The moment she cried out in surprise, thousands of Chi Lineage disciples around her experienced the same anomaly. Some people suddenly looked down at their natal divine weapons that they had already summoned, their eyes filled with intense confusion. The ancient sword was still in their palms, and its blade still flowed with their own essence, but when they tried to recall when they had drawn the sword, an extremely subtle blank appeared deep within their Fate Soul.
Some people had just activated their defensive divine abilities when they discovered that the originally complete Dao Seal had a tiny "Illusion" character appearing at the very beginning of its manifestation; several elders of the Chi Lineage also experienced a slight tremor in their originally unfolded Innate Martial Souls at this moment, and the originally clearly visible Fate Soul patterns deep within their martial souls were gradually covered by an extremely ancient and mysterious yellow character shadow.
Chi Tianhong suddenly looked up, his aged face instantly turning horrified. "Tongyue! Be careful! It's already made its move!"
However, as soon as his voice rang out, he suddenly realized that even his act of issuing a warning was strangely blurred in his Fate Soul's perception. Vajra Radiance still kept his eyes closed, his two horns gently pressed in front of him, and an extremely small "Illusion" character quietly appeared in the void around the Chi Lineage members.
The character was not actually written, nor was it supported by any complete ancient Dao patterns. It simply existed there quietly, slowly manifesting along the Fate Soul perception of the Chi Lineage members. Then, in the next instant, it lost its original form and transformed into tens of thousands of tiny illusory characters, which rapidly spread around the ten thousand Chi Lineage cultivators.
The deep, ancient voice of Vajra Radiance finally rang out slowly. "The Illusory Generation True Scripture!" Buzz--! The entire Xuanhuang Ancient Plain suddenly fell into an extremely eerie silence.
The Xuanqing Ancient Blade, which had originally been aimed at Vajra Radiance, slowly lost its true source of power at this moment. The tens of thousands of feet of sharpness did not collapse, nor was it forcibly shattered by any external force. Instead, countless fine illusory characters gradually emerged from the depths of the blade. The origin that was originally driven by ten thousand Chi Lineage cultivators began to be given another manifestation by those illusory characters.
Chi Tongyue could clearly feel that the Eternal Silence Origin she had activated still existed, and her Fate Soul Foundation had not been directly torn apart. However, the original Origin Patterns that originally belonged to her were now gradually showing another illusory form under the cover of the Illusory Generation Ancient Resonance. Her Eternal Stillness Dao Foundation was still intact, but at the deepest part of that foundation, an extremely tiny Illusory Generation Fate began to emerge.
That Illusory Generation origin had no traceable beginning; it simply manifested quietly along the already existing foundation of the Fate Soul, and then condensed itself into an extremely subtle illusory mark. What could originally be called a real Fate Soul pattern began to gradually lose its original distinction under that mark.
Chi Tongyue suddenly activated her life Fate Soul essence, attempting to forcibly expel the Illusionary Character. However, just as she was about to make her move, a new Illusory Generation Mark emerged from the depths of her Fate Soul.
That mark directly overshadowed her intention to activate her defensive divine power. The Xuanqing Dao Wheel she had already condensed began to slowly dim. Chi Tianhong also noticed the same anomaly at this moment. He suddenly swung his dark cyan ancient staff, trying to isolate the surrounding illusionary characters with the nine layers of Xuanqing light screen. However, as soon as the nine layers of light screen unfolded, fine Illusory Generation patterns emerged one after another along the depths of the ancient Dao patterns. The defensive light screen that was originally used to resist external forces began to be returned to the manifestation generated by the Illusory Generation.
"How could this be?!" Chi Tianhong's aged voice was filled with undisguised shock. He suddenly looked down at the dark blue ancient staff that had accompanied him for countless years in his palm. The originally clear ancient staff patterns had undergone an extremely strange change at this moment.
The nine dark blue patterns remain intact, yet a tiny "Illusion" character emerges at the deepest part of each pattern, as if the ancient staff had been endowed with another origin by the Fate of Illusory Generation from the very beginning of its formation.
Just as the Chi Lineage members were desperately resisting, Vajra Radiance slowly raised his massive head. The two "Shi" characters between his horns dimmed simultaneously, and the bull-shaped star spot on his back, which had always emitted a heavy glow, suddenly lit up.
Immediately afterwards, the eleven ancient star spots that had not yet truly manifested also experienced extremely subtle tremors at this moment. The twelve star positions slowly arranged themselves along the Xuanhuang spine. The originally dormant rat-shaped star spot actually showed a small crack after the ox-shaped star spot lit up, and then quickly dimmed. The originally clear order of the Twelve Zodiac Star Positions began to show a brief disorder.
Chi Tongyue suddenly looked up. She could feel that her understanding of the ancient concepts of Beginningless, Endless, and Wuji had become strangely blurred at this moment. The Dao principles that she could clearly identify were gradually covered by a Xuanhuang Ancient Resonance, as if all existence in the world had the same source of Illusory Generation. Vajra Radiance quietly watched them, gently pushing forward with his two horns.
Thump--! The ancient azure blade that once spanned the heavens and earth finally lost its original manifestation at this moment. Tens of thousands of feet of sharpness rapidly split along the center of the blade. Large swathes of azure essence did not explode outwards, but instead slowly gathered inwards along countless tiny illusory characters, eventually condensing into an extremely tiny black and yellow mark, quietly floating between the two horns of Vajra Radiance.
Within that mark, the blurry outline of the original Xuanqing Ancient Blade could still be seen, but that ancient blade could no longer manifest. The origin it carried had been forcibly returned to the depths of the Source of Illusory Generation.
Around the Chi Lineage members, tens of thousands of tiny illusory characters continued to spread along the foundation of their Fate Souls. The originally complete natal divine weapons and defensive Dao patterns began to appear in illusions one after another. Large areas of dark blue light slowly dimmed along the ancient array patterns. Deep within the Fate Souls of the ten thousand Chi Lineage cultivators, the extremely subtle Illusory Generation mark began to emerge.
Vajra Radiance slowly lowered his head, his half-closed eyes quietly gazing at Chi Tongyue and Chi Tianhong. Then, that deep and ancient voice once again slowly drifted along the Xuanhuang Ancient Plain.
"The truth you hold so dear..." "Do you know where it originated?"
The entire world fell silent once more. Chi Tongyue clenched her fists tightly, a deep solemnity appearing on her cold face, cold sweat slowly sliding down her forehead. She could clearly feel that the extremely tiny illusory character deep within her Fate Soul was still spreading continuously, and the originally complete Eternal Stillness Dao Foundation was gradually being covered by another layer of illusion.
Meanwhile, the Vajra Radiance still lay quietly at the edge of heaven and earth, its dark yellow fur gently swaying, the "Beginning" character between its two horns constantly appearing and disappearing, and the "End" character at its tail slowly rotating, the Xuanhuang Ancient Plain slowly sinking around it.
The heavy, ancient pressure between heaven and earth continued to rise. Tens of thousands of Xuanhuang mountains slowly sank down along the depths of the earth. The ancient landmasses that originally stretched across the sky were pulled by an invisible force. Large Xuanhuang Dao Resonance overlapped along the void, forming ancient patterns that were too vast to measure.
The Vajra Radiance lay quietly at the edge of the world, its dark yellow fur swaying gently with its breath. The twelve star spots on its back were faintly arranged, with only the ox-shaped star spot radiating a deep glow. Its two curved horns gently touched forward, and the two "Beginning" characters floating at the tips of the horns were constantly appearing and disappearing, while the "End" character at the tail end was slowly rotating in the depths of the void.
In the direction its horns pointed, ten thousand cultivators of the Chi Lineage were facing an unprecedented crisis. The azure defensive light barrier, originally activated by numerous disciples, had dimmed considerably, and tens of thousands of tiny "illusion" characters were spreading along the patterns on their divine weapons, Dao foundations, and Fate Souls.
Many disciples still possess intact natal divine weapons and their inner essence has not yet truly dried up. However, their perception of the initial formation of their own divine abilities is rapidly becoming blurred. Even the foundational sources that have long been integrated into the depths of their Fate Souls are gradually revealing another layer of illusion under the erosion of the Illusory Generation True Scripture.
Chi Tongyue abruptly lowered her head, gazing at the Xuanqing Origin in her palm, which was now adorned with intricate phantom patterns. A profound shock flashed across her usually cold eyes. She could clearly feel that her Eternal Stillness Dao Foundation still existed within her, and her Fate Soul Origin had not been directly torn apart.
However, those Dao patterns that originally belonged to her gradually lost their distinction between reality and illusion under the influence of the Illusory Generation True Scripture. The Xuanqing Dao Wheel that she had personally condensed was now beginning to show an unfamiliar Illusory Generation Fate deep within her Fate Soul.
It was as if that wheel, from its very inception, had been imbued with another origin by some ancient force. What alarmed her even more was that this change was rapidly spreading throughout the entire Chi Lineage ranks.
The hundreds of disciples ahead were no longer able to fully activate their natal divine weapons. Fine "illusion" characters appeared one after another on the surface of the ancient swords, battle halberds, and Dao seals. The sharpness that could originally cleave mountains and rivers began to shrink inward before it could truly manifest. The eyes of several disciples with slightly weaker cultivation gradually lost focus, and the originally clear cultivation memories deep in their Fate Souls began to become blurry.
Some people clearly remember that they once condensed their Innate Martial Soul in the Chi Lineage, but they can no longer fully recall the origin of their Dao foundation at that moment; some people desperately activated their protective divine power, and as soon as a dark blue pattern appeared on their palm, an extremely tiny "illusion" character quietly appeared deep within the pattern, and then the entire divine power slowly subsided along the illusory manifestation.
"Elder! My Fate Soul essence..." A young disciple suddenly looked up, his face pale, his hands gripping the ancient sword tightly in his palms, his eyes filled with terror, "I can clearly feel it, but why... why is its essence becoming unfamiliar?!"
On the other side, a female disciple of the Chi Lineage suddenly staggered a few steps. The blue-white Dao Seal that had been floating above her head trembled violently, and several Fate Soul patterns on the seal surface dimmed one after another. She hurriedly activated her own Eternal Silence Origin to try to stabilize the Dao Seal again, but every time an Origin was injected, a new Illusion character would emerge along the depths of the Dao Seal. The originally complete Martial Soul bearing was covered with large areas of illusory traces in just a few breaths.
Upon seeing this, Chi Ninghua's beautiful face suddenly changed color. She immediately raised her hand and activated the cyan jade seal to firmly protect the hundreds of disciples around her. However, as soon as the jade seal was unfolded, fine Illusory Generation patterns appeared on its surface. The protective power that was originally able to isolate external sources was directly incorporated into the manifestation of the Illusory Generation True Scripture.
Chi Ninghua's arms trembled violently, blood slowly trickling from her lips, and deep horror appeared in her eyes. "Elder Tongyue! If this continues, it will completely rewrite the disciples' foundations!"
Chi Tongyue suddenly looked up, the shock in her cold eyes quickly transforming into determination. She clenched her teeth, her palms abruptly clasped together, and the Eternal Silence source within her surged wildly along the depths of her Fate Soul. The previously dimmed Xuanqing Dao Wheel slowly lit up once more.
Tens of thousands of Fate Soul patterns rapidly arranged themselves along the edge of the Dao Wheel, forming an extremely thick cyan light curtain that temporarily blocked the ever-spreading illusionary characters from the outside.
"All elders, heed my command!" she roared, her voice carrying the essence of Eternal Silence throughout the entire ranks. "Immediately fortify your own Dao foundations and guard your Fate Soul essence! Disciples, gather your divine weapons and refrain from recklessly activating any more wide-range divine abilities!"