A three-way battle ensues, and chaos reigns supreme.

The Seal was temporarily stabilized. The Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor fell into a brief state of Chaos and internal conflict due to swallowing the rule fragment, which gave Nightmare a precious breathing room and thoroughly enraged Shadow Fiend, the leader of the Eclipse Moon!

"Junior! You are courting death!" The face beneath Shadow Fiend's mask twisted. The terrifying aura of the Peak Late Golden Core Stage erupted without reservation, like a tangible black wave, sweeping across the entire dome space! He abandoned his attack on the Seal, his figure turning into a ghostly afterimage. The black flame longsword in his hand tore through the air, carrying a shrill screech that corroded Divine Soul and space, striking straight at the center of Nightmare's brows! This sword strike was launched in anger, vowing to completely obliterate this variable who had repeatedly ruined his plans!

Facing this fatal blow that far exceeded the Early Golden Core Stage, Nightmare was calm to the extreme. He knew that brute force was definitely not a match.

He mobilized the Chaos Dao Foundation, no longer pursuing absolute strength, but extreme control and transformation! His hands drew in the void, and the chaos qi flow in front of him surged crazily, instantly constructing layers upon layers of continuously forming and vanishing Chaos vortexes. He did not block it head-on, but used the spinning force to divert the power, using the characteristics of Chaos to decompose and devour the corrosive energy contained in the black flame sword aura!

At the same time, he mobilized the charm of the void lotus seed, his figure seemingly merging with space, performing extreme dodges within a square inch that were difficult for the naked eye to capture. Every movement narrowly avoided the sharpest point of the sword aura!

Chiss, chiss, chiss—!

The black sword aura slashed into the Chaos vortex, erupting with a teeth-grinding sound of erosion! The vortex vibrated violently, flickering unsteadily, and a large amount of chaos qi flow was annihilated by the sword aura, but the power and corrosive characteristics of the sword aura itself were also rapidly weakened and decomposed! Nightmare's face turned pale, and his Divine Soul felt a stinging pain. It was clear that he was resisting with great difficulty, but he had ultimately blocked this must-kill sword strike!

"Oh? You have some tricks!" A flash of surprise appeared in Shadow Fiend's eyes, but his killing intent grew even stronger. "Let's see how many swords you can block!" His sword stance changed again, turning into a sky full of black sword shadows, enveloping Nightmare like a violent storm!

On the other side, the two Eclipse Moon subordinates saw their captain personally make a move, so they wanted to take the opportunity to attack the Seal again, or pincer-attack Nightmare.

However, they forgot that there was another extremely unstable factor nearby—the Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor!

That giant face that had swallowed the rule fragment, after experiencing a brief period of Chaos, not only did not weaken, but a strange silver light flashed in its huge scarlet eyes (the influence of the rule fragment). Its aura became more violent and chaotic, but it also revealed a trace of twisted "reason"! It seemed to have briefly suppressed the conflict of the rule fragment and locked its target onto Shadow Fiend, who had the most abundant energy and posed the greatest threat to it on the scene!

"Roar! Ant... hurt me... Seal... swallow you!" The Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor let out an incoherent roar. A huge dark red demonic claw condensed into shape. Ignoring Nightmare, it carried monstrous demonic fire and chaotic power of rules, slapping down towards Shadow Fiend, who was attacking Nightmare wildly! This strike contained its anger at breaking free from the Seal and the strange power of the rule fragment, and its power far exceeded before!

Shadow Fiend's expression changed drastically! He did not expect this demonic soul not to deal with Nightmare, who was reinforcing the Seal, but to target him first! In his haste, he had to abandon his continuous attacks on Nightmare, turn back and swing his sword, condensing all his magic power, and slash at the sky-covering demonic claw!

Boom—!!!

The black sword aura collided violently with the demonic claw! The terrifying explosion shockwave shook the entire dome space, causing it to tremble. The two Eclipse Moon subordinates who tried to approach were like fallen leaves swept up by a gale, vomiting blood and flying backward, hitting the rock wall heavily, their life or death unknown!

Shadow Fiend let out a muffled groan, a wisp of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The arm holding the sword trembled slightly; it was clear he had suffered a loss in the hard collision just now. The power of the Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor, coupled with the strangeness of the rule fragment, made him, a Peak Late Golden Core Stage, feel immense pressure.

Meanwhile, Nightmare took this opportunity to mobilize the Chaos Dao Foundation, crazily absorbing the vast energy scattered by the intense collision (including Demonic Qi, Eclipse Moon's dark energy, and even the protective power leaking from the Seal). The stinging pain in his Divine Soul was rapidly relieved, and his consumed power was also quickly replenished! The all-encompassing characteristic of the Chaos Dao Foundation played a crucial role at this moment!

He looked coldly at Shadow Fiend, who was fiercely fighting the demonic soul, and did not immediately join the battle. The current situation was exactly what he wanted—the snipe and the clam fighting!

His thoughts moved, and he took out the two formation base node stones again. Taking advantage of Shadow Fiend being entangled by the demonic soul, he sank his consciousness into the nodes. More pure and vast protective Dao rhyme was mobilized, turning into two thicker white light pillars, shooting towards the spherical Seal again!

This time, his goal was not just to repair the cracks, but to attempt... to reconnect the several broken, most critical chain core runes!

"Don't even think about it!" Shadow Fiend, who was fighting fiercely with the demonic soul, noticed Nightmare's movements. His eyes were about to split with rage. Ignoring the demonic soul's attack, he forcibly split a sharp sword aura to slash at the light pillars!

However, just as the sword aura was about to touch the light pillars, a resolute thought flashed through Nightmare's mind!

He mobilized the primal cube that had been silent in his space! A weak but incredibly essential flow of information, as if touching the underlying rules of the Universe, followed his consciousness and merged into the two protective light pillars!

This was not an infusion of energy, but an endowment of "principles"! It was the primal cube's essential analysis and temporary strengthening of concepts such as "Seal", "protection", and "maintenance"!

Hum—!!!

The protective light pillars, strengthened by the primal cube's information flow, suddenly changed in nature! They were no longer pure energy, but seemed to have turned into rule chains with "life", ignoring Shadow Fiend's sword aura interception, flexibly bypassing it like swimming fish, and accurately wrapping around the several broken chains!

Click! Click, click!

An inspiring sound rang out! Under the wrapping of the protective light pillars containing the power of rules, those broken chains actually began to reconnect and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye! The dim runes on their surface also lit up with brilliant golden light again!

"No!!!" Shadow Fiend let out a desperate roar. He could feel that the Seal was being rapidly repaired! His years of planning were about to fall short!

And the Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor also let out a more violent and fearful roar; it could feel that the power binding it was returning!

Boom!!!

Just as the Seal chains were about to be completely connected, the Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor let out its final struggle, and Shadow Fiend wanted to rush over to stop it regardless of everything—

That rule fragment swallowed by the Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor, due to its intense conflict with the demonic soul's power, as well as the stimulation of the returning external Seal power, finally... lost control!

A chaotic storm, indescribable, twisting light and shadow, devouring sound and energy, exploded with the Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor as the core!

"No—!" This was the last sound Shadow Fiend made, full of unwillingness and fear. His body disintegrated and was annihilated in the chaotic storm like a sand sculpture!

The giant face of the Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor also let out a silent wail, twisting and shattering in the storm, and finally, together with the rule fragment, was completely swept into the center of the storm, turning into the most original energy turbulence!

At the moment the storm exploded, Nightmare's Divine Soul sounded the alarm to the extreme! He mobilized all his power, pressed the two node stones against his chest, and the Chaos Dao Foundation, world tree seedling, void lotus seed, and even the faint light of the primal cube lit up at the same time, laying down an incomparably tough Chaos barrier in front of him, and his Divine Soul also desperately protected the rule fragment space where Su Wanqing was located!

Boom!!!

He was violently blown away by the terrifying explosion storm, hitting the rock wall at the edge of the dome space heavily. He vomited blood, his Divine Soul instantly became dim, his Chaos Dao Foundation almost collapsed, and he fell into a coma with serious, life-threatening injuries.

I don't know how long passed, but the storm gradually subsided.

The dome space was dead silent.

Although the spherical Seal was covered in cracks and its light was dim, the critical chains had already been reconnected, tenaciously maintaining the existence of the Seal. The Remnant Soul of the Demon Ancestor and Shadow Fiend, together with the rule fragment, had all disappeared without a trace, as if they had never existed.

Only Nightmare's unconscious figure lay in the ruins, and the two formation base node stones on his chest still emitted a faint, yet unwavering light of protection.

(The earth-shattering battle concluded. The demonic soul and Shadow Fiend perished together, and the Seal was preserved. Nightmare paid the price of serious injury and became the final winner, but also fell into a coma. When he wakes up again, he will face the repaired Forbidden Ground, and... the fate of Shiquan Village and even the entire Land of Absolute Spirit, changed because of him. A new chapter is about to begin!)