If they were merely Rogue Cultivator from outside the realm who had accidentally stumbled into the Azure Wood Divine Forest, they would never have been willing to risk offending the Chi Lineage by ambushing the patrolling disciples, let alone accurately predict that Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan would appear in today's patrol team. The other party had infiltrated the northern patrol area in advance, triggered the restrictions, laid an ambush, and even pre-determined the targets for killing and capturing alive.
This ambush was planned from the very beginning with a clear objective. Chi Xiyue slowly stood up, her gaze passing over the ancient trees to the depths of the dense forest where the seven masked cultivators had first appeared. Her eyes grew cold. "They knew the Chi Lineage would send people to patrol today, they knew Qingchen and Qingyuan would step into the Azure Wood Divine Forest, and they even chose the ambush location in advance."
Upon hearing this, Chi Qingyue's heart sank.
Chi Xiyue raised her hand, temporarily sealing the dark mark in her palm. Without rushing to a conclusion, she continued forward along the battlefield ruins to the other side. After walking several hundred feet, six extremely strange blank spaces suddenly appeared in the woods ahead.
There were no corpses, no bloodstains, no lingering souls here. Even the primordial energy that should have dissipated after the death of the True Annihilation Realm cultivator had vanished without a trace. Where the six True Annihilation Realm · Peak cultivators had once stood, each left behind a neatly edged void. The surrounding vegetation was intact, but all the subtle causal connections that should have intersected with the six individuals were abruptly severed at the boundaries of the voids. Although the laws of heaven and earth were slowly filling these gaps, they could never restore the original, complete structure of reality.
Chi Xiyue stopped in her tracks. Even when she was confronting the Silent Abyss Last Speaker, she was able to remain calm and composed. But looking at the six blank spaces in front of her, she remained silent for a long time.
A moment later, she turned to look at Chi Qingyue. "Junior Sister Qingyue." "Hmm?"
"Before rescuing everyone, I sensed a particularly peculiar bloodline aura lingering around you." Chi Xiyue's tone remained calm, without a trace of coercion. "These six people, were you the one who killed them?"
Chi Qingyue remained silent for a moment, then nodded slightly. "Yes." Chi Xiyue listened quietly without interrupting. Chi Qingyue lowered her eyes to look at her hands; even now, the feeling of her blood boiling was still vivid in her mind.
"Six of them attacked me at once, and I thought I couldn't withstand them. Just then... a voice echoed deep within my Fate Soul." Chi Xiyue's eyes narrowed sharply: "What voice?" "Only one word." Chi Qingyue looked back. "Get lost."
Chi Xiyue's expression suddenly changed drastically. Chi Qingyue continued, "As soon as she finished speaking, a hazy, indistinct figure appeared beside me. I couldn't discern its identity, but the man in the golden robe was terrified upon seeing the figure and uttered a name."
"What is your title?" "The Lord of the Great Dao Charter." At this moment, Chi Xiyue fell completely silent.
The wind from deep within the Azure Wood Divine Forest passed between the two, rustling the treetops and leaves. For the first time, her usually unwavering gaze was fixed firmly on Chi Qingyue.
"Lord of the Great Dao Charter..." she repeated softly. This was a supreme title so ancient that countless lineages had lost its exact date. "Father of Heavenly Laws," "Source of Order," "The One Who Cannot Be Defied."
The "rules" He governs are by no means the ordinary laws of the Dao that later cultivators understand. How the Five Elements generate and restrain each other, how Yin and Yang rotate, how life and death are divided, how cause and effect have a beginning and an end, all the fundamental rules that maintain the operation of all worlds originate from His hand.
Reincarnation can determine the fate of good and evil and drive living beings to transmigrate through the six realms. However, reincarnation itself must still adhere to the standards it has established. According to ancient records, even if the Wheel-Turning Saint King of the Wheel of Reincarnation holds the power of reincarnation, he must still follow the fundamental laws of the six realms engraved on the Samsara Millstone.
That age-old saying, etched into the traditions of countless ancient tribes and never forgotten, is. "You are merely the executor; I am the legislator."
The Lord of the Great Dao Charter rarely alters established rules, for He Himself is the constant order itself. Once His decrees are established, all realms must obey. If He defines the nature of fire as intense, then no matter how much fate manipulates the trajectory of the flame, it cannot erase this inherent quality ingrained in the very foundation.
Even the most meticulous rules need a foundation upon which they are built: logic. It is logic that allows countless rules to fit together and avoid self-contradiction. And it is precisely for this reason that, after countless years, the descendants of the Lord of the Great Dao Charter still hold the authority to touch the underlying laws and regulations of all realms.
Only then did Chi Xiyue fully understand why the six blank spaces before her had appeared. The six True Annihilation Realm · Peak cultivators had not simply been killed by force. Their "qualification for existence" had been directly abolished, a "Final Abolition and Establishment."
Chi Xiyue looked at Chi Qingyue again, the surprise in her eyes not yet completely gone. "So, what you just awakened was the power that the Lord of the Great Dao Charter sealed within your bloodline."
Chi Qingyue nodded gently. After a brief silence, she slowly revealed the hidden information she had received when her bloodline awakened. "I am His... seventh-generation descendant." Chi Xiyue's pupils contracted slightly. This time, she remained silent for several breaths. The seventh generation.
This means that the bloodline between Chi Qingyue and that supreme being revered by all the heavens, known as the "Father of Heavenly Laws," the "Source of Order," and the "The One Who Cannot Be Defied," has not been significantly diluted over countless generations. The inheritance sleeping deep within her Fate Soul still retains a fairly complete set of rules and powers.
Chi Xiyue did not change her attitude towards Chi Qingyue because of this. She simply looked again at the six empty spaces, her expression becoming more solemn. "After returning to the clan, you must personally report this to the clan leader." Chi Qingyue nodded solemnly, "Yes."
Chi Xiyue's mind returned to the remnants of the "Dao Tribulation Source Matchmaker" that had been sealed earlier. She put two fingers together and gently ran them over the dark mark, peeling away the underlying logic of the attacker's supernatural power layer by layer. When the outer layer of True Annihilation's afterglow completely dissipated, a very special Origin Framework finally revealed its true form.
Chi Xiyue's gaze suddenly froze. She recognized this set of logical arguments. The Chi Lineage had been dealing with this force for many years; she couldn't be wrong. "As expected..." Chi Qingyue looked at her. "Senior Sister, do you know their origins?"
Chi Xiyue carefully gathered and sealed away the remaining fragment, the coldness in her eyes slowly melting away, her expression returning to its warm and gentle tone, her voice calm and soothing. "Let's go, Qingyue. The patrol records for the Azure Wood Divine Forest should all be completed by now." She paused briefly, her gaze sweeping one last time over the devastated battlefield.
"I have already ascertained the background of those who ambushed you." "These seven people are all members of the Primordial Dao Clan." Chi Qingyue's eyes suddenly narrowed.
Chi Xiyue continued, "Although they used magic to conceal their identities and movements, the underlying logic remaining in the battle scars could not be faked. This fundamental structure is precisely the approach commonly used by the Primordial Dao Clan."
She didn't delve deeper into the underlying schemes, but instead firmly sealed away the remnant of the "Dao Tribulation Source Matchmaker." "Back in the clan, I will truthfully report to the clan leader everything that happened today in the Azure Wood Divine Forest."
Chi Qingyue solemnly replied, "Yes, Senior Sister." Chi Xiyue smiled faintly, then turned and headed towards the exit of the Azure Wood Divine Forest. Chi Qingyue followed closely behind, and the two figures walked among the towering ancient trees, along the intricate forest Dao Path, gradually disappearing into the distance.
Deep within the Chi Lineage's main city, the long white jade steps outside the clan hall meander upwards from the sea of clouds. After the patrol team returned from the Azure Wood Divine Forest, the series of events that had occurred in the forest quickly spread throughout the clan.
More than ten disciples who had personally experienced the calamity of the Silent Abyss Last Speaker were sent to various healing places to recuperate; the patrolling Jade Advisors, along with any unusual changes in the restrictions they recorded along the way, were all handed over to special personnel for collection and verification.
Without a moment's delay, Chi Xiyue led Chi Qingyue straight to the clan hall. The heavy hall doors slowly opened to both sides, Chi Boqian was already standing with his hands behind his back deep inside the hall, clearly having already heard the news of the incident at the Azure Wood Divine Forest.
Seeing the two return safely, the heavy expression on his face eased slightly. However, when Chi Xiyue placed several jade tablets, remnants of the Silent Abyss Last Speaker Abyss's rampage, and a crystal core containing the original mark of the "Dao Tribulation Source Matchmaker" on the long table, his expression turned somber again.
Chi Xiyue recounted the entire story, leaving no detail out. From the moment the patrol team entered the Azure Wood Divine Forest, she spoke at length, all the way to the final outcome when the ancient Demonic Spirit "Silent Abyss Last Speaker" appeared. She detailed the entire process of Shen Qingchen, Su Qingyuan, and Chi Qingyue being ambushed by seven masked True Annihilation Realm · Peak cultivators.