285: The Dark Abyss is Coming

Boom!

The Power of Creation, as if finding its optimal vessel, surged frantically into the miniature universe. The continental plates expanded at a rate visible to the naked eye; mountains rose, and riverbeds took shape. In the starry sky, countless stars lit up simultaneously, and galaxies began to operate in an orderly fashion. More importantly, the circulation of the Clear and Turbid Qi formed a perfect self-circulating System, granting this miniature universe a true capacity for self-maintenance!

[Chaos Great Dao Comprehension: 80%... 82%... 85%!]

[Soul Great Dao Mastery: 71%... 73%!]

[Great Dao of Time Comprehension: 12%... 14%!]

A triple Breakthrough!

As the power of the Creation Tribulation gradually receded, Lin Yuan's miniature universe had expanded more than threefold, and its interior had even begun to nurture the most primitive single-celled life! Meanwhile, the chaos origin seed completely merged into this Universe, becoming its core driving power source.

On the other side, Xuanyuan Wuji had also completed his transformation. His original Imperial Dao Dragon Qi had vanished, replaced by a plain white robe flowing with Innate Qi. A silver mark shaped like a compass appeared on his brow, radiating an aura that transcended time. Most startlingly, the fragmented time-light compass in his hand was now perfectly intact, its needle spinning on its own as if measuring some higher dimension of time.

"Order Tribulation..." the voice of the dao embryo rang out again, and the vision of Guixu in its right-eye Universe began to expand.

But just as the second tribulation was about to descend, the entire Hongmeng Origin World space suddenly shook violently! The dark purple cracks that had originally only appeared at the edges had now spread to the core area! The power of the Lord of Guixu had broken through the Origin Realm's defenses faster than expected!

"It... has come..." The dao embryo's voice wavered for the first time. "Awakened... early..."

The nine-colored stairs began to collapse, and the stars within the miniature universe exploded one after another. The primordial dao embryo seemed to have fallen into a state of contradiction, with the Guixu Tribulation in its right eye flickering between brightness and shadow.

Lin Yuan and Xuanyuan Wuji exchanged a glance and instantly reached a tacit understanding—they had to obtain enough power before the Lord of Guixu fully invaded!

The two charged toward the primordial dao embryo simultaneously. Lin Yuan's Chaos Domain opened fully, and Xuanyuan Wuji's time-light compass spun rapidly. The dao embryo also seemed to realize the crisis; the Power of Creation in its left eye surged again, but this time it wasn't a test, but a... gift!

A wisp of the purest Grandmist Origin separated from the dao embryo's brow, split in two in the air, and shot toward the two men respectively.

"Authority... temporarily granted..."

"Dark Abyss... approaching..."

"Quickly... leave..."

Along with the intermittent thoughts, the entire First Aperture space began to collapse. Lin Yuan felt that wisp of Primordial Purple Qi Origin merge directly into his miniature universe, causing its essence to undergo a certain sublimation. Xuanyuan Wuji injected his wisp of Origin into the time-light compass, and countless ancient time runes immediately surfaced on the compass's face.

Rumble!

The top of the First Aperture was forcibly torn open! A sky-covering giant claw covered in dark purple crystals reached in, and the nine eyes of the Lord of Guixu locked onto those below simultaneously!

"Go!" Lin Yuan grabbed Xuanyuan Wuji and activated the newly acquired Grandmist authority, tearing open a nine-colored rift in front of them. This was a temporary passage leading out of the First Aperture, but it was extremely unstable.

The moment their figures vanished into the rift, the Lord of Guixu's giant claw slammed down on the spot where the primordial dao embryo was. The dao embryo let out a silent shriek, and a circle of destructive energy tide erupted within the Hongmeng Origin World!

When Lin Yuan and Xuanyuan Wuji tumbled out of the spatial passage, the entrance to the Origin Realm behind them had completely closed, leaving only ripples of dark purple energy as evidence of the terrifying clash that had occurred within.

"Will the dao embryo be devoured by it?" Xuanyuan Wuji's voice was hoarse.

Lin Yuan shook his head: "No. But the price of the dao embryo's early awakening is..."

Before he could finish, the entire 903 Divine Domain suddenly shook violently! Above the heavens, a crack spanning the divine domain appeared out of thin air. Inside the crack, countless pairs of dark purple eyes opened in the void; the army of the Dark Abyss Plane was assembling.

The upheaval in the Hongmeng Origin World seemed to have triggered a chain reaction. The ultimate secret of the 903 Divine Domain was surfacing at an accelerated pace... [heavenly dao announcement: primal divine seal Wielder Lin Yuan has accelerated the evolution of the 903 Divine Domain! The restrictions on Myriad Dao Realm Martial Artists will be lifted in 10 days.]

[Awarded: 350 million merit points!]

[Current Total merit points: 642,860,000 points!]

[Ranking: 1st (Lin Yuan) merit points: 642,860,000]

[2nd Place: Xuanyuan Wuji, merit points: 155,620,000]

[3rd Place: Constant Inability, merit points: 57,650,000]

...Within the nine-colored passage, there was no concept of time passing. Lin Yuan felt like a seed cast into a furnace; the wisp of Grandmist Origin bestowed by the primordial dao embryo surged and boiled within him, constantly battering the boundaries of the miniature universe. Every impact caused the newly born single-celled lives in the embryonic Universe to evolve violently—the primitive oceans churned, and the rotation of nebulae accelerated.

Xuanyuan Wuji's state was even more peculiar. The time-light compass mark on his brow flickered, and the Innate Qi flowing around him resonated with the complete compass in his hand, actually forming circles of silver time ripples within the passage. Wherever these ripples passed, the barriers of the nine-colored passage became blurred, as if they might collapse at any moment.

"This compass... is interfering with the stability of the passage!" Lin Yuan immediately sensed the anomaly. His Chaos Domain contracted, forcibly suppressing the out-of-control time fluctuations around Xuanyuan Wuji. "Control it! If the passage shatters, we'll be exiled forever in the cracks of time and space!"

Xuanyuan Wuji grit his teeth, attempting to withdraw the compass's power, but a flash of confusion crossed his eyes: "It's not me driving it... it's... sensing the Chaos Mother Sea..."

Before his voice could fade, an indescribable light suddenly erupted at the end of the passage ahead! That light was not mere brightness, but the manifestation of 'existence' itself! A vast aura that encompassed all things yet transcended all things rushed toward them, instantly submerging the two.

The passage vanished. Lin Yuan felt himself suspended in a state of... 'nothingness'.

There was no sky, no earth, no matter, no energy, and not even the concept of 'space' or 'time'. Absolute void, absolute silence. Yet this void was not dead; it contained an unspeakable possibility of 'being' that nurtured all things. This was the Chaos Mother Sea—the absolute Origin and end of all things!

"Is this... the end?" Xuanyuan Wuji's voice carried a hint of trembling. Before the absolute 'nothingness', even the time-light compass lost its luster, turning into an ordinary bronze disk that fell into his palm.

Lin Yuan did not answer. His entire mind and soul were immersed in this unprecedented experience. The wisp of Grandmist Origin within him was now like a traveler returning home, emitting a joyful resonance. He tried to circulate the Chaos Great Dao, only to realize with a shock that even the concept of 'circulation' did not exist here. His Chaos Great Dao seemed frozen; only the miniature universe in his Sea of Consciousness appeared exceptionally clear and active against the background of the Mother Sea's 'nothingness'.