Primordial Era: Starting by overwhelming the Sages, Hongjun was stunned!

Kong Xuan put away the Void Pearl, his expression unchanged.

Since we cannot retreat, we must move forward.

He absorbed the bead into his body and began to refine it with his eyes closed.

A cool sensation flowed into his meridians, intertwining with the three forces of emptiness, reality, and origin.

It's not fusion, it's parasitism.

The power of the Void Pearl coiled around his Dao Seed like vines.

Kong Xuan's heart sank.

really.

This is not a stroke of luck, it is a shackle.

But his expression remained unchanged as he continued refining it.

One day, three days, ten days.

The Void Pearl completely merged into his body.

His cultivation level broke through from the 30th layer of the vacuum to the 31st layer.

But the price he paid was that his Dao Seed was now bound by an additional shackle.

The voice of the Lord of Nothingness resounded in his heart.

"Disciple, have you refined it?"

Kong Xuan opened his eyes: "It's refined."

"Very good. Come back now, your teacher has something to say to you."

Kong Xuan got up and walked out of the courtyard.

Xu Wuzi was waiting outside. When he saw him come out, he smiled slightly.

Congratulations on your breakthrough.

Kong Xuan nodded: "Lead the way."

The two walked in nothingness, with nothing around them.

It's empty.

Xu Wuzi walked very slowly, with Kong Xuan following behind.

He was making plans in his mind.

Can he break free from the shackles on his Dao seed?

I tried it, but I couldn't solve it.

The power of the Lord of Nothingness far surpasses his.

Forcing it won't work.

Then we'll wait.

Waiting for an opportunity.

Xu Wuzi led him to a palace.

It is larger and more majestic than before.

It is completely transparent and emits an aura as majestic as a mountain.

"The Void Palace, the residence of the Lord of Nothingness."

Kong Xuan stepped in.

The hall was empty, with only one chair inside.

A person sat in the chair, the Lord of Nothingness.

White robes, white hair, and an aged face.

His eyes were deep and unfathomable, as if he could see through everything.

He smiled slightly when he saw Kong Xuan enter.

"sit."

Kong Xuan sat opposite him.

The Lord of Nothingness looked at him with a peaceful gaze.

"How does it feel to refine the Void Pearl?"

Kong Xuan said, "My cultivation has broken through."

The Lord of Nothingness nodded: "Anything else?"

Kong Xuan remained silent for a moment before speaking: "An additional shackle has been placed on the Dao Seed."

The Lord of Nothingness laughed.

"You are indeed perceptive."

"That's right, that's a restriction placed by your master."

"I'm afraid you'll run away."

Kong Xuan looked at him: "Why are you afraid I'll run away?"

The Lord of Nothingness said, "Because you possess what I desire."

Kong Xuan asked, "What is it?"

The Lord of Nothingness said, "Your Way."

"Your path is different from everyone else's."

"From chaos to vacuum, from vacuum to nothingness."

"Every step I took was one I walked myself."

"No one will help you, no one will take your place."

"Your path is pure, complete, and unique."

"What I want is your path."

Kong Xuan's expression remained unchanged: "You want to devour me?"

The Lord of Nothingness shook his head: "It's not about devouring."

"It's fusion."

"You and I merge, becoming one."

"You are in me, and I am in you."

"Let's walk together to the end of the road."

Kong Xuan remained silent.

Fusion.

It's fusion again.

The Reverse Path must be integrated, the Void Beasts must be integrated, and the Lord of Nothingness must also be integrated.

Everyone wants to be one with him.

Kong Xuan asked, "What if I don't want to?"

The Lord of Nothingness said calmly, "The restriction is within your body."

"In the blink of an eye, you will vanish into thin air."

You have no choice.

Kong Xuan looked at him calmly.

"Then let's merge."

The Lord of Nothingness was taken aback: "You're willing?"

Kong Xuan nodded: "I'm willing."

"Since there is no choice, I will accept it gladly."

The Lord of Nothingness looked at him with a complex expression.

"You really are special."

"Anyone else would have begged for mercy long ago."

"Yet you remain so calm."

Kong Xuandao said, "Begging for mercy is useless; it's better to be calm."

The Lord of Nothingness nodded: "Alright."

"Then prepare for fusion."

"Three days later, in the Void Palace."

"I'll be waiting for you."

Kong Xuan got up and walked out of the palace gate.

Xu Wuzi followed behind and escorted him back to his residence.

On the way, Xu Wuzi spoke up: "Aren't you afraid?"

Kong Xuan asked, "What are you afraid of?"

Xu Wuzi asked, "After the fusion, will you still be you?"

Kong Xuan remained silent.

The Void Child said, "The Lord of Nothingness has merged with seven people."

"Those seven people have all disappeared."

"Consciousness was erased, and memories were swallowed up."

"Only cultivation remains within the void entity."

Kong Xuan stopped and looked at him.

Why are you telling me all this?

Xu Wuzi said, "Because I don't want you to die."

"You are the most special person I have ever met."

"It would be a pity if he died."

Kong Xuan remained silent.

After a long silence, he finally spoke: "Thank you."

Xu Wuzi shook his head: "No need to thank me."

"I'm just telling you the facts."

Whether you live or die depends on yourself.

He turned and disappeared into nothingness.

Kong Xuan returned to his residence and sat in the courtyard.

Close your eyes and let your mind sink into your body.

The shackles on the seed of the Tao are still there.

The power of the Void Pearl coiled around like vines.

He tried to untie it, but couldn't.

I tried to break free, but I couldn't.

The power of the Lord of Nothingness far surpasses his.

Forcing it won't work.

Then we'll wait.

Waiting for an opportunity.

The moment of integration presents an opportunity.

For the Void Lord to merge with him, the restrictions must be lifted.

The moment he was released, he was free.

But it only lasted for a moment.

In that instant, could he escape?

do not know.

But we should at least give it a try.

Kong Xuan opened his eyes and stared at the void.

There was no sky, no earth.

It's empty.

He suddenly remembered Xiaobai.

I think of Yuan Feng.

I remember that bowl of soup.

"We must not die."

"What you promised them, you must keep."

Three days later.

Kong Xuan got up and walked out of the courtyard.

Xu Wuzi waited at the door with a solemn expression.

"Let's go."

Kong Xuan nodded, and the two walked towards the Void Palace.

Inside the hall, the Lord of Nothingness sat on a chair.

He smiled slightly when he saw Kong Xuan enter.

"Ready?"

Kong Xuan nodded.

The Lord of Nothingness rose and walked up to him.

"There will be some pain during the fusion process."

"Just bear with it and it will pass."

Kong Xuan nodded.

The Lord of Nothingness raised his hand and placed it on his head.

A powerful force surged into his body.

The Void Pearl began to tremble, and the shackles on the Dao Seed began to tighten.

Kong Xuan felt as if he was being extracted.

It's not power, it's consciousness.

It is memory.

It's Xiaobai's face, Yuanfeng's soup, and the rustling sound of Zizhuhai Lake.

Everything is fading away.

Kong Xuan closed his eyes and focused his mind on his body.

He is waiting.

The moment the restrictions are lifted.

For the Void Lord to merge with him, the restrictions must be lifted.

Otherwise, the integration will be incomplete.

really.

The Lord of Nothingness spoke: "Release the restrictions, and only then can we truly merge."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shackles on the seed of Tao were released.

That moment.

Kong Xuan made a move.

He unleashed his full cultivation, unleashing the power of emptiness, reality, and origin.

The Void Pearl was forced out of the body.

The restrictions were broken.

He opened his eyes and struck the Lord of Nothingness with a palm.

The Lord of Nothingness's expression changed, and he raised his hand to block.

The two palms collided and exploded with a loud bang.

Kong Xuan was sent flying backward and crashed into the palace wall.

He coughed up blood and had three broken ribs.

But he broke free.

With the restriction removed, the Void Pearl was forced out.

He is free.

The Lord of Nothingness lowered his head, looking at his own palm.

There was a bloodstain on his palm.

Kong Xuan was injured.

He looked up at Kong Xuan.

His gaze was icy.

"You're asking for it."

He struck out with all his might.

The palm strike was as powerful as a mountain, pressing down on Kong Xuan.

Kong Xuan did not dodge.

There's no escaping it.

The gap is too big.

The palm strike landed squarely on his chest.

Kong Xuan was sent flying backwards and crashed outside the palace.

His bones cracked and popped, and blood flowed from his seven orifices.

He lay in nothingness, unable to move.

The Lord of Nothingness stepped out of the palace and looked down at him.

"You think you can escape just by breaking free of the restraints?"

"This is the void, my territory."

"You can't escape."

Kong Xuan remained silent.

He gritted his teeth and braced himself against the ground.

Little by little, I stood up.

His whole body was trembling, and blood was flowing freely.

But he stood there.

The Lord of Nothingness looked at him with a complex expression.

"You still want to fight?"

Kong Xuan's voice was hoarse: "Hit."

"Even if we can't win, we have to fight."

He raised his hand, and in his palm, emptiness, solidity, and origin condensed.

He struck out with his palm.

The Lord of Nothingness raised his hand and waved it gently.

The wind from the palm dissipated.

Kong Xuan flew backwards again.

This time, the fall was even further.

He couldn't get up.

The Lord of Nothingness walked up to him and looked down at him.

"Give up."

"Become my disciple and merge with me."

"You're still alive."

Kong Xuan shook his head: "I don't acknowledge it."

"I'd rather die than admit it."

The Lord of Nothingness remained silent.

After a long silence, he spoke: "Then I shall die."

He struck out with his palm, aiming at Kong Xuan's head.

Kong Xuan closed his eyes.

dying.

suddenly.

A voice rang out.

"stop."

The Lord of Nothingness withdrew his hand and turned to look.

A person is walking towards us in the distance.

White clothes, white hair, and an aged face.

But that aura was so strong that even the Lord of Nothingness changed his expression.

"Who are you?"

The man walked up to Kong Xuan and looked down at him.

Who I am is not important.

"The important thing is that he is my disciple."

"You can't kill him."

The Lord of Nothingness's expression changed: "Your disciple?"

The man nodded: "I'll take it."

"Earlier than you."

The Lord of Nothingness remained silent.

The man bent down and helped Kong Xuan up.

"Child, I'm late."

Kong Xuan looked at him, not recognizing him.

But his voice sounded familiar.

It sounds like I've heard it somewhere before.

The man said, "I am the Dao."

"The true way."

"It is not the Dao of Chaos, nor the Dao of Primordial Chaos."

"It is the way of all things, the source of everything."

Kong Xuan was startled.

The source of the Tao.

That was a realm he had never seen before.

The man looked at the Lord of Nothingness: "I'm taking this person with me."

The Lord of Nothingness's face turned ashen: "No."

"He killed my Void Beast and must be judged."

The man said calmly, "Void beasts devour the vacuum; they deserve to die."

"If you're not satisfied, come find me."

He turned around and led Kong Xuan away into the distance.

The Lord of Nothingness stood still, watching their retreating figures.

I dare not pursue it.

Because that person's aura far surpassed his.

Kong Xuan was taken away from the void world.

Passing through layers of vacuum, passing through primordial chaos, passing through primordial chaos.

Return to the primordial era.

Undead volcano.

The flames still burned, and the sky was crimson.

The man placed Kong Xuan at the foot of the volcano and looked down at him.

"Child, you are safe."

Kong Xuan looked at him and asked, "Who are you?"

The man said, "I said, I am the Dao."

"The source of all things, the beginning of everything."

"You've reached the thirty-first level of the vacuum; you're already very close to me."

Kong Xuan remained silent.

The man said, "The Lord of Nothingness placed a restriction on your body, which I have already lifted."

"The Void Pearl has also been retrieved."

"You are free."

Kong Xuan looked down at his hands.

The power remains, the cultivation level remains.

The restriction is gone, and so are the beads.

He is free.

Kong Xuan looked up: "Thank you."

The man shook his head: "No need to thank me."

"You deserve it."

"Every step you take on the path you walk is one you walk yourself."

"No one will help you, no one will take your place."

You deserve to live.

He turned and walked away into the distance.

After walking a few steps, I stopped.

"Kong Xuan, keep going."

"Don't stop."

"At the end of the path, you await."

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared.

Kong Xuan gazed in the direction where the man had disappeared.

He remained motionless for a long time.

The volcano surged beneath his feet, its crimson flames reflected on his face.

He looked down at his hands.

The power remains.

His cultivation level is still intact.

But just a moment ago, he was only an inch away from death.

He would have been dead if that person hadn't appeared.

Kong Xuan closed his eyes.

The man said, "Keep going, don't stop."

The end of the road awaits you.

Where does the Way end?

He traveled through endless years, from the beginning of time to chaos, and from chaos to primordial chaos.

From the primordial chaos to the boundless void, from the boundless void to the utter desolation.

From the void to the beginning, from the beginning to the void.

From vacuum to nothingness.

Each floor claims to be the end.

But each floor has a new end.

Kong Xuan opened his eyes and stared at the surging flames.

"There is no end."

"But I can't stop."

"Because if you stop, you will die."

"Once they die, I will never see them again."

He got up and sat cross-legged at the foot of the volcano.

Close your eyes and let your mind sink into your body.

Emptiness, substance, and source—these three forces circulate within the body.

His cultivation at the thirty-first level of the Vacuum Realm was as stable as a mountain.

But he knew it wasn't enough.

Far from enough.

The Lord of Nothingness is on the 90th floor.

It is more than sixty stories high.

What about that person?

higher.

It's unimaginably high.

Kong Xuan opened his eyes and looked up at the sky.

Crimson clouds were churning.

"I want to become stronger."

"It's not about reaching the end."

"It's for survival."

"Come back alive."

He closed his eyes and began his practice.

This time, it's not about pursuing something.

It's for survival.

Kong Xuan turned and left, stepping out of the void.

With one step, we have entered the primordial chaos.

Purple sky, golden land.

Everything remains the same.

But he never returned to the mansion.

Xiao Bai was still waiting for him there.

Even after the world's destruction, he was still cultivating under the bamboo.

The Purple Bamboo Sea rustled and the water murmured.

But he can't go back.

Going back would distract me.

Distraction prevents breakthroughs.

If we cannot break through, what will happen when the next crisis arrives?

He can't protect anyone.

Kong Xuan stood in the void, overlooking the primordial world.

His gaze pierced through the purple-gold domain and landed on the courtyard.

Little White lay on the threshold, gazing at the courtyard gate.

Waiting for him.

Kong Xuan withdrew his gaze and turned around.

It flew towards the boundless depths.

No turning back.

There's no turning back.

In the depths of the boundless, beside the Taoist scriptures.

The Taoist book floated in mid-air, its pages still turning.

The character "道" is still glowing.

The small print is still there.

"To transform oneself into the Dao, seal the black hole, and save all living beings."

No regrets.

Kong Xuan sat cross-legged beside the Taoist books, his eyes closed.

Here, no one will disturb you.

Here, there is only the Tao.

He is going into seclusion.

A true retreat.

Not three days, not three months, not three years.

It could be a hundred years, a thousand years, or ten thousand years.

Until it is strong enough.

So strong that it can protect everyone.

My mind sank into my body.

Emptiness, substance, and source—these three forces flow through the meridians.

He was in the thirty-first level of the vacuum realm, his cultivation as stable as a mountain.

But he knew that wasn't enough.

The Lord of Nothingness, level 90.

It is 59 stories higher.

That's an insurmountable barrier.

That's a chasm.

Even the most formidable barriers can be crossed, and the greatest chasms can be filled.

needs time.

A lot of time.

Kong Xuan was not in a hurry.

He has plenty of time.

As long as you don't die, you can become stronger.

As long as you become stronger, you can survive.

As long as you live, you can go back.

Little White is waiting for him.

Yuan Feng was waiting for him.

He cannot die.