Chapter 1098 - 497: A New Dao! (Part 2)

A wisp of gray airflow, at some unknown moment, had already appeared in its core essence!

That airflow was exactly the projection of the Chaotic Nebula in Dao Sheng’s right eye!

"What is this?! What have you done?!"

The "Throat of Chaos" let out a terrified roar. It discovered that its proud, all-assimilating, all-twisting "chaos" essence, upon contact with this wisp of gray airflow, was unexpectedly... "neutralized"!

It wasn’t annihilated, it wasn’t suppressed, but rather, like the collision of water and fire, it ultimately transformed into a void of "steam"!

Its "existence" was slowly being... erased from the conceptual level!

"No! This is impossible! I am the ’chaos’! ’Chaos’ is eternally indestructible! How can you..."

"You are not ’chaos’."

Dao Sheng’s voice coldly interrupted it.

"You are merely ’chaos’, an extreme manifestation of ’existence’."

"As for me, I have witnessed the pinnacle of ’existence’ and embraced the possibility of ’non-existence’."

"In my ’Dao’, your ’chaos’ is just an aspect that can be ’accommodated’ and naturally has the potential to be ’reduced to zero’."

As Dao Sheng’s words fell, that wisp of gray airflow suddenly expanded!

"Ah——!"

A scream, so terrible it defied description, echoed through the endless void.

The vast entity of the "Throat of Chaos" began to "melt" at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if an ice block was thrown into strong acid!

The remnants of the shattered worlds, the twisted Laws, the wailing spirits, all were transformed into the purest "nothingness" within that gray light, utterly vanishing, leaving not a trace of their existence.

It struggled, roared, tried to resist, but all in vain.

In the face of Dao Sheng’s new "Dao", it was like a child who only knew basic arithmetic confronting a sage capable of defining the entire mathematical axiom system, not even on the same dimension.

"Dao Sheng! You cannot kill me! I am the emissary of ’Gui Xu’! If you kill me, the will of ’Gui Xu’ will descend! The entire Sea of Chaos will face the ultimate reckoning!"

At the very moment it was to be wholly erased, the "Throat of Chaos" finally revealed an earth-shattering secret!

Gui Xu!

This name made the few ancient observers in the void shudder sharply!

"Gui Xu... it’s actually a tentacle of ’Gui Xu’?" The will of the "Source of All Things" fluctuated violently for the first time.

"Trouble... true trouble is just beginning!" The voice of "Void’s Touch" was filled with dread.

Only the "Eye of Silence", in whose eyes a dark light flickered to the extreme.

"I see... Fire, your move is indeed ambitious... you want this new ’variable’ to oppose... the ’ultimate’ existence even you and I must steer clear of?"

However, upon hearing the words "Gui Xu", Dao Sheng’s face remained devoid of any disturbance.

He simply looked calmly at the final trace of origin mark of the "Throat of Chaos" that was about to disappear and said lightly:

"So what?"

"In my world, I decide the definitions."

"If it wants to come, let it come."

BOOM!!!

The last wisp of the "Throat of Chaos" origin was completely erased.

This terrifying entity that wreaked havoc for multiple epochs... vanished into thin air.

The Dao Origin Realm settled into complete silence.

Dao Sheng slowly withdrew his gaze, sensing that with the death of the "Throat of Chaos", an unprecedented, strong connection was forged between the entire Dao Origin Realm and himself.

He was this world.

This world was him.

With a thought, the shattered land began to slowly draw together. Though the mountains and rivers maintained their eerie and twisted forms, a new "life force" was quietly burgeoning within.

This was a type of... life force capable of surviving in chaos, even using chaos as nourishment, a completely new form of life.

He succeeded. He saved his own world, albeit in a manner no one could have predicted.

However, no joy appeared on his face.

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the canopy of the Dao Origin Realm, looking toward the endless, cold, dark Sea of Chaos.

He knew, the death of the "Throat of Chaos" was not an end.

But rather... a beginning.

An even grander, more terrifying, and more... intriguing game had just been set.

At this moment, his golden left eye suddenly contracted!

He felt a familiar yet unfamiliar will slowly awakening from the deep recesses of the Sea of Chaos, fixing its gaze upon him.

That was... the will of "Fire".

But this time, the will carried none of its former gentleness and guidance.

Instead, it was a cold indifference, as if appraising a "tool".

A thought crossed infinite distances, resonating directly in his Divine Soul.

"Well done, my ’Dao Fruit’."

"You didn’t disappoint me, successfully integrating the fragments of ’chaos’, completing the First Stage of ’tempering’."

"Now, prepare to undertake your... first ’task’."

Dao Sheng’s pupil narrowed to a needle’s point at this moment.

He suddenly understood.

From the very start, he was never a player.

He wasn’t even a piece on the board.

He was merely a weapon meticulously cultivated by Fire for some purpose.

The so-called "Throat of Chaos," the so-called "calamity," were simply parts of the weapon’s "tempering" process.

An icier, more piercing chill than being deceived by the "Throat of Chaos" for eight thousand years slowly rose from within his heart.

It seemed to sense Dao Sheng’s pain and weakness, a hint of human-like urgency and sorrow appeared in its eyes.

It let out a soft cry, then lowered its head, gently touching Dao Sheng’s crack-covered body with its crystal-like antlers.

Buzz...

A power of life so pure it lacked any law definition, transferred from the antlers, flowed slowly into Dao Sheng’s body.

This power was not strong, perhaps even weak. It could not repair Dao Sheng’s dao foundation on the brink of collapse, nor could it quell the law turbulence between heaven and earth.

Yet, it was like the gentlest remedy, soothing Dao Sheng’s soon-to-shatter Divine Soul.

It told him that the world was not comprised solely of betrayal and destruction.

In unseen corners, life still existed, remembering him for his initial "gifts" in the purest of ways.

Dao Sheng looked at the small beast he called "First Spirit", and for the first time, a hint of warmth touched his ice-bound, deathly silent heart.

He slowly extended his crack-filled hand, gently placing it atop First Spirit’s head.

"Thank you..."

His voice was hoarse and weak.

"I was... wrong..."

He closed his remaining left eye.

At this moment, he made a decision harder and requiring more courage than destroying his right eye.

He consciously, completely relinquished control over all the "order" laws within him!

He no longer tried to suppress, no longer tried to stabilize, no longer tried to recover.

He opened his shattered dao foundation, his remaining essence entirely... to a world already out of control, already mad!

Rumble——!

Outside, the chaotic Laws of Heaven and Earth seemed to find an outlet, instantly sensing Dao Sheng’s "release".

Endless, conflicting, twisted, frenzied torrents of law, like rivers finding their homeland, rushed madly toward the pit where Dao Sheng was!

It was a terrifying power potent enough to instantly tear any deity into shreds, even obliterating their Divine Souls into nothingness!

Frightened by the momentum, First Spirit staggered back, eyes filled with fear, yet it refused to leave, only letting out sorrowful cries toward Dao Sheng in the pit.

Yet, Dao Sheng remained exceptionally calm in the eye of the storm.