The Chaos Qi, like molten lead, surged wildly through Ren Xiaoyao's meridians. This power originated from the beginning of heaven and earth, and was the most primordial and powerful force.
Each surge of Chaos Qi was like casting molten lava into Ren Xiaoyao's flesh and blood, bringing endless heat and pain. He could even clearly hear the roaring sound of his Spirit Sea churning in his dantian, the mournful cry of his meridians scorched by the Chaos Qi.
Under the impact of this terrifying power, his meridians were carbonizing at a visible speed. The once vibrant meridians were now charred black, as if they had been burned by the Flame Sect. From between the charred textures, the golden-red spiritual liquid seeped out and condensed into hundreds of blood beads on Ren Xiaoyao's body, like amber roasted by a raging fire, emitting a chilling light.
He bit his tongue hard, forcing out golden blood that sprayed onto the axe blade. The blood condensed into Ancient Demon-Slaying Formation Diagram on the surface of the Chaos Axe, and the flowing runes instantly suppressed the violent power by three-tenths.
He had just steadied himself inside the barrier when suddenly the ground cracked open like a spiderweb.
The crack spread out rapidly like lightning, reaching great distances in the blink of an eye. Wherever it passed, the previously Primordial Chaos atmosphere seemed to be ignited, shimmering with a viscous, asphalt-like sheen, flowing slowly as if it were boiling asphalt.
Within that crack, one could vaguely see some dark golden veins of earth. They were like the blood vessels of a giant beast hidden in the darkness, appearing and disappearing as the crack spread, sometimes emerging and sometimes being covered by Chaos Qi, making it difficult to see their full appearance.
The previously calm air was suddenly filled with a pungent odor, like the burnt smell of sulfur and rust burning together. The smell was exceptionally strong, making one want to vomit.
At the same time, the Chaos Particles that were originally suspended in the air began to vibrate violently at a high frequency. They collided and rubbed against each other, emitting a buzzing sound similar to the flapping of a swarm of bees. The sound grew louder and louder, more and more piercing, as if it were about to puncture people's eardrums.
Just then, the Soul Suppressing Jade Pendant at Ren Xiaoyao's waist suddenly became extremely hot, as if it were about to burst into flames. He quickly reached out to touch it, only to find that the Tai Chi Symbol carved on the pendant was seeping out Black Blood! This Black Blood flowed along the patterns on the pendant, outlining a mysterious Bagua symbol in the void, as if issuing some kind of warning to Ren Xiaoyao.
A pair of bluish-gray claws burst from the ground, their nails gleaming with an eerie blue light, flashing coldly in the Chaos Land, chaotic light.
The black mist swirling around the claws rose in a spiral, each wisp condensing into tiny, vengeful faces. These distorted faces appeared and disappeared within the black mist, emitting mournful howls like the fluttering of mosquito wings.
Ren Xiaoyao summoned Bronze Compass, and the pointer spun wildly in reverse along the path carved by the claws. The dark red blood droplets seeping from the " Li Fire " hexagram on the compass surface actually gathered into the shape of a skull in mid-air.
Where the dark purple viscous fluid that had congealed at the tips of the fingernails dripped, the Chaos Qi emitted a sizzling, corrosive sound.
The slime transformed into tiny tentacles upon landing, weaving spiderweb-like corrosive patterns on the ground. Beneath the billowing blue-green toxic mist, the silver Earth Fire veins were carbonizing at a visible rate.
The Evil Suppressing Talisman that Ren Xiaoyao released from his sleeve turned to ashes the moment it touched the viscous liquid. Only the cinnabar incantations remaining on the edge of the talisman floated in the air as a faint protective band of light.
The deep, bone-like grooves eroded into the ground gleamed with Glassy Light. The Chaos Qi flowing inside condensed into countless wailing faces. These energy faces were constantly being corroded and regenerated, emitting sharp shrieks like shattering glass in their cycles.
A metallic taste rose in his throat, and the golden blood he forced out dripped onto the axe handle, activating the Battle Markings and Blood Curse of its previous wielders.
"You brat, how dare you lay your hands on the Chaos Land!" A hoarse roar came from the depths of the Nine Netherworlds. The sound waves crashed against the protective spiritual light, creating thousands of cracks. The shattered light fragments transformed into tearful human faces in the air.
The barrier of thirty-six ancient bronze coins behind Ren Xiaoyao was twisted into a snake shape by the sound waves, and the golden light that spewed from the coin's eye was shaken to a blood-red color, forming a strange array of runes on the ground that read " Rebirth ".
He suddenly swung his axe into the void, and where the Chaos Axe struck, real blood beads seeped from the afterimages, gathering on the ground to form a pattern of the dead weeping blood.
A dark shadow soared into the sky, its body surrounded by swirling black and white mist like two fighting dragons. Thousands of electric arcs that exploded from the mist cleaved the distant Chaos Mountain Range into dust.
The Soul Suppressing Bell that Ren Xiaoyao summoned shook violently, and Black Blood seeped from the Hundred Ghosts Diagram on the bell's clapper. The dark blood droplets gathered in the air to form countless clawing ghost hands.
He hurled the bell at the shadowy figure. The moment the bell shattered the mist, hundreds of wailing cries of sealed remnant souls echoed out.
Countless faces of the dying are frozen in the black and white mist. Blue moss grows in the empty eye sockets of the vengeful spirits, and their black hair twists like living snakes. The black liquid dripping from the ends of their hair etches skull patterns on the ground.
Ren Xiaoyao saw that the youngest vengeful spirit was still in the position of eating a pancake. Driven by anger, the Chaos Axe suddenly burst out with golden light. The Sky-Opening Ancient Seal Script script that appeared on the axe blade shot into the mist like a meteor. Each seal script burned out the vengeful spirit's mournful cry of liberation.
The Yin-Yang Flying Zombie's face was half covered with pale white skin, beneath which writhing tendons were filled with tiny holes, from which black insect eggs constantly emerged and fell to the ground to become miniature zombies.
Ren Xiaoyao's Heaven and Earth Bag suddenly exploded, and the Evil Suppressing Talisman flew out turned to ashes when it approached the flying zombie. Only the peach wood Mars hanging at the mouth of the bag sparked and branded a Black Sword on the zombie's skin. The wound even oozed lead-like liquid that resembled Chaos Qi.
The dark red bloodstains on the barbed white fangs formed eerie incantations on the surface. Ren Xiaoyao activated his Heavenly Eye and saw hundreds of remnant souls tearing and fighting within the incantations, making a sharp sound like fingernails scraping against glass.
Even more horrifying, an open-eyed head was imprisoned within the Ice Crystals at the tips of the teeth. Those eyeballs rotated with the breathing of the flying zombie, and with each rotation, the surrounding Chaos Qi condensed into a new Blood Curse.
The other half of its face was covered in dark purple scales from which a foul-smelling black liquid seeped out. Each scale was engraved with tiny crying faces. Where the black liquid dripped, the ground quickly carbonized, and the rising smoke gathered into countless ghostly images of gallows.
Ren Xiaoyao swung his axe and chopped off a drop of black liquid. The moment the axe blade touched the black liquid, it created a crack in the void. From the crack, countless rotting hands reached out and grabbed at his axe-wielding arm.
As the Nether-Green Ghost Fire flickered in the hollow eye sockets, the desperate faces of the creatures being devoured were revealed.
Ren Xiaoyao saw the child's still-dry tears evaporate in the will-o'-the-wisp, the cultivator's unwilling, angry eyes burned into hollows by the flames, and the dying wails of Mortals turned into fuel for the will-o'-the-wisp.
He suddenly spat out blood from his heart, staining the axe blade crimson. The Chaos Axe trembled like a dragon's roar, and wherever the axe's light passed, the ghostly fire condensed into solid wailing masks, which then shattered into fragments of light.
"Everything here is nourishment for me!" A sharp screech, accompanied by the sound of metal scraping, pierced into his sea of consciousness. Blood seeping from Ren Xiaoyao's nose dripped onto the Divine Dragon Armor, condensing into Ice Crystals before instantly vaporizing, leaving spiderweb-like bloodstains on the armor's surface.
He suddenly untied the Sky Burning Chain from his waist and threw it at the flying zombie. The chain transformed into a fire dragon in mid-air, biting at the human skin seam on the zombie's neck. The sound of the chain links colliding even drowned out the zombie's roar.
Ren Xiaoyao swung his axe, creating a silver arc of spacetime that shattered space. The shattered Space Fragments reflected countless lights and shadows, piecing together an illusion of Ancient Battlefield where World Creation and earth were created.
Yin-Yang Flying Zombie into a blur to evade the attack, leaving behind a black trail that burned in the void. The flames chased after Ren Xiaoyao's ankles like living things, and with each step, they burned incomplete Yin-Yang Fish patterns into the ground.
"You think you can be a wounded ant like yourself?" A sinister laugh came from all directions. Ren Xiaoyao suddenly felt Black Blood seeping from the wounds under his armor. The blood gathered in the air to form the finger marks of flying zombies, each finger mark frantically sucking his life force.
He bit his tongue and drew Blood Talisman on his palm, then pressed it hard against the wound. The golden-red blood burst forth with scorching energy, burning the fingerprints to ashes.
The flying zombie unleashed thousands of ice blades etched with Ferocious Ghost Faces its palms, its shrill cries like the Wail of Ten Thousand Ghosts.
The Nine-Colored Light Shield that Ren Xiaoyao summoned was pierced with countless holes by the ice blade. The moment the shield shattered, those ghost faces actually burrowed into his shadow, forming countless scratching black handprints on the ground.
He immediately activated the Tai Chi Footwork, drawing Defense Runes on the ground with each step. The moment the runes lit up, the ghost faces in the shadows burst out with green poisonous smoke.
The ensuing dark blue Flame Sect distorted the space like boiling syrup, Ren Xiaoyao's Nine-Colored Light shattered inch by inch in the Flame Sect, turning into countless burning talismans.
He suddenly plunged the Chaos Axe into the ground, and the Time-Space Power erupting from the axe blade formed a vortex around him. The moment the Flame Sect touched the edge of the vortex, they actually burned in reverse, engulfing the flying zombie in the distance in a sea of fire.
At the same time, the wound on Ren Xiaoyao's left shoulder frosted over and spewed fire. As the two forces tore at each other, Black Ice Crystals seeped from the surface of the white bone.
He endured the excruciating pain and used the Chaos Axe to cleave open the skin of his arm, letting the gushing golden blood irrigate the wound. The moment the blood came into contact with the power of ice and fire, it condensed into a scab with Tai Chi Pattern, temporarily sealing the two extreme powers.
The memories of World-Opening Technique that surged into the Chaos Axe caused golden blood to seep from Ren Xiaoyao's seven orifices. He saw that when the First Holder Open Chaos, what condensed on the axe blade was not light, but countless embryos of stars.
When he infused the Chaos Power into the axe, miniature stars actually appeared around the axe blade. These stars revolved around the Chaos Vortex, and each Star Core burned with the primordial flames that World Creation.
The moment the Yin-Yang Creation Pill was severed, the remnant soul hand extending from the Inner Core grasped the scales of the flying zombie. Each time the hand plucked off a scale, it drew a Sutra of Rebirth in the void.
Ren Xiaoyao's Demon Slaying Seal power merged with the axe's edge. Where the Silver Light slashed, the black and white flowing light on the surface of the Inner Core transformed into chains, binding the remnant soul of the Flying Zombie into a wick, igniting a purifying soul fire in the Chaos Land.
When refining the Yin-Yang Creation Pill, the Yin-Yang balance reshaped in Ren Xiaoyao's meridians formed a miniature Tai Chi Symbol. Star Map patterns appeared on the surface of those healed meridians, and each Dao Patterns corresponded to the Space-time Laws on the Chaos Axe.
When the Nine-Colored Light shone again, the yin-yang patterns on the Divine Dragon Armor resonated with the axe blade, and wherever the Silver Light cleaved passed, the Chaos Qi automatically condensed into the Big Dipper, which guided the way.
Ren Xiaoyao walked step by step into the depths of the Chaos Land. With each step, a half-image of a Yin-Yang Fish symbol slowly emerged beneath his feet. These symbols emitted black and white light, reflecting each other, as if some mysterious force of this Chaos Land was guiding him forward.
As he ventured deeper, the path of black and white light gradually unfolded, like a giant scroll slowly unfurling before him. On both sides of the path, the previously pervasive Chaos Qi began to churn violently, as if stirred by a powerful force.
Suddenly, as if summoned by some force, the Chaos Qi rapidly coalesced into phantom figures wielding divine halberds. These phantom figures were tens of feet tall, majestic and imposing, their halberds gleaming with a cold light and emanating a chilling aura.
These divine weapons, composed of energy, stood neatly arranged before Ren Xiaoyao Ren Xiaoyao, bowing to him in perfect unison, as if welcoming a new ruler. The clash of weapons echoed in the vast, Chaos Land, crisp and resonant, like a solemn hymn.
Then.
The instant Ren Xiaoyao stepped into the depths of the Chaos Land, the Yin-Yang Fish Pattern beneath his feet suddenly shattered. A shimmering, Glazed Ice halo, like a living thing, clung to his calves. Black and White Qi surged upwards along his meridians, condensing into half a rotating Tai Chi Seal in his throat. The suspended Chaos Particles, drawn by the light patterns, wove Star River reflection in the void, each particle colliding with a crisp sound like shattering Star Orbit —just then, a purple-gold Thunder Dragon suddenly descended from the heavens, its Dragon Head crashing into the Chaos Land. At the edge of the Chaos Land, it cleaved the churning Chaos Qi in two, revealing the thirty-six layers of Chaos Axe Tribulation Clouds floating behind it. The divine patterns flowing on the Thunder Dragon's scales echoed the Chaos Axe, and each scale, as it peeled away, transformed into a thunder talisman, forming the ancient seal script "Crossing Tribulation" in the void. The lightning seeping from between the strokes of the seal script resonated with the Tai Chi Seal in his throat, producing a dragon's roar. The sound waves shook the depths of the Chaos Land veins, and the dormant remnant soul of the Ancient Gods trembled and let out a roar of awakening.
The moment he landed on the seventh step, a deafening thunderclap echoed from the earth. Dark golden fluid surged from the cracked ley lines, gathering like boiling mercury at his feet to form twelve phantom images of divine generals. The Sun Disc- shaped runes on the armor of the leading general suddenly exploded, the Mars condensing into Chaos Bead at the tip of his halberd. The Stardust scattered as the bead exploded formed the ancient seal script " World-Opening Technique " in mid-air—at that moment, the Tribulation Clouds above Ren Xiaoyao's head suddenly churned, and a lightning bolt as thick as a bucket crashed down, but it struck the phantom image of the divine general... In the blink of an eye, the shadow was shattered into countless electric snakes by the halberd. These electric snakes burrowed into his meridians along the dark gold fluid, scorching Star Map into his carbonized skin. Each Dao Patterns pulsed with lightning. When the seventh electric snake entered his heart, his blood suddenly boiled, condensing into a rotating Thunder-Pattern Star Map in his blood vessels. The light spot at the center of the Star Map echoed the Chaos Axe, erupting with a buzzing sound that shattered spacetime. The surrounding Chaos Qi was pulverized, revealing the Space-Time Rift floating behind him.
"Welcome back Axe Master!" Twelve sonic waves simultaneously struck Ren Xiaoyao's sea of consciousness. He saw the cracks in the Three Lives Stone reflected in the pupils of the divine generals, and stellar embryos continuously bursting forth from their energy-formed bodies. The ninth Lightning Tribulation descended at this moment, the purple-gold lightning coiling around his body like a spider web, but transforming into liquid light upon contact with the Star Core, flowing along the trajectory of the Big Dipper within his flesh. Every time it flowed through a meridian, fragments of lightning burst from his pores, condensing into Thunder-Pattern Battle Armor on his body. The light seeping from the gaps in the armor actually drew the afterimages of his previous three tribulations in the void. The Lightning Tribulation in those afterimages overlapped with the lightning of this moment, erupting with a deafening roar that shattered Primordial Chaos. Wherever the sound waves passed, Chaos Qi condensed into thousands of wailing soul faces, each soul face imprinted with the resentment of cultivators annihilated by the Heavenly Tribulation tribulation.
The Chaos Qi on both sides of the road suddenly churned like boiling oil, with thousands of black wisps erupting from the ground like the gaping maws of Taotie. But the instant the fangs touched the light barrier of the Tai Chi Formation, the black wisps mysteriously transformed into ink-black lotus flowers—at that moment, the Tribulation Clouds in the sky suddenly exploded, and forty-nine black Thunder Dragon roared and swooped down, their Dragon Breath gnawing at the Chaos Mountain Range, leaving countless scorched marks. The instant Ren Xiaoyao's silver arc of axe clashed with the Thunder Dragon, the Sky-Opening Ancient Seal Script on the axe blade suddenly lit up, and those struck... The Thunder Dragon that had been unleashed reassembled into thunder runes in the void, imprinting themselves onto the newly grown dragon-shaped bone spurs on his spine. As the bone spurs absorbed the runes, they emitted dragon roars, each roar shattering a piece of Tribulation Clouds and revealing the Ancient Thunder Pool suspended behind the clouds. The tribulation Mnemonic carved on the edge of the Thunder Pool pool appeared on the Chaos Axe in sync with his heartbeat. Each character flowed with the primordial power of World Creation, and as the characters shifted, the bloodstains from the first Axe Master's tribulation appeared on the axe blade.
"This is the third trial of the Pangu Axe." The voice of the leading general suddenly became as ancient as a bell. The void where the halberd pointed cracked open, and the floating bronze fragments were engraved with the Sky-Opening Star Chart. At that moment, the World-Ending Divine Thunder crashed down with immense force. The instant Ren Xiaoyao plunged the Chaos Axe into the ground, the Time-Space Power erupted from the axe blade collided with the Lightning Tribulation, creating Space-time Vortex in the center of the Chaos Land. The lightning that was sucked into the vortex suddenly split, exploding into countless miniature stars in his meridians. Each Star Core burned with tribulation flames intertwined with lightning and Primordial Chaos. When the first Star Core exploded in his dantian, his Spirit Sea suddenly boiled. The seawater transformed into Thunder Dragon that rushed out of the crown of his head, connecting head to tail with the Thunder Dragon in the nine Tribulation Clouds, forming a thunder pillar that pierced through heaven and earth. Thousands of High Antiquity runes appeared on the surface of the thunder pillar. Each rune was interpreting the mystery of the Star Birth. As the runes flickered, they revealed the Primordial Chaos scene at the Beginning of the Universe.
As the twelfth step landed, the entire Chaos Land trembled as if shattered Glazed Ice. Dark golden fluid condensed into a protective shield around him, and the phantoms of the Twelve Divine Generals simultaneously merged into his spine—at this moment, the ninth Lightning Tribulation crashed down, and purple-gold lightning poured down like a waterfall, enveloping his body in a cocoon. Within the lightning cocoon, Ren Xiaoyao heard his bones cracking, and the runes on the surface of the dragon-shaped bone spikes resonated with the ancient seal script on the axe blade. Every Dao Patterns was spitting out lightning and starlight. When the last divine general transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into his palm, a vertical eye suddenly split open between his brows. The pupil reflected the Sky-Opening Axe Phantom deep within the Tribulation Clouds. The lightning flowing on the axe blade actually drilled into his sea of consciousness through the vertical eye, carving a complete tribulation chart deep within his soul. Every lightning pattern in the chart was depicting the trajectory of stars being born from Primordial Chaos. At the end of the trajectory, the blurry back of the first Axe Master appeared. When the back raised its hand, it completely overlapped with the posture of him holding the axe at this moment.
"Take this!" Twelve dark golden pillars of light shot into the sky, and the remnant soul of Ancient Demon Gods within them swung his axe, creating Black Cracks. The lightning cocoon above Ren Xiaoyao's head suddenly exploded, and thousands of runes appeared on his reconstructed Thunder-Pattern Battle Armor. When these runes collided with the cracks in the Demonic God's armor, they unleashed a World Creation roar. He raised the Chaos Axe high above his head, and the power of the Lightning Tribulation absorbed by the axe blade merged with the Space-time Laws. The silver arc he cleaved was mixed with purple-gold Thunder Dragon, which not only devoured all the cracks but also cleaved a gap in the Nine Tribulation Clouds. The light from the gap mingled with the dark golden fluid of the Chaos Land, gathering into Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Formation beneath his feet. The lightning pearl suspended at the center of the formation suddenly exploded, and the scattered light fragments spelled out the four ancient seal characters " Space-Time Tribulation " in the void. Each character was breathing in lightning and starlight, and the energy seeping from the strokes formed thousands of tiny Thunder Dragon that shuttled and danced in the Chaos Land. Wherever they passed, newborn star embryos were conceived and formed in the lightning and fire.
As the last beam of light was swallowed, the Chaos Land suddenly fell into absolute silence. The Yin-Yang Fish Pattern beneath his feet slowly rose, merging with the Tai Chi Symbol between his brows. At that moment, all the Sky-Opening Ancient Seal Script on the Chaos Axe lit up—at this instant, the Tribulation Clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, and golden divine chains descended from among the myriad rays of light, tightly binding the Chaos Axe and his dragon-shaped bone spikes. As the twelve miniature stars revolved around the axe blade, each Star Core erupted with divine light tempered by Lightning Tribulation. The instant those divine lights shot into the void, twelve World Tree were planted deep within the Chaos Land. Hanging from the crowns of the trees were not fruits, but star embryos undergoing tribulation. Each embryo's surface was wrapped with lightning patterns. When the embryos exploded, they burst forth with vertical-eyed phantoms identical to his own at this moment. These phantoms held the Chaos Axe, cleaving through their respective Tribulation Clouds. Each axe beam left an eternal spacetime trajectory in the void, the trajectory intertwining into a net, covering the tribulation passages of countless Small World.
"Congratulations Axe Master, on awakening the Space-time Laws." Twelve voices echoed deep within his consciousness, and the phantom of the divine general transformed into a stream of light, disappearing into the axe handle. A golden pillar of light suddenly appeared between Ren Xiaoyao's brows, and in the illusion of World-Opening Technique that emerged within the pillar, the silhouette of the first Axe Master gradually overlapped with his—at this moment, the final bolt of World-Ending Divine Thunder descended against the calamity, striking directly at the pillar of light between his brows. But the instant the Thunder Dragon touched the pillar of light, it transformed into liquid divine metal, flowing down his spine to the Chaos Axe, condensing into a complete Star Map calamity pattern on the axe blade. Each Dao Patterns... It recorded the moment when the stellar embryo was born amidst thunder and fire during his tribulation. When the last tribulation mark took shape, the Chaos Axe suddenly emitted a deafening roar. The axe blade no longer cleaved through Primordial Chaos, but rather opened tribulation passages connecting countless Small World. In each passage, cultivators saw his tribulation image and were awakening the Space-time Laws in their respective worlds. Golden pillars of light simultaneously shone between their brows, echoing the scene in the Chaos Land. The pillars of light intertwined to form an array, drawing the inheritance Star Map of the new generation of Axe Master in the depths of the universe.