188: Bloodline returns to its source, the beginning of chaos

Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, Ninth Layer.

This was the core of the entire Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, where the space was filled with Chaos Qi of Origin so thick it wouldn't disperse. Aside from Chu He, no one else could set foot here.

In the center of the Gene Laboratory, a massive circular formation composed of countless golden runes was slowly rotating.

Chu He pointed to the center of the formation and said to Chu Tian, "Go in and sit cross-legged."

"Yes, Father."

Chu Tian took a deep breath, suppressing his nervousness, and walked step by step to the center of the formation to sit down.

The moment he sat down, the entire formation shone brilliantly, and a profound, vast power enveloped him. He felt his Physical Body and even his Divine Soul being completely "analyzed" by this power; every gene fragment and every trace of Bloodline Origin was laid bare.

Chu He did not begin immediately, but instead walked to the other side of the laboratory.

There sat the energy transmission pipes connected to the myriad spirit blood pool.

With a thought, the myriad spirit blood pool in Starry Sky Divine City and the one beneath the Sea of Fire World of the Chu Family roared simultaneously.

The gold-red myriad spirit blood essence accumulated in the pools—refined from the life essence of countless demons and even the Dao fruits of Integration Realm Devil Kings—turned into two torrents. These were continuously channeled through special spatial pipes into the Gene Laboratory on the Ninth Layer.

"Bloodline Return to Origin requires a massive amount of life energy as support, just in case," Chu He explained to Chu Tian.

Then, he took out dozens of Divine Medicines and Immortal Plants containing majestic vitality, which he had scavenged from the Lingxuan Realm and the Demon Treasury. He placed them one by one into the nodes of the formation as supplements.

Having done all this, Chu He walked back to the front of the formation and said solemnly, "Tian'er, are you ready? The process will be very painful, but you must keep your mind clear and hold onto your heart. Remember, you are the master of creation and destruction, not their slave. Use your will to harness it, to fuse it!"

"Father, I'm ready!" Chu Tian closed his eyes and nodded heavily.

"Good!"

A sharp light burst from Chu He's eyes as he slammed his hands onto the formation's activation hub, pouring his vast Mid Integration Stage cultivation into it without reservation!

"System! Initiate Bloodline Return to Origin!"

[Ding! Host command detected. Bloodline Return to Origin program initiated!]

[Target: Chu Tian.]

[Bloodline Type: SSS-rank Chaos Annihilation Dragon Body (Unawakened).]

[Return to Origin Goal: Fuse the Origin of Creation (Ancient Dragon God) and the Origin of Destruction (Star-Devouring Demon Clan) to promote to Chaos Creation-Annihilation Dao Body!]

[Energy injection beginning... Guidance program starting...]

Hum—

The entire Gene Laboratory shook violently.

In the center of the formation, Chu Tian's body was completely enveloped in a ball of blinding gold and gray light.

"Ah—!"

An uncontrollable roar of pain escaped Chu Tian's mouth.

He felt as if his body had been thrown into a constantly rotating grinding mill.

On one side was the golden Dragon God power representing 'Creation'—warm, vast, and full of the breath of life—frantically repairing and nourishing his Physical Body and Divine Soul.

On the other side was the gray annihilation power representing 'Destruction'—cold, silent, and filled with the will to end all things—frantically tearing and obliterating everything he was.

Repairing, tearing, repairing, then tearing again... two diametrically opposed powers of Origin were engaged in the most primitive and violent war within his body!

His Meridians snapped inch by inch, only to be reshaped in an instant.

His bones were ground to dust, only to be reconsolidated.

His internal organs repeatedly underwent the cycle of creation and destruction.

This pain, originating from the deepest depths of life, was a thousand times more terrifying than any blade striking the body!

Anyone with a slightly weaker will would likely have their Divine Soul collapse in an instant, turning into a mindless husk.

But Chu Tian gritted his teeth and endured it!

His father's words echoed continuously in his mind.

"Hold onto your heart!"

"You are the master, not the slave!"

He desperately circulated the Nine Revolutions Tyrant Dragon Art, mobilizing his will that had already fused with his Divine Soul, trying to influence and harmonize the two violent forces in his body.

"I am Chu Tian!"

"I am Father's Eldest Son!"

"I am the protector of this family!"

"Fuse... for... me!"

His Divine Soul roared, and his will burned!

Outside the formation, Chu He was focused intently, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

He not only had to provide massive energy but also use his understanding of Laws and his own Primordial Dragon God Bloodline aura to act as a 'guide' and a 'balancing valve'.

He was like an experienced blacksmith, and Chu Tian was the piece of divine iron being tempered a thousand times over.

He had to precisely control the force of every 'hammer strike,' removing all the Impurities from the divine iron without letting it break under the pounding.

Time passed, minute by minute.

Chu Tian's roars gradually weakened, replaced by a low, beast-like panting.

On the surface of his body, golden dragon scales and gray demonic runes flickered alternately. The aura he emitted switched frantically between the divine and the sinister.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, there was a literal storm.

A ten-thousand-foot-long golden divine dragon and an equally massive gray demonic dragon were frantically biting and fighting each other.

These were the Incarnations of the wills of the Origin of Creation and the Origin of Destruction.

Chu Tian's Divine Soul was caught between the two dragons, as tiny as an ant, liable to be crushed into fragments at any moment.

However, he did not retreat.

Facing the dragon and demonic pressure that could make even gods tremble, he let out his own shout.

"You... are both mine!"

"Submit... to me!"

His tiny Divine Soul form actually took the initiative to charge at the two giant dragons!

At this moment, he was no longer a passive recipient, but an active attacker!

He wanted to trample these two dragons representing the Universe's Origins under his feet and make them part of himself!

Seeing this, Chu He, who had been watching tensely, finally showed a sliver of a smile.

"Good boy, you have my style from back then!"

"In that case, let your father lend you another hand!"

A divine light flashed in Chu He's eyes. He used his Divine Soul power to simulate and slowly project the supreme Divine Ability he had already begun to master—the Yin-Yang Great Millstone—into Chu Tian's Sea of Consciousness!

"Use Yin and Yang to harmonize creation and destruction!"

"With my Dao, I pave the way for you!"

"Tian'er... succeed for me!"

A massive phantom of a black and white grinding mill descended into Chu Tian's Sea of Consciousness and began to rotate slowly, drawing the golden divine dragon and the gray demonic dragon into its depths!

Chu Tian's ultimate transformation had now entered its most critical stage!