The annihilation of the six Strange Demon Gods on the battlefield was like severing the defiled tentacles reaching out from the Chaos Treasure Mansion.
However, inside the Chaos Treasure Mansion, the true storm had only just reached its peak!
Li Mu sat cross-legged in the center of the Chaos Sea, his mind immersed in the Chaotic Dao Seed.
The entire Chaos Treasure Mansion roared and vibrated under the support of his will and the Chaotic Dao Seed.
The Strange Dao will, which he had forcibly confined and suppressed, was like an enraged cosmic cancerous core, stirring up a monstrous wave of defilement, frantically impacting the Foundation of the Treasure Mansion.
This was not a confrontation of power, but a struggle of Dao Origin!
The Chaotic Dao Seed, suspended above Li Mu's head, was the size of a fist, its surface flowing with Chaos patterns older than "nothing" and more primitive than "being."
At this moment, it radiated brightly, emitting a gentle light of gestation, yet also carrying a cold and overbearing assimilation, melting all wills.
Driven by Li Mu's will, the Chaotic Dao Seed trembled incessantly, and the Source of Self Dao intent surged out, merging into the Chaos Sea of the Chaos Treasure Mansion, driving the Chaos Sea to absorb the continuous power of the Strange Dao.
On the surface of the Dao Seed, profound Chaos patterns frantically evolved, grew, and extended, transforming into a Grandmist Giant Tree phantom rooted in the Chaos Sea!
Its trunk was gnarled like a Chaos Dragon, and as its branches and leaves unfurled, the Five Elements rotated, Yin and Yang Qi rose and fell, and the threads of time, space, and Karma intertwined... It was clearly the manifestation of myriad Daos, yet they were unified and forged into one by an even more fundamental Chaos will!
This was Li Mu's "Source of Self Dao"—based on Chaos, melting myriad Daos, forging the unique One!
In the center of the Chaos Sea, the strange white Source, the power of the Strange Dao surging from the Demon Abyss, continuously poured into the defiled Strange Dao core, attempting to resist the refinement of the Chaos Treasure Mansion with the strange Origin of a realm.
The situation was deadlocked!
To curb the refinement of the Chaotic Great Dao, the Strange Dao will could no longer withdraw.
The Strange Source continuously drained from the Demon Abyss and poured into the Chaos Treasure Mansion, throwing itself into the net!
The Strange Dao will felt an unprecedented threat.
The defiled strange energy frantically condensed and twisted, also transforming into a strange, repulsive Strange Dao Will Tree!
This tree was entirely pale white, its trunk flowing with sticky, strange white pus that seemed capable of polluting all Laws.
Its branches and leaves were billions of wriggling, barbed, defiled tentacles.
Its crown was composed of countless twisted, wailing "Strange Source Fruits" filled with hatred and despair!
Each fruit represented a twisted, polluted, and alienated Law Origin—decaying life, stagnant order, emptiness that devours spirituality, desperate flames, treacherous shadows... and other results of Dao Origin's strangification.
Two completely different Dao Trees fiercely competed in the core space of the Chaos Treasure Mansion, a life-and-death struggle.
There were no earth-shattering explosions, only more perilous and fundamental Law erosion and Origin disintegration!
Chaos Invasion, Disintegrating Strange Source:
The Chaos roots of the Grandmist Giant Tree, like greedy gluttons, ignored the corrosion of the defiled pus and brazenly plunged into the trunk and root system of the Strange Dao Will Tree!
Wherever the roots passed, the viscous strange white pus emitted a "sizzling" wail, being forcibly decomposed and stripped away!
The "Strange Source"—those twisted, alienated Law fragments that constituted the Strange Dao Will Tree's Origin—began to violently disintegrate before the supreme Chaos Origin, like ice and snow exposed to the scorching sun!
The Law chains forming the "decaying life" Strange Source were forcibly dismantled and scattered by the life and annihilation power within the Chaos roots; the emptiness that "devoured spirituality" was inversely filled and neutralized by the "nothingness" characteristic of Chaos;
The Strange Source representing "desperate flames" was enveloped, cooled, and stripped of its twisted will core by the all-encompassing characteristic of Chaos... The core Foundation of the Strange Dao Will Tree was being undermined by the roots of the Chaos Giant Tree!
Strange Power Counterattack, Polluting Chaos:
The Strange Dao Will Tree frantically swayed, billions of defiled tentacles coiling around the branches of the Grandmist Giant Tree like venomous snakes, attempting to inject strange white pus into it!
Those twisted "Strange Source Fruits" burst one after another, transforming into a viscous torrent of strange power, impacting the myriad Dao branches and leaves manifested by the Grandmist Giant Tree!
The Five Elements branches and leaves, stained with strange white, rotated sluggishly, their luster dimming; the Yin and Yang Qi were entangled by defilement, their ascent and descent imbalanced; the space-time Context were injected with despair, becoming sticky and twisted...
Parts of the Chaos Giant Tree began to show signs of pollution, its light becoming mottled.
Myriad Dao Furnace, Reversing to One!
However, this was precisely the terrifying aspect of Li Mu's "Source of Self Dao."
Chaos Qi vortexes rapidly spun in his eyes, his Divine Soul completely resonating with the Chaotic Dao Seed, emitting a Dao roar that pierced through Origin: "Chaos as the furnace, myriad Daos as the fuel, Strange Source as the material, refine!"
With this command, the partly polluted Grandmist Giant Tree's form drastically changed!
The entire giant tree seemed to transform into the most primitive and overbearing furnace in the Universe!
Above the crown, the myriad Dao branches and leaves, such as the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, and space-time, were no longer merely for defense or attack, but transformed into blazing Law flames!
The branches and leaves polluted by strange power intensely burned in the flames, the defilement being forcibly incinerated and stripped away!
And the "Strange Source" fragments, disintegrated and extracted from the Strange Dao Will Tree by the Chaos roots, were drawn into these myriad Dao Law flames!
An incredible scene unfolded!
Those Strange Source fragments, filled with hatred, despair, and distortion, were not simply destroyed under the combined action of the Chaos furnace and the myriad Dao Law flames, but were forcibly reversed, purified, and decomposed!
The decaying life Strange Source was stripped of its twisted will, restored to the purest life Origin particles, absorbed by the Chaos Giant Tree, and instead nourished the branches and leaves representing the life force of "wood"!
The empty Strange Source that devoured spirituality, after being neutralized by the "nothingness" characteristic of Chaos, had its "devouring" Law characteristic refined and transformed, merging into the branches and leaves representing the moistening of "water" and the space "Context," making them more inclusive and penetrating!
The desperate flame Strange Source, after its violent and destructive characteristics were stripped of negative will, the pure "destruction" and "thermal energy" Law fragments became the best nourishment for the branches and leaves representing the incineration of "fire"!
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The myriad Dao Law flames, like the most precise decomposition furnace and reorganization workshop, forcibly reversed, dismantled, and purified the core "Strange Source" power of the Strange Dao will, transforming it into the most fundamental Law fragments, which were then greedily absorbed and assimilated by the Chaos Giant Tree, becoming nourishment to strengthen the Chaotic Dao Seed and perfect Li Mu's "Source of Self Dao"!
Dao Seed Transformation, Source of Self Dao Manifests Its Power!
The Grandmist Giant Tree, formed by the Chaotic Dao Seed, not only remained unpolluted after devouring these reversed and refined pure "nourishments," but its light became even more brilliant and solid!
The Chaos patterns flowing on its trunk became deeper and more profound, the myriad Dao Laws manifested between its branches and leaves became clearer and more agile, and their connections became tighter and more integrated!
A more grand, more inclusive, and more supreme "Source of Self Dao" aura burst forth from Li Mu and from the Chaotic Dao Seed!
This aura seemed to transcend mere Chaos; it was the "Dao of Self" that had melted myriad Daos, controlled everything, and unified into one!
However, the Strange Dao Tree could swallow the entire Demon Abyss realm, and the Strange Dao Origin was inexhaustible.
Compared to that, Li Mu's Chaotic Dao Seed's refinement of it was merely a drop in the ocean.
This struggle of the Great Dao was destined to be a long battle.
Infinite Foundation, the Root of the Demon Abyss Strange Dao!
The Strange Dao main will perceived its core Strange Source being stolen and refined, and raging, defiled strange power, ignoring all barriers, poured in like a galaxy reversing, frantically injecting into the Strange Dao Will Tree.
The parts disintegrated by the Chaos roots and refined by the myriad Dao flames were instantly replenished and covered by this nearly infinite torrent, and the Strange Tree even began to slowly but steadily expand!
Pollution Shackles!
Billions of tentacles transformed into bone-eating maggots, deeply rooting themselves into the Grandmist Giant Tree.
The strange white pus, carrying the will of strangification, sought to dye Chaos with despair, to twist the Five Elements into a cycle of decay.
The polluted areas of the giant tree had mottled light, and the operation of Laws became difficult, as if burdened by a divine mountain.
The burning of the myriad Dao flames consumed Li Mu's own Origin to maintain purity, and the refinement efficiency plummeted.
The wailing and shrieking of billions of Strange Source Fruits converged into a "tide of despair and hatred" that washed over the Divine Soul, endlessly eroding Li Mu's Dao Heart and the will of the Chaotic Dao Seed.
The power of Years within the Chaos Treasure Mansion was stretched out to a great length!
Ten Years passed in a flash, and the Grandmist Giant Tree grew with difficulty amidst pollution and refinement, its new branches tough but also shadowed with gray.
Li Mu sat like a rock, enduring the washing of the will torrent.
The Dao Seed's light flickered uncertainly in the defiled tide, like a candle in the wind.
Another hundred Years passed in the blink of an eye.
The Strange Dao Will Giant Tree expanded several times, its oppressive power causing the Treasure Mansion's boundary wall to groan and crack.
The Grandmist Giant Tree, however, became even more condensed.
The polluted parts, after repeated calcination by the myriad Dao flames, actually began to "crystallize," forming gray-black Chaos crystal armor, losing agility but gaining solidity, resisting deeper erosion.
Li Mu's aura was introverted like a cold pool, his "Source of Self Dao" will becoming purer and colder through the erosion.
He actively guided the strange power pollution as a "quenching," burning away the polluted branches and leaves, and regenerating purer and stronger branches with Chaos Origin.
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The Chaos Treasure Mansion hung within the Demon Abyss Channel, its outline violently pulsating and twisting in the dead Void Realm, billions of Chaos Qi flickering like breath.
An indescribable ancient, profound, yet nascent and overbearing aura, mixed with the desperate shrieks emanating from the refined Strange Dao will, continuously impacted the Void Realm outside the mansion.
As a hundred Years passed, the injuries of the various supreme experts, who had experienced a breathtaking battle, had all recovered.
They gathered outside the Chaotic Boundary Sealing Formation, observing from afar the vast and abyssal Chaos Treasure Mansion in the center of the formation, watching it, like a bottomless black hole, continuously swallowing the strange white power surging from the Demon Abyss Channel, endlessly!
Celestial Venerable Fentian's Dao Fire blazed fiercely around him, incinerating the encroaching strange power residue into nothingness.
His gaze was like a burning torch, fixed on the Treasure Mansion: "Refining strangeness into a Dao Foundation... Dao Friend Li, I didn't expect you to actually achieve it!"
The Grand Profound Ancient Sword in Grand Profound Sword Revered's embrace continuously hummed, and its scabbard trembled, the accumulated Sword Intent subtly echoing the resolute sharpness emanating from within the mansion.
His expression was stern, and the sharp glint in his eyes pierced through the Void Realm: "What a Chaos furnace! If this Dao succeeds, it will sever the eternal shackles of the Three Realms!"
"The Netherworld can invade the Demon Abyss realm.
I wonder how many Years it will take for Dao Friend Li to refine it like this!
What if..."
The Green Emperor frowned deeply, feeling a faint unease.
Mind Clarity Holy Monk's heart lamp Buddha light shone brightly in his palm, desperately purifying the scattered whispers of despair, his clear gaze piercing through the Chaos: "Amitabha.
This cannot be done without great vows and great perseverance.
Li Shi Zhu, immeasurable Karma!"
Star Dome Old Ancestor's expression was solemn, his fingertips rapidly deducing the starry light, finally culminating in a long sigh: "The heavenly secrets are chaotic, and good or ill fortune is unpredictable.
In a struggle of the Great Dao, there is only victory or defeat.
This situation is set; Dao Friend Li has no retreat!"
"Hehehe... Good! What a Chaos furnace!"
In Bone Emperor Demon God's eye sockets, ghostly flames danced madly, greed almost materializing into gushing flames.
He stared intently at the Chaos Treasure Mansion, as if he could "see" the scene inside where the Strange Dao Will Tree was being disintegrated by the Chaos roots and refined by the myriad Dao flames: "Swallow!
Swallow that defilement!
Refine it!"
"Power... This is the power that transcends the cage!"
Blood Hell Demon God's body was surrounded by surging blood, his crimson eyes intertwined with madness and desire, feeling the terrifying power fluctuations of the Chaos Treasure Mansion's resistance and refinement of the Strange Dao will.
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Deep in the Demon Abyss · Netherworld Core
A cold gnawing sensation abruptly tore through the boiling Strange Source core of the Netherworld will, and an unprecedented "emptiness" and "pain" spread.
The other end of the Demon Abyss Channel—the direction it had regarded as 'new food'—had now transformed into a greedy maw!
A suspended Chaos Magical Artifact, based on Chaos and carrying an overwhelmingly domineering "Self" will, was frantically extracting and refining its Foundation!
It was not plunder, but a fundamental refinement and desecration.
The power belonging to the Strange Source, fragments of Law Origin representing decaying life, devouring spirituality, twisted by it, and imprinted with despair, were being forcibly stripped and dismantled by the Chaos Giant Tree within the mansion!
They were being reversed and purified, becoming nourishment to nourish the opponent and strengthen that "Source of Self Dao"!
This was a Dao digger, intending to use its billion-era erosion achievements as stepping stones!
"Ant! Stealing my Origin? Die!"
The Strange Dao main will's fury instantly ignited the entire Netherworld Origin Sea.
The nature of the strange power torrent that had previously been testing and eroding suddenly changed!
The world-destroying torrent, condensing core will, poured in like a galaxy reversing, ignoring all barriers, carrying the madness of annihilating everything, and slammed into the Strange Dao Will Tree manifested within the mansion!
"Boom—!"
The Strange Dao Tree within the Chaos Treasure Mansion emitted a dazzling pale light, its volume grew wildly, its trunk's pus was viscous like stellar plasma, and billions of tentacles, thick and ferocious, with barbs, fiercely plunged into every inch of the Grandmist Giant Tree's branches and every Law leaf.
What was pumped in was pollution, the purest and most malicious Strange Dao Origin will, to brand despair and decay deep into the opponent's Dao Foundation!
Billions of "Strange Source Fruits" emitted curses of wailing beyond their limits!
They converged into waves of Law carrying defiled Origin, the "tide of despair and hatred" endlessly washing over Li Mu's Divine Soul and the core of the Chaotic Dao Seed!
The cold and violent will of the Netherworld main will, along with the pouring torrent and curses, slammed into the Chaos Treasure Mansion.
It no longer held back, betting the entire Netherworld's Strange Dao Origin, intending to use absolute power to completely crush and annihilate the mansion that was stealing its core and nurturing a dangerous "Self" Dao Origin, dragging it and the ant into the eternal Demon Abyss!
The stalemate within the Chaos Mansion was instantly broken!
The Grandmist Tree phantom, propelled by the Chaotic Dao Seed, bore immense pressure.
At the points where the tentacles rooted, the gray-black crystal armor shattered with a piercing sound, and the myriad Dao flames flickered as if about to extinguish under the impact of the defiled torrent, their refinement almost stagnating.
Li Mu's cross-legged figure trembled violently, as if struck by a heavy hammer.
The Chaos Qi vortexes became chaotic, and the Dao Seed's light flickered intensely, as if it would be completely swallowed by the tide of despair and hatred in the next second. (End of Chapter)
