As soon as she finished speaking, Chi Tongyue suddenly raised her right hand, and the Xuanqing pattern on her palm quickly condensed. Then she pressed it down heavily on her feet. Boom!! An enormous Xuanqing Dao Wheel suddenly sank into the earth, and the ever-spreading Illusory Generation Pattern was temporarily suppressed by that thick and Eternal Silence origin.
At this moment, several elders of the Chi Lineage also made their moves. The Xuanqing Ancient Mirror, the Dark Gold Dao Wheel, and the Qingbai Jade Seal successively emitted dazzling light, and a large amount of origin rapidly gathered among the tens of thousands of disciples, forming an ancient Dao Foundation light curtain that spanned tens of thousands of feet.
The disciples, who had been in chaos, finally managed to stabilize themselves. Many cultivators whose Fate Souls had been injured immediately sat down cross-legged, clasped their hands together, and firmly guarded their own foundation.
However, those tiny illusory characters did not truly disappear. They floated silently inside and outside the azure light curtain, slowly rising and falling along the existing Dao foundation patterns, even as Chi Tongyue and the elders continuously infused them with the Eternal Silence Origin.
It could only temporarily slow down the spread of the Illusion word to a deeper level, and could not completely expel it. Even the Xuanqing Dao Foundation light screen that they had jointly condensed had an extremely subtle Illusory Generation Fate appearing without their knowledge.
Chi Tongyue slowly raised her head, gazing at the still quietly closed-eyed Vajra Radiance in the distance. Her cold expression grew increasingly solemn. She finally understood that continuing to resist with ordinary supernatural powers would only cause the foundations of the Chi Lineage members to gradually sink into deeper layers of illusory manifestation. She had to use Primordial Supreme Treasure that could truly suppress the origin of Illusory Generation.
Just then, the image of the ancient stone pool at the deepest part of the Chi Lineage land suddenly appeared in her mind. It was three zhang square, without gold, jade, array, or patterns, and contained only a pool of colorless Formless water.
The ancestors of the Chi Lineage all knew of the existence of that stone pool, but no one could truly say when it was created. The water in the stone pool was neither moist like ordinary water nor did it have any flow that could be perceived by the Fate Soul.
However, anyone who approaches the pool can see their own deepest, most profound self reflected in its colorless surface. Generations have passed down the name of that stone pool as "the bottom of the pool," until a certain patriarch of Chi Lineage, possessing peak Eternal Silence Realm cultivation, sank into it. When he resurfaced, he left behind only an ancient saying that has been passed down to this day—
"It's not a pool, it's 'real'!" From then on, that ancient stone pool had a real name: the Myriad Illusions Return to Truth Pool!
A sharp glint suddenly flashed in Chi Tongyue's eyes. She abruptly turned her head to look at Chi Tianhong, who was still struggling beside her, and then quickly spoke through Fate Soul communication, "Elder! We can't wait any longer!"
Upon hearing this, Chi Tianhong's aged eyes narrowed sharply. Chi Tongyue continued to transmit her voice, her tone filled with unwavering resolve. "Immediately activate my Chi Lineage's Primordial Supreme Treasure — the Myriad Illusions Return to Truth Pool!"
Chi Tianhong's body jolted. He slowly raised his head, gazing into Chi Tongyue's clear, resolute eyes, his aged face contorting with an extremely complex expression. "Tongyue, have you thought this through?" His voice transmission was low and solemn. "Once the Ten Directions Return to Truth - Myriad Illusions Sinking Pool Formation is activated, the ten Eternal Silence Realm elders must sink all their Eternal Silence cultivation into the bottom of the pool, leaving not even a trace of their original essence. If even one of the ten cannot return to truth simultaneously with the other nine, the entire formation cannot truly be activated!"
Chi Tongyue nodded firmly. "I know!" She looked up at the enormous, dark yellow figure in the distance, a fierce determination appearing in her clear, cold eyes. "Right now, the Fate Soul foundations of ten thousand disciples are being constantly eroded by the Illusory Generation True Scripture. If we hesitate any longer, everyone in my Chi Lineage will lose their true Dao foundation!"
Chi Tianhong remained silent for a moment, then slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, there was no longer a trace of hesitation in his aged eyes. "Alright!" He suddenly gripped the dark blue ancient staff, "Then let us use the combined Eternal Silence cultivation of the ten of us as a catalyst to unleash the Myriad Illusions Return to Truth Pool!"
Chi Tongyue immediately turned around and sent extremely condensed Fate Soul thoughts to the other Chi Lineage elders. The elders who were originally guarding the perimeter of the group looked up one after another, and after hearing what she was conveying, their expressions all changed.
However, when they saw the ten thousand disciples around them whose Fate Soul foundations were already showing signs of delusion, the hesitation in their eyes gradually turned into determination. A moment later, ten elders of the Chi Lineage, all with cultivation levels above the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage, slowly stepped out from the group. Chi Tongyue and Chi Tianhong were prominently among them.
The ten people exchanged glances without saying a word, and slowly dispersed along the outer perimeter of the Chi Lineage's group, each heading to one of ten different locations. As the ten figures gradually returned to their positions, the azure defensive light barrier that had originally covered the ten thousand disciples slowly closed in, and the remaining Chi Lineage elders and deacons immediately took over their original protective positions, firmly protecting all the disciples in the center.
Chi Ninghua suddenly looked up at Chi Tongyue and Chi Tianhong, a deep worry appearing on her beautiful face. "Elder Tongyue, First Elder, you..."
Chi Tongyue slowly turned her head, her gaze falling on her, a faint smile appearing on her cool face. "Ninghua, protect your people!" Her voice was calm yet firm, "No matter what happens next, do not let your disciples leave the Guizhen area!"
Chi Ninghua bit her lower lip tightly, then nodded solemnly. "Yes!"
Chi Tongyue said no more. She slowly raised her right hand, and an extremely ancient dark blue jade talisman appeared in her palm. The surface of the talisman had no complete array patterns, only an extremely fine indentation.
As she immersed her life Fate Soul and consciousness into it, a faint, colorless glow slowly emerged from the indentation. Then, an ancient stone pool, no more than three zhang square, quietly appeared in the center of the ten elders.
There were no earth-shattering fluctuations of the primordial energy, no boundless pillars of primordial light. The stone pool floated silently above the Xuanhuang Ancient Plain. Its walls were rough and unadorned, and its surface was devoid of any complete patterns. The pool contained a pool of colorless Formless water, its surface so calm that not a ripple could be seen. The Xuanhuang Ancient Resonance that had been constantly sinking around it paused for an extremely strange moment when the stone pool was revealed.
The members of the Chi Lineage all looked up. Many disciples stared at the ancient stone pool, which was no more than three zhang square, with undisguised shock in their eyes. They could clearly feel that the stone pool did not emit any powerful pressure, nor did it actively resist the surrounding Illusory Generation Ancient Resonance. However, the tiny illusory characters that had been constantly invading the depths of their Fate Souls gradually stopped spreading after the stone pool appeared.
In the distance, the eyes of the ever-half -Vajra Radiance finally twitched slightly. It slowly raised its massive head, its gaze falling upon the ancient stone pool. Its dark yellow fur floated gently along its forehead, and the two constantly appearing and disappearing "Shi" characters between its horns simultaneously showed an extremely subtle pause. At that very moment, Chi Tongyue slowly closed her eyes.
"All directions return to their proper places!" she whispered.
Chi Tianhong and the other eight elders sat down cross-legged at the same time. Ten Eternal Silence origins slowly rose along the ten directions. The originally vast radiance of origin gradually lost its original color as it approached the Myriad Illusions Return to Truth Pool, and then transformed into ten formless Formless ancient Dao rhymes, which slowly sank to the bottom of the pool along different directions.
Chi Tongyue clasped her hands together, slowly drawing out all of her Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme cultivation. The Eternal Stillness Dao Foundation, which had been condensed deep within her Fate Soul, gradually emerged. Tens of thousands of dark blue patterns slowly rotated around her body, and then sank inch by inch into the Myriad Illusions Return to Truth Pool.
As the Dao patterns continued to leave her body, her originally vast and Eternal Silence silent pressure rapidly weakened, and her cold face gradually lost its color. However, she kept her eyes tightly closed, and her palms did not tremble in the slightest.
Chi Tianhong also unleashed all his Eternal Silence cultivation, his dark cyan ancient staff hovering silently before him. Nine mysterious cyan patterns slowly faded along the staff, and the vast source of essence originally hidden deep within his Fate Soul gradually sank to the bottom of the pool. The wrinkles on his aged face deepened, and fine beads of sweat slowly slid down his cheeks. Yet, he remained in a meditative posture, sending the last wisp of Eternal Silence essence into the stone pool without reservation. The other eight elders also entered a state of deep meditation at the same moment.
The ten Eternal Silence origins simultaneously returned to the bottom of the pool.
A soft hum resonated—the ancient stone pool, no more than three zhang square, trembled slightly. The colorless water within remained undisturbed, yet in that instant, an extremely strange change occurred throughout the entire Xuanhuang Ancient Plain. The Illusory Generation patterns that had been continuously spreading outwards ceased their expansion around the Chi Lineage members. Those tiny "illusion" characters still hovered deep within the foundation of their Fate Souls, still covering their natal divine weapons and ancient Dao patterns, but they could no longer generate new illusory manifestations.
Chi Ninghua suddenly looked up, her clear eyes filled with undisguised shock. "Stop... stopped?!" She hurriedly looked down at the pale blue jade seal in her palm, which had been eroded by the Illusory Generation patterns. She saw that the tiny illusionary characters on the seal surface were slowly sinking down at this moment, and the Fate Soul patterns that had been covered were gradually revealed again. The true origin that belonged to her deep within the jade seal also began to regain its original clarity.
Immediately afterwards, the same changes occurred on the surrounding ten thousand disciples of the Chi Lineage. Their natal divine weapons, which had previously been unable to be fully activated, gradually regained their original Dao patterns after the Illusion characters stopped spreading; the cultivation memories that had become blurred deep within the Fate Souls of many disciples also revealed clear outlines again at this moment; the Dao foundations that had been constantly rewritten began to regain their own support, and tens of thousands of tiny Illusion characters slowly sank along the depths of their Fate Souls, eventually converging into extremely faint traces of Xuanhuang, which continued to sink towards the location of the ancient stone pool.
In the distance, Vajra Radiance slowly opened a sliver of its eye. The Beginning of Beginningless deep within its left eye suddenly trembled, while the End of Endless in its right eye gently flowed along with it. It could clearly sense that the "Beginningless - End-Beginning Seal - Illusory Generation True Scripture" it had previously unleashed was being slowly absorbed by some extremely ancient source. That source did not directly collide with the Illusory Generation, nor did it attempt to sever the connection to the Illusory Generation, nor did it even reveal any complete intention to retaliate. It simply existed there quietly. And all the illusory manifestations generated by the Illusory Generation True Scripture gradually lost room to spread further in the face of that source.
Vajra Radiance slowly raised its massive head, and the two "Shi" characters between its horns suddenly lit up. The previously dormant Illusory Generation Ancient Resonance once again spread rapidly along the Xuanhuang Ancient Plain. Tens of thousands of tiny illusory characters re-condensed along the patterns of heaven and earth, attempting to include the ancient stone pool in the manifestation induced by the Illusory Generation. However, the moment those illusory characters touched the area around the Myriad Illusions Return to Truth Pool, they all sank downwards simultaneously. They did not collapse. They did not dissipate. There was no violent collision of origins. They simply sank slowly into the colorless and Formless pool water. The Illusory Generation Ancient Resonance that could originally cause all true Dao foundations to lose their self-supporting power gradually returned to silence before the bottom of the pool.
Chi Tongyue kept her eyes tightly closed. Her once vast and Eternal Silence cultivation had completely sunk to the bottom of the pool. Her cold face was pale, almost bloodless, yet deep within her Fate Soul she felt an extremely strange sense of peace. The Illusory Generation patterns that had been constantly encroaching on the foundation of her Dao had completely stopped spreading, and even those Fate Soul elements that had been covered by illusory manifestations were gradually regaining their clarity under the reflection of the colorless pool water. She spoke slowly, her voice extremely soft, yet clearly reaching all directions.
"Returning to the True Nature of All Directions - The Pool of Myriad Illusions!"
The entire Xuanhuang Ancient Plain suddenly fell silent. The ancient stone pool, no more than three zhang square, did not release any massive beams of light outwards, nor did the water flow outwards. But just as the ten elders' Eternal Silence cultivation completely sank to the bottom of the pool, a kind of tangible presence, imperceptible to the Fate Souls, quietly emerged around the entire Chi Lineage's territory. The constantly curving spatial patterns stopped changing, and the Xuanhuang Ancient Resonance that had been sinking inwards lost its reason to continue oppressing the Chi Lineage members.
Tens of thousands of tiny illusory characters slowly sank down along the void. The Illusory Generation destiny that could have given rise to countless illusory manifestations gradually lost its room to continue manifesting in that formless Formless field of returning to truth.
Those illusory characters were neither erased nor forcibly severed; they simply sank slowly to the bottom of the pool, like countless tiny dust particles falling into the unfathomable ancient earth. The illusory appearances that could have continuously evolved found a stable and real foundation deep within the pool.