System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

195: Fragments return to their origin, devoured by the Ruins.Stepping onto this ”sea surface” composed of countless marks of Nirvana, every step felt like treading upon the tombs of history and the dirge of endings.

A cold, deathly, and void-like sensation infiltrated Ye Chen’s perception from every direction.

He had to operate his Nirvana Sword Intent to the extreme, making his own state of existence infinitely close to the surrounding Guixu environment to barely resist the terrifying devouring power originating from the central vortex.

Even so, he could clearly feel that his own power, whether it was his Protective Aura or Divine Soul power, was slowly yet irreversibly draining away like fine sand, quietly assimilated by this ultimate resting place.

Time became blurred and urgent here.

His goal was clear—that area located at the edge of the Guixu energy ocean, stubbornly flickering with a faint Chaos luster!

Carefully avoiding a few descending rule currents that radiated different Dao Rhymes of endings, Ye Chen danced on the tip of a blade, moving steadily toward the direction he sensed.

The closer he got to the edge, the slightly weaker the devouring power from the central vortex seemed to be, but the Guixu energy permeating the surroundings became stickier and heavier, as if solidified with the sorrow and loneliness of eternity.

Finally, he arrived at that area.

Before his eyes was not the ancestral rune fragment in the form he had expected, but a small, twisted, unstable ”space bubble.”

This space bubble was about a zhang in radius, its surface rippling like water, stubbornly resisting the erosion and compression of the surrounding Guixu energy.

Inside the space bubble, misty Chaos energy currents slowly rotated, and at the core, a Chaos light source about the size of a fingernail, radiating an incomparably pure and ancient aura, was pulsing slightly like a heart.

That point of light was precisely the fragment attracting the chaos ancestral talisman!

Moreover, judging from the Origin aura it emitted, this fragment was far more complete and core-like than the wisp he had obtained in the Myriad Thunder Desolation Domain before!

It seemed to contain some kind of rule of the chaos ancestral talisman regarding the ”space” or ”existence” Foundation!

However, the state of this fragment was extremely dire.

The ”space bubble” maintaining it was already riddled with holes and covered in cracks, as if it could shatter completely at any moment.

Once the space bubble shattered, this core fragment would be directly exposed to the scouring of the Guixu energy; even if it wasn’t immediately obliterated, it was very likely to be swept into the central vortex and sink into that absolute void, never to be found again.

It must be retrieved as soon as possible!

Ye Chen no longer hesitated; the chaos ancestral talisman within his Qi Sea sensed the proximity of the core fragment and erupted with unprecedented longing and luster.

He extended his finger, his fingertip condensing pure Chaos True Essence and a wisp of Nirvana Sword Intent (to neutralize the Guixu energy on the outer layer of the space bubble), and carefully tapped toward the rippling space bubble barrier.

”Hum—!”

Just as his fingertip touched the space bubble, an unexpected change occurred!

The originally slowly rotating Chaos energy currents suddenly accelerated, the light of the fragment at the core shone brilliantly, and a massive suction force was transmitted from within—not an attack, but an urgent pull like a wanderer returning home!

At the same time, the chaos ancestral talisman in Ye Chen’s Qi Sea flew out uncontrollably, hovering above his head, shedding ten thousand zhang of Chaos light, echoing with the fragment inside the space bubble!

”Crack... crack...”

The already fragile barrier of the space bubble, under the resonant impact of these two homologous forces, emitted unbearable cracking sounds, and cracks spread rapidly!

”Not good!”

Ye Chen’s expression changed slightly.

The commotion of the space bubble shattering was very likely to trigger unpredictable consequences!

He made a prompt decision, fully driving the chaos ancestral talisman, while simultaneously retracting his own Nirvana Sword Intent to form a temporary isolation barrier, attempting to forcibly retrieve the core fragment the moment the space bubble completely shattered!

”Boom!”

The space bubble finally disintegrated completely!

Pure and violent Chaos energy collided violently with the surrounding sticky Guixu energy, stirring up a circle of silent energy ripples that spread in all directions!

Right at the center of this chaotic energy explosion, that fingernail-sized Chaos core fragment transformed into a stream of light, shooting impatiently toward the chaos ancestral talisman hovering above Ye Chen’s head!

The moment the two made contact—

”Hum!!!”

A force of Chaos Origin far more vast and majestic than any previous time, as if from the very beginning of the creation of the world, rushed into the chaos ancestral talisman like a bursting cosmic star river, and then fed back into Ye Chen’s limbs, bones, Meridians, and Divine Soul!

”Urgh ah—!”

Ye Chen couldn’t help but let out a low roar, feeling as if his body and Soul were about to be blown up and reshaped under the impact of this terrifying force!

The Dao patterns on the surface of the chaos ancestral talisman spread, intertwined, and deepened at an unprecedented speed, becoming more complex and profound, as if completing some long-missing fundamental rule!

His cultivation, driven by this core Origin fragment, began to soar crazily once again!

Tiangang Realm 2nd Stage Peak... 3rd Stage... 3rd Stage Middle Stage... 3rd Stage Peak!

Not until he firmly stepped into the Tiangang Realm 3rd Stage Peak, only one step away from the 4th Stage, did the violent torrent of power gradually calm down, transforming into a deeper and more solid Foundation.

The light of the chaos ancestral talisman gradually restrained, but its form seemed to become more solid.

In the Chaos energy currents flowing on its surface, there was vaguely an extra touch of indescribable ”stability” and ”inclusivity,” as if the Foundation of its existence had been reinforced.

Ye Chen could clearly feel that his connection with the chaos ancestral talisman was tighter, and even his perception of the surrounding space and his control over his own power had been elevated to a whole new level!

This fragment had completed the ”Foundation of Existence” of the chaos ancestral talisman!

However, before Ye Chen could carefully savor this huge improvement, a greater crisis had already descended!

The energy ripples generated when the space bubble shattered, although silent, were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, breaking a certain subtle balance in this core land of Guixu!

”Rumble—!!!”

The entire Guixu space shook violently!

The ”sea surface” composed of Nirvana marks below set off monstrous waves, and those descending rule currents began to sway and twist crazily!

And most terrifying of all was the bottomless Guixu vortex located at the center, its rotation speed suddenly accelerating several times over!

An indescribable devouring will, as if originating from the ultimate rule of the Universe, locked onto the only ”alien” existence in this space like a waking ancient Vicious Beast—Ye Chen, who had just retrieved the core fragment and whose aura had not yet fully stabilized!

That devouring force was no longer a slow erosion, but turned into substantive, countless invisible big hands that grabbed Ye Chen fiercely from all directions and from the level of rules, wanting to drag him into that eternal Nirvana vortex!

The Nirvana Sword Intent Domain around Ye Chen, which had just stabilized, emitted a harsh tearing sound under this terrifying devouring power and instantly became riddled with holes!

Even the newly born light of the chaos ancestral talisman swayed violently, as if it could be suppressed and annihilated by this ultimate Guixu power at any moment!

Danger! Extreme danger!

Ye Chen’s expression changed drastically.

He felt like a small boat in a storm, about to be completely swallowed in the next moment!

He frantically operated his heart of chaos, pushing his newly improved power to the limit, with Nirvana Sword Intent and Chaos Domain intertwined, attempting to break free from this bondage.

But that force was too strong!

It surpassed the Tiangang, surpassed cognition; it was the inevitable force of the entire world, and even the entire Universe, moving toward its end!

Seeing his figure uncontrollably sliding toward the central vortex, the surrounding scene began to twist and stretch, as if it were about to be devoured by that vortex.

Just in this life-and-death moment, Ye Chen’s gaze swept fiercely past the area near that rule current representing ”Soul Nirvana”—that fist-sized, pitch-black, hole-ridden strange crystal!

Soul Nirvana Stone!

A wondrous object capable of devouring Souls and containing the ultimate intent of Soul Nirvana!

A crazy thought flashed through his mind!

He gritted his teeth fiercely, no longer fully resisting that devouring force, but instead, borrowing its pulling momentum, poured all his power into his feet, unleashing Chaos Limitless Steps to the limit, like a fish swimming against the current, narrowly rushing toward the direction of that Soul Nirvana Stone!

At the same time, the guixu sword in his hand erupted with unprecedented light, the Minor Achievement Nirvana Sword Intent and that wisp of the ”Severance” Law were pushed to the limit, not slashing toward the vortex, but slashing toward... the invisible devouring power and rule bindings wrapped around his body!

”Give me... Break!”