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The dark purple scythe slammed down on the Chaos Shield! There was no expected energy explosion, only a strange "annihilation." The laws of destruction clashed and devoured the very essence of chaos! The shield trembled violently, and Lin Ye was sent flying backward, crashing into the cold, bronze wall of the temple. A sweet taste rose in his throat, and golden divine blood spurted out. The shield didn't shatter, but the shockwave nearly dislodged his internal organs!
"What?!" The Omni-King of Destruction showed astonishment for the first time. His attack, imbued with supreme laws, was actually blocked? Although the opponent was clearly injured, the strength of this defense far exceeded his expectations!
"His power... is a core fragment of 'it'! He is absorbing the power of the seal to strengthen himself!" The voice of the Omni-King of Order was as cold as cosmic ice. Golden-white light transformed into countless chains of order, like a net that instantly sealed off all the spatial dimensions around Lin Ye, attempting to completely imprison and strip him away.
Lin Ye roared, just about to unleash his chaotic energy to tear the chains apart, when the Power King's fist, as hot as a star, slammed into him as if by teleportation! This punch was devoid of any fancy moves, pure and unadulterated power! Wherever the fist passed, space was compressed, distorted, and even cracked by pure power!
There is no way to avoid it!
Lin Ye gritted his teeth, frantically channeling chaotic energy into his right fist, and met the attack with a simple, unadorned punch!
Thump—! ! ! !
Like two neutron stars colliding! Pure power clashing with the annihilation of chaos! A violent energy shockwave swept across the entire temple, even causing the murals to flicker violently. Lin Ye's entire right arm bones emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound as his body was once again launched backward like a cannonball, crashing into the chains of order before being violently bounced back to the ground, creating a shallow crater, with blood staining the ground gold. The Omni-King of Power also took a slight step back, a small patch of the blazing red light on his fist being eroded, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes.
"Do you see that? You ant!" The Omni-King of Order looked down at you, his voice icy. "Your struggles are futile. The power within you is the source of calamity! It is a forbidden force that must be resealed!"
Lin Ye struggled to his feet from the pit, his right arm hanging limply. The chaotic energy was rapidly repairing him, but the intense pain and the vast difference in strength left him breathing heavily. He wiped the golden blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes sharpening even more: "Calamity? The Root? Aren't you three the ones who split off from this 'Root'? You sealed it, imprisoned it, and then comfortably enjoyed supreme power? Now that it has awakened, are you afraid?"
"Insolence!" the Omni-King of Destruction roared, raising his dark purple giant scythe once more.
"Enough!" the Omni-King of Power shouted, staring at Lin Ye. "You have no idea what you've released! Its awakening means the end of all cosmic structures! All order, life, and existence will be devoured, reset, and reduced to nothingness by chaos! You are an accomplice to destruction!"
Lin Ye's heart skipped a beat. He had witnessed the terrifying scene of the universe merging. But he knew even more clearly that the awakening of this will within him stemmed from the sealing and splitting of the three Omni-Kings back then! He had merely been drawn into this cause and effect originating from the beginning of creation.
"Accomplice? I'm just an unlucky guy dragged into this broken seal!" Lin Ye gasped, his gaze sweeping over the three Omni-Kings before "looking" at the increasingly active and massive chaotic will within his body. Conventional attacks? Even the combined might of the three Omni-Kings couldn't subdue him quickly enough, which in itself proved the terrifying power of the Chaos Origin. But continuing to passively take hits like this would eventually wear him down. Moreover, once this "thing" within him fully awakens, the first to be devoured would likely be himself!
How to do?
A direct confrontation is certain death! Escape? In the face of these three, in the Land of Origin, there is nowhere to run! The time bomb inside my body could explode at any moment!
An extremely crazy idea, like a lightning bolt flashing in the darkness, suddenly struck Lin Ye's mind!
Since we cannot fight it, cannot escape it… then let us face it! Face this awakening chaotic will! No matter how powerful it is, it was once the being that "created" the universe! The initial scene on the mural, of creation from nothingness, of the creation of a sea of stars, is completely different from the later, frantically resetting Destroyer! What is the root of this enormous transformation? Does its core still retain something from the beginning…?
"Master! What are you doing?! Your mental fluctuations... are extremely dangerous!" Xiaobai sensed Lin Ye's abnormal concentration and determination of mental power and weakly issued a warning.
"Shut up! Let's take a gamble!" Lin Ye roared in his mind, his gaze fixed on the chaotic core within his body. He abandoned all defensive postures, even actively suppressing the chaotic energy's healing effect on his injuries. He channeled all his spiritual power, like the finest yet most resilient thread, cautiously yet resolutely probing towards that boiling chaotic core radiating a terrifying will!
"You're courting death!" The Omni-King of Order sensed the unusual movement of Lin Ye's mental energy and immediately understood his intentions. Countless chains of order tightened instantly, attempting to shred Lin Ye's spirit! The Omni-King of Destruction's giant scythe slashed down again! The Omni-King of Power's iron fist crashed down!
But Lin Ye didn't care! He devoted all his attention to that desperate mental connection!
Om-! ! !
The instant his spiritual power touched the outer edge of the chaotic core, an indescribable torrent of chaos, powerful enough to instantly destroy the will of any god, suddenly surged back! The wails of billions of universes being annihilated, the pain of being torn apart, the anger of being betrayed, the indifference of resetting everything... countless negative emotions and destructive wills, like billions of red-hot blades, pierced Lin Ye's soul!
"Ughhhhhh—!" Lin Ye's body convulsed violently, golden blood seeping from his seven orifices, his consciousness seemingly about to be completely torn apart and assimilated in the next second!
Just as his consciousness was about to completely sink into the dark abyss of chaos, Lin Ye's indomitable will, with its extreme tenacity and the last vestige of clarity, pierced through a crack in the torrent of destruction like a faint candle flame in a storm!
Through anger! Through pain! Through indifference!
At the very core and deepest level of that chaotic will, at the very bottom layer, heavily shrouded by countless negative emotions...
Lin Ye "saw" it.
It was a tiny, almost imperceptible, pure white light.
It was as faint as a candle flickering in the wind, yet it stubbornly persisted. In that glimmer of light, Lin Ye felt an indescribable, pure joy that transcended all other emotions.
That was... the joy of seeing the first ray of starlight when the stars were created.
That is... the joy of feeling the harmonious operation of the universe when one bestows laws.
That was... the most primal, childlike joy of seeing life sprout and bloom on the planet.
That was the original, true nature of the Omni-King of Chaos!
boom--! ! !
The attacks of the three Omni-Kings landed on Lin Ye almost simultaneously! Chains of Order strangled him, the Giant Scythe of Destruction slashed down, and the Iron Fist of Power slammed down!
Lin Ye's body was blasted away like a broken doll by the violent energy, crashing through several huge temple pillars and slamming into the deepest wall of the temple, embedding itself deep inside! Smoke and dust filled the air, and debris flew everywhere!
"It's over," the King of Order coldly declared.
The King of Destruction scoffed, "Overestimating yourself!"
The Omni-King of Power frowned slightly. He sensed something strange about Lin Ye's aura for a fleeting moment, but this was quickly masked by the horrific state Lin Ye had suffered after being attacked. In their eyes, no being could survive a combined attack from the three of them, especially since Lin Ye had willingly abandoned his defenses to engage in that foolish mental connection.
The smoke slowly dispersed.
Deep within the temple, Lin Ye lay motionless in a hole in the wall, his body covered in blood, his breath extremely weak, as if it might be extinguished at any moment.
The three Omni-Kings hovered in the air, preparing to completely annihilate this last trace and reinforce the temple seal once more.
suddenly!
Inside Lin Ye's body, the chaotic core that had been raging and boiling suddenly... froze!
Immediately afterwards, a wave of will, far more vast, more ancient, and more... complete than when it had awakened before, erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for billions of years!
Om-! ! !
The entire Origin Land, no, all dimensions of the entire multiverse, seemed to freeze for a moment at the same instant!
A cold, indifferent voice, devoid of any doubt but filled with absolute and supreme will, echoed clearly in the temple and deep within the souls of the three Omni-Kings:
"I...have returned."
The Omni-King of Chaos... has fully awakened!
Lin Ye's body, embedded in the wall, was slowly enveloped by a layer of viscous, ink-like chaotic energy, like a cocoon that was giving birth to a world-destroying demon god...
Chapter 239: The Trinity's Choice
A chilling declaration—"I...have returned"—echoed like a death knell in the universe, reverberating in the deathly darkness of the temple. The chaotic cocoon enveloping Lin Ye resembled a womb nurturing an egg of destruction, its viscous dark energy pulsating slowly. Each pulsation caused the temple's bronze walls to resonate with a deep, guttural sound, as if the entire building was groaning in fear.
The three Omni-Kings—Order, Destruction, and Power—hovered in mid-air, the light representing their respective authorities (golden white, dark purple, and fiery red) flickering intensely. An unprecedented solemnity replaced their previous shock and anger. They could clearly sense that the will emanating from the cocoon was no longer fragmented, but rather a nearly complete, primordial chaos originating from the very beginning of the universe! It was a pure aura of "source" that transcended their fragmented authorities!
"It... has fully awakened." The voice of the Omni-King of Order lost its usual absolute coldness, carrying a slight, almost imperceptible tremor. The golden-white chains of order swirled uneasily around Him, yet dared not easily attack the Cocoon of Chaos again. Their combined attack had failed to annihilate Lin Ye; instead, it seemed to have accelerated the integration of the Chaos Will, a result that made them hesitant to act rashly.
The Omni-King of Destruction's dark purple scythe hummed, its destructive energy churning violently. He stared intently at the black cocoon: "Then annihilate this cocoon, along with that damned container inside!"
"Annihilation?" The Omni-King of Power spoke in a deep voice, his fiery red gaze sharp as a knife. "Have you forgotten why we split? Its core power is chaos itself, the ultimate of 'nothingness'! Our power originates from 'existence,' from the materialized laws of order, destruction, and power! Conventional annihilation is merely a return to its origin for 'it,' and may even become its nourishment! We were able to seal 'it' back then because its core was torn apart and stripped away, leaving it extremely weak, and we used the divine power of the entire nascent universe to set up a sealing array! Now... its core is integrating, its power is reviving, what can we use to annihilate it?"
The King of Destruction was speechless, a flash of dark purple light streaking across his face, yet he could not refute it. He could feel the "nothingness" emanating from the cocoon, which rendered his proud Law of Destruction powerless, as if it were about to devour the concept of "existence".
Just then, a faint yet exceptionally clear mental fluctuation pierced through the viscous chaotic energy, struggling to travel out and directly resonating in the consciousness of the three Omni-Kings and Little White (whose tattered orb of light was being protected by the chaotic energy dissipated by Lin Ye):
"Stop arguing... If you want to live... listen to me!"
It's Lin Ye! His consciousness is still resisting, and hasn't been completely swallowed by the chaos?!
The three Omni-Kings were simultaneously startled, their gazes focusing on the black cocoon.
"You... haven't been assimilated yet?" The Omni-King of Order's voice was filled with extreme disbelief.
"Almost there... but there's still some time..." Lin Ye's mental fluctuations were intermittent, as if he were struggling in a raging storm. "I... saw... deep within 'it'... it's not all destruction..."
"Absurd!" the Omni-King of Destruction roared. "It is devouring and merging the multiverse! Countless worlds are turning into chaos! Is this what you call 'not all destruction'?!"
"Shut up! You idiot!" Lin Ye's mental fluctuations suddenly turned into a mix of irritability and weakness. "Listen to me! At the very bottom of 'its' will... I saw a glimmer of light... a glimmer of... the joy of creating stars and giving life! That was 'its' original intention! It was the source of you three... before you split apart!"
The three Omni-Kings were struck as if by an invisible hammer, their light momentarily halting! The image of the original Chaos Omni-King creating the starry sea in the mural flashed through their consciousness in an instant. It was a distant memory that they had deliberately forgotten, or rather, that had been covered by the fragmented authority.
"What do you want to say?" The Omni-King of Power's voice was extremely solemn, as He had subtly grasped the key point in Lin Ye's words.
"Chaos... has gone out of control..." Lin Ye's mental energy was being rapidly depleted, making it increasingly difficult to transmit information. "Because it was torn apart... sealed away... endless pain and rage have overwhelmed that glimmer of light... 'It' now only left with... the instinct to return to chaos... to reset everything, to erase differences... including you!"
Lin Ye's words were like a cold blade, piercing through the last vestiges of hope of the three Omni-Kings. Yes, they were fragmented entities, products of "difference," and targets for Chaos to "reset"!
"Then... what do we do?" For the first time, the voice of the Omni-King of Order sounded bewildered. Fight back? His power attribute was countered; conventional attacks were ineffective. Seal? His core was awakening, and even the sealing array was becoming its nourishment! Should they just wait for the universe to be reset?
"Merge..." Lin Ye's mental fluctuations were like a candle flickering in the wind, yet they revealed a mad and resolute determination, "You three... merge back together!"
"what?!"
"impossible!"
"Are you crazy?!"
The three Omni-Kings cried out in shock almost simultaneously! To relinquish their independent will and supreme authority, and merge once more into an unknown entity? This was more unacceptable to them than death!
"This is the only way out!" Lin Ye's mental power roared, filled with a sense of urgency as if he were on the verge of death. "Awaken that forgotten 'creation' and 'joy' deep within 'it's' core! Only the return of the complete 'Source' will can suppress and guide that out-of-control chaotic instinct! Only when you become part of 'it' again can you...restore the balance from within!"
A deathly silence fell over the temple. Only the chilling pulse of the Cocoon of Chaos could be heard. The flickering light emanating from the three Omni-Kings revealed their intense inner struggles. To relinquish their egos and return to their origin? This required unimaginable courage and sacrifice.
"Fusion..." the Omni-King of Power repeated softly, his crimson gaze sweeping over order and destruction, "Can we... still find that feeling again?"
"Hmph! Even if we were to merge, now would be the worst time!" The Omni-King of Destruction interrupted angrily, pointing at the black cocoon. "'It' is a beast out of control right now! If the three of us merge into it, we'll be torn apart and assimilated by that raging chaotic will! There won't be any time to awaken any 'true self'!"
“It needs… a key… and a container…” Lin Ye’s mental fluctuations became even weaker. “It needs… the primordial energy of the twelve universes… the purest source of ‘existence’… as a catalyst… to neutralize the raging chaos… and create… a temporary… stable environment… so that the fusion… can take place…”
"The primordial energy of the twelve universes?" The Omni-King of Order immediately grasped the key point. "That's the foundation that sustains the existence of each independent universe! We need to gather them all..."
“That’s right…it needs time…and also…help…” Lin Ye’s voice was almost gone. “My system…Bulma…can modify it…as…a temporary…fusion vessel…but it needs…energy…hurry…”
The mental fluctuations completely subsided, as if the last bit of power had been exhausted. The pulse of the Chaos Cocoon seemed to quicken slightly, and the oppressive aura it exuded intensified.
The three Omni-Kings exchanged bewildered glances. Lin Ye's plan was outrageously insane and incredibly risky, but... it seemed to be the only way out that wasn't utterly annihilated.
"Twelve universes..." The Omni-King of Destruction gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing with dark purple light, "Time is running out! The merging of chaos is accelerating!"
"Split up!" The Omni-King of Power made a decisive decision, his resolute face illuminated by a blazing red light. "The three of us will each be responsible for communicating with the four universes and persuading the supreme beings there to borrow a portion of the Origin of Creation! Remember, it's borrowing, not stealing! What we need is voluntary, pure energy!"
"Hmph, communication?" The King of Destruction snorted, but did not object. "Then let's see who's faster!"
秩序全王金白色的光芒流转，瞬间分析出最优路径：“我负责编号1、5、8、12宇宙。破坏，你负责2、6、9、10。力量，3、4、7、11归你。立刻出发！”
The three beams of light, representing the supreme authority of the universe, vanished from the temple in an instant, leaving only a heavy aftershock and a pulsating, ominous cocoon of chaos.
Inside the temple, only the faint orb of light from Little White remained. It struggled to send out intermittent signals: "Master... hold on... Bulma... calling Bulma..."
Earth, West Capital, the deepest underground laboratory of the Capsule Corporation.
A piercing alarm blared throughout the space, and countless screens displayed incomprehensible readings of chaotic energy, far exceeding the limits of all instruments. On the central main screen, a blurry image of the chaotic cocoon within the temple was displayed, along with an alarm indicating that Lin Ye's vital signs were nearly gone.
"Lin Ye! You bastard! What have you done now?!" Bulma's hair was disheveled, her eyes were bloodshot, and her hands moved so fast on the control panel covered with complex runes and circuits that they were just blurs. Beside her, a spherical device with a sophisticated and complex structure, but whose outer shell had melted in many places and was sparking with electricity—the "body" of Lin Ye's transmigration system—was humming under the strain.
“Miss Bulma! Master… is in grave danger! He needs… help!” Shiro’s weak voice forced its way into the laboratory’s communication system via a special frequency.
"Nonsense! I can see it!" Bulma roared, slamming her fist on the control panel, tears welling up in her eyes. "That idiot! He always goes this far! Chaos Core? Fusion Container? Does he think I'm the creator god?!"
Despite her cursing, her fingers moved even faster. The structural diagram of Lin Ye's system core flashed rapidly on the screen, and countless raging red data streams representing chaotic energy were frantically impacting the system's core logic modules.