95: Holy Source

An introverted, ancient, yet transcendent will above the Xiaoyao Realm, carrying a trace of eternal and undying meaning—Saint Intent!

Although this Saint Intent was extremely weak, as if sealed or suppressed by some power, and only leaked a trace due to this disturbance, Lin Dao could be certain that it was at least the residual will of a Saint Realm existence, or... the Physical Body of a Saint Realm existence that had been sealed!

The Nine Provinces actually had an existence at the Saint Realm level?

"Saint Realm..." A glint flashed in Lin Dao's eyes.

This Nine Provinces continent truly hid secrets.

An existence at the Saint Realm, no matter in what form it existed, was worth him making a trip personally.

He made his decision instantly.

With a movement of his body, he appeared outside the ancestral hall.

Sending a message via Divine Thought, two blurred figures appeared silently before him; they were the two Peak Xiaoyao Realm Dao Protectors.

"Guard the Family well," Lin Dao ordered.

"As you command, Master!"

The two Dao Protectors bowed to accept the order, then their figures dissipated, merging into the Void Realm of the Lin Clan Small World, their auras connecting with the Heavens and Stars Array.

With the arrangements made, Lin Dao took a step, his figure traversing endless space, leaving the Lin Clan Small World and heading toward the Heaven Abyss in the extreme south of the Nine Provinces.

His speed was extremely fast; space seemed to lose its meaning before him.

In just a few steps, the outline of the Heaven Abyss, permeated with chaotic and destructive auras, appeared clearly on the distant horizon.

At this moment, the outer perimeter of the Heaven Abyss had turned into a tragic battlefield.

Several strange beasts of the Xiaoyao Realm, with various forms and as large as mountains, were crazily attacking Cultivators from various factions.

They had thick skin and flesh, making Law attacks ineffective, and every pounce could take away a large number of lives.

Lin Dao's arrival did not attract anyone's attention.

Like a bystander, he flew directly over the battlefield; those violent strange beasts and the Cultivators resisting with all their might could not even perceive his existence.

He flew straight toward the dark entrance of the Heaven Abyss, which looked like a giant beast's open mouth, where the Chaos Law and space-time rifts were most dense.

Without any hesitation, Lin Dao stepped into that absolute darkness.

The moment he entered, the light and sounds of fighting from the outside world behind him vanished instantly, as if completely cut off.

Around him were twisted and broken space fragments, and the violent Annihilation Wind howled, capable of easily tearing apart the Physical Body and Divine Soul of a Samsara Realm Cultivator.

Some ancient residual killing intent condensed into invisible sharp blades, shuttling through the Void Realm, impossible to guard against.

But for Lin Dao, who was at the Ninth Stage of the Saint Realm, these were like a gentle breeze brushing his face.

The Chaos Qi naturally flowing around him isolated all Chaos and danger, making him immune to all Laws.

He followed the guidance of that faint Saint Intent, advancing through the darkness and Chaos, heading toward the deepest part of the Heaven Abyss.

Inside the Heaven Abyss, light had completely vanished, with only the pale light occasionally flashing from space rifts briefly illuminating the twisted rock walls and solidified black bloodstains.

...

The Annihilation Wind howled endlessly, carrying a chill that scraped bones and eroded souls.

The residual ancient killing intent was like invisible poisonous thorns, lurking in every inch of the Void Realm.

A faint flow of Chaos Qi streamed around Lin Dao; wherever he passed, the violent Annihilation Wind calmed, the flickering space rifts mended, and those invisible killing intents vanished quietly, like snow meeting the sun.

He walked through this Life Forbidden Zone as if strolling in his own courtyard.

The deeper he went, the more fragmented the spatial structure became; he could even see some floating land fragments, with giant skeletons and broken divine weapons remaining on them, emitting heart-palpitating residual fluctuations.

These were all traces left by the ancient battlefield of gods and demons.

That faint Saint Intent was like a lighthouse in the darkness, guiding the way.

Lin Dao could feel that although this Saint Intent was ancient, it carried a tyrannical, chaotic essence that was completely different from the creatures of the outside world.

After advancing for about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the area ahead suddenly opened up.

The broken space formed a relatively stable, enormous cave here.

In the center of the cave, there was a pitch-black deep pit with a diameter exceeding a thousand zhang; it was bottomless, and the dense Chaos Law and that Saint Intent were coming from the bottom of the pit.

The edge of the deep pit was covered with countless thick, black chains flickering with faint light; these chains were inscribed with ancient Seal runes, but many chains had already broken, and the runes were dim.

And hovering above the deep pit was a behemoth.

It looked like a lizard but had three hideous heads; the middle one resembled a Dragon head, the left one was covered in bone armor, and the right one was a constantly twisting black energy mass.

Its body was covered in dark red scales, with lava-like red light flowing between the gaps of the scales.

A long tail, like a steel whip, would crack the Void Realm with every casual swing.

The aura of this three-headed strange beast had shockingly reached the Peak Xiaoyao Realm!

It had clearly just broken through part of the Seal, and its aura was still somewhat unstable, but that vicious and tyrannical will had already spread.

Its six eyes opened simultaneously, staring fixedly at the bottom of the deep pit, filled with greed and longing.

Lin Dao's appearance immediately alerted it.

The middle Dragon head turned sharply, its vertical pupils locking onto Lin Dao, emitting a low roar that shook the entire cave: "Human Race? Get out! The Saint Origin here is mine!"

It clearly regarded Lin Dao as a competitor who had come to snatch the Opportunity.

Lin Dao ignored its roar, his gaze falling on the bottom of the deep pit.

His Divine Thought penetrated the layers of obstacles and saw the situation at the bottom of the pit.

It was not a physical object, but a mass of Chaos energy wrapped in countless broken chains and compressed to the extreme.

That faint Saint Intent was emanating from the center of this energy mass.

This was not a complete Saint Realm creature, but more like a kind of "Saint Origin" crystal nurtured after a Saint Realm existence had fallen, with its core Origin combining with the Chaos Law of the Heaven Abyss.

It contained partial Law insights and power of that Saint Realm existence, but it was also mixed with the Chaos and tyranny of the Heaven Abyss.

For an ordinary Xiaoyao Realm Cultivator, this was indeed an unimaginably great Opportunity, but absorbing it also came with the huge risk of being eroded by the chaotic will.

To Lin Dao, this thing had little value, but studying it might allow him to glimpse some of the ancient secrets of this world.

Seeing Lin Dao ignoring it, the three-headed strange beast was furious.

The left head covered in bone armor opened its mouth wide, and a grayish-white petrification beam shot toward Lin Dao instantly; wherever it passed, even space solidified and lost its vitality.

Lin Dao raised his hand and pointed his index finger forward.

His fingertip collided with the petrification beam.

That beam, which was enough to instantly petrify a Late Stage Xiaoyao Realm Cultivator, shattered and dissipated the moment it touched Lin Dao's fingertip, as if it had struck an unshakeable Chaos barrier.

The eyes of the three-headed strange beast's three heads widened simultaneously, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"You..."

Before it could finish speaking, Lin Dao had already moved.

He took a step and appeared directly in front of the middle Dragon head of the three-headed strange beast, throwing a punch simply and directly.

There were no fancy Moves, no triggering of Heaven and Earth Laws; it was just power pure to the extreme, wrapped in a stream of Chaos Qi.

The three-headed strange beast felt a fatal crisis, and its three heads simultaneously spat out different attacks—Dragon breath, a bone spike storm, and dark erosion!

Its massive body also erupted with all its power, attempting to retreat.

Lin Dao's fist ignored all attacks and landed precisely on the center of the middle Dragon head's forehead.

Crack!

A clear sound of bone cracking rang out.

The Dragon head's vertical pupils instantly lost their luster, and its hard skull, along with the Divine Soul inside, was completely shattered and annihilated by the Chaos power contained in this punch!

The other two heads let out shrill screams, and the massive body twitched violently, its aura dropping rapidly like a deflating balloon.

The middle Dragon head was its core; without the core, the other two heads could not survive alone.

Lin Dao didn't even look at the twitching massive body; with a casual wave, a stream of Chaos Qi swept past, completely turning this Peak Xiaoyao Realm strange beast, along with its residual will, into nothingness, as if it had never existed.

The cave returned to silence, leaving only the "Saint Origin" in the deep pit pulsing slightly, emitting an aura that coexisted with temptation and danger.

Lin Dao walked to the edge of the deep pit, carefully observing the broken Seal chains and the Saint Origin at the bottom of the pit.

"Formed by the fall of an ancient Saint Realm existence... It seems the war between gods and demons in this world back then was of a high level." He stretched out his hand, grabbing toward the Saint Origin from across the air.

Just as his power was about to touch the Saint Origin, a sudden change occurred!

At the bottom of the deep pit, the Saint Origin suddenly vibrated violently, and the faint Saint Intent within it suddenly became clear and tyrannical!

A blurred, twisted phantom of will, filled with endless resentment and Chaos, struggled out from the Saint Origin, emitting a silent roar, and lunged straight at Lin Dao's Divine Soul!

This was the residual thought of the Saint Realm existence remaining in the Saint Origin!

It had accumulated resentment and Chaos Law over countless years, forming an existence similar to a Heart Demon, ten times more dangerous than that three-headed strange beast!

This residual thought impact acted directly on the Divine Soul level, ignoring physical defense.

However, Lin Dao's Divine Soul had long since merged with the Chaos Law, stable as Mount Buzhou.

The residual thought impact filled with resentment crashed against him, like waves hitting a reef; besides stirring up a ripple, it had no effect at all.

"Merely a residual thought, yet you dare to be presumptuous."

Lin Dao's eyes turned cold, and his Divine Soul power turned into an invisible Chaos sword, slashing down at the lunging residual thought phantom with one strike!

Swish!

The residual thought phantom let out a sharp, shrill scream that could only be perceived by the Divine Soul; it was instantly slashed and purified by the Chaos sword, turning into wisps of green smoke and dissipating.

Having lost the support of this final residual thought, the Saint Origin's light rapidly dimmed, becoming gentle and stable, leaving only pure energy and some fragmented Law information.

Lin Dao took it into his hand, and with a sweep of his Divine Thought, he instantly analyzed the information fragments contained within it.

Most of them were fragmented insights regarding a certain Fire Law and Destruction Law; they were not very useful to him, but they gave him a more concrete understanding of that ancient war.