128: Chapter 128 Heavenly Dragon Soars

Before the core chain, Ling Hao stood holding his halberd.

This last chain was completely different from the previous eight. It was Chaos-colored throughout and not physical; instead, it was woven from countless fine "Law Meridians," each one connecting to the operation of some kind of Origin rule between heaven and earth.

As the chain trembled slightly, phantoms of wind and thunder raging, mountains and rivers shifting, and the alternation of day and night flickered around it.

This was the "General Outline" of heaven and earth, one of the Foundations that maintained the balance of this world.

Severing it meant temporarily tearing open the Law network of the Heavenly Dao.

And the price was facing the wrath of the Heavenly Dao projection directly.

"Hum."

Deep in the Void Realm, that closed blood-colored eye did not truly dissipate but reopened in a higher dimension. This time, it was no longer just a projection; it had condensed into a physical form.

A vague human silhouette, composed of countless Law runes, slowly condensed above the chain. The silhouette was about a thousand feet tall, with indistinguishable features, save for a pair of eyes purely composed of "Light of Order," which were coldly looking down at Ling Hao.

There was no emotion, no will, only absolute "Law" and "Balance."

This was the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao in this world. Although it did not possess even one ten-thousandth of the true Heavenly Dao's power, it still held terrifying might that surpassed Soul Transformation and touched the threshold of Void Refining.

"Heaven-Defying one, must be executed."

The mechanical voice rang directly in the depths of Ling Hao's Divine Soul, each word striking his Dao Heart like a heavy hammer.

Blood spilled from the corner of Ling Hao's mouth, but he grinned.

"Execute me? That depends on whether you have the ability."

As the words fell, the hundred-foot Chaos Ancestral Dragon phantom behind him suddenly raised its head, emitting a Dragon roar that shook the universe!

"Roar!!!"

Amidst the Dragon roar, Ling Hao's figure completely merged with the Chaos Ancestral Dragon phantom!

It was no longer a phantom surrounding him, but him truly transforming into the Chaos Ancestral Dragon!

His body began to expand and deform, Chaos-colored Dragon scales emerged on the surface of his skin, his hands turned into Dragon claws, Dragon wings grew from his back, and Dragon horns extended from his forehead. In just three breaths, a hundred-foot-tall, Chaos-colored "Humanoid Chaos Ancestral Dragon" with vast Dragon might stood between heaven and earth!

The third transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Ancestral Dragon, Chaos Dragon Form!

In this form, Ling Hao's combat power would briefly break through the limit of Soul Transformation and touch the threshold of Void Refining. But the price was burning one year of Lifespan for every breath maintained.

"Come and fight!"

The Dragon mouth opened, but it was Ling Hao's voice that came out.

He took a step, and the Void Realm beneath his feet cracked inch by inch. The halberd in his hand, condensed from the fragments of the nine chains, expanded in the wind, turning into a hundred-foot giant halberd. The tip of the halberd was wrapped in nine-colored thunderfire, piercing straight at the Heavenly Dao projection!

"Law: Imprisonment."

The Heavenly Dao projection raised its hand and pressed down into the void.

In an instant, with it as the center, time and space within a thousand miles completely solidified! The wind stopped, the clouds froze, and even the light stood still in mid-air. This area seemed to have turned into an eternal painting, and Ling Hao was the only living thing still struggling within the painting.

His movements became incomparably slow; every inch of progress was like carrying a mountain.

"Time and Space Law." Chaos light flowed frantically in Ling Hao's Dragon eyes. "But my Chaos transcends time and space!"

"Primordial Chaos Force, break the restriction!"

The Chaos Dragon Infant within his body roared, and an ancient power that originated from the beginning of Chaos and was born before time and space erupted!

"Crack!"

The solidified time and space shattered like a mirror!

Ling Hao's figure regained its freedom, and the giant halberd's momentum increased rather than decreased. The dark red "God-Slaying" light at the tip of the halberd suddenly erupted, turning into a blood-colored spear ray that tore through heaven and earth!

"Fourth Form of the Spear of Fate Reversal, God-Slaying!"

This spear strike no longer contained simple destruction, but the ultimate negation of concepts such as "divinity," "Law," and "eternity"!

When the spear emerged, all things were extinguished.

In the Heavenly Dao projection's pair of order eyes, a trace of imperceptible fluctuation flashed for the first time. It raised its hand again, and a pure white "Heavenly Dao Rune" condensed in its palm.

The rune was not large, but it contained pressure that made the entire Ancient Land of Buried Gods tremble. That was the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao's authority in this world; even though it was only one in a hundred million, it was enough to suppress and kill any existence below Void Refining.

"Heavenly Dao: Suppression and Annihilation."

The rune drifted out, lightly meeting the blood-colored spear ray.

There was no earth-shattering collision, no heaven-destroying explosion.

The moment they made contact, the blood-colored spear ray dissolved silently like snow meeting the scorching sun.

And that white rune continued forward, slowly imprinting toward Ling Hao's brow.

The speed was not fast, but it contained the "Sure-Hit" Law. No matter how Ling Hao dodged or defended, the rune would eventually imprint on his brow, completely "formatting" him from Physical Body to Divine Soul, and returning him to heaven and earth.

"Sure-Hit Law?" Madness flashed in Ling Hao's Dragon eyes. "Then let's see whether your Heavenly Dao Law is harder, or my Chaos is more primordial!"

He did not dodge or avoid it; instead, he opened his Dragon mouth and swallowed the white rune into his belly in one gulp!

"Are you crazy?!" The Heavenly Dao projection emitted emotional fluctuations for the first time. "The Heavenly Dao Rune contains the Origin Law of this world. Void Refining Cultivators die upon touching it, and you actually dare to..."

Before the words fell, dazzling Chaos light had already erupted from within Ling Hao's body!

The white rune struggled frantically in his belly, releasing terrifying Heavenly Dao Law, attempting to completely decompose him from the inside. But the Chaos Dragon Infant spun frantically like a millstone, forcibly crushing and devouring those Laws!

Every time it devoured a strand of Heavenly Dao Law, the Dragon Infant became more solid by a fraction, and Ling Hao's aura also surged by a notch.

But at the same time, his Dragon scales began to peel off in large patches, Dragon blood poured out like a waterfall, and the Meridians in his body fractured inch by inch. This was the backlash brought by the consumption that exceeded his limits.

"Not enough, still not enough!" Ling Hao roared, his Dragon claws pressing tightly against his abdomen, forcibly suppressing the rune's riot. "To sever the core chain, more power is needed!"

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the Heavenly Dao projection.

In his Dragon eyes, the Chaos halo flowed to the extreme, and a strange picture faintly emerged. It was a memory fragment from when Chaos first opened and the Chaos Ancestral Dragon created the world.

"So that's how it is."

Ling Hao muttered to himself.

"Chaos is inherently the source of all Laws."

"The Heavenly Dao is merely one of the orders evolved from Chaos."

"Since that is the case."

He grasped the air with his Dragon claws, and all the Primordial Chaos Force within his body, all the devoured Heavenly Dao Laws, and all the Origin power obtained from severing the eight chains gathered in his palm!

A brand-new, pitch-black long spear, seemingly capable of devouring all light, slowly condensed.

The spear body had no brilliance, but it emitted an aura that even the Heavenly Dao projection feared.

That was the "Nothingness" of Chaos, the "End" of all things.

"This spear strike has no name."

Ling Hao's voice was calm, yet it spread throughout the entire Ancient Land of Buried Gods.

"Because it represents 'Return'."

"Return to Chaos, return to nothingness, return to the starting point of everything."

"Can you take it?"

As the words fell, the black spear left his hand.

There was no trajectory, no speed, not even a "process."

The moment it left his hand, it had already pierced into the Heavenly Dao projection's chest.

"Puff!"

A slight piercing sound.

The Heavenly Dao projection looked down, staring at the pitch-black hole in its chest, the light of order in its eyes flashing frantically.

At the edges of the hole, blackness spread rapidly like ink. Wherever it passed, the Heavenly Dao projection's Law body melted like snow, rapidly disintegrating, annihilating, and returning to nothingness.

"Chaos Returns to Origin."

The Heavenly Dao projection emitted one last whisper, and its figure completely dissipated.

And the "anchor point" of the core chain on its chest also crumbled along with it.

"Crack!!!"

The last core chain, broken!

In an instant, heaven and earth lost their voice.

The entire Ancient Land of Buried Gods fell into an eerie silence, even the wind stopped flowing. But immediately after,

"Rumble!!!"

Indescribable terrifying energy erupted from where the chain broke!

It was the Origin power that had been imprisoned for eons; at this moment, it poured out like a breached flood, turning into a nine-colored beam of light that shot into the sky, piercing through the clouds and reaching beyond the heavens!

Inside the beam of light, countless Origin Law fragments scattered like snowflakes, each piece containing good fortune enough to drive a Soul Transformation Cultivator crazy.

And at the very center of the beam, that ball of nine-colored radiance, the heart of origin, finally fully revealed its true appearance.

It was a strange crystal, the size of a fist, crystalline throughout, and containing a nine-colored nebula within. The crystal slowly rotated, and with every rotation, phantoms of heaven and earth opening and all things evolving flickered around it.

The aura it emitted was not violent; on the contrary, it was gentle like water. Yet, it made every living being that sensed it feel a yearning from the depths of their Soul; that was the instinctive longing of life for "Origin" and "wholeness."

The heart of origin had appeared in the world.

But at this moment, no one dared to approach.