“Roar—!”
The Strange God let out a silent shriek, and spatial ripples twisted and exploded visibly to the naked eye. It tried to pull back its claws that were clashing with Li Mu, intending to tear apart this damned tree! Its body surged with a frantic, pale, pulpy light, attempting to solidify the Dao Domain pierced by the roots and sever the plundering channel!
How could Li Mu allow it to break free? The Chaos scales on his arms erupted with blazing Chaos Light, and Dao patterns flowed like living things! His strength surged, firmly clamping the Strange God’s claws! His entire being was like a Chaos Divine Mountain rooted in the Void Realm, firmly pinning the Strange God in place, serving as an anchor point for the Dao Tree to devour its Origin!
The Laws of the two great Dao Domains furiously clashed and annihilated each other at the points where the roots pierced. The engulfing erosion of Chaos fiercely collided with the deathly stillness and solidification of the Strange God. That area completely transformed into a quagmire of Laws, with spatial fragments peeling off and disappearing like fragile glass shards!
The Chaos Treasure Mansion hung above his head, Dao Power surged wildly, endless Chaos Qi flowed, converging into Li Mu’s Dao Domain, instantly causing his might to soar!
The next moment, the Chaos Treasure Mansion suddenly expanded greatly, its gates wide open, taking Li Mu and the Strange God’s body into the Chaos Treasure Mansion, where it began to devour and refine the Strange Tree’s limbs within the Chaos Qi Sea.
Inside the Chaos Treasure Mansion, the Qi Sea churned.
Li Mu stood at the core, the branches of the Chaotic Dao Tree, like living pythons, tightly wrapped around the Strange God’s body. The pale, strange limbs struggled violently within the Chaos Qi, viscous pulp spraying out, yet being frantically sucked and refined by the Dao Tree’s branches and leaves!
Hiss—!
The pulp intensely corroded the Dao Tree upon contact! The branches and leaves charred and withered, but Chaos Qi swirls followed closely, grinding away the erosion, and new branches and leaves wrapped around even more ferociously, their roots plunging into the Strange God’s gap, deep into its marrow!
“Eugh Ah—!”
The Strange God’s silent shriek reverberated through the Treasure Mansion! Flames danced wildly in its hollow eye sockets, and its arms violently broke free from some of the branches! Beneath its waxy skin, a pale, pulpy light condensed, forming countless sharp bone spurs that fiercely stabbed into the Dao Tree roots wrapped around its body!
Crack! Crack!
The roots snapped! Chaos Qi overflowed!
Li Mu grunted, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and the Treasure Mansion’s light flickered rapidly. He formed hand seals, and the Chaos Laws within the Treasure Mansion roared, causing the pressure to surge! At the broken roots, new Chaos tendrils regenerated like lightning, carrying a more primitive devouring will, coiling back around the bone spurs!
The bone spurs were entangled, and Chaos Qi churned like a millstone! The pale bone spurs crumbled inch by inch, turning back into pulp! The refining speed drastically increased! The Strange God’s limbs visibly withered, and its pale luster dimmed.
“Roar!”
The Strange God’s head snapped around, its eye socket flames locking onto Li Mu’s main body! A pale death light, condensed to the extreme, ignored space and shot directly at Li Mu’s glabella! Before the light arrived, Li Mu’s Divine Soul felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave, his consciousness sluggish!
Buzz!
The main branch of the Chaotic Dao Tree at the core of the Chaos Treasure Mansion suddenly shifted horizontally, blocking in front of Li Mu!
Puff!
The death light pierced the main branch! The thick Chaos trunk instantly withered and stiffened! Large patches of branches and leaves shriveled and fell! The Dao Tree trembled violently, and its devouring paused!
A sharp glint flashed in Li Mu’s eyes! He advanced instead of retreating! His right fist condensed Chaos Qi into a tangible form, Dao patterns burned, and he punched the end of the stiffened main branch, which had been eroded by the death light!
Boom!
The punch force penetrated! That section of the Dao Tree’s main branch, polluted by the death light and on the verge of complete decay, carrying the lingering pale death light and violent Chaos, plunged fiercely into the depths of the Strange God’s chest gap like a destructive giant spear thrown by a trebuchet!
“Pfft—!”
Viscous, glue-like pale, strange pulp mixed with Chaos Qi erupted violently from the gap! The Strange God’s remnant body twitched frantically! The contaminated main branch plunged into its body, like a root of potent poison, frantically releasing a mixed venom of Chaos Devour and its own deathly stillness, accelerating its disintegration from the inside out!
Li Mu’s face was pale, his aura fluctuating, but his eyes were as cold as iron.
The other branches and leaves of the Chaotic Dao Tree did not stop, seizing the opportunity to tighten, their roots plunging deeper into the Strange God’s Origin core, the vortex of devouring and refining stirring up monstrous waves in the Treasure Mansion’s Chaos Sea.
The Strange God struggled violently, its pale, pulpy light condensing into a single point, then suddenly erupting! The silent impact shook the Foundation of the Treasure Mansion, and the Chaos Qi Sea was torn open into pale vacuum ravines!
Li Mu’s body trembled violently, blood oozing from his seven orifices, and the roots of the Chaotic Dao Tree broke inch by inch! But he advanced instead of retreating, spreading his arms, the Chaos scales on his body shining dazzlingly, and he fiercely lunged towards the core of the explosion!
“Devour!”
The Chaos Treasure Mansion let out a dull roar, its core Dao patterns spun frantically, and it forcibly swallowed that explosion point, along with the Strange God’s final core, into the depths of its Mansion Core!
Chaos Qi, like billions of millstones, roared as it crushed!
The pale light struggled, twisted, and shrieked frantically within the Chaos core, but ultimately, it was completely ground down, decomposed, and refined by the endless Chaos Dao Power!
A torrent of Origin, unprecedentedly intertwined with deathly stillness and Chaos, poured back into Li Mu’s body, washing over his limbs and bones!
“Ugh—!”
Li Mu grunted, the Chaos scales on his body exploded and regenerated, his aura surged violently, yet carried a chilling deathly stillness that made one’s heart palpitate. On the main branch of the Chaotic Dao Tree, a pale, strange pattern quietly spread, but it was fiercely suppressed by the surging Chaos Qi.
...
Outside, the hundreds of thousands of feet tall Chaos Treasure Mansion stood in the Void Realm, its light flickering erratically, sometimes a dark light surging, sometimes a pale light seeping out, fluctuating violently. The vast amount of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi from the entire Star Domain was continuously drawn into it. Li Mu and that terrifying Deva Race God were locked in a fierce struggle within the Treasure Mansion.
In the distance, the scars on the Da Qian Immortal Dynasty’s boundary wall were slowly wriggling and healing, Heaven and Earth Origin Qi surged, and the vast tribulation lightning formed by the Heavenly Dao Will had long since dissipated. The spirit and vitality of the entire Immortal Dynasty seemed to be tied to the violently fluctuating Chaos Treasure Mansion.
The surviving Immortal Dynasty Cultivators stared intently at the ten-thousand-foot-tall Mansion Gate, no one spoke, only heavy breathing and fingers gripping Magic Treasures until they turned white. Blood Slaughter Divine Lord’s blood-red eyes were grave; Sword Cultivator Ancestor’s ten thousand swords hung in the air, their tips all pointing at the Treasure Mansion; Kushan Buddhist Lord sat with palms pressed together, chanting softly, Buddha Light enveloping the tottering remnant army.
...
Time flew by, and thirty years passed in a blink of an eye.
The Chaos Treasure Mansion still trembled violently, but its flickering light had stabilized, the pale color completely suppressed by the dark Chaos Light, quietly suspended in the Star Sea, like the heartbeat of a sleeping giant beast. Each tremor caused spatial ripples in the surrounding Star Domain, silently indicating that the internal struggle had not ceased.
In the Da Qian Immortal Dynasty, the scars on the boundary wall had already healed, but a trace of lingering chill remained in the world that was difficult to dispel. On the scorched earth, new spiritual trees stubbornly sprouted, drawing in the slowly recovering Spiritual Qi. Broken immortal mountains re-gathered under the guidance of Formations, and spiritual springs gushed from deep within the earth veins, nourishing the land after the calamity. The Immortal Dynasty was breathing, recovering, and a tenacious vitality erupted amidst the desolation.
However, all eyes, all minds, remained firmly fixed on that ten-thousand-foot-tall Chaos Treasure Mansion.
Around the Treasure Mansion, it was no longer an empty Star Domain.
Massive spiritual ships, densely packed like a steel nebula, surrounded the Chaos Treasure Mansion impenetrably. The Immortal Dynasty’s most elite warships and the ultimate fortresses of various major forces now formed a strict battle array. Formation patterns flowed on the hulls, and the muzzles glowed faintly, aimed at the core Treasure Mansion, ready to fire.
A cold Killing Intent mixed with highly tense Spiritual Pressure condensed into a tangible form in the Void Realm, transforming into invisible steel thorns, firmly locking down that area.
Blood Slaughter Divine Lord stood at the bow of the flagship, his blood-colored cloak fluttering, his blood-red eyes sharp as knives, staring intently at every subtle tremor and fluctuation of the Treasure Mansion.
The Sword Cultivator Ancestor, with ten thousand swords suspended in the air, his Sword Qi condensed but unreleased, the ten thousand swords trembled slightly, emitting a low hum, his Sword Intent pointed directly at the Mansion Gate.
Kushan Buddhist Lord sat cross-legged in the Void Realm, Buddha Light enveloping the ready Immortal Dynasty remnant army and new forces behind him. His eyes were tightly closed, and he chanted Buddhist incantations without ceasing, fine beads of sweat visible on his forehead, maintaining a massive spiritual barrier to isolate the unsettling Chaos deathly stillness aftershocks emanating from the Treasure Mansion.
...
No one relaxed.
No one dared to declare victory.
Thirty years of continuous tremors reminded everyone: that Strange God had not yet been completely refined!
It could break out of the Mansion at any time!
They were waiting.
Everyone was waiting for a result.
Either Li Mu refines the Strange God and steps out of the Mansion, becoming the savior of the Da Qian Immortal Dynasty.
Or... that pale, deathly still entity tears through Chaos, dragging this newly revived world back into the abyss of despair.
The Chaos Treasure Mansion was also a sword hanging overhead; until its gates opened, the killing Formation would not be withdrawn.
Inside the Chaos Treasure Mansion, the Chaos Qi Sea churned endlessly, the aftershocks not yet settled.
Li Mu sat cross-legged in the Chaos Sea, his eyes tightly closed, his Chaos Dao Body fully revealed, wholeheartedly urging the Chaotic Dao Tree to absorb and refine the Strange Tree’s Dao Origin.
Within the Chaos Qi Sea, only a mass of white, pulpy Strange Origin remained, being mercilessly ground, decomposed, and assimilated by the surging Chaos Dao Power. The annihilation of every wisp of white, pulpy Strange Fluid would transform into the purest, most dangerous Strange Dao Origin, pouring into the Chaotic Dao Tree. After being absorbed and refined by the Chaotic Dao Tree, it surged into Li Mu’s limbs and bones, washing over his muscles, bones, and meridians, integrating into his Chaos Dao Origin.
“Hoo...”
A mouthful of turbid Qi carrying an icy chill was exhaled from Li Mu’s mouth, condensing into a gray-white trajectory in the Chaos Qi Sea. He felt his power climbing at an unprecedented speed, and the Chaos Sea, empowered by the Chaos Treasure Mansion, was frantically expanding and solidifying.
But accompanying the surge in power was a bone-deep sense of cold deathly stillness, as if it wanted to freeze his vitality along with it. On the main branch of the Chaotic Dao Tree, that newly formed pale pattern subtly pulsed, fiercely contending with the surging Chaos Qi.
Just then—
Boom!
The Chaos Treasure Mansion suddenly trembled violently, the Treasure Mansion’s barrier light flickered wildly, and countless fine, pale cracks instantly appeared and spread across the barrier’s surface! That was the strange Origin of the Strange God’s Dao Origin eruption, vacuum ravines torn open within the Treasure Mansion Space, which had not completely healed. Now, like fragile scars, they suddenly burst open under the impact of this immense force!
Through those pale cracks, Li Mu’s Sea of Consciousness instantly produced a Strange Origin anomaly: a filthy, viscous, pale, strange sea churning with endless despair and malice! Countless twisted, massive tentacles formed from corpses and resentful souls were frantically invading his Divine Soul, attempting to pollute the Chaotic Dao Tree, and him along with it, dragging them into the abyss of the Strange Dao.
Li Mu’s body trembled violently, his Sea of Consciousness churning. Filthy, pale, strange viscous fluid, carrying billions of resentful wails, impacted his Divine Soul barrier. The Chaotic Dao Tree’s light flickered rapidly, the pale pattern on its main trunk surged, frantically eroding the greenish-gray bark, and a deathly, bone-chilling cold permeated his body.
“Hmph!”
A muffled grunt exploded in the Qi Sea. Li Mu suddenly opened his eyes, Chaos surging in their depths, with a hint of paleness suppressed deep within. His Divine Soul felt as if it had been pierced and torn by billions of ice needles, and also as if it had fallen into a murky swamp, suffocation and malice crushing him simultaneously.
Li Mu’s will was like iron, firmly anchoring the Chaotic Dao Tree’s Origin. The Chaos Dao Power within his body roared, no longer passively defending, but instead transforming into countless mad Dragons, rushing back into his Sea of Consciousness, coiling around those corpse tentacles. The Chaos Treasure Mansion’s barrier roared, and its Origin Power frantically surged towards the pale cracks, attempting to heal them.
Sizzle—!
Chaos Power and the pale, strange sea violently collided and annihilated each other at the boundary of his Sea of Consciousness. Each impact made Li Mu’s Divine Soul feel as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, cracks spreading across the surface of his Dao Body, seeping blood threads intertwined with dark gold and pale white.
The main branch of the Chaotic Dao Tree swayed violently, greenish-gray light and pale patterns fiercely contending for every inch of space, its roots deeply embedded in the Qi Sea, drawing in violent power to support this perilous tug-of-war.
The Chaos Qi Sea, due to this internal and external assault, became completely turbulent. Monstrous waves surged, and vortices formed. The last remaining mass of white, pulpy Strange Fluid was completely torn apart in the Chaos, and a vast, pure, yet extremely dangerous Strange Dao Origin, like a bursting dam, roared into the Chaotic Dao Tree!
The entire Dao Tree glowed intensely, and the pale pattern on its main trunk instantly thickened several times, almost occupying half of its surface, and a deathly, bone-chilling cold instantly froze large patches of Chaos branches and leaves.
Li Mu’s seven orifices simultaneously oozed blood, and a thin layer of white frost rapidly covered his body, his vitality being frantically drained.
With a cracking sound from the Treasure Mansion’s barrier, unable to bear the strain, the largest pale crack suddenly expanded, and a wisp of viscous white pulp from the filthy, pale, strange sea actually seeped directly through the spatial rift, dripping into the Chaos Qi Sea!
Hiss—!
The Chaos Qi Sea was instantly corroded into a void, and terrifying pollution pressed directly towards the core!
...
Star God Realm · God King Hall.
The silver-white will and the dark-gold will’s fury swept like a tangible storm, the ashes of the completely dissipated withered leaf on the Mu World Tree stinging their Origin perception.
“Root... eradicated...” The silver-white will vibrated coldly, that trace of a crack spreading. The Patrol World Envoy was not defeated, but his very existence, his Foundation, was uprooted, completely transforming into nourishment for that Lower Realm speck of dust to grow. This defied common sense.
“Ant... stealing the Dao!” The dark-gold will’s rage condensed into tangible flames, gnawing at the Mu World Clan’s Strange Origin. Its gaze pierced through endless Void Realm, firmly locking onto the final scene: the Chaos Treasure Mansion, the newly born Dao Tree, and the figure fluctuating between Chaos and Strange Dao—Li Mu.
The scene froze on Li Mu sitting cross-legged in the Chaos Sea, his body surging with violent Dao Power, refining the last mass of white, pulpy Strange Origin. On the Chaotic Dao Tree, pale patterns were frantically eroding.
“He... is refining the ‘Origin Seed’!” The silver-white will instantly grasped the key: that mass of white pulp was the core of the Strange Dao Origin Seed they had grafted onto a branch of the Mu World Tree! It was now being forcibly decomposed and devoured by Li Mu’s Chaotic Dao Tree!
“Delusional!” The dark-gold will roared.
The two supreme wills instantly unified; without words, their gazes, like invisible giant hands, suddenly choked the center of the God King Hall—there, a twisted, decaying, and deathly still Strange Tree remnant was barely maintained with a last trace of vitality by two vast Star Powers. This withered Strange Tree’s roots were deeply embedded in the Void Realm, and its other end was precisely the residual Dao beacon of the realm already devoured by Li Mu!
“Buzz—!”
Silver-white and dark-gold radiance, with unprecedented intensity, poured into the withered Strange Tree. The Strange Tree remnant trembled violently, and the few remaining pale roots on its trunk suddenly straightened, erupting with Strange Dao Power. (End of Chapter)
