83: Divine resentment manifests, the two emperors join forces

Beneath the Main Hall, ten thousand feet underground.

The sleeping ancient god corpse was undergoing subtle changes.

Dark red, pulsating patterns, resembling blood vessels, began to appear on its originally stony gray skin. With every pulse, wisps of grayish-black mist seeped out from the patterns—this was the Chaos Divine Resentment, the ultimate negative energy formed from the unwillingness and resentment of the ancient god when it fell.

These mists gathered and rose, seemingly possessing consciousness, and began to corrode the surrounding strata, as well as... the Foundation of the Main Hall above.

Buzz—!

The ground, walls, and dome of the Main Hall—the surfaces of all the bronze material—simultaneously lit up with dense, purple-gold runes.

That was the Purification Grand Array set up by the Purple Firmament Sovereign Lord, now activated by Su Linger using the newly acquired Dao Seal, running at full power to resist the corrosion of the Divine Resentment.

But the corrosive power of the Divine Resentment was too strong.

Under the scouring of the grayish-black mist, the purple-gold runes visibly dimmed.

“Qingxuan Brother... the Divine Resentment is starting to counterattack!”

Inside the Legacy space, Su Linger’s voice, resonating through the Dao Seal, entered Lu Qingxuan’s Sea of Consciousness.

Her voice held a hint of urgency, indicating she was fully mobilizing the Grand Array.

Lu Qingxuan opened his eyes and looked down.

In the sight of his Rebirth Eye (Incomplete), he could clearly see the grayish-black mist, like billions of poisonous snakes, frantically attacking the defensive line of the purple-gold runes.

“How long can it hold?” he asked calmly.

“Half an hour, at most,” Su Linger’s voice replied. “The core of the Divine Resentment is a fist-sized 'Chaos Malevolent Source,' hidden in the corpse's heart. Unless it is purified or sent into Reincarnation, the Divine Resentment will continuously breed, and eventually... it might completely contaminate the entire corpse, turning it into a Chaos Fiend that knows only destruction.”

“Half an hour... that's enough.” Lu Qingxuan stood up.

He took a step, and his figure vanished from the Main Hall.

When he reappeared, he was deep underground, in a strange space filled with Chaos Qi.

Before him was a section of the ancient god corpse’s torso—just a segment of its forearm was like a continuous mountain range, stretching beyond sight.

Grayish-black Divine Resentment mist continuously surged from beneath the corpse's skin, attempting to pollute the surrounding Chaos Qi.

The Purification Grand Array, activated by Su Linger using the Zixiao Reincarnation Seal, had transformed into a purple-gold light net covering a hundred miles, firmly suppressing the mist's spread.

“Qingxuan Brother!” Su Linger’s figure appeared in the center of the light net. She sat cross-legged in the Void Realm, the Dao Seal on her brow shining brightly. Purple Qi and Reincarnation power intertwined around her, and her aura was firmly stabilized at the Mid-stage Spirit Transformation Realm!

Breaking through two stages in just two days of Legacy.

The potential of the Purple Firmament Reincarnation Body was terrifying.

“The core of the Divine Resentment is there.” Su Linger pointed toward a vague dark red light spot deep within the corpse.

Lu Qingxuan nodded, the ring of Reincarnation slowly rotating in his eyes.

The Rebirth Eye (Incomplete) pierced through layers of obstruction, locking onto the 'Chaos Malevolent Source.'

It was a dark red light mass that constantly twisted and changed shape. Inside, countless hideous faces seemed to be roaring and wailing, emitting bone-chilling malice and unwillingness.

“A pure aggregate of negative emotions... and it has fused with a trace of chaos origin source. It is indeed troublesome,” Lu Qingxuan judged.

“With my current cultivation, combined with the Grand Array, I can barely suppress it, but I can't completely purify it,” Su Linger gritted her teeth. “We need stronger Reincarnation power, or... an overbearing force that can directly annihilate it.”

“Then we'll use the second kind.” Lu Qingxuan said plainly.

He took a step forward, and the Chaos Qi around him erupted with a roar!

It was no longer the restrained state from before, but a complete release!

The Chaos God-Demon Body (Approaching Advanced), Chaos Law, Chaos Myriad Transformation Divine Art... all Chaos-related attributes were operated to their utmost limit simultaneously!

Rumble—!

The entire underground space felt as if a Chaos Deity had descended.

The moment the previously violent Divine Resentment mist touched the Chaos Qi around Lu Qingxuan, it let out sizzling sounds and rapidly dissolved, as if encountering a natural enemy!

Chaos is the Origin of all things, and it can also be the end of all things.

Although Divine Resentment was strong, it was ultimately a negative product derived from Chaos.

In the face of true chaos origin source, it was like a subject meeting their sovereign.

“This... is this the aura of pure chaos origin source?!” Su Linger’s beautiful eyes widened. Although she knew Lu Qingxuan was extraordinary, she was still shocked at this moment.

“Ling'er, work with me.” Lu Qingxuan's voice came through. “Use the Grand Array to suppress the periphery of the Divine Resentment and restrict its movement. Leave the core Malevolent Source to me.”

“Okay!” Su Linger nodded heavily and formed hand seals.

“Zixiao Reincarnation: Suppression Seal!”

Buzz—!

The purple-gold light net suddenly shrank, transforming into countless chains that wrapped around the spreading Divine Resentment mist, firmly binding it within a certain range.

At the same time, Lu Qingxuan moved.

His figure was like lightning, piercing through layers of Divine Resentment mist, heading straight for the dark red Malevolent Source!

“Roar—!”

The Malevolent Source seemed to sense a fatal threat and let out a silent mental shriek. All the Divine Resentment mist frantically retracted, condensing around it into layers of thick, dark red shields.

Countless distorted faces appeared on the surface of the shields, opening their mouths in unison and spewing grayish-black Resentment Rays toward Lu Qingxuan!

Every ray was enough to severely wound the Divine Soul of a Body Integration Cultivator.

“A mere trick.”

Lu Qingxuan did not dodge. The ring of Reincarnation in his right eye suddenly lit up.

“Reincarnation: Reverse Chaos!”

Buzz!

As the incoming Resentment Rays approached three feet from his body, their trajectories suddenly twisted and reversed, shooting back toward the Malevolent Source itself!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The dark red shield violently shook under its own attack.

Lu Qingxuan took the Opportunity to close in, forming a claw with the five fingers of his right hand. Chaos Qi condensed, transforming into a giant hand covered in Chaos Dao patterns, which fiercely grabbed at the shield!

“Break!”

Crack—!

The shield shattered instantly.

The giant hand drove straight in and snatched the constantly twisting Malevolent Source!

“Hiss ah ah ah—!!”

An extremely shrill mental shriek erupted. The Malevolent Source struggled frantically, attempting to corrode Lu Qingxuan's Divine Soul.

But Lu Qingxuan's Divine Soul had long been fused with the Chaos Law. How could it be corroded by mere negative emotions?

“I originally intended to send you into Reincarnation...” Lu Qingxuan's eyes were cold. “But after thinking about it, something like you is not worthy of Reincarnation.”

“It's better to return completely to nothingness.”

In his palm, Chaos Qi frantically compressed and collapsed, eventually forming a tiny Chaos Black Hole.

The characteristic of the Chaos Law—Dao Refining—was activated at full power!

The Chaos Black Hole rotated, erupting with terrifying devouring and refining power, forcefully pulling the Malevolent Source in, decomposing it, and refining it!

“No—!!!”

The Malevolent Source let out a desperate roar, its dark red light flashing rapidly as it tried to self-destruct.

But Lu Qingxuan’s left eye also lit up at this moment.

Word Law Dao Ruling was activated.

“Forbidden.”

As the single word fell, the Malevolent Source’s self-destruction process was forcibly halted.

It could only watch helplessly as it was swallowed, refined, bit by bit, by the Chaos Black Hole.

The entire process lasted for about the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

When the last trace of dark red light was swallowed by the Chaos Black Hole, all the Divine Resentment mist in the underground space quickly dissipated and purified, as if losing its source.

The dark red patterns on the ancient god corpse's skin also gradually dimmed, finally returning to their original gray color.

[Successfully refined 'Chaos Malevolent Source (Ancient God Divine Resentment)']

[Obtained: chaos origin source (Pure) x10 units]

[Obtained: Ancient God Fragmented Memory Shard x1]

[Obtained: Negative Emotion Resistance (Permanently Increased)]

[Chaos Law comprehension deepened. The attribute 'Chaos Law (Chaos)' gained a new characteristic: Gui Xu (Can actively create small Chaos Gui Xu to devour and refine all things)]

The System notifications scrolled past.

Lu Qingxuan withdrew his hand, and the Chaos Black Hole in his palm slowly dissipated.

The underground space returned to tranquility.

Only the massive ancient god corpse lay quietly across the space, devoid of any resentment.

Su Linger withdrew the Grand Array and flew to his side, her eyes filled with awe: “Qingxuan Brother... you actually refined the Divine Resentment directly?”

“Rather than sending it into Reincarnation and leaving a hidden danger, it's better to solve it completely,” Lu Qingxuan said. “Besides, the things obtained after refining it... are useful to me.”

He looked at the Ancient God Fragmented Memory Shard in his hand.

His Divine Thought probed into it.

Instantly, countless fragmented and Chaos images flooded his mind:

In the endless Chaos, a towering gray giant fought a squirming mass of Dark Flesh covering a Star River... The giant roared, its punch causing Chaos to collapse... The Dark Flesh split into billions of tentacles, polluting the stars... Finally, the giant burned its Divine Soul and delivered a final blow, blasting the Dark Flesh into the Space-Time Turbulence. The giant itself was exhausted, and its corpse fell into this realm... Before death, the giant's remnant thought murmured a name—

“ten thousand ruins...”

The scene stopped there.

Lu Qingxuan frowned slightly.

“ten thousand ruins... is that the name of the Dark Flesh? Or the codename of some existence?”

He vaguely felt that the ancient secret involved in this memory fragment might be more astonishing than imagined.

“Qingxuan Brother?” Su Linger called softly, seeing the strange look on his face.

“It's nothing.” Lu Qingxuan shook his head and put away the memory shard. “The Divine Resentment is gone, and this ancient god corpse is temporarily safe. Since you now control the Purification Grand Array, regularly nourishing the corpse with Zixiao Reincarnation power should prevent the Divine Resentment from regenerating.”

“Understood!” Su Linger nodded, then hesitated. “Then... how should we deal with this corpse?”

The value of an ancient god corpse containing chaos origin source was immeasurable.

“Leave it here.” Lu Qingxuan had already decided. “The corpse has been fused with the local ley lines and Reincarnation power for 120,000 years. Forcibly moving it might trigger unpredictable changes. Moreover...”

He looked toward the heart area of the corpse, where faint Chaos fluctuations could be sensed.

“A trace of the ancient god's true spirit fire seed seems to remain deep within the corpse. If nurtured with Reincarnation power, it might, in the future... have a chance to reignite.”

“true spirit fire seed?” Su Linger’s beautiful eyes lit up. “Does that mean... this Ancient God Senior might still have a chance to revive?”

“Only a possibility.” Lu Qingxuan said calmly. “And even if it revives, it will be tens of thousands of years from now. Right now, we have more pressing troubles to deal with.”

He looked up, his gaze seemingly penetrating the strata and gazing into the endless starry sky.

The myriad ages demon suppressing star chart unfolded in his Sea of Consciousness. The dark area representing the Void Abyss was violently boiling, and a clear 'Dark Trajectory' spanning across Star Domains was rapidly extending toward the Eastern Domain, toward the Nether Rift Valley!

“The Void Abyss’s True Body... or rather, the True Body of that Dark Priest, has locked onto this location.”

“And this time... He is likely not a Projection, not an Incarnation, but...”

“The True Body descending!”

Su Linger’s face paled: “A Tribulation Transcendence Stage True Body?!”

“More than that.” Cold light flickered in Lu Qingxuan’s eyes. “Through a trace of Karma connection I captured while refining the Divine Resentment, I sensed... there seems to be more than one Tribulation Transcendence Stage aura within the Void Abyss. That Dark Priest might just be one of them.”

“Their target is likely not just this ancient god corpse... but the Reincarnation Node of the entire Eastern Domain, and even... using this as a springboard to invade more Great Domains.”

He looked at Su Linger, his tone serious:

“Ling'er, for the time being, you must guard the Hall of Rebirth, using the Purple Firmament Reincarnation Body in conjunction with the Purification Grand Array to stabilize the Reincarnation Order here and prevent the Void Abyss from infiltrating through other means.”

“As for me, I need to return to the Holy Land.”

“Some preparations... must be made in advance.”

Su Linger nodded heavily: “Ling'er understands! Leave this place to me!”

Lu Qingxuan patted her shoulder, and his figure slowly dissipated.

Before leaving, his voice echoed in the underground space:

“If you encounter an enemy you cannot resist, immediately activate the Chaos Sword Intent I left in your Dao Seal.”

“No matter where I am... I will rush back.”

The voice faded.

Su Linger gripped her Dao Seal, feeling the Chaos Sword Intent within it, which seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth. Infinite warmth and determination surged in her heart.

“Qingxuan Brother... don't worry.”

“Ling'er will no longer be your burden.”

She turned, looked at the magnificent ancient god corpse, sat down cross-legged, and began to use the Zixiao Reincarnation power to nurture the faint true spirit fire seed deep within the corpse.

Meanwhile, on the surface.

The Cultivators still waiting and watching outside the Main Hall suddenly felt that the Reincarnation aura of the entire Nether Rift Valley had undergone some subtle change.

It became... more orderly, more stable.

At the same time, a cold and majestic female voice emerged from the Hall, resounding throughout the Rift Valley:

“The Hall of Rebirth is officially sealed starting today. Those who do not possess a Reincarnation Physique or hold a Great Void Token are forbidden from approaching within one hundred miles of the Hall entrance.”

“Violators will face...”

“The Reincarnation Punishment, resulting in the annihilation of the Divine Soul.”

As the voice ceased, the Main Hall's large door slammed shut.

The Cultivators outside the Hall exchanged glances, finally sighed, and gradually dispersed.

The Opportunity was over.

To remain longer was the path to death.

At this moment, deep within the boundless Star Domain.

A squirming mass of Dark Flesh, covering billions of stars, slowly opened tens of thousands of blood-red eyes.

All eyes looked toward the Eastern Domain.

“The Divine Resentment... has been purified...”

“The ancient god corpse... temporarily out of control...”

“Lu... Qing... Xuan...”

A low, Chaos sound, as if billions of creatures were whispering in unison, echoed in the Void Realm.

“Very well... you have successfully attracted the attention of the Overlord...”

“Next time...”

“It won't be a Priest... nor a Divine Abomination...”

“But... a true Abyssal Apostle...”

“Look forward to it... look forward to meeting... you...”

The Dark Flesh slowly squirmed, and a Dark Passage spanning several Star Domains began to slowly form.

The terminus of the passage... pointed directly toward the Eastern Domain!