Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

31: Chapter 31: The Glimmer of Earth’s Veins (Continued)In the deathly silence of the darkness, that tiny, weak fluctuation of energy was like a pebble thrown into an ancient well; the ripples it stirred attracted countless hidden dangers.

Hiss— Rustle—

Faint sounds of friction and crawling, almost impossible to catch with the ear, came from the cracks in the rock walls and the deeper darkness in all directions. They grew denser and closer. The air, which had originally been just the cold aura of the leyline, gradually became mixed with a sticky stench and a primitive, greedy longing for life, energy, and flesh.

Countless pairs of eyes opened in the absolute darkness, locking onto this small area within the rock vein. Most of them were exotic beasts formed during long evolution underground, with bizarre forms and specialized senses, extremely sensitive to fluctuations of energy and life. Nangong Xuan’s briefly leaked Nascent Soul aura, the fluctuations of Lin Mo’s painful struggle during the Dao Seed’s purification, Su Muxue’s dissipating Profound Yin Power, and even the slowly fading life force and Death Qi of Liu Qingxuan’s remains... to them, all of this was an irresistible summons to a feast!

The first to lose patience was a swarm of ”Earth Lice,” each about the size of a fist with shiny black shells and countless fine joints. they surged out from a rock crevice like a tide, their compound eyes flashing with hungry red light as they headed straight for the nearest target—Liu Qingxuan’s remains! They were instinctively attracted to the dissipating remnants of life.

Immediately after, several ”Blind Eels”—pale, eyeless, with only a giant mouth full of circular sharp teeth—slid down from the rock crevices overhead, dripping mucus. Their target was Su Muxue, who radiated pure (albeit unstable) energy!

Further away, heavy footsteps thudded. A ”Cave Gnome,” about half a person tall with skin like rock, protruding fangs, and radiating Qi Refining Early Stage fluctuations, dragged a bone club. It looked greedily at the unconscious Nangong Xuan, sensing the powerful energy Origin contained within that body, which made it salivate even though he was near death!

A crisis! A survival crisis more primitive and direct than facing human Cultivators!

However, of the three people and one corpse present, two were in a deep coma, one was in a slumber unaware of the outside world, and one had already passed away... they seemed destined to become lambs for the slaughter.

At this critical juncture—

Buzz!!!

The chaos dao seed on Lin Mo’s chest, covered in a thick layer of filth, seemed to be stimulated by the malice and greed so thick it couldn’t be dispersed, or perhaps its internal purification had reached a certain tipping point, and it suddenly underwent a transformation!

The speck of Chaos luster at the core shone with unprecedented brightness! An indescribable, overbearing suction suddenly erupted!

But this suction was no longer directed outward; it was entirely internal! It was the final declaration of war against its own outer shell of filth!

”Break... for me!!!”

Lin Mo’s consciousness let out a silent roar in the depths of his Soul! All his will, all his grief, all his resentment, and all his protective obsession burned completely at this moment!

Sizzle—!

It was like a red-hot iron plunging into ice water! That thick outer shell of filth—a mixture of black (Bone-Corroding Poison), red (maternal blood’s life force and death intent), and gray (Spirit-Eroding Mist’s deathly stillness)—finally let out an overwhelmed wail under the resolute, internal, frantic tearing and devouring of the Chaos Origin!

Large patches of filthy energy were forcibly torn from the shell and sucked into the frantically spinning core! This time, the Chaos Origin was no longer struggling to decompose; it showed its true fangs!

Inclusion? Transformation? No! At this moment, it was devouring! It was crushing! It was forcibly turning these myriad filths into its own nourishment!

Poison? Soul-eroding pain? Crushed! Merged into the Origin; under Chaos, all poisons are void! Deathly stillness? Spirit-annihilating intent? Crushed! Merged into the Origin; within Chaos, death is also life! Mixed spiritual power? Metallic essence? Crushed! Merged into the Origin; at the First Cry of Chaos, all things return to the source! Even... the special energy woven from the majestic life force and sacrificial death intent contained in his mother’s blood was completely drawn in. However, the obsession of sacrifice and protection was carefully stripped away by the Chaos Origin like the most precious Treasure Trove, merging into the deepest part of the core and becoming a part of Lin Mo’s consciousness, eternally imprinted.

This was a violent yet delicate process! It was a miracle of self-destruction and self-reshaping!

[Dao Seed contamination level 3%... 25%... 15%... dropping rapidly!] [Dao Source activity soaring! Growth rate restoration... 2%... 3%...!] [Passive skill ”First Cry of Chaos” restored! Efficiency increased! Current efficiency 5%!] [Gained temporary status: ”Purification Frenzy”! Efficiency of devouring and decomposing contaminated energy greatly increased!]

The System’s notification tones became rapid and full of vitality!

The chaos light cluster on Lin Mo’s chest brightened at a speed visible to the naked eye! The outer layer of filth melted and peeled away like snow under the sun, devoured completely by the rotating Chaos nebula within! Although the overall volume of the light cluster seemed to shrink by a circle, its light was purer, more condensed, and more restrained! An ancient, vast Dao charm that seemed capable of swallowing the heavens and earth emanated naturally!

At the very instant the chaos dao seed completed this critical Breakthrough and erupted with pure Chaos Dao charm—

A miracle happened!

The tide of ”Earth Lice” that was about to pounce on Liu Qingxuan’s remains was scorched as if by an invisible blazing sun. They let out shrill, sharp cries, black smoke rose from their bodies, and they instantly charred and withered, turning into fly ash in large swathes!

The pale ”Blind Eels” sliding toward Su Muxue were even more like they had met their natural nemesis. They let out shrieks of extreme terror, their bodies suddenly stiffened, and then they rapidly shriveled and weathered as if all moisture had been drained from them!

The ”Cave Gnome” rushing over with the bone club gave a terrified squawk, as if seeing something extremely horrifying. It turned and scrambled back into the darkness, even dropping its bone club!

It wasn’t just them!

With Lin Mo as the center, an invisible absolute pressure originating from the level of life and the essence of energy spread out! All the swarming underground exotic beasts, regardless of strength, felt a shudder and fear from the depths of their Souls at this moment!

That aura of Chaos was the Origin of all things and the end of all things! It was the manifestation of a supreme Law that these creatures born of filth and raised in darkness could absolutely not understand or endure!

The hissing and chirping cries turned into terrified wails, and the dense crawling sounds turned into the sounds of frantic fleeing! Within a few breaths, all those greedy, hungry gazes vanished, and every exotic beast desperately moved away from the source of the aura that made them instinctively afraid!

The crisis was temporarily resolved in such an unexpected way!

The chaos dao seed had begun to show its prowess!

The light gradually withdrew, and the chaos light cluster on Lin Mo’s chest stabilized, rotating slowly. It was the size of a baby’s fist with a warm, restrained color, like a sleeping star. The pain in his body receded like a tide, and a sense of transparency and power never felt before spread out. Although the total amount was still weak, it was incredibly pure and powerful. His consciousness was completely clear, and he immediately ”looked” at his mother.

His mother’s remains were intact and untouched. That hand was still resting on him.

”Mother...” Boundless grief surged up again, but this time, there was a bit more determination within the grief. He was still alive, living with his mother’s sacrifice and expectations.

His intent immediately swept toward Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue.

Nangong Xuan was still unconscious, but his complexion didn’t seem to worsen further. That faint Nascent Soul aura seemed to stabilize slightly when the Chaos Dao charm swept past.

The ice crystals around Su Muxue seemed more solid, and the rune on her forehead had stabilized quite a bit. When the chaos dao seed erupted just now, it seemed to have unintentionally absorbed some of the unstable Profound Yin Power dissipating around her, indirectly helping her stabilize the Seal.

The entire rock vein returned to silence, but it was no longer a deathly silence of despair; it was the silence of surviving a disaster, carrying a faint glimmer of hope.

Lin Mo tried to mobilize the power of the newborn, pure chaos dao seed. A strand of Chaos Qi, as fine as a hair but incredibly pure, slowly reached out. Like the most skillful hand, it carefully wound around the poisoned dagger in Liu Qingxuan’s chest.

Sizzle... the filth and toxins remaining on the dagger were instantly purified and devoured by the Chaos Qi, vanishing into nothingness. Then, that strand of Chaos Qi extremely gently pulled the dagger out without bringing out a single drop of blood, as if afraid of disturbing his mother’s peaceful sleep.

The dagger landed on the rock with a clang. That shocking wound was revealed; although it was no longer bleeding, it was still gruesome.

Lin Mo’s intent lingered at the wound. That strand of Chaos Qi radiated a gentle light, carrying an intent of comfort and protection, unwilling to leave for a long time. He did not yet have the ability to bring the dead back to life or regrow flesh on bones, but at least he could make his mother look more peaceful.

After doing all this, he felt a slight weariness. The newborn Dao Seed still needed to be consolidated.

He sank most of his intent into the interior of the Dao Seed to continue consolidating and familiarizing himself with this newborn power, leaving only a sliver of vigilance to monitor the outside world. The chaos dao seed rotated slowly, automatically absorbing the thin energy in the leyline; though slow, it was steadily growing stronger.

In the dark leyline, a tiny glimmer of Chaos flickered steadily, illuminating his mother’s peaceful features and guarding his unconscious elder and companion.

The hope was small, but it had been ignited.

And in the deeper parts of this leyline, a certain existence seemed to be awakened by that brief but intense Chaos Dao charm, letting out a distant and curious soft exclamation that no one heard.