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In the deepest part of the chaos, the grayish-white air currents had become extremely thin.

Xuandu traversed that void, the light curtain of the Chaos Pearl silently flowing around him, completely isolating the remaining void cracks and dark currents.

The deeper you go, the looser the laws become, and the more blurred the order becomes.

Xuandu sensed the desolation and antiquity of that area, and his steps did not falter.

The last few marks that Xu left on him were scattered in the deepest part of this chaotic place.

Those markings were so faint that they would not be noticed unless one consciously sought them out.

The first mark appeared in a patch of extremely thin, chaotic energy.

Beneath that mark lies an ancient being of extremely enormous size.

It dwells in the void, its body covered by a thick layer of gray sediment.

Extremely faint innate Dao patterns flowed across those sedimentary layers, each pattern as ancient as if it existed before the beginning of chaos.

The pinnacle of Hunyuan Tai Chi.

Moreover, he had been stuck at that bottleneck for countless eons, his aura remained stagnant, without any fluctuations, ripples, or vitality.

Xuan Du landed in front of that figure, sensing the profound and unbreakable foundation it possessed, and remained silent for a moment.

The figure slowly opened his eyes, his pupils were cloudy, and there was no emotion in his gaze as he looked at Xuandu.

"Are you here to pick me up?"

The voice was extremely hoarse.

Xuan Du nodded slightly:

"There is a martial arts will within the Dao Realm that can help you break through the bottleneck that has been blocking you for billions of dollars."

The figure remained silent for a long time.

So long that the thin, chaotic energy churned around him for several cycles.

Then he spoke slowly, his voice devoid of expectation or joy, only a calm that came after the billions of dollars had been settled:

"I have been asleep here for so long that I have forgotten whether I can still move."

"If you can take me with you, then take me."

Xuan didn't say much, but simply raised his hand, and a chaotic light surged out from the Chaos Pearl, enveloping the enormous figure within it.

The light curtain of the Chaos Pearl, like an extremely flexible membrane, slowly lifted the figure and steadily moved it toward the Dao Realm.

The second mark was located in an extremely ancient void rift.

The stone walls on both sides of the crevice are like two torn pages of an old book, covered with densely packed innate Dao patterns.

The Dao patterns were already blurred, but the remaining rhythm still exuded an extremely ancient aura.

Deep within the rift, a figure was curled up, its body covered by a thin, yet incredibly resilient, grayish-white cocoon of light.

The cocoon of light, like an unhatched cocoon, tightly enveloped the figure.

The surface of the cocoon seemed to pulsate with an extremely subtle rhythm of breathing.

Xuan Du landed before the cocoon of light, sensing the layers of the aura within, his gaze slightly narrowed.

He has reached the pinnacle of Hunyuan Taiji and has already touched the threshold of transcendence.

But that threshold was too deep, too far, like an insurmountable chasm standing before that figure.

He raised his hand, his fingertips gently touching the layer of light cocoon.

The cocoon of light trembled slightly, and then a very faint yet clear voice came from within:

"You've finally arrived."

"I've been waiting here for a billion-dollar event, waiting for someone who can lead me out of this mess."

Xuan didn't say anything, but simply covered the light cocoon with the light screen of the Chaos Pearl and slowly lifted it up.

The third mark was placed in a vacuum completely devoid of any chaotic energy.

It was like a completely hollowed-out space, with no airflow, no laws, and nothing that could be called matter.

Only one figure sat cross-legged in the very center of that vacuum.

The figure was extremely thin, yet the withered bones contained an extremely solid source.

The pinnacle of Hunyuan Tai Chi.

Moreover, that essence had solidified to the extreme; although its appearance was withered, it contained a terrifying power within that could shake the void.

Xuan Du landed in front of that figure, sensing the extremely solid origin, and remained silent for a moment.

The figure did not open its eyes, but merely tilted its head slightly.

"The Tao Realm."

The voice was extremely brief, consisting of only two words.

Xuan Du didn't say much, only nodded slightly:

"Um."

The figure slowly rose, his movements extremely slow, as if every inch of movement was consuming his remaining life force.

But he eventually stood up.

Xuandu enveloped his body in the light of the Chaos Pearl, gently lifting him from the vacuum.

Three markings, three ancient beings at the peak of Hunyuan Taiji.

Their cultivation level far surpassed all the beings Xuandu had previously guided; their foundation was extremely deep, but their bottlenecks were also extremely tough.

Those were the last few beings stuck before reaching the threshold of transcendence.

Xuan Du led the three figures through the thin void at the deepest part of the chaos, through the surging dark currents and broken void cracks, slowly heading towards the pale golden boundary of the Dao Realm.

A moment later, the pale golden border came into view.

The light of the Dao Realm suddenly intensified for a moment as the three figures approached.

Xuan Du stepped across the border, followed closely by the three figures.

The moment they stepped into the Dao Realm, the martial will of the entire world surged like a tide.

The nine laws lit up simultaneously, like nine giant dragons raising their heads at the same time.

The nine chaotic beings opened their eyes at the same time, their gazes falling on the three figures that were falling into the Dao Realm.

Xu slowly rose from the due north direction, his grey-white robe fluttering in the surging martial will.

"They are still here after all."

"I thought those few beings had already vanished into the depths of chaos, even though the billion-dollar meeting was over."

"I never expected that not only would they survive, but they would also be stuck on the same bottleneck."

Xuan Du stood atop the mountain peak in the very center of the world, hands behind his back, watching the three figures taking their places.

The colossal ancient being was situated at the intersection of due north and due west, its massive body slightly shrinking within the martial will of the Dao realm.

The figure within the cocoon of light landed at the intersection of due east and due north. The moment the cocoon of light came into contact with the laws of the Dao Realm, it began to pulsate faster.

The gaunt, skeletal figure landed in the south-central position of the world, directly below the mountain where Xuandu was located.

After the three peak-level beings of Hunyuan Taiji took their places, the boundary of the Dao Realm suddenly expanded by one circle.

Like a balloon being inflated that is suddenly injected with a large amount of air, the expanding boundary emitted an extremely low yet extremely deep hum.

The first and second batches of beings who were cultivating simultaneously sensed the arrival of those three extremely profound auras. They all looked up at the four directions of the Dao Realm, their eyes filled with shock and awe.

The nine chaotic beings returned to their respective positions and sank back into the evolution of the laws, but their movements were more steady than before.

Because they knew that the addition of those three beings would make the foundation of the Dao Realm more solid and provide deeper support for the evolution of their laws.

Xuandu sat atop the peak, sensing the three figures slowly merging into the laws, sensing the boundary of the Dao Realm expanding at a visible speed, and sensing the auras that were cheering, growing, and breaking through.

He slowly closed his eyes, his mind sinking into the underlying order of the Dao Realm.

There is a net that is constantly expanding, with the will of martial arts as the warp and the nine laws as the weft.

The net is becoming denser, thicker, and more stable.

And those figures cultivating in the Dao realm are becoming part of that net.

Every breakthrough, every fine-tuning, and every successful evolution they make makes that net even stronger.

Xuan Du sensed the growing net, and a feeling of profound peace slowly settled in his heart.

The Dao Realm is no longer his alone.

It is the home where countless living beings take root, grow, and protect together.

He was simply the one who planted the first tree.