Chapter 1351: Destiny

The ash‑golden domain instantly unfolded, attempting to twist and Devour the chains. However, the Order Chains were unusually resilient; the Chaos Force struck them, producing a clanging sound like metal on gold, and could not quickly shatter them! The "Imprisonment" law embedded in the chains further exerted a clear suppressive effect on the expansion of the Chaos domain.

"The order law here strongly restrains Chaos!" Yan Buji realized in his heart. He stopped brute‑forcing, let the Mirror Heart power circulate, and instantly reflected the law composition and energy nodes of those chains.

"Break!"

He pointed his fingers like a sword; the highly condensed Chaotic death aura transformed into several fine ash‑golden sword qi, striking precisely at several key nodes of the chains' energy flow!

"Ding! Ding! Ding!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out, and several chains snapped in response, turning into countless pale gold specks that faded away. Yet the formation's light remained, and more Order Chains were forming!

Yan Buji no longer lingered in battle; seizing the gap as the chains broke, his form became a streak of light and rushed out of the plaza formation's range. Looking back, the formation's glow dimmed gradually, and the chains slowly retracted into void, as if they had never appeared.

"It seems that within this Order Ruins City, besides unconscious remnants, there are still auto‑triggered defense mechanisms," Yan Buji thought. These defenses operate on the remaining order law, are not to be underestimated, and specifically target the Chaos Force.

He became even more cautious, pushing the perception of Mirror Heart to its limit to pre‑emptively avoid areas that might contain law traps.

After traveling further, a relatively intact black pyramid‑shaped great hall appeared ahead. At its entrance there were no lingering guardians, nor any obvious Law Fluctuation, yet Mirror Heart sensed a strange resonance—not with the order law, but with the "Infinity Chaotic Essence" crystal within him and… a faint, familiar whiff of "order" that resonated.

That thread of order aura, pure, luminous, bearing the flavor of infinite Evolution, subtly matched the power attribute of a figure deep in his memory…

"Han Wuxian?!" Yan Buji's heart jolted violently. Could Han Wuxian have been here before? Even… left something here?

He restrained his excitement and cautiously examined the hall's entrance. No trap fluctuations, only a deep darkness that seemed to absorb all light.

After a brief pause, Yan Buji stepped forward and entered the entrance of the black pyramid hall.

The darkness instantly engulfed him. The dim yellow sky and the ruins vanished completely, leaving only absolute darkness and… not far ahead, a faint yet utterly pure white light, like the sole star in a dark universe, hanging silently.

Around that white light, countless pale gold Order Chains, like loyal guards, stacked upon each other, sealing and imprisoning it firmly at the center!

The aura emitted by that white light… was precisely the pure order power of Han Wuxian's "Source of Order"! Though exceedingly weak, its essence is of the highest caliber.

Yan Buji's gaze was instantly and firmly drawn to that white light point sealed by layers of Order Chains.

Inside the black pyramid hall, the absolute darkness was slightly dispelled by that pure white light. Yan Buji stood at the entrance, his Chaotic eye operating at full power, staring intently at the white light point sealed by countless pale gold Order Chains.

That aura… could not be mistaken! Pure, vast, bearing infinite possibilities of order, it is exactly the essence of the power that Han Wuxian became the "Source of Order" when he martyred at the ruins of Wanji Mountain! Though the white light before him was exceedingly faint, like a candle in the wind, its essence was far superior to any other order remnant in this Order Ruins City, even making the surrounding sturdy Order Chains appear… powerless?

No, not powerless. Yan Buji observed carefully and found that those Order Chains were not "suppressing" the white light; rather, they were sealing, isolating, and protecting it in an extremely intricate manner, preventing its power from leaking out and barring any external force from reaching it. The source of the chains seemed to connect to the black hall itself, even to the foundational law of the entire Order Ruins City.

"Han Wuxian… why is your fundamental power sealed here?" Yan Buji's mind filled with doubts. He stepped forward slowly, observing even more closely.

As he drew nearer, he realized the white light point was not static. Within it were extremely fine, nebula‑like swirling scenes, seemingly depicting an endless Evolution and cycle. Occasionally, a ripple would surface on the light, revealing fleeting, vague fragments of images.

Yan Buji steadied his mind and, using Mirror Heart power, captured those fragments.

He saw an unformed chaotic void, a primordial axe light that split heaven and earth… it was a scene of the epoch's inception, older and more magnificent than the Five Realms Nine Heavens or the Nether Abyss!

He saw a divine court in its ultimate splendor, ten thousand resonances, all beings worshipping, which then collapsed in an instant, plunging into endless darkness and slaughter… it was the end of an ancient epoch long forgotten!

He saw a majestic figure cloaked in boundless light, face indistinct, bearing the entire epoch's destiny and sorrow, who at the epoch's end, resolutely… transformed into a Dao, using himself as a guide, igniting something…

He also saw… the birth of the Five Realms Nine Heavens! He saw that majestic figure's final undying spark of spirit, falling into the core of the newly formed heavens and earth…

"Boom—!"

These shattered images, combined with that pure Infinity order essence aura, exploded in Yan Buji's mind like thunder! Countless clues linked together instantly!

Han Wuxian's inexplicably rapid rise…

His transcendent yet compassionate temperament…

His near‑obsessive pursuit of "order" and "Infinity"…

His martyrdom at the ruins of Wanji Mountain, using his body as fuel to ignite the Order Light…

The "Source of Order" crystal he left behind can attract attention from all sides, even subtly influencing the movements of the Demon Abyss and Nether Realm…

And before him, this that is sealed and protected by layers of Order Chains, yet contains an Infinity order essence beyond the comprehension of the current epoch…

An almost absurd yet uniquely logical truth rose in Yan Buji's mind!

"Han Wuxian… he is far from being an ordinary celestial prodigy of this Five Realms Nine Heavens epoch!"

"He is… the child of a previous, even earlier epoch! He bears the final destiny and mission of a vanished epoch… a reincarnated being! Or perhaps, the supreme entity that fell from that epoch, a reincarnation of an undying spark of spirit!"

"He came to this epoch, his 'Infinity Order' path, his martyrdom… likely not a simple guardianship! Rather, he carries some unfinished mission of that vanished epoch, or… the key to a reboot?"

Yan Buji felt a sudden palpitations. He had always thought Han Wuxian was his opponent, one source of the power he stole. He never imagined the other bore such terrifying ancient karmic causality and epochal destiny!