Alert! The Dragon Lord has emerged from seclusion!

Xuanwu also reversed the water jet and sprayed it towards Lin Chen's back.

A pincer attack!

Lin Chen didn't turn his head, but simply raised his right hand and tapped lightly with his index finger.

Fingertips touch the void, and ripples spread.

The Qilin statue, which had been pouncing in mid-air, suddenly froze, as if it had crashed into an invisible wall.

The obsidian in its eyes flashed wildly, and it thrashed about with all four hooves, but could not make an inch.

The Xuanming True Water evaporated silently three feet behind Lin Chen, turning into a wisp of green smoke.

"How is this possible?" A surprised and uncertain whisper came from behind the Mind-Observing Mirror above the bronze gate.

It was an old male voice.

Lin Chen finally reached the giant gate and placed his hand on the cold bronze door.

"In the beginning of chaos, all things returned to their origin."

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried clearly throughout the entire space.

Chaotic energy surged from his palm, not with a violent impact, but with a gentle permeation.

The bronze gate began to ripple like water, centered on his palm.

The ancient seal script characters on the door gradually faded away, and the wandering dark golden light, as if encountering a natural enemy, screamed and retreated back inside the door.

Rumbling--

A heavy scraping sound rang out, and the massive bronze gate, sealed for countless years, slowly opened inward.

Behind the door, there were no pavilions, towers, or fairyland scenery as I had imagined.

Instead, it was a state of chaos.

It is not nothingness, but true chaos—earth, fire, water, and wind were not yet separated, and purity and turbidity, yin and yang were not yet distinguished. Countless primordial energies collided, annihilated, and were reborn here.

In the center of this chaos, a nine-story tower floats.

The tower is neither gold nor jade, but has a chaotic color throughout. Its tip is hidden in the rolling energy clouds, and its top is not visible.

Above the entrance on the first floor of the tower hangs a plaque with three characters: Tianyan Tower.

"Welcome to the true core of the Heavenly Alliance."

The aged male voice rang out again, this time coming from inside the tower.

Lin Chen withdrew his hand and turned to look at the two stone statues.

The moment he broke down the door, the obsidian in the statue's eyes dimmed, turning back into lifeless matter.

Su Qingxue and Ye Qingcheng walked to his side.

"How is your injury?" Lin Chen asked.

"It's alright." The black energy on Su Qingxue's left shoulder had been suppressed by the Xuan Yin Qi, but the wound was still shocking.

Ye Qingcheng shook her numb right hand: "Flesh and blood injuries. Those two rocks were really strong."

The three of them looked at the Heavenly Evolution Tower.

The tower gate opened silently, and an old man dressed in a gray Taoist robe slowly walked out.

His hair and beard were all white, his face was withered, his eyes were sunken, and he held a peach wood cane in his hand with a bronze bell hanging from the top of the cane.

The old man looked like he was on his deathbed, but his aura was as deep as the sea, faintly resonating with the surrounding chaos.

"I am the guardian of the first level of the Heavenly Evolution Tower, my Daoist name is 'Guichen'." The old man's voice was hoarse as his gaze swept over the three people, finally settling on Lin Chen:

"The Chaos Dao Body... truly lives up to its reputation. No wonder it was able to break through six layers of restrictions to reach this place."

Ye Qingcheng sneered, "Enough nonsense! Where is the Heavenly Dao Alliance Leader? Tell him to come out here!"

Gui Chen shook his head: "The Alliance Leader is currently at the top of the tower, comprehending the secrets of heaven, and is not in a position to receive guests. If the three of you wish to see the Alliance Leader, you must first pass through this old man's gate."

He lightly tapped the ground with his peach wood cane.

thump—

The bronze bell rang without wind, its clear sound carrying an eerie penetrating power that pierced straight to the soul.

Su Qingxue and Ye Qingcheng groaned simultaneously, feeling their consciousness churning and the scene before their eyes beginning to blur.

"The Soul-Suppressing Bell?" Su Qingxue gritted her teeth, her profound Yin energy protecting her sea of ​​consciousness. "A magical artifact specifically designed to attack the soul... Be careful!"

Lin Chen stepped forward, blocking the two women.

He made no defensive move, simply watching Gui Chen calmly.

The sound of the bell reached within three feet of him, then vanished without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

A hint of surprise flashed in Gui Chen's eyes: "The chaotic energy can actually be immune to soul attacks?"

"It's not immunity," Lin Chen said calmly, "it's just acceptance. Your ringtone is also a form of energy; once it enters chaos, it becomes chaos itself."

Gui Chen was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Interesting. Let's try this."

He loosened his peachwood staff, formed a mudra with his hands in front of his chest, and chanted an ancient incantation.

As the incantation was chanted, the surrounding chaotic energy began to surge violently!

The four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind manifest: raging flames transform into fire dragons, icy ice condenses into black tortoises, fierce winds gather into white tigers, and piled-up rocks become qilin.

The Four Divine Beasts are not mere illusions, but rather real manifestations of primordial energy, each radiating a terrifying pressure comparable to the late-stage Nascent Soul realm.

"The Four Symbols Returning to Origin Formation." Gui Chen's voice was solemn. "It uses chaos to generate the four symbols, and the four symbols to suppress the universe. This formation can trap a Nascent Soul cultivator."

The four divine beasts roared and pounced from all directions!

The fire dragon spewed flames that scorched the heavens, the black tortoise stirred up a frigid tide in the frozen sea, the white tiger's claws tore through space, and the qilin's iron hooves shattered the earth.

This is no ordinary battle of magic, but a calamity of destruction arising from the power of chaos!

Su Qingxue and Ye Qingcheng's expressions changed drastically.

They could sense that any one of these four divine beasts was enough to give them a hard time, and with all four of them coming out together, plus the support of the formation, they had no chance of winning.

"Step back."

Lin Chen only said two words.

He closed his eyes, and a three-inch-tall Nascent Soul figure stepped out from between his brows once more.

This time, the Nascent Soul figure was different from the past—he held his hands in a hollow embrace, and a point of light that was neither black nor white appeared in his arms.

It is the seed of chaos.

The nascent soul opened its eyes, reflecting the birth and death of the universe.

He gently pushed out the seed of chaos.

The light spot leaves your hand and grows tall in the wind.

One zhang, ten zhang, one hundred zhang...

In an instant, the points of light transformed into a chaotic sky, enveloping the entire space.

The four divine beasts crashed into the sky like moths to a flame, and were silently swallowed, decomposed, and assimilated without even causing a ripple.

Gui Chen's pupils contracted sharply. He wanted to remove the formation, but it was too late.

The chaotic sky continued to expand, but when it reached three feet in front of him, it suddenly contracted, turning into a gray chain that wrapped around him!

"seal up."

Lin Chen spoke.

As the chains tightened, Gui Chen's magical power receded like the tide, until he could no longer even stand and collapsed to the ground.

—The Four Symbols Returning to Origin Formation is broken.

The tower guard was defeated.

The entire battle lasted less than ten breaths.

Ye Qingcheng stared blankly at Lin Chen: "You... what level are you at now?"

Lin Chen retrieved his Nascent Soul and the Chaos Seed, his aura receding once more: "Early Nascent Soul stage. But the Chaos Body's utilization of energy far surpasses the realm itself."

He walked up to Gui Chen and squatted down: "Now, can you tell me? What is the Heavenly Dao Alliance Leader doing at the top of the tower? What is the ultimate goal of the Chaos Seed and the Seven Stars Nine Suns plan?"

Gui Chen looked up, a strange smile appearing on his withered face: "You... really think you've won?"

A glint of madness flashed in his eyes: "How could you possibly understand the Alliance Leader's schemes? The Chaos Seed is merely the key, the Seven Stars and Nine Suns are just the sacrifices... The real feast has only just begun!"

Before he finished speaking, his body suddenly swelled up!

"He's going to self-destruct his nascent soul!" Su Qingxue exclaimed.

Lin Chen reacted even faster, instantly enveloping Gui Chen with chaotic energy, forcibly suppressing and digesting the violent self-destruction power of the nascent soul.

But Gui Chen's body still exploded—not from a self-destruction of his nascent soul, but from some kind of pre-set restriction.