System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

219: Judgment of Power, Ancestral Symbol Devouring StarBefore him, the remnant Soul of the Might Venerable awakened, its power of judgment like a galaxy turned upside down; behind him, the Nine-Headed Crocodile Dragon was enraged, its nine hideous heads biting down!

Caught between the two, Ye Chen was like a lone boat in a raging storm, liable to be crushed to pieces in an instant!

Although the Might Venerable’s remnant Soul was merely a manifestation of will, it contained his ultimate insights into the Law of Power from his lifetime; its oppressive might was in no way inferior to the Star Devouring Ancient Dragon in its prime!

Its eye sockets, burning with golden flames, ’stared’ at Ye Chen, and an intangible ’Judgment of Power’ will, which seemed capable of crushing Divine Souls and destroying myriad Laws, crashed into Ye Chen’s Sea of Consciousness like billions of ancient divine mountains!

This was not an energy attack, but a pure crushing of rules!

It was the ultimate negation of the ’weak’ by the Law of Power!

At the same time, the nine giant maws of the Nine-Headed Crocodile Dragon had already bitten down, bringing a foul wind and icy, sharp teeth, vowing to tear this insignificant human who had wounded and insulted it, and who dared to covet its ’prey,’ into pieces!

A desperate situation!

A true hopeless predicament!

Ye Chen’s pupils contracted to the limit at this moment, the shadow of death thicker than ever before.

Yet, under this extreme pressure, his gaze became as cold as eternal ice!

He could not retreat!

And there was no path to retreat!

All his potential was thoroughly ignited in this life-or-death moment!

Within his Qi Sea, the chaos ancestral talisman, which had fused with the source core, seemed to sense the mortal danger of its host and let out a roar, unwilling to remain silent!

The myriad laws star disk spun crazily in his Sea of Consciousness, calculating and deducing every possible chance of survival!

The Great Accomplishment Nirvana Sword Intent, Life and Death Sword Domain, Space Annihilation Law, and even the trace of the true meaning of power he had just comprehended, flowed, collided, and fused within his heart at an unprecedented speed!

’Chaos... encompasses myriad Laws! The Judgment of Power is also a type of Law! How can it judge me?!’

He let out a roar from the depths of his Soul, no longer thinking about Moves, no longer weighing pros and cons, but casting aside all distracting thoughts, returning all his understanding of the Dao and all his power to the most fundamental source—Chaos!

He gave up defense, gave up evasion, and even gave up the form of attack!

He simply opened his arms, as if to embrace the incoming Judgment of Power and the biting Nine-Headed Crocodile Dragon!

The chaos ancestral talisman within his Qi Sea was driven to an unprecedented limit, erupting with a chaotic divine light that seemed to create the world!

’chaos ancestral talisman! Devour—Absorb—Heaven—Earth!’

A Dao sound that seemed to come from the beginning of Grandmist resonated from within Ye Chen’s body!

The Chaos Domain around him suddenly expanded and deformed, no longer a simple force field, but transforming into a massive, slowly rotating Chaos Vortex that seemed capable of devouring the heavens and myriad worlds!

The core of the vortex was a void, yet it seemed to contain all the mysteries of the Universe!

That was the true face of Chaos, which is ’Nothingness,’ and also ’Everything’!

The terrifying ’Judgment of Power’ will of the Might Venerable’s remnant Soul was the first to crash into the Chaos Vortex!

The rule-based suppression, which was enough to crush the Divine Soul of a Tiangang Realm Ninth Stage Cultivator, acted like a clay ox entering the sea upon contacting this most fundamental Chaos; the overbearing and judgmental Law essence contained within was forcibly decomposed, assimilated, and absorbed by the Chaos Vortex!

The golden flames flickered within the vortex, eventually dimming completely and becoming nutrients to nourish the chaos ancestral talisman!

As for the Nine-Headed Crocodile Dragon, its nine biting heads encountered unprecedented terror the moment they rushed into the range of the Chaos Vortex!

It felt its own power, flesh, Divine Soul, and even the ’concept’ of its existence being crazily extracted, devoured, and returned to Chaos by the vortex!

Its indestructible obsidian scales rapidly lost their luster and became brittle under the scouring of the chaotic airflow; its majestic life force poured out like a burst river!

’Awoo—!!!’

The Nine-Headed Crocodile Dragon let out a terrified and desperate wail, its massive body shriveling and shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye!

It struggled desperately, wanting to escape this terrifying Chaos Vortex, but the devouring force coming from the vortex was like countless invisible hands, gripping its Origin tightly and dragging it bit by bit toward the final nothingness!

The Judgment of Power was encompassed and assimilated by Chaos!

The Nine-Headed Crocodile Dragon was devoured and decomposed by Chaos!

Using Chaos against myriad Laws!

Using Origin to break rules!

This was the fighting style of the wielder of the chaos ancestral talisman that Ye Chen had comprehended in this desperate situation!

It was not a competition of skills, but a crushing at the level of the root!

Of course, the price for unleashing such a Heaven-Defying method was also enormous.

Ye Chen felt his essence, Qi, and spirit being crazily extracted by the chaos ancestral talisman; his Meridians felt like they were being torn apart, his Divine Soul felt like it was burning, and his entire being felt like a furnace about to explode!

If not for the fact that he had just broken through to the Peak of the Tiangang Realm Seventh Stage, possessed an incredibly solid Foundation, and had the chaos primordial fetus suppressing his Sea of Consciousness, he would likely have been burst apart by this backlash in an instant!

He held on tenaciously, his gaze crossing over the Nine-Headed Crocodile Dragon that was being devoured and wailing, locking tightly onto the Power Authority Fragment held in the dark golden skeleton, which had been completely exposed due to the shattering of the Domain!

After its judgmental will was devoured, the Might Venerable’s remnant Soul seemed to have exhausted its last ounce of strength; the golden flames in its eye sockets extinguished completely, and the dark golden skeleton returned to deathly silence.

Opportunity!

Ye Chen endured the near-collapsing pain and abruptly withdrew the devouring force of the Chaos Vortex.

The Nine-Headed Crocodile Dragon had long been sucked until only skin and bones remained, its breath faint; now able to break free, it let out a terrified whimper like a stray dog, dragged its broken body without looking back, and fled desperately toward the depths of the Ancient River of Buried Stars, never daring to turn back.

As for Ye Chen, using his last bit of strength, he stumbled toward the dark golden skeleton and grabbed the crack-filled Chaos crystal—the Power Authority Fragment!

It was heavy in his hand!

It felt as if he were holding a collapsed star!

The pure, overbearing, and extremely savage Origin of Power rushed into Ye Chen’s body like a wild horse breaking free from its reins, instantly causing a violent conflict and resonance with the chaos ancestral talisman in his Qi Sea that had just calmed down!

’Urgh—!’

Ye Chen let out a painful grunt, feeling as if his body were about to be burst and torn apart by this new power!

The authority contained within the Power Fragment was completely different from the energy core provided by the source core and the positioning guidance provided by the Star Disk; it was more violent, harder to control, and represented the ’movement’ and ’destruction’ aspect of Chaos!

Unable to hold on any longer, he sat cross-legged before the dark golden skeleton, the guixu sword stuck to the side, his hands tightly gripping the Power Fragment, fully circulating the Primordial Chaos Art, guiding the chaos ancestral talisman, and beginning the arduous Fusion of this third core fragment!

This Fusion was more dangerous and painful than any before!

The overbearing nature of the Power Authority constantly assaulted Ye Chen’s Physical Body and Divine Soul, attempting to seize control.

Countless tiny blood cracks split open on the surface of his skin, his bones groaned under the unbearable load, and traces of blood seeped out from his seven orifices.

But he guarded his mind tightly, using his supreme will to control the chaos ancestral talisman, like the most skilled craftsman, slowly polishing, pacifying, and fusing this unruly Power Fragment.

Time passed slowly in extreme pain.

The Ancient River of Buried Stars continued to flow in deathly silence, and only that dark golden skeleton seemed to be silently watching this descendant who was inheriting its Origin of Power.

Unknown how much time had passed, when Ye Chen felt he was about to be completely submerged by the endless torrent of power, the chaos ancestral talisman within his Qi Sea finally completely suppressed and encompassed the violence of the Power Fragment!

’Boom!’

The three—source core (Heart), Star Disk (Eye), and Power Fragment (Power)—under the governance of the chaos ancestral talisman, formed a relatively stable and balanced triangular structure for the first time!

A Chaos Origin power, far more complete and majestic than before, and seemingly truly possessing the embryonic form of ’Creation’ and ’Destruction,’ was born from the Ancestral Talisman, feeding back into Ye Chen’s entire body!

His cultivation, driven by this new power, began to soar once again!

Tiangang Realm Eighth Stage!

Eighth Stage Early Stage... Eighth Stage Middle Stage...

Finally, it settled steadily at the Middle Stage of the Tiangang Realm Eighth Stage!

And the strength of his Physical Body, under the tempering of the Power Authority, underwent a qualitative leap!

His tendons and bones were like dragons, his Qi and blood like mercury, and every inch of flesh contained explosive power!

He felt that even without using any Protective Aura, relying solely on the power of his Physical Body, he would be enough to punch and explode an ordinary Tiangang Realm Seventh Stage Cultivator!

He slowly opened his eyes, and golden electric light of the Law of Power seemed to flash and vanish in his pupils.

He looked down at his hand; the crack-filled Power Fragment had disappeared, completely fused into the chaos ancestral talisman.

And his understanding of ’Power’ had also reached a brand-new height.

He stood up and bowed solemnly to the dark golden skeleton.

Regardless of whether this ’Might Venerable’ was friend or foe in life, the power Legacy left behind helped him overcome this crisis and greatly increased his strength.

After the bow, he cast his gaze toward the depths of the Ancient River of Buried Stars, and then looked up at the endless starry sky.

Power obtained, it was time to leave this Ancient River of Buried Stars and head toward the ’Wall of Origin’ mentioned in the intention of the chaos ancestral talisman.

He felt that a storm, truly sweeping across the heavens, was slowly approaching.