Godslayer: You get two at the start, Supreme Divine Ruins.

He gritted his teeth, his hands flashing through a flurry of hand seals like butterflies flitting among flowers: "Wan'er, activate the Zhou Tian Star Array! Nyx, use the Dark Domain to temporarily seal the rift! Buy me three hours!"

Urgent responses came from outside the hall, accompanied by a series of booming explosions. Lin Xiao took a deep breath and focused all his attention on the Qiankun Cauldron floating before him.

Inside the Qiankun Cauldron, the fusion of the golden liquid and the nebula core has reached its most critical stage, with the two forces forming a Tai Chi vortex within the cauldron.

However, the black energy absorbed by the God-Slaying Spear was like a persistent ailment, constantly eroding the fusion process.

The black mist transformed into countless tiny tentacles, wrapping around the surface of the golden liquid and emitting a chilling hissing sound.

"Melt it!" Lin Xiao roared, biting his tongue and spitting out a mouthful of his heart's essence blood. The essence blood transformed into blood-red runes in the air, seeping into the cauldron like living things.

The moment the black energy touched the blood talisman, it emitted a piercing shriek. Lin Xiao's face paled visibly, but his starry eyes shone with an astonishing brightness, as if burning with the entire galaxy.

Two hours later, the tremors in Zixiao Palace were like a raging storm. Explosions outside the palace were mixed with screams of agony, and cracks in the defensive array spread like a spider web across the ceiling.

Thin lines of blood seeped from Lin Xiao's seven orifices, and the back of his Daoist robe was already soaked with cold sweat, but his hands remained as steady as a rock as he cast the last incantation containing the Daoist essence of chaos into the cauldron.

"Boom——"

With a deafening roar, the dome of Zixiao Palace was ripped apart by a black claw that blotted out the sky.

Azathoth's maddening whispers poured into Lin Xiao's mind as if they were tangible: "Found you... pathetic ant..." The mad will contained in that voice almost made Lin Xiao's sea of ​​consciousness boil.

At this critical moment, the Qiankun Cauldron suddenly burst forth with chaotic light that pierced the universe.

The moment the cauldron shattered, a lotus flower, as clear and lustrous as jade, slowly rose up.

Thirty-six lotus leaves unfold in layers, each one exuding a different Daoist charm, some vibrant with life, others deathly still and desolate.

The chaotic nebula at the center of the flower continuously collapses and expands, as if reenacting the scene of the creation of the world.

The Chaos Green Lotus, this legendary primordial treasure, has finally appeared in the world at this moment!

The hazy lotus light rippled outwards like a tide, and wherever it went, Azathoth's claws twitched violently as if encountering a natural enemy, and thick smoke billowed from its black skin.

Lin Xiao, struggling to maintain his swaying body, reached out and grasped the warm, jade-like lotus stem.

The instant they made contact, a vast, galaxy-like chaotic power surged into his limbs and bones, instantly healing all his injuries and causing his cultivation to rise rapidly.

"This is... the true power of chaos..." Lin Xiao felt the new power surging within his body, his eyes filled with Daoist charm.

He took a step, and the space automatically folded, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the crack in the barrier of the "Source" world.

The scene before them was breathtaking: most of the array flags of the Zhou Tian Star Array were broken, and Lin Wan'er, her white clothes stained with blood, was still stubbornly maintaining the operation of the last few main stars.

Nyx's dark domain was torn to pieces; blood gushed from Yang Jian's third eye on his forehead, and Sun Wukong's golden cudgel was broken in two, but they still held on to the last line of defense.

On the other side of the rift, Azathoth's indescribable form was breaking through the dimensional barrier. Even a single eyeball peeking out from among its billions of tentacles was enough to shatter the Dao heart of an ordinary Golden Immortal.

"Step back!" Lin Xiaoqing shouted, and the Chaos Green Lotus automatically hovered above his head, scattering thousands of clear lights.

He pointed his fingers like a sword, and a lotus leaf imbued with the Daoist principles of creation fell to the ground, transforming into a cyan sword beam that traversed the heavens and earth, slashing towards the crack.

"laugh--"

Wherever the sword's edge passed, Azathoth's writhing tentacles melted like snow under the scorching sun.

The black divine blood poured down like a torrential rain, each drop corroding deep, bottomless holes in the ground. The rifts in the world began to heal rapidly under the repair of the chaotic power.

"Foolishness!" Azathoth's furious roar shook the entire "Source" world violently. A gigantic, bloodshot eyeball forced its way through the closing crack. "You think this will..."

Before He could finish speaking, Lin Xiao suddenly held the Chaos Green Lotus in his palm and softly chanted the incantation: "In the beginning of chaos, the Green Lotus settled the world."

The nebula at the center of the flower suddenly expanded into a chaotic realm that blotted out the sun, enveloping Azathoth's eyeball along with the crack.

A chilling tearing sound echoed from within the nebula, and finally, with a roar filled with resentment, the crack vanished completely.

"It's temporarily...resolved..." Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, his body swaying slightly. Lin Wan'er, who had rushed over, quickly supported him, but her hand touched a burning hot object.

“Your body…” her voice trembled.

Lin Xiao shook his head, gazing at the Chaos Green Lotus in his hand, its light subdued: "It's not enough... This is just a temporary measure..."

At this moment, the Chaos Green Lotus floats in the center of the "Origin" world's sky. The thirty-six lotus leaves slowly rotate, and the scattered clear light transforms into countless chains of Dao principles, re-anchoring the entire world.

Although Azathoth's whispers were kept out, everyone knew that this was merely the calm before the storm.

Standing before the shattered South Heavenly Gate, Lin Xiao looked down at the devastated "Source" world.

In the distance, Yang Jian was rebuilding the heavenly army's defenses, Nezha was repairing the damaged boundary wall while riding his Wind Fire Wheels, and Sun Wukong was searching for survivors in the ruins with half of his golden cudgel on his back.

Lin Wan'er led the Dragon Clan to set up a new sea-suppressing array across the four seas, while Nyx worked to restore the corrupted dark origin.

“Lin Xiao.” Hong Ying’s voice suddenly came from behind, holding a jade slip that shimmered with strange runes in her hands. “I just received a cross-dimensional message, claiming to be from… the Nightfall Squad.”

Lin Xiao's pupils contracted sharply, and the Thread of Fate suddenly lit up between his fingers. He summoned the Pangu Axe with a backhand and slashed horizontally into the void. Where the axe light passed, a spatial rift that stretched across the heavens and earth slowly opened.

Led by Lin Qiye, seven figures emerged from the rift, stepping on streams of light. Lin Qiye, at the head, possessed an aura as deep and boundless as the ocean, having already reached the realm of dimensional ascension. The six figures behind him also exuded the pressure of being half-step into dimensional ascension.

They still carried the aura of other cosmic battlefields, their cloaks stained with indescribable black blood.

"Brother Xiao," Lin Qiye said with a complex smile, a smile that suggested a long-awaited reunion, "I truly didn't expect such a variable like you to appear in this cycle of reincarnation."

He looked up at the faint black patterns in the sky. "The current Azathoth... is even more powerful than in our timeline."

Lin Xiao's gaze swept over the Nightfall Squad: "Your presence increases our chances of winning by at least 30%, after all, you're all at least half a step into the next dimension."