I gain ten years' worth of cultivation every day, and even geniuses will only see my doorstep!

"The entire origin." Red Moon repeated these four words calmly, "That means, you will die."

"Not necessarily." Jian Wushuang rarely spoke so much, "The First Goddess left behind another method."

"What method?"

"Charge in." Jian Wushuang's gaze shifted to the dark passageway leading to the deepest part of the palace behind the melting giant gate. "Before the seal is completely broken, find the core of the Demon God's remnant soul and destroy it at its source. Once the Demon God is dead, the seal will no longer be needed."

Qin Yuan raised his head and looked into the dark passageway.

The passageway was deep, its end invisible. Ancient, glowing runes were embedded in the stone walls, providing a faint light. The walls of the passageway were covered with murals, beginning at the entrance and telling an ancient story.

The first mural depicts the beginning of time, when seven goddesses were born from chaos: Chaos, Heavenly Fire, Limitless, Mysterious Ice, Purple Thunder, Azure Wood, and Taiyin. These seven goddesses govern the seven fundamental laws of the myriad realms, protecting the newly born world.

The second mural depicts an extraterrestrial demon god descending. It has no physical form, but is a pure, chaotic will capable of devouring all existence. Vast numbers of beings from all realms perish under its consumption.

The third mural depicts seven goddesses joining forces to fight a demon god, but the demon god's strength far exceeded their expectations. Even with their combined efforts, the seven goddesses could only barely manage a draw against the demon god.

The fourth mural depicts the eldest of the Seven Goddesses—the Chaos Goddess—who sacrifices herself to become the foundation of the seal. The other six goddesses follow suit, and together they form the seal, suppressing the demon god in the deepest part of the Chaos Origin Realm.

"This is our origin." Su Yao stood in front of the fourth mural and gently touched the face of the Chaos Goddess on the mural. The face was painted very blurry, but the outline was seven-tenths similar to hers.

"There's more beyond this," Yueyao said, pointing deeper into the passageway.

The fifth mural: The seal is not perfect. Before the seven goddesses perished, they scattered the seeds of seven sacred bodies throughout the myriad worlds. Every 100,000 years, the seven sacred bodies will awaken simultaneously in the myriad worlds. The awakened ones will be guided by the origin to the sealing palace to strengthen the seal. This cycle repeats every 100,000 years, without end.

The sixth mural depicts the final possessor of the Holy Body reinforcing the seal. One of them, bewitched by the lingering resentment of the Demon God, wavered. Cracks appeared in the seal, and the Holy Body repaired them at the last moment by self-destructing, but a wisp of the Demon God's soul still escaped.

"That wavering Holy Body," Yan Lingji pointed to a blackened figure in the mural, "who is it?"

"I don't know," Su Yao shook her head. "Her face isn't depicted in the mural. But I guess..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood what she meant. Among the seven women, one of them must be connected to the Holy Body that had wavered back then.

"Keep going," Qin Yuan said.

The passageway widened, and the murals became fewer. When they reached the end of the passageway, a breathtaking view suddenly opened up before them.

It was a magnificent, breathtaking hall. The dome stretched to the horizon, and the floor was paved with unknown black stone slabs, covered with densely packed runes. In the very center of the hall, seven stone statues formed a circle, each depicting a woman with lifelike features and flowing robes, as if they might come to life at any moment.

The statue of the Seven Goddesses.

In the center of the circle formed by the seven statues, a jet-black sphere of light floated. Dense demonic energy surged on the surface of the sphere, and within this energy, a vertical pupil could be faintly seen, coldly watching the newcomer.

"We meet again," Qin Yuan said.

The vertical pupil blinked once.

The remnant soul of the demon god made no sound, but a chilling intent directly bombarded everyone's consciousness.

—You possess an aura of chaos.

—But you are not the Holy Spirit.

--Who are you?

Qin Yuan did not answer. He held the bone blade horizontally in front of him, and the patterns on the blade began to surge. From a million to ten million, and then to twenty million, the light emitted by the blade illuminated the entire hall.

"I'm here to kill you," he said.

The demon god's vertical pupils narrowed.

Then it laughed.

It wasn't laughter expressed through sound, but laughter that shook the entire hall. On the black stone slabs, all the runes lit up, and the seven goddess statues simultaneously shed black tears. Every corner of the hall resonated with that cold and mad intent.

—Kill me? You think you can?

Even if the seven goddesses of yesteryear joined forces, they could only seal me, not kill me.

—I am the embodiment of the will of chaos. As long as chaos exists, I am immortal.

—You, a Chaos Heavenly Lord… no, a mere insect in the Creation Realm, dare to talk about killing me?

Qin Yuan ignored its mockery. He turned to look at Su Yao, who nodded.

The seven women attacked simultaneously.

It wasn't an attack, but a formation. The seven sacred essences surged from their bodies, weaving into a massive seven-star formation in the air. The core of the formation wasn't Qin Yuan, but the seven goddess statues.

The light of the Seven Star Array shone on the seven statues, causing the black tears on their surfaces to flow backward. The foul demonic energy was forcibly expelled by the array's power, restoring the statues to their original whiteness. Simultaneously, the seven statues opened their eyes, shooting out seven beams of light that locked onto the central black sphere of light.

The demon's laughter abruptly stopped.

"The Seven Star Demon-Locking Array? Impossible! How could you possibly know about this array?"

"It's painted on the mural," Yueyao said softly. "You were probably too busy laughing at us when you looked at the mural."

The demon ignored Yueyao. All its attention was focused on Qin Yuan, who was carrying a bone blade and walking towards it step by step.

The Seven Star Demon-Locking Array temporarily trapped it. Although this was only a temporary array activated by the seven women with the help of the First Goddess Statue, and it couldn't trap it for long, even just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn would be enough.

Qin Yuan walked up to the black orb of light and raised the bone blade.

--etc.

For the first time, a slight fluctuation appeared in the demon god's mind, not from fear, but from bewilderment.

—Your blade carries the aura of primordial chaos. But you are not a primordial chaos being.

—Who exactly are you?

"Me?" Qin Yuan glanced down at the bone blade in his hand. The black backlash on the blade flickered slightly within the seal. "I've already told you. I'm here to kill you."

He swung his sword down.

The entire hall trembled the moment the bone blade pierced the black sphere of light. The seven goddess statues emitted blinding light, and the Seven Star Demon-Locking Array operated at full power, suppressing the demon god's resistance. The black sphere of light was cleaved open by Qin Yuan's blade, and countless streams of demonic energy surged wildly from the crack, each containing enough filth to corrupt an entire world.

But Qin Yuan didn't stop. He slashed a second time, a third time, a fourth time...