261: Ignite your essence, comprehend leaping

"Now!"

When the billions of deductions in Shen Yuanmo's mind finally yielded a vague yet singular possibility, Shen Yuanmo no longer hesitated!

His will transformed into silent thunder, detonating within his depleted Sea of Consciousness.

Shen Yuanmo ignited everything he had!

Boom!

An intense pain, originating from the very essence of his being, erupted from his Dantian Qi Sea!

The Half-step Nascent Soul prototype in his Dantian Qi Sea, already riddled with cracks and dim in light, ignited with a roar at this moment, transforming into a golden flame of extreme brilliance!

At the same time, deep within his Sea of Consciousness, his Origin Divine Soul, already on the verge of shattering due to excessive consumption, also transformed into the most dazzling fuel at this moment!

A majestic and boundless torrent of pure life Origin, like a breached celestial river, erupted from his body with the roar of mountains and seas!

This power was not for offense, nor for defense.

It had only one purpose—to imitate! To deduce!

At the cost of burning himself, he sought to imitate the faint yet Universe-encompassing Dao Rhyme of space leaping, contained within the heart of chaos origin he held!

"Give me... the deduction of its mystery!"

Shen Yuanmo's Divine Soul was burning, his consciousness blurring in the intense pain, but his Dao Heart, at this moment, was unprecedentedly firm!

Under the infusion of this unrestrained Origin, Perfect Deduction surpassed its own limits, operating at an unprecedented speed!

That incredibly profound Chaos Dao Rhyme, which even a Deity Transformation Stage Mighty One couldn't comprehend, was disassembled, analyzed, and reassembled in his mind again and again... one breath... two breaths... three breaths... who knew how long passed, it felt like an instant, yet also like eons.

Just as Shen Yuanmo's consciousness was about to be completely burned out, on the verge of falling into eternal darkness, in that final moment.

Buzz—!

In his mind, a point of creation light seemed to burst open suddenly!

Shen Yuanmo comprehended an extremely crude, extremely simple method of "space leaping," which couldn't even be considered a Divine Ability, yet was truly real!

It wasn't true space traversal, but a technique to forcibly distort a small area of space around oneself by instantly resonating with the Law of Space, thereby achieving short-distance displacement!

Though crude, at this moment, it was enough!

"Move... for me!"

Shen Yuanmo used his last shred of will to let out a hysterical Soul roar!

He fiercely activated the method he had just comprehended, still incredibly clumsy!

And at this very moment!

Old Monster Cang Xuan, who was about to bring his palm down to completely end this farce, suddenly widened his cloudy old eyes, and the playful smile on his face froze completely for the first time!

What did he see!

That junior, who should have been firmly imprisoned by his Void Return Domain, unable to move even a single strand of hair.

His body, at its original spot, suddenly became blurry and ethereal, like a wisp of mist blown by the wind, or a reflection about to merge into water!

An extremely faint, yet incredibly pure spatial Law fluctuation, which even made him feel a trace of trepidation, flashed from within that junior's body and then vanished!

"Law of Space?!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Old Monster Cang Xuan lost his composure for the first time, letting out a roar filled with shock and disbelief!

"Within this old man's Void Return Domain, all Laws are defined by this old man! How could you... how could you still mobilize the Law of Space?!"

This completely overturned his thousands of years of cultivation knowledge!

The reason the Void Return Domain was powerful was because it could isolate, cover, and redefine all Laws within the Domain!

In this Domain, he was the only True God!

But now, the authority of this Void Return Domain had actually been leveraged by an ant in his eyes!

However, Shen Yuanmo didn't give him any time to think.

In the instant Old Monster Cang Xuan was momentarily stunned.

Shen Yuanmo's ethereal figure suddenly flickered!

He actually disappeared from his original spot!

Then, in a way that completely defied the common sense of Karma, he appeared directly several feet away!

That was precisely the location he had calculated earlier, where the random space rift was about to form!

He did it!

At the cost of burning his own Origin, and with his Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, unprecedented through the ages, as his Foundation, Shen Yuanmo completed an impossible displacement within the Domain of a Half-step Void Return Mighty One!

He dodged that fatal claw!

A mere Within arm's reach, yet it felt like the ends of the earth!

That seemingly short distance of several feet became an insurmountable chasm between Old Monster Cang Xuan and Shen Yuanmo.

When Shen Yuanmo's figure, in a ghostly and unpredictable manner, vanished from beneath Old Monster Cang Xuan's killing palm and reappeared several feet away.

Time, at this moment, seemed to be paused.

Old Monster Cang Xuan's withered palm froze in mid-air.

The playful smile on his face, like dried orange peel, had long vanished, replaced by an unprecedented, extreme shock and absurdity.

"How... how did he do it?"

This thought, like billions of thunderbolts, exploded in his mind, shattering his Dao Heart, which had long been as still as an ancient well and believed to have seen through the vicissitudes of ages.

Impossible!

This is absolutely impossible!

His Void Return Domain, let alone a Half-step Nascent Soul junior, even a Great Perfection of Soul Transformation expert like Ji Changkong, once enveloped by his Domain, could only submit to slaughter, unable to mobilize even a trace of spiritual power!

But this kid... not only did he mobilize Laws, but he mobilized the Law of Space, which is the most profound and most difficult to control among all Laws!

He actually completed spatial displacement within his own Domain!

This can no longer be described as a Prodigy!

This is a miracle!

It was a complete miracle that subverted his five thousand years of cultivation knowledge, even making him question the Dao he cultivated!

"Little Beast! What kind of monster are you?!"

Old Monster Cang Xuan let out a roar of anger and shock, his voice for the first time carrying an uncontrollable tremor and a trace of... fear, which even he himself had not noticed!

He could no longer maintain his lofty posture, and the killing intent in his heart instantly soared to its peak!

This kid must not be allowed to live!

The secrets on him have already exceeded his comprehension!

If he cannot be completely obliterated today, in the future, he will surely become his greatest hidden danger in this life!

Old Monster Cang Xuan no longer had any intention of toying around; his hand, frozen in mid-air, suddenly clenched.

The power of the entire Void Return Domain, at this moment, was mobilized by him without reservation, transforming into an invisible giant Law hand that fiercely grabbed towards the space where Shen Yuanmo was!

He wanted to crush that space, along with Shen Yuanmo within it!

However, just as he made his move.

In the instant Shen Yuanmo had just completed that impossible leap and his figure solidified again.

Rip—!

An extremely faint sound, like fabric being torn, suddenly rang out behind him.

That extremely weak and unstable random space rift, which Shen Yuanmo had calculated billions of times, finally arrived as expected at this moment!

It silently opened, like a black lightning bolt, tearing open a tiny gap, less than a finger's width, in Old Monster Cang Xuan's seemingly flawless Void Return Domain 'net'.

This gap directly faced the annihilation space storm outside the Domain, which was even more violent, more chaotic, and filled with endless destructive aura!

Found it!

This is it!

Shen Yuanmo's eyes, which had dimmed from burning his Origin, burst forth with an unprecedented brilliant divine light at this moment!

He didn't hesitate in the slightest, not even turning his head to glance at Old Monster Cang Xuan's twisted face.

He used his last ounce of strength, pouring all the power gained from burning his Origin into his legs.

Then, he turned and, like a moth to a flame, plunged headfirst into that newly opened black rift, which was less than a finger's width!

"Not good!"

Only now did Old Monster Cang Xuan finally realize Shen Yuanmo's true intention!

He wasn't trying to escape within his Domain!

He was trying to... escape his Domain!

He actually wanted to use that insignificant random space rift in this annihilation space storm to tear open his Void Return Domain!

What a crazy idea!

What a bold calculation!

"Stay for this old man!"

Old Monster Cang Xuan let out a furious roar, and the invisible giant Law hand, its speed greatly increased, disregarded spatial distance and fiercely grabbed towards the rift that was about to close!

But, it was too late.

Ultimately, he was one step too late.

Just a split second before the giant Law hand could touch him, half of Shen Yuanmo's body had already entered the black rift.

Extremely violent spatial turbulence instantly poured in from the rift, savagely tearing at his Physical Body.

His skin and flesh were instantly shredded and covered in blood the moment they came into contact with that power.

But he didn't care!

The intense pain, instead, made his almost extinguished consciousness even clearer!

Just before his body was completely devoured, Shen Yuanmo used his last ounce of strength to turn his head.

His gaze penetrated the collapsing Void Return Domain, taking one last look at Old Monster Cang Xuan, who was like a madman, his face filled with disbelief.

A victorious smile, stained with blood, slowly spread across his lips.

The next instant.

The black space rift suddenly closed.

Completely devouring Shen Yuanmo's figure, along with his final smile.

Vanishing without a trace.

As if he had never appeared in this world.