Drawn onward by the power of heaven and earth, Liu Changxu traveled through the boundless vastness of chaos for untold ages. It felt like tens of millions of years, yet also like a fleeting instant; the law of time had utterly lost its effect here.
Only the dazzling radiance remained, ceaselessly unleashing terrifying energy upon Liu Changxu, intent on reducing him to the tiniest particles and making him part of chaos once more.
To save his own life, Liu Changxu could only summon his Innate Spirit Treasures to withstand the assault of that terrifying radiance.
Yet although Liu Changxu's Innate Spirit Treasures possessed extraordinary power, even they could not endure long beneath its relentless scouring.
Often, shortly after he summoned an Innate Spirit Treasure, its surface would be ravaged by the terrifying radiance, covered in scars, its spiritual glow dimmed. Liu Changxu had no choice but to return it to his dantian to nurture it.
Fortunately, Liu Changxu had enough Innate Spirit Treasures. Once one was damaged, he immediately returned it to his dantian to nurture it, then summoned another to withstand the assault.
What Liu Changxu had not expected, however, was that this chaos seemed to have no boundary at all. Though he had many Innate Spirit Treasures, the speed at which they recovered could never keep pace with the speed of their destruction.
During this long and brutal struggle, one of the Red Lotus Immortal Swords finally failed to withstand the radiance's ceaseless ravages. With a piercing, mournful cry from the artifact spirit within, the sword that had followed its master through countless glorious deeds abruptly shattered, turning into a skyful of red motes that vanished into chaos.
Liu Changxu gazed toward where the Red Lotus Immortal Sword had shattered and vanished, his heart aching with grief.
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