Chapter 452 The Path to Domination, Fusion of Origins

That ten-thousand-zhang beast was less a living creature and more a conscious aggregate of Grandmist chaos origin.

It had no facial features or limbs; its entire body was like a flowing mountain range, its surface churning with chaos qi flow of interwoven pale gold and dark gray. Its crimson gaze was actually two highly condensed masses of destructive energy, locked firmly onto Nightmare.

"Roar—!!"

The roar did not travel through the air; instead, it directly shook the laws, exploding within the four people's Seas of Consciousness!

Zuo Feng and the other two groaned, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths—the mere aftershock of the sound waves caused their Divine Souls to tremble!

"Get back and form a formation."

Nightmare's voice was calm as he took a step forward, arriving above the beast's head.

The beast reacted extremely fast, countless Chaos tentacles suddenly shooting from its body's surface. Each one carried the destructive power to tear through space, shrouding Nightmare like an inescapable net!

"Flashy but useless."

Nightmare didn't even dodge; he simply raised his foot and stepped down lightly.

"Thud—!!"

The entire "sea surface" caved in violently! An invisible force of suppression spread out from him as the center; everywhere it passed, those Chaos tentacles were struck heavily, snapping inch by inch and being annihilated!

A flicker of human-like terror flashed in the beast's crimson eyes as its massive body tried to dive, attempting to escape into the depths of the Grandmist Chaos Sea.

"Think you can leave?"

Nightmare made a grasping motion with his right hand, slowly closing his fingers.

"Reverse Path Dominator · Heaven's Prison."

"Buzz—!!"

The Grandmist chaos origin within a thousand-mile radius suddenly solidified! As if time had stopped, the beast's diving motion froze halfway, and even the churning qi flow around it froze into solid, pale-gold crystals!

The crimson light in the beast's eyes flickered frantically as it tried to struggle, yet it couldn't even stir a single ripple.

The current Nightmare was completely different from when he was in the Chaos Domain.

With his Chaos Dao Ancestor Perfection and the support of the higher-level Origin from the Grandmist Chaos Sea, his power was approaching a certain threshold—one that transcended the Dao Ancestor and touched the edge of the "Dominator."

"Refine."

Nightmare pressed his palm down lightly.

The solidified thousand miles of space suddenly compressed inward! Under this irresistible force, the beast's ten-thousand-zhang body was forcibly squeezed and crushed, eventually turning into a sphere of Grandmist chaos origin no more than ten zhang in diameter but condensed to the extreme.

Inside the sphere, the afterimages of the beast's crimson gaze could be faintly seen crashing about frantically, yet they could not break through in the slightest.

Nightmare opened his mouth and inhaled.

The Origin sphere turned into a streak of light and entered his mouth.

"Boom—!!"

An unimaginably vast Origin power exploded within his body! This time, it was no longer simple absorption and refinement, but—Fusion.

He could clearly feel that every inch of his flesh, every wisp of his Divine Soul, and even every flicker of the Reverse Path Dominator Demonic Flame was fusing deeply with this purest Grandmist chaos origin.

His body was transforming, his Divine Soul was ascending, and his flames were evolving.

The entire process lasted for three full days.

Three days later, Nightmare opened his eyes.

The "void" in his eyes had now turned into an indescribable "Chaos"—as if countless Universes were being born and destroyed within them, and all sorts of laws were flowing through.

He looked down at his own palm.

He lightly clenched his fingers.

"Buzz—"

In his palm, a miniature, slowly rotating Chaos nebula appeared out of thin air—it wasn't an illusory image condensed from a technique, but a real "embryonic Universe" he had created at will.

Creation and destruction were but a single thought away.

"The power of a Dominator..."

Nightmare murmured to himself; he could feel that he was only one final step away from that legendary "Dominator" Realm—

Fusing the myriad domains origin core.

He looked up toward the deepest part of the Grandmist Chaos Sea.

There, an ancient, vast aura that seemed to encompass all things was faintly calling out to him.

"Zuo Feng."

"Here!" Zuo Feng and the other two had already retreated a thousand miles away; hearing his voice, they stepped forward, their eyes filled with shock and awe.

"Establish a 'Reverse Path Outpost' here to gather resources and stabilize your cultivation."

Nightmare looked toward the depths:

"I need to head to the Core Region."

Right Wing couldn't help but say, "My Lord, the aura there is too terrifying. Should we..."

"No matter."

Nightmare took a step and vanished, leaving only his voice echoing:

"If I don't even dare to go there, how can I speak of dominating the Myriad Domains?"

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Grandmist Chaos Sea, Core Region.

This was no longer flowing "seawater," but solidified, glazed Grandmist chaos crystals.

Inside each crystal, fragments of ancient laws were sealed, emitting heart-palpitating fluctuations.

Nightmare walked through the void; everywhere he went, the crystals parted automatically as if making way for him.

He could feel the calling becoming clearer and stronger.

Finally.

Ahead, the view suddenly opened up.

A "vacuum zone" no more than a hundred zhang in diameter appeared before him—in the center of the area floated a fist-sized, transparent crystal core with billions of colored light streams flowing inside.

myriad domains origin core.

The source that nurtured Grandmist, Chaos, and countless known or unknown Universes.

Nightmare stopped and looked at the crystal core, "Chaos" swirling in his eyes.

He could clearly sense the power contained within the crystal core—a mighty force sufficient to create or destroy countless Universes, and the final key to his path to the Dominator Realm.

"Finally... I've found it."

He slowly stepped forward, reaching out his hand to touch the crystal core.

The moment his fingertips touched the surface of the crystal core—

"Boom—!!!"

The illusory images of billions of Universes exploded simultaneously within his Sea of Consciousness!