At the sight, Xuan Qing's heart abruptly tightened!
The four supreme Great Daos within him instantly tensed. The Dao resonance of the Genesis Azure Lotus and the Heavens Annihilation Spear quietly awakened, and his Wuji Dao body braced itself. He instinctively shot backward, seeking to escape the perilous core at once and evade the impending catastrophe of the rampaging origin.
Yet after retreating several dozen feet and leaving the core's range entirely, the world-destroying storm and chaos calamity he had expected still failed to descend.
The violently churning chaos origin did not erupt completely. It merely trembled and surged, releasing a burst of frenzied energy before slowly settling.
No destructive assault followed, much less the terrifying catastrophe Dao Mie had described—one that would obliterate everything and leave no survivors.
All was calm, and peace returned to the void.
Xuan Qing stopped where he stood, his eyes filled with bewilderment as countless doubts sprang up in his heart.
Could everything those seven said have been a lie?
Or... do the rules of the chaos origin differ from person to person?
He considered it carefully, and understanding suddenly dawned!
Dao Mie and his companions were all beings of the old epoch. They bore its Dao legacies, were bound by the Epoch Shackles, and stood at odds with the Great Dao of the new epoch.
To the chaos origin, they were remnants of the old order that needed to be erased and purged. Thus, drawing near would stir its killing intent and trigger a devastating calamity.
But I am entirely different!
He had been born in the new epoch, attained Hunyuan Wuji, and taken command of the four supreme Great Daos of creation, annihilation, destiny, and the infinite. Aligned with the new order of heaven and earth, he had long since transcended every