Chapter 1295: Skillful Seizure

It seemed to become a lighthouse that suddenly rose from the sea of "Infinity", unwavering and steadfast. Its light was not strong, yet it extraordinarily clearly demarcated the boundary of the "self".

"Hum!"

The dark‑red "self‑clinging" imprint struck the newborn "consciousness core", but the anticipated erosion and coverage did not occur. That frenzied, exclusive thought, upon contacting this extraordinarily clear and resolute "self‑existence", slammed into an invisible barrier and could not advance even a fraction.

"What?! Impossible!" In the dark abyss, Yan Buji's will let out an incredulous shriek. He felt that in Han Wuxian's Dao Heart, something he could not comprehend had been born. It was no longer the boundless "background", but an extremely condensed, immovable "origin point"! This "origin point" seemed to be the true starting point and fulcrum of "Infinity"!

Han Wuxian's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened; his gaze was no longer the "Starry Sky Silence Extinction", nor the "Chaotic Infinity", but a lucidity that penetrated the source and revealed his "True Self".

""Infinity" is not the tolerance of losing the self."

""True Self" is the foundation that bears "Infinity"."

Yan Buji, your 'Only One' is an exclusive island. My 'Self' is the singularity that embraces the sea of stars. This difference, you……do not understand.

With a thought, the newborn, condensed "consciousness core" glowed faintly. No longer was it the flow of the "Infinity" that tried to embrace everything; instead, it was a defining power sourced from the "True Self", bearing a clear will.

This power swept over the "Infinite Singularity"; the spreading dark‑red "self‑clinging" imprint, like ice and snow under sunlight, emitted a "hiss‑hiss" wail and began to melt and vaporize violently—not absorbed by tolerance, but forcibly expelled from the "definition" within Han Wuxian's own Dao Foundation.

Their existence was judged by Han Wuxian's "True Self" will as "non‑self"! Since they are not part of his Dao, they must be expelled!

"No!!!" Yan Buji let out a desperate, mad roar. He felt that his invincible "undying self‑clinging" was being fundamentally denied and erased by a higher‑level power. This power surpassed his understanding of the "Only One"; it was the true sovereign power founded on a clear "self".

He struggled to break free and to re‑condense, but the repelling force emanating from Han Wuxian's "True Self Core" was like an absolute command of law—beyond doubt, beyond defiance.

The dark‑red imprint shattered bit by bit, turning into the purest fragments of desire‑origin devoid of any will, then swept up and devoured by the revitalizing "Infinity" primordial qi around him, truly becoming nourishment for Han Wuxian's Dao Foundation. The parasitic link likewise collapsed and dissipated completely.

In the depths of the dark abyss, Yan Buji's illusory figure let out an ear‑splitting wail, then vanished like smoke blown away by wind, utterly annihilated in the endless demonic energy. This time, it was truly……the destruction of both form and spirit, the Dao Mark gone!

At Wanji Mountain Peak, Han Wuxian rose to his feet, his aura drawing inward yet giving the sense of a rebirth. The light of his "Infinite Singularity" within him flared again, even brighter and more condensed than before. At the singularity's core, the clear point of his "True Self Core" hovered motionless, like a Divine Needle of Calming the Sea, governing the boundless expanse of "Infinity".

He gazed into the distance, his eyes calm and deep.

After this tribulation, he clearly understood the truth of "Infinity" and the "Self". "Infinity" must be rooted in the "True Self"; the "True Self" can then bear "Infinity".

Han Wuxian's Dao Heart underwent nirvana; his True Self Core was established as the Infinite Singularity; his consciousness became pure and clear, and the vast power came under his command. Yan Buji's frenzied invasive "undying self‑clinging", under his clear "self" definition and powerful repelling force, ought to have completely collapsed and dissipated, turning into nourishment for his Dao Foundation.

However, in the fleeting moment when the dark‑red imprint shattered completely and the parasitic link was about to sever—

An aberration, exceeding Han Wuxian's deductions and also beyond Yan Buji's own expectations!

That originating from Yan Buji's most fundamental and arcane technique, the "Essence Law", was driven to an unprecedented extreme by his survival instinct and greed at the very moment his will was about to be utterly annihilated! This "Essence Law" is not a direct clash of power, but points to the "source information" of all existence—a forbidden art of seizing, imitating, and even replacing the "definition of existence".

"Roar——! Want to annihilate me completely? Even in death, I will bite a chunk of your flesh! Essence……Seize Spirit!"

Yan Buji's last remaining sliver of consciousness let out a manic howl; instead of trying to regroup himself, he channeled all his power, all his obsessions, all the essence of his existence into the final, most decisive activation of the "Essence Law"—its target not Han Wuxian's power or Dao rhythm, but directly aimed at the most fundamental, most primal "link law" between his newly born, not yet fully stabilized "True Self Core" and "Infinite Singularity".

This was not an attack, but……the seizure of the origin!

"Crack!"

A faint yet heart‑pounding cracking sound, seemingly arising from the conceptual level, echoed deep within Han Wuxian's Dao Foundation.

It was not his "True Self Core" or "Infinite Singularity" that was damaged, but rather a most fundamental "bond" flowing between them—representing "I am Infinity, Infinity is I"—that Yan Buji, having gathered everything into his "Essence Law", forcibly tore away an infinitesimal fragment.

This fragment contained the most primordial compositional information of Han Wuxian's "Way of Infinity", as well as the wondrous state of the perfect fusion of his "True Self" and "Infinity" at that instant! Though it held no power itself, it represented the "source blueprint" of Han Wuxian's path of Infinity.

"Got it!!!"

Yan Buji's will, which ought to have completely dissipated, flared at the instant that strand of "source fragment" was seized—like a dying light's final gleam, bursting with a last brilliant and eerie radiance. That strand of fragment, as if finding its perfect vessel, instantly merged into the core of Yan Buji's soon‑to‑scatter "Essence Law".

The next instant, Yan Buji's lingering will together with that strand of seized "source fragment" were drawn by an invisible force, sharply contracting into a point of imperceptible dark‑red flow, and—despite Han Wuxian's Dao Foundation's repelling force being fully concentrated—slipped out along some unseen connection, vanishing without a trace.

The whole process occurred faster than thought, taking place in the split second after Han Wuxian had just completed nirvana, when his mind, spirit, and power had not yet fully harmonized.

Han Wuxian's body shuddered violently, his face instantly turning as pale as paper, and a mouthful of blood laced with chaotic starlight spurted out. He clearly felt that his Dao Foundation seemed to lack something most fundamental; the flow between his newborn "True Self Core" and "Infinite Singularity" exhibited an infinitesimal yet real "discord" and "viscous drag".

Although it did not disrupt the current operation of his power, his perception and deduction of the future "Infinity" path seemed shrouded in a thin, hard‑to‑dispel mist—like a perfect blueprint from which a crucial corner had been forcibly torn away.

"Yan, Bu, Ji!" Han Wuxian's gaze suddenly became piercingly sharp, piercing the void and scanning the heavens, yet he could catch no trace of his opponent. That scoundrel, at the very brink of total annihilation of form and spirit, had employed his arcane "Essence Law" to forcibly seize a thread of his Dao's essential nature—like a cicada shedding its shell.