273: 80% control over the Chaos Dao

The vortex rotated slowly, completely swallowing his figure. At the edge of the Myriad Dao Origin Pool, only billions of Dao imprints continued to flow silently, as if witnessing another transformation of a Chaos Dominator.

The moment he stepped into the core of the vortex, Lin Yuan felt as if he had fallen into the absolute Origin before the Creation of the Universe.

There was no light, no sound, and no concept of time or space. There was only a "Chaos Will" pure to the extreme, like a boundless Chaos Mother Sea, wrapping around him gently yet incomparably overbearingly. This was not an attack, but assimilation!

It was the most primitive call of the Myriad Dao Origin, the most authentic form of the Dao imprints when heaven and earth first opened—Return to the Origin!

The true meanings of billions of Daos were no longer manifested as dragons or storms, but transformed into the purest torrent of information and the most primordial fluctuations of dao rhyme, flooding into Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, permeating his flesh and blood, and washing over his dao foundation!

They no longer carried the sharp edge of destruction, yet they contained an even more lethal temptation and pressure: give up resistance, merge into this Source of Myriad Daos, and become a part of this eternal Chaos.

"Return... This is the destination of the myriad Daos..."

"Merge with us, and gain eternity..."

"Struggling... is futile..."

Countless thoughts, like the most ancient ballads, whispered deep within Lin Yuan's Soul with a magic that soothed the Soul. The eternal clear radiance emitted by the Chaos Fearless Dao Heart actually appeared precarious before this absolute Chaos Origin Will, like a candle in the wind.

Lin Yuan felt himself being "dissolved." His consciousness, his Dao, and the marks of his existence were all being gently erased and assimilated by this vast and boundless Chaos Mother Sea Will.

What was even more terrifying was that this assimilation was not painful; instead, it carried an indescribable comfort and peace, as if returning to the womb and shedding all burdens. This was a sinking far more terrifying than destruction!

"No!" Deep within Lin Yuan's Soul, that speck of glazed Chaos Heart Light suddenly erupted with unprecedented brilliance! Like the first ray of light that split heaven and earth, it pierced through the absolute darkness! "My Dao is not about returning! It is about dominion! It is about being the Dominator! Chaos is boundless, and all Daos return to the source—it shall be ruled by me!"

A roar exploded on the Soul level! The dark-gold runes of the Great Accomplishment Chaos Body burned wildly, erupting with the final strength to resist assimilation! The 60% true meaning of the Chaos Great Dao was pushed to its limit, no longer passively inclusive, but transforming into an invisible Blade of Creation, fiercely slashing towards the Chaos Mother Sea Will that sought to assimilate him!

Boom!

On the level of consciousness, it was as if a Big Bang had occurred! Lin Yuan's Chaos Will and the core will of the Myriad Dao Origin Pool clashed in the most direct and primordial collision!

This was not a contest of strength, but a confrontation of Dao status and life essence! It was a contest between Lin Yuan's persistence in his "Self-Chaos" and the "Primordial Chaos" will naturally formed when heaven and earth first opened!

The moment they collided, Lin Yuan felt his Divine Soul as if it were being struck by billions of stars simultaneously, on the verge of disintegrating instantly! The clear radiance of the Chaos Fearless Dao Heart was suppressed to its limit, nearly extinguished!

But he stubbornly held onto the last bit of clarity in his mind, condensing all his will, all his insights, and all his beliefs onto that Blade of Creation of "Self-Chaos"!

"Chaos is not dead silence! It encompasses all things, and should also dominate the myriad Daos! Evolving the heavens, with birth and death in rotation, that is eternity!" Lin Yuan's Soul roared. In his Sea of Consciousness, the chaos green lotus swayed wildly, and the miniature universe projection atop the lotus pedestal shook violently. The scenes of stars being born and dying and continents rising and falling within accelerated in evolution, emitting a unique "Chaos Order" that belonged to Lin Yuan himself!

This unique Chaos Order, evolved from Lin Yuan's own dao foundation, though weak, was incredibly resilient. Carrying a domineering will of "I am Chaos," it forcefully carved out a small "Domain" of his own within the Mother Sea Will where myriad Daos returned to the source!

Like a lonely island forcibly raised in the boundless ocean of Chaos! This island was Lin Yuan's "Self"!

The core will of the Myriad Dao Origin Pool seemed startled by this sudden resistance. The gentle assimilation force abruptly became violent! An even more massive Origin Will, like a monstrous wave, crashed fiercely against Lin Yuan's "island," attempting to completely submerge and crush it!

The pressure increased a hundredfold! Lin Yuan's "island" shook violently, its edges constantly disintegrating! Dark-gold blood began to seep from his seven orifices, his Great Accomplishment Chaos Body groaned under the unbearable weight, and the dark-gold runes beneath his skin flickered uncertainly, as if they could be extinguished at any moment!

"Hold on! This is the test of 'Unity'!" The voice of the White-Robed Dao Figure seemed to traverse time and space, sounding in Lin Yuan's heart lake with a hint of urgency. "Realize the true essence of Chaos! Your Chaos should be the 'Master' of the Source Sea, not its 'subject'! Use your Dao to dominate the myriad Daos, rather than being assimilated by them!"

"Dominion... Dominator..." Under the extreme pressure, Lin Yuan's consciousness instead entered a mysterious and ethereal state. All his past insights into the Chaos Great Dao frantically circulated, collided, and fused on the edge of life and death.

The 65% mastery of the Chaos Great Dao's true essence was being organized, refined, and sublimated at an unprecedented speed under the ultimate pressure of the Myriad Dao Origin Will! The invisible barrier blocking the way between 65% mastery and higher levels began to tremble violently under the compression of dual forces from within and without, showing streaks of cracks!

"Where my heart points, Chaos follows! Where my thought moves, the myriad Daos return to the flow!" Lin Yuan's Soul let out a silent cry! In his Sea of Consciousness, the chaos green lotus suddenly burst forth with unprecedented light! Atop the lotus pedestal, the evolution of that miniature universe suddenly broke through a certain critical point!

Boom!

On the continent, the first "river" in a true sense was born, surging and flowing, nourishing the land! In the starry sky, the orbits of several stars intersected, forming a stable prototype of a galaxy!

The circulation of the Clear and Turbid Qi formed a perfect, self-circulating closed loop of Chaos birth and death for the first time! A faint but undeniably real "Creation" dao rhyme spread out from Lin Yuan's miniature universe!

At the very moment this cosmic prototype formed a closed loop and the Creation dao rhyme was born!

[Chaos Great Dao Comprehension: 65%... 68%... 71%... 74%... 77%... 80%!!!]

The Bottleneck was broken!

A vast and mighty power that stood above the myriad Daos and dominated birth, death, and Reincarnation erupted from the deepest part of Lin Yuan's Soul! The "island" formed by his consciousness instantly shone with ten thousand rays of light, as stable as a mountain!

The torrent of the Myriad Dao Origin Will that had been attacking, upon touching this brand-new power containing 80% mastery of the Chaos Great Dao's true essence, actually became gentle and submissive, like a subject meeting a king! It no longer tried to assimilate him, but instead circulated and resonated around Lin Yuan's consciousness with a strange sense of awe!

Lin Yuan snapped his eyes open! In his left eye, the scene of the Creation of heaven and earth had disappeared, replaced by a chaotic sea of stars that encompassed all things and evolved the heavens! In his right eye, the end where all things return to ruin had transformed into the Origin where Chaos re-condenses and nurtures new life! That speck of Chaos Heart Light at the core was brilliant to the extreme, as if it had already become Chaos itself!