Even though Nian Huan called Aunt Jia, she felt a bit awkward inside.

She knew who Jia Baihe was, but as a junior, she had no choice but to show respect.

Jia Baihe also felt a bit embarrassed. As soon as Nian Huan called her Aunt Jia, she knew who Nian Huan was: "Nian Huan, has your father gone to find you?"

She had been closed in seclusion for many years, and upon stepping into the Seventh Step, she chose to return immediately.

Although she hadn't entered Blue Star Island yet, she already knew that Ding Huan hadn't returned, yet here she saw Ding Huan's daughter, Nian Huan.

It was possible that Ding Huan went to seek Nian Huan but missed her.

Nian Huan shook her head: "My father went to find my mother. It's been tens of thousands of years since he last saw me."

Jia Baihe fell into silence.

How long had it been since she last saw Ding Huan?

Nian Huan, although she had not interacted much with Jia Baihe, knew just from a few sentences that this Aunt Jia was probably not someone who talked a lot and wasn't good at socializing.

She could only actively say, "Aunt Jia, let's go to Blue Star Island and talk in detail there."

"Alright." Indeed, Jia Baihe was not good with words. After asking about Ding Huan, she didn't know what else to say.

...

"We will stay here, if we go further, we'll enter the center of Chaos..." In the Chaos, He Yan stopped Lan Xiaobu from continuing forward.

Lan Xiaobu, scanning with his Divine Will, asked in some confusion, "Mr. He, my domain ranges thousands of miles, and the entire expanse of chaos is within my perception. I haven't sensed anything beyond the chaos."

He Yan said seriously, "The center of Chaos is like this. Clearly, your Chaos Domain covers everything, but when you pass through, you'll find it's an illusion. Believe me, there's no mistake."

If it was someplace else, maybe He Yan wouldn't be so sure. But the center of Chaos was a place he'd traversed countless times, so he couldn't be wrong.

Lan Xiaobu frowned in thought.

He felt that He Yan didn't seem to be deceiving him.

But such a thing upended his Great Dao comprehension.

It's all within his domain, how could it be an illusion?

Could there be an Illusion Array beyond his understanding?

"You just sense here. I've found that as cultivation becomes stronger, that sense of danger becomes more intense," He Yan continued.

Reviving once more, with the help of Ding Huan, He Yan's understanding of the Great Dao became a few levels stronger than before he entered Chaos.

Lan Xiaobu did not continue forward; he stopped to sense everything around him.

The chaos was still the same chaos with no difference.

As Lan Xiaobu started to operate his Dao Technique, he abruptly felt a slight jump in his spirit.

A faint unease lingered in his heart.

Lan Xiaobu took a few more steps forward, his Divine Will still enveloped in chaos, and that uneasy feeling became a bit clearer.

He Yan wasn't wrong. If he continued forward, he might actually fall into a crisis.

Could it really be the center of Chaos if he went further in?

If it were the center of Chaos, indeed, there would be danger.

"Mr. He, you were right. I can indeed feel a faint unease here.

I'm still planning to go in and take a look. You wait for me here, and if I don't come out for a long time, tell this matter to my friend Mo Wuji."

Finishing his words, Lan Xiaobu took out a Jade Scroll, inscribed something on it, and handed it to He Yan.

He had a feeling that there was indeed some danger at the center of Chaos.

No need to guess; he had already thought there would be danger before coming here.

After all, the center of Chaos is where the top experts reside. It would be strange if there weren't any danger.

But just as he felt just now, there weren't only dangers, but opportunities inside.

So he must go in and see for himself.

He cultivates to stand at the peak of the Vast, controlling his own destiny.

Lan Xiaobu knew well that once his Dao reached the Eighth Step of Great Dao, it was at its extreme.

To go a step further, he could only seek new opportunities.

The World of Gods is the highest-level Star Land in this universe, the origin of the Vast Universe.

The center of Chaos is even more so the source of chaos in the World of Gods, the reason for its existence.

Knowing that his Great Dao would not advance any further, if he didn't dare enter into higher-level places seeking new opportunities, his Dao might never progress.

He Yan subconsciously took the Jade Scroll, thinking, "Didn't you listen to a single word I said just now?"

Lan Xiaobu took a few more steps, and suddenly his surroundings became empty.

The chaos vanished without a trace.

Lan Xiaobu instinctively turned back, but where was the chaos? His Divine Will immediately swept out.

The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was rich to the extreme; the space was filled everywhere with the aura of the Dao Principle, and the Source Principle was just one of the ordinary Heaven and Earth Laws here.

The best Dao City in the World of Gods, compared to here, might not even compare to scrap.

But Lan Xiaobu had no mind to care about all this.

Because everything He Yan said was true.

Clearly, he was within his Chaos Domain, yet in just a few steps, he rushed out of chaos and arrived at the chaos center.

And when he swept back with his Divine Will, there was no chaos at all.

Lan Xiaobu was confident in his Barrier abilities and Array Dao skills.

With his current cultivation strength and understanding of barriers and arrays, even if a barrier could trap him, it shouldn't be able to escape his perception.

And now he had no perception at all.

He doesn't even know how he got in here.

Even if he was suddenly teleported, he didn't feel the fluctuation of the teleportation.

Moreover, to set up a teleportation array in such chaos? At least he couldn't do it.

Now he can't even perceive the barrier, how can he get out?

If entering the chaos center means never being able to leave, then why can Pang Bozi come and go as he pleases?

Another point that utterly baffles Lan Xiaobu is that he has entered the chaos center, and now shouldn't someone be making a move against him?

Why is no one paying him any mind?

It's as if he could come to the chaos center anytime he wanted.

At this moment, Lan Xiaobu felt as though he had fallen into a grand conspiracy.

After just a moment of thinking, Lan Xiaobu decided to transform into Pang Bozi.

There couldn't be many people in this chaos center. If he appeared as an unfamiliar figure, he might quickly be noticed.

Pang Bozi has lived here all the time, so appearing in Pang Bozi's identity was most suitable.

If Pang Bozi realized someone had transformed into him, he would surely come looking for him, which would be even better for Lan Xiaobu.

He is searching for Pang Bozi.

...

In the vast void, Ding Huan now was almost like a skeleton.

Initially, Ding Huan thought comprehending the source principle would be similar to the comprehension of laws—using the Great Universe Technique for circulation, at most in a thousand years, he would succeed.

Reality showed that now tens of thousands of years had passed, yet he still couldn't transform a source principle unique to himself.

Because he hadn't even touched the surface of the source principle.

On the path of comprehending the Great Dao, a technique with seemingly no bottlenecks finally encountered its first unsolvable problem.

Ding Huan's Great Dao circulation continued, consuming nearly eighty percent of the top-grade Dao Veins and Chaos Dao Veins he deployed, yet he still hadn't succeeded.

Ding Huan knew better than anyone that if he exhausted all these Dao veins without comprehending the source principle, unable to transform a unique source principle of his own, he might truly be permanently trapped here.

Eventually, he could only become a pile of bones and then dissipate with time.

Though Ding Huan hadn't comprehended the source principle in tens of thousands of years, he didn't come away empty-handed. His Great Dao in the Seventh Step was nearly refined to perfection.

He also understood why he couldn't comprehend the source principle.

The foundation of his Great Universe Technique was the law of all things, and the source principle's mystery far surpassed the laws of all things. How could he comprehend the source principle using laws?

Though he understood, he had no solution.

He could only rely on time to find a way out.

Even if he slayed Dao, and attempted to refine a new Great Universe Technique with the source principle, it would be futile.

Because he didn't understand the source principle.

As Ding Huan was still trapped in the comprehension of the source principle.

A clear cry resounded deep within Ding Huan's consciousness, immediately drawing his mind to the chaos law sea, where the chaos treasure was successfully forming.

Though Ding Huan felt very disheartened, he was thrilled to grasp the treasure from the chaos law sea.

An exquisite Tao City appeared in Ding Huan's hands.

Though the city was magnificent, like an ultimate piece of art.

The circulating Taoist Rhythm within indicated it was not a mere work of art but a true chaos treasure.

Ding Huan had a hunch that his strength could only make this Tao City a chaos treasure.

If his understanding of the Great Dao could reach a higher level, adding another Taoist Principle to the Tao City,

This chaos treasure might become a higher-level magical treasure.

Though he never saw what might be stronger than a chaos treasure.

"From now on, it shall be called Source Cosmos City," Ding Huan murmured, holding the Tao City in his hands.

He was struggling with the comprehension of the source principle, finding no clues, in desperation, gaining a chaos treasure was certainly something to be happy about.

Hence, borrowing the 'source' from the source principle, he named his magical treasure thus.

Source Cosmos City needed no refining, as it was already connected with Ding Huan's soul.

With a sweep of Ding Huan's Dao Thought, Source Cosmos City blasted out, crashing into the void before him.

The barrier Ding Huan set shattered like a bubble, and under the barrage of Source Cosmos City, the void shook, even revealing fragments of the source principle.

Ding Huan's eyes widened, suddenly realizing what was happening.

Initially, he sacrificed the Breaking Tribulation Blade with all his might to sense the existence of the source principle here.

And Source Cosmos City effortlessly knocked out pieces of the source principle.

Because the Breaking Tribulation Blade, whether its crafting materials, law formulations, or advancement rules, were all related to the rules of this cosmos.

While his Source Cosmos City had completely formed within his own chaos law sea.

The chaos law sea was comprised of chaos laws and Great Dao laws from his own Great Dao derivations, having no relation with this world's rules except for the Opening Sky Nine Dao Bamboo.

Thus Source Cosmos City blasted out fragments of the source principle in this realm of space.

Learning from others is what enables one to polish the jade.

This was because his Source Cosmos City originated from the Opening Sky Nine Dao Bamboo. Had it no relation with the Opening Sky Nine Dao Bamboo, the previous action would've shredded the void here.

But this was more than enough to thrill Ding Huan.

With Source Cosmos City, need he worry about comprehending the source principle?

(Goodnight, Mr. Yannx!)