A pillar of Tongtian pierced through the stars, and the ethereal projection gradually solidified in the purple light.
His black robes fluttered in the wind, his face was blurred, only his eyes, like an abyss, devoured the surrounding light.
"Old buddy, you're still as mischievous as ever..."
A voice of nothingness echoed within the collapsing star, its gaze sweeping over the recipe in Hundun's hand, "Using such crude things to fight against a cataclysmic event, you're truly laughable."
Hundun grinned after hearing this. "It's better than you pretending to be a ghost all day long."
As he spoke, he secretly transmitted his voice to Qing Li, "Take Six-Eared Macaque away, the farther the better!"
Just as Qing Li was about to move, she discovered that her feet had somehow sunk into the purple crystal clusters.
Ye Chen's lightning struck the crystal cluster, but it was like a clay ox entering the sea.
"Don't waste your energy." The Void chuckled. "This star field has already been assimilated by me, and you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Hundun suddenly tore a page from the recipe, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it vigorously. "Assimilation? You've got quite the nerve. Well then, I'll show you what 'indigestion' really means!"
"Boom--!"
Before he could finish speaking, the remaining pages of the recipe suddenly exploded within Hundun's body.
His body instantly expanded to ten thousand feet, and his golden and purple eyes shot out the light of Hundun, actually forcing the ethereal projection back three steps!
Taking advantage of this moment, Six-Eared Macaque, who was being supported by Qing Li, suddenly opened his eyes and plunged his left arm into his own chest!
"Senior!" Ye Chen exclaimed.
Six-Eared Macaque did not respond, but instead pulled out a piece of crystal-clear arm bone from his body—it was Hundun's right arm!
The purple chains that had been wrapped around the joints snapped one by one, and a powerful force of balance surged out like a tide.
"So... it was hidden here..." Hundun grinned as it fought against Nothingness. "This little monkey's ruthless!"
Six-Eared Macaque's face was contorted in pain, clearly indicating he was enduring immense agony, yet he still managed to hurl his arm bone towards Hundun: "Dao Lord... catch!"
The moment the arm bone entered his body, Hundun erupted with brilliant light.
His previously blurry body solidified completely, and ancient primordial Dao patterns appeared on his right arm.
"Now..." he twisted his newly reattached right arm, "It's time to settle the score properly."
For the first time, the ethereal projection showed a serious expression. "How dare you..."
Hundun didn't give him a chance to waste words. He threw out his right fist, an ordinary strike that froze the entire star!
"Snap—!"
Cracks appeared in the illusory projection, and the three annihilating elders were directly blown to pieces.
But Hundun did not stop. Dao patterns lit up on his right arm, and he grabbed at the void.
"Splash!"
He forcibly extracted the three purple primal energies from the fragments of the calamity, which were the core of the laws of "annihilation," "Desire," and "famine"!
"Back then you divided up Hundun, today..."
He grinned, stuffed three Origin Stones into his mouth, and said, "Laozi going to get my revenge. I'll show you what karma is all about, and retribution is inevitable."
"You're insane! You're a madman..."
The illusory projection finally changed color, "You don't understand the true meaning of balance at all!"
"Stop talking nonsense." Hundun wiped his mouth. "Isn't it just that you want to use my bones to recast the Calamity Measuring Device?"
He suddenly appeared in front of the projection, his right arm piercing through its chest. "Laozi 've changed my mind!"
The ethereal projection began to crumble, but before dissipating, it revealed a sinister smile, "You thought... this was the end?"
After Xu Wu finished speaking, the purple light suddenly exploded, and a memory scene forcibly flooded into everyone's minds:
At the peak of the Primordial Chaos World, the three Dao Lord jointly ruled the Primordial Chaos World.
Until one day, the Taichu discovered that the Void was secretly nurturing the Calamities, attempting to reshape the heavens with the "Perfect Calamity".
During the conflict, Hundun was ambushed while protecting Taichu, and his Dao body was refined into the Nine Tribulations Envoy...
But the most crucial scene was deliberately erased!
"Do you see?" The final voice of Nothingness echoed, "The Taichu is the traitor..."
The projection completely dissipated, and the stars began to collapse.
"Walk--!"
Hundun swept up the crowd and burst forth from the stars.
Behind them, the broken stars, having lost their balance, finally crumbled, transforming into countless purple meteors that plunged into the Chaos Sea.
In the safe zone, Six-Eared Macaque's body began to become transparent.
"Senior!" Qing Li tried to stabilize his soul with Profound Yellow Qi, but it was like grasping quicksand.
Six-Eared Macaque laboriously raised his fading hand, pointing to a certain spot in the Chaos Sea: "The... third pillar... the spine of the East Victory Divine Continent..."
Before he finished speaking, his body completely transformed into starlight, leaving only a golden bead formed from the Chaos Ancestral Blood, suspended in the air.
Hundun silently caught the golden bead, then suddenly flew into a rage and punched the void. "Void! Laozi 'm not finished with you!"
On the return journey, Ye Chen suddenly pressed his forehead. "Dao Lord... in my mind..."
He knelt on the ground in agony, the purple markings on his forehead flashing wildly, and a phantom image of a single, ethereal eye appeared!
"Damn it!" Hundun grabbed his crown, "That old bastard is using the purple markings to possess someone's body!"
Qing Li's Heaven Measuring Ruler automatically protected its master, but was repelled when it touched Ye Chen.
Hundun gritted his teeth and suddenly slapped the golden bead formed from the Six-Eared Macaque into Ye Chen's brow!
"Ah--!"
Ye Chen let out a heart-wrenching scream as the purple patterns and golden beads clashed fiercely.
Ultimately, the two formed Taiji Diagram on their foreheads and slowly disappeared.
"It's under control for now." Hundun wiped his sweat. "But next time..."
He looked towards the direction of the East Victory Divine Continent, where purple rays of light were already rising into the sky.
"Looks like I need to hurry."
In the East Victory Divine Continent, clouds and mist rise and fall.
Since returning from the Chaos Sea, Qing Li has clearly sensed the changes in Ye Chen.
He often stared blankly at his palm, where purple patterns and Profound Yellow Mark flickered alternately, as if two forces were vying for dominance within his body.