Chapter 514 – Achievements of the Strong, Dolai Legend Two, Supporting Heaven and Earth

The Adventurers’ Association, this iconic building was often the liveliest and most well-informed place in official towns.

Freelance adventurers frequently gathered here, either to find teammates, accept missions, or simply chat and boast. Major adventurer teams and local lords would also station one or two informants at the association to promptly obtain external information.

In Stone Ridge City, after the monster tide had been repelled, a group of adventurers retreated from the city walls and immediately headed to the association’s lounge area.

Drinks and food were served in abundance.

No one would be stingy with their spending today.

“Speaking of which, this battle was truly difficult, even more perilous than during the previous Crimson Mist disaster.”

“Indeed, there was even a monster Legendary in the tide. At the time, I was facing that Legendary head-on and almost charged forward to exchange blows with it. Ahem, of course, that’s assuming I hadn’t been paralyzed with fear.”

The adventurers burst into laughter, the lounge filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

“Monster Legendaries are indeed terrifying. Just their aura alone feels suffocating, let alone confronting them. Hey, does anyone here have experience fighting or escaping from a Legendary monster? Share some tips.”

“With talents like us here, where there aren’t even many Fourth-Order Experts, do you think you can find someone who can face a Legendary head-on? That would require at least a top-hundred genius on the Dragon Gate List.”

“You’re right. Just like this time, if it weren’t for Lord Jiang Cheng’s timely rescue, not only would we have failed to repel the monster tide, but even Stone Ridge City might have fallen.”

“Lord Jiang Cheng is truly incredible. Not only is he a Legendary himself, but he also has a Legendary Realm Dragon as his mount. Together, man and dragon, they blasted that monster Legendary to pieces in no time. Otherwise, the outcome would have been unthinkable.”

“No need to imagine. Although mainstream news outlets haven’t mentioned it much, I think most people have heard about the many territories and towns that have been destroyed, including some key frontline strongholds.”

For a moment, the entire association lounge fell into silence.

They weren’t unaware.

They knew all too well how harsh the world had become after the Great Cataclysm of the Sundered Sky.

The Sundered Sky still remained.

The Crimson Mist was denser than before.

The wilderness had become several times, even dozens of times more dangerous.

Many hadn’t yet figured out where to go from here, or didn’t dare to think about it. They were lost, drowning their sorrows in alcohol, trying to escape.

But the truth had been laid bare.

“Actually, there’s no need to be too pessimistic.”

An adventurer spoke up, “While the catastrophe is severe, haven’t many strong individuals emerged in Taixuan and across the world, slaying one notorious monster enemy after another?”

Someone took out a newspaper and read aloud.

“In the Cold Valley Mountain Warzone, this battle eliminated over 6,000 monster Legendaries. The warzone commander, Cold Moon City Lord, single-handedly slew two Law Realm existences—the Grand Duke Hydra and the Rainforest God—securing a major victory in the campaign and sending the Snake God’s subordinates fleeing in panic.”

What was the Law Realm?

The vast majority present had no idea.

But they understood the significance of six thousand Legendaries.In the Cold Valley Mountain warzone alone, thousands of legendary beings were slain. By comparison, the minor dangers encountered by these cities seemed almost negligible.

“And then there’s the ‘Rainforest God’ – any entity bearing the ‘God’ suffix appears to be extraordinarily powerful. Even the attendants of fallen gods aren’t qualified to carry divine names!”

The professional holding the newspaper continued reading:

“Heartfelt City Lord led her troops to repel the Law Realm entity ‘Gluttonous Insect Queen’, achieving yet another victory.”

“Xixiang City Lord slain the Law Realm entity ‘Golden Wing Grand Duke’ at the Milky Way Front.”

“Arrow Sword Master fought one against three, severely wounding three monster Grand Dukes.”

…

“Information beyond the legendary level typically isn’t publicly disclosed by authorities, as it remains too distant for ordinary people and common professionals – something they’d never encounter in their lifetimes.”

Mu Yuan also held a teleported newspaper in his hand.

Being better informed, he clearly understood that the published achievements represented only part of the story. Naturally, there had been numerous defeats and fallen Taixuan experts, including even one Law Realm existence who perished after being surrounded and attacked.

“Overall, our Taixuan possesses far fewer Law Realm experts than the monster factions, but each of these pillar warriors is exceptionally powerful.”

After all, in Taixuan, for a Lord to ascend to the Law Realm required extraordinary talent, unwavering perseverance, and great fortune. Countless geniuses could only reach the Heaven-Earth Realm or Soul Realm at best.

Even the weakest among these Pioneering Generals likely surpassed Ice Burial Grand Duke in strength.

“Cold Moon City Lord remarkably fought one against two, directly slaying two Law Realm entities. The Rainforest God among them appeared to be a deity from the ancient era, incredibly powerful… Speaking of which, Cold Moon City Lord has only cultivated for a few years, hasn’t she? That woman is truly terrifying!”

Mu Yuan reflected that he himself couldn’t handle Law Realm entities.

If two Law Realm monsters attacked Tianyuan City, he could only have Deadbone and Dolai each suppress one.

「Evolution Pool capacity increased to 8,000,000.」

「Ding!」

「Notification: Your hero ‘Dolai’ has evolved to Legendary 2-Star rank and awakened the legendary power ‘Space Mark’.」

「Ability ①: …」

「Ability ②: …」

Similar to when Deadbone reached Legendary 2-Star, Dolai’s spatial abilities received significant enhancement with the Space Mark.

This wasn’t merely an improvement in conceptual power.

“Deadbone has already undergone testing. After awakening the Death Mark, the concentration of death energy on the Undead Holy Mountain increased more than tenfold compared to before.”

“The probability of undead creatures converting monsters into undead after slaying them has multiplied several times; when bathing in the black mist, the shared desolate power obtained by undead creatures also substantially increases.”

These improvements across various skills resulted from the influence of the World Mark.

Deadbone’s enhancement wasn’t as pronounced, as its combat power wasn’t entirely death-related.

But Dolai’s trump cards were almost entirely spatial-based. The emergence of the Space Mark provided much greater combat enhancement for Dolai.

「The biting duration of Space Devour will become faster.」

「The control range and spreading speed of Space-Tearing Seal will increase severalfold.」

Just these two aspects alone could skyrocket Dolai’s combat potential, making it entirely possible to defeat Law Realm entities like Ice Burial Grand Duke.

However, the legendary power of Space Mark primarily enhanced its potential and future progression speed.

As when Deadbone evolved, conceptual forces surged around Dolai, visibly swelling at a rapid pace.

Three thousand strands!

Four thousand strands!It finally settled at eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight strands.

At the same time,

“Ding!”

“Prompt: Due to Hero Dolai digesting a massive amount of materials during its evolution, Dolai’s strategic skill ‘Limitless Devour’ has been upgraded.”

Under the strategic skill Limitless Devour, Dolai could temporarily elevate its energy level and control vast amounts of energy by devouring large quantities of food in a short period.

In the early stages, this strategic skill was nothing short of miraculous, allowing even a Mortal to wield power greater than that of a Legendary Realm.

But now, Limitless Devour had also fallen behind the times.

Energy level?

It already possessed energy vast enough; further increases were hardly noticeable.

Moreover, battles at the Law Realm level emphasized conceptual power, followed by the combination of various Epic Skills. Whether the energy level was slightly higher or lower only made a noticeable difference when clearing out weaker foes.

But now…

“Limitless Devour (New)”

“Description: Hero Dolai can temporarily surpass its limits by devouring all living beings, inanimate objects, energy, and concepts (granted by Devouring Heaven and Earth). Areas that can be enhanced include: energy level, Domain upper limit, and conceptual power.”

“Note: Through ‘Limitless Devour (New),’ Dolai can temporarily break through the 50,000-meter radius Domain upper limit.”

Mu Yuan: “???”

A 50,000-meter radius Domain was the rule-based upper limit, representing a perfect Domain.

And it could still be broken through further?

Normally, Domains were of little use against Law Realm opponents, as their suppression power was insufficient against beings of that level. But what if, just what if, that suppression power increased tenfold or even a hundredfold?

Truly worthy of Dolai.

“Burp~”

On the ritual platform, Dolai lay on its back with vacant eyes, one hand resting on its round belly.

“Can’t eat anymore, can’t digest anymore, burp~”

So this is why you were able to evolve Limitless Devour further?

Mu Yuan fell into silence.

…

At the same time.

Land of Origin.

“Another powerful being has broken through the limits, leaving their mark in the Land of Origin.”

“Two limit-breakers in three days? What’s going on? Since when did limit-breakers become so easy to produce?”

“Just a coincidence.”

“It’s not a coincidence. As the great calamity approaches, more powerful beings will emerge in response to the times. Of course, many top-tier existences will also perish in the disaster, possibly including you and me.”

“Emerging in response to the times… That’s indeed true. The number of legendary beings born this year alone exceeds that of the past few centuries.”

“But the source of the calamity is awakening, and a few more legends won’t bring much hope.”

An aged voice sighed.

The Land of Origin fell into silence once more.

…

After Dolai’s evolution, Mu Yuan immediately had it attempt…

To devour the massive crimson tentacle stretching across the sky of the Ten Directions Island Region.

Affected by the giant crimson tentacle, the entire Island Domain was now shrouded in drifting Crimson Mist, with harsh environmental conditions.

Many plants and trees in the wild had withered, and some areas showed signs of corruption.

Under these circumstances, even lower-ranking Hunting Grand Dukes from Dragon’s Slumber Valley could come and go freely, while upper-ranking Hunting Grand Dukes could force their way in with some effort.

Tianyuan City’s living conditions had deteriorated thousands, even tens of thousands of times in the blink of an eye.

“I just wanted to build a city peacefully in the Eternal World.”

But the monsters kept pushing him.

Even this small goal remained unfulfilled to this day.He looked at Dolai. “Before evolving, your ‘Devouring Heaven and Earth’ already possessed some conceptual power of the third stage, capable of devouring other concepts. Now that you have the World Imprint, devouring concepts should be as easy as eating crispy snacks, right?”

Dolai patted its chest with a thumping sound. “Super crispy~!”

After saying this, it shot up into the sky with a biu.

At a speed like lightning, like light.

Half an hour later,

Dolai flew back down, its antenna-like hair drooping.

“Dolai failed.”

“No matter how high Dolai flew, it couldn’t close the distance. Dolai didn’t even know where to start biting.”

The higher it flew, the greater the resistance it encountered.

The world was restricting it.

In the end, Dolai had no choice but to unleash Devouring Heaven and Earth at an extremely high altitude.

As expected, it swallowed nothing.

Mu Yuan stroked his chin. “Dolai’s Devouring Heaven and Earth has an exceptionally high rank—it can even casually devour the Foul Crimson Mist. But the prerequisite is being able to lock onto a target to devour. Right now, that crimson giant tentacle seems to exist in a different dimension.”

“As expected, it’s not that easy.”

He had only been testing it.

After all, the entire Taixuan had no way to deal with this crimson giant tentacle.

Not just Taixuan, but even neighboring Divine Radiance, the established Divine Wood Dynasty, the Eternal Star Empire, and even the Holy Griffin Empire, which claimed to be the world’s strongest nation, had no solutions.

Otherwise, these powerful nations would have long since expelled the crimson giant tentacle.

Affected by the Crimson Mist and environmental degradation, transportation outside Tianyuan City had become highly obstructed.

“With the environmental deterioration, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to defend our mining sites in the wild. It’s not just the mining areas—even our homes are now in a precarious state.”

The elven legend Mirena was deeply worried.

On her way to Tianyuan City this time, she had even been ambushed by two monstrous legends.

She managed to drive them off but sustained some injuries herself.

This illustrated just how harsh the outside world had become.

In the entire Ten Directions Island Region, aside from Tianyuan City, there was no safe place left, including the homes of her elves and giants.

But in such matters, the blame lay with their own insufficient strength. Complaining to the Tianyuan City Lord was ultimately pointless.

She understood this very well.

After all, even Tianyuan City itself was gradually recalling personnel from its external mines.

The mines could no longer be held.

The cost of stubbornly defending them was too high!

Mirena smiled self-deprecatingly. “I’m making a fool of myself in front of you. But I have one request: may I allow some of our younger generation to settle in Tianyuan City, City Lord?”

She wanted to preserve their legacy.

She had no confidence in protecting Nature’s Garden through the great calamity.

Mu Yuan naturally wouldn’t refuse.

While the elves might not be exceptionally strong in combat, these native beings were not solely fighters—most were versatile talents. Some were alchemists, others cultivators, and some enchanters.

Why would he refuse?

Mu Yuan pondered for a moment before speaking. “Since you have this idea, why not have your entire people relocate here? I can allocate a residential area for you near Tianyuan City.”

Mirena shook her head slightly. “We cannot abandon our ancestors’ legacy. Our people can leave, but the Secret Realm has taken root in the land and cannot be moved now. It’s not just me—many in our clan are reluctant to leave, unwilling to depart.”

Mu Yuan: “So, as long as the Secret Realm doesn’t leave you, that should suffice, right?”

Mirena: “Ah, yes, that seems correct.”Mu Yuan said, “It’s simple. Just relocate your Natural Garden Realm here as well, and that’ll settle it, won’t it?”

Mirena: “Huh?”

She froze for a moment before replying, “It’s not that straightforward. To harness the power of heaven and earth and maintain the realm’s balance, our Natural Garden Realm has already fully fused with the surrounding environment. Moving the realm would mean relocating dozens of kilometers of the surrounding land simultaneously.”

This was simply an impossible feat.

Even many deities of the old era couldn’t accomplish such a monumental task.

Mu Yuan said, “It’s simple. Just carve out the surrounding dozens of kilometers of landmass and carry it away.”

Mirena: “Huh?”

…

Over ten minutes later.

Encased in azure winds, Mirena returned to the entrance of her realm in mere moments, staring blankly at the two figures before her.

The Tianyuan City Lord;

The Tianyuan General Dolai.

Mu Yuan said, “Manifest the realm.”

Mirena: “Huh? Alright.”

As the realm’s controller, she merely sent out a few strands of intent, causing ripples to spread across the space before them.

Immediately afterward, a small garden covering just a few thousand square meters appeared on the vast land, pushing aside the surrounding trees.

This was Nature’s Garden.

Or rather, the entrance to Nature’s Garden.

“Dolai.”

“Leave it to me, appear!”

One, two… a total of five Space-Tearing Seals materialized around Dolai.

The seals imprinted upon the world.

Black spatial cracks rapidly spread in all directions.

Ten kilometers!

Thirty kilometers!

Sixty kilometers!

One hundred kilometers!

In mere dozens of seconds, the black cracks enveloped the entire hundred-kilometer radius like a massive net.

One hundred kilometers was merely the current requirement, not the limit of Dolai’s spatial imprints.

“Boom~! Boom~!”

The earth shook as the splitting space cleanly severed the hundred-kilometer landmass.

The next moment,

“Condense!”

Dolai clasped its hands together.

The previously violent spatial tearing force suddenly became docile, and the hundred-kilometer space instantly solidified.

A perfect Domain unfolded.

The natural energy within the hundred-kilometer radius abruptly surged.

Endless worldly energy coalesced into a giant hand, slowly…

lifting the enormous landmass.

“Let’s go.”

Mu Yuan spread his Mental Energy to protect their surroundings.

Meanwhile, Mirena stood utterly dumbfounded.

(End of Chapter)