164: Primordial Abyss

This year, the Lin family's development could be described as rapid.

With the convergence of fortune and integration of resources, talented individuals emerged within the clan, and its overall strength increased with each passing moment.

Meanwhile, Lin Dao, who was stationed in the forbidden land, was nourished by the continuous feedback from the family, and his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, quietly breaking through to the Fourth Heaven of the Great Emperor Realm!

The chaotic world within him became increasingly clear, with earth, water, fire, and wind initially stabilizing, and even vague astral projections beginning to dot it, as if a miniature universe was gestating.

On this day, Lin Dao awakened from his dormancy, his gaze piercing through layers of space, landing on a very special region in the Primeval Ancient World that even Great Emperors were unwilling to easily set foot in—the Primordial Ancient Abyss.

It was rumored that this place was aJedi (absolute land) formed when a wisp of primordial origin essence escaped during the genesis of heaven and earth, intertwining and evolving with chaotic currents.

Within the ancient abyss, laws were chaotic, filled with various ancient and dangerous energies. Deeper within, there were even ancient beings that had slumbered there since the primordial era, whose combat power was no weaker than that of a Great Emperor, and they were revered as the Supreme Being of the Ancient Abyss.

Lin Dao's thoughts stirred slightly, and the next moment, his figure appeared beside Lin Huan, who was quietly contemplating the Primordial Stone Inscriptions in the Scripture Pavilion.

“Ancestor?” Lin Huan awoke from his contemplation, and upon seeing Lin Dao, he quickly rose.

“Come with me to a place.” Lin Dao did not explain further, and with a sweep of his sleeve, a gentle wave of chaotic energy enveloped Lin Huan.

The next moment, the two were in the boundless starry sky outside the Lin family's small world.

Lin Dao took a step, and beneath his feet, the galaxy seemed to reverse, and space was smoothed and stretched by an invisible force.

In just a few steps, a completely different scene appeared before them.

It was a boundless, colossal abyss, like a torn wound, stretching across the starry sky.

At the entrance of the abyss, a grayish chaotic mist permeated, interspersed with wisps of pure and ancient white light—precisely the Primordial Qi.

Deeper within was an eternal darkness, seemingly capable of devouring all light and perception, emitting a chilling aura of ancientness and danger.

The Primordial Ancient Abyss!

Just standing outside the abyss, Lin Huan felt the primordial origin power within him become exceptionally active, like a wanderer returning home, yet he instinctively sensed a huge threat emanating from the depths of the abyss.

“This place is called the Primordial Ancient Abyss, and it contains a wisp of primordial origin from the genesis of heaven and earth, which will greatly benefit your physique,” Lin Dao said calmly. “However, there's an old fellow living inside who doesn't welcome outsiders, so we need to greet him first.”

Before his words finished, Lin Dao, with Lin Huan, stepped into the grayish chaotic mist.

As soon as they entered, the surrounding scene changed abruptly.

It was no longer the starry sky, but a bizarre, law-distorted chaotic void.

Countless shattered star remnants floated, and earth, water, fire, and wind lost their normal states here, at times transforming into destructive storms, at other times coalescing into strange beings.

“Roar—!”

A deep roar, as if from eons past, came from the deepest part of the abyss.

This roar carried unparalleled majesty and ferocity, shaking the chaotic currents of the entire ancient abyss into a frenzy!

A colossal, terrifying figure, covered in dark golden scales and resembling a lizard but with nine hideous heads, slowly revealed its outline in the darkness.

Each of its heads exuded a terrifying aura comparable to that of a Great Emperor, and its eighteen vertical pupils, like cold stars, locked onto the intruders—it was the supreme being of the Primordial Ancient Abyss, the Nine-Headed Chaos Demonic Lizard!

“Outsiders… trespassing into my domain… die!” The Nine-Headed Demonic Lizard's will swept over like a storm. One of its heads opened its massive maw and spewed out a chaotic venomous breath capable of corroding a Great Emperor's divine body, surging towards Lin Dao and Lin Huan like a gray celestial river!

Lin Dao shielded Lin Huan behind him. Facing the chaotic venomous breath that would make even an early-stage Great Emperor wary, he slowly raised his right hand.

“Suppress.”

He softly uttered a single word, opening the five fingers of his right hand and gently pressing down on the surging torrent of venomous breath.

Buzz!

An invisible, immense power, as if representing the will of chaos itself, descended with his press!

The violent chaotic venomous breath, before this power, was like being choked by an invisible giant hand. Its forward momentum abruptly stopped, and then, like a docile stream, it was forcibly compressed and condensed, finally forming a grayish, constantly rotating energy sphere that hovered in Lin Dao's palm.

The other eight heads of the Nine-Headed Demonic Lizard simultaneously showed expressions of shock and fury. It sensed the unfathomable strength of the person before it!

“Charge together! Tear him apart!” All nine heads roared in unison, each unleashing different innate divine abilities!

One head ignited chaotic divine fire, incinerating the void!

One head spewed a light of annihilation, stripping away life force!

One head unleashed a soul roar, directly attacking the divine soul!

One head manipulated a gravity domain, crushing with ten thousand times the force!

One head conjured an illusionary world, confusing the mind!

One head summoned a chaotic lightning storm, destroying everything!

One head released corrosive venomous rain, eroding all things!

One head opened a devouring maw, consuming energy!

The last, main head, concentrated all its power to unleash its strongest chaotic annihilation strike, a dark beam of light condensed from nine chaotic laws, tearing through space and shooting directly at Lin Dao!

Nine Great-Emperor-level attacks, from different angles, overwhelmed Lin Dao like a tidal wave!

The entire Primordial Ancient Abyss vibrated violently under this terrifying energy outburst, as if it could collapse at any moment!

Facing this world-destroying siege, Lin Dao's eyes remained calm.

He didn't even move from his spot.

With a thought, chaotic energy surged behind him, and several ancient demonic god phantoms reappeared!

The Demonic God of Strength threw a punch, its pure power directly shattering the beam of the chaotic annihilation strike!

The Demonic God of Fire opened its mouth and inhaled, swallowing all the chaotic divine fire into its belly!

The Demonic God of Thunder evoked even more dominant chaotic divine lightning, suppressing it back and dispersing the chaotic lightning storm!

The Demonic God of Soul let out a silent shriek, neutralizing the soul roar into nothingness!

The Demonic God of Space twisted space, diverting the gravity domain and the devouring power!

The Demonic God of Purification radiated holy light, purifying the corrosive venomous rain and the light of annihilation!

The Demonic God of Reality's gaze was like lightning, instantly seeing through all illusions!

Lin Dao himself, with two fingers like a sword, drew a line in the air towards the main head of the Nine-Headed Demonic Lizard.

“Sever.”

A subtle strand of chaotic sword energy, ignoring all energy repercussions and spatial obstructions, instantly swept across the neck of the Nine-Headed Demonic Lizard's central main head.

Pfft!

The light in the eyes of that main head, which exuded the strongest aura, instantly solidified, then slowly slid from its neck, the colossal head plummeting like a meteor into the depths of the abyss!

The cut was smooth as a mirror, and chaotic blood gushed like a waterfall!

With its main head severed, the Nine-Headed Demonic Lizard's aura plummeted instantly. Its remaining eight heads let out wails of pain and fear, no longer able to maintain their combined assault. Its massive body writhed in the chaos, stirring up even greater turmoil.

Lin Dao did not continue to kill, merely casting a cold glance at the heavily wounded Nine-Headed Demonic Lizard: “Considering the difficulty of your cultivation and your slumber here, I shall take a wisp of your origin today and spare your life. Dare to obstruct me again, and your form and spirit shall be utterly extinguished.”

After speaking, he reached out and grabbed at the gushing chaotic blood from the demonic lizard's severed neck. A wisp of the purest Chaotic Primordial Origin, containing its life core and a portion of the primordial imprint, was forcibly stripped away, transforming into a dark golden stream of light that landed in Lin Dao's hand.

The Nine-Headed Demonic Lizard felt the loss of its life origin, and was both shocked and enraged, yet it no longer dared to show the slightest resistance. Its remaining eight heads bowed in fear, and its massive body slowly sank into the deeper darkness of the ancient abyss, returning to dormancy.

Lin Dao put away the wisp of Chaotic Primordial Origin and turned to look at Lin Huan, who was already speechless, awestruck by the astonishing battle.

“Let's go, I'll take you to the core area.”

He took Lin Huan, ignoring the still chaotic energy storms around them, and with a single step, they arrived at the deepest part of the Primordial Ancient Abyss.

It was no longer dark here; instead, it was filled with light.

A pool, no more than a hundred feet in circumference, formed by the purest milky-white liquid, lay quietly there.

The surface of the pool shimmered with dense primordial qi, as if it were the source of all life in heaven and earth, exuding an intoxicating aura of origin.

The Primordial Origin Pool!

“Go in. How much you can absorb depends on your own fortune,” Lin Dao said to Lin Huan, then he cast the wisp of Chaotic Primordial Origin, which he had stripped from the Nine-Headed Demonic Lizard, into the Origin Pool.

The pool water instantly boiled, its color deepening, and the origin power it contained surged!

Lin Huan looked at the Primordial Origin Pool, and every cell in his body cried out with longing.

He no longer hesitated, shedding his outer garments, and stepped into the pool.

The moment the pool water submerged his body, the vast, boundless, and extremely pure primordial origin power, like a breached dam, surged madly into his body!

The "Primordial Origin Scripture" automatically operated at an unprecedented speed, and his body seemed to transform into a bottomless pit, greedily devouring and refining this homologous power.

His cultivation began to climb frantically at a visible speed!