522: Chapter 522 Understanding the Origin, Severing Cause and Effect

The golden immortal sword, compressed from the remnant Soul of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries and the projection of the entire Immortal Kingdom, had its edge locked onto everything.

Before the sword even arrived, the Sea of Consciousness Universe was already overburdened.

The chaotic airflow was forcibly pushed aside by that supreme immortal dao will, forming a vacuum that pierced from the heavens to the earth.

On the path pointed to by the sword's edge, space took on a shattered texture like colored glass.

This was an all-or-nothing strike from the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries, his final brilliance and his most vicious curse.

With this sword, he intended to slash not only the chaos divine man, but also to split Shen Yuanmo's entire Sea of Consciousness, along with his Dao Heart and will, completely in half!

However, at the very instant that destructive cold light was about to touch the front of the chaos divine man,

Time, in Shen Yuanmo's perception, was stretched infinitely.

"Perfect Deduction, activate!"

There was no sound, no redundant movement.

Just a single thought.

In an instant, within Shen Yuanmo's mind, hundreds of millions of countermeasures flickered, collided, and were filtered like the sands of the Ganges.

Resist it head-on?

The Divine Soul would shatter.

Dodge?

Already locked by the immortal dao rules, there was nowhere to run.

Grind it down with the Chaos Domain?

The opponent's strike was a death-defying blow burning their Origin; there simply wasn't enough time.

One scheme after another was rejected, while new possibilities were born.

Finally, all the chaotic deduction lights and shadows suddenly froze, converging into one.

The most dangerous, yet also the most direct, certain-kill strategy.

At the same time, Insight into Origin was already operating at full capacity.

Shen Yuanmo's vision pierced through the dazzling appearance of the immortal sword to see its core essence.

It was not an independent, complete Soul.

It was like a plant rooted in a massive flowerpot.

The remnant Soul of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries was that plant.

And this Immortal Manor Dao Field was the flowerpot that provided him with nutrients while also imprisoning him.

The power of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries, his very existence, all originated from this grotto-heaven.

Over the eons, the two had long since become deeply bound through some profound and mysterious rules, serving as each other's inside and out.

They shared glory and ruin together.

Found it.

Shen Yuanmo's tranquil Dao Heart finally rippled slightly.

"Your immortal Soul has long been tied to the Karma of this cage."

The low voice of the chaos divine man rang out amidst the roaring sword cries, clearly reaching the core of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries' will.

"Sever the Karma, and you are nothing."

The moment the words fell, Shen Yuanmo took an action that even left the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries stunned.

The ten-thousand-foot-tall chaos divine man, facing that golden immortal sword capable of slashing the Great Thousand World,

Did not retreat, but instead took a step forward and opened his giant hands, which were capable of plucking the stars and the moon.

He actually intended to catch that golden immortal sword with his bare hands?

BOOM!!!

The chaotic giant hands and the golden sword blade collided violently!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the ear-piercing, extreme sound of cutting and grinding.

The immortal dao rules transformed into hundreds of millions of the sharpest blades, frantically cutting into the palms of the chaos divine man.

Chiii chiii chiii—

Handfuls of chaotic radiance exploded from the contact point of the palms and the blade like splashing sparks, each speck of radiance containing terrifying energy enough to annihilate mountains and rivers.

The chaos divine man's palms were sliced open, deep enough to see bone, and Chaos-colored divine blood flowed out, only to be evaporated in the next instant.

However, the chaos divine man's hands gripped the sword blade deathly tight, preventing that edge, capable of piercing through worlds, from advancing even a fraction further!

"You...!"

Within the fluctuations of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries' will, an indescribable shock and fury seeped through.

Is this ant insane?!

He actually used his own Divine Soul Dharma Image to forcibly clash with his strongest strike, the one he had bet everything on!

However, the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries soon realized something was wrong.

Shen Yuanmo's move was not reckless.

It was to create an opportunity!

At the same moment the chaos divine man seized the immortal sword, deep within Shen Yuanmo's Sea of Consciousness, the phantom of the great evolution immortal slaying sword, which had been suspended motionlessly, moved.

Buzz!

That ancient and weathered Yuan Character General Outline suddenly merged into the sword shadow.

The form of the entire sword did not change, but the dao rhyme it emitted underwent a fundamental transformation.

It was no longer about sharpness, no longer about slaughter.

It was a domineering power that severed rules and reshaped Origin!

Swoosh!

The phantom of the great evolution immortal slaying sword transformed into a grey silk thread so fine it was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye.

It stirred no energy fluctuations and did not tear through space.

It simply vanished into thin air and reappeared out of nowhere.

Ignoring the violent storm of immortal dao rules surrounding the golden immortal sword and bypassing all energy barriers,

Like an embroidery needle piercing through illusion, it stabbed with incomparable precision into the core of the golden immortal sword held firmly by the chaos divine man.

That was the node where the immortal Soul Origin of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries was most tightly connected to the Immortal Manor Dao Field!

"What have you done?!"

A wave of unprecedented panic from the depths of his Soul flooded the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries' will like a cold tide.

The immortal sword he had transformed into began to struggle frantically, trying to break free from the chaos divine man's restraint.

"No! Stop!"

He discovered that the indestructible energy connection between himself and the Immortal Manor Dao Field, which had sustained him for eons,

Was being forcibly severed by an irresistible, incomprehensible, and eerie power!

That feeling was like a drowning person having the last life-saving rope above their head cut.

Responding to him was Shen Yuanmo's cold and heartless final verdict.

The voice resounded throughout the entire Sea of Consciousness Universe.

"Dao Slash!"

Crack!

It was as if something invisible had been snapped at the level of rules.

The grey Sword Qi thread did not strike a physical entity; the level it acted upon had long surpassed energy and matter.

What it severed was Karma.

It was the fundamental thread between the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries and the Immortal Manor Dao Field that maintained his existence.

The moment the Karma thread snapped, a sudden change occurred!

That supreme immortal sword, which originally possessed vast immortal might and ten thousand rays of golden light,

Had its light dim at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a punctured balloon.

The immortal dao rules that composed the sword's body began to rapidly collapse, disintegrate, and dissipate like a sandcastle losing its Foundation.

The face of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries, distorted and hideous with rage and pain, also fluctuated violently, becoming illusory and unreal.

His power was receding like the tide!

"No..."

The will of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries let out a wail of despair.

At this moment, the Yuan Character General Outline suddenly shone brightly, transforming into a celestial net that firmly suppressed the immortal Soul about to dissipate.

Shen Yuanmo would not give him any chance.

The grey sword shadow flashed again!

This sword strike was aimed at the completely stripped and extremely weakened immortal Soul Origin of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries.

Puff!

There was no suspense.

The wailing of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries came to an abrupt halt.

That illusory face, amidst endless resentment and malice, was completely frozen.

"I... am not reconciled..."

"To actually... fall at the hands of... an ant who isn't even... a True Immortal..."

The final intermittent fluctuations of will echoed in the Sea of Consciousness before being completely obliterated by the chaotic airflow.

Rumble—

The golden immortal sword completely lost its support, shattering inch by inch like a reflection in water.

The grand projection of the Jiu Xuan Immortal Kingdom also fell apart.

But they did not disappear.

Instead, they transformed into the most original and pure immortal dao rule runes, as well as a massive, unimaginable amount of immortal Soul Origin.

Like billions of dazzling stars, they drifted within Shen Yuanmo's chaotic Sea of Consciousness.

A thrilling struggle for the Great Dao had finally come to an end.

Shen Yuanmo's chaotic Sea of Consciousness returned to peace once more.

Only now, within this hazy grey Universe, there was an unprecedented gluttonous feast.