### **Chapter 192 — The Silent Sky**
Wind howled through the shattered heavens.
Yang Lin stood at the edge of the palace tower, cloak rippling behind him. The stars had dimmed. Even the moon's light seemed afraid to fall upon him.
The Sect below was in chaos — disciples kneeling, elders murmuring, no one daring to approach.
Only Ling Yue broke the silence, stepping forward, her eyes trembling.
> **Ling Yue:** "You've changed again…"
> **Yang Lin:** "No. The world just caught up."
> **Ling Yue:** "You're fighting Heaven itself now. Where does it end?"
> **Yang Lin (quietly):** "When there's no sky left to fall."
He turned away, walking down the marble steps as the clouds above began to pulse faintly with golden veins — signs that Heaven was preparing to descend.
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### **Chapter 193 — The Palace Trembles**
Inside the **Council Hall**, chaos reigned.
Elders argued, slamming their palms against the divine jade table.
> "He's a danger to all realms!"
> "He's the savior, you fool!"
> "You saw the lightning — Heaven *warned* us!"
The Grand Elder's voice finally thundered above them all.
> **Grand Elder:** "Enough! Whether curse or salvation, Yang Lin cannot be judged by mortal law anymore."
From the shadows, Ye Ruyan watched in silence, her expression unreadable.
> **Ye Ruyan (to herself):** "They fear what they can't control… and he's far beyond their reach now."
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### **Chapter 194 — Under the Withered Tree**
Yang Lin stood before a withered tree atop Silent Peak — once blooming, now lifeless.
He brushed a hand against its bark. The memory of his first days in Starysky surfaced — laughter, promises, dreams now buried under the weight of power.
Qin Lian approached quietly.
> **Qin Lian:** "That tree only bloomed when the Sect was at peace."
> **Yang Lin:** "Then it may never bloom again."
> **Qin Lian:** "You could leave… live quietly somewhere far away."
> **Yang Lin (softly):** "I tried peace once. It bored Heaven."
Lightning rippled across the clouds again. The tree's last leaf fell.
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### **Chapter 195 — The Gathering of Peaks**
An emergency assembly was called — the **Seven Peaks** of Starysky gathered for the first time in centuries.
Thousands of disciples knelt beneath the Grand Arena's floating platforms.
Zhao Xinmeng stood with folded arms beside the Blue Peak elders, her sharp eyes searching the crowd for him.
And when Yang Lin finally appeared — calm, black robes fluttering — every whisper stopped.
> **Elder Feng:** "Yang Lin, bearer of the forbidden mark. You stand before Heaven's law."
> **Yang Lin:** "I didn't ask for Heaven's permission."
> **Elder Feng (furious):** "Blasphemy!"
> **Yang Lin:** "Truth."
The entire sky quivered as if echoing him.
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### **Chapter 196 — The Test of Loyalty**
To "test" him, the elders sent a hundred elite disciples to challenge Yang Lin — one after another.
By the fifth duel, none could stand. By the tenth, the spectators stopped cheering.
Yang Lin never moved from his spot. His opponents collapsed before touching him, their energy bent back upon itself by the sheer distortion around him.
> **Yang Lin:** "You mistake loyalty to Heaven for loyalty to fear."
From the stands, Zhao Xinmeng whispered, half in awe, half in defiance:
> **Zhao Xinmeng:** "He doesn't fight… he *commands*."
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### **Chapter 197 — The Night He Stood Alone**
That night, he sat atop the edge of the highest spire, wind cutting across the stars.
Ye Ruyan appeared behind him, her purple robes swaying.
> **Ye Ruyan:** "You've forced their hands. The Celestial Envoys will come."
> **Yang Lin:** "They already have. They're watching."
> **Ye Ruyan:** "And if they descend?"
> **Yang Lin:** "Then Heaven learns what resistance feels like."
She sighed. "You sound more like a god than a man."
Yang Lin's eyes stayed fixed on the stars.
> **Yang Lin:** "Then maybe gods should start fearing men."
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### **Chapter 198 — The First Envoy Descends**
The next morning, the sky split open.
A figure draped in golden flame emerged — a *Celestial Envoy*, his aura spanning continents.
> **Envoy:** "By decree of the Heavenly Court — mortal, your existence has exceeded its bounds."
> **Yang Lin:** "Then Heaven should raise its bounds."
The Envoy's spear of divine light descended like judgment itself — but Yang Lin caught it with one hand.
Energy shattered mountains, tore the air apart. The disciples screamed as the shockwave spread for miles.
When the light faded, Yang Lin stood unscathed.
The Envoy's weapon crumbled into ash.
> **Yang Lin:** "Tell your masters — the ground belongs to me now."
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### **Chapter 199 — After the Storm**
The Palace lay in silence. The Envoy's fall had shaken every realm.
Even the elders couldn't speak.
Ling Yue ran through the ruined courtyard, finding him standing amidst the dust.
> **Ling Yue (tearful):** "You destroyed a being of Heaven!"
> **Yang Lin (quietly):** "No. I destroyed their arrogance."
> **Ling Yue:** "You're making enemies you can't count!"
> **Yang Lin:** "Then let them count themselves."
His gaze turned towards the horizon where faint rifts glowed like distant eyes.
The next wave was already preparing.
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### **Chapter 200 — Whispers in the Void**
That night, strange voices whispered through the Sect.
Elders dreamed of a giant shadow covering the stars, of Heaven itself cracking apart.
Ye Ruyan awoke in cold sweat, rushing to the observation terrace — Yang Lin was already there, looking upward.
> **Ye Ruyan:** "It's starting, isn't it?"
> **Yang Lin:** "They're opening the Gates."
> **Ye Ruyan:** "Then this world—"
> **Yang Lin:** "Will learn to survive without Heaven."
Thunder rolled across dimensions. A storm of divine energy approached like an army's breath.
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### **Chapter 201 — The Sky Weeps**
At dawn, Starysky's sky turned blood-red.
A thousand cracks split the clouds. From each descended rays of divine light — Heaven's soldiers, their armor forged from pure law.
Yang Lin floated above the palace roof, his aura expanding, cloaking the sect in calm defiance.
Below him, disciples prayed, cried, and waited.
He raised his hand — and the air froze. Every invading beam halted midair.
> **Yang Lin:** "Heaven sends warriors."
> **Heaven's Voice (echoing):** "And what do you send, mortal?"
> **Yang Lin (smiling faintly):** "My will."
The next instant, every ray exploded outward. The sky turned white.
And the war between **man and Heaven** — truly began.