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

176: Chapter 176: The Chaotic Soul Healing and a First Glimpse of the Ancient PathInside the tree hollow, the light was dim. Nangong Xuan carefully laid Su Muxue flat on the ground, letting her lean against the cave wall. Her breathing was weak, and her brow was tightly furrowed; even in her coma, she was still enduring immense pain. The Blood-burning backlash burned through her Meridians like poisonous fire, while her severed Divine Soul left her Sea of Consciousness on the brink of shattering.

Ordinary Medicinal Pills were no longer of much use, and forcibly infusing too much Sword Essence might instead exacerbate her injuries. Nangong Xuan’s gaze finally settled on the chaos star core floating in his palm, which continued to emit a faint hum and an aura of Chaos.

This chaos star core, formed from Lin Mo’s Origin, was mysterious and unpredictable. It could devour and transform all kinds of energy, and it had just manifested Ancient Runes... Perhaps the peculiar Chaos energy it transformed was their only hope now.

But this was an unknown power after all; using it for healing made the outcome unpredictable.

Seeing his wife’s pained expression, Nangong Xuan’s gaze sharpened, and he no longer hesitated. He cautiously extended a sliver of Divine Thought into the chaos star core, attempting to communicate with it and guide the newborn Chaos energy.

As soon as his Divine Thought entered, it was as if he had fallen into an infinite, chaotic nebula. There was no direction or time here, only the most primitive energy flowing through cycles of birth and destruction. In the center of that Chaos, a tiny speck of light pulsed slowly like a heart; that was the Core of Lin Mo’s dormant consciousness and the source of all energy.

Nangong Xuan’s Divine Thought transmitted an extremely gentle request for energy.

That tiny speck of light in the Core seemed to recognize this familiar aura, and its pulsing quickened slightly. The surrounding Chaos energy was drawn in, separating into a thread-like stream of energy. It was greyish in color yet contained an inexpressible vitality and inclusiveness. Guided by Nangong Xuan’s Divine Thought, it slowly flowed out of the chaos star core and into Su Muxue’s body.

Nangong Xuan was fully focused, his mind tense to the limit. His Nirvana Sword Intent was ready; should there be any abnormality in this energy, he would immediately force an interruption.

The grey Chaos energy flowed into Su Muxue’s riddled Meridians. The expected conflict did not occur. This energy seemed to have no attributes, yet it also seemed capable of mimicking any attribute. As it flowed through the Meridians scorched by the backlash of the Taiyin Forbidden Art, that violent burning sensation was smoothed over as if by a gentle touch. The charred walls of the Meridians radiated a subtle vitality at a speed visible to the naked eye. As it flowed into the Sea of Consciousness and touched the scars of the severed Divine Soul, the agonizing pain that could break any Cultivator slowly subsided. The broken fragments of the Divine Soul were gently enveloped and nourished by an invisible force. Although healing was still a long way off, the worsening trend was abruptly halted!

Even more wondrously, this Chaos energy could blend perfectly with that sliver of Taiyin Star Power in Su Muxue’s Origin. Instead of being rejected, it provided the most fundamental nourishment, slowly but firmly repairing her damaged Foundation.

”It’s working!” Nangong Xuan was overjoyed, but he still didn’t dare relax in the slightest, cautiously maintaining this tiny energy transmission.

Time passed slowly. A trace of color gradually returned to Su Muxue’s pale face, her furrowed brow relaxed slightly, and her breathing became steadier and longer. Although she was still far from waking up and fully recovering, her life was finally out of danger, and her Foundation had been stabilized.

Just as Nangong Xuan breathed a slight sigh of relief—

Buzz!

The chaos star core in his palm, which was continuously outputting energy, underwent another transformation!

Perhaps because of the continuous energy output, or perhaps because it sensed the stability of its mother’s condition, the tiny speck of light at its Core suddenly brightened! The surrounding chaotic nebula surged violently, and several ancient, fragmented, light-grey Ancient Runes—exuding a vast and boundless aura—emerged once more!

This time, they were no longer a fleeting flash. Instead, they hovered clearly on the surface of the chaos star core like imprints, rotating slowly and emitting a hazy glow!

An aura of Dao, far more ancient and grand than the fragments of the ”dao cutting sword,” as if it had pierced through the Reincarnation of the Universe’s birth and destruction, instantly filled the air, enveloping the entire tree hollow.

Nangong Xuan’s mind and soul were severely shaken. In the face of this aura of Dao, his Divine Soul, his Nirvana Sword Intent, and even his newly fused Cutting Law all felt small and insignificant. This wasn’t a suppression of power levels, but an absolute gap in life forms and cognitive dimensions!

He forcibly steadied his mind, concentrated all his spirit, and stared fixedly at the Ancient Runes that were constantly changing and combining.

The structure of these runes was complex to the extreme, far exceeding any array patterns or Dao seals he knew. Every stroke seemed to contain the ultimate principles of heaven and earth. They constantly twisted and reorganized, as if explaining some supreme Profound Truth of the Law.

Nangong Xuan felt dizzy as he watched, his Divine Soul power being consumed rapidly; he couldn’t even begin to understand a billionth of their meaning. However, relying on his Realm of Sword Heart Clarity and the enhancement from absorbing the power of the Sword Nurturing Pool, he forcibly imprinted the shapes of these runes and the trace of the most primitive ”dao rhyme trajectory” when they combined and changed into the depths of his Sea of Consciousness!

He didn’t know what these were, but he had an intuition that they might be true Dao treasures beyond the imagination of this world! Even if he only remembered their form, it would bring incalculable benefits to his future path of cultivation!

This process lasted for about ten breaths.

After ten breaths, the runes on the surface of the chaos star core gradually faded, receding back into the Chaos. The vast aura of Dao also vanished. The humming of the chaos star core weakened significantly; it seemed that manifesting these runes had consumed a massive amount of its energy. The output of Chaos airflow also became as thin as a thread, but it continued to operate steadily, nourishing Su Muxue and Lin Mo himself.

Nangong Xuan let out a long breath, his back already drenched in cold sweat. Merely memorizing the shapes of those runes had almost exhausted his mental energy.

He looked down at the chaos star core, his gaze incredibly complex. Joy, worry, and confusion were intertwined.

He was happy that this object was mysterious and powerful, potentially saving the lives of his wife and child, and that it contained a supreme Opportunity. He was worried that possessing such a treasure would bring trouble, as its significance was likely far beyond imagination and would surely cause a great storm in the future. He was confused about where this object actually came from. What was its connection to Lin Mo’s ”infant body with an adult soul”? Was ”the dark side” behind that phantom also related to this?

Just then, his heart stirred, and he looked at Su Muxue again.

Under the dual nourishment of the Chaos energy and that brief, vast aura of Dao, her eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Her gaze was initially a bit dazed and scattered, but it quickly focused, seeing the worried Nangong Xuan close at hand.

”Brother Xuan...” Her voice was raspy and weak, yet it carried a hint of daze from having survived a disaster. ”I’m not... dreaming, am I?”

”It’s not a dream.” Nangong Xuan held her cold hand, slowly infusing pure and peaceful Sword Essence into her, and said softly, ”It’s alright now; the pursuers have been destroyed. How do you feel?”

Su Muxue looked within herself and immediately showed a look of disbelief. She found that the Blood-burning backlash in her body, which was enough to destroy her Foundation, was actually enveloped by a strange and gentle power, no longer worsening and even slowly being repaired! The pain of her torn Divine Soul had also lessened by more than half!

”This... my injuries...” She looked at Nangong Xuan in shock.

Nangong Xuan opened his palm, revealing the slowly rotating chaos star core: ”It’s Moer. It was this child... who saved us.”

He briefly recounted what had just happened and the transformation of the chaos star core, omitting the details of the incomprehensible Ancient Runes and only saying that the special energy transformed by the chaos star core had stabilized her injuries.

After Su Muxue finished listening, she stared blankly at the chaos star core, her eyes instantly filling with tears. With a trembling hand, she gently stroked the warm surface of the chaos star core, as if stroking the face of her sleeping child.

”Moer... my child...” She sobbed, both pained by her child’s sacrifice and filled with endless gratitude and lingering fear.

After a long time, she finally calmed her emotions. Feeling the slow but real repair within her body, her gaze became firm again. ”Brother Xuan, we must leave here as soon as possible. This place is not safe to stay.”

Nangong Xuan nodded: ”Mm. Although your injuries are stable, you still need rest. I’ll take you to a safe place first...”

Before he could finish his sentence, both of their expressions changed almost simultaneously, and they abruptly looked outside the tree hollow!

Deep within the Misty Forest, an extremely subtle yet incredibly powerful will seemed to have been startled by the vast aura of Dao emitted when the chaos star core manifested the runes earlier, and it was slowly waking up!

That will was cold, ancient, and filled with endless sword-related resentment and deathly stillness. Its strength far exceeded that of the previous Flag-Bearing Knight, causing even the greatly strengthened Nangong Xuan to feel a surge of palpitations!