144: Ruins of a palace at the bottom of the abyss, and inscriptions left by the moon.

After clearing the battlefield and collecting the Storage Pouches of the desperadoes (even a small mosquito has meat), Lin Xuan and the other three did not become complacent due to their temporary Breakthroughs; instead, they became even more vigilant. The notorious reputation of Myriad Laws Abyss was by no means false; the Five Elements Purgatory earlier was just an appetizer, and the dangers deeper within were unpredictable.

After resting and recovering, they continued deeper into the abyss. The deeper they went, the more twisted and fragmented space became, often requiring them to traverse unstable spatial rifts or resist sudden Law storms. Along the way, they encountered several waves of abyss creatures eroded by demonic thoughts or Evil Qi; all of them were powerful, but against the four, whose cooperation grew increasingly tacit and strength had improved, they overcame these challenges without significant danger.

During this period, Lin Xuan primarily consolidated the Prototype of the Primal Beginning Sword Domain he had newly comprehended. He did not rush to impact his Realm but continuously absorbed and refined the sparse Chaos Qi here, solidifying the Foundation of his Five-Revolutions Golden Body, and used the System to record and analyze the trajectories of various fragmented Laws, enriching his own inner reserves.

Su Wanqing focused on condensing her Grand Yin Origin. Her frost silence sword was in perfect harmony with her, autonomously absorbing the extreme Yin cold Qi and fragmented moonlight Laws emanating from the depths of the abyss. Her accumulation grew deeper, and the barrier to the Late Golden Core Stage became thinner and thinner, only lacking a suitable Opportunity.

Qu Feiyan and Gongsun Yu, meanwhile, needed time to stabilize their newly Breakthrough Realms and familiarize themselves with their surging power. Qu Feiyan's Blood Lotus Demonic Art became increasingly strange and unfathomable, and Gongsun Yu's Chaos Thunder Gang also began to show its initial power.

After traveling like this for several days, guided by the vague directions provided by Gu Qingqing and the System's tracking of energy flows, they finally arrived at a relatively "stable" area.

It was a massive underground ruin, with crumbling walls stretching for an unknown number of miles, ancient and magnificent in style, faintly revealing the former grandeur of its palaces. Most of the ruins were covered by thick profound ice, within which many strange runes and fragmented murals were frozen.

"This place... seems to be related to Taiyin." As Su Wanqing stepped into this ruin, the Taiyin Power within her body spontaneously became active, and her frost silence sword even let out a clear, joyful hum.

Lin Xuan's Divine Sense swept across, and the System immediately sent a notification:

[High concentration Taiyin Law residual environment detected! Weak but pure Grand Yin Origin fluctuations detected deep within the ruins, suspected to be an affiliated relic of the ancient 'Moon God Palace'!]

Moon God Palace relic!

Everyone's spirits lifted. Su Wanqing's Opportunity might just be here!

They cautiously moved through the ruins, avoiding some lingering Restrictions that still glowed with dangerous light. Finally, they stopped before a relatively well-preserved, dilapidated grand hall constructed entirely of ten-thousand-year profound ice.

The entrance to the grand hall was sealed by a thick layer of ice, but the pure Grand Yin Origin fluctuations were indeed coming from inside the hall.

"I'll do it." Su Wanqing stepped forward, placing her jade hand on the ice layer. As pure Taiyin Power slowly infused it, the indestructible ten-thousand-year profound ice, as if encountering a monarch, emitted faint "crackling" sounds, actively melting and parting to both sides, revealing a passage.

Stepping into the grand hall, the interior was vast and cold. Ancient star maps and lunar phase patterns were carved on the four walls; though fragmented, they still exuded a vast and ethereal Concept. In the center of the grand hall, there was a half-destroyed altar, and above the altar, a fist-sized, transparent ice crystal, seemingly with moonlight flowing within, floated!

That incredibly pure Grand Yin Origin fluctuation originated precisely from this ice crystal!

"This is... 'Moonlight Essence Soul'?!" Su Wanqing's icy eyes burst forth with brilliant light. For a Cultivator with the Supreme Yin Body, this item was an unparalleled treasure, enough to cause a qualitative leap in her Origin!

However, just as she was about to approach the altar, another anomaly occurred!

Around the altar, four ice-sealed female statues clad in tattered silver armor suddenly opened their eyes! There were no pupils in their eyes, only two burning ice-blue flames! A powerful aura instantly locked onto Su Wanqing; they had all reached the Golden Core Peak level!

"Intruders into the Moon God Forbidden Ground, those who covet the sacred object, die!" Cold, emotionless Divine Thought fluctuations swept over!

They were Moon Guard Puppets protecting the relic!

"Protect Wanqing (Senior Sister Su)!" Lin Xuan, Qu Feiyan, and Gongsun Yu attacked almost simultaneously!

Lin Xuan's Prototype of the Primal Beginning Sword Domain unfolded again. Although it couldn't completely suppress the four Golden Core Peak Puppets, it successfully disrupted their attack rhythm and coordinated assault. Qu Feiyan's Blood Lotus Illusory Body and crimson serpent whip emerged together, entangling two of them. Gongsun Yu's Chaos Thunder Gang roared, fully bombarding another one.

And Su Wanqing directly faced the last, and strongest, Moon Guard Puppet!

She did not retreat in the slightest. Her frost silence sword erupted with unprecedented light, and the Taiyin Royal Bloodline within her was thoroughly activated. Behind her, a hazy phantom of a bright moon seemed to appear!

"I am a descendant of the Moon God; this item rightfully belongs to me!"

With a clear shout, she no longer relied solely on sword Moves but instead activated the residual Taiyin Laws of the entire grand hall! Countless star maps and lunar phase patterns lit up, and streams of moonlight, as if summoned, converged upon her frost silence sword!

"Moon God Slash — Annihilation!"

The sword strike, no longer merely icy cold, carried an supreme majesty that judged all things and caused stars to perish! This was a Move brought forth by the Legacy memories awakening deep within her Bloodline!

Before this sword, which contained the true Concept of the Moon God, the strongest Moon Guard Puppet's movements suddenly froze. The ice flames in its eye sockets flickered violently, as if it had encountered a true superior. The sword light swept past, and its body split in two, crashing to the ground and dissipating into pure Taiyin Qi.

At the same time, Lin Xuan and the other two also dealt with the remaining three Puppets through their excellent cooperation and powerful methods.

Silence returned to the grand hall. Su Wanqing's face was slightly pale; clearly, that sword strike had consumed a great deal of her energy, but her eyes were exceptionally bright. She stepped forward and solemnly retrieved the "Moonlight Essence Soul."

As the Essence Soul entered her hand, it instantly transformed into a vast and pure Taiyin torrent, surging into her body! Her aura visibly surged and sublimated at a speed visible to the naked eye! The Late Golden Core Stage barrier that had troubled her, under the impact of this homologous Origin, melted away instantly like ice and snow in the sun!

Late Golden Core Stage, achieved!

Moreover, her Grand Yin Origin became even purer and vaster, her control over the frost silence sword ascended to a new level, and her strength underwent an earth-shattering transformation!

Lin Xuan looked at Su Wanqing, whose aura had changed dramatically, feeling relieved. This time, Su Wanqing had achieved her Breakthrough by relying on her own Bloodline and Opportunity; it was a natural progression, and her Foundation was solid.

However, at the moment of Su Wanqing's Breakthrough, another anomaly occurred!

Deep within the grand hall, behind the half-destroyed altar, countless flowing silver runes suddenly appeared on the originally blank wall, forming a fragmented star map. In the center of the star map, a faint light flickered, and a blurry female phantom, carrying supreme majesty, slowly condensed, her gaze seemingly piercing through eons to fall upon Su Wanqing.

"My descendant... finally... has arrived..."

"Be careful... 'Xū'... it is devouring... all 'light'..."

"Find... the Hall of All Stars... there is... the last..."

The phantom intermittently transmitted Divine Thought. Before finishing her words, she dissipated like a candle in the wind, and the star map on the wall quickly dimmed, as if it had never appeared.

Everyone exchanged glances, their hearts filled with shock.

A warning left by the Moon God? "Hall of All Stars"? The last of what?

The threat of Gui Xu was indeed deeply understood even by the ancient Moon God! And this "Hall of All Stars" seemed to be the next crucial objective.

The journey to Myriad Laws Abyss yielded far more than expected, but with it came deeper mysteries and heavier responsibilities.