Chapter 1300: Sovereign

"Found you... worm."

That icy voice, like a spear of abyssal cold ice, pierced layer upon layer of temporal barriers and precisely nailed into Yan Buji's consciousness core that was frantically siphoning the Origin.

The thrill of power surging was instantly frozen! Yan Buji's lingering soul let out a startled, angry screech; he clearly felt that the theft Dao thread he had painstakingly attached to the connection channel between Han Wuxian and the Origin of Heaven and Earth was being locked, squeezed by a massive, precise force bearing absolute repulsion, about to snap!

"How could it be so fast?!" he couldn't believe it; he had been so covert, using Han Wuxian's own Dao Initiation network and countless theft Dao anchors as cover, yet it was detected in such a short time?!

He had no time to think; survival and greed instincts overrode everything. Give up? Absolutely impossible! If this connection were severed, it would not only cut off the overwhelming power, but also expose his greatest theft method, and Han Wuxian would surely strike back with thunder!

"You think you can cut it? Not so easy!" Yan Buji's will erupted with frantic ferocity, "Essence Method, ten thousand anchors resonating, theft Dao becomes a river!"

He no longer cautiously maintained concealment; instead, he boldly activated all the thousands of theft Dao anchors scattered across the realms! Those cultivators deeply corrupted by Dao Poison, wherever they were and whatever they were doing, now trembled violently, and strange Dao tones of gray‑red intermingled seeped from their seven orifices!

These Dao tones were not meant to attack others; they transformed into invisible bonds of unprecedented strength, binding their faith in 'Pseudo Infinity', their twisted Dao Foundations, and the lingering connections of their Dao tones with Han Wuxian's Dao Initiation... everything was burned and offered as sacrifice! In exchange, the master theft Dao thread linking the temporal rift to the Origin of Wanji Mountain was forcibly reinforced and widened!

In an instant, the thread that Han Wuxian's will was about to crush expanded severalfold, becoming incredibly resilient, and the speed at which it devoured power surged again! More of Heaven and Earth's Origin and Infinity Dao tones poured in like a breached flood, flooding the dark‑red egg sac!

"Puff—"

Across the realms, countless theft Dao anchor cultivators spewed blood, their Dao Foundations withered instantly, cultivation plummeted, and some even disintegrated on the spot, bodies dying as their Dao vanished! They became single‑use fuel for Yan Buji's bid for time and power!

"Han Wuxian! What can you do to me?!" Yan Buji roared through the temporal rift, feeling the near‑destructive thrill of power surging again, "Your connection to the Origin of Heaven and Earth is your fatal flaw! As long as this connection persists, I can keep siphoning, until I have devoured you and the very essence of this world!"

He was gambling! Betting that Han Wuxian wouldn't dare, or couldn't easily sever his own connection to the Silence Extinction Origin of Heaven and Earth! If cut, Han Wuxian's Dao Foundation would lose its crucial support, the Infinity Dao would inevitably be damaged, and its Dao Initiation feat for all beings would be abruptly halted, causing incalculable backlash and turmoil!

He forced Han Wuxian to choose: endure the agony of continual Origin theft, risking his foundation being hollowed out? Or, like a hero, sever his own wrist, damage his Dao Foundation, to gain a moment of purity?

At the peak of Wanji Mountain, Han Wuxian's gaze turned utterly cold. He sensed the frantic backlash of the theft Dao thread and perceived the celestial lament and causal shockwaves caused by the sudden fall of countless 'Pseudo Infinity' cultivators across the realms.

"Using all beings as firewood to fuel one's own desire... Yan Buji, you have truly fallen into demonic obstruction, beyond cure."

He slowly raised his hand; his fingertips did not point at the stubborn theft Dao thread, but instead summoned from the ancient well of Wanji Mountain the sediment of countless ages, the oldest and purest... the primal Silence Extinction.

"You think stealing the connection can choke my lifeline?"

"Little do you know, this Silence Extinction of Heaven and Earth, I... am the Master."

He did not choose to sever the connection, because that aligned with Yan Buji's intent.

He chose... to purify the source!

Han Wuxian lightly tapped the void with his fingertip, drawing not his own massive Infinity Primordial Qi, but the primal Silence Extinction deep within Wanji Mountain's ancient well, the sediment formed since the creation of the world and the end of all eras. This force is not ordinary Silence Extinction; it bears no attribute, belongs to neither life nor death, and is the purest, most fundamental manifestation of 'stillness' before all things return to the ultimate 'nothing'.

This force, following Han Wuxian's connection to the Origin of Heaven and Earth, flowed out silently, not to strike or cut the frantic master theft Dao thread, but like the most delicate water, it spread in reverse, traveling along that thread as a conduit, tracing back toward Yan Buji's dark‑red egg sac within the temporal rift!

Yan Buji was frantically devouring the surging power when he suddenly felt a completely different 'intent essence' surge along the theft conduit. This force lacked violent impact or domineering repulsion; it possessed only an absolute, heart‑pounding 'calm'.

Where it passed, the massive power stolen—mixed with Infinity Dao tones and the Origin of Heaven and Earth—was as if cast into an absolute zero realm, instantly 'solidified' and 'stilled'! It was neither absorbed nor dispersed; instead, all internal concepts of 'movement', 'change', 'life', 'death', and so on were forcibly smoothed, returning to the most primitive state of 'Silence'.

"What is this power?!" Yan Buji's manic laugh abruptly halted, replaced by unprecedented horror. He felt his newly born Dao operation suddenly become obscure; the power that once moved like an arm, merging 'Infinity Essence' with 'self‑attachment', under the wash of this 'primal Silence Extinction' intent, began to turn 'lazy' and 'dormant', as if losing all vitality and becoming an eternally unchanging 'inert object'!

He tried to trigger the Essence Method to analyze and devour this force, but found no way to proceed! This 'primal Silence Extinction' itself is almost 'nothing', the terminus of all laws, the backdrop of concepts; his Essence Method excels at stealing and mimicking the form of 'being', yet struggles to act upon this near-'void' primordial stillness!

More terrifying, this 'primal Silence Extinction' intent was coursing along the theft network, eroding his core in reverse!

He sensed that his dark‑red egg sac, constructed from countless twisted Dao Marks, had its surface blasphemous imagery slowing and blurring, like an ink painting soaked in water. The sac's own pulsation also began to weaken, and the Evolution of his newly born Dao was forcibly stalled!

"No! This is my Dao! I am the Master!" Yan Buji roared in defiance, frantically burning all remaining theft Dao anchors, attempting to overwhelm this calm intent with an even more violent torrent. Yet the more violent the force, the quicker its internal turbulence and conflict were quelled upon contacting the 'primal Silence Extinction', accelerating its return to 'stillness'!

He was like a madman howling into an abyss; all sound and power were swallowed by the bottomless silence, leaving no ripple.

At the peak of Wanji Mountain, Han Wuxian's expression remained calm, his gaze reflecting the eternal Silence Extinction source within the ancient well. He exerted little of his own power, merely acting as a 'guide', directing the most fundamental 'stillness' of Heaven and Earth toward the illicit theft Dao poison.

This is the very Heaven and Earth performing a 'self‑purification' on the parasitic tumor upon it!