The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

The furious attack from the three Dao Venerable-level beings was like the collapse of the heavens, crushing down from different directions.

The Black Heaven Dao Venerable's deathly chains were insidious and cunning, piercing through layers of spatial folds, aiming directly at Yun Li, the weakest of the three. The White Abyss Dao Venerable's icy sword light sealed off all escape routes above, its chilling aura freezing the space itself. Meanwhile, the Xuan Serpent's utterly frenzied strangulation force pressed in from all directions, determined to crush them, along with the torn "Reverse Scale" area, into a bloody pulp!

A desperate situation! A truly desperate situation!

Ming Chen's face was deathly pale, a hint of despair flashing in his eyes, but the whisk in his hand still shone brightly, trying to create a sliver of hope in this desperate situation. Yun Li bit her lip tightly, holding her broken flute horizontally in front of her, determined to die rather than surrender.

Han Mu's pupils contracted. The violent power brought by the Exploding Yuan Pill within his body was still surging, but against these three terrifying attacks, any one of which could easily annihilate a peak Golden Immortal, this power was like a firefly compared to the bright moon. His mind raced, and the system panel instantly appeared, but his immortal spiritual energy was depleted. The life-saving items available for exchange in the shop were either too expensive for him to afford at the moment, or a drop in the ocean.

Am I really going to perish here? No! Han Mu has endured countless tribulations, rising from humble beginnings in the lower realm to where he is today. How could he possibly fall here!

Just at this critical moment, another unexpected event occurred!

The primordial ferocity that burst forth from the crack that broke through the "reverse scale," carrying core fragments, seemed to possess its own will. Faced with the destructive energy coming from three directions, it not only did not retreat, but instead paused abruptly, and then, like a ferocious beast that had been provoked, it erupted with a roar!

Roar--!

A deep, ancient, and violent roar did not come from the Xuan Snake writhing in pain outside, but from the depths of that primordial aura! That aura suddenly surged, transforming into a blurry, indescribable, enormous phantom that enveloped the core fragment along with the area where Han Mu and the others were located!

Three terrifying attacks came one after another, slamming into the sudden primordial phantom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A terrifying explosion raged within the Xuan Snake's body, an energy storm sweeping everything in its path. Dark green flesh, pitch-black death energy, silver-white ice crystals, and the raging primordial aura collided and annihilated each other. The silver passage that Ming Chen had created shattered instantly. He spat out a mouthful of blood, his whisk's light dimming as he flew backward. Yun Li groaned, swept away by the aftershocks of the explosion, her broken flute slipping from her hand. Han Mu also felt as if he had been struck head-on by an ancient divine mountain; his internal organs seemed to shift. A mouthful of blood surged to his throat, which he forcibly swallowed, and he staggered backward.

However, the expected annihilation did not occur!

The primordial phantom bore the brunt of the attack. Although it trembled violently and dimmed, it did not collapse immediately! It stood like an indestructible wall, firmly blocking the attacks from all three sides! Moreover, at the center of the phantom, the fist-sized fragment of the Time-Space Palace core, flowing with silver patterns, seemed to be stimulated by the violent collision and energy. Its light suddenly became dazzling, the patterns on its surface flowed wildly, and an even more powerful and profound spacetime fluctuation rippled out like water!

Where this spacetime fluctuation passed, the chaotic energy storm momentarily froze, the raging spatial turbulence calmed down, and even the frantically writhing flesh and gushing snake blood within the Xuan Snake slowed down slightly!

"The power of time? No, it's a distortion of spacetime!" Ming Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, staring in shock at the core fragment and the primordial phantom. The whisk in his hand trembled slightly, resonating faintly with the fluctuations emanating from the core fragment, as if it had been summoned by some force.

"Now's the time!" Han Mu roared, gathering his strength, ignoring his injuries, his gaze fixed on the core fragment. The primordial phantom surrounding the fragment was rapidly fading, clearly not lasting much longer. Outside, the exclamations of surprise from Hei Tian and Bai Yuan, along with the sounds of an even more ferocious attack brewing, could be heard!

We must obtain the fragment! Or at least use the spacetime distortion caused by the fragment to escape this place!

Without hesitation, he channeled the last of his available power into his legs, his body moving like lightning, braving the remaining energy storm as he charged towards the core fragment! At the same time, he quickly communicated with the system, temporarily exchanging for the only thing he could possibly use at this moment, at the cost of overdrawing his future recovery.

[Overdraft Exchange: Basic Spacetime Anchor Point (One-time Use), briefly marks the current spacetime coordinates and creates slight spacetime disturbances within a small area, interfering with locking. Consumes: Immortal Spiritual Energy gained from cultivation over the next three months. Exchange now?]

"exchange!"

A strange, illusory symbol made of silver light appeared in Han Mu's palm. He aimed at the location of the core fragment and slammed the symbol out! The symbol transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the area shrouded by the primordial phantom. It did not directly contact the core fragment, but exploded nearby, turning into an even more chaotic ripple of spacetime.

The ripples mixed with the fluctuations emanating from the core fragments, making the flow of time and spatial structure in that area even more chaotic and unpredictable. The attacks from Hei Tian and Bai Yuan, once they entered this area, experienced slight deviations in their trajectories, and their power was weakened and dispersed considerably by the chaotic spacetime forces.

"You're courting death!" Hei Tian roared, clearly sensing Han Mu's intentions. A more solid, jet-black chain, entwined with countless illusory figures of wronged souls, tore through the chaotic spacetime like a venomous dragon emerging from its lair, aiming straight for Han Mu's back! This attack was even more ferocious than before, locking onto Han Mu's aura, leaving him no way to dodge!

Bai Yuan snorted coldly and stopped holding back. He pointed a finger, and nine crystal-clear ice cones condensed in the void. Each one emitted an extreme cold that could freeze the soul, sealing off all of Han Mu's escape space from different angles.

A pincer attack from both sides, a deadly situation has reappeared! Moreover, this time, the primordial phantom is even dimmer, seemingly powerless to resist.

At this critical moment of life and death, another unexpected event occurred!

The communication jade slip that Han Mu always kept close to his body, the one that had vibrated slightly before, suddenly flew out of his arms without warning and hovered in front of him!

On the jade slip, the previously dim silver light has now become bright. It is not the emergency communication code left by Han Li, but another kind of more complex runes full of spatial rhythm! These runes light up instantly, combining into a miniature, stable spatial channel phantom. At the other end of the channel, it is pitch black, but there is a faint starlight flickering, which seems to be... the chaotic sea void outside the Xuan Snake's body?

At the same time, a familiar voice, calm yet tinged with urgency, rang in his mind—it was Han Li!

"Brother Han, it is I, Han Li. To make a long story short, I have used a hidden spacetime node near the Netherworld Abyss to temporarily anchor myself in a relatively stable void ten thousand miles outside the Xuan Serpent's body. This jade slip contains a spatial divine ability of mine, which can forcibly open a one-way passage for three breaths, but it can only accommodate a maximum of three people, and the fluctuations are extremely large, so it will definitely be detected. There is a faint starlight at the other end of the passage, come quickly! Remember, you only have one chance!"

It was Han Li! He had been nearby the whole time, even risking using the power of the Netherworld Abyss spacetime node to carve out a possible path to survival in this desperate situation! Although it was only for three breaths, and although the extreme fluctuations would inevitably expose him, it was the only glimmer of hope in this dire predicament!

"Go!" Han Mu shouted without hesitation at the equally astonished Ming Chen and Yun Li, who was struggling to get up. At the same time, he grabbed the floating jade slip and poured all the remaining power in his body into it! The runes on the jade slip shone brightly, and the phantom of the spatial passage instantly solidified. A powerful suction force came and enveloped Han Mu, Yun Li, and... the fragment of the Time-Space Palace core that was right next to them!

He wanted to take the fragments with him!

"How dare you, you brat!" Black Sky and White Abyss roared simultaneously, their attacks becoming even more ferocious and arriving in an instant!

Ming Chen's eyes flashed wildly as he looked at the core fragment so close to him, then at Han Mu who was about to be overwhelmed by the attack. Finally, he gritted his teeth and stopped rushing towards the passage. Instead, he turned around, and his silver whisk burst forth with its last light, sweeping towards the core fragment! He was actually going to take advantage of the moment when Han Mu was drawing fire and the passage was opening to seize the fragment!

"Ming Chen!" Yun Li exclaimed in shock and anger.

Han Mu seemed to have anticipated this. The moment Ming Chen turned around, the power he channeled into the jade slip abruptly halted, and the suction force of the passage shifted instantly, not completely enveloping the fragments, but instead concentrating more on the three of them. At the same time, the "Minor Teleportation Talisman" that he had been holding in his other hand was instantly activated!

hum!

With a flash of silver light, Han Mu and Yun Li's figures shifted three feet laterally in a bizarre instant before the attack was about to strike! It was this seemingly insignificant three feet that caused Hei Tian's chains and Bai Yuan's ice spikes to graz the corners of their clothes and miss, with most of them hitting the vicinity of the dissipating primordial phantom and core fragments!

Mingchen's whisk caught the core fragment, which was shining brightly and in an unstable state!

Boom!!!

An even more violent explosion occurred! The core fragment was forcibly extracted by Ming Chen, and together with the power remaining from the Primordial Phantom, the aftershocks of the attacks from the two Venerables, and the chaotic spacetime ripples created by the "Primary Spacetime Anchor Point" left by Han Mu, it produced an unpredictable chain reaction!

A pitch-black spatial vortex, seemingly capable of devouring all light, suddenly exploded from the core fragment! A terrifying suction force emanated, tearing apart everything around it, even distorting and sucking in the attacks of Hei Tian and Bai Yuan! The Xuan Snake let out an even more painful howl, its torn "Reverse Scale" wound being frantically torn and enlarged, dark green blood gushing out like a waterfall!

"No—!" Ming Chen's horrified scream rang out as his whisk, along with half his arm, was instantly swallowed and shredded by the black vortex! The core fragment flew out of his hand, swept away by the chaotic energy. He himself was violently thrown back by the aftershocks of the explosion and the vortex's suction, crashing towards the closing spatial passage that Han Li had opened!

Han Mu's eyes were icy cold, completely ignoring Ming Chen's screams and miserable state. In the instant the suction of the jade slip passage intensified again and became unstable due to the explosion, he grabbed the heavily injured Yun Li and rushed into the starlight-studded entrance without hesitation!

In the last instant before their figures disappeared into the passage, Han Mu turned back and took a deep look at the core fragments of the Time-Space Palace that were faintly visible at the center of the explosion, as well as Hei Tian and Bai Yuan, who were frantically trying to rush over but were blocked by the black vortex and Xuan Snake blood, and Ming Chen, who was covered in blood and had a ferocious face as he lunged towards the passage.

The entrance to the passage rapidly shrank and disappeared.

The scene before my eyes changed. The familiar filthy and chaotic scene inside the black serpent disappeared, replaced by an endless, star-studded dark void, and in the distance, the indescribably huge black water serpent, which was rolling and twisting wildly, with blood constantly exploding on its body!

They're out! They've escaped from the Xuan Snake's body!

But before they could catch their breath, the void behind them rippled, and Ming Chen, covered in blood, with a severed arm and extremely weak aura, also fell out of the ripples of the passage that was about to disappear completely!

The moment he appeared, his venomous gaze locked onto Han Mu, and he hissed, "Fragments! The fragments have been swept into the spatial turbulence! Han Mu! It's all your fault! You did it on purpose!"

Han Mu completely ignored him, quickly scanning his surroundings. This was indeed about ten thousand miles outside the Xuan Serpent's body, a relatively "stable" void, but he could still feel the terrifying energy tides and spatial tremors brought by the Xuan Serpent's rolling movements in the distance. Even more troublesome was that he could sense at least two powerful divine senses extending from within the Xuan Serpent's body, sweeping across this void like searchlights, and rapidly locking onto their direction!

It's Hei Tian and Bai Yuan! Although they are temporarily blocked by the explosion and vortex, they will never give up! Especially since the fragment of the spacetime core seems to have been swept away by the explosion and its whereabouts are unknown, they will not let go of any clues!

"Go! Let's get out of here first!" Han Mu shouted to Yun Li. Ignoring his injuries and exhaustion, he mustered his last bit of immortal energy and was about to use his escape technique to get away.

"Trying to leave? Hand over the Dao Beacon Fragment and the Void Inheritance!" Ming Chen seemed to have gone mad. With his only remaining hand, he crushed a blood-red pill, and his aura instantly recovered considerably. His eyes flashed with murderous intent as he pounced towards Han Mu and Yun Li! Knowing that he was severely injured and unable to recover, had lost the core fragment, and had completely offended the Black Heaven White Abyss, he now only wanted to drag Han Mu down with him and seize the Dao Beacon Fragment and the possible inheritance from him!

In the distance, the Xuan Snake seemed to sense that these "little insects" had escaped. Its ferocious snake head, as big as a mountain, slowly turned towards the void where they were, filled with overwhelming ferocity and pain. Its scarlet vertical pupils were filled with endless rage and killing intent!

Ahead lay the mad dog-like Ming Chen, behind were the two great venerables about to catch up, and in the distance was the enraged Xuan Snake.

It seems there's nowhere to escape from this chaotic sea.

Han Mu took a deep breath and looked at the communication jade slip in his hand, its light dimmed, clearly exhausted, and riddled with cracks. Han Li's voice did not sound again; it seemed this relay had reached its limit.

He carefully put away the jade slip, his gaze fixed on Ming Chen who was rushing towards him, a cold glint in his eyes. "Since you want to die, then I'll send you on your way first!"

However, just as he was preparing to face Ming Chen, another unexpected event occurred!

In the distance, on the surface of the wildly churning Xuan Snake (where the reverse scale is located), the pitch-black vortex generated by the explosion has not completely dissipated. Instead, it twists and expands, forming an unstable spatial rift that is constantly tearing and healing! Within the rift, strange light flows faintly, and a chilling aura, which is of the same origin as the previous primordial aura but is even purer and more ancient, leaks out!

At the same time, the bronze beacon fragment in Han Mu's arms suddenly heated up slightly again, pointing towards the direction of the spatial rift!

"That is..." Ming Chen also noticed the abnormality, and his attack slowed down. He looked at the spatial rift with surprise and uncertainty.

Hei Tian and Bai Yuan's divine senses also suddenly stopped, and then locked onto the crack with even more fervor and greed!

It seems that the explosion and the unusual movement of the core fragments unexpectedly opened up a deeper, sealed secret place within the Xuan Serpent's body?!