Chapter 164: Entering the chaos bead

The corners of Chu Yuan's mouth lifted slightly, and he revealed a rare smile: "It is good that it is useful."

Shuo Leng nodded, absorbed all the remaining chaos liquid in her palm into her body, closed her eyes to perceive for a moment, and her brows relaxed slightly.

She opened her eyes, her tone carrying a rare seriousness: "The effect of this item is truly wonderful. Although the amount just now was not much, it is enough for me to stabilize a little; living at least a few hundred more years is not a problem."

She paused, a glimmer of light flashing in her eyes.

"It is a pity that the amount is still too small. If there were enough chaos liquid for me to absorb, my injuries might even fully recover. Even… breaking and then establishing, being reborn is not impossible."

When she finished speaking, a light could not help but burst forth in her eyes.

Chu Yuan also did not expect that the chaos liquid could have such a significant effect on Shuo Leng's injuries.

He originally thought it could only provide slight relief, but he did not expect that as long as the quantity was sufficient, it could even allow her to fully recover.

This made him begin to deliberate in his heart whether he should inform her about the information of the chaos bead.

The chaos bead was his most core secret; until now, only Hong Die knew its true meaning.

He never showed it to anyone in his daily life, and even those closest to him did not necessarily know everything about it.

But according to Shuo Leng's words, if she were placed inside the chaos bead, perhaps it would not take long for her injuries to fully recover, and her strength might even advance further than before.

The Chaos Qi within the chaos bead was endless, and Shuo Leng herself was still a Seven-Star Ancient God. Although the two Ancient God hearts had already been gifted to him, her essence had not changed; as long as there was enough energy, she could fully recover.

Shuo Leng was a Seven-Star Ancient God; if she wanted to recover, the energy required far exceeded what any Heaven And Earth Treasure could provide, and the thing the chaos bead lacked the least was energy.

Although they had only spent a short moment together, he knew that Shuo Leng's personality was forthright and open, and she was definitely not the type of person to be ungrateful, but the chaos bead was, after all, too important.

He never exposed its existence in front of anyone, just to be safe.

He still needed to have two layers of insurance to feel at ease.

Just as Chu Yuan was contemplating, Shuo Leng in front had already begun to absorb it.

She closed her eyes, formed hand seals with both hands, and operated the Ancient God Art.

The Ancient God Art was inherently one of the Cultivation Techniques in the world with the fastest energy absorption speed; it was extremely overbearing and could forcibly incorporate all energy into the body.

Although there was a lot of chaos liquid, under the rapid devouring of the Ancient God Art, it was absorbed completely in just a moment.

The chaos liquid flowed along her Meridians, and wherever it passed, the huge hole in her chest slowly shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The strange Origin power that had entrenched itself there and tortured her for countless years was also worn away by a trace; although the amount was very small, it was truly and genuinely reduced by a fraction.

The edges of the hole also seemed to have shrunk a little; although it was not very clear, there was indeed a change.

Her body was much more solid than before; the feeling of fragility on the verge of collapse had faded by more than half, replaced by an aura that, while still weak, was at least able to stabilize.

Shuo Leng let out a long breath, opened her eyes, moved her shoulders and neck, and her tone was much lighter than before: "Not bad, not bad, it is much more stable. This way I can at least live a few hundred more years. You brat can be considered to have repaid the favor for the things I gave you."

Chu Yuan nodded, remained silent for a moment, and finally spoke: "Actually, there is still some of this Chaos Qi. However, this item is my greatest secret…"

He did not finish speaking, but Shuo Leng already understood his meaning.

She raised an eyebrow, her eyes carrying a hint of playfulness: "Oh? Are you afraid that I will leak your secret? You do not trust me?"

She snorted, but she was not upset; she just crossed her arms and looked Chu Yuan up and down.

"You brat, but that is also correct. If it were me, I would not easily tell such a trump card to someone I just met. If you were to blurt it all out carelessly, I would instead think you were simple-minded."

Chu Yuan did not reply, just looked at her.

Shuo Leng waved her hand, her tone relaxed: "Rest assured, I, Shuo Leng, have always had a sense of propriety in my actions. You have helped me this once, and I am already very satisfied. As for your secret, if you do not say it, I will not ask. When you feel you can tell me, it will not be too late to say it then."

After she finished speaking, she rested her hands behind her head and looked up at the empty Void Realm: "Besides, half of this life of mine was continued by you now; could I possibly harm you?"

Hearing this, the corners of Chu Yuan's mouth lifted slightly. He did not say anything more, raised his hand to tap his glabella, and the chaos bead slowly flew out from his glabella. The grey bead floated above his palm, looking completely unremarkable.

Shuo Leng's gaze fell on the bead, and she raised her brows slightly: "What is this?"

She looked it up and down a few times, but could not see any profound mystery in this bead at all.

There was no spiritual light, no aura, no pressure; it was like a dead object.

Chu Yuan did not explain, just raised his hand to form a seal, and a grey light surged out from the chaos bead, enveloping the golden light cocoon in the distance.

The light cocoon trembled slightly, then was pulled by that force, submerged into the bead, and disappeared.

Shuo Leng's pupils shrank slightly: "This is…"

Chu Yuan turned to look at her, his tone calm: "Do not resist."

Before Shuo Leng could even speak, she felt a strange force envelop her entire body.

She did not resist, letting that force pull her, and her figure instantly disappeared from the spot, being taken into the chaos bead.

Chu Yuan himself also turned into a stream of light and submerged into the bead.

Inside the chaos bead, grey mist surged endlessly, boundless and without end.

As soon as Shuo Leng entered, she froze in place.

The Chaos Qi here was so thick it was almost tangible, like a boundless ocean, covering every inch of the Void Realm.

The chaos liquid she had absorbed just now was condensed from the Chaos Qi here, and here, this kind of Qi was inexhaustible.

"This…"

She opened her mouth, and for a moment, she did not know what to say.

She lowered her head, looked at her palms, and felt the pure power that was continuously surging into her body.

The Ancient God Art operated autonomously within her body, like land that had been parched for countless years finally welcoming continuous sweet rain, greedily devouring everything around it.

Chu Yuan's figure appeared beside her: "This is my trump card. I hope you will keep your promise."

Shuo Leng turned to look at him, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke solemnly, her tone without a hint of joking: "Rest assured. I, Shuo Leng, swear that I will never be ungrateful. Since you have shown me this item, it means you trust me. If I betray you, let this Chaos Qi backfire on me, and let my Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering."

Her voice was not loud, but every word was clear, like carvings chiseled into rock, hard and unshakable.

Chu Yuan nodded and did not say anything more.

He knew that since Shuo Leng had spoken, she was sincere.

With her personality, she disdained lying and also disdained concealment.

Shuo Leng withdrew her gaze and looked toward this Chaos World again; wherever her gaze reached, grey mist surged endlessly, boundless, as if there were no end.

Her gaze fell below, where a vast continent was floating; mountains and rivers rose and fell, rivers flowed, vegetation was lush—it was truly a real world.

A strange look flashed in her eyes: "The breadth of this world is endless. That continent below…"

"That is a continent I condensed and created in this world using my own rules."

Chu Yuan's tone was flat.

"Your injuries are too severe now; first go into seclusion in this world, recover, and then we shall speak."