Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The six newly born beasts surrounded Yu Changsheng, each of them radiating a chaotic aura that was distinct yet shared a common origin.

The edges of the Chaos Golden Roc's wings swirled with sharp, space-splitting golden light;
A chaotic fire dragon coiled up, and dark red lava pulsed slowly in the gaps between its scales, distorting the air with its scorching heat;
The Chaos Tortoise lay prone on the ground, its thick shell covered with ancient runes, resembling a moving mountain.
The little star deer gently nestled against Chen Xueqing, its emerald green radiance softly nourishing her still-recovering body;

The Eternal Night Evil Beast transformed into a constantly shifting shadow, silent and still, with only two points of eerie red light appearing and disappearing intermittently;
Meanwhile, the Purple Spirit Emperor Sword hovered above Yu Changsheng's head, its blade trembling slightly, exhaling a sharp sword intent that could tear everything apart. Each glimmer of light caused a slight stagnation in the surrounding chaotic energy flow.

With Wang Cheng's help, Chen Xueqing finally sat down cross-legged. Her face regained some color, but the weariness of surviving a disaster was still deep in her eyes.

Wang Cheng's breath was even more weak. After taking the "Repair Source" pill, his cultivation stopped collapsing and even showed a faint tendency to be replenished. However, the depths of his internal organs, which had been pierced by the ghost vine and corroded by the death energy of the underworld, were still like a tattered rag riddled with holes, and every breath brought excruciating pain.

Only the chaotic, primordial mark on Yu Changsheng's back, like a greedy vortex, slowly and steadily devoured the omnipresent ghostly death energy, the chilling malevolent intent, and the fragments of chaotic laws originating from the ancient battlefield within the cavern.
The Chaos Origin Force gradually grew, repairing the meridians and acupoints in his body that had been forcibly mixed, torn, and on the verge of collapse by "All Beasts Return to One - Chaos Guidance".

The pain was like a leech, gnawing at his soul and body as the source energy flowed through him, but he remained calm, his eyes deep in a chaotic gray abyss, with only the fine beads of cold sweat on his forehead indicating the ferocity of this silent battle.

The black tortoise suddenly let out a deep, short roar.

On the massive tortoise shell, the runes that had been flowing with a dark light suddenly lit up, flickering rapidly, like a backstab that explodes when encountering a powerful enemy.

"Immortality!" Wang Cheng's expression changed. He endured the excruciating pain in his internal organs, gripped the long sword in his hand tightly, and the sword hummed.

Yu Changsheng's chaotic gray eyes instantly focused on the direction the Xuan Turtle had warned him about.

Without a word, an invisible force instantly enveloped the six beasts.

The dragon roared, its head held high, and its intense breath surged and churned in its throat.

The golden roc flapped its wings and hovered in front of Yu Changsheng, its feathers cutting through the air with a sharp sound.

The Purple Spirit Emperor Sword shone brightly, its tip pointing directly at the cave entrance;
The shadow of the evil beast spread silently;
The Xuan Turtle slowly moved its massive body, its thick shell slightly turning to protect Chen Xueqing and the little Caixing deer in the most secure position behind it.

"Buzz—! Hiss—!"

A chilling friction sound and the piercing shriek of vines tearing through the air exploded from the depths of the dark cave!

Dozens of vine shadows, thicker and darker than before, resembling years of stagnant blood, shot out like a swarm of venomous pythons that had caught the scent of blood!

These newly sprouted Netherworld Vine are not only larger in size, but their surfaces are also covered with a layer of viscous, eerie green substance resembling decaying moss, emitting an even stronger, pungent, putrid stench.

Before the vines even arrived, the tangible aura of death and malevolent intent emanating from the underworld rushed towards us like an ice tide, and thick black ice crystals formed on the walls of the cave!
"Hold on!" Yu Changsheng shouted in a low voice, which was unusually clear amidst the chaotic energy flow.

The Purple Spirit Imperial Sword made the first move!

The sword emitted a clear, resonant sound that seemed to pierce through metal and split stone, as a condensed, tangible purple sword aura slashed through the air.

The sword light, like a dragon, precisely slashed at the node where the ghost vines converged at the very front.

However, this time, when the sword energy struck the viscous, dark green surface of the vine, it produced a piercing "sizzling" sound, like molten metal being poured into ice water. The energy of the sword energy was rapidly corroded and dissolved by the viscous substance, greatly reducing its power. It only left a few deep scorch marks on the surface and failed to cut it off!
"Roar!" The fiery dragon roared, its mouth opening wide, and a torrent of molten red dragon breath surged out, heading towards the vines on the other side.

The high temperature incinerated everything, but the eerie green sap on the surface of the ghost vines boiled violently under the scorching of the dragon's breath, seemingly forming a buffer layer that insulated them from the high temperature. Although the vines were charred and curled up, emitting painful hissing sounds, their speed of penetration did not stop at all!
The Chaos Golden Roc transformed into a golden thread that tore through space, sweeping at high speed, its sharp roc claws fiercely grabbing at the core of a ghost vine.

The clang of metal against metal was ear-piercing. This time, although the roc's claws tore through the vine skin, bringing out a large amount of foul-smelling dark green sap, the vines were more resilient than imagined. The Netherworld Crystal Core at its core was protected by deeper and thicker vine tendrils and was not exposed.

Instead, several cunning ghost vines entangled themselves around the fast-moving trajectory of the Golden Roc, attempting to bind it.

"careful!"

Wang Cheng shouted, mustered his remaining spiritual energy, and unleashed a dim sword aura, barely managing to deflect the end of a vine that was sneaking towards Jin Xinglu and Chen Xueqing. However, he was thrown back by the recoil, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth again.

The pressure has increased dramatically!

The newly grown ghost vines not only have greatly increased defensive and corrosive properties, but also reveal a cunning cooperative hunting strategy.

Instead of charging blindly, they split into several groups to specifically attack Chen Xueqing and Wang Cheng, whose defenses were slightly weaker and who were recovering, thus diverting the firepower of the six beasts commanded by Yu Changsheng.

The Xuan Turtle roared, and its huge shell suddenly emitted an earthy yellow halo, forming a solid barrier that temporarily blocked the ghost vines that were attacking Chen Xueqing and Wang Cheng.

But more vines, like piranhas attracted by the smell of blood, swarmed densely toward the Xuan Turtle's body. The viscous corrosive liquid frantically eroded its defensive aura, making a "sizzling" sound, and the aura visibly dimmed.

"This can't go on like this!"

Wang Cheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and watched as the Xuan Turtle struggled against the vines, while the Flame Dragon and Golden Roc were also restrained. The sword light of the Purple Spirit Emperor Sword was also greatly weakened by the corrosive slime. His heart sank to the bottom.

The cave space is limited, the number and toughness of the ghost vines far exceed expectations, and Yu Changsheng's own condition is by no means optimistic.

In that instant of stalemate, a pressure far more terrifying and immense than the Netherworld Ghost Vine rose up without warning from the cave floor beneath their feet, from the deeper and more mysterious earth veins!

That was not an explosion of energy, but the awakening of a will! Cold and ancient, carrying endless desolation and greed, it was as if a giant beast that had been sleeping for billions of years was slowly opening its dust-covered eyelids.

The entire cavern, no, the entire skeletal cavern and even the vast space of the Ancient Burial Ruins, seemed to tremble slightly under this will.

The chaotic, original-colored mark on Yu Changsheng's back suddenly turned scalding hot!
It felt as if I was being pressed down hard by an invisible branding iron!

A tremendous warning from the depths of his soul transformed into a cold current that instantly swept through his entire body, and for the first time, his chaotic gray eyes revealed an almost horrified solemnity.

"under!"

Before the words were finished, the cave floor beneath their feet, which was covered with bones and broken weapons, collapsed like rotten wood crushed by a giant's foot!
A violent surge of dark energy, mixed with dust and bone fragments that had accumulated over countless millennia, shot into the sky, instantly engulfing everyone!

Sight was completely cut off, leaving only endless darkness and the ear-splitting sound of shattered rocks crashing together. The roars of the six beasts, Chen Xueqing's short gasps of alarm, Wang Cheng's muffled groans… all sounds were swallowed up by the sudden collapse. An irresistible suction force emanated from the abyss beneath the collapsed earth, like the gaping maw of the underworld!
As Yu Changsheng's body plummeted, the Chaos Mark erupted with a blinding gray light, forcibly stabilizing his body. The gray mist shield struggled to open, protecting Chen Xueqing and Xiao Caixinglu, who were also trying their best to stabilize their breathing.

"Wang Cheng!" Yu Changsheng roared, and the gray mist reached out into the chaotic dark dust like tentacles.

However, it was too late!

Right in the direction where the gray fog extended, at the bottom of the collapsed dust, two enormous, suffocatingly bright crimson lights suddenly shone!
That wasn't a light source, but rather the cold, greedy eyes of some being!

A roar that defied description, carrying a shockwave that reached the very soul, exploded directly in everyone's minds!

With that roar, a gigantic maw, filled with gleaming white fangs and resembling a gateway to the abyss of hell, suddenly opened wide!

The enormous opening almost occupied the entire cross-section of the collapsed crater.

The fangs were not made of bone, but of some strange substance that gleamed with a cold metallic light and was covered with ancient, mottled etchings.

The foul-smelling wind pressure carried an overwhelming aura of death, forming a substantial vortex of airflow.

The target was Wang Cheng, who had just barely managed to hold on under the attack of the Ghost Vine, his old wounds reopened, and his body unsteady!

The terrifying suction force instantly increased tenfold!
Wang Cheng felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, as if the entire weight of the Burial Ruins of Gods had pressed down on him, and his internal organs, which had just begun to recover, emitted a sickening groan once again.

He didn't even have time to utter a cry of alarm before he was swept up by that pure, destructive suction force, like a withered leaf in a storm, irresistibly thrown into the gaping maw of hell!
"No—!" Chen Xueqing screamed, her voice filled with despair.

Yu Changsheng's eyes were bloodshot!
His chaotic gray eyes were instantly filled with a raging crimson!
Wang Cheng, this brother who stood shoulder to shoulder with me through the swamp of despair, fought the Cleansers, and fell into the ancient ruins of the gods, never abandoning me even on the brink of life and death!

To watch helplessly as he was devoured by that unknown, terrifying being?!

"you wanna die!!"

The furious roar was like a thunderclap from the heavens!

All of Yu Changsheng's concerns, all his forbearance, and all his forcibly suppressed injuries were completely ignited and detonated at this moment!
He no longer suppressed the burning, chaotic mark on his back, but instead poured all his remaining power, along with his almost burning divine will, into it without regard for anything else!

"All beasts unite! Come back here!!!"

The thought, like an invisible storm, swept through the six beasts in an instant!

It is no longer a simple cooperative battle, but the most thorough and primal resonance and forced fusion of flesh and soul! This is a forbidden secret technique recorded in the "Scripture of Ten Thousand Beasts", which is a forced reversal after differentiation, and it is a severe injury that is almost certain to kill both the caster and the differentiated beast!

"Roar—!" The Chaos Flame Dragon let out a deafening roar of pain as its massive body disintegrated in the gray light.

"Clang!" The Purple Spirit Emperor Sword emitted a mournful cry like tearing silk, its blade shattering inch by inch!

"Screech!" The feathers of the Chaos Golden Roc transformed into countless golden fragments...

The shadow of the Eternal Night Evil Beast, the thick rune shell of the Xuan Turtle, the pure life aura of the Little Colorful Star Deer... everything was forcibly devoured, torn apart, and then melted down in an instant by the almost out-of-control, violent, chaotic gray light that erupted from Yu Changsheng's body!

Unimaginable pain overwhelmed Yu Changsheng in an instant!
He felt as if his soul and body were being simultaneously cut, torn apart, and shredded by countless invisible blades! Every nerve was burning, and every heartbeat was like detonating a nuclear fire within his body!
The Chaos Mark was like a supernova that had been ignited, spinning wildly, expanding, and spewing out a destructive torrent of chaotic energy!

The price paid was a power that froze the entire collapsing space!
Boom! ! !

The gray light exploded!

A majestic figure, whose grandeur defies description, was forcibly manifested above the collapsing abyss!
It was neither the form of the previous cub nor the outline of any known behemoth.

It was more like a chaotic storm at the beginning of the universe, unformed yet containing all possibilities! The head was indistinct, with only two eyes burning with the original color of chaos, coldly looking down at the open, gigantic skeletal maw below.

Its enormous body was composed of flowing gray flames, distorted spatial rifts, and countless flickering fragments of laws. Its limbs extended out as giant claws formed purely of spatial cutting power and stomping hooves condensed from chaotic energy.

Chaos Origin Beast!

The giant skeletal serpent seemed to sense the terrifying pressure that transcended its rank, and for the first time, its blood-red eyes revealed a trace of instinctive fear.

Its massive jaws, which had been swallowing Wang Cheng, snapped shut, attempting to burrow deeper into the earth.

But it was too late!

The Chaos Origin Beast's giant claws, formed from the power of spatial cutting and seemingly capable of tearing apart the world's barrier, slashed down without any fancy moves at the location of the skeletal giant serpent's head, which was already mostly closed!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no blinding light.

There was only one soul-chilling "sizzle" sound.

Like a red-hot knife slicing through solidified grease.

The giant skeletal serpent's massive head, harder than divine metal and covered with ancient erosion marks, along with its enormous skeletal body, shrouded in a thick, dark aura of death, was cleanly and smoothly sliced ​​in two from its jaws to nearly a third of its tail by the chaotic giant claw!
There was no blood splattering at the incision site.

Only the hazy, chaotic currents of air, like a persistent, invasive disease, frantically eroded the broken bones and the nether energy condensed within them, emitting a hissing sound as they devoured and dissolved them.

The remaining upper half of the giant serpent's body writhed and convulsed wildly in the abyss, emitting a silent, soul-piercing scream, while its blood-red giant eyes quickly dimmed and went out.

An incredibly pure and powerful essence of life, mixed with wisps of lingering chaotic energy, gushed forth like a fountain from the center of the giant serpent's torn "wound"!
This is the core essence that the giant skeletal serpent has condensed over millions of years by absorbing the essence of the earth's veins and devouring the death energy of the netherworld!
Yu Changsheng was already at his limit, and the Chaos Origin Beast's form once again diverged into six beasts.

Wang Cheng fell out from within the giant serpent. (End of Chapter)