The ancient return was exposed by his sister's live stream.

The Way of Space was directly suppressed, and the ability to perceive the surrounding space was lost.

Bloodlust, corruption, devouring, invisibility, substitutes...

The five newly refined Great Daos instantly fell into a state of shock, with the power of the laws leaking out wildly from their Dao foundations.

Chen Hao's body froze for a moment.

It's not that he doesn't want to move.

It cannot be moved.

From the cellular level to the soul, the entire person is suppressed by some kind of absolute force.

Then...

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Blood gushed from his mouth, dispersing into a cloud of blood mist in the void. Before the blood mist could dissipate, it was completely absorbed by the surrounding threads of the Great Dao.

Chen Hao felt his Dao foundation crumbling.

It's not just an injury, it's a fundamental collapse.

It's like the steel bars in the foundation of a building have been removed, causing the entire building to sink.

He desperately mobilized the power of the laws, trying to stabilize his foundation.

But it didn't work.

That single glance brought more than just overwhelming power.

It is a suppression in terms of position.

It's like an ant standing in front of a human; the human just glances down, and the ant's entire worldview collapses.

Chen Hao gritted his teeth and forcibly activated the Dao of Space.

Daoji roared, resisted, and refused to operate, but he ignored it and forced the Dao of Space to an overload state.

A spatial rift tore open behind them.

Chen Hao stepped back and fell into the crevice.

The eye moved again the instant the spatial passage closed.

This time it wasn't a glance.

They really turned their gaze and stared at the spot where Chen Hao had disappeared.

The stars in the vertical pupils stopped rotating.

The deep veins on the surface of the eyeball also froze for a moment.

Then...

The eye slowly closed.

The darkness at the center of the vortex receded, and everything returned to calm.

It's as if nothing happened just now.

Inside the spatial passage, Chen Hao knelt on the ground, coughing up mouthfuls of blood.

Blood sprayed into the void and was swept away by the spatial turbulence.

His foundation has cracked.

The foundations of the eight great roads were riddled with cracks, and the power of the laws was leaking out from the cracks.

At this rate, the foundation will completely collapse in at most one hour.

Chen Hao gritted his teeth, supporting himself on the ground with one hand and pressing the other against his chest, frantically mobilizing the remaining power of the laws within his body.

We need to stay calm.

First, stabilize the foundation.

The Way of Fire was the first to be restored.

Golden flames ignited from the depths of the Dao Foundation, climbing upwards along the cracks and burning them until they shrank slightly.

Then comes the Way of Water.

Blue water seeped from another crack, filling the area the flames couldn't reach.

The Dao of Space is also slowly recovering, with pale blue light emerging from the surface of the Dao Foundation, patching up the largest cracks like patches.

The other five avenues are still in shock.

A path was awakened.

Chen Hao closed his eyes and let his consciousness sink into the depths of his Dao foundation.

The fundamental laws of the path of bloodlust are like a broken string, dangling there, unresponsive.

He summoned a wisp of the Law of Fire and cautiously reached out, trying to rekindle the path of bloodlust as if lighting a candle with a match.

The moment the flames touched the Bloodlust Law, a crimson light flashed.

There was a response.

Chen Hao increased his output, and more fire laws surged over, entwining the foundation of the Bloodlust Path.

The scarlet light gradually brightened, like a nearly extinguished ember being reignited by a gust of wind.

The path of bloodlust has been restored.

Although it is very weak, at least it can still function.

Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief and used the same method to awaken the four Great Daos of Corrosion, Devouring, Invisibility, and Substitute in turn.

He only dared to open his eyes after all eight avenues were running again.

The foundation has been stabilized.

The cracks are still there, but the power of the laws no longer leaks out.

Given time, these cracks can be repaired gradually.

Chen Hao looked up at the end of the spatial passage.

The passage continues to extend, its destination being Blue Star.

He took a deep breath, stood up, and walked step by step toward the exit of the passage.

With every step he took, Daoji felt pain.

But he didn't stop.

The light at the exit of the passage was getting brighter and brighter.

Ten minutes later, Chen Hao stepped out of the spatial rift and landed in the void between Blue Star and the Moon.

He did not return to Baotian City immediately.

Instead, it stopped there and turned to look into the distance.

Look towards the edge of the solar system.

It was still pitch black there.

The black miasma was still slowly shrinking, and the threads of the Great Dao were still weaving that giant net.

And at the deepest part of the net—

That eye was still closed.

Chen Hao stood in the void, and for the first time, a hint of despair appeared on his face.

It's not because we can't beat them.

That's because there's no "hit" option at all.

That eye only glanced at him.

Just one glance.

His foundation of the Way cracked.

If that eye was really staring at him—

He couldn't even last ten minutes.

The words of the blind man before he died exploded in my mind.

This is what Blind Gu meant when he said he had no time, and that even if he broke through to Immortal King or Immortal Emperor, it would be useless.

Is this the true power behind the Gold Devourer Clan? Is this the true leader of your Gold Devourer Clan?

Chen Hao looked down at the blue star beneath his feet.

From this angle, the entire planet looks like a beautiful blue gem. White clouds drift across the surface, and the outlines of continents and oceans are clearly visible.

The space elevator, like a thin thread, connects the planet's surface to the lunar base.

Further away, in Mercury's orbit, there are also human structures, a huge mining platform, mining the minerals on Mercury's surface.

The same is true on Saturn; dozens of space stations float in the rings surrounding Saturn, like a string of pearls.

The entire inner solar system appears vibrant and prosperous.

At this rate of development, in another hundred years, humanity will be able to become a true interstellar civilization, leave the solar system, and explore a wider universe.

Full of vitality.

But Chen Hao knew.

It's all fake.

But all of this...

They are all in a huge, slowly closing cage.

About twenty years.

In at most twenty years, the black miasma will advance into the orbit of Blue Star.

At that time, this beautiful planet will become a dead star, devoured clean, just like Jupiter.

Chen Hao closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Perhaps... we have no choice but to follow the old path."

He muttered to himself, then his figure flashed and disappeared into the void.

When it reappeared, it was already standing on the summit of a mountain in the Kunlun Mountains.

There is a huge platform here.

The platform's surface is as smooth as a mirror, as if it were formed by slicing off the mountaintop with a sword.

There are steps leading down to the bottom of the mountain from the edge of the platform.

But nobody walks on those steps.

Because only Chen Hao has been here for thousands of years.

He stood in the center of the platform and raised his hand to make a gesture in the air.

The Dao of Space erupted, and a huge archway slowly took shape in front of him.

It is not an ordinary spatial passage.

This archway stretches across the sky, is over a kilometer wide, and its top soars into the clouds.

The door frame was engraved with intricate patterns of laws, each pattern corresponding to a major path.

But at this moment, the archway is dim.

Only the three recesses at the bottom of the door frame are glowing...