In the northwestern quadrant of the Primordial Chaos Sea, the young cultivator Lin Xiao wiped the half of the Green Ping Sword. Suddenly, a bizarre image appeared on the blade: in a dimension absent from every star chart, twelve Bronze Colossi surrounded a withered Chaos Green Lotus. Above each colossus floated a damaged Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram.
At last, the inheritor has arrived. Green blood suddenly seeped from the blade, staining Lin Xiao's pupils the color of chaos. The ruins beneath his feet split open into an abyss, revealing a bronze altar buried for millions of epochs—the altar's surface covered in cracks originating from the same source as the Four Gates of Immortal Slaying.
When Lin Xiao inserted the broken sword into a groove in the altar, the entire Primordial Chaos Sea abruptly fell silent. All the Jiejiao Disciples traveling through it felt their destiny tremble. The lotus imprints between their brows seeped golden blood, weaving the outline of Bronze Colossi in the void.
"These are... Chaos Overseers!" A Daoist Duobao from another universe was suddenly struck by a splitting headache, and sealed scenes surfaced from the depths of his memories. Those Bronze Colossi had once ruled the Primordial Chaos Sea before Hongjun's birth, until they were overthrown by the First Generation Jiejiao Allied Army.
At that moment, Lin Xiao was being drawn into the bronze altar. Within a dimension of absolute darkness, he saw the pupils of all twelve colossi light up at once. Each pupil reflected a different form of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array. The colossus at the center slowly spoke, and its sound waves shattered three layers of dimensions:
"The seventh calamity of the Primordial Epoch. Ninth-generation inheritor of the Overseers. Your trial is—"
A liquid Chaos Green Lotus appeared in the colossus's palm, its core wrapped around half a Jade Disc Fragment. Lin Xiao suddenly understood: it was the Chaos Observatory, older than even the Creation Jade Disk held by Hongjun, containing the data of every erased experimental universe.
Just as he reached for the Jade Disc Fragment, a sword cry suddenly rang out beyond the altar. Fairy Yunxiao from the main universe tore through the air. Her Primordial Gold Pot had somehow fallen under the Bronze Colossi's control and inverted as it descended upon Lin Xiao. "Watch out! These Overseers are gathering the Law of Causality of the Green Ping Sword!" Startled, Lin Xiao hurriedly twisted aside. The Primordial Gold Pot swept past the edge of his robes with terrifying force, leaving a warped spatial crack in the darkness. Fairy Yunxiao held a precious sword as she confronted the Bronze Colossi. Though her Primordial Gold Pot was under their control, her Immortal Power was not to be underestimated.
At that moment, the other eleven Bronze Colossi moved as well. Each unleashed a different Immortal Slaying Sword Array. In an instant, the sword arrays crisscrossed, trapping Lin Xiao and Fairy Yunxiao within. Lin Xiao clenched the half of the Green Ping Sword, Chaos Power surging through his body as he sought a way to break the formation.
Suddenly, the central colossus spoke again. "If you can keep the Jade Disc Fragment intact within the sword arrays, you will pass the trial." Lin Xiao gritted his teeth. He knew this would be a difficult battle, but if he wanted to obtain the Chaos Observatory, he could only press forward.
He and Fairy Yunxiao stood back-to-back, coordinating as they charged left and right through the sword arrays. Every attack came with powerful energy waves, and the Bronze Colossi's assaults grew increasingly fierce. Yet Lin Xiao's gaze only became firmer... Just as he and Fairy Yunxiao were barely holding on, the half of the Green Ping Sword in his hand suddenly blazed with dazzling light, resonating with the surrounding sword arrays. Their attacks immediately slowed. Lin Xiao's heart stirred as he sensed that the Green Ping Sword seemed to be guiding him toward a way to break the arrays. Following its guidance, he circulated Chaos Power and used the sword as a conduit, attempting to disrupt the arrays' operation. Fairy Yunxiao noticed his change as well. Keeping pace with him, she used the Primordial Gold Pot to withstand the temporarily disrupted attacks. As time passed, they gradually found a flaw in the sword arrays. Seizing the moment, Lin Xiao thrust his sword fiercely at the weakest point, and a gap instantly opened in the arrays. He and Fairy Yunxiao rushed through it, racing toward the Jade Disc Fragment in the central colossus's hand. Just as they were about to touch it, the other Bronze Colossi surged forward madly once more. A new, even fiercer wave of attacks descended, but Lin Xiao did not retreat. He and Fairy Yunxiao worked together, guarding the Jade Disc Fragment with all their strength as they awaited the final outcome of the trial.