Dao Talisman

The sword scars across the mountain's surface grew deeper, each one faintly glowing and emanating sword intent powerful enough to slay cultivators at the early stage of the Third Step. At the mountainside, the metal elf sat cross-legged, fine silver light winding around her body. That light transformed into countless tiny sword shapes that circled around her.

In the second star domain, the canopy of the towering tree had grown even lusher.

The edges of those leaves were as sharp as blades. They swayed gently in the wind, producing crisp metallic clinks.

Amid the canopy, the wood-element elf leaped about. With every jump, green motes drifted from her body. Whenever those motes landed on the trunk, new growth rings appeared upon its surface.

The third star domain...

Chu Ming's divine sense continued sinking, passing the thirtieth star domain, then the fortieth, until it finally reached the deepest part of the inner world.

There, the Chaos Order Dao Seed floated.

It had grown another size larger than before, and the patterns flowing across its surface had become more intricate and densely packed.

With every rotation, vast primordial power surged from the Dao Seed, flowing along invisible channels toward every star domain.

But at this moment, what caught Chu Ming's attention was not the Dao Seed.

It was the faint layer of silver light surrounding it.

That light came from the Order Armor.

It passed through his skin, through his flesh, through his meridians, sinking all the way down before finally gathering around the Dao Seed, forming an indistinct halo.

Within the halo, a vague phantom could faintly be seen.

The phantom sat cross-legged with its back to him.

Chu Ming wanted to see the phantom's face clearly, but no matter how intently he focused, it remained blurred, as though separated from