90: Chapter 90 Desperate Situation, Sword Shattered, Soul Ignites

"Void — — Return to Burial."

A cold, indifferent voice, like a declaration of death, echoed in the Void Realm.

That "Apostle" merely reached out across the space and gave a gentle grasp.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no heaven-destroying phenomenon.

But the Void Realm around Lin Wan suddenly solidified and collapsed!

An indescribable, terrifying force of Law, seemingly originating from the final resting place of all things and making all existence "return to void," descended instantly, imprisoning him firmly!

He felt that the space he was in, along with himself, seemed to be gripped by an invisible, cold giant hand, and then, began to crazily collapse and annihilate toward an ultimate, eternal, cold point of "void"!

The Chaos light armor let out an unbearable groan, instantly covered in cracks, disintegrating inch by inch.

The chaos dao sword in his hand let out a mournful cry, its blade's radiance flickering violently, as if it would shatter at any moment.

Lin Wan's body was as if crushed by billions of invisible mountains; his bones made "creaking" sounds, his internal organs shifted and ruptured, and blood mixed with shattered visceral fragments gushed from his mouth, even containing strands of dark golden Law fragments filled with a deathly aura — that was his Dao Foundation, being eroded and assimilated by this force of "Void Return to Burial"!

What was even more terrifying was that his Divine Soul also seemed to be on the verge of being completely erased from the level of "existence" by this force!

His consciousness began to blur; past memories, emotions, and self-cognition were all like a candle in the wind, flickering unsteadily, about to be extinguished.

"Is this... the true power of 'the end'... It is completely different from the previous ones..." An unprecedented chill surged in Lin Wan's heart.

The "the end" power contained in the monsters and fragments he encountered before, although evil and chaotic, was more like unconscious, dissipated energy.

But this "Apostle's" "Void Return to Burial" was a true Divine Ability, highly condensed and containing complete Laws!

It was a negation and erasure of "existence" itself, reaching directly to the Origin of the "Dao"!

"No! I cannot die here!"

A strong desire to survive, the responsibility of being an Inspector, and an irreconcilable will against "the end" allowed Lin Wan to unleash his final potential.

The Chaos Return-to-Ruins Dao Fruit operated crazily, releasing its final light and heat, attempting to resist and resolve this terrifying "Void Return to Burial."

"Five Elements rotation, Return-to-Ruins nirvana, Chaos infinite, all Laws return to one — — Open for me!"

Lin Wan roared, burning his essence blood, Lifespan, and even his Dao Foundation Origin, forcibly driving the full power of the Chaos Return-to-Ruins Dao Fruit!

The Chaos light armor on his body suddenly exploded, turning into a brilliant Chaos light flame, temporarily pushing back part of the "void" force.

The chaos dao sword in his hand also let out an unwilling clang. On the blade, all the Chaos Dao patterns lit up, transforming into an extremely strong Sword Intent that seemed to open heaven and earth, slashing fiercely toward the invisible "Void Hand" that was imprisoning him!

"Boom — —!!!"

A more violent annihilation erupted! The power of Chaos Return-to-Ruins and the power of "Void Return to Burial," like two supreme Laws as incompatible as water and fire, crazily collided and annihilated!

Lin Wan spat out a large mouthful of essence blood burning with Chaos light flames; his whole body, like a broken rag doll, was thrown away again, covered in spiderweb-like cracks, his aura instantly withered to the extreme, almost falling from the Soul Transformation Realm.

But, in the end, he had temporarily broken free from the imprisonment of "Void Return to Burial" at the cost of burning his Dao Foundation and damaging his own Foundation!

The price was that the Chaos Return-to-Ruins Dao Fruit was dim and covered in fine cracks, as if it would collapse at any moment; the chaos dao sword wailed incessantly, with several shocking cracks appearing on its blade, its spirituality greatly damaged; and he himself was at the end of his rope, his Divine Soul severely damaged, with only a breath of unyielding will left, forcibly supporting him.

"Oh? You can actually break free from 'Void Return to Burial'? I underestimated you." In that "Apostle's" consciousness, there seemed to be a trace of imperceptible surprise, but more of it remained that chilling indifference and condescension, "Unfortunately, an ant is an ant after all. Deathbed struggles only increase the pain."

He slowly withdrew his hand, seemingly feeling that Lin Wan was no longer a threat and not worth another strike.

It was just that the gaze shrouded in shadows still watched Lin Wan indifferently, as if admiring the final struggle of a dying insect.

The "Apostles" on the other two altars had not moved from beginning to end, nor had they even glanced at Lin Wan, still focused on maintaining the ritual and drawing power from the Chaos vortex.

Obviously, in their eyes, Lin Wan's existence was no different from an insect that had broken in, not worth being distracted by at all.

"Cough, cough..." Lin Wan struggled to steady his figure, leaning on the cracked chaos dao sword to barely stand.

He felt his consciousness constantly sinking, his body rapidly cooling, his life force passing away as quickly as sand in an hourglass.

He knew he had reached his limit and could fall completely at any moment, his Divine Soul annihilated, his Dao Fruit shattered, and his body and Dao dissipated.

"Is this... where I am to die..." A trace of despair rose uncontrollably from the bottom of his heart.

Soul Transformation Late Stage, and it was a Soul Transformation Late Stage from the "the end" faction; the gap in strength was too great.

So great that even burning everything, he could only barely break free from the imprisonment of the other party's casual strike.

No! Cannot die! If he died, what about this crack? If this passageway were completely stabilized and expanded, what about the Tiannan Continent?

His family... Lin Qingyao, Shen Rushuang, Ye Hongyu, Su Wan, Yun Shang, Qin Mingyue, Liu Mengli, Nangong Yue, Lingbo Fairy, Yun Xi, Qin Mengyao, Su Yuechan, Lin Xi, Lin Xiao, Lin Jinyu, Lin Jinyu's children... and those unborn offspring... and those innocent beings in the Five Regions...

"I cannot... die!"

A strong attachment to life, reluctance to part with his loved ones, bone-deep hatred for "the end," persistence in his own "Dao," and belief in the Five Elements Dao Venerable's Legacy were like the final firewood, igniting Lin Wan's dying fire of life and light of Divine Soul!

"Even if I die... I will... drag you down with me!"

In Lin Wan's eyes, an unprecedented, brilliant light that reached the extreme, like a flash of light before death, suddenly erupted!

It was not desperate madness, but a realization, a determination, a final interpretation of the "Dao" that sought life through death!

"Senior Five Elements Dao Venerable... Lin Wan is incompetent and failed to completely eradicate 'the end,' but... at least, I cannot let it descend so easily!"

"Chaos Return-to-Ruins Dao Fruit... accompany me for the final journey!"

"Five Elements rotation is for life!"

"Return-to-Ruins nirvana is for death!"

"The rotation of life and death is Chaos!"

"Today, with my body, my soul, and my Dao, I burn this remnant body, open this Chaos, slay this demon, and sever this passageway — — Five Elements Returning to Ruins, rotation of life and death, Chaos — — Heaven Opening!"

"Boom — —!!!"

Lin Wan's body burned suddenly!

It was not fire, but an extreme — — Chaos Divine Flame that seemed to be able to burn everything and illuminate the eternal darkness!

This flame, using his Physical Body, Divine Soul, Dao Fruit, and even all the insights he had gained in his life regarding the Great Dao of Five Elements Returning to Ruins as fuel, burned fiercely!

At the final moment of life, under the extreme pressure of life and death, and under the guidance of the Five Elements Dao Venerable's Legacy, his insight into "Chaos Return-to-Ruins" broke through the final shackles!

He understood that true "Chaos" was not simple inclusion, evolution, or ending, but... "existence" and "non-existence," "life" and "death," "creation" and "destruction," the unity of opposites of all opposing, contradictory, and bipolar things... It was a cycle, a rotation, it was... the eternal, ceaseless movement itself!

"Return-to-Ruins" was also not merely "ending" and "void," but a stage in the movement of "Chaos," the demise of the "old," and also the starting point of the "new"!

At this moment, he burned everything, not for self-destruction, but using himself as the guide, and his life as the fire, to forcibly evolve and drive this ultimate Profound Truth of "Chaos" — — Heaven Opening!

Even if it was just a fleeting, incomplete, and destined-to-be-destroyed "Heaven Opening"!

The Chaos Divine Flame, brilliant beyond description, erupted from Lin Wan's body, instantly illuminating this eternal dark Void Realm!

Its light even briefly overwhelmed the dark red light of the Chaos vortex!

An unprecedented, supreme Chaos Dao Rhyme, seemingly containing a trace of the true meaning of "opening," boomed and spread with Lin Wan as the center!

"Hmm?!" The "Apostle," who had always been indifferent, lifted his head for the first time; the gaze in the shadows finally seemed to carry a trace of... gravity, or even a trace of... shock?

"This aura... is... the prototype of 'Heaven Opening'?!" Impossible! How could an ant from the Lower Realm touch upon..." His consciousness fluctuations showed obvious emotional ups and downs for the first time.

However, Lin Wan could no longer hear it.

His consciousness was burning, sublimating, and at the moment it was about to merge into that eternal, supreme "Chaos" Dao Rhyme, it was forcibly pulled back by an obsession — — slay the enemy before him! Destroy the passageway!

"Slash — —!"

Lin Wan's hoarse, broken, yet seemingly containing the great power of opening heaven and earth, voice sounded.

The chaos dao sword in his hand, full of cracks and with greatly damaged spirituality, under the infusion of its master's will to burn everything and his Dao Fruit, erupted with an unprecedented, supreme sharpness that seemed capable of slicing open Chaos and demarcating the clear from the turbid!

On the blade, all the Chaos Dao patterns lit up with unprecedented light at this moment; that was Lin Wan's final interpretation of the "Dao," the swan song of his life and will!

A Chaos sword light, whose brilliance, majesty, and determination could not be described in words, slashed out from that burning figure!

This strike was no longer just slashing toward that "Apostle," but slashing toward this Void Realm space, slashing toward that huge Chaos vortex, slashing toward the altars where the three "Apostles" were located, slashing toward... the invisible "Law lines" in the dark that maintained the existence of this passageway!

"Chaos Heaven Opening, all Laws are slashed — — Break for me!"

"Boom — —!!!"

An indescribable, terrifying explosion erupted in the depths of the void!

The Chaos Divine Flame and "Heaven Opening" Sword Intent collided fiercely with the more solid "Void Return to Burial" barrier that the "Apostle" had hastily set up, and with the more vast power of "the end" Origin surging from the Chaos vortex!

The entire dark space, at this moment, violently shook, twisted, as if it were about to shatter!

The altars where the three "Apostles" were located shook violently, the light of the huge crystals on them flickering unsteadily, as if they would shatter at any moment!

Even the huge Chaos vortex's rotation speed stalled for a moment, and the energy surging out became chaotic!

"Pfft — —!"

The "Apostle" who had struck let out a muffled groan; his figure swayed for the first time, and the shadows shrouding his body dimmed slightly. Clearly, he had suffered a small loss under Lin Wan's desperate strike that burned everything and contained a trace of the "Heaven Opening" true meaning.

However, that was all it was.

Lin Wan's strike, which burned everything, could be called stunningly brilliant, and even touched upon a trace of the "Heaven Opening" true meaning, ultimately failed to truly sever the passageway, nor could it severely injure that "Apostle."

The gap in strength between the two sides was simply too great.

The brilliant Chaos Divine Flame began to rapidly dim and extinguish.

That heaven-opening sword light also began to dissipate and annihilate.

Lin Wan's burning figure, like a burnt-out torch, rapidly became transparent and illusory; his aura of life, like a candle in the wind, rapidly extinguished.

His eyes began to unfocus, and his consciousness rapidly sank into eternal darkness.

"What a pity... a 'little flower' of a different kind that was about to bloom." The "Apostle's" consciousness sounded again, seemingly carrying a trace of faint regret, but more of it remained indifferent, "However, to be able to die under 'Void Return to Burial' and become nourishment for the 'Master's' descent can be considered your honor. It is over, insect."

He raised his hand again; this time, it was not a grasp across space, but his five fingers opened, and he gave a gentle grip toward Lin Wan's illusory figure, which was about to dissipate completely.

He wanted to completely "return to burial" Lin Wan's last traces of existence, along with the remaining Dao Fruit fragments after his burning, into the void, refine them into the purest power of "the end," and sacrifice them to the "Master" behind the Chaos vortex.

However, just at the last instant when the "Apostle's" five fingers were about to close and Lin Wan's consciousness was about to sink completely into eternal darkness — —

A sudden change occurred!

At the position of the heart of Lin Wan's illusory figure, which was about to dissipate completely, a spot of emerald green light — — weak to the point of being almost imperceptible, yet exceptionally warm, gentle, and filled with vigorous vitality — — suddenly lit up!

That light was so weak, compared to the vast darkness around it filled with destruction and the end, like a firefly to a bright moon.

But, at the very moment this weak emerald green light lit up — —

"Hum — —!"

An indescribable, supreme power of Creation, seemingly able to soothe all wounds, nourish all withered things, and awaken all sleeping things, filled with the Concepts of "life," "hope," and "protection," like the gentlest breeze in spring, and like a mother's gentlest touch, rippled gently from that spot of emerald green light.

This power was so gentle, yet so tough, and so... unquestionable!

It seemed to ignore the "the end" Law of this dark space, ignored the "Apostle's" terrifying "Void Return to Burial" power, and like the purest spring water, instantly moistened Lin Wan's body, Divine Soul, and even... Dao Fruit, which were about to dissipate completely and were in tatters!

"This is..." The "Apostle" emitted a wave of uncertain consciousness for the first time, even carrying a trace of... unbelievable horror?!

His five fingers, which were about to close, seemed to have touched an invisible, yet incomparably tough, barrier filled with the power of "life," and he was actually unable to grip even a fraction further!

"Impossible! This aura... is... is 'He'?! No! 'He' had long fallen! Had long been swallowed and assimilated by the 'Master'! This is impossible!!"

The "Apostle's" voice lost its indifference and condescension for the first time, filled with shock, confusion, and even... a trace of deeply hidden, indescribable... fear?!

And at the moment the emerald green light lit up and that power of Creation filled with "life" and "protection" rippled out — —

In the depths of Lin Wan's consciousness, which was about to be completely extinguished, a gentle, kind, and loving female voice, carrying endless affection and reluctance to part, seemingly crossing endless time, space, and Reincarnation, sounded softly:

"Child... you have suffered..."

"Sleep now... leave the rest... to... Mother..."