122: Chapter 122 Chaotic Rebirth, Counterattack from Desperate Circumstances

"Boom!"

The pitch-black chain pierced through the Void Realm, wrapped in the wailing of endless vengeful spirits, and struck directly at his glabella!

The blood-colored Devil Head blotted out the sky and sun, emitting a nauseating aura of blood and corruption as it lunged crazily!

Gray ripples spread silently. Wherever they passed, the earth fire dimmed and the Formation light grew obscure. A power of dead silence and disintegration eroded Lin Wan's protective spiritual light and the "Earth Heart Spiritual Jade" platform beneath him!

The three Void Refining hidden agents launched a sneak attack together. Their timing, angle, and coordination were all perfect; they had clearly been planning this for a long time, seeking a kill in one strike!

Between life and death, there was not a trace of panic in Lin Wan's eyes; instead, they erupted with astonishing calmness and determination!

Having experienced countless life-and-death trials in the "Samsara Forbidden Ground," his Dao Heart had long been forged as firm as a rock. The more desperate the situation, the more it could ignite the ferocity and madness deep within his Bloodline!

"You want to kill me? You think you're worthy!"

Lin Wan roared in his heart. Facing this lethal trap, he did not choose to retreat, nor could he retreat!

The Formation eye was here, and the operation of the great Formation depended on him. If he retreated, the Purification would be interrupted, the great Formation would collapse, all previous efforts would go down the drain, the entire "Purification of the World" plan would fall short, the "the end" mark in the earth's heart would no longer be contained, and Tiannan would be in danger!

"Chaos Reincarnation, Nirvana True Self!"

Lin Wan formed Seals with both hands, and the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit" within his body spun crazily at an unprecedented speed!

Chaos Qi surged violently, forming a thick gray barrier around him.

The "Purification Fragment" at his glabella erupted with unprecedented pure light, like a scorching sun in the sky, actively meeting the gray ripples that were eroding his vitality!

"Chh—!"

The white light of Purification collided with the gray ripples, erupting in a violent annihilation of energy.

The power of Purification had a natural restraint against the erosion of "the end." Although the gray ripples were eerie, their essence was still an evolution of the power of "the end." Under the illumination of the pure light of Purification, they melted like ice and snow, quickly being purified and dispersed.

The effect of erosion and disintegration on Lin Wan's protective spiritual light and the "Earth Heart Spiritual Jade" platform was reduced to a minimum.

"Chaos Nirvana Reincarnation Flame, burn!"

At the same time, Lin Wan opened his mouth and spat out a line of purple-gold fire condensed to the extreme. It expanded in the wind, transforming into a surging sea of fire that instantly swallowed the blood-colored Devil Head that had blanketed the sky!

The "Chaos Nirvana Reincarnation Flame," which fused the characteristics of "Reincarnation," "Nirvana," "Chaos," and "Purification," could be called the natural nemesis of such evil monsters!

Wherever the purple-gold flames passed, the blood-colored Devil Head let out shrill screams. Like snowflakes falling into boiling oil, it was quickly burned and purified, turning into wisps of blue smoke and dissipating.

"What?!" The black-robed person who had summoned the small blood-colored flag constricted his pupils, clearly not expecting that Lin Wan would possess such a method to suppress the Demonic Path.

Meanwhile, the pitch-black chain from the leader of the black-robed people, which was thrusting directly at his glabella, was already close at hand!

At the tip of the chain, the wailing of vengeful spirits gathered, forming a point of extreme destruction and cursed black light. Before it even touched his body, Lin Wan felt a stinging pain in his glabella, and his Divine Soul felt a tremor!

"Block it for me!"

Lin Wan roared, his hands suddenly closing in front of him, and he injected his mana into the "Earth Heart Spiritual Jade" platform without reservation, invoking the power of the entire "Purification of the World" great Formation!

The platform suddenly erupted with unprecedented, brilliant golden light. Thick golden Formation patterns rose from the platform like living creatures, intertwining and condensing in front of him to form a massive golden shield that was incomparably thick and seemed to be connected to the entire earth!

"Dang—!!!"

The pitch-black chain stabbed fiercely into the massive golden shield, erupting with an earth-shattering roar! The terrifying shockwave swept out instantly, causing the surrounding churning magma to roll backward!

The massive golden shield vibrated violently, and cracks appeared on its surface, but it was not pierced through in the end! It bore the power of the entire "Purification of the World" great Formation and the Earth Vein, and its defensive power far exceeded the protective Divine Ability of an ordinary Void Refining Cultivator!

"Pfft!" Although Lin Wan had blocked this fatal blow, he had mobilized such a massive amount of Formation power in a rush and had also taken the full-force attack of a Late Stage Void Refining Cultivator head-on. The backlash caused his internal organs to tremble, and he spat out another mouthful of blood, his aura instantly withering significantly.

But his eyes remained as sharp as knives, staring fixedly at the three black-robed people.

"Good lad! No wonder the Holy Master is so wary and determined to eliminate you!" The leader of the black-robed people's hoarse voice carried a trace of surprise, which then turned into an even more intense killing intent. "But today, you will surely die! The Formation eye is locked by us, and rescue from the outside cannot reach you. Let's see how long you can hold on! Attack together, quick battle, quick decision!"

Before the words fell, the three black-robed people attacked again. This time, they held nothing back. The pressure of the Void Refining realm exploded completely. Three terrifying attacks tore through the magma, shattered the Void Realm, and bombarded Lin Wan from three different directions!

The pitch-black chain transformed into a hideous black Dragon, the small blood-colored flag surged with a monstrous sea of blood, and the gray ripples condensed into a decaying giant hand that blotted out the sky, vowing to crush Lin Wan along with the Formation eye platform!

In the distance, Fairy Yaoxi, Elder Tianji, and others were furious, wanting to break free from the entanglement of the "King of Calamity" to rescue him, but the "King of Calamity" laughed wildly, his offensive like a tide, holding them tightly, even not hesitating to exchange injury for injury, making it impossible for them to escape.

"Lin Wan!" Fairy Yaoxi shouted clearly. The Moon Radiance Divine Sword bloomed with billions of rays of clear light, forcing back one of the "King of Calamity's" sharp claws with a single strike, but she herself was scratched on the shoulder by the other sharp claw, drawing a trail of blood.

"Bastard!" Elder Tianji was furious, his hair standing on end. The Universe Star Plate spun crazily, and countless star phantoms crashed down, but they were mostly neutralized by the rolling aura of calamity around the "King of Calamity."

Venerable Earth Vein, Elder Xingshu, and others were even more tightly held back by the tidal wave of monsters and the monsters destroying the Formation base. They were in danger themselves, so how could they have time to rescue him?

"Junior, it seems Heaven wants you dead! Be a good boy and become the sacrifice for the Holy Master's descent!" The "King of Calamity's" rotten, giant mouth let out a deafening roar, and the offensive became even more violent.

A desperate situation! A truly desperate situation! Three Void Refining hidden agents besieged him together, with the "King of Calamity" holding back reinforcements on the outside, and the "the end" mark and ancient consciousness impacting him on the inside. Lin Wan was isolated and helpless, suffering from backlash, and it seemed there was no way out!

However, at this critical moment, two shocking rays of light suddenly erupted from Lin Wan's eyes! An indescribable, ancient, vast, and supreme aura, as if coming from the beginning of Chaos and the end of Reincarnation, erupted from within his body!

It was the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit"! At this life-and-death moment, under the stimulation of immense pressure and a desperate situation, the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit" inside Lin Wan's body, which had fused with the fragments of the "samsara mirror" and carried the power of "Purification," seemed to break through some kind of shackle and underwent an incredible transformation!

On the Dao Fruit, the originally distinct Chaos Qi, purple light of Reincarnation, and white light of Purification began to spin and merge violently! A brand new, more profound, and more fundamental gray Qi was born from the core of the Dao Fruit!

This gray Qi was neither black nor white, neither life nor death; it seemed to contain the ultimate mystery of before the birth of the Universe and after the end of all things. It was Chaos, it was nothingness, and it was the beginning and end of all possibilities!

Chaos Ancestral Qi! This was a wisp of true Ancestral Qi originating from the Chaos Origin, born when the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit," under life-and-death pressure, fused with the "Purification" Origin and touched upon the deeper Profound Truth of "Reincarnation"! Although it was only an insignificant wisp, its status was far higher than ordinary mana!

"Hum—!"

The moment the gray Ancestral Qi appeared, the aura around Lin Wan changed abruptly! It was no longer the previous Middle Stage Void Refining, but an indescribable, ancient pressure that seemed incompatible with the Dao of this world, yet transcended it!

The three incoming Void Refining realm attacks actually paused and trembled for an instant in the face of this pressure!

"What is this power?!" The three black-robed people changed color at the same time. From that gray Qi, they felt a sense of fear and insignificance originating from the depths of their Souls, as if ants were looking up at the firmament!

"Chaos Reincarnation, All Laws Return to Origin! Break for me!"

Lin Wan let out a long shout, and that wisp of "Chaos Ancestral Qi" was guided out by him, merging into the tottering massive golden shield in front of him!

Immediately, the cracks on the massive shield were instantly repaired, the light surged, and the color transformed from brilliant gold into a chaotic gray that was simple, heavy, and seemed capable of bearing all the heavens and worlds!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The black Dragon, the sea of blood, and the decaying giant hand struck fiercely against the chaotic gray massive shield, erupting with a roar and energy tide ten times more terrifying than before!

But this time, the seemingly simple gray massive shield did not move at all! The three Void Refining realm attacks, which were enough to destroy mountains, fell onto the massive shield and were like clay oxen entering the sea; they didn't even stir up a ripple before being silently decomposed, swallowed, and assimilated by the chaotic gray!

"Impossible!" The three black-robed people were horrified, simply unable to believe their eyes! The three of them had joined forces for a full-strength attack, only to be blocked so casually by a junior in the Middle Stage of Void Refining?

However, what shocked them even more was yet to come! The moment Lin Wan blocked the attack, he changed his hand Seals again. That wisp of "Chaos Ancestral Qi" flowed according to his will, and a wisp of it separated and submerged into the Formation eye platform beneath him, communicating with the entire "Purification of the World" great Formation!

"Great Formation reverse operation, Chaos returns to Origin!"

The operating direction of the "Purification of the World" great Formation suddenly reversed under Lin Wan's forced guidance!

The great Formation, which originally gathered the earth's core fire veins and the power of the Earth Vein, converting them into the power of Purification and Sealing to suppress and purify the "the end" mark, now suddenly changed direction. It frantically sucked the suppression and Purification power, as well as the vast earth core fire veins and Earth Vein power, along with a portion of the "the end" aura emitted by the "the end" mark itself, into the great Formation, and then poured them into Lin Wan's body through the Formation eye platform!

No, to be precise, it was poured into the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit" above his head that was transforming and emitting the chaotic gray Ancestral Qi!

The "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit" was like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring this massive amount of energy with vastly different and even conflicting attributes! The violent heat of the earth fire vein, the heavy and dense nature of the earth vein, the sacred and pure power of Purification, and even the decaying destruction of "the end" mark... Under the reconciliation and command of the "primordial Chaos Qi," these energies were forcibly fused and transformed in an unimaginable way, becoming nourishment to nurture the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit" and propel its further transformation!

"He... what is he doing? He is actually absorbing the power of the Formation, and even... absorbing the aura of 'the end'?!" The voice of the leading black-robed person changed, filled with disbelief. This completely subverted their understanding! When Cultivators Cultivate, they all avoid "the end" like the plague, fearing even the slightest contamination, yet this person dares to actively absorb it? Moreover, with so many different types of energy pouring into his body simultaneously, an ordinary Cultivator would have already exploded and died!

"We cannot let him continue! He is using the power of the Formation to achieve a Breakthrough! Quickly interrupt him!" another black-robed person screamed. The three of them attacked again, launching even crazier assaults, like a violent storm, blasting towards Lin Wan.

However, at this moment, the light of the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit" above Lin Wan's head grew increasingly intense, and more and more chaotic gray primordial Qi radiated from it. The "Earth Heart Spirit Jade" platform beneath him was connected to the entire "Purification" Formation, continuously drawing the majestic energy of the earth's heart world, providing him with a nearly inexhaustible supply! The attacks from the three black-robed people, landing on the chaotic gray protective barrier, although still able to make the barrier tremble and its light flicker, could no longer easily shake it as before, let alone harm Lin Wan's actual body!

"Roar! What are you doing?! Kill him quickly!" In the distance, the "King of Calamity," who was engaged in a fierce battle with Fairy Yaoxi and the others, also sensed that something was wrong and let out an angry roar. From that chaotic gray primordial Qi, it sensed an aura that it extremely loathed and even faintly feared! That aura seemed capable of restraining or even... assimilating its power?

However, those three black-robed people had already exhausted all their means, throwing various vicious Divine Abilities and secret treasures at Lin Wan as if they were worthless, yet they were still unable to break through that seemingly thin but actually incredibly tough chaotic gray protective barrier.

"Damn it! What kind of protective Divine Ability is this? It's so troublesome!" The leading black-robed person was anxious and furious.

"He is borrowing the power of the Formation, his energy is nearly infinite, and with this eerie protective barrier, we cannot break through in a short time! If this continues, once he completes his Breakthrough, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Another black-robed person's voice already carried a hint of fear.

"Use that thing! The 'Seed of World Erosion' bestowed by the Holy Master!" the third black-robed person said viciously, "Detonate the 'Seed of World Erosion' and detonate this earth fire vein! Even if it doesn't kill him, it will completely destroy this Formation and trigger the 'the end' mark to erupt early! We will complete the task assigned to us by the Holy Master!"

"But... once the 'Seed of World Erosion' is detonated, we will also..." the leading black-robed person hesitated slightly.

"For the glory of the Holy Master! Sacrifice is worth it! Otherwise, if the mission fails and the Holy Master blames us, we will suffer a fate worse than death!" the third black-robed person roared, his eyes flashing with a crazy light.

Upon hearing this, the leading black-robed person's eyes flashed with a hint of struggle, which then turned into determination: "Alright! For the Holy Master! Detonate the 'Seed of World Erosion'!"

He flipped his palm, and a seed-like object, pitch black, covered in eerie blood-red cracks, only the size of a baby's fist, yet emitting heart-palpitating waves of destruction and erosion, appeared in his palm. It was none other than one of the "Void Church's" ultimate weapons—the "Seed of World Erosion"! This object contained a trace of the "the end" Origin, and once detonated, it was enough to pollute and erode the core of a Small World, causing the domain to collapse! Using it here was meant to completely destroy the "Purification" Formation, detonate the earth fire vein, and perish together!

"With my Soul, I sacrifice to the Seed of World Erosion! Explode!" The leading black-robed person revealed a crazy and devout expression on his face, slamming the "Seed of World Erosion" fiercely towards the depths of the churning magma beneath the "Earth Heart Spirit Jade" platform! At the same time, he and the other two black-robed people erupted with blinding black light from their bodies, their Divine Souls, essence blood, and cultivation all burning in an instant, transforming into a violent surge of energy that was injected into the "Seed of World Erosion"!

"No! They are going to self-destruct! Retreat quickly!" In the distance, Fairy Yaoxi and the others, who were engaged in a fierce battle with the "King of Calamity," felt that terrifying, world-destroying fluctuation and their expressions changed drastically. They wanted to retreat, but the "King of Calamity" laughed wildly, entangling them tightly and refusing to let them escape.

"Die together! You ants!" the King of Calamity sneered. Clearly, it had long known of the existence of the "Seed of World Erosion" and might even have had a prior agreement with these three dark agents to detonate this object at a critical moment to completely destroy everything!

The "Seed of World Erosion," having absorbed the power sacrificed by the three Void Refining dark agents as they burned everything, expanded instantly. The blood-red cracks on its surface spread wildly, and a terrifying fluctuation capable of destroying the world erupted with a roar!

However, at this critical juncture, Lin Wan, who had been keeping his eyes closed while frantically devouring energy to push the transformation of the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit," suddenly opened his eyes!

His eyes had now turned into a chaotic gray. In his left eye, scenes of heaven and earth being created and all things being born seemed to flow; in his right eye, there were scenes of the end of an era and the annihilation of all Daos returning to ruins. An indescribable ancient majesty, seemingly transcending time and space and overriding all Daos, permeated from his body.

"Chaos returns to one, all laws cannot invade. Mere 'World Erosion,' and you want to perish together? Give it to me... devour!"

Lin Wan's voice was calm and indifferent, as if a Dao Venerable from above the Nine Heavens, pronouncing the fate of ants. He raised his right hand and gave a light grab towards the "Seed of World Erosion" that was about to erupt, as well as the surging earth fire vein beneath it.

"Hum!" Above his head, that "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit" suddenly shone brightly, and that trace of "primordial Chaos Qi" turned into a gray vortex, instantly appearing above the "Seed of World Erosion"!

The gray vortex rotated slowly, emitting an irresistible devouring force. The "Seed of World Erosion," which was about to erupt and contained the terrifying corrosive power of "the end," seemed to have met its nemesis under this devouring force. Its expansion stopped abruptly, and the violent energy within it, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, uncontrollably surged towards the gray vortex! Not only the "Seed of World Erosion," but even the churning and boiling earth fire vein beneath it, which was about to be detonated, seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand, its violent energy forcibly extracted and poured into the gray vortex!

"No!!!" The three black-robed people, who had burned everything and only had a last trace of consciousness left, let out desperate and unwilling roars. They had sacrificed everything, yet the "Seed of World Erosion" they detonated was actually so easily... devoured by the opponent?

"This... what kind of power is this?! It can actually devour the 'Seed of World Erosion'?!" The King of Calamity was also stunned, and for the first time, an expression of unbelievable terror appeared on its rotten giant face.

Fairy Yaoxi, Elder Tianji, and the others also watched this scene in shock, almost forgetting to breathe.

The gray vortex was like a gluttonous giant mouth, frantically devouring the energy of the "Seed of World Erosion" and the massive amount of earth fire vein power. As the energy poured in, the light of the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit" above Lin Wan's head became increasingly brilliant, and that trace of "primordial Chaos Qi" was also growing and solidifying at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Crack..." A slight sound, as if an eggshell had broken, came from within Lin Wan's body. Immediately after, a terrifying aura, many times more powerful than before, erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for eternity!

Void Refining Late Stage! Under the pressure of this desperate situation, amidst the astonishing transformation of the "Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit," and after devouring the "Seed of World Erosion" and the massive amount of earth heart energy, Lin Wan's cultivation finally broke through the Bottleneck in one fell swoop, stepping into the realm of Void Refining Late Stage! Moreover, his aura was far more solid and vast than ordinary Void Refining Late Stage, carrying a connotation of Chaos, antiquity, and immortal Reincarnation!

"Now, it is my turn." Lin Wan slowly stood up. The chaotic scenes in his eyes slowly faded, restoring clarity, but that majesty and indifference still remained. His gaze swept over the three black-robed people who had sacrificed everything, were now like candles in the wind, and had faces full of horror and despair, and then he looked towards the "King of Calamity" in the distance, who was also in a daze, and a cold arc curled up on the corner of his mouth.

"Are you done fighting? Then... it's my turn." As his voice fell, Lin Wan took a step, and his figure instantly disappeared from where he was. The next instant, he appeared in front of the three black-robed people. Without using any Divine Ability, he simply threw a punch!

On the fist, gray "primordial Chaos Qi" flowed. It looked plain and unremarkable, but it contained a terrifying power that made even the Heaven and Earth Dao tremble.

"No..." The three black-robed people only had time to let out a short exclamation before they were submerged by the gray fist light. There was no earth-shattering explosion, no brilliant Divine Ability radiance. The three Void Refining realm dark agents, along with their remaining Divine Souls, were, under that gray fist light, like handwriting erased by an eraser, silently and completely annihilated, turning into nothingness, without even a speck of dust left behind.

One punch, three great Void Refining experts, turned to ashes and smoke!

Silence! Dead silence! Whether it was Venerable Earth Vein and Elder Xingshu, who were fighting fiercely against the demon army, or Fairy Yaoxi, Elder Tianji, and the others, who were confronting the "King of Calamity," or even the roaring demon army, and the churning "the end" mark in the distance, all seemed to fall into an eerie stagnation at this moment.

Everyone was stunned by this Soul-shaking, cognition-subverting scene.