Whispers of Chaos

That slight tremor went unnoticed by anyone.

All members of the exploration team were immersed in the excitement of acquiring immense treasure.

Ji Meng's bone blade had already cut through the Demon God's tough skin.

A pool of dark golden blood, viscous like lava, slowly seeped out.

Just by smelling the blood's aura, Ji Meng felt the Demon Power within him begin to boil.

"What a treasure!"

Overjoyed, he immediately took out a specially made jade bottle, preparing to collect it.

But at that very moment.

An invisible, undetectable mental wave, like ripples, spread from the Demon God's corpse's single eye.

This wave instantly enveloped the entire exploration team.

It also pierced through the endless Chaos and swept across the United Fleet in the distance.

Ji Meng, who was collecting the divine blood, suddenly froze.

His eyes instantly turned blood red.

An endless desire for slaughter surged from the depths of his heart, consuming his reason.

"Kill! Kill them all! This is all mine!"

He roared, and the bone blade in his hand, instead of striking the Demon God's corpse, fiercely slashed at a Dragon Race elder beside him.

The Dragon Race elder, caught off guard, was struck on the shoulder, and dragon blood splattered.

"Ji Meng! Are you insane!"

The Dragon Race elder, shocked and enraged, immediately transformed into his dragon form and engaged Ji Meng in combat.

This was just the beginning.

Other members of the exploration team also fell into madness.

Disciples of the Heavenly Origin Sect looked at their fellow disciples from the Intercepting Sect as if they were mortal enemies.

"Demonic heretics! Give me back my magic treasures!"

"Hypocrites! Take your life!"

The light of immortal arts and magic treasures clashed wildly on the surface of the Demon God's corpse.

Former allies instantly became mortal enemies.

Only Taiyi Zhenren, due to his profound cultivation and possession of a supreme treasure for protection, managed to maintain a sliver of clarity.

However, he was still terrified by the scene before him.

"This is bad! Inner Demons are invading!"

He shouted anxiously, trying to awaken everyone.

But no one could hear him.

Everyone had been dragged into an endless abyss by their own Inner Demons.

At the same time.

A disturbance also erupted within the United Fleet.

That mental wave had affected everyone in the fleet.

Cultivators with lower cultivation directly rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and fainted.

Those with higher cultivation were like gunpowder barrels ignited in their hearts.

Long-suppressed hatred, dissatisfaction, greed, and jealousy were magnified infinitely at this moment.

"Guang Chengzi! The debt your Heavenly Origin Sect owes for killing my junior brother must be repaid today!"

An Immortal from the Intercepting Sect unleashed his magic treasure and blasted towards a Heavenly Origin Sect warship.

"You court death!"

The Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect retaliated immediately, showing no weakness.

"Demon Race! Pay for the lives of my kin!"

"Human Race! We haven't forgotten the hatred from back then!"

For a time, within the entire fleet, magical energy ran rampant and sword qi crisscrossed.

Warships from different factions even began to bombard each other.

The United Fleet, which had been orderly moments ago, instantly turned into a chaotic battlefield.

The alliance, at this moment, was merely a name.

On the bridge of the flagship "Civilization."

Chen Ran's expression was extremely grim.

"What's going on!"

He asked loudly.

"Executor! Everyone's mental state has become abnormal!"

"SkyNet has detected a powerful, unknown mental contamination!"

"The source is that Demon God's corpse!"

Youchao Shi's voice was trembling.

"It's not completely dead yet!"

This was the only thought in everyone's mind.

"Empress Nuwa!"

Chen Ran suddenly looked at Empress Nuwa, who was in the main seat.

At this moment, only a Saint could quell this chaos.

Empress Nuwa's face was also full of solemnity.

She was about to make a move.

But Chen Ran stopped her.

"Empress, please wait!"

Chen Ran said.

"Your power is supreme. Forcibly suppressing it might harm their Primordial Spirits."

"Moreover, we don't know the nature of this mental contamination. Pure Saint Power may not be able to eradicate it."

Empress Nuwa looked at Chen Ran.

"Then what do you suggest?"

"Leave the professional work to the professionals."

Chen Ran quickly issued an order on the main control console.

"All disciples of the Western Teachings, heed my command!"

"Immediately put down everything in your hands, sit cross-legged, and recite the Pure Heart and Benevolence Mantra in unison!"

"Transmit your voices through the Heavenly Net System to every corner of the fleet!"

As the order was issued, the monks of the Western Teachings who had not yet been completely controlled by their Inner Demons immediately complied.

They had always cultivated the way of purity and detachment, and their resistance to this kind of mental contamination was much stronger than others.

Soon, waves of peaceful and solemn Buddhist Chants, transmitted through the amplification arrays within the ships, echoed in everyone's ears.

The actions of the chaotic Immortals and Demons, filled with a desire for slaughter, faltered.

The Buddhist Chants were like a clear spring, cleansing their feverish souls.

However, the mental contamination originating from the Chaos Demon God was too powerful.

The Buddhist Chants alone could only suppress it, not eradicate it.

Many people were still struggling and roaring.

"It's not enough!"

Chen Ran's gaze turned to Empress Nuwa again.

"Empress, now, your power is needed."

"I don't need you to attack, nor do I need you to suppress."

"I need you to release your 'Life' power, the power of creation that creates all things."

"Inject the most fundamental life force into all the contaminated beings, and protect their spirits from annihilation."

"Buddhist teachings purify their hearts, and Saint Power protects their bodies!"

"Only by working together can we completely dispel these chaotic whispers!"

A hint of understanding and approval flashed in Empress Nuwa's eyes.

She no longer hesitated.

She slowly stood up, and the Saint's might enveloped the entire fleet.

But this time, there was no trace of killing intent in that might.

Only an infinite, warm, life aura, like a mother's embrace.

Empress Nuwa extended her jade hand, and a seven-colored lotus flower, imbued with boundless Creation Power, bloomed in her palm.

The lotus flew out and exploded above the fleet.

It transformed into billions of gentle light particles, scattering onto every ship and every person.

The beings touched by the light rain, whether Immortal or Demon, felt their spirits being firmly protected by the warmest barrier.

The mad ramblings that invaded his mind were shut out.

Coupled with the Pure Heart and Benevolence Mantra echoing in his ears.

With a pincer attack.

His crimson eyes began to regain clarity.

The chaotic magical power started to subside.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

The entire fleet returned to a deathly silence.

Everyone collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.

They looked at the mess around them and the "comrades" they had injured, their faces filled with lingering fear and shame.

They had almost destroyed everything with their own hands.

All eyes turned towards the flagship.

Towards the figure of a mortal who had once again pulled them back from the abyss.

Chen Ran ignored their gazes.

He stared intently at the light screen.

During the recent chaos, the Heavenly Net System had successfully captured a trace of the Chaos Demon God's residual consciousness.

After decryption.

Fragments of memories from the Primordial Era appeared before him.

He saw a colossal giant, wielding a massive axe, cleave through Chaos.

He saw the three thousand Demon Gods wail and fall under the divine might of the Creation of Heaven and Earth.

Then, he saw the most crucial scene.

Amidst the endless flames.

A giant, scorching star was forming.

That was the Solar Star.

But it was no ordinary star.

It was a prison.

An eternal prison personally forged by Pangu with his left eye.

Deep within the core of the Solar Star.

The most powerful Chaos Demon God, one that even Pangu could not completely kill, was fiercely suppressed.

At the end of the memory.

A mad and venomous thought, spanning hundreds of millions of years, came from the suppressed Demon God.

"When I return, I will... burn the Primordial Era to ashes!"