284: Hongmeng Dao Tai

"You..."

Xuanyuan Wuji's Adam's apple bobbed. A single syllable was squeezed out with difficulty from his teeth, but he could form no further sentences. Deep in his eyes, a complex emotion surged like an abyss—unwillingness, envy, bitterness... In the end, it all dissolved into a bottomless despair and powerlessness.

His Dao Heart was being tortured!

Watching the Primordial Purple Qi, which was enough to overturn the structure of the Divine Realm and incite life-and-death battles among giants who had lived for hundreds of epochs, just within his reach, only to be snatched away by Lin Yuan...

This was no longer torture; it was a heart-devouring, bone-eroding punishment! He, the dignified Divine Son of the number one Ancient Clans, Xuanyuan Wuji, could only be reduced to a mere spectator on the sidelines of this supreme fortune!

Lin Yuan's gaze was like an abyss, sweeping coldly over the disheveled Xuanyuan Wuji. The other party's futile attempts earlier had all fallen into his eyes.

Trying to collect it? He did not care.

Before this absolute wall of strength, any attempt was merely a meaningless interlude. Lin Yuan's Dao Heart was already determined—this wisp of Primordial Purple Qi was destined to be his!

But... if he dared to turn his greed into claws reaching toward him...

Deep in Lin Yuan's eyes, a wisp of cold Chaos murderous intent quietly circulated, like a dormant primordial fierce star. With just a single thought, it would erupt with a chilling sharpness to annihilate the other party!

At this moment, sensing the Battle Intent and unwillingness receding like a tide from Xuanyuan Wuji, the corner of Lin Yuan's mouth curled into an almost imperceptible arc.

Knowing when to yield is good.

Without the slightest hesitation, his entire focus instantly sank into the chaos origin seed!

"Boom—!"

A suction force ten times more violent than before erupted from the core of the chaos origin seed! That wisp of pure Primordial Purple Qi seemed to be pulled by a supreme will, transforming into a dazzling purple galaxy torrent, breaking through all obstacles without hindrance, and crazily pouring into the interior of the Origin seed!

As more and more Primordial Purple Qi was absorbed, fine cracks began to appear on the surface of the chaos origin seed. Lin Yuan was not alarmed, but instead showed joy—this was a sign of the Origin seed's transformation! He unhesitatingly increased the absorption intensity, even actively guiding the violet qi to impact the shell of the Origin seed.

Crack!

A crisp shattering sound resonated throughout the Entropy Reversal World. The shell of the Origin seed completely disintegrated, and the thing gestating inside finally revealed its true form—it was a ball of nine-colored halo constantly changing its form, sometimes blooming like a lotus, sometimes rotating like a nebula, and sometimes trembling like an embryo.

In the center of the halo, a "existence" purer and more ancient than the chaos origin seed floated quietly, emitting fluctuations that made the entire Entropy Reversal World tremble.

"A projection... of the primordial dao embryo?!"

Lin Yuan's mind shook violently. The point of Chaos Heart Light in his Sea of Consciousness swayed crazily as if it had encountered a cosmic storm! This wisp of purple in front of him, how could it be a simple projection?

This was clearly a manifestation of a sliver of Origin essence of the ultimate existence that gestated all worlds and the source of all Daos—the "primordial dao embryo"! Even if it was not one ten-thousandth of the original body, like a speck of dust compared to a sea of stars, the Creation true intent contained within it was already clearly recognizable, as if it contained the supreme authority to mold Chaos and define Yin and Yang!

A thought, enough to make the entire Taichu Divine Continent go crazy, struck Lin Yuan's Dao Heart like the first clap of thunder when Chaos first opened:

"The opportunity! This... is the only opportunity to knock open the gate that no one in the Taichu Divine Continent has ever touched, symbolizing the source of all Daos, gestating everything—to become a saint in the primordial universe!"

Just as he was preparing to investigate further, the entire Entropy Reversal World suddenly shook violently! The flowing-backward waterfalls stalled, the rising fallen leaves hovered in place, and all Daos running in reverse fell into Chaos simultaneously.

In the distant sky, a huge "hole" was forming. Inside the hole was not darkness, but a more profound, more primitive scene of Chaos. A nine-colored staircase formed in the center of the vortex, leading directly to an unknown depth.

And what made one's heart palpitate was that fine dark purple cracks began to appear on the edge of the hole—the power of the Lord of Guixu was trying to invade the Origin Realm!

"Go!" Lin Yuan put away the Origin seed projection, his figure turning into a nine-colored stream of light and rushing toward the hole. Xuanyuan Wuji followed closely behind, and the two stepped onto the nine-colored staircase one after the other.

With every step taken, a section of the staircase collapsed, cutting off the retreat. When the ninety-ninth step fell, the Entropy Reversal World behind them had completely disappeared, replaced by a scene whose magnificence could not be described—

This was a miniature of a Divine Realm currently in gestation!

Clear and turbid Qi intertwined and separated like giant dragons, the world was born and annihilated from Chaos, and the continental plates slowly took shape under the scouring of the Primordial Purple Qi. And in the center of this Divine Realm, a huge, translucent "embryo" was suspended.

It was shaped like a curled-up infant, its entire body composed of liquid Primordial Purple Qi, with natural dao patterns flowing on its surface. With every "breath," countless miniature universe phantoms were born and destroyed around it.

The primordial dao embryo!

The true Creation Origin of this Divine Realm!

The chaos origin seed projection within Lin Yuan's body flew out uncontrollably, resonating with the dao embryo. The time wound on Xuanyuan Wuji's chest also completely healed, and the fragments of the time-light compass automatically assembled into a complete ring, floating above his head.

"Finally... waited for you..." A childish yet ancient voice sounded directly in both of their Seas of Consciousness.

The dao embryo... had awakened!

It slowly "opened its eyes," which were not eyes at all, but two rotating miniature universes! The Universe in the left eye was creating, while the Universe in the right eye was returning to ruin, perfectly interpreting the ultimate cycle of existence and annihilation.

"To obtain the authority... one must pass three tribulations..." The dao embryo's voice carried multiple echoes, as if it were speaking from countless space-times simultaneously, "Creation Tribulation... Order Tribulation... Return to Ruin Tribulation..."

Before the voice fell, the Universe in the left eye suddenly released a burst of brilliant light! A force of Creation, pure to the extreme, swept out, swallowing both Lin Yuan and Xuanyuan Wuji simultaneously!

The Creation Tribulation—had begun!

Within this force, Lin Yuan felt his existence being completely decomposed; every cell, every wisp of his Divine Soul returned to its most primitive state, and then, like matter when the Universe first opened, began to recombine and evolve. This was not destruction, but the most essential reconstruction; it was the ultimate sublimation of life form... or rather... mutation!

Xuanyuan Wuji's situation was even more bizarre. His Imperial Dao Dragon Qi was forcibly stripped away by the force of Creation, turning into nine tangible golden dragons writhing in pain in the air. Even more terrifying was that his Bloodline roots were being rewritten, the characteristics of the Ancient Clans being erased bit by bit, and instead, some kind of more ancient, more primitive "Innate Qi" was being injected.

Xuanyuan Wuji bled from his seven orifices, trying to resist this change at the essential level. But the force of Creation was like a mother's amniotic fluid, gently yet unrejectably reshaping everything about him.

Lin Yuan was also facing a life-and-death choice. The chaos origin seed trembled violently under the scouring of the force of Creation, ready to disintegrate at any moment. Once the Origin seed dissipated, the Foundation of his Chaos Great Dao would suffer irreversible damage.

At the critical moment, Lin Yuan made a crazy decision—he stopped resisting the force of Creation, and instead actively released all defenses, letting that force act directly on the miniature universe on the chaos green lotus throne!

"Since it wants to create... then let it create thoroughly!"