362: Great Road and Long River

[Myriad Dao Origin Returning Pagoda Second Level: great dao long river!]

[This great dao long river is the manifestation of the Great Dao Origin, containing the purest fragments of the Great Dao. Traveling through it, choose one Dao to trace back to its source, the 'Great Dao Source Eye'. Use the power of the Source Eye to temper your own Dao to qualify for the core 'myriad dao furnace'! Time limit: Seven days! Warning: Forcibly fusing conflicting Daos will result in backlash, leading to death and the dissipation of your Dao!]

Lin Yuan stood at the entrance, his Chaos Divine Thought instantly sweeping across this boiling sea of Great Daos. His goal was crystal clear—to find the great dao long river representing "Chaos"! Only by tracing back to the source of Chaos could he maximize the potential of the chaos dao fruit within him, laying a supreme Foundation for the final furnace Dao-casting!

However, Chaos is formless and qualityless, encompassing all things. Among these billions of manifested great dao long rivers, there was no river named "Chaos".

"Chaos... is the return of the myriad Daos to their Origin." Lin Yuan realized in his heart. His gaze locked onto a massive Great Dao turbulence that was frantically devouring and fusing several surrounding rivers of fire, gold, and earth!

This turbulence displayed a constantly shifting primal Chaos color, its aura violent and chaotic, yet faintly revealing the prototype of governing all laws! It was the Great Dao aggregate closest to the form of "Chaos" in this place!

"It's you!" Lin Yuan's figure moved, turning into a streak of Chaos light. Ignoring the terrifying gravitational and repulsive forces emitted by the countless great dao long rivers along the way, the clear light of the Myriad Dao Returning to Origin Seal enveloped his body, forcibly breaking through layers of turbulence to plunge headlong into that most violent Chaos-colored Great Dao turbulence!

Boom—!!!

Like being thrown into a boiling vat of oil!

The moment Lin Yuan entered, this already extremely unstable Chaos turbulence went completely berserk! Countless forcibly devoured and not yet fully fused fire Origins, gold edges, and earth weights... like Vicious Beasts whose territory had been violated, transformed into billions of destructive Great Dao torrents. With a crazed will to completely tear apart and assimilate the intruder, they struck fiercely from all directions! Their power far exceeded the Great Dao Storm of the first level by a hundredfold!

"Chaos Boundless! Swallow!" Lin Yuan's eyes burst with divine light as he shouted in a low voice. In his Sea of Consciousness, the primordial azure lotus dao embryo swayed to its limit, and the guixu origin point at the center of the lotus platform suddenly spun! A massive vortex composed of pure Power of Gui Xu erupted with Lin Yuan at the center!

[Chaos · Gui Xu · Heaven Swallower!]

Chi chi chi—!

The violent Great Dao torrent crashed against the Gui Xu vortex. This time, it wasn't a simple decomposition and absorption. The Power of Gui Xu, like the most gluttonous Taotie, frantically tore, crushed, and completely annihilated the incoming Great Dao torrent into the most primitive Great Dao particles!

Meanwhile, deep within the vortex, that speck of Grandmist Creation Light flickered slightly, forcibly seizing and transforming the purest, most original Great Dao particles after annihilation, injecting them into Lin Yuan's chaos dao chart!

[Forcibly refining "Chaos Aggregate Great Dao" fragments!]

[chaos dao fruit condensation level increased! Yuan Qi bonus +100!]

["Wind Aspect" branch absorbed pure wind Origin, comprehension level increased to 85%!]

["Blade Aspect" branch absorbed pure blade Origin, comprehension level increased to 45%!]

["Repulsion Aspect" branch opened, comprehension level: 10%!]

...Intense pain accompanied by majestic power flooded into Lin Yuan's limbs and bones. Forcibly devouring and refining such a violent Great Dao aggregate was like swallowing molten lava. Even with his current Chaos Body superimposed with the Innate Dao Body, he felt his Meridians about to burst and his Divine Soul shudder!

But his eyes were as firm as iron, his Chaos Fearless Dao Heart shining brightly. Not only did he withstand it, but he also turned this destructive pressure into a giant hammer to temper his Dao Fruit!

He swam against the current! Braving the Great Dao torrent that could cause even those in the Saint Realm to fall, he was like a divine sword cutting through waves. Along this Chaos turbulence, he moved steadfastly toward the "Source Eye" area—the place where the Great Dao collisions were most intense and the Chaos aura was thickest—the source of all law-devouring!

Behind him were the struggling figures of countless Dao Sovereigns.

Xuanyuan Wuji had the time-light compass above his head and stepped on an illusory tributary of time, struggling to move upward against the ripples of time. Dragon shadows roared around him, resisting the power of decay brought by the washing of time.

Su Yao merged into a lush and majestic life river, protected by the phantom of the ancient tree of life. She resonated with the true meaning of life, death, and withering within the river, but her progress was also difficult.

More Dao Sovereigns cautiously chose a relatively "gentle" single great dao long river to trace. Even so, they had to spend all their mental energy to resist the extreme washing of the same attribute Dao; any slight carelessness would result in the collapse of their dao foundation.

When everyone looked at that black figure cutting through thorns and increasing speed in the Chaos turbulence, only deep helplessness and awe remained. They were "drifting" in the great dao long river, while Lin Yuan was "feeding" on the entire river!

Five days later.

Lin Yuan finally broke through the last turbulence barrier composed of the pure Great Dao of Destruction and entered the source of this Chaos turbulence—a Chaos vortex less than a hundred feet in diameter, formed by countless Great Dao collision points! At the center of the vortex, a faint "Source Eye" that emitted the most primitive Chaos aura floated quietly, like the singularity at the beginning of the Universe!

[Chaos Great Dao Source Eye!]

An unprecedented light erupted in Lin Yuan's eyes. Without hesitation, he sat cross-legged in the center of the vortex and formed seals with his hands.

"Draw!"

Buzz!

That faint Chaos Source Eye seemed to be summoned by a common Origin and shook violently. A wisp of Origin qi, indescribably pure and containing the true essence of Chaos's birth and death, shot into Lin Yuan's forehead like the first ray of light at the creation of the world, reaching directly to the primordial azure lotus dao embryo in his Sea of Consciousness!

Boom—!!!

It was as if a Big Bang had occurred inside Lin Yuan's body! Billions of runes on the chaos dao chart circulated, reorganized, and fused at an unprecedented speed!

The primordial azure lotus dao embryo radiated ten thousand feet of clear light. The guixu origin point at the center of the lotus platform merged perfectly with this wisp of Chaos Origin, beginning a profound transformation!

That 50% chaos dao fruit, like a dry sponge meeting sweet rain, greedily absorbed this most original nourishment. Its condensation level began to soar at a speed visible to the naked eye!

[Drawing the Chaos Source Eye to Temper the Dao!]

[chaos dao fruit Condensation: 55%... 60%... 65%...]

[Yuan Qi Bonus: 5,000 → 5,500 → 6,000 → 6,500...]

[Chaos Fearless Dao Heart resonance increased! Yuan Qi bonus +100!]

[primal dao bone tempered by Chaos Origin, strength leaped! Yuan Qi bonus +500!]

[Innate Dao Body potential stimulated! Yuan Qi bonus +1,500!]

Majestic power surged and roared within Lin Yuan's body, his aura rising steadily like an awakening primordial giant god! The Chaos Great Dao vortex beneath him seemed to have found its master, revolving submissively around him, continuously sending pure fragments of the Chaos Great Dao into his body.

The seven-day time limit was approaching.

When Lin Yuan opened his eyes again, they were a deep and boundless sea of Chaos stars, as if containing the ultimate mysteries of the Universe's birth and death. He slowly stood up, feeling the chaos dao fruit within him that had reached 80% condensation and the skyrocketing Yuan Qi bonus. A cold arc curled at the corner of his mouth.