Deep within the Chaos Sea, light and shadow had long since lost all meaning. The Eternal Dao Ship sailed through dim gray tides, the layered defensive formation patterns around its hull greedily devouring the surrounding chaos energy and converting it into power to sustain the ship's voyage. Yet just as it crossed an exceptionally oppressive "lightless zone," the normally tranquil barrier of the protective formation twisted bizarrely.
An aura of extreme cold and deathly stillness silently spread from outside the ship. It was a Vague Phantom that constantly changed shape, with no features and no physical form, like a shadow stripped of all karma, clinging tightly to the Dao Ship's defensive formation diagram.
"That is the Primordial Shadow." Inside the ship, an Ancient Immortal of vast knowledge went pale. The staff clenched in his hand trembled without stop. "It is one of the oldest and most terror-inducing energy entities in the Chaos Sea. It has no self-awareness and only grows stronger by devouring others' Dao rhythms. Once it completely analyzes and imitates your Aura, it will turn the tables and drag the entire Dao Ship into nothingness!"
Chu Qing sat upon a jade platform. The Vague Phantom seemed to sense his gaze and actually twisted atop the defensive formation patterns into a silhouette identical to Chu Qing's. It mimicked his every movement, even imitating the Dao rhythm unique to a Daluo True Immortal with uncanny precision.
"A mere phantom dares steal my name?" The Corner of Chu Qing's Mouth lifted in a cold arc as his eyes opened slightly, Purple Gold light stabbing straight toward the Primordial Shadow.
The Primordial Shadow let out shrill cries like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts. It suddenly erupted with terror-inducing corrosive force, and the Daluo Aura it had copied from Chu Qing instantly