Chapter 119: Chaos Awakens, Holding Up the Sky with a Single Hand

That demonic energy, condensed from the endless resentment and poison of the Abyss Demon Consciousness, was like a kiss of death crossing the void, now closing in on the quiet room of the Imperial Medical Bureau. In Feng Xi’s eyes, the ever-expanding light of destruction was reflected; its mournful cry was choked in its throat by the terrifying pressure. It used its last ounce of strength, attempting to cover the unconscious Lin Xuan completely with its own body.

The shadow of death had already descended.

However, at the very moment the demonic energy was about to touch the quiet room and turn everything into dust—

"Hum..."

An extremely faint tremor, yet one that seemed to originate from the very source of the Dao, resonated from within the quiet room.

On the couch, Lin Xuan still kept his eyes tightly shut, but at the center of his brow, that imperceptible point of chaotic light suddenly flared! It was no longer a firefly, but the very first ray of light at the dawn of the universe!

The blood within his body, which had been nearly frozen, seemed to be pushed by an invisible force at this moment, beginning to flow with extreme slowness. In his dantian, the cracked and dim Chaos Dao Seed was like an ice core dropped into molten lava; countless profound runes suddenly lit up on its surface, and it began to spin frantically!

It was not him actively driving it, but his body and soul, on the verge of collapse, triggering the most instinctive... self-defense and counterattack of the Chaos Dao Seed upon sensing the stimulation of the same source of destructive power from the outside, and guided by the resolute will to protect Feng Xi!

Centered on the Dao Seed, a faint yet incomparably pure stream of chaotic energy, like a sleeping dragon stretching out its first whisker, quietly permeated the space.

This stream of energy was so thin that, compared to the monstrous demonic energy outside, it was like a tiny trickle to a vast ocean.

But, the difference in status could not be measured by quantity!

The moment that wisp of chaotic energy appeared, the spatial laws within the quiet room seemed to be stirred by an invisible hand, causing a subtle deflection. The lethal demonic energy shooting toward Lin Xuan and Feng Xi, the instant it entered the range of this energy, acted as if it had encountered its nemesis, emitting a "hissing" wail. The front of the demonic energy dissolved and decomposed at a speed visible to the naked eye, reverting to the most primordial nothingness!

Although it only wore away an insignificant sliver of the demonic energy's front, the main body of the demonic energy, its momentum undiminished, still crashed down with destructive power!

However, it was this insignificant instant of obstruction and erosion by the chaotic energy that gave Feng Xi—or rather, gave Lin Xuan’s body—the chance for an instinctive reaction!

Just as the demonic energy was about to completely submerge everything—

Lin Xuan’s right hand, the hand that had been hanging limply at his side, suddenly curled its five fingers, and then... upward, it braced!

There was no brilliant radiance, no earth-shaking momentum.

It was just a movement simple to the extreme.

But above his palm, the void within that square inch suddenly turned into absolute "Chaos"! It was as if a miniature, newly-opened world was being held in his palm!

"Boom——!!!"

The violent demonic energy slammed fiercely against this piece of "Chaos"!

The expected explosion did not occur. The terrifying demonic energy, which could have annihilated a Soul Transformation cultivator, the moment it touched that chaotic void, was like a clay ox entering the sea; it was silently swallowed, decomposed, and assimilated! It did not even stir up a single ripple!

It was as if that was not destructive energy at all, but merely a pebble thrown into a sea of chaos!

Outside the quiet room, the rebel leader, who had been grinning while anticipating Lin Xuan’s annihilation, saw his smile freeze on his face, his eyes filled with incredulous terror.

Feng Xi, having fought to protect its master and already closed its eyes to await death, felt that the expected destruction had not arrived. It opened its eyes in a daze, and then saw a scene that shook its soul to the core—

Its master was still lying there as if unconscious, eyes tightly shut, face pale. But his right hand was held steadily in the air, and above his palm, a gray, chaotic void slowly rotated, swallowing and purifying all the incoming demonic energy!

He just lay there quietly, yet it was as if he, with a single hand, held up a sky that could not be profaned!

"No... impossible! He clearly..." The rebel leader was terrified out of his wits.

And at this moment, on the core battlefield of the Imperial Palace.

Zhao Song, who was preparing to deliver the final blow to Eunuch Wei, and the vaguely present Soul Transformation external aid, simultaneously sensed the terrifying energy collision that had abruptly appeared and instantly subsided in the direction of the Imperial Medical Bureau, as well as that fleeting, yet soul-trembling, aura of chaos!

"What is going on?!" Zhao Song’s heart sank, and an extremely ominous premonition arose.

The Abyss Demon Consciousness, which had just broken free and was feeling triumphant, also suddenly stalled, emitting a wave of suspicion and uncertainty: "Chaos... still exists? No... this is..."

It clearly felt that its own must-kill strike had actually been blocked! It had been nonchalantly... neutralized by a power that originated from the same source, yet was more ancient and more essential!

This sudden turn of events threw the rhythm of the entire battlefield into chaos.

Eunuch Wei took this opportunity to violently burn his essence blood, shaking off the siege and gaining a moment of respite. He looked toward the direction of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and a light of incredulous joy burst forth from his old eyes: "Lin... Little Friend Lin?!"

Inside the quiet room.

Lin Xuan’s hand, which had been bracing the sky, slowly lowered after swallowing the demonic energy, once again falling limply to his side. The point of chaotic light at his brow also rapidly dimmed, as if everything just now had been a fleeting hallucination.

He still did not wake up, and his aura became even weaker due to this instinctive outburst, like a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

But, he had ultimately blocked that fatal strike!

Moreover, unknown changes were occurring within his body. Although most of the Void Refinement-level demonic energy that had been swallowed was turned into nothingness by the power of chaos, a sliver of its purest destructive essence was not completely eliminated. Instead, like a catalyst, it produced an extremely complex and dangerous... fusion and confrontation with the residual demonic energy, shattered Dao foundation, and dormant star power within him.

The shattered Chaos Dao Seed, while spinning, seemed to forcibly incorporate that sliver of destructive essence into its own cycle. Under the impact of this strange power where destruction and rebirth were intertwined, a tiny crack on the Dao Seed... began to slowly mend!

This was a perilous situation of finding life in the midst of death! Had his foundation not been the Chaos Dao, which returns all things to the void, any other cultivator would have long since been completely torn apart by this destructive power attacking from both inside and out.

Feng Xi struggled to crawl to Lin Xuan’s side, gently rubbing its head against its master’s hanging palm, emitting low, tearful cries. It did not know what had happened just now, but it knew that it was its master who had protected it.

The rebels outside the quiet room, frightened by the bizarre scene just now, dared not approach, looking at each other in a dilemma of whether to advance or retreat.

And above the Imperial Palace, after a brief moment of suspicion, the Abyss Demon Consciousness erupted with even more furious intent!

"Deathbed struggle! I want to see how long your broken shell can hold out!"

It temporarily abandoned the plan to directly erase Lin Xuan, as the lingering power of the chaos made it somewhat wary. It cast more of its attention toward the Imperial Palace battlefield; the demonic energy surged, the vague demonic shadow became more solid, and the terrifying pressure once again shrouded the entire field!

"Crush these ants first! Then slowly deal with that bug!"

The demonic shadow raised its hand, and the endless demonic energy condensed into a giant palm that blotted out the sky. Carrying the momentum to annihilate everything, it slowly pressed down toward Eunuch Wei, who was at the end of his rope, and the remaining resistance forces!

True despair did not seem to have left; it had merely changed form and descended once again.

However, having experienced that miraculous moment just now, a fighting spirit unprecedented in his life ignited in Eunuch Wei’s eyes. He straightened his blood-stained body and let out a thunderous roar toward the remaining loyal soldiers behind him:

"His Majesty’s spirit is not far! Fellow Daoist Lin is still fighting! We... will fight to the death and not retreat!"

"Fight to the death and not retreat!" The remaining forces let out a final roar, gathering a faint yet firm light to meet the sky-covering palm.

The survival of the Imperial Capital hung on this final inch of ground.

And in the distant south, at the edge of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range, a dust-covered dragon-shaped light of escape was desperately rushing toward that even more dangerous ancient mountain forest.

Huangfu Hao seemed to sense something, suddenly turning his head to look toward the Imperial Capital, his heart feeling a sharp, stabbing pain.

"Brother Lin... Eunuch Wei... you must... hold on!"