Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

On the other side, the battlefield of Tianyun City.

Li Jiuyuan, who was immersed in the cultivation of her name, suddenly received a divine message from the Jade Emperor.

She listened quietly, and a clear look of doubt appeared on her beautiful face.

The little clay figure Nuwa, who had been sitting on her head and swinging her feet, noticed her change in mood and leaned over to ask, "Little Jiu Yuan, what's wrong? What did the Jade Emperor say?"

Li Jiuyuan recounted in detail what the Jade Emperor had told her about Chaos's strange actions: its sudden attack on Star Moon City, its forced erasure of the Heavenly Deficiency, its rescue of a large number of its own kind, and its subsequent escape unscathed.

Finally, she frowned slightly, looked up at her mother, and asked in a tone of deep confusion, "Mother, given your understanding of Chaos... what exactly is its intention in doing this?"

By erasing the celestial imperfection, Chaos essentially freed the Jade Emperor, the strongest quasi-sage. No matter how you look at it, this seems like a disastrous move that benefits the enemy at the expense of oneself.

With the cunning of chaos, it is impossible for it to make a meaningless move.

After listening, the little clay figure Nuwa blinked, a knowing smile appearing on her face, but her answer was somewhat vague: "Well... I'm not entirely sure. However, for the Three Realms, it certainly isn't a good thing."

"..." Li Jiuyuan remained silent.

The mother clearly knew something, but didn't seem to intend to point it out directly. Instead, she hoped that those involved would think about it and discover it for themselves.

This is very much in line with the mother's style—she can be a support, but she hopes her child can learn to walk and even run on their own, and she won't do it for them unless absolutely necessary.

Unable to get a clear answer from her mother, Li Jiuyuan's gaze naturally turned to the somewhat frail figure of Qin Le, who was still struggling against a quasi-saint-level Chaos Beast on the battlefield below.

Over the past year, Qin Le, relying on his fierce weapons and imperial fire, relentlessly annihilated more than thirty suppressed quasi-saint chaotic beasts with the perseverance of water dripping on stone.

This almost obsessive patience left Li Jiuyuan feeling somewhat bewildered.

"Qin Le," Li Jiuyuan's voice rang in Qin Le's ear, "What are your thoughts on the act of Chaos erasing the celestial imperfection?"

Qin Le must have overheard her conversation with her mother. She wanted to hear what this young man, who always brought unexpected perspectives, had to say.

Hearing the question, Qin Le continued thrusting his spear at the Chaos Beast without turning his head, replying, "I can't guess. But... what exactly is this 'Heavenly Flaw' you mentioned?"

Although he had seen the circular hole from which the primordial chaos was constantly dripping, and had even tried to repair it, he was unaware of its official name and detailed definition in the celestial realm.

Upon hearing this, Li Jiuyuan succinctly explained to Qin Le the essence of the Heavenly Flaw being a loophole that was forcibly torn open in the Heavenly Dao rules of the Three Realms during Chaos' invasion, leading directly to the outside world.

Upon hearing this, Qin Le abruptly stopped what he was doing.

He sheathed his spear, and in a flash, he appeared before Li Jiuyuan. The relaxed and casual look on his face vanished, replaced by an unusual solemnity.

"You mean," Qin Le stared at Li Jiuyuan, confirming each word carefully, "'Heavenly Deficiency' is essentially... a 'hole' in the rules of Heaven's Dao?"

"That's one way to understand it," Li Jiuyuan nodded.

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Qin Le's expression darkened completely.

Seeing his expression, Li Jiuyuan's heart stirred, and she pressed him for an answer: "What are you thinking about?"

"Senior Jiuyuan," Qin Le didn't answer directly, but instead asked a seemingly unrelated question: "Do you remember what earth-shattering, timeless feat Mother Nuwa accomplished besides creating humans?"

"Of course I remember, firstly, the creation of humans from clay, and secondly, the repair of wounds with stones..."

Li Jiuyuan was halfway through Qin Le's sentence when her voice abruptly stopped. The color seemed to fade slightly from her beautiful face, and her eyes became as sharp and heavy as Qin Le's.

Mending the Sky!

What Nuwa repaired back then was not the sky, but the Heavenly Dao rules that were on the verge of collapse!

That cataclysmic event nearly led to the destruction of the Three Realms.

With Qin Le's guidance, the true purpose behind Chaos' seemingly absurd behavior became clear in Li Jiuyuan's mind like a flash of lightning in the darkness—Chaos was not repairing or erasing loopholes, but rather reclaiming and concentrating the power used to pry open the loopholes in the Heavenly Dao rules!

It wanted to emulate the ancient times, concentrate all the power of the heavenly void, and forcibly tear it open again at one point, or even completely break through the rules of the heavenly way!

"But..." Li Jiuyuan forcibly suppressed the turmoil in her heart and raised a key question: "According to our previous calculations, even if Chaos can concentrate all the power of the current Heavenly Deficiencies, its total amount... is probably far from enough to reach the level that could subvert the rules back then."

This is also why she hadn't immediately thought of it. The higher-ups in the Celestial Realm had already assessed the situation and concluded that the power was insufficient.

The little clay figure Nuwa, who had been quietly listening, watched the two children analyze and reason back and forth, her eyes filled with amusement, but she still didn't interrupt, as if she were enjoying a wonderful puzzle game.

"Whether it can do it or not," Qin Le shook his head, his tone resolute: "As long as there is even the slightest possibility, we must prepare contingency plans based on the assumption that 'it can do it.'"

He never underestimated his enemies, especially beings like Chaos, who had lived for countless years and whose methods were unpredictable and elusive.

Calculations are static; the enemy is dynamic.

What if Chaos has a backup plan or method that they don't know about?

I can't afford to gamble.

"You're right." Li Jiuyuan took a deep breath and agreed with Qin Le's caution.

Any wishful thinking based on the assumption that the enemy might not be able to do something is fatal in war.

Then, she frowned slightly, pondering, "If Chaos truly aims for this, then its attempt to stifle my plan... seems to have become even more difficult?"

"Not necessarily." Qin Le shook his head again, his gaze fixed on the seemingly endless horde of chaotic beasts below. His voice was low and deep: "Don't forget, Tianque is now essentially in its own hands. This means that every new chaotic beast born from Tianque in the future will directly become its 'direct force.' No one can predict how terrifyingly the number and quality of chaotic beasts in its hands will secretly increase."

"This..." Li Jiuyuan was speechless.

Qin Le pointed out an extremely terrifying possibility—Chaos could secretly use the Tianque it controls to rapidly increase its army and accumulate power.

At that time, it will be able to concentrate its forces to launch a strong attack on a single point, or it will have a massive force capable of launching simultaneous large-scale attacks on multiple points.

The difficulty of eliminating Li Jiuyuan will not only not increase, but may actually be greatly reduced due to the surge in available troops!

"The most troublesome problem now is," Qin Le sighed, a hint of helplessness on his face, "that Chaos wants to collect and transfer the Heavenly Deficiencies, and it seems we... will have a hard time effectively stopping it."

He knew his own limitations.

In terms of direct combat strength, he's at best a slightly more powerful Golden Immortal.

Facing even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would be difficult, let alone a Quasi-Saint, and the elusive Chaos Consciousness itself.

Although the other side couldn't touch him while he was in the spacetime rift, he also lacked effective means to kill the other side's high-end combat power.

Without using his trump cards, his role in this level of game is quite limited.

Meanwhile, on the Chaos side, hundreds of Quasi-Saint Chaos Beasts are now frequently mobilized in groups, displaying an overwhelming force and a strategy of crushing opponents with sheer power.

This pure disparity in strength left Qin Le with a deep sense of powerlessness, as if he were being deliberately targeted—the enemy simply didn't want to give him the time to grow and develop.

Qin Le considered his cultivation speed to be astonishing, but Chaos was even faster, clearly intending to forcefully end the war before he, the biggest variable, truly gained the ability to influence the battle, and to emerge victorious.

"If we weren't outmatched..."

Qin Le looked into the distant void, as if he could see through the endless space to the sealed Chaos entity. He muttered something under his breath, his tone full of frustration.

I really want to grab a gun right now and pierce through that mindless mess.

Unfortunately, the ability didn't allow it.