Chapter 120

The giant demonic palm condensed by the Ruins Abyss demonic shadow pressed down slowly, carrying the power to destroy everything. Space let out a moan of being unable to bear the burden under this power, and the golden dragon aura and the protective shields condensed by the cultivators below were like candles in a storm, their light dimming rapidly.

Eunuch Wei's beard and hair were all standing up, burning his life essence blood, and his Spirit Transformation cultivation base was urged to the extreme, trying to hold up this sky that was about to collapse. But he knew clearly that facing this demonic power that surpassed the Spirit Transformation level, all resistance was just a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Despair, like cold rust, permeated the hearts of every defender.

However, just at the moment when heaven and earth were about to tilt and all things were grieving together—

Imperial Medical Bureau, inside the quiet room.

The change did not start from the outside, but from the deepest, most original place in Lin Xuan's body.

The wisp of pure destructive origin contained in the Void Refinement demonic energy that Lin Xuan instinctively swallowed was not completely removed by the chaotic Dao seed, but instead, like a poisoned key, forcibly opened some kind of silent shackle in Lin Xuan's body.

The broken chaotic Dao seed rotated crazily at an unprecedented speed, no longer a desperate struggle, but more like a... nirvana of breaking and then standing!

On the Dao seed, those cracks that originally symbolized the collapse of the Dao foundation, in the strange process of destructive origin and chaotic energy strangling and fusing with each other, not only did not expand, but were filled and bridged by a gray, strange energy containing the artistic conception of birth, death, and reincarnation!

This energy is neither pure chaos nor pure demonic evil, but more like a dangerous balance reached by the two at a very high level, a... chaotic calamity power!

At the same time, deep in Lin Xuan's sea of consciousness, which was as silent as dead water.

A point of faint light, like a spark crossing the endless darkness, suddenly lit up.

That was not the recovery of his own soul, but... the broken star core obtained from the core of the Starfall Mystical Realm, which had been entrusted deep in his sea of consciousness!

This star core had always been floating quietly beside the chaotic Dao seed, absorbing the thin chaotic air to nourish itself. At this moment, at the juncture of the chaotic Dao seed's nirvana and the violent changes in his body, it seemed to be awakened by some power of the same origin, and deep in the core, a weak yet incomparably tenacious will quietly spread out, crossing endless time and space.

This will does not belong to Lin Xuan, carrying ancient, vast, and a trace of... sorrow and attachment belonging to the spirit of the Starfall Mystical Realm.

It "saw" Lin Xuan's dying shell, saw the monstrous demonic flames outside, saw the demonic palm pressing down, and felt... in the distance, the familiar aura (carried by Huangfu Hao) of the small star core that was struggling regardless of everything to find a glimmer of life at the edge of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range!

The star core trembled slightly, and the ancient runes on its surface lit up one by one. It had no power to attack, nor the ability to heal. But it... could build a "bridge."

A bridge of nothingness, with stars as the guide, chaos as the foundation, and the aura of that distant, same-origin star core (carried by Huangfu Hao) as the coordinate!

"Hum..."

A light sound that only Lin Xuan's sea of consciousness could hear sounded. The star core burned its own remaining origin, turning into a silver thread that was thin to the extreme, piercing through the wall of Lin Xuan's sea of consciousness, ignoring the violent energy turbulence outside, and in a way that transcended ordinary spatial laws, wound toward the south, toward the direction of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range!

Edge of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range.

Huangfu Hao was rushing through the ancient mountain forest, following the weak guidance from the star core. All around were dark barriers formed by towering ancient trees, and the air was filled with the smell of decay and danger. Countless eyes were peeping in the shadows, but the protection power originating from the star core allowed him to avoid several of the most fatal ancient restrictions and sleeping prehistoric relics.

He dared not stop for a moment. The images transmitted by the star core flashed repeatedly in his mind—the demonic palm pressing on the city, Lin Xuan's pale face, Feng Xi's burning feathers. Every heartbeat urged him: Fast! Faster!

Three days and nights without sleep, dragon aura consumed nearly half, and there were more than a dozen wounds left by demonic beasts on his body, one of which was deep to the bone, running from his left shoulder to under his ribs. If it weren't for the dragon aura protection, he would have died.

Finally, in the darkest moment before dawn on the fourth day, he rushed out of the last swamp filled with poisonous miasma, and the scene before him made him stop suddenly.

There was no way forward.

The earth broke here, forming a huge circular abyss that could not be imagined. The edge of the abyss was as steep as a knife, and looking down, there was only absolute darkness that swallowed all light, as if reaching the Nine Netherworlds. What was even stranger was that above the abyss was not the sky, but a layer of slowly rotating, colorful twisted light halos, like an inverted vortex, emitting chaotic fluctuations that made the soul uneasy.

Eye of Return to Ruins!

Even from several miles away, the void-dissolving aura coming from the abyss made Huangfu Hao's dragon aura run spontaneously to resist, and his skin felt a needle-like chill.

The guidance of the star core reached its strongest point here, but it also became chaotic—the guidance did not point to the inside of the abyss, but wandered indefinitely on the edge of the abyss.

"Chaotic Green Lotus... where exactly is it?" Huangfu Hao endured the dizziness and looked around.

The edge of the abyss was jagged with strange rocks, with no grass growing, only some strange minerals with metallic luster exposed. There was no sign of any living activity, and this place itself was a forbidden zone for life.

He carefully explored along the edge, holding the tortoise shell jade talisman given by the Heaven Secret Pavilion Master tightly in his hand, his spiritual sense tightened to the limit. Just as he bypassed a giant rock shaped like a ghost claw, the star core in his arms suddenly became scorching hot!

At the same time, he caught a glimpse of—

Behind the giant rock, in an inconspicuous stone crevice, a faint, soft light that was out of place with the dead darkness around it leaked out!

The light was extremely dim, presenting a faint cyan-green color, flickering like breathing, yet emitting an indescribable pure vitality and ancient Dao rhyme. Just a wisp of aura escaping made the pain of demonic energy erosion on his shoulder wound lighten!

Huangfu Hao's heart jumped wildly, holding his breath and stepping forward.

The stone crevice was narrow, only allowing one person to stand sideways. He squeezed into it, moved forward several zhang, and the scene before him opened up—it was actually a small concave valley less than ten zhang square surrounded by natural rock walls. In the center of the concave valley, there was a shallow pool no larger than a human face, filled with milky white spiritual spring water.

And in the center of that spiritual spring, a plant was growing quietly.

It was no more than a foot tall, with three lotus leaves. The lotus leaves were a deep ink-cyan color, but the leaf veins flowed with gray light like the beginning of chaos. In the center of the lotus leaves, it held a lotus flower that was about to bloom. The flower bud was tightly closed, cyan-green like jade, and countless mysterious and unpredictable Great Dao patterns were naturally engraved on the petals, as if they were the embodiment of heaven and earth's ultimate principles. Wisps of chaotic air, as if they existed or not, were quietly escaping from the gaps in the flower bud.

It was the legendary Chaotic Green Lotus!

However, the state of this green lotus was worrying. Its light was extremely dim, the edges of the lotus leaves were even slightly withered and curled, and the spiritual spring was almost dried up. It was clearly on the verge of withering. What made Huangfu Hao's heart sink even more was that deep in the spring eye where the green lotus was rooted, wisps of void dead silence aura of the same origin as the Eye of Return to Ruins were faintly seeping out, slowly yet continuously eroding the green lotus's vitality.

It was not growing here safely, but was struggling to survive in the confrontation with the erosion of the Eye of Return to Ruins!

"No wonder the Heaven Secret Pavilion Master said it required affinity... it's not just finding it, but taking this vitality that is confronting dead silence and on the verge of withering in this forbidden land..." Huangfu Hao understood instantly, this itself was a huge test.

He took a deep breath and walked forward slowly. The closer he got, the more he could feel the vast creation power emitted by the green lotus, which echoed faintly with the imperial dragon aura in his body, actually relieving much of his fatigue and injuries from days of rushing.

But how to take it? Pick it directly? He faintly felt that such a divine object was probably not something that could be taken by ordinary means.

Just as he reached out his hand, trying to wrap it with dragon aura and carefully touch the green lotus bud—

A change occurred suddenly!

The entire concave valley, no, the entire edge of the Eye of Return to Ruins, shook violently!

"Roar——!!"

A terrifying roar that seemed to come from the ancient prehistoric times erupted from the bottom of the abyss! The sound was full of violence, greed, and endless hunger!

At the same time, Huangfu Hao was horrified to find that the speed at which the void dead silence aura was erupting from the spring eye below the Chaotic Green Lotus accelerated tenfold! It was as if his approach had awakened some terrifying existence in the abyss, accelerating the devouring of the green lotus!

The green lotus bud trembled violently, its light dimmed rapidly, and the edge of a lotus leaf withered instantly and turned into fly ash!

"Not good!" Huangfu Hao's eyes split with rage. If he hesitated any longer, the green lotus would definitely wither completely and be devoured by the Return to Ruins!

At the critical moment, he had a flash of inspiration, suddenly bit his tongue, sprayed a mist of blood containing pure imperial dragon aura and his own essence blood toward the green lotus, and at the same time formed a seal with both hands, not picking it, but using dragon aura as a guide and essence blood as a bridge, performing the "Spirit Inviting Secret" secretly passed down by the royal family for communicating with heaven and earth spiritual objects!

"Heaven is above, earth is below! Disciple Huangfu Hao, to save all living beings, to resist the demonic calamity, earnestly requests the Holy Lotus to help! Willing to use the imperial dynasty's luck as a contract, and my Dao heart as a vow, I will definitely find a blessed land to help the Holy Lotus regain its vitality! Please!"