44: The Critical Point of the True Spirit, the Spear of Order

Deep within the chaotic turbulence, the condensed, ferocious armored phantom seemed to open its eyes from an eternal slumber. A cold, pure, and emotionless will of judgment, like an invisible tide, instantly crossed the violent currents and heavily pressed toward the core layer of the collapsing Xuanhuang Realm!

**Outside the dao cocoon - Star Vortex Fury**

Buzz—!

As the invisible pressure of the will descended, the rotating [Chaos Star Vortex Barrier] surrounding Su Wanzhao suddenly emitted a harsh hum! Countless tiny star vortices on the barrier were like gears subjected to immense pressure; their rotation instantly slowed, and their starlight flickered erratically. A power of “Order” originating from a higher plane, carrying the undeniable intent of “Solidification” and “Judgment,” attempted to forcibly suppress this chaos and freeze the pulsating, newborn dao cocoon!

“Hmph!” Su Wanzhao let out a muffled grunt, and an unyielding sharp light burst forth from her cold, starlike eyes. She stomped her foot abruptly, and her Chaos Star Vortex Dao Body shone brightly. The stable Xuanhuang Chaos Star Vortex Source Core within her rotated wildly at an unprecedented speed!

“Chaos is disorder! How dare you impose your shackles of Order!”

Amidst the sharp cry, the [Chaos Star Vortex Barrier] suddenly expanded! Every stalled micro Star Vortex on the barrier erupted with even more violent Annihilation power! Like countless miniature universal Ruins being ignited, they forcibly tore, swallowed, and shredded the invisible pressure of Order within the chaotic vortex! The barrier trembled violently, starlight splashed like a waterfall, but ultimately, it was not completely frozen! She stood firmly before the dao cocoon, like a Goddess of Chaos swimming against the current in a storm of Order.

The spatial coordinate mark at the boundary rift was completely stabilized, and the phantom of the Heaven-Patrolling Immortal General solidified from illusion into reality. It was not a body of flesh and blood, but rather a colossal armored statue forged from pure golden light and cold laws, over a hundred zhang tall. Its armor was inscribed with extremely complex Divine Runes of Order, radiating a heavy presence that distorted space itself. Its face was blurred, save for a pair of eyes condensed from pure golden law, which indifferently looked down upon the dao cocoon and Su Wanzhao in the collapsing layer, as if gazing upon dust.

“The source of the lower realm's collapse, nurturing a forbidden Dao Fruit. It must be executed.”

The cold, vast, and emotionless thought exploded directly within Su Wanzhao's soul, carrying an undeniable sentence. The Heaven-Patrolling Immortal General slowly raised its right arm. There were no fluctuations of Immortal Essence, no manifestation of laws; yet, with just this motion of raising its arm, the space in front of its palm cracked and collapsed like fragile glass! A massive golden light spear, condensed purely from the “Law of Order,” extended from the void. Its tip locked onto the dao cocoon, emanating a terrifying aura capable of freezing time and space and ending all things!

**Spear of Order: Judgment!**

Before the spear tip even moved, Su Wanzhao felt a terrifying pressure capable of crushing stars rush toward her! The collapsing ground beneath her feet silently annihilated, and the chaotic storm behind her was forcibly pushed aside, creating a massive vacuum channel! This spear strike transcended the scope of energy; it was pure annihilation at the level of Law! Its target was the core of the dao cocoon, aiming to completely erase the developing “True Spirit of the Origin Point,” along with the entire dao cocoon, from its fundamental law root!

“Don't even think about it!” Su Wanzhao's long hair danced wildly under the invisible pressure, and the starlight in her eyes burned to the extreme. She abruptly pressed her hands together before her chest. The Chaos Star Vortex Core inside her let out a groan of being overwhelmed, and then—**Reverse Collapse**!

Buzz—!

The [Chaos Star Vortex Barrier] instantly collapsed inward and compressed! Countless micro star vortices aggregated madly inward, devouring the power of the barrier itself! All the chaotic starlight, Annihilation Power, and even Su Wanzhao's own massive Dao Body Source were compressed between her hands, regardless of the cost!

A fist-sized “Singularity,” whose color was indescribable, was born between her palms! The space around the Singularity was completely distorted, torn, and swallowed, forming an absolutely dark event horizon! The ultimate power of destruction, chaos, and Guixu brewed within it—this was the final strike, pushing the Chaos Star Vortex Dao Body beyond its limits!

“Nirvana—**Star Core Collapse Burst**!”

Su Wanzhao's voice carried a tearing resolve as she violently thrust her palms forward!

The fist-sized, light-devouring dark Singularity silently met the **Spear of Order: Judgment** thrust forward by the Heaven-Patrolling Immortal General!

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**Core of the dao cocoon - True Spirit Criticality**

The terrifying external pressure and the clash of Laws, like muffled thunder transmitted through a thick eggshell, stirred up layers of law ripples inside the dao cocoon.

Chen Feng's nascent “True Spirit of the Origin Point,” like a pure speck of light, floated at the very center of the “guixu xuanhuang origin point core singularity.” Inside the Singularity, over seventy percent of the primordial qi true seed of xuanhuang had been integrated, transforming into a dense, warm, and infinitely vital Profound Yellow Source, which slowly circulated and merged with the profound, annihilating, world-devouring Power of Guixu, harmonized by the resonance of the life plate imprint, like the dual fish of Yin and Yang. Each cycle of circulation and merging made the Singularity more solidified, and Chen Feng's True Spirit light brighter, his consciousness clearer and stronger.

He could “perceive” everything happening outside the dao cocoon! Su Wanzhao's unyielding roar under the pressure of Order, the catastrophe brought by the Spear of Judgment, and the resolve and protective will transmitted when Su Wanzhao launched the transcendent “Star Core Collapse Burst” at the cost of her own Dao Body Source!

Anxiety! Worry! Anger! Protection!

These intense emotions, like tangible flames, scorched Chen Feng's newborn True Spirit. He wanted to break out of the dao cocoon! He wanted to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Su Wanzhao! He wanted to tear apart that lofty Heaven-Patrolling Immortal General!

“Focus your mind! Guide it! Merge the true seed!”

Zhang Shouzhuo's residual protective will rang like an alarm bell deep within his True Spirit. After guiding the stripping of the true seed and assaulting the shackles of the Immortal Curse, this wisp of will had become extremely thin, but it still stubbornly anchored Chen Feng's restless True Spirit.

“Power... I need stronger power! Control the Origin Point!” Chen Feng's True Spirit Will roared. He could feel that the power contained within the guixu xuanhuang origin point was boundless, enough to resist or even crush the external threat! But his control over this power remained at the most instinctual, crude level of “devouring” and “pulsating”! Like an infant wielding a giant hammer, possessing strength but unable to use it precisely!

Just as these extreme emotions and intense desire for control clashed—

Buzz!

The ruins abyss imprint of the [cosmic destiny plate], deeply embedded in the core of the True Spirit, suddenly erupted with unprecedented profound light! This time, the light did not merely resonate with the true seed; instead, it violently contracted inward, transforming into countless extremely fine, Dark Light Threads that instantly pierced into Chen Feng's nascent True Spirit!

“Ugh ah!”

It wasn't pain, but an indescribable feeling of “swelling and tearing”! Massive, fragmented, vague pieces of information, seemingly from endless eons ago, surged into Chen Feng's True Spirit Consciousness like a breaking dam, following the Dark Light Threads!

These were not concrete memories, but more like fragments of some kind of “Existence Imprint”:

* **A cold, dead silent Sea of Guixu, with Stellar Remains floating...**

* **A vague phantom of a wheel traversing Myriad Realms, as it turns, realms are born and destroyed...**

* **An ancient, vast sigh, carrying eternal solitude and... unwillingness...**

* **And also... Xuanhuang! A dense, warm aura that bears all things, yet carrying a familiar yet strange Source pulsation...**

Under the impact of this torrent of fragmented information, Chen Feng's True Spirit violently shook, its light flickering erratically. His consciousness felt as if it would be burst open by this sudden, complex imprint! The Profound Yellow and Power of Guixu that originally flowed harmoniously within the Singularity also instantly lost balance due to the intense fluctuation of the True Spirit, and signs of Law conflict reappeared!

**System Marker: Chaos Giant Egg State - dao cocoon Form (Stable)! Energy Level (Jump Paused)! Law Fusion (Conflict Intensified)! Core True Spirit (Chen Feng) - Information Overload, Consciousness Shock, Near Collapse (True Spirit Criticality)! Countdown: 04:18:22.**

“Strip... Anchor... True Seed... Source...” Zhang Shouzhuo's will, like a candle in the wind, was still stubbornly guiding, trying to re-anchor Chen Feng's collapsing True Spirit Consciousness onto the continuously merging Profound Yellow True Seed Source.

But this time, the torrent of life plate Imprint information surging in was too vast and violent! The warm vitality of the Profound Yellow True Seed was like a drop in the bucket, unable to soothe the True Spirit's shaking and tearing sensation!

Chen Feng's True Spirit floated in pain and confusion. The fragmented information of the life plate Imprint assailed him, the sense of crisis from Su Wanzhao's life-or-death struggle outside tore at him, and his own powerlessness to control the Origin Point's strength tormented him! These three extreme pressures, like three invisible giant mountains, firmly pressed the nascent True Spirit onto the critical point between “collapse” and “breakthrough”!

Crack!

A crisp sound that only Chen Feng could “hear” seemed to come from the depths of his True Spirit. Under the triple extreme pressure of the life plate Imprint, the external crisis, and the desire for control, his True Spirit Consciousness was finally forced to a “critical point” of no return! Either be overwhelmed by the information torrent, torn apart by the Law conflict, and watch Su Wanzhao fall and the dao cocoon be destroyed; or... break through this invisible barrier, truly “understand” and initially “wield” a trace of the core great power of the guixu xuanhuang origin point!

“Open up... for me!”

All of Chen Feng's will, all his emotions, all his unwillingness and obsession with protection, converged at this moment into a silent roar originating from the deepest layer of his soul!

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**Outside the dao cocoon - Law Annihilation**

The silent collision erupted with the light of Law Annihilation, surpassing all sound!

The Nirvana Star Core Collapse Burst launched by Su Wanzhao—the light-devouring dark Singularity—slammed violently into the Spear of Order: Judgment thrust by the Heaven-Patrolling Immortal General—the pure golden light that froze time and space!

There was no explosion, no shockwave. At the core of the collision, the concepts of time and space seemed to vanish. Only two diametrically opposed ultimate laws, representing the cosmic fundamental opposition—the destructive annihilation of chaotic disorder and the solidifying judgment of Supreme Order—were engaged in the most primal and violent mutual attrition!

Hiss—Sizzle—!

The ear-piercing sound of Law Annihilation, loud enough to tear apart the soul, rang out! The space around the collision point was like shattered glass, displaying countless bizarre, constantly appearing and vanishing fragmented scenes! The golden Law of Order, like solid ice, tried to freeze and solidify the dark Singularity; while the dark Singularity, like the greedy maw of Guixu, frantically devoured and ground down the golden light of Order!

Su Wanzhao's face instantly turned snow-white, her body trembled violently, and blood threads dotted with starlight spilled from the corner of her mouth. The light of her Chaos Star Vortex Dao Body dimmed drastically, and her Source Core groaned under the strain. The **Star Core Collapse Burst** had drained too much of her source; every second of confrontation was burning her dao foundation!

The massive body of the Heaven-Patrolling Immortal General, condensed from Laws, showed noticeable fluctuations for the first time! The Divine Runes of Order flowing across its armor flickered erratically, and the tip of the golden light spear it thrust forward was visibly devoured and ground down by the dark Singularity! In its indifferent golden eyes, a subtle fluctuation, named “surprise,” flashed for the first time.

“A lower realm Chaos Dao Body... is actually able to reach this state?” The cold thought carried a hint of scrutiny. The arm gripping the spear suddenly shook! Even more massive and purer golden light of the Law of Order poured into the light spear from its body! The ground-down spear tip instantly recovered, becoming even more condensed and sharper! The terrifying Power of Judgment surged, slowly but firmly pushing forward, resisting the Singularity's devouring force!

Su Wanzhao's pressure abruptly increased. Her body was pushed backward by an invisible immense force, plowing two deep trenches beneath her feet, directly toward the dao cocoon! She gritted her teeth fiercely, the starlight in her eyes burning with madness. She held her hands out, desperately squeezing the last of her internal Source into the precarious dark Singularity!

“Hold on... I must hold on...” She had only one thought in her mind. She could feel that Chen Feng's True Spirit inside the dao cocoon was undergoing a critical transformation, and it absolutely could not be interrupted now!

At this crucial moment—

Boom!!!

A Fetal Movement, far heavier, grander than any before, seemingly originating from the moment Chaos first opened, suddenly erupted from the core of the dao cocoon!

This Fetal Movement carried an indescribable sense of “anger” and “control”!

Accompanying the Fetal Movement, a strange, invisible fluctuation, yet seemingly capable of “soothing” all chaos and conflict, suddenly spread out from the dao cocoon's center! This fluctuation swept over the core of Annihilation where Su Wanzhao clashed with the Spear of Order!

Buzz!

The extremely violent scene of Law Annihilation actually froze for an instant! Su Wanzhao felt the pressure that was about to crush her suddenly lighten for a moment! And the indifferent golden eyes of the Heaven-Patrolling Immortal General abruptly narrowed, looking truly and solemnly at the pulsating dao cocoon for the first time!