System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

224: The core of the rules, the seed of chaosThe moment he stepped into the Gate of Rules, the sense of time and space vanished completely.

Ye Chen felt as if he had transformed into a wisp of pure consciousness, merging into a rushing river composed of countless streams of light representing Laws.

Within this long river, it was not the starry Universe seen from the outside, but rather the more essential lines of Law that formed the Foundation of reality, intertwining, colliding, and evolving.

He ”saw” how the strings of gravity bent space, weaving the trajectories of matter;

he ”heard” how the tides of electromagnetism rose and fell in the Void Realm, defining light and color;

he ”felt” the roar and whisper of the strong and weak nuclear forces in the microscopic world, maintaining the stability and decay of matter...

This was a far deeper and more direct experience of the Laws than anything he had felt outside the wall!

His Chaos Domain operated autonomously within this river of Laws, like a thirsty traveler, frantically absorbing and analyzing this most fundamental knowledge, constantly perfecting itself.

He did not know how long he had drifted in this river of Laws when the scene ahead suddenly opened up.

He had arrived at a ”place”.

Here, there were no concepts of up, down, left, right, time, or space, only a boundless ocean of light condensed from countless Origins of Laws!

Within the ocean, countless Rule Cores of varying sizes pulsed like hearts!

Each core represented the source of a fundamental Law of the Universe!

Some cores were as scorching as the sun, serving as the source of ”energy”; some were cold and dead, the manifestation of ”entropy increase”; some constantly flickered in and out of existence, representing the flow of ”time”; some were as stable as mountains, the cornerstone of ”matter”...

This was the true core of the Wall of Origin, the confluence of all the sources of the Laws of this Universe!

However, just as he had perceived outside the wall, this ocean of light, which should have been perfectly harmonious, was now covered in shocking ”scars”!

Streaks of pitch-black, twisted cracks that seemed capable of devouring all light and Laws, like ugly scars, were spread across many of the Rule Cores!

From these cracks, cold auras of ”Void” continuously seeped out, polluting the surrounding streams of light of the Laws, causing the pulsations of many cores to become weak and chaotic.

The entire place of Rule Cores was filled with a sorrowful atmosphere of decay, corruption, and an approach to ultimate silence.

Ye Chen’s consciousness floated in this ocean of light, feeling the stinging pain brought by those ubiquitous scars on the Laws, his heart filled with shock and awe.

Was this the ”disease” the Universe was facing? Was this the consequence of the erosion by the ”Void”?

His arrival caused subtle fluctuations in this place of Rule Cores.

Some cores that had not yet been severely polluted seemed to sense the aura of the chaos ancestral talisman within him, which was of the same Origin yet carried the potential for ”repair”, and they transmitted a weak resonance, like a cry for help.

Just then, an extremely faint yet incredibly pure radiance of Chaos shone from the deepest part of the ocean of light, like a guiding lighthouse, attracting Ye Chen’s consciousness.

He flew towards that radiance, passing through countless polluted and dimmed Rule Cores, finally arriving at the center of the ocean of light.

Here, he saw the source of that radiance of Chaos.

It was not another Rule Core, but a... seed.

A seed, only the size of a fist, entirely chaotic, its surface flowing with countless fine patterns of the Dao, as if it contained all the mysteries of the creation of the world!

It floated there quietly, emitting a warm and vast aura of Chaos, creating an unprecedentedly strong resonance with the chaos ancestral talisman in Ye Chen’s Qi Sea!

No, it was not just resonance; it was more like a call... of the same Origin!

”seed of chaos...” This name emerged naturally in Ye Chen’s consciousness.

Was this the ”seed of chaos” mentioned in the intent of the Wall of Origin? Was it the key to repairing the scars on the Laws?

He approached cautiously and could feel that inside this seed, there was an incredibly magical power—it was not creation, nor was it destruction, but a fundamental power that could ”harmonize”, ”repair”, and ”nourish” all Laws!

It was as if it were the ”adhesive” and ”nutrient” for all Laws!

However, the state of this seed of chaos was worrying.

Its surface was also covered in tiny black cracks, and the radiance of Chaos it emitted appeared somewhat dim, as if it too had been eroded by the ”Void” and was in a state of dormancy or damage.

The moment Ye Chen’s consciousness touched the seed of chaos—

”BOOM!!!”

The entire place of Rule Cores suddenly shook violently!

Those Rule Cores polluted by the ”Void” seemed completely enraged, erupting with monstrous black air currents!

Countless cold ”Void” tentacles, filled with the meaning of absolute end, crazily stretched out from those cracks, like a school of sharks that had smelled blood, sweeping towards Ye Chen and the seed of chaos!

At the same time, a cold, chaotic collective will, filled with endless greed and desire for destruction, boomed in this ocean of light:

”Chaos... remnant... how dare you... touch... the Origin...”

”Devour... the seed... end... all... Laws...”

”Return to... the Void... is... the ultimate... destiny...”

It was the will of the ”Void”!

They were not independent individuals, but more like a collective consciousness permeating the scars on the Laws, the evil thoughts born from the concept of ”ending” itself!

They sensed the threat the seed of chaos posed to them and the variable brought by Ye Chen, the successor of Chaos, and were now determined to use all their strength to completely erase both!

Those countless ”Void” tentacles, containing the terrifying power to annihilate all Laws and return all things to the ultimate ”Nothingness”, wherever they passed, even the streams of light of the Laws were devoured and assimilated, becoming a scene of deathly silence!

Crisis struck instantly!

The level of this attack far exceeded any enemy he had encountered before!

This was an erasure directly targeting the Origin of the Laws!

Ye Chen’s consciousness felt unprecedented pressure, as if in the next moment it would be completely submerged and decomposed by that endless ”Void”!

But his eyes remained cold and determined!

He had come here to face them!

”seed of chaos, help me!”

He let out a roar of intent, no longer holding back, driving the power of his Chaos Domain to the limit, while simultaneously invoking the full might of the chaos ancestral talisman within his Qi Sea, actively meeting the sweeping ”Void” frenzy!

”Hum—!”

Responding to Ye Chen’s call and the invocation of the chaos ancestral talisman, that dormant seed of chaos suddenly erupted with unprecedented, brilliant radiance!

A pure and warm power of the Chaos Origin, like a mother’s embrace, instantly enveloped Ye Chen’s consciousness!

Under the blessing of this power, Ye Chen’s newly formed Chaos Domain seemed to be infused with infinite vitality and resilience!

The range of the Domain expanded rapidly, and the scenes of Laws evolving within it became more real and stable!

That grey, misty Chaos Qi, when facing the erosion of the ”Void” tentacles, was no longer just simply dissolving or resisting, but began to actively ”repair” and ”bridge” those Rule structures destroyed by the power of the Void!

”Chish, chish, chish—!”

The Chaos Qi and the Void tentacles violently collided and intertwined!

This time, it was not one-sided devouring or annihilation, but a fierce tug-of-war!

The Chaos Qi continuously repaired the Laws eroded by the Void, while the Void tentacles frantically destroyed the structure of the Chaos Domain!

Ye Chen felt his consciousness being crushed between the millstones of two Universe-level powers, the pain far exceeding the limit his Physical Body could withstand!

But he held on tenaciously, integrating all his insights into the Laws, especially spatial annihilation and the authority of power, into the Chaos Domain!

”Laws... can also be broken! Space—Scar of Annihilation, slash!”

He invoked the Law of space, not to attack entities, but to slash at the ”veins” connecting the ”Void” tentacles to the scars on the Rule Cores!

He wanted to forcibly ”cut off” the continuous pollution of the Origin of the Laws by the power of the Void!

”Ultimate of Power, suppress all Laws! Power—Imprisonment!”

He then invoked the authority of power, turning it into invisible shackles, forcibly imprisoning and slowing down the spreading speed of those Void tentacles!

Under the blessing of the seed of chaos, his application of his own power reached a whole new level!

Although it was still difficult, he had indeed, to a certain extent, resisted this wave of the terrifying Void frenzy!

”Impossible! Chaos... has long been incomplete... why... can it still... resist...”

The chaotic will of the Void let out an incredulous roar, its offensive becoming even more frantic.

Meanwhile, while resisting, Ye Chen’s consciousness, with the help of the power of the seed of chaos, sensed this place of Rule Cores more deeply, perceiving the essence of those scars on the Laws.

He ”saw” that behind the endless Void frenzy, in the deepest part of the ocean of light, within those most severely polluted Rule Cores, there seemed to be a few more condensed, colder, and terrifying shadows lurking, seemingly representing different facets of ”ending”!

Perhaps those were the true core of the will of the ”Void”, one of the culprits behind all these scars on the Laws!

The moment his mind was attracted by those shadows—

One of the shadows seemed to have sensed his ”gaze” and suddenly ”raised” its ”head”!

They were a pair of... ”eyes” that could not be described in words!

Cold, empty, devoid of any emotion, only pure denial and hunger for all ”existence”!

The moment he was stared at by these ”eyes”, Ye Chen felt his consciousness was about to be frozen and disintegrated!

Even the radiance of the seed of chaos dimmed for an instant!

”Found... you... Chaos... successor...”

An intent to kill, clearer and colder than any previous intent, like billions of ice picks, instantly pierced through the protection of the Chaos Domain and stabbed fiercely into the core of Ye Chen’s consciousness!