Chapter 524

Chapter 524: The Great Upheaval of the Past, the Dao Sovereign’s Obsession

"Daoist friend Li, why are you looking at me like that?"

Miss Mu’s eyes were filled with confusion. Li Ruoyu seemed utterly terrified of her.

Behind her, the menacing demonic shadow had vanished, its murderous aura dissipated. The earlier contempt and indifference had completely disappeared without a trace.

Miss Mu had no recollection whatsoever of the events that had just taken place.

"Dao…"

Li Ruoyu forcibly swallowed the word "friend." He tentatively asked, "Miss Mu, you don’t remember what just happened?"

Mu Fanyin shook her head.

"Just now, an expert who claimed to be the head of the Mu Family called you ‘Sister’ and wanted to take you back to the Mu Family," Li Ruoyu explained vividly. "But you became emotionally distraught, as if transformed into a different person."

"In the blink of an eye, you injured and forced back two powerful experts."

"Daoist friend, you must be joking."

Mu Fanyin did not believe him at all. She had just entered the Hongmeng Dao Realm; how could she possess such power?

"If he called me ‘Sister,’ he must know me. Why didn’t he take me back to the Mu Family?"

Li Ruoyu’s expression froze.

Mu Xuanji and Dao Sovereign Zhan Tian had indeed intended to do so, but they were utterly powerless.

Staying even a moment longer would have risked their lives.

"Let’s go to the Taihuang Abyss first," Mu Fanyin stated. The immediate priority was to understand the fundamental reason behind the destruction of the Mu Family.

Her brows knit tightly together, her mind pondering Li Ruoyu’s words.

Perhaps there really existed another being within her body, a being far stronger than herself, even surpassing the elite experts of the Mu Family.

If that were true, it would be no surprise if she herself was the mastermind behind the Mu Family’s extermination.

The two flew westward.

After more than a month,

they finally arrived at the Taihuang Immortal Domain.

This immortal domain stretched endlessly into the distance, a desolate expanse of mountain ranges as far as the eye could see, utterly devoid of human presence for millions of miles.

Following the map’s route, the two finally reached their destination.

At first glance, Mu Fanyin and her companion were utterly stunned.

Upon the land of the Taihuang Immortal Domain, a terrifying abyss spanned between heaven and earth. Surging demonic energy churned like primordial chaos, drawing countless stars towards the abyss through a mysterious and eerie force.

These were no ordinary stars; they were Dao fruits manifested by Dao Sovereigns.

At that moment, hundreds of Dao Sovereign stars were bobbing, sinking and rising within the abyss.

"Those Dao fruits… they seem to have been sucked inside…" Li Ruoyu was horrified. Only now did he realize the sky above the Taihuang Immortal Domain was eerily empty.

It seemed as though all the Dao Sovereigns of this domain had been dragged into the Taihuang Abyss.

"Miss Mu, are you truly going in?" Li Ruoyu started to backpedal.

He believed Ye Xu’s words—with their meager strength, entering the Taihuang Abyss would mean certain death.

Miss Mu turned to look at him, her gaze dreamy. "This place feels very familiar to me."

Li Ruoyu felt a flicker of understanding.

"Could it be… that hidden senior within her?"

Swoosh!

Miss Mu flew toward the Taihuang Abyss.

"Miss Mu, don’t act recklessly!" Li Ruoyu reached out to grab her, but in the next instant, a terrifying force yanked Miss Mu toward the abyss. Before either could react, they were pulled into the Taihuang Abyss.

Woo woo woo!

A chilling wind howled as demonic whispers tore through their Purple Palaces.

Spectral chaos erupted and assaulted their primordial spirits, plunging Li Ruoyu and Miss Mu into agony. The persistent whispers birthed inner demons, clawing at their Dao hearts, seeking to consume them.

Swoosh!

Suddenly, from the depths of the Taihuang Abyss, a monstrous hand stretched out. Covered in azure, vicious scales and sporting hook-like claws, radiating overwhelming malice—it swept down upon them.

Despair surged within Li Ruoyu.

The gap in power was far too vast.

This single palm strike possessed an aura no weaker than someone at the peak Dao Lord realm.

Swish!

Abruptly.

Miss Mu sliced an index finger through the empty air.

An invisible force descended, cleaving like a sword aura—shearing the demonic hand in two.

It plummeted into the abyss below.

An endless, agonized wail echoed upwards.

"You… are you Miss Mu?" Li Ruoyu stared at her, eyes mixing wild hope with sudden dread. "Or… Senior Mu?"

"I am Mu Fanyin," she said, gaze clouded with uncertainty.

She was newly arrived at the Taihuang Abyss, yet not only had its power failed to harm her—she could command it instead, turning disaster aside.

This act had been pure instinct.

Entering the Taihuang Abyss felt… like returning home.

"You control its power?" Li Ruoyu froze, then burst with fierce delight.

Within the Taihuang Abyss, hundreds of Dao Sovereign stars drifted.

If she commanded its force, they could plunder every last star within it.

Then a visit to Heaven’s Secret Pavilion—where he’d hold his head high before Ye Xu!

Miss Mu nodded.

"Daoist friend, let’s head to the nearest Dao Sovereign star first," Li Ruoyu said, his mind set at ease as he urged Mu Fanyin to plunder that Dao Sovereign’s Great Dao World.

"No problem."

Mu Fanyin naturally wouldn’t refuse.

She still needed resources to redeem her Heaven’s Machine Order.

The two flew toward the closest Dao Sovereign world.

Along the way, eerie laughter constantly rang out, sending chills down one’s spine. Ghastly hands stretched out from the abyss below, yet before Mu Fanyin, they were all like clay fowl and straw dogs, utterly powerless.

Half an hour later, they flew into the first star.

Corroded by the Taihuang Abyss, this world lay riddled with holes, long devoid of life. Rivers had dried up, mountains and rivers lay destroyed, stars had fallen.

A withered Dao fruit hovered in the heavens, faint traces of Great Dao aura still lingering upon it.

Additionally, numerous divine weapons and pills floated in mid-air.

However, the Taihuang Abyss’s relentless erosion had reduced even these divine weapons and miraculous pills to decay, all power drained from them.

The two exchanged glances.

Come to think of it.

The master of the Dao fruit couldn’t withstand the power of the Taihuang Abyss; mere magic treasures stood no chance.

Only that single Dao fruit might still hold some use.

"It seems this was a senior who primarily cultivated the Life Dao," Li Ruoyu remarked, gaze fixed on the Dao Sovereign’s Dao fruit as he sensed life force within it.

The two flew to the highest point.

This Dao fruit was only fist-sized, covered in cracks, with the faintest remnants of Life Dao aura clinging to it.

"So pure a power."

Both sighed in admiration.

"Daoist friend, I do not cultivate the Life Dao. This Dao fruit is for you," Li Ruoyu said, leaving Mu Fanyin alone on the spot as he flew toward the decaying divine weapons.

Even as scrap metal, the materials forged into those weapons were worth something.

Li Ruoyu was utterly penniless now. When a goose flew past, he would have plucked a few feathers from it.

He opened his three-layered Great Dao World, stuffing the shattered artifacts inside.

Simultaneously.

Mu Fanyin channeled her magic power into the Dao fruit.

Buzz!

Instantly.

A powerful aura erupted from the Dao fruit. The fruit violently fragmented. Within the Life Dao fruit, immortal light swirled, and a three-inch-tall figure could faintly be seen sitting cross-legged.

This was a young man, dressed entirely in white, his face fair as jade, his expression serene and tranquil.

"Your humble servant is Dao Sovereign Bai Ziqian of the Taihuang Immortal Domain. May I ask who you two fellow Daoists are?"

The white-clad young man opened his eyes, staring at Mu Fanyin.

"We inadvertently intruded upon senior’s Dao Realm. We beg senior’s forgiveness."

Mu Fanyin bowed slightly.

"Oh?"

Bai Ziqian looked astonished. "You are merely an Sovereign of the World. How did you come here?"

"Just walked here," Mu Fanyin replied. "Senior, why are you trapped within the Taihuang Abyss? Even with a Dao Sovereign’s strength, couldn’t you escape this place?"

Li Ruoyu, also stunned by Bai Ziqian’s revival, dared not continue gathering ruined treasures. He immediately flew towards Bai Ziqian and bowed deeply.

"Trapped?"

Bai Ziqian gave a self-mocking laugh. "If I were truly trapped, that would actually be fortunate for me."

Li Ruoyu and Mu Fanyin exchanged a glance, vaguely understanding Bai Ziqian’s state.

"I am already dead."

Bai Ziqian stated: "The ‘me’ you see now is merely a shred of obsession I anchored within this Dao fruit."

"Senior possesses power transcending creation, how could you have perished?"

Li Ruoyu asked, his face full of confusion: "Senior, what exactly is this Taihuang Abyss? Why does it involve so many Dao Sovereigns?"

"Heh…" Bai Ziqian smiled meaninglessly. "The two of you are merely Sovereigns of the World, yet dare pry into such secrets? Are you truly unafraid of death?"

"Not afraid," Li Ruoyu said.

After all, Mu Fanyin was covering him.

Moreover, he still had one life left.

"We earnestly ask senior to inform us," Mu Fanyin said, cupping her fists.

Ye Xu had guided her to the Taihuang Abyss, and she could freely manipulate the Abyss’s power. This place had to hold immense significance for her.

As a Dao Sovereign obliterated by the Taihuang Abyss, Bai Ziqian surely knew some inside information.

"Telling you wouldn’t hurt," Bai Ziqian said, his expression melancholy as he sighed. "However, the moment the Taihuang Abyss descended, I had already fallen into it. I comprehended little before my end."

"This matter… must be spoken of starting from hundreds of millions of years ago…"