System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

197: Secrets of the Bones, Black Mist Assaults the SoulThe Great Accomplishment Nirvana Sword Intent surrounded his body, transforming into an invisible barrier that blocked out most of the Guixu’s devouring force.

Ye Chen walked on the ”sea surface” formed by the Nirvana marks, his steps steady, no longer as difficult as they were at the beginning.

His deep gaze swept over the gray air currents hanging down, representing different rules of termination, while his Divine Sense, like the most precise compass, carefully perceived the subtle energy flows and rhythmic rules within them.

To leave this place, he must find an opportunity.

The bronze giant gate requires specific conditions to be opened from the outside; forcing it open from the inside is likely even harder.

The only hope perhaps lies hidden within these rule manifestations, or in those ”abnormal” objects that have managed to survive in the core of the Guixu to this day.

He first locked his target on the edge of the central vortex, on those few relics exuding a tenacious aura of ”existence.”

To be able to remain here, their owners must have been earth-shattering experts during their lifetime; the objects themselves might contain clues to leaving, or even... a key.

Carefully avoiding several of the most violent rule-based air currents, Ye Chen withstood the increasingly strong devouring pull and slowly approached the edge of the vortex.

As the distance closed, the shapes of those items became clearer.

One of them was a broken ancient bronze shield, its surface covered with deep claw marks and traces of corrosion, with a hole in the center that went right through, yet it still exuded a faint Dao charm of ”invulnerability to all laws, eternal existence.”

Another was a broken jade hairpin, the head of which was carved with a divine bird pattern that Ye Chen had never seen before; although broken, it still flowed with a warm luster, as if guarding the last bit of undying spirituality.

The last item, and also the most striking one, was a complete skeleton sitting cross-legged!

This skeleton was not golden, but presented a warm, jade-like, glowing white color. On the bones, countless dense and complex Chaos-colored Dao patterns were naturally branded, faintly echoing the chaos ancestral talisman within Ye Chen’s Qi Sea!

The skeleton was crystal clear, as if not made of ordinary bone, but condensed from the purest Chaos Origin, remaining immortal through the ages despite being scoured by the Guixu!

The skeleton maintained a hand-sealing posture, placed on its knees; although it had no aura of life, it retained a supreme majesty that suppressed the heavens and stabilized the Chaos.

At the center of its forehead, a hollow Dao pattern, similar to the ancient corpse Ye Chen had seen before but more complex and closer to the Origin, flickered in and out of existence.

And between the skeleton’s sealed hands floated a pearl the size of a dragon’s eye, shrouded in swirling Chaos Qi!

Inside the pearl, it seemed as if countless miniature nebulae were evolving in birth and death, emitting an extremely pure aura of Chaos Origin!

This skeleton must have been an existence who had Cultivated the Dao of Chaos to the extreme during their lifetime! Perhaps even having a deep connection with the chaos ancestral talisman! Maybe they were a wielder of the ancestral talisman from a certain generation!

Ye Chen’s heartbeat involuntarily accelerated.

He slowly approached, cautiously extending his Divine Sense toward the Chaos skeleton, attempting to read the residual mental information.

However, the moment his Divine Sense was about to touch the skeleton—

”Woooo—!”

A shrill, venomous screech, as if it had condensed all the negative emotions in the world, suddenly rang out from the thick darkness behind the Chaos skeleton, deeper within the vortex!

Immediately after, a ball of black mist, thick as ink and rolling incessantly, pounced out like a living creature!

Inside the black mist, countless twisted, painful, and ferocious faces could be vaguely seen struggling and roaring, emitting monstrous resentment, dead silence, and an extremely filthy, fallen aura!

This black mist was not the power of the Guixu itself, but rather an aggregate of evil spirits, seemingly attracted by the Guixu, having bred here for countless years, and fused with the residual Souls and negative thoughts of countless experts who had sunk here!

It seemed to regard the Chaos skeleton as its own exclusive property, or perhaps it coveted the chaos source core in the skeleton’s hands, and was filled with extreme malice and greed toward Ye Chen, the ”intruder”!

The black mist was extremely fast, ignoring some spatial distance, and instantly pounced in front of Ye Chen!

Wherever it passed, even the Guixu energy seemed to be polluted and assimilated by it, becoming even colder and filthier!

”Roar!”

The black mist condensed into a huge ghost face filled with sharp teeth, biting down toward Ye Chen!

Before the attack arrived, the resentment impact and Divine Soul pollution that struck directly at the Soul had already pierced into Ye Chen’s Sea of Consciousness like billions of poisonous needles!

This kind of attack was vastly different from the previous energy devouring and rule crushing; it was more bizarre and specifically targeted the weaknesses of the Divine Soul!

If it were before experiencing the tempering of the Soul Silence Stone, Ye Chen would likely have had his Divine Soul damaged, polluted, and controlled in an instant!

But at this moment, Ye Chen’s eyes were cold, without a ripple.

”Demons and monsters, you dare to shake my Sword Intent?”

He didn’t even use the guixu sword; he simply pointed his fingers like a sword and lightly tapped toward the ferocious ghost face that was pouncing over.

”Nirvana.”

There was no brilliance, no momentum. Only a Nirvana Sword Intent that was pure to the extreme and cold to the extreme spread out from his fingertips like invisible ripples.

The roaring, venomous black mist ghost face, the moment it touched this Great Accomplishment Nirvana Sword Intent, saw the countless struggling and roaring twisted faces within it instantly freeze and stiffen, as if thrown into absolute zero ice and snow. All the resentment and negative emotions, as if encountering their natural nemesis, were forcibly smoothed out and returned to nothingness by the meaning of ”termination”!

”Sss, sss, sss—”

The black mist, like snow under the scorching sun, rapidly melted and evaporated, making faint sounds.

The residual Soul obsessions contained within it, under this pure Nirvana, could not even struggle before they completely vanished into smoke, returning to the most primordial nothingness.

With just one finger, the seemingly monstrously ferocious evil spirit aggregate completely collapsed, failing to get within ten feet of Ye Chen!

Great Accomplishment Nirvana Sword Intent has absolute suppression against such Soul-body and resentment-type existences!

Having easily resolved this sudden attack, Ye Chen’s expression remained unchanged, and his gaze fell back onto the Chaos skeleton.

The previous attack had not caused any impact on the skeleton; it still sat there quietly, with the chaos source core between its hands slowly rotating.

Without interference, Ye Chen’s Divine Sense extended again, gently touching the glowing white skeleton.

This time, there was no attack. A stream of mental consciousness, extremely ancient, fragmented, yet containing vast information, flowed into Ye Chen’s Sea of Consciousness like a trickling stream.

”...Latecomer... Chaos wielder...”

”...I... wielded the ancestral talisman... traveled across ten thousand worlds... wishing to explore the secret of Reincarnation... to trace the root of the Guixu...”

”...Finally arrived at this place... to see the ’Source of Nirvana’ (pointing to the central vortex)... only then did I know... the Universe also has a lifespan... the Dao also has an end...”

”...However, termination... is not absolute... Chaos... encompasses everything... ’Nothing’... is also a kind of ’Existence’...”

”...My Dao remains unfinished... I exhausted my strength here... leaving this chaos source core (referring to the pearl) and my life’s insights... to be gifted to those with affinity...”

”...If you wish to leave here... you must understand the mystery of ’creating something from nothing’... the flow of rules... is both a shackle... and a path... follow the trace of ’Spatial Nirvana’... you can go against the current... and find a glimmer... of survival...”

The mental consciousness stopped abruptly there.

Ye Chen slowly retracted his Divine Sense, light flickering in his eyes, his heart suddenly enlightened!

This skeleton was indeed a previous wielder of the chaos ancestral talisman! Their Cultivation Realm was far beyond what Ye Chen could currently reach.

The information they left behind not only contained a deeper understanding of the Guixu and Chaos, but more importantly, pointed out the key to leaving this place!

The flow of rules is both a shackle and a path! One must understand the mystery of ”creating something from nothing,” follow the trace of ”Spatial Nirvana,” and go against the current!

His gaze instantly turned to those hanging rule-based air currents, to one that appeared exceptionally ethereal, and within which it seemed countless spaces were constantly being generated and destroyed—a gray air current!

That was the manifestation of the ”Spatial Nirvana” rule!

At the same time, his gaze also fell on the ”chaos source core” between the Chaos skeleton’s hands. This object contained the life’s Chaos Origin and insights of this Senior; if it could be refined, the benefits would be immeasurable.

He bowed solemnly to the skeleton: ”Senior’s legacy, Junior Ye Chen, is deeply grateful. If one day I can glimpse the ultimate end of the Dao, I will never forget the merit of Senior’s guidance today.”

After the bow, he reached out his hand, cautiously probing toward the chaos source core.

However, the moment his fingertips were about to touch the source core—

”Hum!”

The entire core area of the Guixu shook violently again! This vibration was far more intense than when the space bubble shattered before, as if some balance had been completely broken!

The huge Guixu vortex in the center suddenly accelerated its rotation again, and the devouring force surged! At the same time, deep within the vortex, in that endless darkness, it seemed as if a pair of cold, indifferent ”eyes” that overlooked the rise and fall of ages slowly... opened!

A terrifying aura that transcended everything, as if representing the final judgment will of the entire Universe, descended like a tangible tsunami, instantly locking onto Ye Chen!

The ”Source of Nirvana” mentioned in the Senior skeleton’s mental consciousness... had awakened!