A Corner of the Primordial World, Deduction of the Zixiao Phenomena

Outside the Library Pavilion, fallen leaves rustled.

Lin Qiye stepped out of the pavilion gates with an extremely solemn expression. With every step he took, the shock in his heart not only failed to disperse with the wind, but instead grew increasingly heavy, like a rolling snowball.

Zixiao Palace... Primordial World...

He repeated those two words that Su Chen had uttered. That Dao heart which had originally been as unyielding as rock under the tempering of the Eight-Nine Profound Art was now actually stirring with layer upon layer of grand ripples.

He had originally thought that by inheriting the War God legacy of Erlang Manifesting Sage True Lord Yang Jian and catching a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg regarding the Heavenly Court Collapse and the Netherworld, he had touched upon the deepest secrets of the Canglan Realm and even the entire universe.

Yet until this moment, from Su Chen's detached and profound tone, he faintly woke to the realization—

Whether it was the Ancient Heavenly Court that overawed the nine heavens and welcomed ten thousand immortals, or the Netherworld that governed birth and death and captured souls, they seemed to merely be a part of that vast Primordial World!

The Heavenly Court governs life; the Netherworld governs death. Yet before that long, endless era... there was actually a Primordial era that ruled over chaos and served as the source of all techniques!

Carrying the broken sword on his back, Lin Qiye stood atop Falling Geese Peak, facing the biting night wind as the golden traces deep within his eyes faintly glowed.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately sat cross-legged upon the sheer cliff, closing his eyes and completely plunging into the circulation route of the Eight-Nine Profound Art.

He knew very well that since Elder Su Chen had divulged such supreme heavenly secrets to him, it was both an expression of expectation and a test for him.

The deterrence of the Netherworld seizing souls outside the starry sky had indeed startled away the myriad realms' aged monsters, but the crisis had never truly resolved. Only when he truly refined this Heavenly God battle soul to its ultimate extreme would he have the qualification to follow in the footsteps of that mastermind behind the scenes and witness the true Dao fruit within Zixiao Palace above the nine heavens!

Meanwhile, inside the Library Pavilion.

Sandalwood was serene, and the green lamp flickered.

Su Chen still sat upright behind the wooden desk, his slender hands interlocked with his eyes half-closed, his divine sense long since completely immersed in the system scriptures deep within his sea of consciousness.

At this moment, the string of golden digits on the system panel was slightly pulsing:

[Available Karma Points]: 530,000 points.

Over fifty thousand karma points—this was an unprecedented, astronomical sum.

Prior to this, whether it was materializing the Southern Heavenly Gate White Jade Brick Fragment, evolving the Erlang True Lord Legacy, or even summoning the Ghost Gate and Black and White Impermanence to seize souls, the karma points Su Chen had consumed totaled only tens of thousands.

And those few small-scale tests had already turned the Canglan Realm and the three surrounding star domains upside down, leaving countless tribulation-stage aged monsters and Primordial Demon Emperors like frightened birds.

Small-scale dimensional reductions can quickly accumulate initial capital, but they ultimately lack a true foundation of the Dao.

Su Chen murmured softly within his sea of consciousness, his expression exceptionally calm:

Black and White Impermanence seizing souls relies on the control of the order of the deceased, striking terror into hearts. Erlang True Lord manifesting sanctity relies on the irresistible destruction of supreme martial might, striking awe into hearts.

Yet to make all the super-factions, immortal sects, and tribulation-stage aged monsters of the entire universe submit from the depths of their hearts, and even willingly become chess pieces in my hands, relying merely on 'fear' and 'force' is not enough.

What they truly yearn for is longevity, the path ahead, and that Immortal Dao Grand Plan which has been severed for one hundred and twenty thousand years!

Su Chen opened his eyes, an unfathomable brilliance that lorded over all things flashing within them.

He needed to inject a supreme, primordial source of cultivation into this world.

He needed to make all immortal cultivators believe that the cultivation system of the Canglan Realm and even the Dao laws of the myriad heavens were merely a wisp of a trace leaked from that lost Primordial Era!

And the core of this source was none of other than—[Zixiao Palace · Hongjun Preaching the Dao]!

"System, pull up the Tier 4 exchange list and lock onto 'Primordial World: The Prequel · Zixiao Palace Projection'." Su Chen issued the command in his mind.

"Hum—"

Illusory fluorescent light burst within the sea of consciousness, presenting densely packed entries and scenes before his eyes:

[Evolutionary Entry: The Undivided Chaos and Primordial Evolution (Super Conceptual Grade)] [Description]: Deduce the primordial vistas of the chaotic infinity, Pangu parting heaven and earth, and the initial splitting of the Primordial Chaos. Contains the breath essence of the Three Thousand Chaosfiends and the fragment projection of the Jade Disc of Creation. [Consumed Karma Points]: 200,000 points.

[Evolutionary Scene: Zixiao Palace Manifestation · Great Dao Resonance (Myriad Heavens Intervention Grade)] [Description]: Within the Dao void at the highest layer of the myriad heavens, forcibly pull out a chaotic restricted zone belonging to 'beyond the thirty-three heavens', materializing the towering outline of 'Zixiao Palace'. Capable of emitting the 'Profound Gate Dao Resonance' that purifies the souls of all living beings in the myriad realms. [Consumed Karma Points]: 180,000 points.

[Evolutionary Mechanism: Zixiao Dao-Hearing Seats · Soul Projection (Karma Interaction Grade)] [Description]: Within the scope of the myriad heavens, according to fate, foundation, and karmic entanglements, select a specific number of supreme entities (tribulation-stage aged monsters, Primordial sect masters, sons of destiny), bestow the 'Zixiao Dao-Hearing Edict', and draw their souls into the void projection to hear the Dao. [Consumed Karma Points]: 100,000 points.

These three functional entries, which had grown to be unimaginably massive, required a total consumption of a full forty-eight thousand karma points!

Even Su Chen, who possessed a fortune of fifty thousand, could not help but click his tongue in secret as he looked at this figure.

This was practically draining all the foundation he had just accumulated in one go!

Yet within Su Chen's gaze, there was not the slightest hesitation or heartache.

He understood the logic of high risk and high reward very well.

The previous Ghost Gate soul-seizing had merely eliminated a tribulation-stage aged monster whose lifespan was nearing its end; whereas this time, the Zixiao Palace sermon could directly pull all the powerhouses standing at the pyramid's peak across the myriad realms into his own rule system!

Once these tribulation-stage aged monsters and Primordial sect masters firmly believed that they had heard the Primordial Dao, and firmly believed that Zixiao Palace was the source of the universe's immortal dao, the karma points and faith feedback generated every single moment would be an astronomical figure beyond description by words.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Su Chen hesitated no longer, his slender finger pressing heavily into the void:

"System! Exchange the above three entries and initiate the first-stage pre-heating deduction of [Zixiao Palace · Hongjun Preaching the Dao]!"

"Deducting karma points: 480,000 points!"

"Locked projection targets: Canglan Realm, Ziwei Star Domain, Heavenly Demon Great Realm, Primordial Demon Realm... and thirty-seven surrounding great chiliocosms!"

"Commence evolution—The Primordial Chaos Unfolding!"

"Boom—!!"

Following this directive from Su Chen, deep within his sea of consciousness, those full forty-eight thousand karma points instantly transformed into boundless, colorful karmic divine brilliance like an exploded Primordial volcano, surging overwhelmingly into the depths of the void!

The Dao laws of the Canglan Realm trembled wildly.

The starry skies of the three star domains wailed.

An ultimate phenomenon, a hundred times more colossal and ten thousand times more magnificent than the previous Myriad Heavens Mythic Rankings and Ghost Gate soul-seizing combined, was quietly drawing back its curtain in the depths of the myriad heavens!