283: Anti-entropy world

This is an anti-entropy world where Karma is reversed and entropy decreases!

"Go!" Lin Yuan grabbed Xuanyuan Wuji, using the suction of the vortex to rush toward that strange land.

In the Void Realm behind them, the angry roar of the Lord of Guixu could be vaguely heard, but the sound seemed separated by countless dimensions, rapidly weakening and disappearing.

The moment they passed through the vortex, the world spun dizzily.

Lin Yuan felt his perception completely subverted—he "saw" sunlight shooting from the ground into the sky, "heard" sounds becoming clearer rather than fading as they propagated, and could even "touch" time flowing backward between his fingers like a physical substance.

The most bizarre thing was the operation of the energy within his body.

The power of the chaos origin seed was no longer radiating outward from the core, but was being "drawn back" to all parts of his body, as if attracted by something.

This state, which violated the common principles of Cultivate, nearly made Lin Yuan cough up a mouthful of blood from the energy reversal.

"Adjust your breathing... comply with the anti-entropy..." Xuanyuan Wuji said through gritted teeth.

The fragment of the time-light compass in his hand was already hovering in front of his chest, its needle spinning counter-clockwise, "This is the 'Antechamber' of the Hongmeng Origin World... all Dao are reversed..."

Lin Yuan forced himself to adapt to this inverted world.

He attempted to reverse the operation trajectory of the Chaos Great Dao, changing the originally outward-expanding power of his Domain to contract inward.

The first few attempts all triggered severe backlash, but on the seventh time, a strange sense of harmony suddenly descended—80% of the true meaning of the Chaos Great Dao resonated subtly with the anti-entropy environment!

"So that's it..." A glimmer of realization flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes, "Chaos inherently contains all possibilities; forward order and anti-entropy are merely different appearances..."

As his perception adjusted, his Chaos Domain unfolded again, but its form was completely different.

The dark golden light no longer expanded outward, but formed miniature vortices rotating inward, surrounding his body like a nebula.

These vortices greedily absorbed the free-floating Primordial Purple Qi in the environment, converting it into special energy adapted to the rules of anti-entropy.

The eternal flower pattern on his wrist also became active, and the time Origin projection at the flower's pistil adjusted automatically, helping Lin Yuan stabilize the flow of time inside and outside his body.

He was surprised to find that in this anti-entropy state, the time wound on Xuanyuan Wuji's chest was actually beginning to heal slowly—those translucent areas were becoming substantial again.

"The time-light compass is pointing over there..." Xuanyuan Wuji suddenly pointed to the source of the backward-flowing waterfall, "There should be a path to the core of the Origin Realm there."

The two advanced along the terrain that defied common sense.

The backward-flowing waterfall became an ascending staircase beneath their feet, and the fallen leaves drifting into the sky became markers indicating the direction.

Along the way, they witnessed more anti-entropy wonders: shattered teacups bounced from the ground, reassembling completely in mid-air; split trees automatically closed up, axes flew back into the woodcutter's hands; they even saw a "replay" of a war, where the fallen stood up from pools of blood, and arrows shot back onto bowstrings...

As Lin Yuan went deeper, ascending against the waterfall, the surrounding Void Realm seemed to be soaked in Primordial Purple Qi!

Dense! Pure! Ancient!

If the few wisps of violet qi he had luckily obtained before were like dust scattered in the galaxy...

Then what completely enveloped him at this moment was the Grandmist Origin star sea that had nurtured endless stars and surged unceasingly!

Every breath felt like devouring a nascent Universe!

These Creation Origin qi appeared in a liquid state under the anti-entropy condition, gathering into inverted "celestial rivers" flowing across the firmament.

Lin Yuan tried to capture a wisp, but found that they dodged flexibly as if they had a life of their own.

"Why can't the Primordial Purple Qi here integrate into my body like those few wisps before?" Lin Yuan wondered solemnly.

"The Primordial Purple Qi in the anti-entropy world must be collected using an 'inverse method'..." Xuanyuan Wuji suddenly said.

He formed an inverse hand Seal with both hands, gently lifting his palms upward, "Just like this."

A surprising scene occurred—a wisp of Primordial Purple Qi actually separated from the celestial river and slowly fell into his palm.

But the moment the violet qi was about to touch his skin, Xuanyuan Wuji suddenly groaned, and a transparent hole was burned into his palm!

"That's not right... something is still missing..." He endured the intense pain and withdrew his hand; there was no bleeding at the wound, but it directly presented a state of material dissociation.

Lin Yuan was thoughtful.

Recalling the hint from the Grandmist figure before it dissipated, he suddenly had an epiphany: "Creation authority... primordial dao embryo..."

Without hesitation, Lin Yuan directly offered up the most precious treasure within his body—the chaos origin seed!

That speck of nine-colored light hovered above his palm, rotating slowly.

This time, when Lin Yuan activated the Origin seed with the anti-entropy method, a miracle occurred.

The celestial river of Primordial Purple Qi in the firmament suddenly boiled! Countless wisps of violet qi seemed to be summoned, actively breaking away from the backward-flowing state and gathering toward the chaos origin seed!

The Origin seed was like a miniature black hole, greedily devouring these Creation Origins, its nine-colored light growing increasingly brilliant.

After the initial shock of seeing Lin Yuan able to absorb the Primordial Purple Qi, the monstrous greed instantly overwhelmed Xuanyuan Wuji's terror!

"Primordial Purple Qi! It is mine!" He roared in his heart, his Dao Heart stimulated to near madness by this supreme fortune.

Whatever Lin Yuan, whatever danger—all were thrown to the back of his mind at this moment!

He made his move without hesitation!

He forced a drop of his natal essence blood, brilliant as glaze and containing ancient divinity, from his fingertip, turning it into a profound blood talisman that carried the aura of suppressing all things, and it lunged straight at that wisp of violet qi!

At the same time, an ancient bronze mirror engraved with the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers flew out from between his brows. The mirror light, like a ribbon, attempted to freeze that chaotic space!

He operated the Xuanyuan Divine Art to its limit, and a phantom phenomenon of nine Dragons guarding him appeared around his body, with immense suction locked onto the Primordial Purple Qi!

"Collect!" Xuanyuan Wuji shouted lowly, his eyes filled with burning determination.

However—

"Hum!"

That seemingly weak wisp of Primordial Purple Qi just trembled slightly.

The blood talisman, containing the essence of divine blood and capable of Seal stars, dissolved and disintegrated silently, just like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun!

The world-fixing divine light shot by the ancient bronze mirror shattered inch by inch the moment it touched the violet qi. With a "crack," the mirror surface split with several fine lines, and it flew back into Xuanyuan Wuji's body with dim brilliance, the artifact spirit letting out a mournful cry!

The immense suction of the nine Dragons guarding him was like a clay ox entering the sea, unable to stir even a ripple!

An unspeakable force of repulsion and counter-shock, seemingly originating from the very beginning of the Grandmist world's Creation, surged back fiercely along the connection of Xuanyuan Wuji's Divine Thought and Magic Treasure!

"Pfft!" Xuanyuan Wuji felt as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer; his face instantly turned deathly pale, and he violently spat out a mouthful of golden-red blood from the energy reversal!

His aura fluctuated violently, the nine Dragon phenomenon dissipated, and he staggered back several steps before barely standing firm.

He was horrified to discover that his proud Divine Ability and secret treasures were so vulnerable in front of this wisp of Primordial Purple Qi!

The backlash force even faintly shook his dao foundation!