At the deepest part of the Sky Patrol Immortal Boat lay the entrance to the Chaos Ancestral Vein Secret Realm. Two figures silently appeared there: Xuan Nü and Li Wuyang. This place was the very foundation of the immortal boat. Even ordinary elders were forbidden from entering. Eighty-one Chaos restrictions intertwined at the entrance, and no one but Xuan Nü herself could open them.
"This is the Chaos Ancestral Vein Secret Realm." With a light wave of her jade-like hand, Xuan Nü let profound Annihilation Dao patterns flow from her fingertips, tapping the void like keys. Soundlessly, ripples spread across the heavy bulkhead ahead. A hazy light gate, just wide enough for one person to pass through, quietly opened. A pure, ancient aura of Chaos that seemed capable of nourishing all things and annihilating all things rushed out from beyond it.
"Go in. Time flows differently here. Ten days in the secret realm equal only one day outside. You must thoroughly refine the Origin Core here, stabilize your cultivation, and comprehend your divine abilities. Leave matters outside to me." Xuan Nü looked at Li Wuyang, a trace of barely perceptible expectation hidden within her cool gaze.
Li Wuyang nodded firmly, drew a deep breath, and stepped through the light gate. The instant his figure vanished, the gate disappeared as well, and the bulkhead returned to normal.
Within the secret realm, the scenery was utterly unlike the outside world. It was neither the cave nor the palace he had imagined, but a boundless sea of ever-churning Chaos currents. The currents bore the color of Chaos—neither gray nor white, neither clear nor turbid—and contained the most primordial Origin Power. There was no light, no darkness, no up or down, no left or right. There was only "existence" itself in its most fundamental