Projection of the Heavens: I prove my immortality through slaughter.

The statue shattered, and a milky-white light, like the morning star rising in the darkness, instantly drew Lin Xuan's full attention. Floating above the rubble was the very fragment of the Transcendence Mark he had risked so much to find!

Although it was only a small, incomplete piece, the Daoist aura of "transcendence" flowing from it was pure and lofty, identical to the original projection within his body, radiating a heart-stirring attraction. Simply being in the same space as it, Lin Xuan felt his understanding of the void and dimensions subtly improving, and the nascent primordial universe also transmitted a trace of joyful fluctuations.

We must collect it immediately and then evacuate!

This place is too close to the sleeping Great Old One's true form. The fierce confrontation and the shattering of the statue just now may have attracted the attention of beings at a deeper level!

Lin Xuan's divine sense transformed into a large, purple-gold hand, swiftly and steadily grasping at that point of milky-white light.

However, just as his divine sense was about to touch the fragment of the mark—

Mutation and regeneration!

The shattered ruins of the statue did not completely dissipate with its destruction. Instead, a dense, viscous, dark green chaotic energy flow suddenly surged forth! This energy flow was filled with blasphemy, madness, and an ancient, deathly aura. It was the purest chaotic essence remaining after that wisp of ancient spirit was disturbed and destroyed by the annihilation waves!

This source seemed to possess its own life, emitting an unwilling hiss. Instead of attacking Lin Xuan, it suddenly coiled around the fragment of the Transcendent Mark that was about to be collected, like a shark smelling blood!

It actually tried to contaminate, or rather, forcibly merge with this fragment of the mark!

The dark green chaotic origin, like a maggot clinging to a bone, rapidly eroded the milky white light. The "transcendence" Daoist aura emitted by the fragments of the mark became dim and mixed at a visible speed, and its form began to become unstable, as if it might be swallowed up and mutated by this crazy torrent at any time!

"presumptuous!"

Lin Xuan was both shocked and furious! He had gone to great lengths, even facing the erosion of his former divided spirit's dream, to find this fragment. How could he allow this chaotic and disintegrating source to touch it?

The purple-gold hand surged with speed, grabbing the fragment of the mark entangled in dark green energy! A cold, viscous power, brimming with madness, instantly flowed back along his divine sense, attempting to corrupt its core!

At the same time, the dark green chaotic source seemed to be enraged, abandoning the simple contamination mark and instead surging towards Lin Xuan's body like a raging tide, following the hand of Lin Xuan's divine sense! It seemed determined not to stop until it completely contaminated and assimilated him!

The situation is extremely critical!

If he withdraws his divine sense, the fragments of the mark will inevitably be completely corrupted by the chaotic origin, and all his previous efforts will be in vain! If he resists it head-on, the corrosive power of this pure ancient Japanese origin is extremely strong. Even if he can block it, it will inevitably cause serious corruption to his divine sense, with endless consequences.

In a flash, an extremely bold, almost insane idea flashed through Lin Xuan's mind!

This chaotic origin is essentially an extremely high level of energy, one of the manifestations of the underlying laws constituting this Cthulhu world. His primordial universe aims to encompass everything and evolve all paths. Since it can accommodate the destruction of stars and the life and death of power, why... cannot it accommodate this "chaos"?

If we can devour and refine it, not only can we resolve the current crisis, but we may also make the laws of the primordial universe more perfect, and even learn how to fight against or even utilize this crazy power!

The risks are enormous, but the rewards are equally astonishing!

"All the myriad paths and realms are my sustenance! Chaos... is also a path!"

A fierce and resolute glint flashed in Lin Xuan's eyes! Instead of using his cultivation technique to resist or purify the chaotic source of this invasion as before, he... reversed the flow and activated the Nine Revolutions Golden Core Dao!

Instead of refining external energy into orderly magic power, it actively opened a door and forcibly absorbed the surging, pure, dark green chaotic source into its own body in a way that was almost like "inviting a wolf into the house"!

"boom--!"

Like a flood bursting its banks and finding an outlet, the viscous and icy chaotic essence surged wildly into Lin Xuan's projected divine sense, and then, following the mysterious connection with his main body, directly rushed into the primordial universe located within his main body in the Xuan Tian Star Domain!

At this moment, Lin Xuan's true form, located within the Xuanzun Hall, trembled violently, his face instantly turning pale, and a trace of pale golden blood even spilled from the corner of his mouth! Within his dantian, the newly formed chaotic void welcomed an unprecedented "unwelcome guest"!

A chaotic torrent of dark green surged into the primordial universe, immediately displaying its terrifying corrosiveness. Like ink dropped into clear water, it spread rapidly, attempting to contaminate the thin nebula of faith, distort the nascent framework of laws, and even impact the slowly pulsating cosmic singularity, causing its light to flicker erratically!

The entire primordial universe began to violently tremble, as if it might collapse at any moment due to this foreign, diametrically opposed force of law!

"Certainly!"

Lin Xuan's main body and projection simultaneously let out low roars, pouring all his willpower into controlling the primordial universe. The Nine-Turn Golden Core spun wildly, providing immense magical power support; the Dao of Annihilation transformed into a gray storm, sweeping through the void of the universe, constantly annihilating the most violent and aggressive chaotic thoughts; the Great Dao of Power stabilized the basic structure of the universe; and that wisp of "singularity" power, like a stabilizing needle, firmly protected the most core origin of the universe from contamination.

This is like a miniature version of the "battle between the Dao and the Demon" happening inside the body!

Devouring is not simply about accepting, but about conquering and assimilating!

This was an extremely dangerous process, far more mentally taxing than any previous battle. Lin Xuan's consciousness seemed to be split in two: one half maintained its projection in the Cthulhu world, tightly gripping the partially corrupted fragment of the mark; the other half was in his inner universe, waging a desperate battle against the invading chaotic source.

Time seemed to stretch on endlessly.

I don't know how much time passed; perhaps it was a moment, perhaps it was eternity.

In that endless annihilation and struggle, a tiny fragment of the most fundamental chaotic law, completely erased from the imprint of the old will, was finally stripped away by the Dao of Annihilation, floating in the chaotic void like a drifting duckweed.

It no longer possesses an active corrosive nature; only the purest information about the laws of "chaos," "disorder," and "madness" remains.

At that moment, the primordial universe's instinctive desire for "evolution" was triggered.

The slowly rotating cosmic singularity emitted a faint suction force, gently drawing in this fragment of pure chaotic laws.

The singularity pulsated slightly, as if it had digested something.

The next moment, a faint, new fluctuation of law, like ripples, emanated from the depths of the singularity and quietly merged into the underlying rules of this nascent universe.

This fluctuation represents chaos! It represents disorder!

Although extremely faint, like a spark compared to the moon when compared to mainstream laws such as "order," "annihilation," and "power," it was indeed born and became part of the primordial universe's rules!

This means that Lin Xuan's primordial universe is no longer a mere prototype of the purely orderly side, but has truly begun to possess the infinite potential to encompass opposition and evolve into myriad paths!

At the very moment this "chaotic" rule was born, Lin Xuan felt a sudden ease in his resistance to and refinement of the invading remaining chaotic origin. It was as if his universe itself had, to a certain extent, "understood" and "accepted" the existence of this power.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he activated his power to forcibly suppress and divide the remaining chaotic energy that was still raging. Then, using the newly created "chaotic" rules as a guide, he slowly guided and bound it in a remote corner of the cosmic void, forming a small, constantly rolling and changing dark green nebula.

Although it was impossible to completely refine it immediately, the situation was at least temporarily brought under control, averting a crisis of cosmic collapse.

It worked!

He not only successfully devoured and initially "tamed" a trace of the chaotic origin of the Great Old Ones, but also used this to give birth to the "chaotic" rules in his own primordial universe!

Although the process was extremely dangerous, the rewards were equally enormous!

He slowly opened his eyes (his physical body and the projection at the same time), feeling the chaotic fluctuations of the newly formed universe within his body, representing infinite possibilities, and a tired yet joyful smile appeared on his lips.

In his projected hand, the dark green pollution on the fragment of the transcendent mark, having lost its support due to the source being devoured and suppressed, quickly faded away, revealing a pure milky white light once more.

It's time to take the spoils and leave this insane place.