But the [Chaos Myriad Tribulations Return-to-Origin Art] had completely broken free of the shackles of all conventional imperial arts. It possessed neither overwhelming explosive might, nor tyrannical sealing power, nor uncanny transformations, yet it held the most terrifying core of all the Daos across the heavens—returning to the origin, turning tribulations into resources, reversing slaughter into the Dao, and nourishing the body through peril.
Every danger beneath heaven, every endless killing tribulation, every pinnacle of slaughter could have its nature reversed before this secret art, shedding its ferocity to become the essence of cultivation. Tribulations were no longer calamities, slaughter no longer inflicted wounds, and desperate straits no longer led to death. All became supreme nourishment for tempering the foundation of the Dao, refining the body, perfecting the divine soul, and fortifying the Dao heart. This was the true trump card that allowed the Chaos Emperor Dao to encompass all things and stand above every Dao across the heavens. It was also the fundamental support that allowed Lin Feng to withstand pressure above his realm, rise from desperate straits through rebirth, and remain undefeated among his peers.
Throughout the void, countless pitch-black blades of the Slaughter Dao shrieked in an unbroken torrent, layer upon layer, without pause. They stabbed wildly out of blind spots in every direction, fissures in the void, and gaps between Dao principles. Every blade was firmly engraved with eternal godslayer ancestral runes—the supreme essence of the Slaughter Dao left behind from the ancient war between gods and devils. After settling within the Myriad-Eon Secret Realm through endless ages, nourished layer by layer and tempered day and night, their vicious, baleful power had long since become deeply rooted, impossible to unravel or break.
Since ancient times, countless ancient prodigies who had roamed the heavens, Emperor Venerables from