"

Tianlan Zunzhu quickly realized that the energy barrier he had constructed, consuming over half his divine power, was being burned away at an astonishing rate!

"Even divine power can burn this fast?!"

Tianlan Zunzhu's gaze sharpened!

Yet, Lin Yan's flames were so monstrous—he had anticipated this, so he wasn't particularly shocked.

This energy barrier also contained vast amounts of rule force, which could buy him considerable time!

Tianlan Zunzhu slammed against the spatial seal again and again!

One second later, Tianlan Zunzhu's face lit up with triumph—his hands had opened a pitch-black portal!

Then, Tianlan Zunzhu plunged headfirst into it!

"Flame Lord, this grudge will be settled another day!"

Tianlan Zunzhu let out a booming laugh!

Behind him, the portal snapped shut rapidly!

"Boom!"

The energy barrier was finally completely consumed by the flames!

Burning so much 17th-level divine power brought Lin Yan a tremendous harvest!

He gained an incalculable amount of energy points.

His evolution points surged even more massively!

A flood of evolution points allowed Lin Yan to level up again immediately!

But at this moment, Tianlan Zunzhu's portal had already closed.

Lin Yan swiftly analyzed the traces left by the portal; after his divine core reached 16th level, this time, in less than half a second, all his flames retracted and shot violently into the portal!

In the Spirit Realm, all flames suddenly vanished!

"He followed through—such speed! He reverse-engineered the portal that fast!"