The Barren Realm had once teemed with life. As dazzling, multicolored Chaos Power descended, it became a purgatory.
Wherever the Chaos Power passed, mountains, rivers, trees, birds, beasts, fish, and insects were broken down and absorbed.
Countless cultivators sensed the danger and fled desperately.
"What's happening? Who's attacking me?"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Activate the Sect Protecting Array!"
"The Sect Protecting Array can't hold! That's Chaos Power!"
"I've never done anything wrong! Why are you killing me? Spare me!"
Cries and screams merged into one.
The cultivators tried to find some slim chance of escape, but no matter how hard they struggled, they could not outrun immortal-level Chaos Power.
Their bodies broke apart under its influence and merged into it, leaving only their wretched screams echoing behind.
A mother knew she could not escape. She held her daughter tight, tears streaming down her face.
The girl had no idea what was happening. She wiped the tears from her mother's cheeks with her chubby little hands and said in a childish voice, "Mama, why are you crying? Bao Er won't make you angry ever again, okay?"
The mother gazed tenderly at the daughter in her arms through tear-filled eyes. "Mama was never angry. Bao Er, will you be Mama's daughter again in your next life?"
The girl smiled happily. "Of course! Bao Er wants to be Mama's daughter forever. In this life, the next life, and the life after that..."
The chaotic radiance swept over them. Mother and daughter turned to energy and vanished between heaven and earth.
A man and woman, both cultivators, flew desperately to escape, but the chaotic light behind them was too fast. There was no getting away.
The man gave a bitter laugh. He already knew how this would end. Looking at the woman beside him,