Chapter 433 Initial Exploration of Chaos, Preparations for the Domain Gate

Nightmare sat upon the Imperial Throne of the Dao Reversal Celestial Palace, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest.

Below him, the Five Core Members stood solemnly, their auras stabilized at the Late Stage of the Cosmic Supreme Realm—a result of refining a portion of the Heavenly Emperor's Origin.

"Grandmist is settled, but this is not the end."

Nightmare spoke, his voice echoing through the great hall.

"I want the five of you to guard five domains: the East Pole, West Abyss, South Flame, and North Cold, with the Central Celestial Palace under direct jurisdiction. I give you one month to purge all remaining loyalist forces of the Divine Court and incorporate all Sects of middle-grade and above. Those who resist shall have their Sects exterminated. Those who comply may remain."

His gaze swept over the five of them.

"While I am away, the Deputy will temporarily handle the affairs of the Celestial Palace. If any extra-domain forces invade—kill them without mercy."

"Yes!" The five answered in unison, none of them asking where their Lord was going.

They were long accustomed to it: when the Lord acted, there was no need for explanation, only execution.

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After the crowd withdrew, Nightmare took out several ancient Jade Slips plundered from the Divine Court's ancient ancestral land.

His Divine Sense sank into them.

A vast amount of information regarding the "Chaos Domain" flooded into his mind.

"A higher level of space... the Origin concentration is more than ten times that of Grandmist... Chaos Supreme, Chaos Dao Ancestor..."

Demonic Flames flickered in Nightmare's eyes; it was the excitement of seeing a new hunting ground.

"Chaos Tribes... interesting."

He continued reading and soon found the key:

"To open the Grandmist-Chaos Domain Gate, three things are required: the Grandmist Core, a Dao Reversal Origin crystal, and Chaos Dust."

The Grandmist Core was easy—the Grandmist Universe's Governing Token was a ready-made core vessel.

The Dao Reversal Origin crystal was also not difficult; he could simply condense the three dao reversal keys within his body.

Only this "Chaos Dust"...

"Must be collected from the 'Chaos Rift' at the edge of the Grandmist Universe."

Nightmare closed the Jade Slip and stood up.

"Ten people, Supreme Realm, follow me."

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The Chaos Rift was located in the void zone at the northernmost tip of the Grandmist Universe.

The space here was extremely unstable. Pitch-black rifts visible to the naked eye spread across the void like a spiderweb, and from each rift, chaos qi flow seeped out, carrying an aura that eroded everything.

Just as Nightmare arrived with ten Supreme Realm elites, a sharp screeching sound echoed from deep within the rifts.

"Buzz buzz buzz—!!"

A dense black mass of "Chaos Demonic Mosquitoes" surged out like a tide! Each one was about ten feet long, with mouthparts like spears and crimson compound eyes; their aura was actually equivalent to the Middle Stage of the Cosmic Supreme Realm!

"Lord, there are too many of these demonic mosquitoes. Should we temporarily retreat?" an elite said in a deep voice.

Nightmare did not answer, but simply took a step forward.

He raised his right hand, palm facing the sky.

"Just right, let's test the newly refined power of the Universe Origin."

He whispered to himself, then pressed his palm downward!

“Boom—!!”

The entire void suddenly froze! Countless pale gold chains of Universe Law emerged from the void, weaving into a giant net that shrouded the swarm of demonic mosquitoes!

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle..."

The moment the demonic mosquitoes touched the chains, their bodies melted as rapidly as ice meeting fire! They screeched and spat out chaos qi flow in an attempt to corrode the chains, but those pale gold chains remained motionless—this was the Origin Law of the Grandmist Universe; how could it be broken by mere chaos qi flow?

In less than three breaths, more than ten thousand demonic mosquitoes were reduced to fly ash.

Only pure chaotic aura remained in the air.

Nightmare waved his hand and took out a specially made "Chaos Bottle," absorbing and compressing all that chaotic aura until it finally condensed into a small pinch of gray dust.

Chaos Dust, acquired.

"Let's go."

He turned around, tearing through space to return.

The ten elites looked at each other—they had thought there would be a fierce battle, but the Lord had solved it with a wave of his hand?

"Keep up," one person whispered.

The group quickly followed.

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Deep within the Dao Reversal Celestial Palace, in a secret chamber.

Nightmare placed the three Materials on the ground.

The Grandmist Core—the governing token—floated in the center, emitting a pale gold light.

The Dao Reversal Origin crystal—the phantoms of the three dao reversal keys surrounded the token, breathing out pitch-black Demonic Flames.

The Chaos Dust—gray dust circulated between the two, acting as a medium.

"Array, rise."

Nightmare's hands formed seals, and the Dao Reversal Origin and Universe Origin within his body surged out simultaneously, carving complex cross-domain array patterns onto the floor.

Three days and nights without rest.

At noon on the third day, the final stroke of the array pattern fell.

"Buzz—!!"

The three Materials lit up simultaneously, merging with one another! A pitch-black vortex slowly unfolded from the center of the array; on the other side of the vortex, a gray mist-shrouded wilderness could be faintly seen.

The Grandmist-Chaos Domain Gate was open.

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The Celestial Palace Square.

Eighty Cosmic Supreme Realm and two hundred Peak Hongmeng Celestial Venerable Realm elites were already lined up, their killing intent piercing the heavens.

Nightmare walked out of the secret chamber, his gaze sweeping across the crowd.

"Going to the Chaos Domain this time, life and death are unknown. Those who wish to withdraw now may stay to guard Grandmist."

No one moved.

"Good."

Nightmare nodded and said no more, turning toward the domain gate vortex.

"Set out."

He stepped inside.

Behind him, the two hundred and eighty elites followed closely, none looking back.

The vortex slowly contracted and finally disappeared.

The Dao Reversal Celestial Palace returned to silence.

The Deputy stood on the square, looking at the spot where the domain gate had vanished, and whispered to himself:

"Lord, we shall be here, waiting for your return."

"—Or for the news of your conquest of Chaos."