System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

236: The flame is passed down, the star map changes.”Trust... your heart... and not... your eyes...”

The Blazing Venerable’s final warning, like a great bell tolling, echoed deep within Ye Chen’s Soul, instantly overpowering the chaotic whispers and doubts that were proliferating.

His heart?

His sword heart, tempered through ten thousand calamities, had long been as clear as glazed glass and as firm as Chaos divine iron! How could it be shaken by such skulking, manipulative bewitchery?!

His trust in the Blazing Venerable stemmed from the resonance of their shared Chaos, from the attachment of the young Dragon Xiao before the stone stele, and even more so from his own empathy for that spirit of protection and unyielding will! This trust could not be tarnished!

”You skulking demons and monsters, how dare you question the Legacy of our predecessors?!”

The struggle in Ye Chen’s eyes vanished, replaced by a resolute sternness and killing intent! He no longer paid heed to the seductive whispers lingering in his heart; he took a step forward, stepping firmly onto the dark red pyramid!

The moment he stepped onto the stairs of the pyramid—

”Hiss—!!!”

The malice hidden deep within the sand sea seemed completely enraged, emitting a sharp, furious hiss filled with the indignation of being defied! The surrounding gray-yellow sand sea suddenly boiled! Countless sand grains condensed into twisted, painful faces, wailing silently, transforming into torrents of gray-yellow Soul impacts that swept toward Ye Chen! At the same time, beneath the sand sea, several translucent, eerie tentacles composed of pure ”Void Realm” energy, like venomous snakes emerging from their lair, silently coiled toward his ankles, intending to drag him into eternal submersion!

This was the Demonic Sound of Submersion and the Touch of the Void! They directly attacked the Divine Soul, eroding the Foundation of existence!

However, Ye Chen’s Dao Heart was as firm as the eternal stars; how could such tricks shake it?

”My heart is like a sword, impervious to all evil! Chaos Domain—Soul Suppression!”

With a thought, his Chaos Domain erupted with brilliant light! Within that gray airflow, the implied ”existence” and the restorative, nourishing power of the Origin fragments combined perfectly, forming a warm and resilient Soul barrier! The incoming Demonic Sound of Submersion crashed against the barrier like waves against a reef, shattering one after another, unable to penetrate even a fraction!

And the Touch of the Void coiling around his feet, the moment it touched the Chaos Domain, seemed to encounter its nemesis, emitting ”hissing” burning sounds. The cold void energy was rapidly decomposed and purified by the Chaos airflow; the tentacles twitched violently and hurriedly retreated into the depths of the sand sea!

Ye Chen did not stop, walking up the steps, each step firm and steady, as if fulfilling some ancient oath. The seductive whispers, the Soul impacts, and the erosion of the void were all in vain before his firm will and majestic Chaos Domain!

Finally, he reached the platform at the top of the pyramid.

That speck of Chaos-colored flame was right before his eyes. It was only the size of a fist, burning quietly in a stone lamp in the center of the platform. The flame was soft and stable, exuding an indescribable warmth, purity, and... hope.

Approaching it, Ye Chen could feel the chaos law origin imprint within his Qi Sea emitting a joyful resonance, and the seed of chaos at his brow also flowed with eager fluctuations. Even the young Dragon Xiao, sleeping within his Domain, seemed attracted by this shared aura, emitting a faint, comfortable Dragon roar.

This was the initial fire seed! Definitely not a trap!

He reached out his hand and slowly touched the flame.

There was no scorching heat, no repulsion. The moment his fingertip touched the flame, that speck of Chaos fire seemed to have found its home, jumping happily, then transforming into a warm stream of light that traveled along his arm and instantly submerged into his brow, directly merging with the chaos primordial fetus and the seed of chaos in his Sea of Consciousness!

”Hum—!”

Ye Chen felt his Divine Soul shake, and a vast, pure stream of information, containing the Blazing Venerable’s lifelong insights into the ”life,” ”burning,” ”purification,” and ”protection” of Chaos, flowed into his heart like a warm spring.

He ”saw” how the Blazing Venerable, in the desperate situation of the Star Abyss of Extinction, invoked his own Chaos Origin to ignite this initial fire seed, leaving behind coordinates and hope for those who would come after;

He ”felt” the Blazing Venerable’s Chaos will, which was as hot as fire yet as inclusive as the sea—a love for life, a resistance against destruction, and a persistence for the Legacy;

He ”understood” that this fire seed was not just energy, but a manifestation of ”faith” and ”rules,” a lighthouse to dispel darkness and purify the void!

At the same time, after merging with the initial fire seed, the seed of chaos at his brow seemed to have been injected with the most primordial vitality. The Dao patterns on its surface became more complex and profound, and the clear Chaos radiance it emitted carried a hint of warmth, with its restorative and nourishing capabilities increasing several times over! It even generated a huge driving force for the growth of his own Chaos Law!

Although his cultivation did not immediately improve, his understanding of the ”life” and ”light” aspects of the Chaos Dao became deeper, and the chaos law origin imprint became more rounded and powerful!

However, the Legacy was not over.

The moment the initial fire seed perfectly merged with Ye Chen, another mutation occurred!

Within his Qi Sea, the myriad laws star disk (Eye Fragment) that had been floating quietly and responsible for deduction and positioning seemed to be triggered by the power of the initial fire seed, suddenly erupting with unprecedented, brilliant starlight!

Inside the star disk, the vast star map of the heavens rotated and reorganized at an unprecedented speed! Countless previously dim and blurry star coordinates were lit up, and hidden routes leading to unknown regions were outlined! The entire star map seemed to come alive, becoming more detailed and vast!

But the changes did not stop there!

At the core of the star map, near the coordinate representing Ye Chen’s own position, a huge and hideous dark Star Domain—which originally did not exist, or rather, had been hidden by some power—slowly emerged!

That Star Domain was not natural nothingness, but filled with the intent of distortion, devouring, and dead silence! Its shape vaguely resembled... a huge, cold eye watching the entire star map!

And around that ”Dark Eye,” on the star map, the coordinate light points that originally represented some known worlds, and even some Ancient Path outposts, were now faintly emitting a trace of an extremely weak, yet—originating from the same source as that ”Dark Eye”—decaying aura!

It was as if... these worlds or outposts had long been eroded and infiltrated by some invisible power, only maintaining their original state on the surface!

Among them, it even included the coordinate of the Seventh Rock Outpost that Ye Chen had just left not long ago! The light points representing Rock Mountain and Xi were also entwined with a faint, imperceptible trace of decaying aura!

”This is...?!” Ye Chen’s mind shook violently, and a chill rose from his spine!

The mutation of the star map happened after merging with the initial fire seed! It was the power of the fire seed that dispelled some kind of deception, allowing him to see... the truth of being infiltrated by the abyss?!

The Blazing Venerable’s warning—”The abyss has long infiltrated”—was this what it meant?! It did not refer to any specific place, but rather... that many existences they considered allies, part of the defensive line, might have long been corrupted and seduced from within?!

That Rock Outpost... Rock Mountain... Xi... they...

Linking this to the information Xi had previously mentioned about the abyss being adept at ”distortion and seduction,” Ye Chen’s heart sank.

Could it be that even the Watchers... could not be spared?!

Just as his mind was reeling from this shocking discovery—

”Boom!!!”

The entire pyramid beneath his feet, along with the surrounding eternal desert, suddenly shook violently! The abyss will hidden deep within the sand sea seemed to have fallen into complete madness because Ye Chen had successfully obtained the fire seed and might have glimpsed some truth!

”Those who pry... into the truth... must die!!!”

Accompanied by this mental roar filled with extreme killing intent, the sand sea within a radius of ten thousand li around Ye Chen suddenly collapsed downward! A huge, bottomless dark vortex formed from the center of the sand sea, emitting a terrifying devouring force, intending to drag him and this pyramid together into that eternal abyss of submersion!

At the same time, from the void in all directions, countless gray-yellow sand grains condensed into spears of Law containing the rules of submersion and void, shooting toward him like a rainstorm!

The ferocity and power of the attack far exceeded any previous one! This abyss will lurking in the desert finally revealed its true fangs!

Ye Chen, located in the center of the vortex, faced the sky full of spears of Law, his eyes cold to the extreme.

The newly obtained fire seed Legacy flowed within his body, and the cruel truth revealed by the star map churned in his mind.

He felt no fear, only boiling Battle Intent and bone-chilling coldness.

”Finally willing to show yourself? Then let’s... end this once and for all!”

The guixu sword appeared in his hand once again, and the chaos law origin imprint shone brightly!