System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

214: The source and core merge, and the ancestral symbol awakens.In the chaotic asteroid belt, the destructive energy storm, like an invisible behemoth, tore at everything.

Ye Chen sat cross-legged at the core of a relatively stable, massive asteroid, his body shrouded by a layer of self-circulating, gray Chaos Qi, isolating him from the violent energy outside.

His face remained pale, but his aura was no longer as withered as when he had just escaped.

All his focus was submerged into his Qi Sea.

There, a world-shaking change was taking place!

The ’chaos source core’ snatched from the heart of the Star Devouring Ancient Dragon was now tightly attached to the core of the original chaos ancestral talisman, rotating and undergoing Fusion like two mutually attracting stars at an unprecedented speed!

The Chaos Origin contained within the source core was far more pure and vast than the sum of all the fragments Ye Chen had obtained previously!

It seemed to be the ’heart’ of the entire chaos ancestral talisman, the energy core and Law hub that drove all Chaos power!

As the Fusion proceeded, the Dao patterns on the surface of the chaos ancestral talisman spread, deepened, and intertwined at an unprecedented speed, becoming more complex and profound, as if completing some long-missing fundamental framework.

The originally gray talisman body now faintly revealed a Chaos luster that was as warm and jade-like, yet as deep as the starry Universe.

A vast, ancient, and grand will, seemingly originating from the beginning of the creation of the world, slowly awakened from the depths of the ancestral talisman as the Fusion deepened.

This will was not an independent consciousness, but more like a brand, a Legacy, a collection of Laws belonging to ’Chaos’ itself.

Ye Chen’s Divine Soul, under the scouring and baptism of this grand will, seemed to be placed in a primitive ocean where Chaos had not yet separated.

He ’saw’ the initial surge of energy, saw the preliminary condensation of Laws, and saw the miracle of ’existence’ born from ’nothingness’...

His understanding of the Chaos Dao soared at an unprecedented speed, and many previously obscure and difficult points suddenly became clear.

His cultivation, driven by this most fundamental power, also began to rise, launching an assault on the Bottleneck of the Tiangang Realm Seventh Stage!

However, the process of Fusion was not smooth sailing.

The chaos source core had been nurtured within the Star Devouring Ancient Dragon for countless years and had long since been tainted with a trace of the Dragon Clan’s domineering, tyrannical, and star-devouring characteristics.

And this characteristic clashed violently with the original inclusive, assimilating, and balancing connotations of the chaos ancestral talisman!

It was as if two ancient Vicious Beasts were fighting within Ye Chen’s Qi Sea, vying for dominance!

His Meridians were slashed by the two completely different Chaos powers, his recently repaired injuries worsened again, and blood continuously spilled from the corners of his mouth.

’My body is Chaos, my will is Law! Suppress!’

Ye Chen held onto his focus, forcefully reconciling the conflict between the two powers with his supreme will.

The chaos primordial fetus in his Sea of Consciousness erupted with brilliant clear light, stabilizing the Foundation of his Divine Soul.

The Primordial Chaos Art was operated to its limit, guiding the conflicting energy to circulate and harmonize along mysterious routes.

This was an extremely painful and dangerous process; with the slightest carelessness, it would result in the collapse of his Qi Sea and his death.

Time passed slowly in torment.

After an unknown amount of time, the violent conflict finally gradually subsided.

The inclusive characteristic of the chaos ancestral talisman gained the upper hand, beginning to slowly assimilate and absorb the trace of the Dragon Clan’s domineering connotation from the source core, transforming it into a more sharp and aggressive Chaos power.

And the pure and vast Origin within the source core was completely integrated into every corner of the ancestral talisman.

’Boom!’

As if some shackle had been broken, the aura around Ye Chen surged violently!

Tiangang Realm, Seventh Stage!

Moreover, this momentum of improvement did not stop; driven by the vast power of the chaos source core, his cultivation continued to climb!

Seventh Stage Early Stage... Seventh Stage Middle Stage... Seventh Stage Late Stage!

Finally, it stabilized at the Peak of the Tiangang Realm Seventh Stage!

A sense of power, many times stronger than before, filled his limbs and bones.

The Chaos True Essence became more condensed and pure, and its total amount had increased by several times!

His Divine Sense coverage expanded again, and his perception of the surrounding chaotic energy became clearer.

He slowly opened his eyes, and deep within his pupils, it seemed as if a Chaos nebula was slowly rotating, evolving life and death.

He gently clenched his fist, feeling the power surging like a galaxy within his body, and an unprecedented sense of power arose spontaneously.

At this moment, if he were to face that Red-Horned Raider again, he probably wouldn’t need to use the Nirvana Sword Intent; he could easily crush it with just his Chaos True Essence!

But the greatest harvest was not the improvement in cultivation, but the change in the chaos ancestral talisman itself!

After merging with the source core, the chaos ancestral talisman seemed to have been injected with a Soul, beginning to transform from a powerful ’tool’ into a higher level of existence.

Ye Chen could clearly feel that the connection between himself and the ancestral talisman had become tighter, as if it had become an extension of his body, a part of his consciousness.

With a slight movement of his mind, without needing to deliberately operate his Cultivation Technique, an invisible Chaos Domain naturally formed around him.

This Domain was not the previous Nirvana Sword Intent or Life and Death Sword Domain, but the purest, most fundamental Chaos force field!

Within the force field, all Laws could not invade, all evils retreated, and even the violent energy storm outside was forcibly smoothed out, assimilated, and converted into pure energy to replenish himself.

He could even vaguely feel that he seemed to have initially touched upon the deeper authority of the chaos ancestral talisman—for example, the preliminary transformation of energy forms, the slight influence on material structures...

Moreover, with the Fusion of the source core, those previously fragmented and blurry ancient messages also became clearer.

Regarding that ’Primeval War,’ regarding ’Nothingness’ and ’Creation,’ regarding the possible locations of other fragments... although still incomplete, it was no longer without a clue.

’Collect... nine pieces... can see... truth...’

’Beware... ’Them’... have... sensed...’

The cold warning thought emerged again, making Ye Chen’s heart tighten.

’Them’? Does it refer to the existence behind ’Nothingness’?

He had snatched the source core, and the commotion was so great that he had likely already attracted the attention of some existences.

The road ahead remained fraught with danger.

He restrained his aura, stood up, and his gaze swept across this chaotic asteroid belt.

The urgent priority was to leave here as soon as possible, determine his position, and find a safe place to completely consolidate his cultivation and familiarize himself with the new powers of the chaos ancestral talisman.

He tried to spread his Divine Sense; his Divine Sense at the Peak of the Tiangang Realm Seventh Stage was like mercury pouring onto the ground, instantly covering the Void Realm for tens of millions of miles.

This Star Domain was extremely desolate and dead; besides the chaotic energy and asteroids, there seemed to be no signs of life, and he could not sense the familiar aura of the ’star chaser’ starship.

He had to rely on himself to leave.

Selecting a direction with relatively stable energy, Ye Chen moved, turning into a faint stream of Chaos light, silently shuttling through the gaps between asteroids and energy storms, his speed many times faster than before his Breakthrough!

Several months later, he finally crossed this dangerous chaotic Star Domain; what appeared ahead was a relatively ’normal’ starry sky, although still desolate, there were at least scattered stars emitting faint light.

And the moment he stepped into this relatively stable Star Domain—

’Hum!’

The chaos ancestral talisman suddenly transmitted an extremely faint, yet clearly guiding fluctuation!

This fluctuation did not point to a fragment, but to the depths of this Star Domain, in a specific direction!

At the same time, a clearer fragment of information flowed out from the ancestral talisman:

’...’Star Realm Overseer’... outpost... ’myriad laws star disk’... can locate... scattered authority...’

Star Realm Overseer? myriad laws star disk?

Ye Chen’s eyes narrowed.

This seemed to be a new clue provided by the chaos ancestral talisman after merging with the source core and initially awakening!

This ’myriad laws star disk’ sounded like a treasure capable of locating other ancestral talisman fragments?

Regardless of whether it was true or false, this was undoubtedly an important direction.

Following the guidance of the faint fluctuation from the ancestral talisman, he adjusted his direction and sped towards the depths of that Star Domain.

However, he did not notice that shortly after he left the chaotic Star Domain, an extremely obscure, cold, invisible ripple, seemingly composed of pure ’Nothingness,’ quietly swept over the area where he had just stayed.