Chapter 1170 - 533: Return to Nothingness

Chapter 533

At this moment, Xu Ran seemed like a porcelain figure about to shatter, tragically beautiful and magnificently heroic.

And precisely at this moment, the Spear of Judgment from the Celestial Kingdom and the demonic qi pillar from the Abyss, finally descended!

Time seemed to slow infinitely at this instant.

In Fimir’s eyes, a cruel yet joyous smile emerged.

The soul fire of Zhen Shan and the Purple Lightning Knights dimmed to the utmost, filled with despair.

However, just the instant before the two powers were about to touch Xu Ran’s body.

"It’s done."

Xu Ran’s voice rang out once more.

Between his hands, the collapsed grey foggy singularity had finally completed its final transformation.

No earth-shattering light, no world-destroying explosion.

All sounds, all light and shadow, all laws, were "devoured" at this moment.

A crystal roughly the size of a fist, with an indescribable "chaotic grey" color throughout, quietly hovered in Xu Ran’s palm.

It had no shape; it seemed both square and round, and at a glance, appeared to be a superimposition of countless geometric figures. It had no luster, yet it was more dazzling than the brightest star because it was devouring all surrounding light.

It hovered there quietly, yet it seemed like the center of the cosmos, the starting point of all paths, and the end of all things.

"Congratulations to the host, the ’Hongmeng Dao Embryo’ is refined!"

"Congratulations to the host, the transformation of the Divine Furnace Dao Body is complete, elevated to ’Chaos Furnace Body’!"

"Congratulations to the host, ’The Primordial Dao Bone Scripture’ breaks through the bottleneck, advancing to Great Success in the Divine Furnace Realm!"

A string of notifications announced the unprecedented gamble, ending with Xu Ran’s victory!

Boom!

An indescribable, overwhelming power fed back from the ’Hongmeng Dao Embryo,’ instantly surging into Xu Ran’s nearly collapsing body.

All the cracks on his body healed at a rate visible to the naked eye. The newly born skin was no longer a blend of gold and black, but an ancient, jade-like hue as if it had weathered through eons. His aura shifted from previously sharp to introverted, deep, like an ancient well of unfathomable depth.

Great Success in the Divine Furnace Realm!

His realm crossed a minor level in just a brief instant!

All of this happened in a flash.

Outside, the spear of judgment and the demonic qi pillar finally struck the gigantic, fissured Gui Xu Reincarnation grinding disc!

"Boom——!!!"

A sound loud enough to shatter stars finally erupted.

However, the scene of the disc shattering and Xu Ran being blown to ashes did not appear.

The moment the two forces touched the disc, a new, supreme "Dao rhythm," spread from Xu Ran at the center of the disc!

It was a "chaotic" Dao rhythm!

Buzz!

A grey domain silently unfolded, centered on Xu Ran.

Within the domain, all laws were "reset," all energy returned to its "source."

The spear of judgment, composed purely of the Law of Order, saw its billions of complex runes blur and dim as if erased by a rubber, eventually transforming into the most primitive attribute-less light particles, vanishing into nothingness.

And the demonic qi pillar, filled with corruption and engulfing will, met the same fate. Its "chaotic" attribute, in the face of "chaos," seemed like a child’s scribble, easily broken down, purified, and reduced to the most elemental dark energy.

Two absolute kills, capable of annihilating a whole star domain, were so lightly resolved.

Not even a ripple could be stirred in Xu Ran’s chaotic domain.

"..."

The entire world fell into deathly silence.

In front of the Celestial Kingdom’s gate, tens of thousands of celestial warriors seemed to have been immobilized, unable to hold their Holy Light spears firmly.

The smile on Arbiter Fimir’s face completely froze, replaced by profound shock and fear.

"The...laws...obliteration...no, it’s...it’s returning to the source...what...what domain is this?!" He stuttered, his understanding at the Divine Furnace Realm completely overturned at this moment.

He had never seen, never heard of such a domineering, unreasonable domain!

This was no longer a confrontation at the level of power, but a crushing by "Dao!"

Xu Ran’s "chaos" surpassed the Celestial Kingdom’s "order" and the Abyss’s "chaos!"

"It’s over."

Xu Ran slowly stood up, glanced at the "Hongmeng Dao Embryo" in his hand, feeling the terrifying energy within that could elevate him to the Divine Furnace Realm in one stride, and nodded in satisfaction.

He carefully integrated the embryo into his body furnace for nurturing, as this was the most crucial cornerstone on his future path.

Then, he lifted his head, his gaze calmly fixed on Fimir in the sky.

That gaze no longer carried the previous battle intent and sharpness, only a detached indifference as one would regard a lifeless object.

"No...don’t kill me!" Fimir sensed the gaze of death; his pride, his dignity, crushed to dust at this moment. He turned to flee back into the Celestial Kingdom’s gate, even at the cost of burning his divine fire source, just to grasp a flicker of hope.

However, Xu Ran merely raised his right hand slowly, extending a finger.

On the fingertip, there was no earth-shattering might, only a barely perceptible, grey foggy airflow coiled around.

It was chaotic qi.

The beginning of all things, also the end of all things.