[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-the-sky-fell":3,"chapter-after-the-sky-fell-after-the-sky-fell-chapter-966":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After the Sky Fell",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2281822,4462,"Chapter 966: Chaos Space","after-the-sky-fell-chapter-966",966,"\u003Cp>When the creatures slumbering within the Xuexu Sea were drawn by the Dragon Transformation Elixir, a terrifying glimpse of the sea’s horror was revealed—in mere moments, Tianwang-level beings emerged endlessly, their power seeming ready to tear the entire sea apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Rakshasa Clan’s Shi Li Tianwang, who possessed the combat strength to slay ordinary Tianwang-level beings, could only flee in panic under these circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whether he could escape, even he had no confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Rakshasa elites now faced their end; they had failed to hunt the Bishui Beasts and instead became prey themselves. Under this situation, these elites could not even gather together—they could only scatter and flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Rakshasa Clan was in danger, but Li Yi was by no means safe—his situation was much the same as theirs, even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he was the weakest among them, and he was already wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, these terrifying creatures were solely focused on fighting over the Dragon Transformation Elixir and took no interest in Li Yi, a mere minnow—otherwise he would have been dead long ago, how could he have survived until now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, the residual power radiating from the Tianwang-level beings could kill him at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether he could survive truly depended on fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like I went a bit too far, Li Yi—it’s up to you now, push hard, I believe you can survive.” Hua Qing had never expected three Dragon Transformation Elixirs would cause such a commotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only silently encourage Li Yi, for he himself could do nothing now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up. With your way of doing things, I don’t know how you ever reached the Tian Di realm—no wonder you ended up wasting away, leaving only a fragment of your soul barely clinging to life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yi quickly assessed the situation—he understood that to survive, he absolutely must not fly upward; that would make him too conspicuous. He had already seen no fewer than five Rakshasa Tianjiangs brutally shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only dive into the deep sea, seeking any chance to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as soon as he broke free, he would immediately activate the Dao Coin to cross realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the only way to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yi instantly transformed into a bolt of lightning, plunging deep into the ocean, dodging several residual attacks with hairbreadth escapes and narrowly avoiding collisions with Tianwang-level creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His judgment was correct—these creatures paid no attention to Li Yi, a mere minnow; their target was the Dragon Transformation Elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having escaped the most dangerous waters, as he descended deeper, the danger lessened, and the residual power’s intensity dropped to a barely tolerable level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant Li Yi’s chance of escape was growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No more delay—I must activate the Dao Coin to cross realms immediately.” As soon as he broke free, he prepared to act, for every extra minute here meant greater peril.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet just as Li Yi was about to do so—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath him, in that endless dark abyss of the sea, an icy eye had appeared—vast beyond measure, and when it opened, its gaze stretched beyond sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one eye was this enormous—impossible to imagine the size of the creature that owned it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Li Yi could react—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An infinite, boundless force erupted from the sea’s depths, sweeping everything away, swallowing all, drawing everything into itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Li Yi froze in terror, struggling to break free—but it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This force, like a black hole, offered no resistance—he felt the world spin violently, then his five senses were sealed off by some power, leaving him unable to distinguish east from west, north from south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew one thing—he was still alive, though his body had fallen into some unknown abyss, as if he had left the Heavenly Realm and entered an unknown chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he was not the only one experiencing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sea, the entire heavens and earth, were undergoing the same fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seawater reversed, the heavens tilted, all things were swallowed by the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Luoyu transformed into a true dragon, unleashing a thunderous dragon roar and erupting Tianwang-level power, attempting to soar into the clouds—but in an instant, it plunged into the abyss and vanished from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bishui Beasts in the sea faced the same fate; even the Shi Li Tianwang, who had been preparing to carve a bloody path to escape and ascend, along with other Tianjiangs, all tumbled into the abyss beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening? Why has my power failed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it—something terrifying must have passed through the depths of the Xuexu Sea, consuming every living thing in this region.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t escape—we’re powerless against it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even Tianwang-level beings could not resist, how could anyone else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once chaotic sea now appeared utterly fragile before this all-consuming abyss—this was the horror of the Xuexu Sea: here, you could always find something stronger than yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone—even a Tian Zun appearing in person—would dare not underestimate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the abyss churned open—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This entire realm seemed erased as if wiped from existence—nothing remained, yet all returned to stillness, a stillness so eerie it induced inexplicable dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long had passed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps a day. Perhaps months. Or perhaps years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an unknown period of unconsciousness, Li Yi gradually regained a sliver of awareness—his sealed five senses slowly returned, his dormant primordial spirit began to awaken—but he felt as if he were trapped within a chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no direction, no space—only an uncanny sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wake up, Li Yi, wake up!” Hua Qing’s voice faintly echoed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yi felt as if his primordial spirit were about to split apart—excruciating pain flooded his entire body—but he was certain he had not died; yet the precious artifact, the Red Lotus, which protected his primordial spirit, was now riddled with cracks, as if severely damaged during his unconsciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because the precious Red Lotus had protected his primordial spirit, he had survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened? I remember now—the Xuexu Sea, the Rakshasa Clan, the Bishui Beasts… that enormous eye that suddenly appeared.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yi remained confused for a moment, then recalled what had occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good thing you’re still alive. I knew it—your Earthling soul, inherently evil, is stubbornly hard to kill. Even under these circumstances, you didn’t die. It was the Red Lotus that saved your primordial spirit, and I, too, benefited from misfortune—my fragmentary soul still lingers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Qing sighed: “I have one good piece of news and one bad piece. Which do you want to hear first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me the good news.” Li Yi felt his body had gone cold, but his primordial spirit’s power remained—he could still barely move his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The good news is, the Rakshasa Clan has likely been wiped out—you no longer need to fear being coerced by them.” Hua Qing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks a lot.” Li Yi rubbed his head. “Now tell me the bad news.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The bad news is—we’ve been swallowed by some terrifying creature. We’re probably inside its belly now. This place is a self-contained space, like chaos, where all things are dissolving. If you don’t get out quickly, the chaotic qi here will digest you—down to the last speck.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s some truly terrible news.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yi could now feel the qi here eroding him—if he didn’t leave soon, even with the protection of his primordial spirit and the Red Lotus, he would be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief adjustment, he finally saw his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was indeed a chaotic space—vast and endless. Occasionally, corpses drifted by—likely the creatures previously swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His physical body was also dissolving—and as time passed, the rate of dissolution accelerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yi immediately and without hesitation stored his physical body inside the Crimson Gold Five Elements Bracelet, then existed within this chaos as his primordial spirit’s manifestation, allowing the chaotic qi to erode him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his feet, the precious Red Lotus still radiated crimson light, shielding him from the chaotic qi coming from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since death is inevitable either way, I might as well use the time the Red Lotus protects me to make one last gamble.” Li Yi made his decision immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then glanced beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a corner beneath his Red Lotus, Hua Qing, no larger than an infant, was squeezed tightly there, terrified of leaving the Lotus’s protection.\u003C\u002Fp>",1388,"2026-06-20T01:27:08.613Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d6e35433f90a16383c286877dbcb669431c68ebec27e1c63d7dbe8a16f08e06c","after-the-sky-fell-chapter-967","after-the-sky-fell-chapter-965",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-the-sky-fell-cover.jpg"]