Xuandu nodded and slowly said:
"With this pearl, sealing that lingering resentment is more than enough."
"If you trust me, senior, I will give it a try."
"If it succeeds, senior, you will no longer need to stay here."
"If it fails, I will never allow that lingering resentment to awaken."
The sound faded, and silence filled the void.
The light screen remained frozen, showing the purple glow of Golden Ao Island, the smiling faces of Human Race Cultivators, and the rotation of Houtu 'Houtu Samsara Seal, scene after scene.
Xuandi gazed at Xuandu, at that young yet composed face, at those calm yet resolute eyes.
A long silence followed.
Then a slow grin spread across his face, revealing a smile he had never seen before in a billion-dollar fortune.
The smile was faint, yet it carried a sense of relief and ease.
"Good."
I believe you.
The four words fell, and a great weight was lifted from my shoulders.
The gray-white figure slowly raised its hand, and a beam of light surged from its fingertips, disappearing into the depths of the void.
"Buzz."
A slight tremor occurred in the void.
A crack slowly opened from where the light had entered, and dense Chaos Qi surged within the crack.
Xuandu stared at the crack, sensing the fluctuations emanating from it, his gaze slightly narrowed.
There was indeed a very faint trace of lingering resentment within that aura.
Even if only a wisp of something from millions of years ago remains, it still sends chills down one's spine.
But that palpitation only lasted for a moment before being suppressed by the radiance of the Chaos Bead.
Xuandu turned around and looked at the gray-white figure:
"Please wait here a moment, senior. I will be right back."
As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped into the crevice, his blue robes billowing and his black hair flowing over his shoulders.
Xuandi stood in the void, gazing at the figure that had disappeared into the rift.
A hundred million yuan was acquired.
He finally found someone who could help him.
" Xuandu ..."
He spoke in a low voice, which drifted into the pure white void.
"You have calculated everything flawlessly, proceeding step by step with meticulous care."
"I hope you can keep your word this time too."
As the voice faded, the greyish-white figure slowly sat cross-legged in the void.
Close your eyes and wait.
Deep within the fissure.
The grayish-white air currents surged like a tide, tearing that void into pieces.
Xuandu took a step forward, and the man in green remained completely still despite the impact of the airflow.
The surging grayish-white air dissipated on its own when it approached within three zhang of him.
It seemed that even the remnants of will in the Chaos Depths retreated a few steps before that That Green Clad Figure.
He looked up, gazing into the depths of the crevice.
There, a dim light was slowly flickering.
The light was dark red, like a sleeping heart, and each beat caused the surrounding Chaos Qi to tremble for a moment.
That is the node of the Chaos Spirit Vein.
That was the place Xuandi had mentioned, the place where the lingering resentment of his enemy resided.
Xuandu stood in the void, gazing at the dark red light.
He didn't rush forward.
He simply stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze calm, as if waiting for something.
A moment later, the dark red light trembled slightly.
An aged and hoarse voice slowly emanated from the depths of the light.
"Another foolish person coming to their death?"
The voice carried a ferocity that could accumulate over millions of dollars, like a knife scraping bone, like ice cracking stone.
Upon hearing this, Xuandu raised an eyebrow slightly.
Instead of retreating, he took a step forward, landing a hundred feet away from the dark red light.
"Sending them to their deaths?"
"I have come here to make a deal with you, senior."
As soon as the sound faded, the dark red light suddenly froze.
The old, hoarse voice was silent for a moment, then let out a very soft sneer.
"Trade?"
"You, a Zenith Heaven Nine Heavens, dare to make a deal with me?"
Do you know who I am?
"Do you know that back then, I was the one who personally shattered Xuandi 'Dao Foundation?"
"With your cultivation level, you're nothing but an ant in his eyes, let alone in mine?"
The voice was full of sarcasm.
But beneath that mockery lay a faint hint of probing.
He had spent hundreds of millions of yuan, but he was trapped in this Spirit Vein Node, merging with the Chaos Spirit Vein.
They can't get out, and they can't survive.
Only a wisp of will remained, clinging to life by the power of the Spirit Vein's Origin Power.
He couldn't remember the last time an outsider had set foot in this place.
He couldn't remember the last time he had heard the voice of a living person.
He couldn't remember the last time he had tasted a fresh soul.
Xuandu gazed at the dark red light, sensing the lingering resentment surging within it.
Although the fluctuations were fierce, beneath that fierceness lay a faint trace of weakness.
Even the existence of Hunyuan Taiji couldn't withstand the consumption of hundreds of millions of yuan.
A slow smile crept onto his lips.
The smile was cold, yet it carried a knowing wisdom that seemed to see through everything.
"Senior, there's no need for you to make a show of force."
"If you were truly capable of killing me, you would have done so the moment I stepped into the rift."
Why wait until now?
Why waste your breath talking to me?
The sound faded, and the void fell into a deathly silence.
The dark red light stopped flickering, as if the owner of the voice had fallen silent.
Xuandu stood with his hands behind his back and continued speaking.
"The senior is trapped in this multi-million dollar club, barely surviving thanks to the essence of the Spirit Vein."
"Unable to get out, but not able to die either, stuck in this limbo."
"It must have been very painful."
The dark red light suddenly surged, and the grayish-white air currents swirled wildly.
The old, hoarse voice suddenly rose in pitch, like the howl of Fierce Ghost.
"You're asking for it!"
As the sound faded, a dark red light surged from the depths of the radiance, transforming into a gigantic palm print that slammed down fiercely towards Xuandu!
The palm print still retained the Daoist essence of the Hunyuan Taiji level.
Even just the power of lingering resentment is enough to make a being at the Half-Step Hunyuan Taiji retreat.
But Xuandu stood still, without dodging.
He simply raised his hand, and the Chaos Bead rose from his palm.
Forty-nine Chaos Restriction lit up simultaneously, transforming into a Chaos Color light curtain that gently blocked the dark red palm print.
"Boom!"
The palm print slammed into the light screen, causing the void to tremble and the gray-white air currents to dissipate.
But the light screen remained completely still.
The palm print vanished silently into the radiance of the Chaos Bead, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.
In the dim red light, that old, hoarse voice rang out once more.
This time, there was a hint of disbelief and solemnity in the voice.
" The Chaos Bead?"
"You actually have the Chaos Bead?"
"Impossible. That bead was lost in the Chaos Depths when Pangu created the world. Its whereabouts are unknown."
How could you possibly have gotten it?
Xuandu gazed at the surging dark red light, his voice calm.
"Not only did I acquire it, but I also used it very well."
"Senior's palm strike just now contained the remnants of the Hunyuan Taiji Daoist essence."
"But so what?"
" The Chaos Bead is Chaos Supreme Treasure from before Pangu created the world, specifically designed to counter all Chaos Qi."
"The lingering regrets of our predecessors were ultimately formed from the Chaos Qi."
"It's nothing but a paper tiger before the Chaos Bead."
As the sound faded, the dark red light surged even more intensely.
But within that turbulent surge, the ferocity of before was gone.
There was only a barely suppressed sense of apprehension.
Xuandu sensed the changes within the light, and the smile on his lips deepened.
He knew the time had come.