Chapter 558: That Thing Can Only Belong to Me!

Where this power passed, those dozens of raging, terrifying attacks capable of destroying heaven and earth were like candles in a gale, silently… extinguished!

No, it wasn't just extinguished!

It was annihilation! Disintegration! A return to the primordial void!

There was no earth‑shaking explosion, no roaring clash of energies, not even a trace of turbulent energy dissipating. Those attacks simply, as they neared within a few yards behind the white‑robed man, vanished without a trace, as if ice met blazing sun!

As if they had never existed!

"What?!!!"

"Impossible!!"

All the beings who struck, the anger and murderous intent on their faces instantly froze, replaced by boundless horror, stupefaction, and a bone‑deep fear!

The attacks they unleashed with all their might were… simply brushed away by the opponent, erased…?!

What an incomprehensible method! What a terrifying cultivation realm?!

Yet, before they could recover from this ultimate shock, the invisible great force that had dispersed all their attacks, still lingering, continued forward, lightly sweeping over their bodies.

"Puff—!"

"Ugh—!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of muffled thuds and screams rang out!

The dozens of beings who had struck, whether at the Half‑Decay Realm Peak or those few true Immortals, under this single swipe were all struck as if by an invisible giant hammer, their bodies flung uncontrollably sideways!

Blood spewed from their mouths, the protective divine light and defensive talismans around them shattered, and the sound of bones cracking filled the air!

It was only a single swipe!

All the attackers were severely wounded and flung away!

Dead and wounded littered the ground in chaos!

The Flame Demon of the Half‑Decay Realm Jiu Chong Tian, half of its fiery wings shattered, barely clinging to life.

The Immortal of the Black Gold Clan, whose supposedly indestructible metallic body was riddled with cracks, its aura waned.

The other beings were even more gruesome, falling onto the ruins like dumplings, moaning incessantly, their eyes filled only with boundless terror and despair.

The power of a single palm, terrifying to this degree!

The white‑robed man seemed to have done only a trivial act, too lazy even to glance at the tragic scene behind him.

He withdrew his palm, smoothed the immaculate moon‑white robe sleeves, his steps still unhurried, and walked gracefully toward the distant Void, soon becoming a barely perceptible speck that vanished into the boundless sky.

Only the countless dead and wounded, the chaotic ruins sunk into death‑like silence, and the surviving beings whose hearts were ashen remained.

After a long while, a trembling, fear‑laden moan finally rose: "He… who exactly is he?! How could he be… so terrifying?!"

"He… he seems… seems to be… the legendary figure of the Honghuang World… the contemporary Young Master of the Xuan Yuan Clan… Xuan Yuanzi Xi!"

"Xuan Yuanzi Xi?!" That name cracked like thunder among the surviving beings!

"What?! It's that defying‑heaven powerhouse?!"

"The Young Master of the Xuan Yuan Clan of the Honghuang World?! It is said that more than ten years after stepping onto the Origin Ancient Road, he already had a ferocious record of battling Immortals! He is hailed as one of the twin absolute stars of the Honghuang World's younger generation!"

"Heavens! It really is him! No wonder… no wonder it's so terrifying! With a casual swipe, he suppressed dozens of us strong ones… This power has probably already surpassed ordinary Immortals, reaching a realm beyond our comprehension!"

"Oh, the vast and towering Honghuang World… it is a mighty multiverse! So many dazzling beings, monsters as countless as fish crossing a river! Yet it is said that only two are truly recognized, standing at the absolute peak of the Honghuang World's younger generation, overlooking their peers!"

"Indeed! One is the enigmatic, rarely seen Imperial Daughter of the Changli Family… Changli Weiyang! The other… is this Xuan Yuanzi Xi!"

"We… we finally managed to approach that Origin Core, thinking we had a chance… Who would have thought we'd run into this deadly star! Ah! Fate and destiny! The heavens mock us! To have survived under his hand is already a great fortune…"

"We… we finally managed to approach that Origin Core, thinking we had a chance… Who would have thought we'd run into this deadly star! Ah! Fate and destiny! The heavens mock us! To have survived under his hand is already a great fortune…"

"We… we finally managed to approach that Origin Core, thinking we had a chance… Who would have thought we'd run into this deadly star! Ah! Fate and destiny! The heavens mock us! To have survived under his hand is already a great fortune…"

"We… we finally managed to approach that Origin Core, thinking we had a chance… Who would have thought we'd run into this deadly star! Ah! Fate and destiny! The heavens mock us! To have survived under his hand is already a great fortune…"

"We… we finally managed to approach that Origin Core, thinking we had a chance… Who would have thought we'd run into this deadly star! Ah! Fate and destiny! The heavens mock us! To have survived under his hand is already a great fortune…"

"We… we finally managed to approach that Origin Core, thinking we had a chance… Who would have thought we'd run into this deadly star! Ah! Fate and destiny! The heavens mock us! To have survived under his hand is already a great fortune…"

Countless sighs, laments, exclamations, and desperate moans echoed throughout the ruins.

The surviving beings looked at each other, their eyes holding only the gratitude of having survived the calamity and a deep terror of the white‑robed man's supreme power.

That Immortal of the Black Gold Clan had not guessed wrong.

This white‑robed man, who with absolute power almost playfully snatched the Origin Core and casually suppressed countless strong ones, is indeed from the Honghuang World, the Young Master of the Xuan Yuan Clan—Xuan Yuanzi Xi!

At this moment, Xuan Yuanzi Xi's figure had already gone far, arriving in the Void at the edge of this island world.

He halted, his moon‑white robe immaculate, his expression still as calm as still water, as if the earlier casual suppression of dozens of strong ones and snatching the Origin Core were merely picking a wildflower during a stroll, utterly trivial.

He raised his left hand, and in his palm lay quietly the Origin Core, emanating the aura of a Dao‑realm beast, drawing countless beings into fierce contention.

The Core's light swirled, its energy massive, yet for Xuan Yuanzi Xi it seemed merely a decent cultivation provision, causing hardly any ripple in his eyes.

He stared at the Core for a moment, then casually put it away.

Immediately, he flipped his right hand, revealing three pale‑cyan jade talismans of a special material, placed side by side in his palm.

At this moment, the three talismans, which should have been warm and luminous with inner spirit, were entirely covered in spider‑web cracks, their glow completely dulled, like ordinary stone!

These three talismans are the life‑soul talismans he gave to Lord Yan and the other two attendants!

The talismans shattering means… the three have already fallen!

Looking at the three shattered talismans in his palm, Xuan Yuanzi Xi's ever‑calm face showed no emotion at all, not even a furrow of his brows.

He merely let out a slight sigh, his voice calm as if stating a matter unrelated to himself:

He only let out a slight sigh, his voice calm as if stating a small matter unrelated to himself:

"Those three useless ones, indeed incapable of success, only bring failure."

There was no anger in his tone, only a faint, seemingly anticipated disappointment.

There was no anger in his tone, only a faint disappointment that seemed to have been anticipated long ago.

"In the end... it was still someone else who got there first, wasn't it?"

He lifted his gaze, his eyes seeming to pierce the layers of island‑world barriers, looking far toward the direction where Ye Wuque fought the Hell Three-Headed Dog and ultimately obtained the Master Inheritance, his stare deep as an ancient abyss of starry sky.

A moment later, within the depths of his unremarkable Dark Eye, a clearly visible flash of strength, sharpness, and a… determined, winning edge finally swept through.

"But…"

He murmured to himself in a low voice, yet with an undeniable certainty:

"That thing... is destined to belong only to me."

"No matter who gets it first... in the end, it will return to me."

He withdrew his gaze, looking toward the deeper parts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Archipelago, toward the region where a more massive, ancient, mysterious aura faintly emanated… the general direction of Central Diguo.

"Central Diguo…" Xuan Yuanzi Xi's mouth corner lifted a faint, yet infinitely confident curve, "You... should be coming, right?"

"After all, that place is the real stage."

"I... am right here, waiting for you."

As his words fell, he no longer lingered; with a slight shift of his form, he completely merged into the Void, disappearing as if he had never been there.

Only those calm, resolute words seemed to linger in the Void, faintly echoing.