520: Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission.

This was an extremely dangerous move!

The Return to Ruins Dao Erosion was an aggregation of the evil thoughts left behind after countless experts perished; its essence was chaotic, and it contained a terrifying power capable of corroding the Dao.

With this move, if Ye Xuan were even slightly careless, his own Origin would be tainted by the filth, causing him to become a Puppet without consciousness.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Almost the instant he swallowed the massive amount of black Qi and evil thoughts, the Chaos Qi that had been flowing in an orderly manner became violent.

The negative will seemed to have found a Breakthrough point, frantically assaulting his Divine Soul.

At that moment, countless illusions appeared before Ye Xuan's eyes.

He saw the will inside Ya Ya completely erupt; the little girl's eyes became strange and cold, and she completely transformed into the Mother of Ten Thousand Dragons of the past.

He saw the Ziwei Star Domain destroyed, all the members of the Ye family perish, and saw his daughters' Divine Souls dissipate amidst the danger.

He saw Xuanji exhausting her moonlight essence to protect the Seal, only to be torn apart by those giant claws, her life extinguished.

"Give up... Everything you protect will eventually be lost..."

"Merge with the Return to Ruins, and there will be no more pain, no more loss..."

"What Tai Hao could not do, you cannot do either... Why struggle? Merge with us."

These consciousnesses echoed in his Sea of Consciousness, carrying a power that bewitches the heart, attempting to disintegrate Ye Xuan's Dao Heart.

Ye Xuan merely kept his eyes closed, enduring it all.

Outside the abyss, Xuanji's heart sank abruptly.

Although she could not see the specific situation inside the abyss, the subtle connection she shared with Ye Xuan allowed her to clearly perceive his current state.

Ye Xuan's aura had become chaotic, as if he had already been eroded by those consciousnesses.

"Ye Xuan!"

Xuanji was extremely anxious, but she had to exert all her strength to maintain the barrier and could not afford to be distracted.

An unprecedented panic seized her.

Could it be... was Ye Xuan really going to be...

No! That's impossible!

She had finally waited for Tai Hao's Reincarnation, waited for Ye Xuan to appear, with such great difficulty.

She absolutely could not let anything happen to Ye Xuan just like this.

Xuanji shook her head violently, casting that terrifying thought out of her mind.

She recalled the firm look in Ye Xuan's eyes before he charged into the abyss.

"Ye Xuan, you will definitely be able to do it!"

Xuanji activated the Moon Mirror, and the clear radiance became even stronger.

...

Inside the abyss, just at the moment when Ye Xuan's consciousness was about to be drowned by that endless wave of negativity.

A trace of extremely faint power of belief quietly appeared.

It was this very wisp of belief that allowed Ye Xuan's originally muddled consciousness to become clear once again.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In Ye Xuan's Sea of Consciousness, the chaos dao seed, which had been heavily enveloped by darkness, suddenly jolted!

The originally dim, clear light suddenly flared up; although it could not immediately dispel all the darkness, it resisted the erosion of those negative emotions.

He felt that trace of intent transmitted by Xuanji.

"Thank you."

Ye Xuan's eyes became clear, and he then looked toward the endless darkness beneath the abyss.

"My Dao encompasses all things, and naturally, that includes your power of extinction from the Return to Ruins!"

He no longer attempted to forcibly refine those massive evil thoughts, but instead guided the power of the chaos dao seed to begin combing through and integrating these chaotic wills!

Using his own firm Dao Heart as a guide and the Dao of Chaos as a furnace, he intended to treat this endless negative energy like Impurities being refined, stripping away its frenzied will and leaving only the most original power of extinction!

This was an even more difficult process; he had to keep his Dao Heart clear at all times, for once he was backlashed by the evil thoughts, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, it was precisely that wisp of belief from Xuanji that had become a guiding light; as long as this belief existed, Ye Xuan's Dao Heart would not lose its way.

Inside the Chaos Domain, the scene became eerie.

The violent black Qi was drawn by an invisible force, slowly rotating around the chaos dao seed, but it gradually dissolved upon touching the clear light of the dao seed.

Ye Xuan's body became the battlefield, and his will became the Dominator.

It was as if Chaos itself could both nurture life and encompass the end.

...

Time passed bit by bit.

Outside the abyss, Xuanji supported it with all her might; although the radiance on the Moon Mirror was not as intense as it had been at the beginning, it had never been extinguished.

She did not know what was happening inside, and could only feel through that faint connection that although Ye Xuan's aura fluctuated, it had never been completely annihilated, and it seemed that some indescribable change was taking place.

Thirty breaths of time felt longer than an entire epoch.

When the last wisp of frenzied will was stripped away by the chaos dao seed, and when that vast and pure power of extinction was slowly absorbed and merged by the dao seed—

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A vast aura erupted from within Ye Xuan's body!

The Chaos Qi originally surrounding him completely calmed down, and instead, it emitted an even more ancient and powerful force.

He suddenly opened his eyes; the chaos dao seed, after devouring and merging with a portion of the Return to Ruins Origin, had undergone a transformation, becoming more complete and closer to the Origin of the Dao!

This also made Ye Xuan's strength even more powerful.

"Now, it is time for this to end completely."

Ye Xuan's gaze pierced through the layers of darkness, locking onto that intent hidden in the very core of the abyss once again.

He raised his hand; at his fingertips was no longer pure Chaos Qi, but the power of extinction.

"With the power of extinction, with my power of Chaos, Seal!"

With a point of his finger, countless fine chains of runes instantly pierced through the Void Realm and coiled around that invisible vortex!

The core consciousness of the Return to Ruins let out a terrified and angry roar!

It felt that this time, the power of the Seal was completely different from when Tai Hao had forcibly suppressed it purely with supreme magical power back then!

This new Seal contained power that was of the same Origin as itself, and this power of the same Origin, logically speaking, should have been for it to use.

But this time, it had turned into the sharpest blade, instantly piercing into its weakest core.

"Whoosh!"

The rune chains tightened frantically, wrapping layer upon layer around that intent.

The darkness of the entire abyss surged violently as a result, but it could not stop the formation of the Seal.

Outside, the phantom of the giant claws that had been frantically attacking the Moon Mirror let out a wail of unwillingness, suddenly disintegrating into black Qi that filled the sky, and was immediately purified by the moonlight.

The continuous onslaught of consciousness also came to an abrupt halt.

Xuanji felt her pressure lighten, and she looked in astonishment at the Chaos Rift that had instantly calmed down, as well as the entrance to the abyss ahead that was gradually stabilizing.

Did he succeed?

She looked toward that darkness in disbelief.

A moment later, a flash of Chaos light appeared, and Ye Xuan's figure stepped out from the abyss.

His clothes were somewhat damaged, and his face still carried a trace of paleness, but his aura was as deep as the sea, and the phenomena of Chaos birth and destruction flowed around him.

He looked at Xuanji, the corners of his mouth curling up into a very faint arc.

"Mission accomplished."

Xuanji stared blankly at him as he returned safely; the heartstrings that had been taut for so long suddenly relaxed, and for a moment, she did not know what to say.

Thousands of words ultimately transformed into a single smile of relief.