Facing this “invitation” that transcended space and directly reached his Soul, Li Mu opened his eyes, a cold, sharp arc forming at the corner of his mouth. Far from showing any fear, his seated body remained motionless, but one hand suddenly lifted, his five fingers clenching fiercely at a certain spot in the Void Realm of the Treasure Mansion!
“Buzz—!”
The entire internal space of the Chaos Treasure Mansion suddenly underwent a drastic change. The originally silent and vast Chaos Sea, as if countless stars had been thrown into it, instantly became turbulent and boiled! Boundless Chaos Qi currents spun and compressed madly, guided by Li Mu’s will, forming a bottomless, light-devouring, terrifying vortex at the “point” where the Treasure Mansion’s barrier had been pierced by the Divine Thought!
This vortex was like an ultimate trap leading to the Chaos Origin and the return of all things to ruin. Violent Chaos Qi currents roared and howled within it, emanating a destructive aura capable of annihilating Law and shattering stars.
The moment the vortex formed, Li Mu raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the Treasure Mansion’s barrier, directly looking at that supreme existence outside. His voice was not loud, but carried a strange penetrative power, clearly transmitting in reverse, each word like a Chaos thunderclap, striking directly upon the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s Divine Thought:
“Let me out?” Li Mu scoffed with a cold laugh, provocatively calling out, “How about… you come in instead!”
As his voice fell, the Chaos vortex suddenly expanded, its terrifying suction directly acting upon space itself! A profound, violent “passage,” composed of pure Chaos Qi currents, surged out defiantly along the trajectory of the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s probing Divine Thought!
The end of the passage pointed directly to the Void Realm where the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s true body resided, with the wailing of Chaos and the will of destruction assailing him across endless space!
On the incomparably handsome face of the Lord of Ten Thousand Demon Holy Mountain, the icy indifference that was like ten thousand years of profound ice finally showed a subtle ripple. His pure golden vertical pupils slightly contracted, reflecting the Chaos passage that roared out from the speck of dust, seemingly intent on devouring heaven and earth. The blazing white flames at the tips of his nine dark-gold, profound-red fox tails suddenly paused, then burst forth with an even more dazzling light.
The aura emanating from that passage was ancient, wild, and chaotic, carrying a pure destructive will that even made him feel a slight tremor in his heart. It was the genuine power of the Chaos Origin!
“Hmph!”
A low snort, like a chilling abyss from the Nine Nether, escaped from the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s nose. It contained a mighty power capable of shattering star rivers, causing the entire solidified space to groan under the strain.
His slender fingers, suspended in the Void Realm, did not retract. Instead, facing the roaring Chaos passage, he bent a finger and lightly flicked it.
Ding—!
A strange sound, crisp like shattering glass yet also resembling the clang of metal.
The violent passage, constructed from the Chaos Treasure Mansion’s Origin power and capable of devouring stars, seemed to collide with an invisible, intangible, and indestructible Dao barrier at its front end under the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s seemingly casual flick!
Silently, the front end of the passage shattered inch by inch!
It wasn’t shattered by external force; rather, it was as if some fundamental Law constituting its existence was instantly negated and erased! The Chaos Qi currents, like ice thrown into boiling water, vanished into thin air without even having time to show the process of annihilation, leaving behind a “fracture” as smooth as a mirror.
That terrifying devouring suction abruptly ceased in the face of this absolute “negation.”
The shattering of the passage rapidly spread, like a lit fuse, swiftly receding towards the speck of dust disguised as the Chaos Treasure Mansion!
“Underestimating this Saint will cost you!” The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s voice remained low and calm, but now carried a bone-chilling coldness. His pure golden vertical pupils were firmly fixed on that speck of dust, with a pure destructive desire, born from being provoked by an ant, added to their gaze.
The Chaos light in Li Mu’s eyes suddenly burst forth. His seated body remained as steady as a mountain, and the five fingers of his right hand, held in a loose grip, suddenly erupted with an even more formidable will! With his palm facing downwards, he slammed it down fiercely!
“Boom—!”
The entire Chaos Treasure Mansion’s interior let out a muffled roar. The remnants of the Chaos passage, which had been shattered by the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s flick and were rapidly receding, instantly solidified and expanded as if injected with a violent, flowing source of water.
The Chaos Qi currents surged and coalesced again with a hundredfold, thousandfold madness! No longer a passage, but transforming into a bottomless, gaping maw composed of pure Chaos Origin, spanning the Void Realm!
The moment this giant maw appeared, the point of extreme darkness condensed at the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s fingertip seemed to be thrown into a bottomless abyss, failing to even stir a ripple before being completely devoured, decomposed, and assimilated by the violent Chaos Qi currents!
“Hmm!” The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s pure golden vertical pupils contracted, and a subtle hint of surprise flashed across his incomparably handsome face. What came from his fingertip was not the rebound of being blocked, but… complete “disappearance”! That point of darkness, containing the power of collapse, was actually directly “eaten” by the Chaos giant maw!
This sudden change completely exceeded his expectations. How could such a tiny spatial Magic Treasure, like a speck of dust, so domineeringly devour his power?
Just as the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s mind was drawn by this anomaly, and his power experienced a one-in-a-billionth of a second delay—
Li Mu’s pressed-down five fingers suddenly transformed into a claw, and he fiercely pulled backward!
“Roar—!”
The Chaos giant maw let out a silent roar, its terrifying suction directly locking onto the Void Realm coordinates where the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s true body resided! The strength of this suction was a hundred times greater than that of the previous passage! It ignored the distance of space, ignored the obstruction of Law, as if it were a hook cast by fate itself!
The flowing light around the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s body suddenly dimmed, and the ravaged ground beneath his feet, which had been smoothed into a desolate backdrop, silently turned to dust! The blazing white flames at the tips of the nine dark-gold, profound-red fox tails behind him wildly flickered, scorching large patches of charred cracks into space, attempting to stabilize his figure and resist the terrifying pull from the Chaos Origin!
In the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s golden vertical pupils, the icy indifference was replaced by intense shock and anger! He had never imagined that his true body would be shaken by power erupting from a speck of dust!
“Presumptuous!” The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s voice carried a hint of offended fury. His dark-colored brocade robe billowed wildly without wind, and his ink-black hair flew wildly! A terrifying demonic power, enough to burst stars, erupted, attempting to shatter the invisible Chaos chains!
However, it was too late!
The Chaos Treasure Mansion was Li Mu’s Natal Dao Treasure, refined with the Chaotic Great Dao. With its Origin fully activated at this moment, how could its power be underestimated? The suction of the Chaos giant maw carried the weight of the entire Chaos Treasure Mansion Small World, and the will of Chaos returning to ruin, transcending all Law!
The torrent of demonic power erupted by the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint crashed into the Chaos giant maw like a clay ox entering the sea, only stirring up larger Chaos waves! His majestic body, under this irresistible, terrifying pull originating from the Chaos Origin, was actually forcibly lifted from the Void Realm!
Space around him fractured and collapsed inch by inch! He was like a star thrown into a vortex, uncontrollably drawn towards the Chaos Treasure Mansion, which was disguised as a grain of sand!
His pure golden vertical pupils stared fixedly at the speck of dust, which was getting closer and rapidly expanding in his vision, filled with unbelievable shock and anger, as well as… a trace of thoroughly aroused, brutal ferocity belonging to the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons!
The next moment, a flash of light.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s majestic figure, clad in a dark-colored starry brocade robe, with his ink-black hair wildly flying and nine fox tails blazing with flames, along with the violent demonic power of his final struggle erupting around him, instantly vanished from his original spot.
Completely swallowed by that speck of dust, the Chaos Treasure Mansion!
At the edge of that ravaged forest, in the desolate Void Realm, only an inconspicuous speck of dust remained, quietly suspended. Inside the dust, the Chaos Sea churned violently, and a new, terrifying existence capable of shaking all the heavens and myriad realms, was forcibly brought into a small Chaos heaven and earth.
Inside the Chaos Treasure Mansion, the vast Chaos Sea still surged and churned, and an invisible pressure permeated this self-contained Small World.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint stood upon the surging Chaos Qi waves, his dark-colored starry brocade robe flowing with profound luster, his ink-black hair moving without wind, and the blazing white flames at the tips of his nine dark-gold, profound-red fox tails burned quietly, scorching and distorting the surrounding chaotic Chaos Qi currents, causing them to retreat and form a relatively stable space.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s pure golden vertical pupils stared fixedly at Li Mu, who was seated cross-legged at the core of the Chaos Sea, his eyes filled with doubt, vigilance, and a trace of humiliation from being forcibly brought here.
“Who exactly are you?” The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint was furious and shocked, staring at Li Mu, who was enveloped in Chaos Qi, and pressed the question.
For tens of thousands of years, the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint had for the first time encountered an ‘enemy’ whose depth he could not see through, and he felt an inexplicable sense of crisis.
Li Mu sat cross-legged, Chaos Dao power flowing around him, merging with the entire Chaos Sea. Facing the Demon Saint’s questioning, which was enough to freeze one’s Divine Soul, a faint, inscrutable smile hung on his face.
Li Mu seemed to be mocking him, slowly asking in return, “Fellow Daoist, you are truly amusing. You don’t even know who I am, yet you dare to come knocking on my door to disturb me? Isn’t that a bit impolite?”
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s pure golden vertical pupils dangerously narrowed, and a vein seemed to pulse on his forehead. The other party’s nonchalant attitude ignited a greater sense of being underestimated than direct provocation.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint, after all, was the Lord of Ten Thousand Demon Holy Mountain, with profound schemes. He forcibly suppressed the surging killing intent, his gaze as sharp as a knife, piercing through layers of Chaos Qi waves, accurately directed towards a corner deep within the Treasure Mansion, protected by layers of Chaos Dao power.
There, a faint trace of the purest Nine-Tailed Sky Fox aura emanated, like a ray of moonlight on an ice plain, appearing so unique in this chaotic and violent environment.
“This Saint came for her.” The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s voice returned to its icy calmness, but the undeniable tone within it grew heavier, as he indicated, “That wisp of aura belongs to the pure and flawless royal Bloodline of my Nine-Tailed Sky Fox lineage, which has wandered outside! Hand her over! She is of utmost importance to my clan!”
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s words carried an authority originating from the source of his Bloodline, as if declaring an undeniable sovereignty.
The smile on Li Mu’s face receded slightly, his gaze deepened, and he calmly met the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s oppressive stare: “Her name is Xue’er, and she is my Dao Companion.”
The words “Dao Companion” came out clear and distinct, like a giant stone thrown into a calm lake. The aura around the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint instantly solidified! The blazing white flames at the tips of his nine fox tails behind him suddenly shot up several inches, scorching fine black cracks into the nearby space!
For the first time, a clear look of shock appeared on the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s incomparably handsome face. His pure golden vertical pupils contracted violently, staring fixedly at Li Mu, as if to confirm whether he was speaking nonsense.
Nine-Tailed Sky Fox royal Bloodline… Dao Companion… Human cultivator?
The impact of this combination far exceeded being forcibly brought into this strange space. An aura mixed with absurdity, shock, and a certain indescribable complex emotion uncontrollably emanated from the Demon Saint’s body.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint stared fixedly at Li Mu, seemingly trying to find a trace of lie or blasphemy on his face.
However, Li Mu’s expression was calm and composed, his eyes as deep as an ancient well, without any trace of guilt or wavering. The surging Chaos Sea beneath him seemed to be the most solid backing for his words.
The atmosphere instantly froze to a chilling point, with only the silent roar of the Chaos Qi currents remaining.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s golden vertical pupils lingered on Li Mu’s face for a long time. The violent emotions, as if forcibly pressed into an icy sea, gradually settled, finally transforming into a bottomless, deep pool.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint slowly shifted his gaze, no longer looking at Li Mu, nor sensing the aura in that corner. His voice returned to its initial coldness, but with a barely perceptible hint of apprehension: “So that’s how it is.”
The demonic power around the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint slowly converged, and the flames of his nine fox tails also retracted to their original height of about a foot, the sound of scorching space becoming faint, revealing an posture of intending to stop here and leave.
“Since she is your Dao Companion, this Saint… will not press the matter.” The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s voice was devoid of emotion, and his gaze turned towards the invisible barrier of the Chaos Treasure Mansion: “The matter here is concluded. This Saint takes his leave.”
With that, subtle ripples began to appear in the space around the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint, and a powerful spatial fluctuation began to brew, clearly indicating his readiness to forcibly break free from the Chaos Treasure Mansion’s restraints and return to the outside world.
Just as he was about to unleash his world-breaking power—
Li Mu, still seated, suddenly raised his right hand and, facing the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s direction, pressed it down in the air.
There was no earth-shattering roar, no violent energy impact.
Buzz!
An invisible, yet vast will, as if the entire Chaos Sea had descended, accompanied by extremely pure Chaos Dao power, instantly permeated the area!
The spatial ripples that had just appeared around the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint, like water into which a pebble had been thrown, violently vibrated for a moment, then… solidified and calmed down forcibly!
The brewing world-breaking power was forcibly pressed back into the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s body!
The Nine-Tailed Demon Saint’s body suddenly stiffened. He abruptly turned his head, and terrifying golden light shot out from his pure golden vertical pupils, fixedly staring at the hand Li Mu had pressed down, and the calm yet undeniable expression on the face of the hand’s owner.
“Fellow Daoist, wait.” Li Mu’s voice was not loud, but it clearly penetrated the solidified space, reaching the Demon Saint’s ears, “Since you’ve come all this way, why the rush to leave? Let us… discuss further.”
Inside the Chaos Treasure Mansion, the churning Qi waves seemed to pause.
Li Mu’s pressed-down hand did not retract. The invisible Chaos Dao power transformed into the most solid cage, forcibly keeping the Lord of Ten Thousand Demon Holy Mountain within this heaven and earth, which he dominated.
The aura around the Nine-Tailed Demon Saint instantly became extremely dangerous. The flames at the tips of his nine fox tails changed color from blazing white to a nearly transparent, eerie blue. Space silently annihilated and repaired itself, in a cycle, as if a great battle was about to erupt! (End of Chapter)
