Chaos True Spirit

The Primal Universe had no such thing as a Chaos Beast, so even with Ye Muxuan's experience, he had no idea how powerful this one was. But even if it were an ordinary Immortal Level Chaos Beast, he wouldn't fear it!

And there was no need to mention that it was most likely only World Lord Level. If there were an Immortal Level Chaos Beast, someone from the City Lord Mansion would probably have come to clear it out long ago. After all, Immortals were far beyond the capabilities of ordinary Universe Rank and Domain Lord warriors, and even most World Lords.

Ignoring its enormous body, which was over a thousand meters long, a cold glint flashed in the depths of Ye Muxuan's eyes. His right hand rested on the Blade Hilt, and in the next instant, a streak of blade light flashed and vanished.

One slash, split in two!

His self-created First Form, a Marquis Level blade technique—Wind Severing.

The Wind Shadow Blade slid back into its sheath. The Chaos Beast's massive body had been split evenly in two and crashed heavily to the ground. Its splattering golden blood, severed fur, bones, and the rest began to decay and disintegrate in midair. In the blink of an eye, they had turned into drifting Chaos currents. At the same time, a jade-green speck of light floated in the air.

This was the Chaos True Spirit!

Ye Muxuan reached out, using World Force to guide the jade-green speck of light into the Origin Bead.

Rumble, rumble...

As soon as the Origin Bead touched the jade-green speck, his entire Internal World trembled faintly. The five differently colored specks of light at its center flickered as well.

Ye Muxuan focused on sensing the changes in the Origin Bead. Only after a long while could he feel a subtle change in the soul core within it.

He could sense that his comprehension of the laws had become slightly clearer.

The improvement was small, but not negligible. And it affected not only the Origin Law of Wind, but the other nine Origin Laws as well.

He had already reached Peak World Lord Level long ago, and his soul core's transformation had reached its limit. To undergo another transformation—a breakthrough—he had to become Immortal.

Yet now, his soul core had undergone a subtle change, along with another indescribable alteration. His instincts told him that acquiring the Chaos True Spirit might well be the greatest gain from entering the Initial Universe—not only greater than comprehending the Chaos Stele, but beyond it entirely!

Ye Muxuan furrowed his brow, his eyes as calm as still water. With a flicker of movement, he disappeared into the vast wilderness.

The hunt had begun!

Six months later, a man clad in Black Battle Armor suddenly appeared on the rooftop of a dark-gray building above Chaos City. He stepped down onto the roof. No one paid any attention to the scene.

Seated once more on the rooftop, Ye Muxuan looked up at the Secret Patterns of the Origin Laws that appeared and vanished in the sky. Within the Origin Bead, the "Ye Muxuan" formed by his soul core had storms brewing in his eyes!

From the time Muxuan was born until now, nearly 130,000 years had passed. Even when he took control of this body eight or nine years ago, there had been no sense of discord. That was because he had coexisted with Muxuan since he was still a weak Planet Rank warrior. Like a second personality, they had fought and grown together, until nearly 130,000 years later, when he finally took full control of this body.

But during those nearly 130,000 years—or, to be precise, during the 129,600 years—neither he nor Muxuan had realized that both their souls were incomplete!

Even at the very end, when they had been trapped in a dream and gone through Reincarnation dozens, even hundreds of times, their souls had fully fused into one, becoming the one and only Ye Muxuan. Muxuan's soul had dissipated, but his own soul was still incomplete!

The "Ye Muxuan" inside the Origin Bead suddenly flashed his eyes!

On the Outer Battlefield, there were many Human Race warriors from Universe Secret Regions. In terms of sheer numbers, they were even second only to the Human Race in God Kingdoms—but this was true only of those below Immortal Level, the Domain Lords and World Lords. At the Immortal Level, even among Military Lord Immortals, those from Universe Secret Regions were exceedingly rare. He had never met one; he had only heard at the Barracks Base that some Immortals came from Universe Secret Regions. As for Immortals from God Kingdoms? He had never even heard of any!

For a World Lord to break through to Immortality, three things were essential: law comprehension, control of the body, and, most importantly, the mind and will.

The mind was like the soldiers, and the will was their commanding general. The soul was the vessel that carried both. He had reached Peak World Lord Level 110,000 years ago and gained recognition from the Origin Law of Wind 100,000 years ago. In theory, he had already been close to Immortality back then! He had a powerful, battle-hardened general, and his will was strong enough to rival those at Marquis Rank and King Rank. Only his soldiers were lacking: his consciousness was merely that of an ordinary World Lord, nowhere near the level of an ordinary Peak World Lord! So even though he could perfectly control his body and his law comprehension had reached or even exceeded the required standard, he still couldn't break through the Origin Bead's barrier and connect with the Primal Universe's ocean of Origin Laws. Immortality had remained out of reach!

If his performance at the Heavenly Bridge had been a deliberate choice to stop at the Thirteenth Floor, then the Illusion Sea had truly stopped him at the Fourteenth Layer—and that, too, was connected to his consciousness.

No matter how strong and battle-hardened the general, how could he conquer cities and territories when his ranks lacked not only elite soldiers, but even able-bodied ones?

Before entering the Initial Universe, he had never known that humans born in Universe Secret Regions like him had incomplete souls from birth. Without some great fortune to mend that flaw, their soul cores would get stuck at the final step of complete transformation, making Immortality all but impossible. The Chaos True Spirit had mended that flaw! This was why, among the people of Muxuan's tribe, Domain Lords and even World Lords had appeared throughout the generations, yet the strongest had only ever been a World Lord. Not a single Immortal had ever emerged!

In the past, everyone knew that becoming Immortal was extremely difficult, so failing to achieve it seemed only natural.

It was possible that not every life born in every Universe Secret Region had this flaw; perhaps it was unique to the region where Muxuan had been born. But the fact was, he and his people had encountered it.

But now...

Ye Muxuan stood on the rooftop, his eyes flickering faintly, their depths dark and unfathomable.

The Chaos Ruins, City Lord Mansion.

A gentle-looking man in white robes withdrew his gaze from the young man on a certain rooftop. Looking at the disciple beside him, he said, "It seems this little fellow has figured it out."

"Teacher..." The Chaos City Lord, who was stationed in the Initial Universe, looked at the white-robed man beside him. Even now, several years later, he still found it hard to believe.

Compared to the little fellow from a Universe Secret Region, who was now absorbing Chaos True Spirits to mend his soul and was on the verge of becoming Immortal, he was clearly far more concerned about his teacher.

"I told you before: this is merely a wisp of my consciousness that was lucky enough to escape suppression. Calling me a scattered force would be an exaggeration; I don't even possess my own will. Only by relying on the power of my Miniature Universe's origin can I form this body, which is barely comparable to an Immortal. Now, forget about leaving the Initial Universe—even if I appear in the Primal Universe or the Universe Ocean, the Origin Will will likely suppress me again." The gentle-looking man in white robes looked at the Chaos City Lord. "Or this time, it might kill me outright."

"But I won't give up!"