Chapter 180: Chaos True Form, A Single Sword Levels the Abyss

That terrifying roar that resounded through the soul was not a simple sound, but a vibration of high-dimensional will that transcended mundane understanding, instantly sweeping across the entire "Absolute Blind Zone."

Crack! Crack!

The several floating star remains closer to the giant egg shattered inch by inch like weathered sand sculptures the moment that will swept past! Zhao Yuan, True Person Beichen, Elder Lingshuang, and Ancestor Hunyou, along with Lin Xuan and the "Aberration Core" locked in fierce combat on the periphery, all had their spirits suffer a heavy impact at this moment, as if struck hard by an invisible heavy hammer!

Zhao Yuan bore the brunt of it; he had just unleashed a full-power sword strike and his aura had yet to settle, so he let out a muffled groan, a wisp of pale golden blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The Nascent Soul within his sea of consciousness trembled violently, and the gray-blue light on its surface dimmed by three parts. The "Glimmer Guidance Array" disk in True Person Beichen’s hand let out an unbearable wail, several cracks appearing on its surface as its light nearly extinguished. The icy blue sword intent surrounding Elder Lingshuang was forcibly scattered by more than half, leaving her face deathly pale. Ancestor Hunyou was the most miserable; he cultivated the soul path primarily and was most sensitive to this kind of mental impact, so blood seeped from his seven orifices simultaneously, and the "Ten Thousand Soul Banner" above his head let out a shrill scream as several powerful phantom main souls on the banner surface directly dissipated!

And this was merely the unconscious ripple of will emitted after the "Star Remains Evil God Embryo" awakened!

The true change occurred in the giant egg itself.

Thump-thump! Thump-thump-thump!

The pulsation frequency of the giant egg soared instantly, becoming violent and chaotic! The twisted "Filthy Contract Runes" on the surface of the eggshell flickered and slithered crazily, their brightness increasing by more than several times! The eighty-one chains (including the remaining part of the seventy-third chain that had been severed) trembled violently in unison, emitting ear-piercing sounds of metal friction and energy shrieks, while the dark gold and filthy light flowing on the surface of the chains looked like boiling magma!

Most heart-wrenching was that at the break of the seventy-third chain, which Zhao Yuan had severed, the gray-blue "Nirvana" aura that had been slowly eroding it was actually forced back and dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye by a more massive and tyrannical torrent of filthy energy surging from deep within the giant egg! At the same time, at both ends of the break, viscous, dark red energy flesh-like matter flashing with evil runes grew and spread crazily, attempting to reconnect the chain!

"It is forcibly repairing the chain! And... the counterattack of the chains and that thing's attention are indeed mainly focused here!" True Person Beichen endured the intense pain in his spirit and shouted hoarsely.

No sooner had he spoken than another mutation occurred!

The part of the giant star remains eggshell facing Zhao Yuan and the others suddenly bulged and deformed, and then, with a "rip," the eggshell was torn open from the inside, creating an irregular flesh-and-blood crack a hundred feet long! Deep within the crack, there was no solid matter, but a terrifying energy vortex churning with endless dark red light, filled with chaotic star fragments and solidified resentment!

And from that crack, three incomparably huge "arms," composed entirely of shattered star crystals, twisted tentacles, and dark red energy, suddenly reached out! Each arm was as thick as the hub chain that had been severed earlier, its surface covered in eerie star pupils that constantly opened and closed and suckers dripping with pus, carrying the terrifying momentum to annihilate stars and tear space, grabbing fiercely toward Zhao Yuan—who had just unleashed a sword strike and whose aura had not yet settled—as well as True Person Beichen, Elder Lingshuang, and Ancestor Hunyou beside him!

Before the arms arrived, the storm of filthy energy mixed with the violent will of the Evil God embryo had already descended, completely sealing and solidifying the space where the four were located! It was as if it wanted to crush and devour them along with that space!

"Careful!" Elder Lingshuang shouted sharply, using all her strength to drive her remaining Profound Ice True Intent to set up layers of ice walls in front of her. Ancestor Hunyou also gritted his teeth and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the "Ten Thousand Soul Banner," causing the banner surface to swell, and countless vengeful souls roared as they transformed into a massive soul shield. True Person Beichen, disregarding the damage to his array disk, poured his final strength into it to prop up a weak star-power barrier.

However, everyone knew that in the face of this angry strike originating from the body of the "Star Remains Evil God Embryo," their defenses were likely as fragile as paper!

Just at this critical moment—

"Evil creature, how dare you act with such ferocity?"

A voice so calm it was almost indifferent drowned out the shrieking of the chains, the pulsation of the giant egg, and the roaring of the filthy storm, ringing clearly in everyone's ears and seemingly ringing directly within the chaotic will of the Evil God embryo.

The moment the voice sounded, the three terrifying arms reaching toward Zhao Yuan and the others experienced an extremely subtle stagnation, as if they had encountered an invisible obstruction!

Immediately after, everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and a figure in green robes had already appeared out of thin air between the four of them and the three giant arms!

It was Lin Xuan!

He had somehow managed to break away from the outer battlefield where he was locked in fierce combat with the "Aberration Core," or rather, he existed in both battlefields simultaneously in a way that was difficult for everyone to understand!

At this moment, Lin Xuan was completely different from his usual restrained and profound demeanor. There was no dazzling light erupting from his body, yet he possessed an indescribable "presence" that seemed to transcend this polluted and twisted space. He was still in green robes, but those Chaos Tribulation Pupils were no longer slowly rotating vortices; they had transformed into two gray origin points that were constantly being born and dying, seemingly containing all the mysteries of the universe's beginning and end!

Most astonishingly, behind him, an extremely blurry yet seemingly heaven-supporting phantom faintly emerged! The phantom was neither human nor beast, resembling both Dao and tribulation; merely a silhouette, it radiated a supreme artistic conception that caused all things to return to nothingness and all laws to fall silent! In the phantom's hand, it seemed to hold an invisible sword, the sword intent echoing from afar with the long sword condensed from chaotic airflow in Lin Xuan's hand.

Chaos True Form! This was the first time Lin Xuan had manifested a portion of his own "Dao" and "Power" true form before everyone! Although it was only an extremely faint projection, its essence was so high that it already surpassed everyone present, even faintly forming a standoff with the twisted star god status radiated by the "Star Remains Evil God Embryo"!

"Senior Lin!" Zhao Yuan gasped; he could feel that the aura radiating from Lin Xuan at this moment was completely different from before—it was a power that was deeper, more ancient, and also more... lonely and heavy.

Lin Xuan did not look back; he simply delivered a plain, unremarkable sword strike toward the three terrifying giant arms that were grabbing over, carrying the power to destroy the world.

This sword strike was still silent and soundless.

One could not even see the trajectory of the sword light.

Everyone only felt that within their field of vision, the forward momentum of the three hideous and terrifying giant arms suddenly paused. Immediately, starting from the fingertips, they rapidly became "transparent" and "ethereal" at an eerie speed, as if they were being "wiped away" bit by bit from the level of "existence" by some invisible force!

It was not just the material and energy composition of the arms; even the Evil God will, filthy runes, and blood-resentment curses attached to them... every power imprint belonging to that Evil God embryo was, under this sword strike, like snow under the scorching sun, rapidly dissolving and returning to nothingness!

"Roar——!!!"

From deep within the giant star remains egg, a roar came that was even more furious, yet faintly mixed with a trace of disbelief and... panic! The speed at which the three giant arms were being "wiped away" was extremely fast, spreading to the roots of the arms in an instant! More viscous and filthy energy surged from the cracks on the surface of the giant egg, attempting to stop this "annihilation," but upon touching the "artistic conception" left behind by Lin Xuan's sword, it was like boiling soup poured on snow, instead accelerating its own dissipation!

Finally, amidst the unwilling angry roar of the Evil God embryo, the three terrifying arms that could easily crush a peak Nascent Soul were completely "erased" from this space by Lin Xuan's seemingly plain and unremarkable sword strike! No remains were left behind, no energy impact erupted, as if they had never existed.

Silence.

A deathly silence enveloped the battlefield.

Whether it was Zhao Yuan and the others, the "Aberration Core" in the distance that had temporarily stopped attacking and was emitting waves of suspicion, or even the giant star remains egg whose pulsations had slowed because of it, all were stunned by Lin Xuan's sword strike that transcended understanding.

"Chaos... returning to nothingness..." True Person Beichen muttered to himself, his eyes filled with shock and bewilderment. He had spent his life studying star arrays and considered himself knowledgeable, but he was completely unable to understand the level of laws and power contained in that sword strike just now.

The knuckles of Elder Lingshuang’s fingers, which were tightly gripping her sword hilt, turned white. From that blurry "Chaos True Form" phantom, she felt an absolute superior suppression that made even her sword heart tremble.

Ancestor Hunyou was trembling even more; as a soul cultivator, he felt most deeply about this power that directly erased traces of "existence"—it was an ultimate void more thorough than having one's soul scattered.

Zhao Yuan stared blankly at Lin Xuan's back. The "Silent Star Chaos Qi" within his body was exceptionally active at this moment, as if it had encountered a peer, or as if it were... resonating? He vaguely felt that the "Return to Nothingness" true intent contained in Lin Xuan's sword strike just now and the "Nirvana" sharpness in his own "Silent Star Chaos Qi" seemed to originate from the same source, yet they were heading toward different, higher, and more distant paths.

Lin Xuan slowly withdrew his sword, the blurry phantom behind him quietly dissipating, and his Chaos Tribulation Pupils returned to their usual vortex shape. His complexion seemed a fraction paler than before, and his aura was slightly undulating, but his posture remained as straight as a pine.

He looked up at the giant star remains egg, where the crack was slowly healing but which was radiating an even deeper malice, his voice flat but carrying an unquestionable declaration:

"Your opponent is me."

Having said this, he turned and looked at Zhao Yuan and the others, especially Zhao Yuan: "Continue to sever the chains. It has just awakened, its power has not yet been fully integrated, and it has been injured by me in its extended limbs; now is the time when weakness and fury are intertwined, and its control and repair of the chains will have lapses. Take this opportunity to sever the remaining key chains. As for that thing outside," he glanced at the "Aberration Core" stirring in the distance, "leave it to me for now."

As his words fell, Lin Xuan took a step, and his figure disappeared from the spot again.

The next instant, he appeared directly above the "Aberration Core"! This time, he was no longer just blocking, but actively launching an attack! Although the Chaos True Form did not reappear, the "Return to Nothingness" Dao rhyme contained in his sword intent was many times stronger than before! Every sword strike he swung caused the massive twisted shadow to let out shrieks of pain and fear, and its filthy body was constantly "annihilated" into huge holes, making it difficult to recover quickly!

The "Aberration Core" was completely and firmly suppressed and held back by Lin Xuan alone with his sword, with no time to spare for anything else!

Zhao Yuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock and churning blood in his heart. He knew that Senior Lin had won the most critical, and possibly the last, opportunity for them and for the entire plan!

"Go!" He gave a low shout, the gray-blue light in his eyes flaring, and disregarding the splitting pain in his Nascent Soul and the exhaustion of his spirit, he once again drove the "Silent Star Chaos Qi," his body turning into a stream of light as he shot toward the next key chain pointed out by True Person Beichen—the nineteenth one!

True Person Beichen, Elder Lingshuang, and Ancestor Hunyou also suppressed the surging waves in their hearts and followed closely behind. They knew that Lin Xuan had already blocked the most terrifying pressure for them; if they still could not complete the task of severing the chains, they would truly be failing this peerless demeanor that acted as a shield and leveled the abyss with a sword!

The battle erupted once again.

But this time, the momentum of offense and defense had already changed because of Lin Xuan's world-shocking sword strike.