Secret Realm Rumors, Chaos Demon God's Burial Ground?

The fires of war between the Wu and Demon races raged, leaving the Primordial World devastated and its inhabitants suffering. Li Wuyang and Xuan traveled together, deliberately avoiding the main battlefields and exploring relatively remote areas, gathering information while searching for potential opportunities.

One day, they arrived at a peculiar place called the Guixu Sea Eye. Legend had it that this was the end of the Primordial World's water veins, where seawater poured into a bottomless abyss, forming a massive vortex that devoured everything. For ten thousand miles around the Sea Eye, spiritual energy was scarce, malevolent energy permeated the air, and space was extremely unstable. Ordinary cultivators dared not approach.

Li Wuyang chose to come here because, in the black market of a small Demon Race city, he had overheard a secret rumor: deep within the Guixu Sea Eye, there were signs of a rare treasure emerging, with auspicious clouds and Dao Rhymes soaring into the sky, possibly related to an ancient Chaos Demon God.

"Chaos Demon God?" Hearing this, Li Wuyang instinctively glanced at Xuan, who stood silently beside him. A barely perceptible ripple flashed in Xuan's eyes.

"Let's go see," Xuan said, unusually taking the initiative. Her voice remained cool but carried an undeniable tone.

And so, the peculiar team—consisting of two people, one horse (Huaihuai), one roar (Little Fire), one sprite (Yingying), and one mouse (Treasure-Seeking Mouse Jinbao)—arrived at this desolate and dead sea.

Standing at the edge of the Guixu Sea Eye, they looked down at a vortex of indescribable size. The seawater roared as it poured into the abyss, emitting a deafening roar. The center of the vortex was pitch black, as if connected to another world, exuding a heart-pounding devouring power. The sky was gloomy, with low-hanging dark clouds, and spatial rifts, like black lightning, flickered in and out of existence.

"This place... doesn't look like it has treasure, more like a death trap," Li Wuyang clicked his tongue, feeling that the information bought with spirit stones might have been a waste.

Xuan, however, concentrated and sensed for a moment, the light in her heterochromatic eyes flashing slightly. "The spatial barrier here is extremely thin, with remnants of extremely ancient and powerful law fragments... It does indeed have traces of chaos, very faint, but of extremely high quality."

Li Wuyang's spirits lifted. "It's real? Then how do we get down? This vortex looks like it could tear anything apart."

Xuan didn't answer. Instead, she extended her right hand, palm facing the raging vortex. The void-like silver-white in her right eye glowed slightly, and an invisible Power of Annihilation spread out like ripples, gently touching the edge of the vortex.

A strange scene unfolded! The violent water currents, capable of shredding a Golden Immortal, seemed to be "calmed" upon contact with the Power of Annihilation. They became docile, and the destructive devouring force suddenly weakened. Within the area covered by Xuan's power, a relatively stable downward-extending passage formed!

"Let's go," Xuan said concisely and was the first to step into the passage.

Li Wuyang quickly called his companions to follow, his understanding of Xuan's strength deepening. This Power of Annihilation was simply omnipotent!

The passage was dimly lit, with slowly rotating water walls on all sides. Through these walls, they could see the destructive turbulence outside, yet their location remained exceptionally stable. The group continued to descend, the pressure gradually increasing, and the light growing dimmer until they were completely immersed in absolute darkness and silence. Only the faint silver light emanating from Xuan and the Power of Annihilation guided their way.

After descending for an unknown duration, as if traversing endless void, a faint light finally appeared ahead.

Passing through the point of light, their surroundings suddenly opened up!

They had left the water and entered a strange space. There was no sky, no ground. Above, below, and in all directions were gray, chaotic energy flows, like an unhatched egg. Countless giant, shattered remnants of stars, continental fragments, and indescribable, colossal body parts emanating ancient, deathly stillness floated in the space.

"Is this... the interior of the Guixu Sea Eye? Or an independent secret realm?" Li Wuyang looked around in surprise. The spiritual energy here was almost zero, replaced by a more primitive, more violent chaotic energy that made him extremely uncomfortable, as if he had returned to the Primordial Chaos space of his initial transmigration, but this place was even more dead and dilapidated.

Xuan's expression, however, became unusually solemn. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath (though there was no air here), a complex expression of nostalgia and sorrow intertwined appearing on her face.

"This place... is 'The Void'," she said softly, her voice trembling slightly, "one of the final resting places... for fallen Chaos Demon Gods."

"The place where Chaos Demon Gods fell?" Li Wuyang's heart trembled. No wonder the aura was so ancient and terrifying! He looked at the floating giant remnants. Were those the corpses of Chaos Demon Gods?

"It seems the rumors were true," Xuan opened her eyes, her gaze sharply scanning the dead void. "There is indeed a rare treasure here, but more likely... a remnant origin or inheritance of a Demon God is about to appear, triggering fluctuations in the laws."

Just then, deep within the gray chaotic energy currents in the distance, a powerful energy fluctuation suddenly erupted! A dark purple pillar of light shot up into the sky (though there was no sky). Within the pillar, countless law runes could be vaguely seen flickering in and out of existence, and a desolate, overbearing, terrifying Dao Rhyme that seemed capable of devouring all light and heat permeated the air!

At the same time, from another direction, came sounds of intense energy clashes and shouts!

"Someone got here first! And they're fighting!" Li Wuyang's eyes narrowed.

Xuan sensed the aura of the dark purple pillar of light, and an unprecedented brilliance erupted in her heterochromatic eyes. "It's... the aura of 'Devour'! It's a fragment of the Devouring Demon God's origin!"

Before she could finish speaking, she had already transformed into a black stream of light and, without hesitation, sped towards the direction of the light pillar! Her speed was far beyond normal!

Seeing this, Li Wuyang knew that something extremely important to Xuan had been encountered. He didn't dare to delay and quickly urged Huaihuai, leading his companions to follow with all their might.

The closer they got to the pillar of light, the more violent the surrounding chaotic energy became, and the more distorted space grew. Hidden spatial rifts and broken law traps appeared frequently, making the journey perilous. Xuan cleared the path ahead, and wherever her Power of Annihilation passed, all the ferocity subsided into peace, clearing obstacles for Li Wuyang.

Soon, they reached the location where the pillar of light had erupted.

It was a relatively open void. In the center floated an incomparably huge, irregularly shaped dark purple crystal, pulsing slowly like a heart. Each pulse emitted a powerful devouring force, distorting even the light. The dark purple pillar of light originated from this crystal.

And around the crystal, two groups of people were engaged in a fierce battle!

One side consisted of three cultivators clad in black robes, exuding dense demonic energy, their techniques bizarre and unpredictable. Their attacks carried strong corrosive and devouring properties, sharing the same origin as the crystal's aura! Clearly, they were Demonic cultivators who practiced demonic arts related to the Devouring Demon God!

The other side was... two Wu Clan members! And Li Wuyang recognized one of them! It was Hou Yi, a Great Wu under Ancestor Witch Houtu! The other was a burly Great Wu named Kuafu, wielding a giant shield!

The Wu Clan had also found their way here! And they were fighting the demonic cultivators for the Devouring Demon God's origin crystal!

The battle was exceptionally intense. Hou Yi's archery was divine; each arrow contained the power to tear apart the void, forcing the demonic cultivators to dodge repeatedly. Kuafu's giant shield provided unparalleled defense, warding off the demonic cultivators' bizarre devouring techniques. However, the three demonic cultivators coordinated flawlessly, their techniques were vicious, and for a time, they fought on par with the two Great Wus!

Xuan's arrival instantly broke the balance!

Her gaze was fixed solely on the dark purple crystal. Ignoring everyone present, she reached out and grabbed for the crystal!

"Presumptuous!"

"Seeking death!"

The three demonic cultivators and the two Great Wus roared in unison, temporarily ceasing their fight and simultaneously attacking Xuan, the uninvited guest! How could the origin of the Devouring Demon God be seized by others!

Facing the combined assault of five powerful beings, each at least at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level (the Wu Clan Great Wus possessed formidable physical bodies, their combat power comparable to Grand Unity Golden Immortals), Xuan's expression remained unchanged. The silver-white light in her right eye blazed!

"Annihilation · Return to Nothingness!"

A Domain of Annihilation, thousands of times more powerful than when she dealt with the Demon Race soldiers, erupted from her as the center!

(End of Chapter 36)