The Void Realm Origin Mark blossomed from Li Mu's Chaotic Dao Seed, and an almost 'nothingness' aura instantly flowed out, merging into the Chaotic Dao Domain, blending perfectly with the Chaos Power he controlled!
"Chaos creates the Void Realm, all Laws perish!"
Li Mu's low voice seemed to carry the echo from before the Universe's genesis. He suddenly spread his five fingers, and the illusory mark in his palm, enveloped by a chaotic Qi vortex but with a core of absolute, profound 'nothingness,' projected out!
This illusory mark appeared small, yet it was the focal point of the entire Dao Domain. It silently merged into the edge of the Chaotic Dao Domain, which was fiercely contending with countless Devouring Spirit tentacles.
Buzz—!
Time and space seemed to lose their meaning at this moment.
In the area of the Chaotic Dao Domain that had been furiously bitten and devoured by the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine's tentacles, a sudden change occurred!
The 'bitten' gap, instead of being swallowed and absorbed by the Sky Vine as it wished, collapsed inward furiously the moment the mark integrated! It wasn't an annihilation of energy, but a complete and utter 'disappearance'! The core of the collapse transformed into a pinpoint-sized, yet absolutely void point that caused the entire Star Domain to tremble!
The instant this void point appeared, it was like dripping ice water into a boiling oil pot. A thousandfold stronger devouring force erupted centered on this void point, radiating the Dao Power of absolute 'nothingness'.
The first to bear the brunt were the several massive Devouring Spirit tentacles that were greedily sucking the energy from the Chaotic Dao Domain fragments!
The dark vortexes condensed at their tips, capable of devouring stars, were as fragile as soap bubbles before this absolute Void Realm devouring.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only silent dissolution!
The tips of the dark green tentacles, along with the massive dark vortexes, were like being thrown into an invisible strong acid. Starting from the point of contact with the void point, they disintegrated and collapsed inch by inch, turning into primordial particle streams, and then... completely returning to the Void Realm! Not even a ripple of energy escaped!
"Hiss!!"
The main body of the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine, rooted in the star, let out an unprecedented, Soul-twisting shriek, filled with extreme rage, extreme ferocity, and at the same time, bone-deep fear!
The Devouring Spirit Sky Vine felt a true death threat! It was an ultimate annihilation of existence itself, transcending its devouring instinct!
Its Devouring Spirit Origin, upon which it relied for survival and took pride in, was incredibly fragile before that perishing Void Realm!
Countless remaining tentacles, like startled venomous snakes, frantically retracted, moving away from the edge of the Chaotic Dao Domain contaminated by the void point. The condensed dark vortexes also became extremely unstable, collapsing one by one on their own.
Li Mu's mouth curved slightly. His Chaos eyes clearly 'saw' the crushing restraint of the Void Realm Origin on the Devouring Spirit Origin. It was not just a suppression of power level, but a fundamental crushing on the essence of the Great Dao!
"The Dao of Devouring Spirit, after all, plunders at the level of 'existence.' But the Void Realm..."
Li Mu murmured, his voice filled with the fervor of comprehending profound truths: "...is the end of all 'existence,' a perishing that even devours 'plundering' itself!"
Li Mu's mind stirred again. The Chaotic Dao Seed in his Sea of Consciousness, the Dao Origin mark of the Lord of the Void Realm, rotated violently, projecting a vast Void Realm aura.
"Void Realm Suppressing Spirit! Suppress it for me!"
As Li Mu roared, the illusory mark projected from his palm suddenly magnified, transforming into a Seal flowing with intertwined Dao patterns of Chaos and the Void Realm, emitting a pressure that silenced the Great Dao!
The Chaotic Dao Domain then expanded and deformed again. The vast gray light curtain, at its edges, was now tinged with a profound 'nothingness' color, carrying a perishing will that would end all Laws and bury everything, like an unstoppable world-ending tide, crashing down towards the main body of the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine, which was violently trembling and whose Dao Domain was clearly in disarray due to its core tentacles being destroyed!
"Roar—!"
The Devouring Spirit Sky Vine felt its impending doom! The rooted star accelerated its disintegration in a mournful wail, and the core vine erupted with its final, desperate madness.
Countless remaining tentacles stopped retreating. Instead, like a sacrifice, they actively disintegrated themselves, transforming into viscous, ink-like torrents of Devouring Spirit Origin, emitting an ominous and destructive aura. They converged at the tip of the vine's main body, condensing into a constantly collapsing dark singularity that emitted terrifying suction!
The Devouring Spirit Sky Vine intended to use its billions of years of accumulated Devouring Spirit Origin as fuel to ignite the last light of counterattack, to desperately contend with the Chaos Void Realm Seal that brought perishing, and to break through the 'Void Realm' Dao Domain and the Seal of the Chaotic Dao Domain.
At this moment, the core of the entire desolate Star Domain seemed to transform into an erupting world-ending furnace!
Gray and black, creation and destruction, existence and the Void Realm—two extreme Dao Origin powers were about to meet in a final collision!
"Break!"
A roar of intent, stemming from the instinct of life and transcending rationality, accompanied the fierce projection of the dark singularity! It had no trajectory, because wherever it passed, space itself was completely devoured and annihilated, leaving only a path of absolute nothingness that continuously extended forward, symbolizing the complete erasure of 'existence'! This path directly pierced the core of the Seal that covered the sky and flowed with Chaos Void Realm Dao patterns!
Buzz—!!!
There was no earth-shattering explosion as anticipated. At the moment of collision, time and space completely lost all meaning.
An indescribable, unwatchable 'point' was born at the core of contact between the dark singularity and the Chaos Void Realm Seal!
It was neither pure Void Realm nor pure devouring. It was the ultimate product of two diametrically opposed yet Dao-extreme Origin powers, forcefully merging, annihilating, and contending under the drive of absolute destructive will!
In an instant, centered on that 'point,' a bizarre light-dark vortex silently spread out.
The vast gray Dao Domain was like ice thrown into molten lava, 'dissolving' and vaporizing in large swaths, turning into the most primitive chaotic Qi flow, yet being frantically pulled and devoured by that 'singularity'.
The Void Realm was twisting. The profound 'nothingness' Dao patterns violently vibrated, as if pure water had been injected with potent poison. The profound 'nothingness' was forcefully tainted with a layer of foul, viscous dark green—that was the Devouring Spirit Origin frantically eroding and polluting the true meaning of the Void Realm!
At this moment, the illusory mark condensed by the Chaotic Dao Seed in Li Mu's Sea of Consciousness flashed frantically, and even the 'nothingness' at its core showed signs of instability.
Devouring was wailing. The dark singularity's proud devouring power, upon contact with the Chaos Seal that integrated the Void Realm perishing, was instantly filled and Backlash by a purer Void Realm perishing intention, like ice meeting scorching sun! The faster it devoured, the more violent the perishing Void Realm backlash! The viscous Devouring Spirit Origin forming the dark singularity was being assimilated, decomposed, and returned to perishing by the 'point' itself at a visible speed!
The Law was collapsing! At the edge of the vortex, countless intricate Dao marks representing space, time, and even the basic composition of matter, fractured and annihilated inch by inch like fragile glass.
The core area of the collision had already transformed into a "Quiescent Black Domain" where even the Dao could not exist!
"Pfft!"
Li Mu's body trembled slightly, and a look of astonishment appeared in his pair of Chaotic Law Eyes.
The outcome of the confrontation between the Void Realm Dao Domain and the Devouring Spirit Dao Domain was revealed; the Void Realm Origin imprint on the Chaotic Dao Seed dimmed for a moment, transmitting a jolt of Origin damage and a cold sense of annihilation backlash.
"You fiend! You can even harm the Void Realm Origin!"
The sternness in Li Mu's eyes intensified; instead of retreating, it ignited the ruthlessness deep within him and his pursuit of the ultimate Dao.
The next moment, Li Mu's mind stirred, and the Chaos Treasure Mansion emerged. The Chaotic Dao Domain seemed to have a support group, its power doubling, firmly suppressing the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine within the Chaotic Dao Domain. Even though it had won against the Void Realm Dao Domain, it still could not escape the suppression of the Chaotic Dao Domain.
As soon as the Chaos Treasure Mansion appeared, it resembled a miniature Grotto-Heaven World, suspended above Li Mu's head, flowing with the most primordial and purest Chaos Origin. This Chaos Origin, like an invisible pillar, instantly poured into the surging Chaotic Dao Domain below!
Boom!
The already vast and profound Chaotic Dao Domain, empowered by this Origin, suddenly expanded several times! Its color shifted from dim gray to a chaotic profound yellow, almost like the primordial Chaos, containing endless power of creation and destruction!
At the edge of the Dao Domain, the profound "nothingness" color, though temporarily polluted and twisted in the core area of collision with the dark extreme point, became incredibly solid under the enhancement of the Chaos Treasure Mansion, like a divine mountain suddenly rising amidst raging waves!
The dark extreme point, condensed by the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine by exhausting its Origin and burning itself, created a terrifying "Quiescent Black Domain" in its collision with the Void Realm Dao Seal, even backlashing the Void Realm Origin and injuring Li Mu, but the price it paid was even more tragic!
Nearly half of the viscous Origin forming the dark extreme point had been annihilated under the backlash of Void Realm Annihilation! At this moment, the power of the Chaotic Dao Domain suddenly doubled, and its overwhelming suppressive force, like billions of stars falling simultaneously, heavily crushed the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine's main vine, which appeared withered and riddled with cracks due to its Origin burning!
"Crack-crack-crack--!"
The star where the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine was rooted, already at its limit, could no longer bear this ultimate power. It let out one last desperate wail, and the entire star was instantly crushed into dust by the Chaotic Dao Domain, with the main vine of the Sky Vine being stripped out.
Deprived of its support, the main vine, like a venomous Dragon with its Foundation uprooted, frantically twisted and struggled in the Chaotic Profound Yellow Qi, attempting to absorb Void Realm energy, only to find that this area had been completely sealed by the Chaotic Dao Domain and the intent of Void Realm Annihilation! Any trace of energy was assimilated by Chaos and devoured by nothingness!
"Hiss-ga--"
The sharp shriek from the depths of its Soul was now filled with the madness and unwillingness of a dead end, but more so, it was an irresistible fear from its life instinct when facing the supreme, all-encompassing aura of the Chaos Treasure Mansion! Its Devouring Spirit Dao Domain, under the crushing pressure of the dual Dao Domains, melted and disintegrated rapidly like ice and snow thrown into a furnace!
The chaotic divine light in Li Mu's eyes surged, suppressing the jolt and annihilation backlash from the Void Realm Origin imprint in his Sea of Consciousness, and connecting his entire mind with the Chaos Treasure Mansion!
"Chaos Treasure Mansion! Open! Absorb!"
Om!
The gate of the Chaos Treasure Mansion, suspended above his head, opened! In an instant, an indescribable suction, as if capable of swallowing the Universe, erupted from within! It directly acted upon space and existence itself! Its target was the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine's main body, which was firmly suppressed by the Chaotic Dao Domain, its Dao Domain shattered, and its Origin greatly damaged!
"Roar--!"
The Devouring Spirit Sky Vine felt a fate more terrifying than death—to be stripped of all freedom, to be completely controlled! Its remaining vines erupted with their final brilliance, as the dark green Devouring Spirit runes burned frantically, attempting to self-destruct its Origin and perish together!
"Hmph! Dying struggles! Before my Chaos Treasure Mansion, how can you have any room for self-destruction?" Li Mu's voice was cold, like the Nine Heavens' cold hell.
The Chaos Treasure Mansion glowed brightly, and billions of strands of Law chains, condensed from Chaos Mother Qi, descended from its gate! These chains ignored the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine's violent resistance energy and spatial distance, instantly coiling around its vast and hideous main vine!
Clatter-clatter-clatter--!
The chains tightened! The supreme Chaos Law they contained directly invaded the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine's core Origin, forcibly suppressing and binding its violent energy and self-destructive will! The Devouring Spirit Sky Vine's struggle power, enough to tear apart star rivers, was rendered futile, like an insect trapped in amber, under the entanglement of endless Chaos Origin!
"Collect!"
Li Mu's five fingers formed a virtual grip, then he slammed his hand downwards!
Boom!
The light from the Chaos Treasure Mansion's gate completely enveloped the Devouring Spirit Sky Vine. That terrifying Sky Vine, massive enough to entangle a star, was grasped by an invisible giant hand, rapidly shrinking and collapsing! Amidst a Soul-twisting shriek, it transformed into a dark green stream of light, forcibly dragged and swallowed into the opened gate of the Chaos Treasure Mansion!
The gate slammed shut!
The Chaos Treasure Mansion trembled slightly, and the Chaotic Profound Yellow Qi flowing on its surface seemed to become a few shades denser and more profound. Vaguely, one could see endless chaotic Qi currents surging within, and a small Grotto-Heaven World, independent of all heavens, was operating.
The next moment, Li Mu's mind stirred, and he retrieved the Chaos Treasure Mansion into his hand. A chaotic vortex appeared in front of the starship. He steered the starship into it, instantly departing from this silent Star Domain, as if dead.
The starship emerged from a Star Domain filled with life energy and active Heaven and Earth spiritual energy.
"Next, I need to enter the Treasure Mansion to refine that Sky Vine, which might take some time!" Li Mu looked at Xue'er and said apologetically.
"Li Dage, please go ahead. Xue'er will guard here and ensure the starship's safety, waiting for your successful return." Xue'er smiled slightly, nodding her head firmly.
Li Mu gazed deeply at Xue'er, a thousand words turning into a nod. No need for more words; their mutual trust and understanding were already etched into their bones.
Li Mu no longer hesitated. His mind instantly sank into his Sea of Consciousness, communicating with the Chaos Treasure Mansion. The next moment, his figure flickered and disappeared from his original spot, leaving behind an ancient, verdant Ruyi scepter suspended in mid-air above the starship, emitting mysterious Chaos Power.
Inside the starship, only Xue'er remained. She observed the form of the Chaos Treasure Mansion for a while, then took a deep breath, suppressing her worry for Li Mu.
Xue'er's eyes quickly became sharp and focused. Her delicate jade hand brushed over the starship's central control core, and her Divine Thought spread out like flowing mercury, instantly taking over control of the entire starship.
"Go!"
With a soft cry from Xue'er, the starship transformed into a streak of light, speeding through the vast Star Sea. (End of Chapter)
