Chapter 58: The Chaos Conception
The sky above the Eastern Ocean was divided. To the East, the black storm clouds of Mo Tian. To the West, the blinding golden light of the Heavenly Dao Sect Grandmaster.
Grandmaster Tianji (Nascent Soul - Peak). He was 800 years old, the guardian of the Central Continent, and the closest being to the Divine Transformation realm in this world.
"You hold the Five Elements," Grandmaster Tianji's voice was not angry; it was heavy with disappointment. "But you do not understand them. They are the building blocks of Life. You use them for Death."
"Life, Death," Mo Tian juggled the pearls. "Just two sides of the same coin. I prefer the edge."
"Kneel."
Grandmaster Tianji raised a wooden staff.
"Dao Law: Heaven's Weight."
The gravity around Mo Tian increased by a thousand times. The ocean below depressed into a bowl shape. The air turned into a solid block of iron.
Mo Tian's bones creaked. His Golden Core spun violently, grinding against the pressure.
"Pressure," Mo Tian grinned, blood leaking from his nose. "Just what I needed."
He didn't fight the gravity. He used it.
He opened his mouth and swallowed the four pearls (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire) at once. The Earth element (Purple Nether Flame) was already inside him.
"Heaven-Devouring Art: Chaos Fusion."
Inside his dantian, the five elements exploded.
Fire tried to burn the Wood.
Water tried to drown the Fire.
Metal tried to cut the Wood.
Earth tried to bury the Water.
It was a catastrophic internal war. A normal cultivator would have detonated instantly.
But Mo Tian had the Chaos Core.
"Compress!"
Mo Tian channeled the Grandmaster's gravity pressure directly into his dantian. He used the enemy's attack as a blacksmith's hammer.
CRACK.
His Golden Core shattered.
"He is self-destructing?" The Grandmaster frowned. "No... he is... molting."
From the shards of the Golden Core, a vortex of absolute darkness emerged. It sucked in the Five Elements. It sucked in the gravity. It sucked in the ambient spiritual energy of the ocean.
[System Alert: Nascent Soul Forming.] [Anomaly Detected: Chaos Attribute.] [Heavenly Dao Reaction: Hostile.]
The sky turned red. The legendary World-Ending Tribulation appeared.
"Even the Heavens want you dead!" The Grandmaster roared. "I will assist the Heavens!"
He pointed his staff. "Divine Light of Erasure!"
A beam of pure white light joined the red lightning falling from the sky.
Mo Tian stood in the center of the apocalypse. He didn't defend.
His chest ripped open.
Not a wound. A birth.
A tiny hand, black as the void, reached out from his chest. Then another.
A miniature version of Mo Tian crawled out of his physical body. It was translucent, made of black starlight, with five colored rings rotating behind its head like a halo.
The Chaos Nascent Soul.
The infant opened its eyes. They were purple galaxies.
It opened its mouth and screamed.
But it wasn't a sound. It was a suction force.
The Red Lightning? Eaten. The Divine Light? Eaten. The Grandmaster's Gravity? Eaten.
The infant grew, merging back into Mo Tian's physical body, fusing flesh and soul into a higher state of existence.
Mo Tian's body reformed. His skin was flawless jade. His hair was a waterfall of ink. The five colored rings solidified behind his back, rotating slowly.
[Breakthrough Successful.] [Current Realm: Nascent Soul - Stage 1 (Chaos God Grade)] [Ability Unlocked: Law Negation.] [Ability Unlocked: World Walk.]
Mo Tian exhaled. The breath turned into a hurricane.
"Grandmaster," Mo Tian spoke. His voice now echoed from everywhere at once. "You helped me be born. Now, let me return the favor."
He raised a finger.
"Die."