Chaos Dao Sheng Jue

Chapter 1555 The Abyss of Reincarnation Disappears

Leaving Nirvana Pool went more smoothly than I had imagined.

Lu Chen held the Netherworld Yin-Yang Mirror in his hand. Wherever the mirror's light shone, the surging light bands of the Sea of ​​Laws automatically parted, making way for a wide and smooth path.

Those remnant spiritual light spots that had been dormant for countless years no longer merely floated and followed, but instead actively converged into a luminous river, quietly escorting the five people to the edge of the Sea of ​​Laws.

Nezha glanced back and joked:

"They...are still watching us."

Lu Chen did not turn around, but he knew that those remnant spirits had waited for countless years, and finally someone had taken away the primordial fire and the red rope and copper coins on the broken sword.

They were watching them go, and they were saying goodbye.

"Let's go," Lu Chen said softly. "There's still a long way to go."

Then, he stepped into the passage he had come from.

The passage walls had reformed, becoming even more solid than before. The corrosive power of the pool water was suppressed by the lingering effects of the nine-colored flames, and could only churn resentfully outside the walls, emitting low, mournful wails.

The four of them ascended along the spiral passage. In the end, Lu Chen did not kill Gu Tingyuan, the patriarch of the Gu family. It was not that he was soft-hearted, but that the other party had indeed shown remorse under the influence of the power of the law.

After walking in silence for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Nezha suddenly spoke: "Lu Chen."

"Ah."

"That old Taoist priest's obsession... how do you plan to find him?"

Lu Chen didn't answer immediately. He looked down at the almost invisible causal line on his little finger. It was very thin and faint, as if it might break at any moment, but it was always there.

The connection was already made the moment he first obtained the Chaos Dao Life Technique on the Tianyuan Continent.

He only saw it today.

"He will come looking for me," Lu Chen said with a confident smile.

"Are you so sure?"

“Hmm.” Lu Chen paused. “He said that I was the ‘key’ he chose.”

Nezha frowned: "Isn't that still treating you as a tool?"

“That was true before,” Lu Chen said calmly, “but that’s not necessarily true now.” He didn’t explain further.

But when Nezha looked at Lu Chen's profile, he suddenly felt that this guy was not quite the same as when he first entered the Nirvana Forbidden Land.

It wasn't a change in cultivation level, but a change in the look in his eyes.

In the past, Lu Chen's eyes were always filled with many things: responsibility, pressure, confusion about the future, and obsession with the past.

Those things are still there, but they no longer weigh him down; it's as if he's finally relieved of something.

Nezha withdrew his gaze without asking further questions, and a bright light appeared ahead of the passage.

It was in that circular space that Lao Tzu's remains had completely turned to dust, leaving only his blue Taoist robe lying quietly on the ground, its hem fluttering gently in the lingering aura of the laws.

Lu Chen stopped and squatted down in front of the Taoist robe, then gently smoothed out the wrinkles on the hem of the robe caused by the strong wind.

He then stood up and bowed deeply to the empty space to express his gratitude.

Fang Xinyi and Nezha bowed at the same time, while Gu Tingyuan, standing at the back, also bowed after a moment of silence.

This is a final tribute to a solitary seeker of truth, and a belated farewell to the countless others who have fallen on this path.

“Senior.” Lu Chen straightened up. “I will use your sword, compass, and oil lamp where they are most needed.”

"I will use your Dao Fruit fragments to prove the Primordial Dao."

"Your 'Chaos Scripture' and the Pure Mind Network..." He paused, his voice calm yet firm: "I will turn it into reality."

At this moment, a magical scene occurred: the Taoist robe moved without any wind, and the hem of the robe fluttered gently as if in response.

Then, everything returned to calm, and the four continued their ascent.

Finally, the familiar stone door appeared at the end of the passage.

The stone door was half-open, just as it had been when they entered. The yin-yang symbol on the door was still incomplete, but the traces of the yin mirror filling in the yin part were still visible, and the faint golden luster of Nezha's blood remained in the cracks of the yang part.

Lu Chen reached out and pushed open the stone door. Gray mist rushed in, revealing the Abyss of Reincarnation. Without hesitation, he stepped inside.

Behind them, Fang Xinyi, Nezha, and Gu Tingyuan filed out. Just as the last person stepped out of the stone gate…

boom!

The entire Abyss of Reincarnation trembled violently. It wasn't an earthquake, nor a violent upheaval of laws, but rather the stone gate was peeling away from its frame!

The stone gate, which had stood for countless years and witnessed countless cycles of life and death, let out a mournful cry, unable to bear the weight any longer. The yin-yang symbol on the gate shattered inch by inch, and cracks spread like a spider web, from the lintel to the door frame, and from the door frame to the surrounding walls of the abyss of reincarnation.

"Retreat!" Lu Chen shouted, then vanished from his spot in a flash. Seeing this, the others also used teleportation to leave.

The stone gate collapsed with a deafening roar!

It didn't collapse or explode; rather, it was like a sand sculpture being swallowed by the tide, turning into a sky full of grayish-white dust that drifted away with the wind.

Along with it, the endless gray mist of the Abyss of Reincarnation also vanished.

The mist receded like the tide, shrinking and sinking towards the bottom of the abyss until it finally vanished completely. This revealed the true face of the Abyss of Reincarnation—it wasn't an abyss at all. Instead, it was a massive, inverted, and utterly abandoned teleportation array.

The array patterns were broken and the array base collapsed; the core of the array had long been worn smooth by the passage of time.

It may have once been connected to somewhere in the Divine Realm. But now it is dead, along with the stone gate.

"...It has completed its mission," Fang Xinyi said softly, her voice tinged with regret. "The second trial of the Nirvana Forbidden Land will cease to exist from now on."

Nezha opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he only gave a heavy "hmm".

Lu Chen stood there, looking at the empty void.

That place used to be a door. When he first stepped through it, the door led to a chaotic mist, a path of life and death, a reflection of the cycle of reincarnation, and the heart of the Nirvana Pool.

There are the remains of gods and demons, Ah Yue's obsession, Lao Tzu's last words, and the waiting of millions of lingering spirits.

That place is the final resting place for countless people, and it is also a testament to his transformation along the way.

Now, the door is gone.

Those memories, those insights, those causes and effects, can only remain in the hearts of the four of them from now on.

"Let's go." Lu Chen withdrew his gaze.

This time, he didn't look back.

The four of them passed through the ruins of the Abyss of Reincarnation and quickly teleported towards the outer edge of the forbidden area in the direction they had come from.

The group remained silent throughout the journey until the familiar, cracked Gobi Desert came into view ahead.

The edge of the forbidden area is in sight.

Just as Nezha was about to accelerate and rush out, Lu Chen suddenly raised his hand to stop everyone.

"and many more."

His divine sense, like a net, silently extended forward. After a moment, Lu Chen withdrew his divine sense, his expression slightly grim.

There are people outside.

Fang Xinyi frowned slightly: "Who is it? Could it be one of those people who were wanted for you before?"

“It should be.” Lu Chen nodded. “There’s more than one. There are at least thirty Dao Integration Realm auras outside, belonging to at least six different forces. They’re not fighting, but rather… waiting.”

"Waiting for what?" Nezha asked.

"Wait for us."

Lu Chen's voice was calm, but Fang Xinyi could hear the suppressed coldness in it.

Her mind raced, and she instantly understood. She said worriedly, "You know, when Lu Chen was vying for the Tai Xu Bell, he offended many powerful forces..."

Time flows differently inside the forbidden area than outside. We've been inside for so long, but at least several years have passed outside. Several years is enough time for those people to track us down here. "...