Starfire Rekindled, Primal Darkness, Heartfire Unextinguished

"At last." Night Venerable's voice suddenly rang out behind him. Xu Xian whirled around and saw Qin Wang, formed from gathered black mist, standing in the doorway. His right eye had turned completely black. "Does Brother know what this is?" He gently stroked the surface of his heart. "This is the incarnation of evil intent left behind by the First Generation Supreme—the purest source of Chaos."

Xu Xian suddenly understood everything. "You deliberately lured us here."

"Correct~" Night Venerable controlled Qin Wang's body and snapped his fingers. The chains on the black heart's surface suddenly broke, and a tentacle speared toward Xu Xian like a lance. "As your reward, you'll be the first to be devoured!"

The Heaven-Slicing Sword automatically blocked the strike, but with a crack, fractures appeared across its blade. Xu Xian was hurled into the wall by the tremendous impact, three of his ribs breaking. Coughing blood, he looked at Night Venerable. "You're not the Fifth Supreme."

"That piece of trash?" Night Venerable sneered, plunging his hand into the black heart. "He was nothing more than my snack." As the heart's energy flowed into him, the gray-gold light in Qin Wang's left eye grew weaker and weaker. "Now, it is time to let the universe witness true Chaos."

The black heart contracted violently, releasing a towering tide of darkness. The few surviving elders were instantly swallowed. Before Zhou Mu turned into a skeleton, he hurled his Natal Magic Treasure toward Xu Xian. "Alliance Leader. Take it. The Haotian Mirror."

The instant Xu Xian caught the bronze mirror, its surface reflected a sight that made his heart stop—Night Venerable's true body was not a product of Chaos at all, but a miniature First Generation Supreme! The Gray-Gold Seed that everyone had regarded as a supreme treasure was actually