Ren Xiaoyao's sea of consciousness was repeatedly tempered by the Creation Laws and the sword intent of the Myriad Swords Return to Origin Returning to One, like a ten-thousand-year-old black Mysterious Iron forged by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Fire. Each collision of Principle sparked countless Dao Patterns patterns and sparks, outlining Star Map of the Beginning of Chaos deep within his sea of consciousness. The Chaos Dao Seed within his dantian had long since shed its ancient stone form, transforming into a Seven-Colored Divine Dragon — its Dragon Head inhaled and exhaled Primordial Violet Qi, its horns entwined with the sun, moon, and stars, its coiled body stretching for tens of thousands of miles, its scales engraved with billions of Dao Patterns from the < Chaos Sword Scripture >, each scale flowing with the runes of World Creation. With each swing of its tail, it stirred the Chaos Current to circulate through the Extraordinary Meridians, emitting a roar like ten thousand thunderbolts, even causing the Space Barrier of the Chaos Blessed Land to resonate. When the Divine Dragon dragon opened its mouth to swallow the last wisp of primordial energy wandering in the crevices of Primordial Chaos... At that moment, both Long Mou and Ren Xiaoyao's pupils erupted with World Creation light as if the heavens and earth were splitting apart—the final move, " All Laws Return to One," suspended on the sword manual diagram, suddenly broke free from the light patterns and transformed into a tangible golden sword. The sword's blade was engraved with the trajectories of stars at the Beginning of Chaos, the odd and even numbers of the River Diagram and Luo Script, and the evolutionary principles of the Innate Eight Trigrams. It pierced through the sea of consciousness and the dantian, completely fusing the fierce sword True Intention with the gentle Creation Laws of creation into one, as if the yin and yang of heaven and earth were incorporated into the sword embryo for reforging. In an instant, what surged through his meridians was no longer mortal True Qi, but Chaos Dao Charm wrapped in the spiritual light of the five elements: green, red, yellow, white, and black. Every breath he took pulled at the strings of the Heaven and Earth Laws, causing the airflow of the entire Chaos Blessed Land to rise and fall, forming visible ripples of Principle. Wherever the ripples passed, the space naturally condensed into Five Elements Spirit Crystals.
At this moment, he lowered his gaze to his hands. Beneath his skin, Chaos Current flowed like countless Star River, each Dao Patterns shimmering with the faint light of Principle, as if the pulse of heaven and earth were recreated within his body. A slight tremor of his fingertips could trigger the five elements' interactions. The colors of the five elements flashed alternately among his hair strands: the green light was as Vitality Flourishes as the sprouting branches of Yi Wood, each strand depicting the Plants' Wither and Flourish; the red light was as scorching and violent as Li Fire, with inextinguishable flames leaping at the tips; the yellow light was as heavy and stable as Thick Earth, containing the suppressive power of mountains; the white light was as sharp and incomparably sharp as Geng Metal shattering a blade, reflecting... He unleashed countless Sword Qi; the black light, as dense and formless as the Ren Water, transformed into a mist that swirled around his hair—a sign that the Five Elements Laws had been completely mastered. He grasped the Inheritance Long Sword floating beside him, and the blade suddenly emitted a dragon's roar that reverberated throughout the Chaos Domain. The spacetime Sword Strands and Chaos Dao Patterns patterns interwoven on the blade instantly transformed into a rotating Tai Chi Pattern. The Yin-Yang Fish Eyes respectively absorbed and exhaled the Five Elements Power and the Space-time Turbulence, forming a miniature scene of the Cosmic Life and Death — the White Fish Eye devoured time, the Black Fish Eye Nurturing All Things, and the spiritual light of the Five Elements circulated endlessly in the Tai Chi Symbol, demonstrating the cycle of all things. When he casually swung... Five Rift of different colors suddenly appeared in the void: the Geng Metal Rift burst forth with ten thousand sharp rays, each containing an indestructible sword intent; wherever the Sword Qi reached, the illusory images of the Three Thousand Worlds shattered layer by layer; the Yi Wood Rift sprouted towering spiritual vines, their tendrils condensed with Dao Patterns interwoven with life and death, radiating vitality when the Spirit Flower bloomed and exuding Death Qi when they withered, in an endless cycle; the Ren Water Rift surged with towering waves, the crests carrying all-consuming undercurrents, the illusory images of the Four Seas Dragon Kings rising and falling in the waves, their roars intertwining with the sound of the waves; the Bing Fire Rift burned with indestructible Karmic Fire, its flames a purplish-black hue reminiscent of the Beginning of Chaos, burned Law Fragments within the Void, leaving Miniature Black Hole where Mars fell; towering mountains coalesced within the Rift of the Wu Earth, their surfaces flowing with an earthy-yellow spiritual light that suppressed the heavens, runes flashing as if the afterimage of Pangu's Giant Axe appeared, radiating the lingering power of World Creation — the Origin Power of the Five Elements Laws was displayed to its fullest extent at this moment, guided by his sword intent, as if the Five Elements order of the Beginning of Heaven and Earth had reappeared under his sword, constructing a miniature primordial world, with the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers appearing and disappearing in the sword shadows.
"So the true essence of the Supreme Swordsmanship lies in mastering the mysteries of the Five Elements Rotation, integrating the Chaos Origin, and penetrating the mysteries of time and space..." Ren Xiaoyao murmured, his voice revealing the clarity and emptiness of enlightenment, as if he had merged with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Every word resonated with the Principle of Primordial Chaos. As his voice fell, golden Daoist runes naturally appeared above the Chaos Blessed Land, engraving his insights between heaven and earth. He raised his sword, pointing it directly at the boundless Void beyond the Chaos Blessed Land. Suddenly, his Inheritance Long Sword erupted with billions of sword lights, each containing the profound principle of the Mutual Generation and Restraint the Five Elements: the golden sword cuts through wood to destroy its vitality, causing vegetation to wither where the blade passes; the wooden sword draws water to nourish the parched, and Sword Flower bloom... Sweet rain fell everywhere; water swords extinguished the raging fire, their blazing flames dying down as the sword waves surged; fire swords melted gold, its hardness hardened, its molten metal turning to liquid as the sword flames burned; earth swords bore all things, carrying the universe, their power solidifying as mountains rose. Countless sword lights intertwined and wove in the void, like the Net of Laws at the Beginning of Heaven and Earth, ultimately coalescing into a Five Elements Sword Array covering the heavens and earth—his figure hovered at the array's eye, surrounded by the spiritual light of the five elements and the Chaos Dao Charm. The phantoms of the Five Divine Beasts — Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Yellow Dragon —appeared and disappeared behind him, sometimes intertwining and circling, sometimes standing in opposition, like Creation Deity who governed the workings of the Heavenly Dao, overlooking the myriad Principle in the Primordial Chaos, each gaze piercing through the mists of time and space.
Buzz--
In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Laws trembled violently. The dome of the Chaos Blessed Land cracked inch by inch, like ancient Glazed Ice, and a pitch-black rift spread out from the crack, from which endless Tribulation Clouds surged forth. These Tribulation Clouds were not the inky black of ordinary tribulation lightning, but were woven from five colors of light: blue, red, yellow, white, and black. Each cloud was wrapped with mysterious and unpredictable five-elemental Spirit Patterns. Sometimes it transformed into Azure Dragon roaring to the sky, its Dragon Might might shattering space, and where its scales peeled away, it scattered a sky full of blue light, annihilating space inch by inch wherever the blue light touched; sometimes it transformed into a vermilion Vermilion Bird flapping its wings Heaven-Burning Emperor Formation, the flames igniting Primordial Chaos, and its tail feathers leaving inextinguishable fire marks that intertwined to World-Burning Array; sometimes... It transforms into the Black Tortoise, treading on water, its water curtain Devouring Laws. Ancient divination runes flicker on its shell, their flow foreshadowing destruction. At times, it transforms into the White Tiger, Sky-Rending Strike and time, white rays shooting out from its fangs like swords piercing the heavens. At other times, it transforms into the Yellow Dragon, coiling between heaven and earth, its body suppressing all paths, the phantoms of the sun, moon, and stars hanging from its horns. With a flick of its tail, it stirs the Chaos Current, emitting a world -World-Ending Pressure that makes even Primordial Chaos tremble. The air currents of the entire Chaos Blessed Land are reversed and reversed by the arrival of the Tribulation Clouds, forming a huge vortex. At the center of the vortex, the world -World-Ending Divine Altar constructed of the Five Elements Laws can be faintly seen.
"It's the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation!" Ren Xiaoyao's pupils constricted, his mind reeling with shock. He had seen scattered records of it in the remnant memories of the First Generation Sword Master's soul. Legend has it that from High Antiquity to the present, only cultivators who touched the Great Dao Origin and attempted to reconstruct the Five Elements order of heaven and earth with human power would attract such Heavenly Punishment. Each bolt of Heavenly Thunder condensed the ultimate power of the Five Elements Laws: Azure lightning used life force as its blade, killing with its destructive power; those struck would rapidly decay amidst endless life force, their cells frantically dividing only to instantly die; Crimson lightning used incineration as its power, possessing the might to turn all things to ashes; its flames could burn the Soul Origin, even the mark of reincarnation would be destroyed. The five thunderbolts, one by one, are utterly annihilated. Yellow thunder, using suppression as its technique, contains immense power of confinement; once struck, it is as if one is crushed by ten thousand divine mountains, with both body and soul bearing the weight of billions of pounds. White thunder, using sharpness as its path, conceals an indestructible light, capable of shattering all protective divine Divine Ability, even cutting through the Chaos Dao Charm. Black thunder, using devouring as its method, contains the mystery of returning all things to nothingness, capable of reducing a cultivator's cultivation to nothingness, as if they had never cultivated at all. The combined power of these five thunderbolts is enough to completely obliterate a half-step Chaos Realm expert along with their soul, scattering their form and spirit between heaven and earth, leaving no chance for reincarnation—a true punishment from the Heavenly Dao.
Before the words were even finished, the first bolt of azure wood lightning crashed down like a colossal tree reaching for the sky. The surface of the lightning pillar was entwined with countless spiritual vines, each vine shimmering with vibrant life, yet flowing with a dark green sap that corroded all things. Even before it reached him, the intensely concentrated life force transformed into a strangling force. The Chaos Particles in the air transformed into plant essence upon approach, forming a green Death Domain, attempting to assimilate Ren Xiaoyao's soul and body into the cycle of plant reincarnation. Ren Xiaoyao's eyes narrowed. He neither dodged nor evaded. The Chaos Dao Charm within him erupted like a volcano, unleashing the first move of his Primordial Beginning." The sword light, like World-Opening Giant Axe, carried the violent energy of the Beginning of Chaos, slashing towards the wood lightning. The axe blade's phantom appeared and disappeared amidst the dazzling sword light, and even the cracks from Pangu's Sky-Opening. A loud "bang" resounded. With a deafening roar, the wooden thunder was cleaved in two, instantly transforming into countless vines that swiftly coiled around his limbs and bones. The green sap overflowing from the vines, upon contact with the Chaos Dao Charm on his body, emitted a sizzling, corrosive sound, even causing subtle ripples in the Chaos Dao Charm, demonstrating its potent corrosiveness. Ren Xiaoyao's eyes sharpened, and his swordplay abruptly changed, unleashing " Blazing Fire Burns the Heavens. " Crimson sword light, like Divine Fire from the heavens, erupted from his body, instantly engulfing his entire being. Within the flames, the phantom of a Vermilion Bird could be Divine Fire seen flapping its wings. This divine fire was no ordinary fire, but a world-burning fire fused with the Chaos Dao Charm. The vines emitted a mournful cry amidst the Flame Sect, turning to ashes and dissipating into the Chaos Current without leaving a trace. Only a faint smell of burnt flesh remained in the air, which was quickly purified by the Chaos Current.
However, before the residual power of the wooden thunder had dissipated, a second crimson fire thunder, carrying a heat wave capable of scorching mountains and boiling seas, crashed down. The air currents of the entire Chaos Blessed Land were ignited, forming a massive Flame Vortex tens of thousands of miles in diameter. The temperature at the center of the vortex was enough to melt Chaos Crystal Stone, and even space itself appeared distorted and liquid, as if it might collapse into Black Hole at any moment. Ren Xiaoyao, using the " Chaos Footwork," moved through the sea of fire like a ghost, each step precisely landing on a node of the Five Elements Laws, as if placing a piece on a chessboard of heaven and earth. Dao Patterns sprouted beneath his feet, each lotus blooming and withering in harmony with the principles of Yin and Yang, its petals... The patterns on his sword were derived from the Tai Chi Bagua. At the same time, he unleashed " Vast Ocean Flow," and the blue sword light transformed into a raging torrent stretching for thousands of miles. Standing atop the waves were the Dharma images of the Four Dragon Kings, holding the Sea-Calming Needle, majestic and awe-inspiring. The collision with the fire and thunder unleashed a deafening roar, and the laws of water and fire clashed fiercely, forming countless distorted Space Rift. Within Principle Rift, the shattered scenes of other realms could be vaguely seen— Immortal Palaces and Pavilions were collapsing, and golden Glazed Ice were falling like rain; demons were roaring, and their claws were tearing the sky; Mortals were weeping, and their tears turned into acid rain, like a shattered scroll of myriad realms, displaying the tragic state of the imbalance of the Heavenly Dao.
Immediately following, yellow earth lightning crashed down like Mount Tai Crushing Down, white golden lightning pierced like Ten Thousand Swords Piercing the Heart, and black water lightning surged like an undercurrent. The three heavenly Heavenly Thunder bolts descended simultaneously, forming the " Three Talents Dao Destruction Array " within the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation. The Principle of Heaven, Heaven, Earth, and Man Trinity transformed into Power of Destruction, attempting to utterly destroy Ren Xiaoyao's Dao Foundation. Ren Xiaoyao's expression was solemn. His hands moved swiftly, forming hand seals. His left hand struck out "Great Virtue Carries Great Virtue Carries All Things," drawing upon Chaos Qi to form a ten-thousand-foot-high earthen wall. Ancient Demon Suppressing Runes runes, existing since the World Creation, were inscribed on the wall. As the runes flickered, a phantom of Yellow Dragon dragon appeared, its body coiling around the wall, radiating a pressure that suppressed all heavens. It withstood the immense weight of the earth lightning. Countless cracks appeared on the surface of the wall, yet it remained unbroken. Each crack seeped forth Chaos Dao Charm. He initiated a self-repair process; with his right hand, he unleashed "Sharp Edge Revealed," instantly condensing thousands of sword shadows into a Golden Light Shield. The shield's surface radiated the indomitable sharpness of Geng Metal, and within its patterns, a White Tiger charged forward, its eyes wide open, threatening the heavenly Heavenly Thunder. It deflected all the Ten Thousand Swords Piercing the Heart of the golden lightning, leaving countless sword marks on the shield yet remaining sturdy, the marks shimmering with the light of Geng Metal. Simultaneously, a layer of dark water curtain rose around him, a manifestation of the " Supreme Goodness is Like Water " Sword Style. The water curtain flowed ceaselessly like a Tai Chi symbol, within which appeared the phantom of Black Tortoise tortoise and snake entwined. The intertwining tortoise and snake embodied the principles of Yin and Yang, dissolving the incoming black water lightning layer by layer, transforming it into pure Water Element Spiritual Qi that flowed into his body. Each Spiritual Qi carried the primordial aura of Primordial Chaos, nourishing his meridians.
Each round of the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation grew stronger than the last. When the Nine Heavens descended, the five Heavenly Thunder bolts—azure, crimson, yellow, white, and black—merged into one within the Tribulation Clouds, transforming into a Primordial Chaos, world- World-Ending Divine Thunder. The surface of this divine lightning was swirling with Dao Patterns capable of destroying everything, each Dao Patterns containing the power to return heaven and earth to Primordial Chaos. Surrounding the divine lightning were the mournful phantoms of the five elemental Divine Beast: the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Yellow Dragon, all wailing as if mourning the impending return of heaven and earth to Primordial Chaos. Even before it struck, countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the Chaos Blessed Land below. The Law of Space crumbled inch by inch, the Time Flow Rate violently disrupted, and fragments of the Past and Future flashed through the Rift —scenes of his childhood practicing swordsmanship under the peach blossom tree, his master smiling and guiding him; his master's dying words, his eyes filled with expectation; the apocalypse ravaged by heavenly Heavenly Demon, the devastation of the Tianyan Continent; and the illusion of peace on the Tianyan Continent, where everyone lived in harmony and prosperity. These fragments flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern, attempting to disrupt his mind. Ren Xiaoyao took a deep breath, pushing the power of the Chaos Dao Seed to its limit. The Seven-Colored Divine Dragon within his dantian let out a roar that shook the universe. Its body was wrapped with all the Dao Patterns of the < Chaos Sword Scripture >, and its eyes flashed with the World Creation light of creation, transforming into a stream of light that merged into the Inheritance Long Sword. In an instant, the Inheritance Long Sword grew to ten thousand feet in size, and Creation Totems such as Pangu Pangu's Sky-Opening, Nuwa's Sky-Mending sky, and Fuxi's Bagua Divination the hexagrams appeared on its blade. Each Totems was depicting the magnificent feat of the Beginning of Heaven and Earth. The hilt was wrapped with dragon-shaped patterns formed by the Space-time Turbulence, and the dragon's body was composed of light bands from the past, present, and future. The hilt was inlaid with Five Elements Spirit Pearls, and the five colors of light—blue, red, yellow, white, and black—intertwined and emitted a terrifying pressure of World Creation and reversal of spacetime. The entire Chaos Blessed Land trembled violently because of this power, and even the Chaos Origin seeped out from the Space Cracks.
" All Laws Return to One!"
Ren Xiaoyao unleashed a sword strike imbued with his life's wisdom and understanding of swordsmanship. A magnificent sword light, imbued with the three great Principle of the Five Elements Rotation, the Chaos Origin, and the warp and weft of time, soared into the sky, transforming into a colossal, chaotic Chaos Tai Chi Symbol in the void. The Tai Chi Symbol slowly rotated, its black and white fish eyes respectively absorbing the Five Elements Power and the World-Ending Power, forming a perfect cycle. Countless Ancient Heavenly Dao Runes emerged within the diagram, recording the mysteries of the Principle at the Beginning of Chaos. The arrangement and combination of the runes revealed the truth of the Cosmic Life and Death. The instant the World-Ending Divine Thunder struck the Tai Chi Symbol, the fish eyes suddenly contracted, rapidly circulating, decomposing, and reshaping the destructive power of the divine lightning within the diagram. The Five Elements Power and the Chaos Law intertwined within, forming Refining Furnace, while the Space-time Turbulence acted as a fan, accelerating the transformation of power. Within the Tai Chi Symbol, the Five-Colored Divine Light of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth Chaos Current with the chaotic energy. Chaos Current intertwined to form a cocoon, enveloping the divine lightning within. Countless ancient runes emerged from the Cocoon Shell —the Principle and characters from the Beginning of Heaven and Earth. Each rune uttered a chant of the Great Dao, as if praising the hope for the restoration of order to the world. Moments later, the Cocoon Shell shattered, releasing not Power of Destruction, but incomparably pure Chaos Energy. Like heavenly rain, it flowed into Ren Xiaoyao's limbs and bones, each strand reshaping his physical body and soul. His bones crackled like popping beans, each crack signifying a hundredfold increase in bone strength; his meridians expanded into Chaos Rivers, the rushing waters washing over the meridian walls, making them even more resilient; his sea of consciousness transformed into a boundless starry sky, countless Dao Patterns and stars twinkling within; his divine soul condensed into Chaos Dao Fruit, its surface flowing with Dao Patterns of the Five Principle, Primordial Chaos, and Spacetime, radiating eternal light.
As the last wisp of lightning dissipated between heaven and earth, the Five Elements Tribulation Clouds gradually receded, and a Seven-Colored Rosy Clouds descended from the heavens, enveloping Ren Xiaoyao. Wherever the light passed, his aura became increasingly unfathomable, like an abyss. The Chaos Dao Charm that had previously flowed beneath his skin was now completely concealed, only occasionally revealing a trace of the World Creation, universe-controlling sword intent when his eyes flickered. Wherever that gaze fell, the Chaos Current would automatically part, forming an invisible channel. The energy flow of the Chaos Blessed Land... An invisible shield formed around him, containing the Power of Principle to resist all laws. The surface of the shield was swirling with the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, the Eight Chaos Dao Patterns Dao Patterns patterns. The intertwining Dao patterns formed a miniature Defensive Array. Even the terrifying Space Cracks in the distance slowly healed under the deterrence of his sword intent. Spiritual herbs containing the Chaos Dao Charm even grew at the edges of the rifts. The leaves shimmered with the spiritual light of the Five Elements, and the stems were wrapped with Space-time Threads. Each spiritual herb was equivalent to a Enlightened Great Power had attained enlightenment. With a gentle sway, the Principle rhythm was emitted.
Ren Xiaoyao slowly opened his eyes, a flash of understanding and resolve in them, as if he had seen through to the end of time and space. Past, present, and future scenes intertwined in his vision, forming a complete picture. The River of Time flowed before him; he could see the past prosperity of the Tianyan Continent and also its future crises. He gazed into the endless Void beyond the Primordial Chaos, where the clamor of the Tianyan Continent and the roars of the Heavenly Demon faintly echoed. The aura of war even penetrated the barrier of Primordial Chaos, reaching his senses— Southern Jambudvipa. The immortal mountains of Southern Jambudvipa were collapsing, their immortal energy leaking away, their Spiritual Qi depleted; the Buddhist Kingdom of the Western Ox Continent was burning, its Buddhist Light dimmed, and demonic shadows looming; the snowfields of Northern Ju Luzhou were stained red with demonic blood, the chill mingled with the stench of blood; the Mortals of the Eastern Divine Continent prayed in despair, their cries soaring to the heavens. He knew that mastering the supreme Swordsmanship and the power of spacetime meant shouldering the heavy responsibility of protecting the people of the Tianyan Continent. His master's entrustment, the last wish of the First Generation Sword Master, and the hopes of the people of the Tianyan Continent all converged upon him at this moment. An invisible shackle formed on his shoulders, yet it was also the force that supported him forward, allowing him to forge ahead even in the face of annihilation. He gripped the Inheritance Long Sword tightly, its blade emitting a clear and resonant Sword Hum, as if responding to its master's will, or singing a triumphant song for the impending decisive battle. The sword cry contained the rhythm of the five elements, the vastness of Primordial Chaos, and the immensity of time and space; every note spoke of his Dao Heart. The next moment, he moved, transforming into a stream of light that Primordial Chaos through the Sword Hum. Primordial Chaos flew towards the Tianyan Continent, the Chaos Blessed Land behind it gradually closing in, leaving only a Sword Hum that pierced through time and space echoing in the void. This sounded a desolate yet stirring prelude to the Gods and Devils battle between gods and demons that was about to sweep across the Tianyan Continent. In that Sword Hum, there was the heroic spirit of World Creation the Protecting All Living Beings, and the fearlessness to face a powerful enemy. It foreshadowed an earth-shattering battle that was about to unfold, and Ren Xiaoyao would stand at the forefront of the battlefield as the Savior, fighting for the survival of the Tianyan Continent.
Chaos Current surged behind him, like a heavy curtain slowly closing, isolating the Blessed Land that had just undergone the baptism of Heavenly Tribulation tribulation from the world. Ren Xiaoyao's figure transformed into a stream of light, shuttling between the Space-Time Rift. Each time his sword light cleaved through the Void, it left a winding spacetime trajectory behind him—a mark of the intertwining of Chaos Dao Charm and the Five Elements Laws, as if the heavens and earth had laid out Battle Path for him. He could clearly sense every fluctuation coming from the Tianyan Continent: the Buddhist Light of the Great Thunderclap Temple Spirit Mountain Mount Western Ox Continent was being devoured by demonic flames, and the Arhat Golden Body on the golden roof were crumbling one after another; in the Extreme Cold Land of Northern Ju Luzhou, the cracks in the Nine Netherworld Demonic Abyss continued to widen, and Black Demonic Qi flooded the snowfield like a tide, and the remaining Barbarian Tribe huddled under the Ice Rock, desperately ringing the Bone Bell for prayer; half of the Kunlun Immortal Mountain in Southern Jambudvipa had collapsed, and the Holy Water of Yaochi had boiled into a poisonous swamp. In the valley where Immortal Crane once cried together, only broken blades and mounds of corpses remained.