Chapter 1779: Return to the Void Invincible

As Qin Mu stood up, the surface of the Chaotic Sea instantly twisted. Behind him, a massive wheel of chaos formed, swirling the chaos within the sea.

The spinning chaotic wheel enveloped the Golden Ship of Crossing Worlds. The enormous golden ship shifted sideways across the Chaotic Sea's surface, creaking and groaning as it was drawn into the chaotic wheel.

The chaotic seawater, lifted high, cascaded down, only to be drawn up again by the colossal spinning wheel. The scene was incredibly grand, magnificent, and awe-inspiring!

Suddenly, everyone's Dao trees began to burn fiercely. The three Hall Masters—Hehuan, Zengcheng, and Phoenix—were startled and tried to extinguish the flames on their respective Dao trees. The five enlightened beings from the Mi Luo Palace also hastily activated their divine abilities, attempting to put out the fires. However, these flames were ignited by the heat death wind from Guixu and proved impossible to extinguish.

They practiced the orthodox Dao Realm enlightenment system. Once their Dao Realm cultivation reached the 36th Heaven and was anchored in the void, a Grand Luo Heaven would form, giving birth to a Dao tree and yielding a Dao fruit.

Guixu, however, was inherently antithetical to the ultimate void. Their Dao trees, upon entering the Guixu Abyss, were completely suppressed. If they couldn't leave this place, their entire cultivation might be utterly dissolved by this strange location.

They even felt their own Dao Realm heavens being invaded by heat death, collapsing one after another!

"Sacrifice!" the three Hall Masters roared, activating their respective treasure halls. The three halls descended, suppressing the flames on their Dao trees and allowing them to breathe a sigh of relief.

Huang Tang's Grand Luo Heaven also began to burn fiercely, with the heat death flames igniting both his Dao tree and Dao fruit. Huang Tang roared in anger, activating a branch of the World Tree. This World Tree branch, refined by the Boundless Elder, immediately pierced through the chaotic wheel, stirring the Chaotic Sea. It rooted and sprouted on the sea's surface, rapidly transforming into a smaller World Tree, supporting pockets of void to resist Guixu's power. The flames on his Grand Luo Heaven, Dao tree, and Dao fruit were instantly extinguished.

Only Emperor Kaihuang Qin Ye's Grand Luo Heaven and Dao tree remained untouched by the heat death flames, completely unaffected.

Everyone looked up and, seeing Qin Mu and Ling Yuxiu's faces, their expressions drastically changed. Emperor Kaihuang and the others, however, showed signs of delight.

"Seventh Young Master!" The Golden Ship was now caught by a chaotic wheel and drawn into its center. On board, besides Emperor Kaihuang Qin Ye, Heavenly Venerable Yue, Lan Yu Tian, and others, there were also six enlightened beings, including Hall Master Zengcheng.

Hall Master Zengcheng clearly saw Qin Mu's face and felt a chill. He immediately retreated with the other five, leaping off the Golden Ship to escape the chaotic wheel. Suddenly, he remembered his Dao tree was still on the ship.

Hall Master Zengcheng immediately channeled his magic power, attempting to retrieve his Dao tree. However, his Dao tree was bound to the Golden Ship, its roots suppressed within several golden halls by Lan Yu Tian and Xu Shenghua. It was impossible to retrieve in such a short time. Previously, when Lan Yu Tian and Xu Shenghua suppressed his Dao tree roots, Hall Master Zengcheng had not paid it any mind. Now, he secretly cursed his misfortune, feeling like crying but having no tears. Abandoning his Dao tree was something he could not do, especially since his Dao fruit was also on the tree.

Knowing he couldn't retrieve his Dao tree, Hall Master Zengcheng made a decisive move, causing Dao fruits to fly out from the tree, one by one. Since he couldn't retrieve the tree, he would at least reclaim the Dao fruits, which would preserve some of his cultivation.

The moment his Dao fruit detached from the tree, Emperor Kaihuang's sword light flew forth, piercing one of his Dao fruits with a single strike!

At this moment, Qin Mu finally stood up completely. A colossal shadow appeared before the Golden Ship of Crossing Worlds, engulfing Hall Master Zengcheng and the other six Mi Luo Palace experts.

Hall Master Zengcheng gritted his teeth, fought his way back to the Golden Ship, and activated his Zengcheng Treasure Hall to clash head-on with Emperor Kaihuang!

The Zengcheng Treasure Hall rapidly spun around him, constantly clashing with Emperor Kaihuang's sword techniques. It fluctuated in size; at times it was as small as a grain of sand, at other times it transformed into a magnificent divine city. Emperor Kaihuang's sword light moved erratically within the city, as if trapped in a labyrinth, unable to break through and reach his true form. While it was acceptable for his Dao tree to be left on the Golden Ship, losing his Dao fruits would significantly diminish his power.

Xu Shenghua's gaze flickered, sensing that Emperor Kaihuang was struggling to win. He immediately began deducing and calculating Zengcheng's internal structure. Hall Master Zengcheng was clearly a master of arithmancy; his Zengcheng concealed arithmantic puzzles, and solving them would allow one to harm him.

"It's a pity Dao Master Lin Xuan isn't here," Xu Shenghua thought. "If he were, breaking Zengcheng wouldn't be so difficult."

Xu Shenghua concentrated fully, trying to decipher Zengcheng's structure. Lan Yu Tian, however, was completely lost, utterly clueless about the labyrinthine layout of the Zengcheng Hall. Indeed, he had little expertise in arithmancy.

The moment Hall Master Zengcheng returned to the Golden Ship of Crossing Worlds, the sea surface boiled and erupted. More massive chaotic wheels continuously rose from the sea, six of them encircling and distorting space-time.

The five enlightened beings from the Mi Luo Palace who had followed Hall Master Zengcheng also intended to return to the Golden Ship. One of them, slightly distracted, passed through a massive chaotic wheel and instantly vanished without a trace.

The other four enlightened beings from the Mi Luo Palace were startled. They exchanged glances, and two more passed through the newly risen chaotic wheel to search for their companion. The remaining two rushed onto the Golden Ship to help Hall Master Zengcheng resist Emperor Kaihuang Qin Ye.

The two who rushed into the chaotic wheel suddenly saw a burst of light. Once their eyes adjusted, they were horrified to discover that their physical bodies had transformed into two rooster-dragons! Their original bodies had vanished! Not only that, but their primordial spirits had also changed, becoming the primordial spirits of rooster-dragons!

"Don't panic!" One of the Mi Luo Palace enlightened beings opened his mouth, but only a crowing sound came out. He hastily communicated in Dao language, crying, "This is the Seventh Young Master's most proficient path of reincarnation! He can change our physical and primordial spirit structures, but he cannot change our comprehension of Dao and divine abilities! Our Dao trees and Dao fruits are still intact!"

The two rooster-dragons immediately sensed their respective Great Dao divine abilities and, finding them still present, felt relieved.

The two rooster-dragons looked around hopefully. They saw a world within the chaotic wheel, filled with floating bubbles of various sizes and colors, as peculiar and strange as a dream. Suddenly, they saw another rooster-dragon. Their spirits were greatly roused, and they activated their Dao trees and Dao fruits. In an instant, they reshaped their bodies into a powerful human-bodied form with a rooster head, flapping their wings behind them as they flew toward the other rooster-dragon.

As they passed through a bubble, their minds suddenly became muddled. When they regained their senses, they found their forms had changed again, transforming into two green snakes slithering on the ground.

"The Seventh Young Master's divine abilities cannot harm enlightened beings!" The two sensed their Dao trees and Dao fruits, then once again activated their divine abilities, transforming their bodies. The power of enlightened beings was fully displayed as they instantly transformed into a powerful human-bodied form with a snake head, rushing out of the bubble.

No sooner had they left that bubble than they entered another, transforming into two ancient trees.

The two enlightened beings' minds were somewhat disoriented, but soon they remembered who they were. The two ancient trees pulled themselves from the ground, transforming into two robust treants, and strode out of this bubble world.

Stepping into another bubble, they fell into an ocean, transforming into two tiny fish. When they rushed into the next bubble world, they became two wildflowers by the roadside. Entering yet another bubble, they turned into two grasshoppers, hopping around.

With each entry into a bubble world, their consciousness became increasingly blurred. However, enlightened beings were powerful after all; they held steadfast to their Dao hearts and were always able to regain consciousness. Yet, the time it took to regain consciousness grew longer each time, causing them to vaguely worry if they could still awaken their self-awareness the next time. Staying in the bubble worlds was also not an option, as these worlds would occasionally explode and annihilate. Each explosion was like a creation and destruction tribulation, wearing down their cultivation and power. Moreover, as bubbles were destroyed, new ones would be born endlessly.

The two enlightened beings continuously traversed through the bubbles. The other enlightened being they sought had long vanished. In this manner, they experienced countless cycles of reincarnation. Finally, as they rolled into another bubble world, they transformed into two chaotic stones.

The consciousness within the two chaotic stones gradually fell silent along with the chaotic energy, becoming a state of pure chaos. Another object rolled into this bubble world, landing and turning into a chaotic stone. The three chaotic stones remained rigid, unmoving, devoid of any consciousness or thought.

Meanwhile, only an instant had passed in the outside world.

The moment Hall Master Hehuan and Hall Master Phoenix activated their respective treasure halls to extinguish the heat death flames, they made a decisive move, immediately turning back and attempting to leave Guixu. To their horror, however, they couldn't see the entrance to Guixu. Looking up, they could only see a series of wheel-shaped skies, within which surged the roaring Great Tribulation of Destruction!

Hall Master Hehuan raised her hand, grasped the flying Hall Master Phoenix's hand, and pulled her back. Shaking her head, she whispered, "Don't go! If you enter, you will fall into the path of reincarnation, where living is worse than dying!"

Hall Master Phoenix suddenly recalled the rumors about the Mi Luo Palace's Seventh Young Master. She hastily stopped, breaking out in a cold sweat. Ancient legends spoke of people who had entered the Seventh Young Master Qin Mu's dream-like reincarnation space, encountering various strange phenomena, and the rumors were unsettling. The current Qin Mu already displayed the demeanor of the Seventh Young Master, forcing her to act cautiously.

"I also have the divine abilities of the Third Young Master Lingxiao," Hall Master Hehuan said in a deep voice. "They can severely injure the Seventh Young Master and break through his strange domain!"

Hall Master Phoenix felt relieved.

Suddenly, three chaotic stones fell from a wheel-shaped sky, plummeting into the Chaotic Sea near them. The two Hall Masters' gazes fell upon the three stones, feeling surprised but not paying them much mind.

Just then, countless strands of white hair billowed from behind Qin Mu, each as sharp as a sword, striking from his back! Every strand of white hair transformed endlessly, evolving into various Guixu divine abilities, attempting to devour Qin Mu. Suddenly, the chaotic wheel spun, blocking each strand of white hair, preventing them from approaching Qin Mu in the slightest!

"Seventh Brother, your abilities have improved!" Beneath the Chaotic Sea, lotus leaves floated, and suddenly a colossal face emerged, white hair swirling around it in an incredibly eerie manner. Hall Master Hehuan and the others looked through the chaotic wheels at the face. They saw the woman locked by impossibly thick red chains, suppressed in the sea, unable to escape.

"Second Young Master Wuji!" Hehuan, Phoenix, and Zengcheng were startled. They quickly bowed and exclaimed, "Hehuan, Phoenix, and Zengcheng greet Second Young Master!" The white hair that had just attacked Qin Mu belonged to the Second Young Master, who was suppressed in the Chaotic Sea. Due to a grave transgression, she had been suppressed in the Chaotic Sea by the Mi Luo Palace Master, with red knot-ties transformed into five chains, trapping her at the seabed. Upon seeing Qin Mu, she felt a hunter's delight and fiercely attacked him. Unexpectedly, being suppressed by the Mi Luo Palace Master, any slight movement would cause her to be locked by the red knot-ties, preventing her from harming Qin Mu in the slightest.

Second Young Master Wuji's face glided beneath the sea surface, moving east and west, back and forth, surveying everyone. Suddenly, she chuckled, "Three Hall Masters from the Mi Luo Palace are here at once. Seventh Brother, can you handle them?" She couldn't help but laugh, "You chose to ambush them here; you're clearly not taking me seriously enough. If I were to join forces with these Hall Masters, do you think you'd stand a chance?"

"Second Sister, as long as you're not free, you can't do anything to me." Qin Mu turned around. The Chaotic Sea roared and churned beneath and around the six chaotic wheels, sending towering waves that shook the treasure halls of the two Hall Masters and Huang Tang's small World Tree, causing everyone to sway. He smiled faintly, "Even if you join forces with them, you wouldn't be able to harm me in the slightest. I have plenty of ways to make you obey!"

Second Young Master Wuji was furious and sneered, "Seventh Brother, you're getting bolder..." Qin Mu flicked his fingers repeatedly. Suddenly, the power of the five red ropes suppressing the Second Young Master erupted. Second Young Master Wuji let out a muffled groan and was suppressed into the chaotic seabed.

"As for making threats, Second Sister, you're not qualified yet." Qin Mu turned around and said calmly, "Unless Master unbinds your red knot-ties, it's best for you to be well-behaved in front of your younger brother. Everyone!" His voice suddenly boomed over the Chaotic Sea, causing waves to churn.