Madness.
The scene before him utterly stunned Dao Wang.
"What am I seeing?" Dao Wang's perception of reality shattered.
He actually saw someone extract their own Great Dao and shatter it in another manner.
This...
Even after living for millions of years, he had never witnessed such a thing.
Most importantly, under the combined assault of light and dark Daos, a figure slowly began to form within the lightning.
Dao Wang: "..."
He saw clearly. It was the Lightning Beast.
The Lightning Dao Spirit, the Lightning Beast.
The Lightning Dao Spirit was about to emerge, while the Wind Spirit on the other side had been completely obliterated.
"Roar."
The Lightning Beast was finally fully formed.
In an instant, the lightning subsided.
Then, under Dao Wang's astonished gaze, the Lightning Beast turned and began to attack the Wind Spirit.
The dispersing Wind Soul could no longer withstand the combined assault of the Wild Lion and the Lightning Beast, and began to disintegrate.
"Sip."
The Lightning Beast possessed self-awareness.
At this moment, it directly devoured the scattered intelligence of the Wind Spirit.
The next moment, the aura of the Lightning Beast began to exhibit the power of wind.
In a short period, wind and lightning merged.
More accurately, it was absorption.
But that was no longer important. What was important was... success.
Chen Fan had succeeded, successfully fusing wind and lightning.
"Roar."
The Lightning Beast roared.
With the Great Dao Spirits fused, the laws naturally had no ability to resist.
Under Dao Wang's shocked eyes, wind and lightning converged.
That colossal Lightning Beast, under the gaze of the three Dao Spirits, bent its body.
It submitted.
"Hmph."
Chen Fan snorted, "This is your last chance. If there is another instance of betrayal, you will cease to exist."
"Mmm."
The Lightning Beast could not speak, but it lowered its proud head.
Seeing this, Chen Fan retracted the killing intent in his eyes. "Go back."
Boom.
The four Dao Spirits transformed into four streams of light and entered Chen Fan's body.
They vanished as if they had never existed.
Everything that had happened before seemed as if it had never occurred.
With four Dao Spirits entering his body, his five internal organs were only missing the final yin and yang.
From afar, Dao Wang, who had been holding back his shock, could no longer contain himself and exclaimed, "City Lord Chen is truly a prodigy of heaven, to have gained the recognition of four Dao Spirits simultaneously, and not just ordinary ones. Three two-extremity Dao Spirits and one five-element Dao Spirit."
No one would have believed this.
Chen Fan's gaze had become serene.
He turned to look at Dao Wang and clasped his fists. "I must also thank Senior for this generous gift."
This gift was too immense.
Dao Wang waved his hand and sighed, "I thought it would be good enough if you could condense the Great Dao laws, but I never expected Dao Spirits could be condensed in such a manner."
He had learned something new.
For others, condensing Dao Spirits was an arduous task.
But Chen Fan had directly subdued them through force.
This matter could not be spoken of.
Chen Fan spoke again, "Senior Dao Wang, I still have some doubts. May I ask Senior to clarify them?"
"Of course."
Dao Wang agreed without hesitation.
He gestured, "Please..."
"Thank you."
Chen Fan clasped his fists.
He glanced back at the others. Apart from Xie Jun, everyone else was in cultivation.
He nodded to Xie Jun, signaling him to guard the others, and then turned to walk aside.
Chen Fan and Dao Wang sat down once more.
"Senior."
Chen Fan directly asked, "Has Senior ever ventured beyond the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands?"
"Naturally."
Dao Wang nodded. "Does City Lord wish to ask about the chaos outside?"
"Yes. Senior, do you know why the chaos beyond the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands has gone mad?"
"..."
Dao Wang was silent for a moment before replying, "I am not entirely clear on this matter. I have only vaguely found some clues from ancient ruins. It is said that an supreme being who wandered the chaos perished within it."
"Some speculate that a heaven-shattering battle once broke out in the chaos, and the death of a supreme being led to its subversion."
"When I emerged, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands already existed. I heard others say that before the emergence of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the chaos had always been mad. It was only when the Lord of Order established the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands that sentient beings were given a sliver of breathing room."
"..."
Chen Fan remained silent, listening intently.
After a long while, he asked, "How did you deduce that the madness of the chaos was due to the demise of a powerful individual?"
"This was passed down by the Lord of Order. It is said... that the Lord of Order once heard a mournful cry from the depths of the chaos, which seemed to utter a single word..."
"What word?"
"Qi, Qi, Qi, Qi..."
Dao Wang uttered several words in succession. "I am not sure which one it was."
"..."
Chen Fan did not move, maintaining a calm demeanor.
But a tempest raged within his heart.
"Qi."
Chen Fan guessed, "Which word, it must be 'Qi', the 'Qi' from Chen Qi..."
An inexplicable pain struck his heart.
He finally understood why the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands could exist amidst the boundless chaos.
It was because this Order Dao inherited from Chen Qi.
And Chen Qi, my disciple... did you perish?
The pain was unbearable.
As for the mournful cry from the depths of the chaos... could it be the meatball?
At this moment, Chen Fan's heart became incredibly anxious.
It was highly possible.
If the meatball were still alive, it would be perfectly normal for the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to exist.
Of course, all this was predicated on Dao Wang's words being true.
"City Lord, City Lord Chen..."
Dao Wang's voice roused Chen Fan from his reverie.
"Uh... ah..."
Chen Fan came to, a slight daze, before softly exhaling. "Apologies, I was distracted..."
Dao Wang nodded, saying nothing.
"I understand."
Chen Fan nodded. "Thank you for telling me, Senior."
At this moment, his heart was heavy.
He still remembered the scene from the beginning of his wandering through the chaos.
...
Chen Fan fell silent.
He did not speak for a long time, then turned to leave, awaiting the awakening of Dragon King and the others.
Everyone else had woken up, only Dragon King was still inheriting the final legacy of the White Dragon.
"City Lord."
Elder Demon Chu saw that Chen Fan's expression was amiss and asked with concern, "What happened?"
The City Lord's state was not right.
"Nothing."
Chen Fan shook his head.
The scene from the beginning of his wandering through the chaos had become a fact.
Meatball, Chen Qi...
If his disciple had perished, how long had the meatball lived alone?
"Sigh."
In the end, all he could do was sigh.
His current cultivation was too weak. Even if he wanted to find the meatball, he couldn't.
The meatball must be very lonely.
Boom.
His contemplation was once again broken.
The chaos erupted, and a chaotic giant dragon spanned across heaven and earth.
A golden dragon, a five-clawed dragon.
Its roar shook the heavens and earth, and boundless chaotic light converged, integrating into Dragon King's body.
Dragon King's aura was climbing steadily.
The eighth-tier realm could no longer hold him back.
"Roar."
With a final roar, the golden dragon descended from the sky.
Its laughter echoed, "My chaotic tribe has another ninth-tier..."