Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The passage through the portal was not a smooth path, but rather an extremely unstable spatial rift forcibly torn open by the cub of the Chaos Origin Beast.

The raging temporal turbulence was like billions of invisible blades, frantically slicing through the transmigrators' bodies and souls.

The unconscious Chen Xueqing was held tightly in Yu Changsheng's arms, while Wang Cheng clung tightly to Yu Changsheng's clothes. The three of them were like a lone boat in a raging sea, being tossed and pulled by unimaginable force.

The chaotic mark on Yu Changsheng's back spun violently, emitting chaotic gray mist, struggling to form a thin protective shield to resist external erosion.

Each impact of the turbulent current caused his already cracked body to groan in unbearable pain, and the intense pain deep in his soul almost tore his remaining consciousness apart.

The Chaos Origin Beast cub, no bigger than a palm and possessing characteristics of the Eternal Night Evil Beast's profound darkness, the destructive edge of the Purple Spirit Emperor Sword, the life-giving emerald light of the Rainbow Star Deer, and the raging thunder of the Mons Blue Core Purple Crystal Fragment, appeared unusually weak at this moment.

It lay on Yu Changsheng's chest, its dull gray fur shimmering with light, instinctively absorbing the chaotic energy dissipating from its master's body, while simultaneously feeding back the wisps of pure chaotic source energy it had cultivated, struggling to maintain Yu Changsheng's life force, which was as fragile as a candle in the wind.

This delicate balance became the only anchor point for the three in this perilous passage.

I don't know how much time passed, perhaps a moment, perhaps eternity, but an indescribable, extremely heavy atmosphere of deathly stillness swept over me.

With a dull thud, the three were violently thrown out of the spatial passage and crashed onto a hard, cold ground that reeked of decay and rust.

Yu Changsheng struggled to open his heavy eyelids, his hazy gray eyes focusing with difficulty.

The sight that came into view shocked him deeply.

The sky was an eternal leaden gray, oppressively suffocating, devoid of sun, moon, and stars, with only the occasional streak of unknown light trailing long gray streaks, like the final sigh of a dying beast.

The earth was a mixture of scorched black and dark red, with a viscous, dark purple liquid seeping from the depths of its cracks, emitting a pungent stench of sulfur mixed with blood. Everywhere the eye could see were ruins, with unimaginably massive skeletons half-buried in the scorched earth—some were the skeletal skeletons of dragons, winding like mountain ranges, shimmering with a dim golden luster; others were the white bones of giants, their skeletons riddled with deep cracks; and still others were the remains of bizarre, never-before-seen creatures, emanating a chilling, lingering pressure.

The massive, broken weapon, engraved with ancient and mysterious runes, lay diagonally in the ground, rusty but still retaining the sharp aura that could cleave the heavens and earth.

The air was filled with an intense, almost impenetrable aura of death, chaotic battlefield malevolence, and... a trace of primordial energy that seemed to originate from the very beginning of creation.

This place is a ruin of an ancient battlefield where countless gods and demons have been buried and countless fierce battles have taken place!
Its deathly stillness, desolation, antiquity, and the terrifying energy levels of its remnants far surpass those of the Swamp of Despair and the Valley of Sinking Souls. This place is the "deepest part of the Netherworld" vaguely indicated by the Scripture of Myriad Beasts—the Ancient Ruins of the Burial of Gods.

"Cough...cough cough cough..." The violent coughing interrupted Yu Changsheng's observation. Wang Cheng struggled to prop himself up, his face as pale as paper, and vomited out a mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.

Previously, in order to save Yu Changsheng, he forcibly communicated with the spirit of his pet beast. He also fled all the way and withstood the aftermath of the cleansing cultivators. His internal organs were already riddled with holes, and his cultivation level had plummeted to rock bottom. At this moment, he was showing signs of exhaustion.

“Wang…Cheng…” Yu Changsheng’s voice was hoarse, like sandpaper being rubbed.

He turned his head with difficulty to look at the person in his arms.

Chen Xueqing kept her eyes tightly closed, but her chest rose and fell slightly. The emerald green life rune flickered dimly yet steadily, proving that although her soul had returned to its place, her life force was as weak as a thread, urgently needing rest and a massive replenishment of life energy. The sacrifice of the Rainbow Deer had bought her this last glimmer of hope.

Looking down at his chest, the tiny Chaos Origin Beast cub seemed to sense the drastic change in its environment. Its little nose twitched slightly, as if it had developed an instinctive craving for the chaotic aura and ancient malevolent intent permeating the air. It extended its pink tongue and gently licked a slowly bleeding crack on Yu Changsheng's chest.

As it licked, a cool and vibrant chaotic energy seeped into the wound, causing the torn flesh to show a very slight sign of healing! The cub's own listless aura was also slightly invigorated by absorbing the trace amount of chaotic energy in the environment.

A chaotic gray light flashed in Yu Changsheng's eyes, and he instantly understood the cub's talent—devouring and transformation!

It can instinctively devour the chaotic and mixed energy in the environment, and through its own peculiar "furnace," purify and transform it into pure chaotic source energy that can be absorbed by Yu Changsheng!

This source power contains the characteristic of "nothingness," encompassing all things and possessing both creation and destruction. It is the only remedy to repair his body, which is on the verge of collapse and has fused with multiple conflicting energies! At the same time, absorbing these energies is also the best nourishment for the cub's growth.

"This place...is dangerous...but also an opportunity!"

Yu Changsheng mustered his strength and slowly activated the Chaos Mark, painstakingly absorbing wisps of free-flowing chaotic energy.

The stinging sensation immediately spread throughout my body, like countless steel needles piercing my insides, but it also brought a faint warmth.

He needed a relatively safe place to heal his wounds, a place where he could make use of the environment.

Looking around, they found themselves on the edge of a relatively open, scorched plain littered with enormous skeletons. In the distance, they could vaguely see twisted, black mountains resembling the fangs of giant beasts, as well as natural caves formed by massive skeletons.

The malevolent and deathly aura was particularly strong there.

“Go…over there…the skeleton…cave…” Yu Changsheng pointed to the nearest one, a natural cave formed by the skull of an unknown creature, tens of feet tall and resembling a giant ape.

The cave entrance was obscured by massive, intersecting ribs, forming a natural barrier. Wang Cheng understood, gritted his teeth, and with unwavering willpower supported his body. He first carefully carried the weak Chen Xueqing on his back, and then helped Yu Changsheng, who could barely walk on his own.

Each step was incredibly heavy, echoing dully as it pounded on the scorched earth. The Chaos Origin Beast cub seemed to sense its master's will; it leaped from Yu Changsheng's chest and landed on the ground.

Although small in stature and with somewhat unsteady steps, the chaotic aura emanating from it caused the surrounding ghostly death energy and battlefield remnants to instinctively shun it, as if it had encountered a higher-level being. Like a weak guard, it cautiously walked at the forefront, its small head glancing left and right, clearing a path for the three of them that was less stressful.

The short distance of a hundred feet felt like traversing a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire. When the three finally staggered into the enormous skull cave, Wang Cheng could no longer hold on, spitting out a mouthful of blood and collapsing to the ground. The interior of the cave was larger than expected, filled with a heavy stench of decay, but the omnipresent "gaze" seemed to have lessened somewhat; the faint pressure lingering from the skeleton itself had instead formed a natural shield.

Having confirmed that he was temporarily safe, Yu Changsheng immediately sat down cross-legged, enduring the excruciating pain in both his soul and body, and focused his mind on the chaotic marks within his body and spine.

The condition inside his body was appalling.

His meridians were broken inch by inch, like a riverbed that had been burned by raging fire and then frozen by ice; his internal organs were covered with cracks. The destructive purple lightning of Monslan, the dark origin of the Eternal Night Evil Beast, the icy power of the Styx River's erosion, the cold killing intent left by the Abyss Clan's will... all kinds of violent and conflicting energies ran rampant like wild horses in his broken body, constantly creating new destruction.

The text of the "Scripture of Ten Thousand Beasts" flickered in and out of consciousness, while the runes of the forbidden chapter "Return of Ten Thousand Beasts to One - Chaos Guidance" were unusually active, as if responding to the external environment.

The chaotic mark on his back now resembled a slowly rotating gray vortex, its center profoundly deep, as if connected to the source of chaos.

It is the core of the chaotic energy within the body, and also the only hope.

"To restore one's body, one must first strengthen its source... Chaos is the furnace, and all forces are the fuel..." A sense of enlightenment rose in Yu Changsheng's mind.

He no longer tried to forcibly suppress or separate the conflicting energy within his body. Instead, with his strong will to survive and his remaining soul power, he fully activated the "All Beasts Return to One - Chaos Guidance" method of the "Myriad Beasts Heavenly Scripture"!
hum!
The chaotic mark on its spine suddenly lit up, its dim light illuminating the dark cave. An invisible suction force erupted from the mark!
The first thing to be stirred was the ghostly death aura and the lingering resentment of the battlefield that permeated the cave and even seeped in through the huge skeleton!
These energies, which are like deadly poison to ordinary cultivators, found an outlet and were drawn in strand by strand, surging into the Chaos Mark.

The swirling gray mist at the center of the mark seemed to boil.

Immediately afterwards, the violent and conflicting energies within Yu Changsheng's body—the Dark Origin, the Destruction Purple Lightning, the Yin Qi of the Styx River, and the Killing Intent—were also drawn and pulled by this powerful suction force, flowing continuously into the chaotic vortex on his spine like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea!
This process was extremely painful!

Yu Changsheng's body trembled violently, and the cracks that already existed on his skin instantly widened. Dark red blood mixed with gray energy mist seeped out, and he let out a beast-like growl.

However, miracles are also happening!

The mixed energy that converged into the vortex of the Chaos Mark began to be forcibly stirred, collided, and decomposed under the profound laws of "All Beasts Return to One - Chaos Guidance" and the characteristics of the Chaos Mark itself!
The amethyst fragment fused deep within his mark was now glowing faintly, seemingly providing some kind of catalytic force for "destruction".

The violent energy was forged and tempered in the extreme opposition and conflict! The destructive forces annihilated each other, leaving only the most primitive and essential particles; the life force was rekindled and merged on the verge of annihilation.

Strands of pure energy, finer than a strand of hair yet shimmering with a deep gray light and containing an incredible aura of inclusiveness and evolution—the true source of chaos—began to emerge from the center of the vortex! Like the first ray of light at the dawn of chaos.

This newly generated chaotic energy did not dissipate immediately. A very small portion of it was instinctively fed back by the vortex, flowing along Yu Changsheng's shattered meridians to every corner of his body.

Wherever the chaotic source force passed, the remnants of violent and conflicting energy were "assimilated" or "expelled" like melting snow. Under the nurturing of this source force, extremely fine gray light spots flickered at the broken ends of the broken meridians, as if they were slowly "growing" and "adheding" together!
The cracks in his internal organs were also penetrated by this source power. Although the healing speed was outrageously slow, the destructive trend was finally contained! A faint but incredibly tenacious life force began to sprout anew within his dilapidated body!
"It works!" Yu Changsheng's spirits lifted. The excruciating pain persisted, but the spark of hope had been ignited. He did his best to maintain the state of "Chaos Guidance," greedily devouring the energy inside and outside the cave, like a furnace riddled with holes, taking the first difficult but determined step of self-repair and reconstruction.

Just as Yu Changsheng was immersed in painful cultivation, the little Chaos Origin Beast cub was not idle either.

It seems to have an innate ability to survive in such an extremely harsh yet nutrient-rich environment.

It first cautiously crawled around Yu Changsheng, sniffing the chaotic aura and pain emanating from its master, and let out a weak, worried whimper.

Then, it turned its gaze to the depths of the enormous cavern of bones.

There, in a corner of the skeletons, lay a thick layer of bone dust, weathered from the remains of various ancient creatures. Within the bone dust, faint specks of phosphorescent light flickered eerily.

The cub's eyes lit up—the light of seeing food!
It carefully crawled over with its short legs, stretched out its pink tongue, and gently licked one of the phosphorescent lights.

laugh!
The phosphorescent flame, containing pure netherworld death energy and remnant soul will, was instantly sucked into its mouth!
The cub's body trembled slightly, and the gray fur on its body seemed to become even shinier. A faint but pure aura of the underworld circulated within its body before being completely absorbed and transformed by its own chaotic origin.

It squinted comfortably and made a satisfied purring sound.

Having tasted success, the cub grew bolder. It began actively seeking out small bone fragments scattered throughout the cave, the dark purple malevolent liquid seeping from rock crevices, and even the thin, chaotic air currents flowing in the air. It no longer limited itself to licking; instead, it opened its little mouth and inhaled deeply at its target!
A faint force of absorption was generated!

Those substances containing different energies, whether solid bone fragments or liquid evil liquid, were drawn and shrunk by this force, eventually turning into wisps of air of different colors, which were sucked into the cubs' mouths!
It's like a miniature, highly efficient chaotic furnace, accepting everything that comes its way and transforming it into nutrients for its own growth.

This process was not without its challenges. (End of Chapter)