System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

199: Chaos Relics Palace, Source Core Refining the HeartThe ruined ancient hall was silent. Gray Chaos Qi flowed slowly between the crumbling dome and broken walls, as if time itself had frozen here. Ye Chen sat cross-legged behind a massive broken wall carved with blurred Chaos Dao patterns, his aura fluctuating—sometimes as violent as a volcanic eruption, other times as weak as a candle in the wind.

His injuries were extremely severe!

The pressure of the ”Source of Nirvana” at the final moment in the Guixu core had nearly crushed his Physical Body and Divine Soul. His Meridians were broken in many places, his organs were covered in fine cracks, and his bones were dense with spiderweb-like fissures. Even more troublesome was the power contained within the ”chaos source core” he had forcibly introduced into his body; it was too vast and majestic, like an untamed ancient Vicious Beast, rampaging through his body and constantly battering his already crumbling physique.

Intense pain arrived in waves like the tide, and his consciousness hovered on the edge of clarity and blurriness. Ye Chen tightly guarded the last spark of clarity in his mind and exerted the Primordial Chaos Art with all his might. Within his Qi Sea, the chaos ancestral talisman, having completed its ”Foundation of Existence,” radiated a gentle brilliance, trying its best to guide and soothe the violent power of the source core, attempting to refine it and transform it into nourishment to repair his wounded body and solidify his Foundation.

This was an extremely dangerous process, like walking a tightrope over a ten-thousand-foot cliff. A single moment of carelessness would result in either his body completely collapsing and his death, or his will being crushed by the power of the source core, turning him into a madman who only knew how to destroy.

Time passed quietly in this silent, ruined hall.

On the surface of Ye Chen’s body, filthy blood and Impurities constantly seeped out; these were signs that his wounded body was being repaired and his Physical Body was being tempered. At the same time, beneath his skin, Chaos-colored light faintly flowed, and the cracks in his bones, nourished by the Chaos Origin, healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming increasingly crystalline and resilient.

Within the chaos source core, not only was pure Origin power contained, but the lifelong cultivation insights and understanding of the Chaos Dao of that previous ancestral talisman wielder were also imprinted. At this moment, these insights also merged into Ye Chen’s Sea of Consciousness like a trickling stream, verifying and fusing with his own Dao.

His understanding of ”Chaos” was no longer limited to inclusion and assimilation, but had deepened to the level of ”creating something from nothing” and ”the mutual generation of existence and non-existence.” His understanding of ”Nirvana Sword Intent” had also become deeper and more rounded due to experiencing the ultimate nirvana baptism of the Guixu and fusing with some of the insights about ”ending” within the source core.

I do not know how much time had passed, perhaps a day, perhaps a year.

The power of the source core within Ye Chen, which had been like a wild horse breaking free from its reins, finally gradually calmed down. It was successfully guided by the chaos ancestral talisman and, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, slowly merged into his limbs, bones, Meridians, and Divine Soul. His aura, which had been violently fluctuating, began to stabilize and, at an astonishing speed, continued to climb and solidify!

Tiangang Realm, 5th Stage!

Tiangang Realm, 5th Stage, Middle Stage!

Tiangang Realm, 5th Stage, Late Stage!

Finally, it steadily stopped at the Peak of the Tiangang Realm, 5th Stage!

Not only had his injuries recovered, but his cultivation had also broken through consecutively, directly spanning a major Realm! The solidity of his Foundation far exceeded that of his peers, and the purity and total amount of his Chaos True Essence had reached an unimaginable level.

He slowly opened his eyes. In the depths of his pupils, scenes of the beginning of Chaos and the birth and destruction of nebulae seemed to flash by, then returned to a gentle, introverted depth. His aura was rounded and flawless, faintly harmonizing with the Chaos Concept of this ruined hall.

”Hoo...”

He exhaled a long breath of turbid air, carrying faint gray Impurities. Ye Chen felt the power surging like a great river within him, as well as the unprecedented clarity and strength of his Divine Soul. However, he felt no great joy in his heart, only a kind of calm that comes from having experienced life and death and looking past the ups and downs.

This trip to the Guixu had yielded huge gains, but the danger level had far exceeded any previous time. Had it not been for the legacy of his predecessor and his own unextinguished spark of spiritual light, he would have long since turned into dust in the Guixu.

He stood up and stretched his limbs, and a sound of bones and muscles resonating like muffled thunder immediately came from within his body. His gaze swept towards this ruined Chaos hall.

The hall was extremely vast; even though it was mostly ruined, one could still see its former grandeur and solemnity. On those remaining walls and stone pillars, the engraved Chaos Dao patterns were ancient and profound, originating from the same source as the chaos ancestral talisman he held, but they seemed even more primitive and closer to the Origin.

What exactly was this place? Was it the former Immortal Cave of that previous wielder? Or was it a ruin from an even earlier era related to the chaos ancestral talisman?

He took a step and began to carefully explore this hall.

The hall was empty, with only endless desolation and silence. The ground was paved with a kind of dark giant stone, also engraved with Dao patterns, which gave one a feeling of heaviness and antiquity when stepping on it.

He walked towards the depths of the hall. The further he went, the thicker the surrounding Chaos Qi seemed to be, and at the same time, an elusive pressure began to faintly emerge.

Finally, he arrived at the deepest part of the hall.

This area was relatively well-preserved and was a huge circular plaza. In the center of the plaza, it was not an altar, but a statue standing a hundred zhang tall!

The statue was also in ruins, with only half of its body remaining. The broken part was as smooth as a mirror, as if it had been severed by some sharp blade with a single strike. The remaining statue could vaguely be identified as the image of a great man, wearing ancient battle armor. Although his face was blurred, he still retained an unparalleled aura of looking down on the world and controlling Chaos.

And in the palm of the statue’s only remaining huge right hand, which was pressed against its waist (suspected to have originally been pressing on a sword hilt), it held something.

It was a stone ball, about the size of a human head, perfectly round, with a surface as smooth as a mirror!

The stone ball was the color of Chaos, and inside it seemed to be clouds and mist swirling, slowly rotating, emitting a pure and peaceful Chaos Origin aura, faintly echoing with the chaos ancestral talisman in Ye Chen’s body!

This stone ball seemed to be a Chaos Supreme Treasure! Although its aura was not as violent and vast as the chaos source core, it was more upright and peaceful, as if it contained the most primal order and balance of the Chaos Dao.

Ye Chen’s gaze was instantly attracted to this stone ball. He could feel that if he could comprehend this object, it would have immeasurable benefits for stabilizing his newly skyrocketed cultivation and deepening his understanding of Chaos.

He slowly approached the statue, his Divine Sense cautiously reaching towards the stone ball.

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

”Buzz!”

The entire ruined hall shook violently!

The remaining stone pillars around the plaza, engraved with Chaos Dao patterns, suddenly lit up with a faint light! The Dao patterns on the ground also flowed, and a powerful sealing force instantly permeated, enveloping the entire plaza!

At the same time, in the empty eye sockets of the ruined statue, two balls of Chaos-colored flames suddenly ignited!

A cold, dead, yet vengeful and unwilling remnant will, like a Vicious Beast that had slept for eons, awakened from within the statue, descended with a boom, and locked onto Ye Chen!

”Trespasser... Chaos Temple... Coveting... chaos primordial fetus... Die!”

A disjointed roar, filled with killing intent and destruction, exploded directly in Ye Chen’s Sea of Consciousness!

The ruined statue actually still had a remnant fighting will guarding this place! Moreover, its aura was so strong that it had reached the Peak of the Tiangang Realm, and even... faintly touched the threshold of the next major Realm!

Ye Chen’s expression tightened. The guixu sword instantly appeared in his hand, and his Great Accomplishment Nirvana Sword Intent soared into the sky, clashing fiercely with that cold guardian will!

The Void Realm shook, and the Chaos Qi surged!

Having just escaped the danger of the Guixu, a new battle had suddenly arrived!