Chaos Origin Point (Part 2)

Twelve points of light slowly rotated, forming an unfathomably profound formation diagram. At the center of the formation, an even more ancient, purer point of chaotic light, seemingly containing the might of creation, slowly ignited—it was the imprint of Pangu's essence blood! The very source of the Witch Clan's bloodline!

[Bloodline Resonance Forcefully Activated! Target: Witch Clan Remnant (Fire Witch Origin)... Associated Ancestor Witch: Zhurong (Faint)... Deep Bloodline Contamination Detected (External Demon Erosion)... Will of Pangu Hall Scan Initiated...]

An icy, vast, and utterly emotionless will, like an invisible giant hand, instantly locked onto Yan Lingji! This will pierced through her flesh and bone, directly acting upon the origin of her bloodline!

"Roar—!"

Within Yan Lingji, the chaotic and violent power originating from the dark golden giant claw in the cave, which had contaminated her Zhurong bloodline, erupted madly like a beast startled by its natural predator! Dark golden patterns, like burning magma, spread and bulged beneath her skin! A scorching energy, far more ferocious and chaotic than her own Witch Fire, filled with destruction and the scent of sulfur, burst forth uncontrollably from her body! Her eyes were instantly engulfed by wild, golden-red flames, her reason rapidly fading, replaced by the instinct to destroy everything!

"No...!" Yan Lingji's last vestiges of consciousness let out a pained cry. She felt her bloodline being torn apart by two terrifying forces! One was the majestic, ancient call and purifying power from Pangu Hall, attempting to awaken the purest Fire Witch Origin within her; the other was the chaotic force of the External Demon Erosion, like a maggot clinging to bone, tightly entwining her bloodline, resisting purification, and attempting to drag her into the abyss of destruction!

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

The dark golden chaotic flames and the purifying power of Pangu Hall's will clashed violently on her body, annihilating each other! Every collision brought excruciating pain! She felt like an iron bloom thrown into a furnace, struggling wildly on the brink of destruction and rebirth!

"Mixed bloodline... impure fire source... further desecrated by external demons..." A grand, cold voice, like the resonance of countless mountains, sounded directly in the depths of Yan Lingji's soul. It was the judgment of Pangu Hall's will! "Do you... bear the weight of Pangu's bloodline?"

Following this judgment, the twelve points of Ancestral Witch Origin Light blazed intensely! Especially the point of crimson light representing Zhurong, which projected a phantom of the ultimate Sky-Burning Fire, carrying the supreme will to purify all defilement and incinerate all demons, descending upon Yan Lingji! This was not an attack, but the most fundamental "purification" and "trial"! If her bloodline was pure, she would be reborn from the flames, returning to her origin; if she was completely corrupted by external demons, she would turn to ash under the Ancestral Witch Origin Fire!

"Ah—!" Facing this Ancestral Witch Origin Fire that burned all, the chaotic dark golden power within Yan Lingji let out a silent shriek. As if encountering its nemesis, it frantically contracted and resisted, while simultaneously more desperately eroding her will, attempting to drag her into complete madness to counter this purifying fire!

Pain! Extreme pain! The dual tearing of soul and bloodline!

Just as Yan Lingji's consciousness was about to be completely submerged by madness and pain—

Buzz!

The Qingping Sword Sheath she held tightly in her arms let out a faint yet clear hum once more!

This time, the sheath did not evoke the Heaven-Connecting Sword Intent, but rather... the mysterious cloud patterns on its surface actively absorbed a trace of the purest (not yet fully contaminated) Zhurong Origin Fire Qi that had escaped from Yan Lingji's body! After being absorbed by the sheath, this wisp of fire qi was not destroyed by the sword intent. Instead, it flowed within the cloud patterns, harmonizing and transforming into an extremely faint, yet strangely balanced, blue-red light point!

Immediately after, this blue-red light point was actively guided by the sheath, flowing upstream and injecting into the chaotic core within Yan Lingji that was frantically resisting the Ancestral Witch's purification!

A miracle occurred!

This blue-red light point, a fusion of the harmonizing power of the Intercepting Heaven Sheath's cloud patterns and the Zhurong Origin Fire Qi, was like a drop of cold water thrown into boiling oil, instantly triggering a violent reaction! It did not forcefully suppress the chaotic dark golden power, nor did it aid it in resisting the Ancestral Witch Fire. Instead... it forcefully constructed an extremely faint, fragile "bridge" between the two!

Hiss—!

The moment the blue-red light point touched the chaotic core, a far more ferocious and ancient chaotic will, like an enraged primordial beast, erupted from the depths of Yan Lingji's bloodline! This will was filled with violence, destruction, and hatred for all order, even faintly surpassing the majesty of Pangu Hall!

"Insignificant ant! How dare you defile My imprint!" A terrifying intent, filled with the stench of sulfur and blood, directly impacted Yan Lingji's soul! This intent... was of the same origin as the dark golden giant claw that tore through space in the cave! Even... more powerful! More ancient!

Boom!

Pangu Hall's will seemed to be enraged by this sudden, extremely ancient, and malevolent chaotic will! The twelve points of Ancestral Witch Origin Light instantly erupted with unprecedented brilliance! The Pangu's essence blood imprint at the center of the formation vibrated violently! A grander, purer purifying power descended with a roar! The target was no longer Yan Lingji, but the chaotic will erupting from within her!

Two equally ancient, equally vast, yet diametrically opposed terrifying wills—one the origin of creation from the Primordial Era's heaven-opening (projection), the other the will of an unknown demon god filled with destruction and chaos (imprint)—collided violently within Yan Lingji's tiny body, on the battlefield of her fragile bloodline!

Crack!

It was as if invisible shackles were broken!

Yan Lingji let out an extremely piercing scream! Her body, like shattered porcelain, instantly covered with fine cracks! Blood mixed with dark golden flames gushed from the fissures! Her consciousness, caught between these two supreme wills, was like a candle in the wind, instantly cast into an endless abyss of darkness!

In the final instant before her consciousness completely sank, she seemed to hear a sigh from the depths of endless time and space, filled with desolation and weariness:

"Calamity... rises... not... My... will..."

This sigh, seemingly from the imprint of Pangu's essence blood? Carrying an indescribable... compassion and helplessness?

Next, the chaotic will, filled with the stench of sulfur and blood, let out a roar of surprise and greed:

"Pangu... will?! Not... completely extinguished?! This woman... is mine!"

Biyou Cave Heaven, by the Green Lotus Pond.

The chaotic torrent continued to surge, and the Great Dao's questioning continued like thunder upon the body.

However, Cheng Xi's consciousness, protected by the gray light of the Chaos Origin Point and System Logic Anchoring, held on at the edge of destruction! His soul was like a rock weathered by countless storms, bobbing in the torrent. Though scarred and tottering, the core representing "self" and "variable" became clearer and more resilient in the midst of pain! The Break Delusion Rebellious Intent Sword Intent, carrying a trace of the chaotic "disorderly" characteristic, like a blade after quenching, arduously carved out its own small domain within the torrent.

On the lotus platform, Lord Tongtian's figure remained one with the Dao. But in the depths of his serene eyes, reflecting the scene of the chaotic torrent, Cheng Xi's dim gray "reef" was exceptionally conspicuous. A faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation stirred in his eternally silent Dao Heart.

"He... can actually anchor?" Lord Tongtian's consciousness stirred. "Chaos Origin Point... the essence of a variable... this child's Dao Heart's resilience exceeds expectations. However..." His gaze seemed to pierce through space, directed towards the projection of Pangu Hall where Yan Lingji was. In his deep eyes, a trace of solemnity quietly replaced his previous astonishment.

"Pangu's will manifests... the external demon imprint revives... the speed of Calamity Qi's surge far exceeds predictions..." Lord Tongtian's thoughts flowed. "It seems time for this world... is running out."

Just then!

Boom!

An extremely faint, yet imbuing supreme majesty and compassion, will fluctuation, and another terrifying will impact filled with destruction, chaos, and greedy malice, like giant stones cast into a calm lake, violently pierced the spatial barrier. They came from the direction of Pangu Hall's projection and slammed into this blessed land dominated by Lord Tongtian's Great Dao will!

This impact was so sudden, so intense, carrying two utterly opposing supreme law attributes! Especially the will of destructive chaos, filled with extreme malice towards order, towards living beings, towards the Primordial Era itself!

Buzz—!

The entire Biyou Cave Heaven trembled violently! The glowing stalactites hanging from the cave ceiling flickered intensely! The spiritual pool water churned! The phantom of the blooming World Purifying Green Lotus also swayed slightly! The Great Dao torrent summoned by Lord Tongtian, due to this sudden impact of will from Pangu Hall, exhibited an extremely subtle... fluctuation!

It was precisely this subtle fluctuation!

For Cheng Xi's consciousness, struggling in the chaotic torrent like a taut bowstring at its limit, it was no different from the sky collapsing and the earth cracking!

Pfft!

The gray light of the Chaos Origin Point flickered violently, like a candle in the wind! The Dao Heart that had just condensed its resilience instantly showed cracks! The Break Delusion Rebellious Intent Sword Intent let out a mournful cry! He felt his anchored "reef" was about to completely disintegrate under the dual assault!

"Ugh—!" Cheng Xi's consciousness staggered violently in the torrent, his soul experiencing a tearing pain! The last line of defense protecting him was on the verge of collapse!

The figure of Lord Tongtian on the lotus platform trembled clearly for the first time! Cold light flashed in his eyes, which reflected all ages!

"Presumptuous!" a cold roar, like thunder from the nine heavens, exploded directly in the cave heaven! It was not directed at Cheng Xi, but at the chaotic will that pierced through space!

Lord Tongtian formed his fingers into a sword and pointed it towards the Pangu Hall projection, a distant point across the void!

Ch!

A radiant sword intent, condensed to the extreme, as if capable of severing karma and destroying time and space, instantly crossed an immeasurable distance and plunged into the void!

At the same time, he flicked his other hand towards Cheng Xi's consciousness below, which was on the verge of collapse in the torrent!

A point of azure light, imbued with supreme Dao charm, gentle yet irresistibly powerful, like a meteor traversing time and space, instantly entered the core of Cheng Xi's consciousness, which was about to dissipate!

"Concentrate! Guard your heart! This is your opportunity, and also your tribulation! See clearly... the essence of the struggle for the Dao... beneath this grand cosmic chessboard!"

Lord Tongtian's voice, carrying unprecedented solemnity and a hint of... urgency, like a great bell, struck fiercely upon Cheng Xi's consciousness, which was on the verge of collapse! The moment the azure light point integrated, a cool, vast power that directly pointed to the origin of the Great Dao surged in. It not only instantly stabilized his collapsing Dao Heart and Chaos Origin Point but also forcibly elevated his perception, allowing him to "see" with utmost clarity—

The collision of the two terrifying wills that pierced through space!

The compassionate sigh belonging to Pangu!

The greedy roar belonging to the unknown Demon God!

And... beneath the collision of these two wills, throughout the entire Primordial Era, the formless yet omnipresent Heavenly Dao Shackles, operating like a vast net, seemed to have... ever so slightly... loosened by a thread?

Struggle for the Dao? Heavenly Dao Shackles loosening?

Cheng Xi's mind was greatly shaken! A terrifying thought flashed like lightning through his elevated consciousness:

Could it be that this external demon... is not aligned with the Heavenly Dao that imprisons the Primordial Era?!