Living in the deep palace

In the abyss of chaos, time loses its meaning.

Su Chen was completely immersed in this frenzied "hunt" and cultivation.

He was like a tireless ancient war god, constantly engaging in fierce battles with various chaotic primordial spirits of different forms and strange abilities.

His fighting skills became increasingly refined through repeated life-and-death battles.

He has become increasingly adept at using the "Taiyi Power".

From initially being able to only passively defend and struggle forward, he later became able to take the initiative and use the various powerful secret techniques in "Taiyi Zhenmo Lu" with ease.

"Taiyi Shattering Star Fist!"

With a single punch, golden light shone brightly, and a giant ape spirit formed from the "Law of Power" was smashed to pieces!
"Zhou Tian Xing Dou, seal it off!"

Three hundred and sixty-five illusory stars appeared, transforming into a net that trapped a radiant spirit formed from the "Speed ​​Law," ultimately obliterating it!
"Taiyi Reincarnation Disc, appear!"

Faced with a powerful primordial spirit formed from the fusion of several laws, whose strength was comparable to that of an ancient god-king, Su Chen directly unleashed his trump card, using the supreme power of reincarnation to completely annihilate it!

As time went on, Su Chen collected more and more Chaos Crystal Cores.

These crystal cores, each with different properties, contain the most fundamental laws and mysteries from the very beginning of the universe.

Su Chen refined them one by one and integrated them into his Taiyi Dao Seed.

In this process, his Dao seed, like a hungry beast, grew and expanded wildly, becoming more and more solid and brilliant!
He could clearly feel that he was getting closer and closer to the middle stage of the Taiyi Xuanxian realm!
On this day, after slaying a Thousand-Faced Elemental Spirit formed from the "Law of Illusion," Su Chen was preparing to refine its crystal core.

Suddenly, the Taiyi Dao Seed in his sea of ​​consciousness trembled violently without warning!
"Ok?"

Su Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stopped what he was doing.

This fluctuation is not caused by battle or cultivation, but by a resonance from a deeper level!

It was as if, in some corner of this chaotic abyss, there existed something that shared the same origin as his Taiyi Dao Seed!
"Could it be the 'Root of the First Tree'?"

An unprecedented glint flashed in Su Chen's eyes!
He immediately abandoned the crystal core in front of him, concealed all his aura, and focused all his mind on the Taiyi Dao Seed, carefully sensing the extremely faint yet incredibly clear resonance fluctuation.

That fluctuation, like an ancient beacon forgotten for countless years, guided him in the endless sea of ​​chaos.

"In that direction!"

An indescribable surge of excitement welled up in Su Chen's heart!
Without further hesitation, he immediately identified the direction and sped off towards the source of the resonance!
This journey was more dangerous than any of the previous ones.

The closer one gets to the source of that resonance, the more violent the surrounding chaotic energy becomes, and the more powerful and bizarre the chaotic spirits born become.

Su Chen even encountered a "maze elemental spirit" composed of pure "spatial laws," where he was trapped for several days and nearly lost in the endless dimensional rifts.

In the end, it was only through the Taiyi Dao Seed, which had merged with the mysterious stone tablet, and its extraordinary understanding of formations and spatial laws, that it managed to escape with great difficulty.

But his belief only grew stronger!
The greater the danger, the more it proves that the source of that resonance hides a shocking secret!
I don't know how long I traveled through the chaos.

Su Chen finally arrived at a relatively "peaceful" area.

The chaotic airflow here is no longer as violent as it is outside; instead, it presents a kind of deathly stillness that is almost "frozen".

And in that desolate, chaotic core.

A massive, dilapidated ancient ship, made entirely of a strange material that Su Chen had never seen before, shimmering with a dark silver metallic luster, floated silently there.

The design of that ancient ship was completely different from any other celestial, divine, or demonic ship in the vast starry sea!
Its lines are filled with a geometric and sci-fi beauty that Su Chen cannot understand, which transcends the aesthetics of immortals and gods!

This seems to be a trace of civilization left from an even more ancient era.

This was not left behind by the civilizations of immortals and gods.

However, it's normal.

An era lasts for tens of thousands of years. This vast starry sea has ten great eras. History is so vast that it is not surprising to find any strange civilizations.

The ship's hull was covered with countless huge wounds, some as if torn apart by sharp claws, others as if pierced by terrifying energy beams. Clearly, it had been through an extremely fierce battle!

"What...what is this?!"

Su Chen looked at the dilapidated ancient ship that did not belong to this universe civilization and was filled with endless shock!
He could clearly feel that the fluctuation that resonated with his Taiyi Dao Seed was coming from inside the ancient ship!
He cautiously approached the ancient ship, scanning it with his divine sense. He discovered that both the inside and outside of the ship were shrouded in an extremely powerful energy shield, which, despite being dilapidated, still managed to block his detection.

After pondering for a moment, Su Chen finally decided to go inside himself and find out what was going on!
He arrived at a huge damaged spot on the ancient ship, his body radiating a nine-colored Taiyi Immortal Light, and carefully crawled inside.

The interior of the ancient ship was in complete disarray.

Everywhere there were broken metal wrecks and congealed blue blood of an unknown creature.

Su Chen sensed an aura of alien laws that was extremely similar to, yet purer and more chaotic than, the world behind the "door."

"It seems that this ancient ship once engaged in a fierce battle with the entity behind the 'gate'!"

Su Chen's heart grew heavier and heavier.

He followed the huge passageway inside the ship's cabin and finally arrived at the bridge of the ancient ship.

Inside the bridge, most of the instruments and equipment were destroyed, but on the central command platform, a diamond-shaped crystal emitting a faint blue light was still slowly turning.

Su Chen's gaze was instantly drawn to the crystal!

He could feel that the resonance was originating from this crystal!
He reached out and tried to inject a wisp of Taiyi Immortal Power into it.

Om-!
The crystal suddenly burst forth with dazzling light!

A three-dimensional star map composed of countless information streams instantly appeared in front of Su Chen!

At the same time, an aged voice, filled with weariness and despair, yet also carrying a trace of unwillingness and hope, slowly resounded in Su Chen's sea of ​​consciousness.

"The recorder of Cosmic Era 7354 sent out its final message..."

"Our home has been destroyed by the 'devourer'..."

"The 'World Tree' collapsed, and we survivors fled with the last 'spark'..."

"The beacon has been set to the legendary land beyond the cosmic barrier..."

"That might be the last refuge..."

"That eternal city built at the intersection of all reality and all nothingness..." "The City of Nothingness!"

"The City of Nothingness..."

Within Su Chen's sea of ​​consciousness, the weary yet hopeful aged voice vanished completely after uttering those final four words, leaving no trace.

The rhombus-shaped crystal, which had been shimmering with a faint blue light, also dimmed and floated quietly in front of Su Chen, as if it had completed its final mission.

Su Chen stood quietly inside this dilapidated ancient ship that had drifted in chaos for countless epochs, yet a tidal wave of emotions surged within him.

"The Devourer World Tree Spark..."

He muttered to himself, stringing together these fragmented yet earth-shattering words that came from another universe.

A grander, and more brutal, cosmic vision slowly unfolded in his mind.

The existence behind the "door" was not merely aimed at the vast starry sea where he was located.

They are "devourers" who roam the endless universe, feeding on reality and destroying civilizations!
The true source of the Longevity Tree within him is actually the pillar of another universe—the "World Tree"!
That World Tree had clearly collapsed and been completely destroyed in the war against the "Devourers".

This ancient ship, and the survivors on board, were carrying the last "spark" of their civilization, attempting to escape to the legendary final refuge—the City of Nothingness.

Unfortunately, they ultimately failed to reach their destination.

"Is this crystal the last 'spark' of their civilization?"

Su Chen's gaze fell on the rhombus-shaped blue crystal.

He could clearly feel that there was a resonance between his Taiyi Dao Seed and this crystal, originating from the very source.

It wasn't an attraction based on strength, but rather a sense of closeness stemming from shared suffering and origins.

"I see," Su Chen understood. "My Immortal Tree is an echo of the 'World Tree.' And this spark carries the memories of that universe. It sensed the shared aura within me, which is why it transmitted this final message to me."

He reached out and gently grasped the cold blue crystal.

Without hesitation, Su Chen carefully probed into it with a wisp of his Taiyi Immortal Thought.

boom--! ! ! !

In an instant, an indescribable, boundless torrent of information, like a cosmic river bursting its banks, surged wildly into his sea of ​​consciousness!

That was not a clash of forces, but the entire memory of a civilization, from its birth to its glory and its eventual destruction!

Su Chen saw a universe completely different from the vast starry sea, a brilliant civilization that was entirely different from the immortal path and the divine path, and that focused on controlling spiritual energy and technology.

He saw it, the first "World Tree" that truly stood tall and upright, its canopy supporting billions of worlds, its roots rooted in the origin of the universe!
He also witnessed that apocalyptic war!

An invisible, indescribable "devourer" descended upon that world like a cosmic plague.

Reality is distorted, the laws are rewritten, and the world is being "erased" bit by bit!
Countless powerful beings were powerless to resist the "devourer," and their history, their civilization, and the traces of their existence were all reduced to nothingness!

Ultimately, the World Tree collapsed, and the universe came to an end.

The survivors stored the last knowledge, history, and even genetic sequences of their civilization in a crystal called "Spark," and embarked on a desperate escape to the "City of Nothingness" aboard this last ark.

Su Chen's immortal soul underwent an unprecedented baptism and impact in this tragic epic spanning countless eras.

After a long while, he slowly broke free from that vast torrent of information.

A complex emotion flashed in his eyes. There was shock, there was sorrow, but above all, there was an even stronger will to fight!
"The Devourer..."

"Whatever you are..."

"I, Su Chen, will never let my world follow in the same footsteps!"

He gripped the "fire seed" crystal tightly in his hand.

The light shone brightly on the crystal again, and the incomplete three-dimensional star map became clearer and more complete.

A winding yet perfectly clear route appeared on the star map.

Its endpoint points directly to the deepest part of the chaotic abyss—

That legendary last refuge for the remnants of countless worlds—

The City of Nothingness!

With clear navigational aids, Su Chen was no longer wandering aimlessly in the chaotic sea like a headless fly.

He collected the wrecked ancient ship and, along with the "fire seed" crystal, stored it within his own immortal universe.

Immediately, his figure blurred, transforming into a nine-colored streak of light, and following the path indicated by the star map, he sped towards the deepest part of the Chaos Abyss.

This waterway was clearly a relatively safe route that the survivors of that ancient ship had painstakingly developed.

However, even so, it is still extremely dangerous.

The raging chaotic energy turbulence, like a giant beast lurking in the deep sea, would suddenly sweep in from the side without warning, enough to tear even the immortal bodies of Xuan Yu Immortal Ranking experts to shreds.

Furthermore, some powerful primordial spirits, born from the core of chaos and possessing strength comparable to ancient god-kings, reside on key nodes of the shipping route, filled with hostility towards all living beings attempting to pass through.

Su Chen experienced several thrilling battles along the way.

With his ever-improving Taiyi Immortal Power and the vast amount of knowledge about the laws of the universe he gained from the "Fire Seed," he cleared away these obstacles one by one without any major incident.

His cultivation was constantly being honed and solidified in the process, and he was only a thin layer away from the middle stage of the Taiyi Xuanxian realm.

On this day, Su Chen was passing through a chaotic area composed of countless fragments of "spatial laws".

Suddenly, a sense of alarm struck him, and he abruptly stopped!

In the chaos ahead, there was an unimaginably vast region where the flow of laws was completely different from the surrounding area!
The chaos there was no longer disorder or disorder, but presented a strange "order"!
It was as if an supreme will had forcibly twisted this area into its own "domain"!
"This is a Chaos Lord?!"

Chaos is a place where only Golden Immortals can traverse, and only beings of the Three Realms can slumber.

Within this chaos, there are naturally dangers that can bring death to those below the Golden Immortal level, and the Chaos Lord is one of them. (End of Chapter)