"..."

Tian Yuan's expression darkened for a moment, but he remained solemn, showing no sign of wavering. "Indeed, without a court audience, one cannot step before the throne.

However, gaining access to the temple is not limited to just one method."

For a moment, as everyone watched in shock, he smiled slightly.

"Rest assured, ladies and gentlemen, my Wuyou lineage has prepared for this day for centuries, leaving no possibility for oversight.

As for the method, just cooperate with me, and I guarantee the contract will be fulfilled—after obtaining the Heirloom Seal, everything else in the temple will be yours!"

"Well said." The sage plucked a flower and smiled.

Everyone seemed to be all smiles, full of anticipation.

It is unclear how much time passed, but in the increasingly hurried retrospection of Tian Yuan, the palace lanterns' glow gradually dimmed. Fortunately, just before they were completely extinguished, the external storm of darkness finally ceased.

Amidst the lingering aftermath, wisps of shadow still enveloped the temple.

The raging fury was not over; rather, it seemed like a brief interlude before the next turmoil. The dark mist emanating from the dead high wall still filled the Crack Realm, making it difficult for everyone to breathe.

Suppression and repulsion slowed even the operation of the Matrix and the blessing.

Like being in the deep sea, the greater the entity, the more astonishing the pressure it must endure; the higher the Rank, the more difficult progress becomes.

If it were that kind of 'alien' like the Heavenly People, even approaching, let alone entering the Crack Realm, would instantly suffer the shadow of the tower's blockade and suppression, with unpredictable consequences.

Ironically, Tian Yuan, having accidentally fallen to the rank of Heavenly People, was at ease in the midst of the Great Evil of the unfinished tower.

Under the praise of his subordinates, it also became evidence of his Heavenly Destiny, amid repeated flattery, as if the imperial throne and Rebuilding Empire could be achieved today.

Only, Tian Yuan's expression showed no sign of pride.

Instead, he appeared somewhat somber.

When everyone once again arrived before the high wall outside the Forbidden Domain, the ornate and solemn gates still bore hideous and violent features.

Eyeing any daring outsiders with cold disdain, ever ready to deliver absolute punishment.

After sacrificing two more pawns to measure the safe distance, everyone remained vigilant around the boundaries, looking at Tian Yuan at the center.

And after a long silence, Tian Yuan finally took out the treasure at the bottom of his box.

"At this point, there are no other choices. Ancestors above, the time of breaking and establishing is today, and I beg forgiveness for my transgression."

In that fist-sized piece of amber, the black flame remained poised to soar, as if forever frozen in that moment.

But the moment it was taken out, seemingly sensing the temple's aura, the frozen flame suddenly shuddered violently, as if in fury, about to awaken.

That was...

"... Mo's Flame of Forging?" Shekri exclaimed in disbelief, aghast.

It wasn't disbelief that it still existed in the world, but astonishment that such a vast relic of shame for the Empire was still held by Tian Yuan!

The collapse and fall of the Heavenly Origin Tower merely marked the Empire's end.

But before this, Mo had cunningly created countless weapons of destruction, including tools to breach palace restrictions and the dead walls before attacking the Heavenly Origin Tower.

At this moment, that small wisp of flame in Tian Yuan's hand...

It was the culmination of Embers and White Deer's essence, expending countless materials, specifically targeting the Heavenly Origin System's force!

It is said that before the collapse of the Heavenly Origin Tower, the Ten Thousand Miles Palace City was already shrouded in endless black flames.

And right after the collapse of the Heavenly Origin Tower, the flames burned for ten days, razing the palaces of the Eternal Empire, which had scoured the world for thousands of years and gathered countless treasures and wealth, to ruins.

Only ashes remained.

The day of the Heavenly Origin Tower's collapse, the endless flames stretching for miles consumed, without a doubt, the most precious foundation of the Empire!

Who would have thought that after hundreds of years, it would reappear in the hands of those seeking to restore the nation?

"There is no other way."

Tian Yuan's expression was grim and heavy, slowly lifting the crack-marked amber in his hand.

Pride and dignity, regarded as life itself by Wuyou, Changle, and An Guo, since birth until now, tied to the grand and magnificent Eternal Country of yesteryear, had to be let go to use such an item, with the name of treason taking a back seat to the pride held dear.

If known, even with the Heirloom Seal in hand, the name of legitimacy would surely be marred.

But at this moment, today here, is turning away due to some vanity the right choice? That would be truly foolish!

In light of this, there was only 'no breaking, no establishment'!

Yet...

Amid the shock, everyone was inevitably puzzled.

The scale of the Flame of Forging in the past is unfathomable, but now, just a wisp of flame—what effect could it possibly have against the grand temple?

Even with qualitative targeting, in the face of quantitative insufficiency, it would still be doomed to extinction.

But right after, as the amber shattered and the Flame of Forging blazed, another cracked core emerged from the rift on Tian Yuan's chest.

Flame Tide Seed!

The collision of the black fire and disaster seed, in the instant, forcibly merged under Tian Yuan's formidable suppression and control, using the Flame Tide Seed as a foundation, reigniting the Flame of Forging!

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