The moment the Dragon Vein reconnected, a long sigh echoed from the depths of the Tianyan Continent. That sigh seemed to have existed since the beginning of the universe, traversing the lava and Ice Crystals at the heart of the continent for billions of years, finally breaking through the confinement of the rock layers at this moment.
That sigh pierced through the barriers of billions of years of time, carrying the vastness of the primordial wilderness—it contained both the lingering echoes of the Primordial Chaos at the beginning of World Creation, with Chaos Current faintly visible within, and the sorrow of millennia of solitude after the Annihilation of all living things. Intertwined with the sorrow were the remnants of countless civilizations rising and falling, as if lamenting the relief of surviving a catastrophe, and as if calling for all slumbering things to awaken from their deathly silence. Even the ancient mines sleeping underground trembled, and the Spirit Crystals buried deep within the veins were shaken to the surface, refracting seven-colored light in the Spiritual Qi.
Above the clouds, a massive rift of light suddenly opened, stretching for thousands of miles Seven-Colored Rosy Clouds light flowed along the edges of the rift, containing the Daoist principles of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. Like the first rainbow torn through the darkness at the Beginning of Heaven and Earth, it illuminated the sky, which had been shrouded in darkness for thousands of years, making it appear as if it were a world sculpted from Glazed Ice. Tiny Spiritual Energy Particles could be seen dancing within the Glazed Ice- like halo. The whispers of Ancient Gods could also be faintly heard from within the rift, as if they were telling the ancient secrets of the continent.
The surging Spiritual Qi poured down like a golden waterfall, so Spiritual Qi it was almost liquid, viscous as honey. Each drop refracted the phantoms of the sun, moon, and stars, their orbits clearly visible. It carried the freshness of grass sprouting and breaking through the frozen earth, the grandeur of rivers crashing against rocks, and the vastness of the universe being moved by the Star Circulation. It surged toward every inch of the cracked land, and even the air rippled with gold wherever it passed. Fine spiritual dust floated in the ripples, and when it landed on the skin, one could feel a slight warmth.
Where the Spiritual Qi passed, the dried-up riverbed instantly filled with clear spiritual liquid. The liquid contained a rich life force, and the corpses that had been buried at the bottom for millennia dissolved inch by inch in the golden light, turning into specks of fluorescent light that merged into the water. The fluorescent light still held the last vestiges of the deceased, causing the liquid to shimmer with subtle iridescent light. Even the pebbles at the bottom of the water were cleansed until they were as smooth and lustrous as jade, their jade-like color tinged with a faint Spiritual Qi glow. Several transparent Spirit Fish emerged from the crevices of the rocks, their fins creating tiny ripples of Spiritual Qi as they skimmed the surface, the ripples transforming into even smaller Spirit Fish upon landing. New shoots sprouted in the desert at a visible speed, their roots extending thousands of miles underground, entwining the deeply buried Spirit Vein. The Spirit Vein hummed, and in the blink of an eye, they grew into towering Sky-Piercing Ancient Tree requiring ten people to encircle them, their bark displaying natural Dao Patterns Dao Patterns. Spiritual Qi flowed through the land, and wondrous flowers imbued with Daoist principles bloomed on the branches. As the petals fell, they transformed into mysterious runes in the air, forming concise Dao Incantation. These runes then merged with the soil, giving rise to a vibrant, multicolored Medicinal Field. Dewdrop-like beads of Spiritual Qi rolled on the leaves of the herbs, reflecting a miniature starry sky within them. The stars in the sky echoed the real stars. Even the last wisp of demonic energy remaining at the edge of the Dark Abyss hissed and dissolved under the wash of Spiritual Qi. As the demonic energy dissipated, it emitted a shrill scream, transforming into fine dust that nourished the land. This dust allowed tender yellow grass tips to sprout from the cracks in the earth, each tip adorned with a glistening dewdrop, reflecting the light of hope. As the dewdrops dripped and seeped into the soil, they awakened the dormant seeds, which made a soft sound as they broke through the earth.
Ren Xiaoyao stood ten thousand feet above the core of the Dragon Vein, his Chaos Current resonating naturally with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, forming a visible pale golden halo. The thickness of the halo increased with the influx of Spiritual Qi, and within the halo, the Dragon Phoenix Phantom and phoenixes swirled faintly. The dragon scales and phoenix feathers were clearly discernible, the dragon scales shimmering with a metallic luster, and the phoenix feathers radiating a seven-colored halo. The sounds of dragons and phoenixes singing echoed among the clouds, containing an auspicious aura that attracted spirit birds from all directions. The spirit birds, with their colorful feathers, danced gracefully around the halo, their movements filled with reverence for the powerful.
He was about to draw spiritual energy into his body to further solidify his foundation in the Chaos Realm. His meridians were ready to receive Spiritual Qi when a dark gray wind suddenly swept up from the western horizon.
The demonic wind spun like a top, its speed so fast that its interior was obscured. Wherever it passed, Spiritual Qi instantly withered, as if all life had been drained away. Grass and trees withered at a visible speed, their leaves curling and turning black, speckled with decay. The wind carried the ear-piercing sound of countless withered bones grinding together, as if thousands of skeletons were simultaneously grinding their teeth, sending chills down one's spine. Even the newly revived grass and trees below trembled, their leaves curling into thin tubes and their branches bending slightly, as if surrendering to the demonic wind. An atmosphere of fear permeated the air.
"Hehehe—such a pure gift from heaven and earth, how could I let you enjoy it all by yourself!"
The moment the demonic wind landed, dust billowed up, forming a dust pillar a hundred feet high. After the dust pillar dissipated, it transformed into a Great Skeleton Demon over a thousand feet tall. Black, viscous liquid remained at the joints of the bones, dripping continuously and emitting a putrid, stench that carried a hint of poison, causing dizziness and lightheadedness.
Its entire body is pieced together from dark golden bones, the density of which far exceeds that of ordinary metal. Every inch of bone is engraved with dark red Spirit Devouring Runes, which flicker with an eerie red light as they flow. The red light contains a desire to devour everything, and one can vaguely see countless wronged souls struggling and howling within it. The faces of the wronged souls are clearly discernible: there is the resentment of an old man before his death, his wrinkles etched with the vicissitudes of time; there is the terror of a young child being devoured, with a lingering curiosity about the world in his eyes; two pale white ghost flames dance in their eye sockets, their shapes constantly changing, reflecting the tragic scene of countless lives being devoured, and the wailing of Immortals and Gods and Primordial Spirit dissipate. Fragments of Primordial Spirit drifted in the air, accompanied by the cries of Mortals being torn apart, their blood staining the earth red. Each cry carried a bone-chilling despair, seemingly piercing the soul and causing those who heard it to tremble. In his hand, he held a bone spear forged from the vertebrae of ten thousand demons. The Yao Qi was wreathed in black Yao Qi, mixed with tiny bone fragments. On these fragments, one could see the marks of teeth biting. Black Liquid dripped from the spear tip, instantly corroding the hard rock into small, smoking pits. Wisps of black energy seeped from these pits, transforming into tiny skeletons that gnawed at the ground, leaving behind a dense array of teeth marks, within which black energy lingered.
As soon as this great demon appeared, it opened its enormous maw and greedily devoured the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, making gurgling sounds in its throat as if it were swallowing a delicious delicacy. The torrent of Spiritual Qi that was originally flowing towards the Dragon Vein was forcibly intercepted by it by 30%, causing the ancient trees below that had just sprouted new buds to droop slightly, the edges of the leaves turning slightly yellow, with black spots in the yellow, and the flow of Spiritual Qi in the veins of the leaves became sluggish, like a stream that was about to dry up. Even the Dao Patterns on the tree trunk dimmed a bit, losing their previous luster, and the flow of the Dao Patterns became intermittent.
Ren Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow, and the Chaos Power Chaos Power circulated in his palm. A tiny vortex formed within it, and the surrounding Spiritual Energy Vortex suddenly accelerated, forming an invisible barrier. A faint Primordial Chaos glow flowed across the barrier, containing a power to dissolve everything, drawing back the Spiritual Qi energy sucked away by the demonic wind. Midway through its journey, the drawn-back spiritual Spiritual Qi transformed into a golden thread, twisting as if alive, and darting back into the vortex like a dragon. " The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi should Nourishing All Things. How dare you, you Demonic Creatures, be so presumptuous?"
The Great Skeleton Demon roared with laughter, the sound shaking the clouds, causing them to churn and disperse into a sky full of dark clouds before finally revealing a trembling sun. The sun's light flickered, its rays carrying subtle ripples as they passed through the clouds, each ripple containing the power of sound waves. Its massive skeleton trembled with the laughter, making cracking sounds as if it might fall apart at any moment, and black mist seeped from the gaps in its bones.
Its bone spear slammed into the ground with a muffled thud that echoed for miles. The sound contained a powerful earth element, causing the earth to tremble and dust to rise into the air. Countless boulders of varying sizes tumbled down from distant mountain peaks, crashing to the ground with a crackling sound. Some low hills even collapsed, raising clouds of dust mixed with small stones.
In an instant, countless deep trenches split open in the earth, their width and depth constantly increasing. Black energy churned within, like boiling ink, constantly bubbling upwards. As the bubbles burst, they released a pungent odor. Countless pale, bony claws emerged from the trenches, each claw tip gleaming with a chilling, eerie green light. This light carried a deadly poison and a bone-chilling coldness capable of freezing the flow of Spiritual Qi. Black grime clung to the claw tips, containing corrosive power. They lunged at Ren Xiaoyao: " Ren Xiaoyao, you have just annihilated the Creation Heavenly Demon, your vital energy must be depleted. This Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi should rightfully belong to me! Once I have absorbed it all, I will be the new master of this continent!"
Before the bone claws even got within three feet of Ren Xiaoyao, they were shattered by the Chaos Current flowing around him. The Chaos Current, like the sharpest blade, sliced the bone claws into dust. The dust fell and merged with the earth below, giving rise to a spiritual herb. The leaves of the herb were a peculiar Primordial Chaos color, with faint golden patterns on them. These patterns subtly echoed the Chaos Dao Patterns on Ren Xiaoyao's body, radiating a faint vitality containing the aura of Primordial Chaos.
His figure remained motionless, as stable as a mountain, yet behind him emerged a phantom of Chaos Star Chart. The Star Map expanded continuously, with countless stars lighting up simultaneously. Each star represented a celestial body, like a miniature universe where the stars moved in an orderly fashion. The Star Map even showed the movement of Planets and the streaks of comets, each with a long tail that shimmered with Ice Crystals light. Faint Daoist sounds emanated from the flowing Star Orbit trails, their frequencies resonating with the flow of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. A faint Primordial Chaos mist lingered around the edge of the Star Map, containing the power to World Creation.
The Star Map slowly rotated, drawing in the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to form an even larger vortex. The vortex spun faster and faster, its edges shimmering with golden and black light. The gold represented the Heaven and Earth Righteous Energy and earth, while the black represented the Chaos Origin, like the boundary Day and Night Cycle. On one hand, it shredded all the bone blades and bone spikes sent by the Great Skeleton Demon. Amidst the flying bone fragments, there was also a wisp of green smoke dissipating from the black energy. As the green smoke dissipated, it made a faint "sizzling" sound, like water droplets falling into hot oil. On the other hand, it continuously absorbed the remaining Spiritual Qi into its body. As the Spiritual Qi entered the body, it made a babbling sound like a stream. As it flowed through the meridians, it carried a faint warmth, nourishing the meridians and making them more resilient.
The barrier of the Chaos Realm trembled slightly under the onslaught of Spiritual Qi. The tremors grew stronger and stronger, emitting a faint "crackling" sound, like ice about to break, as if something was about to emerge from its cocoon. The meridians within his body also became more resilient and expansive under the nourishment of Spiritual Qi. Faint Primordial Chaos patterns appeared on the inner walls of the meridians, rotating slowly with the flow of Spiritual Qi, continuously strengthening the meridians and enabling them to withstand even greater power.
Seeing its Spiritual Qi stolen, the Great Skeleton Demon roared and swung its bone spear. The roar contained boundless rage, and the spear instantly grew a hundredfold, transforming into a streak of gray light that pierced through the heavens and earth. The gray light contained an aura of destruction, and the spear's shadow blotted out the sun, casting a brief shadow over the earth. Wherever the shadow passed, even the light was swallowed up, leaving only a deathly silence, a silence imbued with an aura of despair.
Where the spear tip passed, ripples spread through the space, growing larger and larger, seemingly tearing apart the Primordial Chaos —this Demonic Creatures had clearly cultivated some kind of Divergent Method, a technique containing the power of devouring and destruction, capable of unleashing astonishing combat power when empowered by Spiritual Qi. The Spirit Devouring Runes on the spear tip even began to devour the surrounding Spiritual Qi, making the runes even more crimson, as red as blood, casting a deathly gray-black hue over the spear. Wherever it passed, even light was devoured, leaving a pitch-black trail, within which remained the devoured Spiritual Energy Particles, which struggled painfully.
Ren Xiaoyao neither dodged nor evaded, continuing to draw Spiritual Qi into his body with his left hand. A golden light, growing ever brighter, shone from his palm. Within the light, a small sun seemed to be slowly rising, its warm and dazzling radiance emanating a warm and powerful aura. Wherever the golden light shone, the Spiritual Qi became more active, Spiritual Qi flow accelerating. With his right hand, he formed a sword with his fingers together, unleashing Chaos Sword Qi aura condensed to its utmost. The Sword Qi aura was Primordial Chaos of black and white, and the space around Sword Qi distorted slightly, as if suffocating under the pressure of this power. The Sword Qi was also interspersed with countless tiny Chaos Runes, each with a different shape, radiating an aura of World Creation. As the runes flickered, it seemed as if the birth and destruction of the Cosmic Life and Death were unfolding rapidly within them. When the runes collided, they emitted subtle thunderclaps, each containing the power of lightning.
The moment the Sword Qi collided with the bone spear, there was no earth-shattering roar, only an eerie silence. Within this silence lay the ultimate confrontation between the two forces. Even the sound of the wind seemed to have been sucked away, leaving only the two forces silently vying for dominance in the world. Space itself trembled slightly during this struggle, and the space around the point of collision appeared to be frozen. Spiritual Energy Particles stopped flowing, as if time had stood still at this moment.
Then, the Spirit Devouring Runes on the bone spear shattered inch by inch, emitting a crisp sound like breaking glass. The sound was particularly clear in the silent world, spreading like dominoes throughout the entire spear. Each shattered rune turned into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated, carrying the resentment of the rune within. The entire bone spear was actually split open by the Sword Qi, turning into bone dust that filled the sky. The bone dust drifted in the air, purified by Spiritual Qi. Where the bone dust landed, a patch of pure white flowers grew. The petals of the flowers were flawless, with a faint aura of Spiritual Qi on them. The aura contained pure power, and tiny spiritual liquid flowed from the stamens, emitting a faint fragrance.
"Impossible!" The ghostly flames in the eyes of the Great Skeleton Demon flickered violently, almost bursting out of their sockets. The light of the ghostly flames dimmed and shone like a candle in the wind. Its massive body trembled slightly, the trembling growing stronger. Its bones creaked and groaned as if it were about to fall apart. It could feel its connection to the bone spear completely severed, and a sense of panic welled up within it, making its movements sluggish.
It could clearly sense that Ren Xiaoyao's aura not only did not weaken, but instead became more and more powerful with the influx of spiritual Spiritual Qi. The powerful aura rose continuously like a tide, creating a sense of oppression as if it was about to break through its current realm. The oppression was as real as a physical weight on its heart, making it instinctively feel fear, and even its bone marrow trembled. The Spirit Devouring Runes dimmed a bit, their circulation slowed down, and the light of the runes grew weaker and weaker.
At this moment, Ren Xiaoyao's Chaos Power and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi were frantically merging within him. In the process of merging, new energy was constantly being generated. The Chaos Current that originally surrounded him was gradually tinged with a golden glow, as if he were wearing a golden battle armor. The material of the battle armor was like flowing gold, and intricate Primordial Chaos patterns appeared on it. The shapes of the patterns were like galaxies in the universe. As the patterns flowed, there seemed to be scenes of the alternation of the sun and moon and the rising and setting of stars. The movement of the sun, moon and stars was clearly visible within it. Golden spiritual mist was also floating around the edge of the battle armor, and the shadows of dragons and phoenixes were vaguely seen shuttling within the spiritual mist. The shadows of dragons and phoenixes were lifelike.
His purplish-gold eyes were as deep as the starry sky, perfectly aligning with the Chaos Star Chart and the trajectory of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. In this overlap, the power of the two resonated with each other, and he could clearly sense that his connection with this continent was becoming increasingly close—he could clearly feel the pulse of every inch of land beneath his feet, and he could clearly understand the movement of every wisp of wind in the air. They were all resonating with him, and in this resonance, he could mobilize the power of the land and the wind. With every move he made, it seemed that he could mobilize the power of the entire Tianyan Continent. Even the distant mountains undulated slightly with his breath, and the grass and trees on the mountains stretched and drooped, as if bowing to him, expressing their submission to the strong.
"It's time to end this." Ren Xiaoyao's voice carried a clear, resonant quality, a clarity imbued with the essence of the Dao. Like jade striking jade, the sound was crisp and melodious, echoing across the land. All who heard it felt a sense of exhilaration, their spiritual Spiritual Qi becoming more active and even leaping with joy. The Spiritual Qi Spiritual Qi merrily through their meridians, and some sleeping spirit pets poked their heads out of their nests, their eyes filled with curiosity and awe as they looked in the direction from which the voice came.
He pointed his finger, and a golden beam of Primordial Chaos light shot towards the Great Skeleton Demon. The beam was golden with black undertones, containing the power of Primordial Chaos and heaven and earth. Wherever the beam passed, the Spiritual Qi boiled, forming golden waves of Spiritual Qi. These waves were layered upon each other, and tiny runes were mixed in with them, shimmering with a faint light.
The beam of light appeared slow, yet it disregarded spatial distance, seemingly transcending the barrier of time, instantly piercing the great demon's sternum. Where the beam passed, it left a long golden trail that lingered for a long time. Around the trail were tiny Chaos Runes that continuously rotated, radiating purifying power and cleansing the surrounding Yao Qi.
The Spiritual Qi within the Great Skeleton Demon's body leaked out like a burst dam, carrying the demon's primordial Spiritual Qi. These leaked energy formed fountains of Spiritual Qi in the air, thousands of feet high, resembling silver dragons refracting seven-colored light. Within the light, the flow of Spiritual Energy Particles could be seen, shimmering in the light. The Spirit Devouring Runes on its bones rapidly dimmed, like extinguished candle flames, losing all luster. The runes' patterns began to blur, as if about to disappear from the bones. The ghostly flames in its eye sockets flickered, almost completely extinguished, leaving only a faint Mars, Mars still holding onto a final resentment, a resentment tinged with the fear of death.
It looked down at the hole in its chest, the hole widening rapidly. The bones at the edge of the hole were weathering away at a visible speed, turning into black powder that drifted in the wind. Each grain of powder carried a faint resentment, which permeated the air. As the powder swirled in the air, it emitted a soft whimper, a whimper filled with despair. Finally, it felt extreme fear, fear that robbed it of its ability to think. It abruptly turned, channeling all its remaining Spiritual Qi into its feet. Its feet unleashed tremendous power, and it transformed into a wisp of gray smoke, fleeing towards the outer realms without a trace of regret. It left behind only a faint, pungent stench, mixed with the smell of decay, a nauseating odor.
"You dare to come, and you think you can leave?" Ren Xiaoyao snorted coldly, his snort carrying an undeniable authority. His figure vanished from his spot in an instant, appearing in front of the gray smoke the next second, displaying extreme speed. The illusory image of the Chaos Cauldron reappeared in his palm, its outline clearly visible. The Three Thousand Great Daos patterns engraved on the cauldron spun rapidly, containing the rules of heaven and earth, forming a vortex that devoured all things. The vortex's suction force grew stronger and stronger, and a faint Chaos Qi lingered around the cauldron's mouth, mixed with tiny Star Fragments, which shimmered with faint starlight.
The suction force emanating from the vortex caused the surrounding space to slightly inward, forming invisible ripples. These ripples spread continuously like waves on the surface of water, causing the surrounding Spiritual Qi to fluctuate accordingly.