Chapter 4286: Chaotification
Stepping into the Chaos Realm truly was a great transformation even the very nature of techniques could change. This was something Lin Moyu had not anticipated.
Still, he could see the trade off clearly: he had lost an offensive technique, but for his multiple domains it had become a new bridge of interconnection. Which was more important was obvious.
Chaos Seed had already gone off to modify the last remaining art star, while Lin Moyu kept his eyes on the Prison Suppressing Stone.
He was certain the stone had not "appeared" suddenly, nor was it a product of Chaos Seed's modification it had always been here, hidden inside the art star until now.
What convinced him was the aura the stone radiated an ancient aura he had only ever sensed before from the Heavenly Void Son of the First Generation Heavenly Void Palace.
The Heavenly Void Son emanated that same ancient essence. Lin Moyu's perception of qi was extremely sharp he could not be mistaken.
The stone was as ancient as the Heavenly Void Son himself, so it could not be something made by Chaos Seed or evolved from an art star. It had always been here in hiding.
"This technique must be related to the Catastrophic Supreme," Lin Moyu concluded in his heart.
When his will touched the stone, he instantly beheld the reincarnation cycles of the four domains.
Countless beings were flowing through rebirth; the deaths and returns of life playing out on an endless loop.
The sight carried solemn gravity, the oppressive majesty of the cycle of samsara. Lin Moyu watched for a while before withdrawing his will.
The cycles had indeed made each of the domains more stable, and because the Reincarnation Hells interlinked, the life and power of the four domains now intermingled balancing each other.
Every sign pointed to this: balance between domains seemed highly important.
And within the Catastrophic Scepter, there also happened to be a Balance Gem.
"Balance… It seems that even in chaos, balance is an extremely important rule," Lin Moyu realized.
"But at my current realm, exploring chaos rules is far too early I can't rush it."
Chaos rules belonged to the world of Heaven Earth Supremes; a mere Chaos Realm cultivator had no qualification to investigate them. For a Chaos Realm existence, being able to use one's Great Dao to touch upon chaos rules was already remarkable probing the deeper mysteries was all but impossible.
Abandoning such unrealistic thoughts, Lin Moyu turned his attention to the final art undergoing modification.
[Corpse Explosion]: Detonate corpses or remains to deal damage equal to five times the target's vitality in life, to a locked target or area. The larger the explosion radius, the more the power diminishes. Within a radius of a thousand li, power remains unchanged. When locked to a target, ignores all obstacles and time limits.
This too had changed the condition remained the same, but the power multiplier was now fivefold. Killing an enemy of the same realm would be trivial.
Most crucially, it no longer had to lock onto a specific target before exploding.
He could now detonate across an area, with a massive potential radius. Inside a thousand li, the power was unchanged identical to a direct lock. Beyond that, it fell off: at ten thousand li, only half strength; at a hundred thousand li, only one tenth.
This pleased Lin Moyu greatly the biggest drawback of Corpse Explosion had been the need to lock on. Against elusive foes, he'd often needed Bone Hell to trap them first.
Now that Bone Hell had transformed, Corpse Explosion's new area attack capability perfectly covered that loss.
Chaos Seed grinned. "Not bad, right, Master?"
Lin Moyu nodded. "The Great Dao is simple these arts are becoming simpler."
Not only simpler fewer. Where once he had dozens, now only a handful remained, yet his power was no less, even greater. The principle of "great truth in simplicity" was embodied here perfectly.
Chaos Seed said, "The art modifications are done. Next is to help Master complete chaotification. But you must remember once it's done, enter chaos quickly and coat yourself with ordinary chaos qi on the surface."
Lin Moyu understood Chaos Seed's chaotification would not be bound by the Dao. Without a layer of normal chaos qi as disguise, he could easily be exposed.
It was akin to sealing his strength a means of hiding in plain sight.
"I feel like a spy now," Lin Moyu joked.
"Not a spy just lying low," Chaos Seed answered reflexively. Then it tilted its head. "Strange, why did I say that?"
It didn't know itself, but Lin Moyu recognized it as the influence of sealed memories.
Chaos Seed snorted, spraying endless chaos qi. Before Lin Moyu's eyes, a world filled with chaos qi opened the inner world of the Chaos Pearl, all chaos yet different from the outside.
Lin Moyu dropped his concealment; his soul and body surfaces began chaotifying. An immense influx of same origin chaos qi penetrated deeper, remaking him inside and out.
Pain coursed through him his soul was undergoing metamorphosis, birthing new waves of strength, a sensation both painful and joyful.
When it finished, he would no longer be "entry level" Chaos Realm, but minor completion Chaos Realm.
But unlike others of that stage, he would forge neither chaos armor nor chaos weapons he now understood "chaos is poisonous," and that to fight the Dao he would have to surpass chaos itself. Using weapons of chaos against the Dao was a fool's dream.
Still the flood poured behind Chaos Seed, a mysterious inner world manifested, with chaos qi descending like torrential rain.
Ordinary cultivators entered chaos to absorb qi and slowly chaotify.
Chaos Seed was forcibly pouring it into Lin Moyu, making his progress unimaginably faster.
Where others might take thousands or tens of thousands of years, for Lin Moyu even a few years felt slow.
He drew in the qi with all his might, his soul shifting between breaking and healing, each fracture filling him with more chaos qi, pushing the transformation.
The process spread from the edges of soul and flesh inward, until all of him was remade. His aura swelled, granting him the ability to roam chaos freely.
As his chaotification neared completion, the Five Domain World changed as well.
Its barriers grew stronger, able to withstand chaos qi preparing for Lin Moyu to bring the domain into chaos.
The last of the Soul Eater Spirits vanished; they were no longer needed.
Chaos qi now surged from all sides soon, this place would be swallowed entirely by the void sea.
The Candle Dragon sensed the change and muttered, "My job's finally done. Time to go."
Then he turned into a streak of light and disappeared into the chaos.
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