Chapter 1305: Twisted

At the same time, he was also secretly accumulating power. Inside the sealed Chaos Core, power had not dissipated; instead, under extreme suppression, it was forced to become more condensed, more inward, awaiting the moment of eruption.

Old Devil, you think it's you who imprisoned me……

Yan Buji's will let out a silent cold laugh in the dead silence.

You don't realize, it was you who personally placed the most dangerous poisonous snake into your own Treasure Vault.

Once I have fully probed your Demonic Abyss mysteries and turned these chains into my own vessels…… that will be the time when your Demonic Abyss changes hands!

Eternal Dark Prison, seemingly tranquil.

Actually, a more concealed, more thrilling erosion and backlash is quietly unfolding in this absolute darkness.

And atop the ruins of Myriad Silence Mountain in the Nine Heavens Five Domains, the crystal of the "Source of Order" formed from Han Wuxian's martyrdom is emitting a soft, steady light, drawing the gaze of all factions, and faintly sensing in the depths of the Demonic Abyss a wisp of chaotic fluctuation that shares its origin yet is filled with malice……

Within the Eternal Dark Prison, time seemed to solidify. Yan Buji's Chaos Core was like an insect trapped in amber, its surface dim, motionless, exuding an almost dead‑silent submission. The Demonic Abyss chains entwined around it glowed with a faint light, continuously transmitting suppressing and analytical power, like countless blood‑sucking leeches trying to drain the secrets of this "wondrous object".

The Heavenly Demon King's vast will occasionally sweeps over this place, like a jailer inspecting cells to confirm the inmate remains obedient. Each sweep makes the Demonic Abyss energy inside the prison more active, the suppressing force suddenly strengthens, the chains tighten, squeezing the dark‑red core's light almost to extinction. This is a show of force, and also a probe.

At first, Yan Buji's will would instinctively produce a barely perceptible ripple of resistance, but it was quickly crushed by greater power. Gradually, that ripple grew weaker until it vanished completely. His core seemed to truly become a stubborn stone, silently enduring everything, with no trace of "life" left.

The Heavenly Demon King seemed satisfied. The inspection frequency began to drop, and that suffocating will pressure no longer loomed constantly. In its view, this dangerous Chaos Core had finally been dulled by the Demonic Abyss's might; all that remained was a matter of time, waiting for it to be thoroughly analyzed and assimilated into its power.

However, beneath this seemingly absolute suppression and stillness, a silent transformation was taking place.

Yan Buji's will had not perished; instead, it entered an unprecedented state of inward evolution. He abandoned all external perception and response, sinking his entire mind into the deepest part of the Chaos Core. There, aided by the constant pressure and infiltration of the external Demonic Abyss chains, he was frenetically deducing and analyzing the composition of the Demonic Abyss laws using his chaos trait fused with the Infinity essence!

Each suppression by the Heavenly Demon King, each energy transmission of the chains, he regarded as the most precious "sample" and "catalyst"!

"Demonic Abyss power, chaotic and violent, yet hides a kind of 'order' that devours everything…… it shares a wonderful similarity with my 'chaos', but is far older and more domineering……"

"Analyze it…… understand it…… then surpass it!"

In such extreme conditions, his path of rebirth advanced at an unprecedented speed. The strand of Infinity essence originating from Han Wuxian, under the pressure of the Demonic Abyss origin, was not worn away but forged purer; its inclusivity and evolution traits merged more tightly with Yan Buji's self‑attachment and chaos.

He was no longer merely passively enduring the chains' erosion; he began to try, with himself as the core, to construct a tiny, independent Chaos Force Field. This field was extremely weak, limited to the core's surface, yet its internal laws were incompatible with the surrounding Demonic Abyss chains, even subtly repelling them.

More importantly, he began carefully channeling a thread of energy that had been transformed by his own Chaos Way, with most Demonic Abyss imprints removed, back into the chains entwining him!

This is not an attack, but a "replacement" and "symbiosis"!

He wanted to be like a vine entwining a great tree—seemingly dependent, yet constantly drawing nourishment, and ultimately turning the tree into the skeleton of his own growth!

This process was as slow as geological change, and full of risk. Each tiny energy substitution could trigger a violent reaction from the chains. But Yan Buji's patience had reached the extreme; he adjusted his will's frequency to nearly match the Demonic Abyss energy fluctuations, like the perfect mimicry, carrying out a drop‑wearing‑stone erosion beneath the guise of stillness.

Outside the prison, the Demonic Abyss still surged; the Heavenly Demon King's gaze occasionally swept over, seeing only an increasingly "obedient" dark‑red core, and the chains that seemed to run more smoothly, their light a shade darker.

It did not notice; deep within the chains, a faintly hidden strand bearing Chaos and Infinity traits—the "Aberrant Pulse"—was quietly sprouting and spreading. This Aberrant Pulse greedily sucked the Demonic Abyss origin, converting it into nourishment for Yan Buji's Chaos Core, while also subtly altering certain minute attributes of the chains themselves.

Yan Buji was turning the very cage that imprisoned him into a…… breeding ground for reforging his demonic body and stealing power!

And atop the ruins of Myriad Silence Mountain in the Nine Heavens Five Domains, the Source of Order crystal's emitted light seemed softer, firmer, as if sensing the twisted power sharing its origin hidden in the endless dark abyss, quietly growing in an unexpected way……