141: Chapter 141 Chaos vs. End, Clash of Laws

In the starry sky, Lin Wan and that terrifying existence who had descended from the deepest depths of the "Black Abyss" faced each other across the void.

On one side was Lin Wan, standing tall with his black robe fluttering. His entire body was shrouded in a hazy, strange light that seemed as if Chaos had not yet opened. Though he was alone, he seemed to support the entire heavens and earth.

On the other side was a blurry figure shrouded in an all-devouring, pure black mist. Just by standing there, he caused the surrounding starry sky to distort, the Laws to become chaotic, and everything to seem to head toward its end—the "Holy Lord"!

Two terrifying auras, equally vast yet completely opposite, as if representing polarized extremes, collided and clashed silently in the starry sky. They stirred up visible ripples composed of shattered Laws and annihilated energy, spreading toward the deep space of the Universe. Wherever the ripples passed, stars dimmed, the Void Realm collapsed, and even light was devoured and distorted, forming patches of absolute darkness and heart-palpitating void zones.

On Zhenxu Pass, the surviving soldiers of the Alliance, including Emperor Yan, Ye Qingxian, and others, all held their breath, tensely watching the confrontation in the starry sky. They could feel what terrifying energy was contained at the center of the collision between the two auras. Any trace of leakage would be enough to reduce them to ashes. But at the same time, Lin Wan's appearance and the strike that had slashed open the "Holy Lord's" giant dark hand reignited a glimmer of hope in their despairing hearts.

The Alliance Leader... has finally arrived!

And he seems... to really be able to contend with the "Holy Lord"?!

"Holy Lord..." Lin Wan stood in mid-air, calmly gazing at the dark figure, his voice echoing clearly in the starry sky. "I have heard much of you. Since our last parting, Your Excellency's Clone's elegant demeanor remains fresh in my memory. Today, Your Excellency's true body has personally arrived, which makes me feel... deeply honored."

His tone was flat, as if greeting an old friend he hadn't seen in a long time, but the sharpness and Battle Intent in his words were like an unsheathed sword, pointing straight at the "Holy Lord".

"Hmph." A cold, emotionless snort came from the dark figure. "Sharp-tongued. Last time, it was merely a negligible Divine Thought of mine. You, however, have grown at a speed that is somewhat beyond my expectations. But ants are ultimately ants; even if they luckily grow a bit stronger, it cannot change their fate of being crushed to death."

"Is that so?" A half-smile played on the corner of Lin Wan's mouth. "Then let me see just how capable Your Excellency's so-called 'true body' really is."

Before his voice could fade, Lin Wan had already moved.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, nor any fancy and complex Moves. He simply took a single step forward.

With that single step, the hazy light around him suddenly surged, like the initial opening of Chaos and the sudden emergence of Grandmist. A dao rhyme of "existence," "opening," "creation," and "order" diffused from his body, forming a sharp contrast with the starry sky behind him that had been eroded by the "Holy Lord's" aura, becoming chaotic and dead.

"Chaos opens, all Laws are born."

Lin Wan murmured softly, raising his right hand and joining his fingers like a sword, lightly slashing toward the "Holy Lord's" location.

*Chila—!*

A hazy, seemingly ordinary sword light erupted from his fingertips, silently slashing toward the "Holy Lord." Wherever the sword light passed, the starry sky eroded and distorted by the aura of "the end" rippled like a calm lake with a stone cast into it. As the ripples spread, Chaos was smoothed out, deathly silence was dispersed, and shattered Laws were repaired, as if an invisible pair of giant hands was "defining" the proper state of "existence" for this starry sky.

The "Chaos" dao rhyme could encompass, evolve, and open; the "existence" dao rhyme could define, stabilize, and protect. The combination of the two was the natural nemesis of the power of "the end" that eroded, caused Chaos, and denied existence!

"A bit interesting. Is this the reliance that allows you to perform the Purification of 'the end'? Unfortunately, it is too immature."

The indifferent voice of the "Holy Lord" sounded. Facing that seemingly plain but opening-and-defining-power-infused Chaos sword light, he merely slowly raised his hand shrouded in black mist and made a clenching motion toward the direction of the oncoming sword light across the void.

"the end—Return to Ruins."

As his voice fell, a terrifying dao rhyme far more pure and essential than the previous dark giant hand, seemingly representing the conclusion of all things and the end of all creation, diffused from his palm. It transformed into a pure, absolutely dark "singularity" that seemed able to devour and end everything, meeting that Chaos sword light.

The "singularity" and the sword light collided silently in the starry sky.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor any gorgeous and dazzling light.

There was only the purest, most essential... collision of Laws!

On one side was "Chaos opening," "defining existence," the power of "life."

On the other side was "the end returning to ruins," "denying everything," the power of "death."

The two completely opposite supreme Laws, like fire and water, began the most intense and dangerous confrontation, annihilation, devouring, and assimilation at the instant of collision.

*Zi-la— Zi-la—!*

In that collision area, space-time was completely disrupted, turning into a bizarre scene that could not be described in words. At times, Chaos opened, and earth, fire, water, and wind surged, as if creating a new world; at other times, all creation returned to ruins, and all existence disintegrated, as if stepping into the end. Light and darkness, creation and destruction, existence and nothingness—countless opposing Laws and concepts crazily intertwined, clashed, and annihilated there, forming an absolute, chaotic, and extremely dangerous "Law Storm" that not even light could escape and not even Divine Thoughts could penetrate!

At the edge of the storm, just the weakest leaked ripple of Law silently erased a nearby, long-dead star, as if it had never existed.

On Zhenxu Pass, everyone watched with racing hearts and bodies turning cold. Was this a battle that surpassed the level of a "Quasi-Immortal"? Just the aftershocks of the collision of Laws were this terrifying! If one were swept into the center of that "Law Storm," even a Peak Quasi-Immortal would probably be obliterated into the most basic particles in an instant, completely disappearing from this world.

At the center of the storm, the figures of Lin Wan and the "Holy Lord" had long been submerged by the endless turbulent flow of Laws, making them impossible to see clearly. But everyone could feel that those two vast, sea-like yet completely opposite auras were engaging in the most dangerous and intense clash at the center of the storm.

No one knew how much time had passed; perhaps it was just an instant, perhaps it was already eternity.

*Boom—!*

A muffled sound, low to the extreme yet seeming to resound deep within the Souls of all living beings, echoed from the center of the "Law Storm."

Immediately after, that extremely chaotic "Law Storm" that swept across tens of thousands of miles of the starry sky was torn open and smoothed out from the inside by a pair of invisible giant hands, slowly dissipating.

At the center of the storm, the figures of Lin Wan and the "Holy Lord" reappeared.

Lin Wan still stood in mid-air, his black robe fluttering and his expression calm, though his face was slightly pale. The hazy Chaos light around him had also dimmed significantly, clearly showing that his consumption was not small. The Chaos sword light at his fingertips had already dissipated.

On the opposite side, the all-devouring pure black mist around the "Holy Lord" also fluctuated slightly. The blurry figure inside could be faintly seen, and he also seemed to... sway gently for an instant. The absolutely dark "singularity" in his palm had likewise disappeared.

The first clash seemed... to be a draw?

No!

The cold eyes of the "Holy Lord" hidden deep within the black mist seemed to narrow slightly, carrying a trace of... solemnity for the first time.

"You... can actually master the prototypes of three supreme dao rhymes simultaneously: 'Chaos,' 'existence,' and 'Reincarnation'? And there is even... a faint trend of Fusion?" The indifferent voice sounded again. This time, it was no longer an emotionless statement, but carried a trace of... hard-to-detect shock and suspicion. "How can a mere ant of the Lower Realm peer into such a Great Dao?"

He had originally thought that Lin Wan had merely luckily obtained some kind of Legacy or treasure that countered "the end" to be able to perform the Purification of the power of "the end." However, during the collision of Laws just now, he clearly perceived that the power Lin Wan unleashed was by no means an external object, but originated from his own Dao fruit! It was the true prototype of the three supreme dao rhymes of "Chaos," "existence," and "Reincarnation" that touched the Origin of the Great Dao! Moreover, these three dao rhymes seemed to be governed and fused by a more profound and essential power, showing faint signs of turning into a completely new, unknown Dao fruit that made even the "Holy Lord" feel a trace of inexplicable wariness!

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"How is this possible?! 'Chaos,' 'Existence,' 'Reincarnation'—any one of these is a supreme Dao rarely seen across the heavens, the myriad worlds, and countless eras!

Even he, the 'Holy Lord,' after enduring endless years and taking charge of 'the end,' has barely managed to touch the Origin of the 'the end' dao rhyme.

Yet this ant can actually touch all three simultaneously, and there is even a trend of Fusion?! This simply subverts his understanding!

"The Dao has no master; those with affinity shall obtain it. Your Excellency holds dominion over 'the end,' are you not also catching a glimpse of the Dao?" Lin Wan steadied his roiling Qi and blood and replied indifferently.

That 'Chaos Opening, Defining Existence' Move just now, while seemingly simple, was actually the limit of his current ability to utilize the dao rhyme of 'Chaos' and 'Existence.'

Hard-clashing with the 'Holy Lord's' pure power of 'Return to Ruins,' which seemed to touch the Origin of 'the end,' allowed him to deepen his understanding of his own Dao Fruit.

At the same time, he gained a more intuitive understanding of the 'Holy Lord's' strength.

Strong!

Very strong!

Far exceeding the 'Quasi-Immortal' level!

Perhaps... he has even stepped half a foot into the threshold of a 'True Immortal'!

Moreover, the 'the end' dao rhyme he masters is extremely pure and vast, almost representing the 'ending' aspect of this Universe, possessing extremely strong restraint and erosive power against all forces with the attribute of 'Existence.'

If not for the fact that he possesses the embryonic forms of the three supreme dao rhymes of 'Chaos,' 'Existence,' and 'Reincarnation,' and has performed an initial Fusion to form a new and strange Dao Fruit that can be called 'Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit,' which can to some extent neutralize or even counter-restrain the erosion of 'the end,' he likely would have already lost that clash just now.

"Sharp-tongued." The 'Holy Lord's' voice returned to indifference, but the killing intent within it was substantial, almost freezing the starry sky.

"No matter what Opportunity you have obtained, or what Dao you have glimpsed, today, you must die. Your Dao, your very existence, will all become a part of my 'the end,' helping me advance further!"

As his voice fell, the black mist around the 'Holy Lord' suddenly boiled and churned, like boiling water. An aura of 'the end,' more terrifying and vast than before, as if it could end an era and bury a Funeral of an Era, erupted!

"the end—Funeral of an Era!"

The 'Holy Lord' slowly raised his hands, facing Lin Wan, facing 'Zhenxu Pass,' facing this starry sky, and facing this realm, as if embracing... the end of the entire world.

Endless mist, thicker and darker than ink, surged from his body and spread rapidly, covering the starry sky for a million miles in the blink of an eye!

Within the mist, one could vaguely see terrifying scenes of countless stars collapsing, worlds sinking, civilizations severing, and eras changing! It was as if he had projected and manifested the scenes of 'the end' from various worlds and eras into this starry sky!

"Not good! He intends to drag this starry sky, along with all of us, into the abyss of 'the end' to perform a Funeral of an Era!" Emperor Yan's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in shock.

He could feel that the 'the end' dao rhyme contained in the dark mist was more than ten times stronger than before! Once completely enveloped and eroded by it, let alone them, even the entire 'Zhenxu Pass,' and even all the nearby stars and fragments of realms, would be swallowed by 'the end,' turned into nothingness, and become part of the 'Holy Lord's' power!

"Alliance Leader!" Ye Qingxian, Long Huang, and the others also had drastic changes in their expressions, their eyes filled with anxiety and worry.

Attacks of this level were already beyond their scope of understanding; they were completely powerless to intervene, and could not even get close! They could only watch helplessly as the endless dark mist, representing the 'ending of an era,' surged toward Lin Wan and 'Zhenxu Pass' like a world-destroying tide!

"Funeral of an Era? Such a boast." Facing this terrifying strike that seemed capable of burying an era, there was no trace of fear in Lin Wan's eyes; instead, a more fervent Battle Intent ignited.

"Let me see whether your 'the end' buries everything, or my 'Chaos' creates new life!"

"Chaos Samsara—embryonic Dao Fruit, appear!"

Lin Wan gave a low shout, no longer holding anything back, and fully activated his own Dao Fruit.

"Hum—!"

At the center of his forehead, a point of Chaos radiance suddenly lit up, then rapidly spread throughout his body.

His body seemed to have become transparent, and within it, one could vaguely see a strange, hazy phantom of a 'world' that seemed to exist between reality and void, constantly being born and destroyed, and evolving.

This phantom of a 'world' was shrouded in Chaos, as if it were before the creation of the world, when Grandmist had not yet been judged, yet it also seemed to contain endless Reincarnation, with birth and death never ceasing.

Within it, gray Chaos Qi currents flowed, strange runes representing 'Existence' shone, and even more, blurry lights and shadows symbolizing 'Reincarnation' were intertwined and circulating.

This was precisely the unique, embryonic 'Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit' that Lin Wan had initially condensed after his seclusion in the 'Pool of Creation,' his Fusion of the 'samsara mirror' fragments, and the reshaping of his Dao foundation!

Although it was only an embryonic form, still a long way from a true, complete 'Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit,' its status was so high that it already vaguely surpassed ordinary 'Dao,' touching upon something more essential and original.

"Chaos Samsara, open the heavens, define existence, take charge of Reincarnation!"

Lin Wan held his hands in the air, as if embracing that hazy phantom of the 'Chaos Samsara' world, and then, toward the surging dark mist that represented the 'ending of an era,' he slowly... pushed it out.

"Hum—!"

That hazy phantom of the 'Chaos Samsara' world flew out from Lin Wan's embrace, growing against the wind, and in an instant, it expanded to a size comparable to the dark mist of the 'Funeral of an Era,' and then, silently, collided with that dark mist.

This time, there was no violent energy explosion, no terrifying Law Storm.

There was only... silent annihilation, and... the confrontation of new life.

Wherever the phantom of the Chaos Samsara world passed, the dark mist representing the 'ending of an era' seemed to have encountered its nemesis, quickly being decomposed and assimilated by the Chaos Qi currents, defined and stabilized by the 'Existence' runes, and absorbed and transformed by the 'Reincarnation' lights and shadows, turning into streams of pure, will-less, and most original 'the end' energy, which was then, like a whale swallowing, inhaled into the hazy world phantom, becoming... a part of the nourishment for that 'world's' evolution!

And the phantom of the 'Chaos Samsara' world itself, after absorbing these 'the end' energies, was not only not eroded or polluted, but instead became clearer and more solid, the Chaos Qi currents within it flowed more rapidly, the 'Existence' runes shone more brightly, and the 'Reincarnation' lights and shadows became more profound, as if... it was devouring 'the end,' strengthening itself, evolving and opening up an even more perfect... 'world'!

"This... this is impossible!!"

This time, the 'Holy Lord's' voice, which had always been indifferent and cold, finally carried a trace of... unbelievable shock, and even... a trace of imperceptible... horror!

"You... you can actually devour and transform my power of 'the end'?! This... what kind of Dao Fruit is this?!"

He has held dominion over 'the end' for endless years, seeing countless Daos, countless Divine Abilities, and countless powers that attempted to resist or perform Purification on 'the end.' But without exception, they all eventually ended under the erosion and assimilation of 'the end.' Even powers that claimed to be 'eternal' or 'immortal,' in front of 'the end,' would eventually have a day of decay and collapse.

Yet the Dao Fruit of this ant before him not only did not fear the erosion of 'the end,' but could actually... devour and transform the power of 'the end' for its own use?! This simply subverted his understanding of 'Dao'! What exactly is this ant's Dao? It could actually contain, evolve, and even... surpass 'the end'?!

"Impossible?" A trace of blood spilled from the corner of Lin Wan's mouth. Fully activating the embryonic 'Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit' to devour and transform the vast power of the 'Funeral of an Era' was also a huge burden on him, and the embryonic Dao Fruit was even vaguely shaking and unstable, but his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his Battle Intent grew higher and higher, "With me, there is nothing impossible!"

"Your 'the end' is merely the conclusion of an old era, an obstacle to new life. And my 'Chaos Samsara' is both the conclusion and the beginning, both destruction and new life, both the final destination of all things and the starting point of all things!"

"Your Dao is destined... to be contained and... surpassed by my Dao!"

As his voice fell, a sharp look flashed in Lin Wan's eyes. He no longer passively defended or devoured, but actively drove the phantom of the 'Chaos Samsara' world to fiercely... crash into the 'Holy Lord's' true body!

He wanted to... use his own embryonic Dao Fruit to hard-clash with the 'Holy Lord's' true body, to see just how tough this so-called spokesperson for 'the end'... really is!