Chaos

New flesh grew from the edges of the wounds, new bones grew from the breaks, and new meridians connected across the severed points.

The healing was faster than the burning of the power of order.

The final six needles detonated at once.

Not one after another, but all six exploding in the same instant.

Six gray-golden beams burst forth simultaneously from six directions, enveloping the Higher Abyss Great Lord within.

The explosive shockwaves layered atop one another, forming an enormous gray-golden sphere of light.

The sphere spanned three hundred zhang in diameter, completely enclosing the Higher Abyss Great Lord.

Within the sphere, those order runes danced wildly.

Every rune spun at a different speed—some as swift as lightning, some as slow as snails; some clockwise, some counterclockwise; some steady as pendulums, some random as chaos.

The power of all the runes stacked together, forming an immense thrust.

That thrust did not come from a single direction, but surged in from all sides at once.

Straight ahead, left, right, above, below.

The force from every direction compressed toward the center, then exploded at the center.

The bursting shockwave hurled the Higher Abyss Great Lord backward.

It tumbled through the chaos for dozens of li.

Those scales burst apart under the impact, those human-face reliefs were torn to shreds, and that flesh was vaporized.

The sphere of light lasted for three breaths.

After three breaths, it dispersed.

Those order runes faded from brightness to dimness, and from dimness to transparency.

The Higher Abyss Great Lord charged out of the sphere.

Six more wounds had appeared on its body. Added to the previous six, there were twelve in all.

The wounds were scattered across its body—some on its chest, some on its abdomen, some on its shoulders, some on its thighs, some on