Chapter 448 Dao Ancestor Breakthrough, Chaos Ruler

Beside the Origin Pool, Nightmare sat cross-legged.

Floating before him were three Dao Ancestor Crystal Cores—the icy blue of Ice Soul, the Violet Lightning of Lei Ze, and the crimson gold of Flame Emperor—along with exactly five hundred boxes of chaos origin liquid.

The remaining Chaos liquid in the pool still flowed slowly, emitting a heart-palpitatingly pure aura.

Zuo Feng, Right Wing, and Dark Blade led one hundred and fifty elites, forming three rings around the pool to set up heavy security.

"The Lord is about to have a Breakthrough," Zuo Feng whispered. "Once successful, he will be a Chaos Dao Ancestor."

Right Wing gripped the blade in his hand. "We must guard him well."

Dark Blade said nothing, his figure quietly merging into the shadows and vanishing from the spot.

By the pool, Nightmare slowly closed his eyes.

"Begin."

He raised his hand, and the three crystal cores simultaneously sank into his glabella!

"Boom—!!"

An unimaginably vast Chaos Dao charm, like three violent Vicious Beasts, crashed frantically within his Sea of Consciousness!

Each crystal core carried a Dao Ancestor's lifelong Cultivation insights and Origin Laws. With three forces surging in at once, if Nightmare's Divine Soul hadn't already been tempered a thousand times, it likely would have shattered instantly.

"Suppress."

He chanted silently in his heart, and the Reverse Path Demonic Technique within his body operated frantically. Pitch-black Demonic Flame surged from his Dantian, transforming into three black Dragons that coiled around the three Dao charms respectively!

"Roar—!!"

The Dao charms resisted, and the three powers of extreme cold, thunder, and blazing fire rampaged within his Sea of Consciousness!

Nightmare groaned, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth. Icy blue, Violet Lightning, and crimson gold cracks surfaced on his skin, as if he might explode at any moment.

But his eyes remained as calm as ever.

"Reverse Path Return to One."

Three dao reversal keys emerged from the depths of his Divine Soul and began to resonate frantically!

"Buzz—!!"

The power of the pitch-black Demonic Flame surged violently, and the bodies of the three black Dragons suddenly expanded, actually beginning to forcibly devour and refine the three Dao charms!

Ice Soul's extreme cold was assimilated by the Demonic Flame into a dark ice flame.

Lei Ze's thunder was transformed into jumping black lightning.

Flame Emperor's blazing fire was devoured into a dark gold void flame.

Under the forced suppression of the Nidao Demonic Flame, the three forces began a deep Fusion with Nightmare's Origin.

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Outside the pool, three days passed.

Zuo Feng and the others never left their posts. Everyone's eyes were bloodshot, but no one relaxed their vigilance.

By the pool, the three-colored cracks on Nightmare's body had gradually receded, replaced by a layer of flowing dark gold luster—a sign that the three Dao charms were about to be completely refined.

But just at this moment—

A sudden change occurred!

"Boom—!!"

Inside Nightmare's body, the three Dao charms that were about to fuse suddenly went berserk! At the final moment, they actually collided with each other, attempting to detonate themselves and take Nightmare down with them!

"Thinking of self-destruction?"

Nightmare opened his eyes, the Demonic Flame in them erupting like a volcano:

"Inside my body, it is not your place to call the shots."

His hands formed seals, and the three dao reversal keys inside him spun frantically. The pitch-black Demonic Flame transformed into a massive furnace, trapping the three rampaging Dao charms firmly within!

"Refine!"

The temperature of the Demonic Flame rose sharply, and a grating sizzle came from within the furnace—the sound of the Dao charms being forcibly refined.

The three Dao charms struggled, roared, and collided, but they could never break through the furnace.

Time passed bit by bit.

The seventh day, noon.

"Crack."

A slight cracking sound came from within Nightmare's body.

Immediately after—

"Boom—!!!"

A pillar of flame, pitch-black with flowing dark gold, icy blue, and Violet Lightning patterns, soared from the crown of his head straight into the Chaos sky!

At this moment, all the chaos qi flow in the entire Origin Holy Land surged toward the pillar like ten thousand rivers returning to the sea!

The pillar lasted for a full ten breaths before slowly dissipating.

By the pool, Nightmare opened his eyes.

In his eyes, there was no longer any flickering Demonic Flame, replaced by a deep darkness that seemed capable of devouring all light.

He slowly stood up.

No terrifying aura erupted from him, nor did any startling pressure spread.

But the moment he stood up—

The space of the entire Origin Holy Land seemed to bend toward him for an instant.

Those were the Chaos rules, submitting to him.

Chaos Dao Ancestor, achieved.

And it was not the Early Stage, but—

"Middle Stage."

Nightmare whispered to himself, feeling the new power surging within him.

Inside his Dantian, the Dao Reversal Demonic Star Flame had completely evolved, transforming into a flame that was pitch-black with flowing three-colored Dao patterns—the Grandmist Chaos Void Annihilation Reincarnation Return to One Chaos Reverse Path Dominator Demonic Star Flame.

Once this flame appeared, it could burn through Chaos and suppress rules.

He raised his hand and gave a light squeeze.

"Buzz—"

A hundred feet ahead, a patch of chaos qi flow suddenly solidified, then silently annihilated, turning into the most primitive Origin particles, which were absorbed by his palm.

"Rule control..."

A look of realization flashed in his eyes.

The reason a Chaos Dao Ancestor surpassed a Supreme was because they had gained a preliminary grasp of the underlying rules of the Chaos Domain and could call upon a portion of the Universe's great power.

And his Reverse Path Dominator Demonic Flame had a natural bonus for this control.

"Divine Soul."

With a thought.

"Boom—!!"

His vast Divine Soul power spread like a tide, covering the entire Chaos Domain in an instant!

The Grey Mist Wasteland in the peripheral area, the ruins of the Three Major Tribes in the core area, the Ice Sealed Valley in the forbidden area... even the positions of the remaining elites of the Three Major Tribes who were fleeing were clearly reflected in his perception.

He saw the Ice Soul Dao Ancestor who had fled to the depths of the Ice Sealed Valley—the other party was curled up in an ice cave, their aura withered, clearly heavily injured.

He also saw the scene outside the Chaos Domain—

A vast and boundless ocean composed of pure Grandmist chaos origin, endless and emitting an Origin aura a hundred times denser than that of the Chaos Domain.

Grandmist Chaos Sea.

The source that nurtured ten thousand domains.

"There..."

A flicker of emotion flashed in Nightmare's eyes.

He could feel that higher-level rules and purer power existed in the Grandmist Chaos Sea, and perhaps... even existences beyond the Dao Ancestor.

But now was not the time.

He withdrew his Divine Soul and looked at Zuo Feng and the others guarding the pool.

"Lord!" Zuo Feng stepped forward excitedly. "You... succeeded?"

Nightmare nodded:

"Pass my order."

"All forces in the Chaos Domain must come to the Origin Holy Land to pay homage within three days."

"Those who fail to arrive on time—"

Darkness flowed in his eyes:

"Will have their clans exterminated."