Chapter 121: Green Lotus Appears, Calamity Power Initially Formed

Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range, deep inside.

Brother Brother Huangfu followed the faint guidance from the Star Core and rushed through the ancient mountain forest. 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 from 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 pictures transmitted by the Star Core flashed repeatedly in his mind—the demonic palm pressing on the city, Lin Lin Xuan's pale face, Feng Xi's burning feathers. Every heartbeat was urging him: Fast! Faster!

Three days and nights without sleep or rest, dragon Qi consumed nearly half, and more than a dozen wounds left by demon beasts were added to his body, one of which was deep to the bone, running from his left shoulder to his ribs. If it weren't for the dragon Qi protection, he would have died long ago.

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

Eye of Returning Void!

Even miles away, the void and dead aura coming from the bottom of the abyss made the dragon Qi in Brother Brother Huangfu's body operate spontaneously to resist, and his skin felt a needle-like chill.

The Star Core's guidance reached its strongest here, but it also became chaotic—the guidance did not point to the inside of the abyss, but wandered around the edge of the abyss.

"Chaos Green Lotus... where exactly is it?" Brother Brother Huangfu resisted the dizziness and looked around.

The edge of the abyss was full of strange rocks, with no grass growing, only some strange minerals with metallic luster exposed. There were no signs of any living creatures, 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 Huangfu Tianji 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 the corner of his eye—

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, but it radiated an indescribable pure vitality and ancient Dao rhyme. Just a wisp of the aura it emitted made the pain of demonic Qi erosion on his shoulder wound lighten!

Brother Brother Huangfu's heart beat wildly, holding his breath and stepping forward.

The stone crevice was narrow, only allowing one person to stand sideways. He squeezed into it and walked forward for several zhang, and the scene before him suddenly 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 the size of a human face, filled with milky white spiritual spring.

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-green color, but the 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 closed, the whole body was 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 truths. Wisps of chaotic Qi were quietly leaking from the cracks in the flower bud.

It was the legendary Chaos Green Lotus!

However, the state of this green lotus was worrying. Its light was extremely dim, the edges of the lotus leaves were even somewhat withered and curled, and the spiritual spring was almost dry. Clearly, it was on the verge of withering. What made Brother Brother Huangfu's heart sink even more was that deep in the spring eye where the green lotus was rooted, wisps of void dead aura of the same origin as the Eye of Returning Void were seeping out, slowly but continuously eroding the vitality of the green lotus.

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

"No wonder the Huangfu Tianji Pavilion Master said it requires affinity... it's not just finding it, but taking away this green lotus that is confronting death and on the verge of withering..." Brother Brother Huangfu 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 power of creation radiated by the green lotus, which echoed faintly with the imperial dragon Qi in his body, actually relieving his fatigue and injuries from running for days.

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

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

A sudden change occurred!

The entire concave valley, no, the entire edge of the Eye of Returning Void, shook violently!

"Roar——!!"

A terrifying roar, seemingly from the ancient wilderness, came from the bottom of the abyss! The sound was filled with violence, greed, and endless hunger!

At the same time, Brother Brother Huangfu was horrified to find that the speed at which the void dead aura erupted from the spring eye beneath the Chaos Green Lotus accelerated tenfold! It was as if because of his approach, it awakened some terrible existence in the abyss, accelerating the swallowing of the green lotus!

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

"Not good!" Brother Brother Huangfu's eyes were about to split. If he hesitated any longer, the green lotus would surely wither completely and be swallowed by the Returning Void!

At the critical moment, he had a flash of inspiration, bit his tongue fiercely, sprayed a mouthful of blood mist containing pure imperial dragon Qi and his own essence blood toward the green lotus, and at the same time, his hands formed a seal. He did not pick it, but used dragon Qi as a guide and essence blood as a bridge, performing the "Spirit Inviting Technique" secretly passed down by the Imperial family for communicating with heaven and earth spiritual objects!

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

His voice carried determined sincerity and a vast sense of responsibility, and under the blessing of dragon Qi and essence blood, it turned into golden runes, merging into the green lotus bud.

As if feeling his sincere intention and the weak same-source call originating from the Star Core (had the Star Core once been in the same chaotic environment as the Chaos Green Lotus?), the withering green lotus trembled violently!

The next moment, in Brother Brother Huangfu's joyful gaze, the green lotus bud slowly bloomed!

It did not bloom completely, just bloomed the outermost petal.

That petal detached from the bud and fell lightly into Brother Brother Huangfu's palm. The petal felt as warm as jade, as heavy as a mountain, and infinite creation vitality and chaotic Dao rhyme were contained within it.

And the moment the petal detached, the light of the entire green lotus dimmed completely, the remaining flower bud and lotus leaves shrank rapidly, turning into a faint cyan light, and "whoosh" drilled into the scorching Star Core in Brother Brother Huangfu's arms! It seemed that this dilapidated Star Core had become a temporary shelter for it.

"Thank you, Holy Lotus, for your fulfillment!" Brother Brother Huangfu was both surprised and happy, holding the green lotus petal that seemed to carry infinite hope tightly.

However, the existence beneath the abyss was completely enraged!

"Boom—!!"

A giant claw, vast and boundless, condensed from countless dark tentacles and void power, reached out from the Eye of Returning Void, grabbing toward the concave valley where Brother Brother Huangfu was! Wherever the giant claw passed, space twisted and cracked, and all things returned to the void!

Brother Brother Huangfu's face was pale, and he did not hesitate to crush the tortoise shell jade talisman given by the Huangfu Tianji Pavilion Master!

"Hum!"

The tortoise shell jade talisman shattered, turning into an indestructible earthy yellow light shield that enveloped him, and at the same time, a mysterious teleportation power began to fluctuate.

"Crack!" The giant claw slapped on the light shield, the light shield flickered violently, and cracks appeared, but it ultimately resisted for a moment.

It was this moment!

The teleportation power erupted, and Brother Brother Huangfu's figure disappeared from the concave valley at the critical moment.

"Roar——!!"

From beneath the abyss came an unwilling roar that shook the mountain range.

Imperial Capital, Imperial Medical Bureau quiet room.

Time seemed to have passed only for a moment.

Outside, the cleansing feathers exploded by Feng Xi's burning bloodline had all been annihilated. Although the demonic palm was blocked for a moment and consumed quite a bit, it still carried an even more furious aura, continuing to press down! Eunuch Wei and the others had reached their limit, and the shield was on the verge of shattering!

And inside the quiet room, the transformation in Lin Lin Xuan's body reached a critical point.

That shattered Chaos Dao Seed, filled by the "Chaos Tribulation Power" formed by the fusion of the destructive origin and Chaos energy, underwent a fundamental change in form. It was no longer a rounded seed, but had transformed into a gray crystal filled with profound tribulation patterns, constantly cycling between life and death—the Chaos Tribulation Crystal!

Just the moment the Tribulation Crystal formed and stabilized—

"Thump!"

A heartbeat that seemed to come from the depths of Chaos resounded within Lin Lin Xuan's chest.

Under his tightly closed eyelids, his eyeballs trembled violently.

Feng Xi, who had been guarding at his side, seemed to sense something and turned its head abruptly.

Lin Lin Xuan's pale-as-paper lips moved ever so slightly, and a word, inaudible yet carrying a cold and silent aura, drifted out:

"... Tribulation."

As the words fell, with his body as the center, a gray ripple, invisible and intangible yet causing space itself to stagnate, quietly rippled outward.

Inside the quiet room, all objects, including the floor and walls, did not break upon touching this ripple, but seemed to have experienced the erosion of ten thousand years of time, rapidly becoming dim, old, and losing all spiritual luster, and then... turned into the finest dust, falling silently.

Chaos Tribulation Power—first showing its edge, all things returning to the ruins!