Chaos Body

In the icy tomb, as that voice faded, a woman dressed in ice-blue robes slowly emerged from the darkness.

"Where is Yingying?"

The question slipped from Su Min's lips faster than she intended, her voice unusually tight. She hadn't even drawn her weapon yet, her instincts screaming at her to guard herself—but her heart leapt ahead of caution. She stared at the woman in ice-blue robes, trying to read whether she was friend, foe, or something worse.

The woman was no ordinary remnant—her presence was enough to make space tremble. Even now, Su Min's knees strained under the weight of that gaze. And yet, all she could think about was Xie Yingying.

Yao Xian'er had warned her: if the evil soul awakened, it would attempt possession. And if this truly was the benevolent half, Su Min still couldn't afford to relax. Good and evil weren't simple labels in the world of cultivators—especially not one as ancient and fractured as this.

But then, the blue-robed woman let out a soft, amused "Oh~" and tilted her head, resting her chin on her hand as if watching a curious little drama unfold.

"My, you're awfully anxious. So protective... how sweet." Her eyes gleamed with amusement, but also something deeper—nostalgia, perhaps. "The bond between you two must be strong. There's still residual Lunar Sovereign essence clinging to your body. Essence blood, no doubt? A rare gift. Or was it shared in a… more intimate setting?"

Su Min flushed—only faintly—but the shift in her aura was enough to answer. She clenched her fingers and looked away.

"She's important to me," she said simply.

"Hm~ Clearly," the remnant mused, teasing but not cruel. "But don't worry, she's fine. For now. The evil soul sleeps... but if it stirs, well, you'll need far more than love to save her."

"Evil soul?"

"That… was my greed," the woman said softly, her gaze distant, as if staring into a time long buried beneath frost. "The path of cultivation is long—and cold. Sometimes, unbearably so. To walk it with someone at your side… it feels like a blessing."

Her voice dipped, bitter with memory.

"But a single path cannot carry two souls. In the end, I couldn't choose. I wanted power. I wanted companionship. I wanted everything—and that was my downfall."

Her eyes returned to Su Min, sharp now, cutting through pretense.

"There's only one mark. Yao Xian'er still carries hers, I can feel it. But between you and her, only one can bear that burden to the end. If you hesitate… if you can't make the choice when it matters… you'll become what I am now."

She smiled, but it was thin and tired—like moonlight on snow. "A remnant clinging to the past, frozen in a choice never made."

"Then give it to her," Su Min said, her tone flat—almost too flat. But beneath that stillness was steel, and something softer. "I don't need it."

The woman raised a brow. "You'd give up a path to ascension? Just like that?"

"I'm not short on options," Su Min replied calmly. "Or time."

That was true. Her Five Elements Holy Body—once fully awakened—was more than enough to forge another road. The Immortal Root of a Fallen Immortal she had once glimpsed in a forbidden domain could act as a substitute. And unlike others racing against mortality, she had no need to gamble everything on a single threadbare chance.

But even so, her hand curled at her side.

Xie Yingying needed that mark more. Xie Yingying, who had been left alone in a dying world. If there was only one chance, only one key to grasp that fleeting path...

Then let it be her.

Su Min had walked her road drenched in blood, dragging an entire dynasty into the grave. Her future was built on vengeance, survival, and power—but she'd share all of it without hesitation. Even surrender it, if it meant Xie Yingying could reach what she never could.

After all, wasn't that what made their connection so dangerous? So rare?

She didn't look at the remnant when she spoke again, but her voice had lost its detachment.

"She deserves to ascend. If this path leads there, let her take it. I'll find another."

As Su Min spoke, the floor of the hall before her slowly split open, revealing Xie Yingying in secluded cultivation below. However, the latter's aura now seemed ethereal and indistinct, just as Su Min had guessed.

"Dao Comprehension stage?"

Su Min couldn't help exclaiming in surprise. Clearly, Xie Yingying had reached the critical moment of breaking through to the Dao Comprehension stage. Under these circumstances, it was best not to disturb her. Of course, Su Min couldn't help feeling envious - Xie Yingying had actually surpassed her.

But there was nothing embarrassing about this. The Lunar Sovereign Body's characteristic was precisely this - as long as there was sufficient energy, there were virtually no bottlenecks or side effects. Moreover, at this stage, it came with its own unique laws - everything had already been prepared.

"Correct - the Great Dao of Lunar Sovereign. It's both the special blessing and shackle of the Lunar Sovereign Body. Back then, I lost to her precisely because I was constrained by the Lunar Sovereign Body. Actually, she had already given me a special method to sever the Dao. If I could have severed the Lunar Sovereign Body and cultivated anew, I could have achieved greater heights."

Looking down at Xie Yingying bathing in the blood pool she had left behind, the benevolent soul sighed with emotion. These words startled Su Min slightly - it seemed Yao Xian'er's special method was indeed effective. Moreover, if one did sever it, it could be resealed to await the next opportune moment.

Clearly, if this were true, Su Min and Xie Yingying could completely avoid such life-and-death struggles. Of course, what she didn't know was that Su Min's lifespan was infinite - she could literally wait things out through sheer time.

Therefore, Su Min didn't feel compelled to compete with others for this opportunity.

Clearly, this remnant soul of the Lunar Sovereign Body was testing her, but upon receiving this answer, a satisfied expression appeared on her face.

"Right now… she's in a perilous state," the woman murmured, her voice as cold and distant as the moonlight. "The essence blood I left behind will carry her to the threshold of Dao Comprehension. That much, I ensured. But—"

She paused, a faint tremor in her expression.

"—my other half, the evil soul born of greed and obsession, still lingers in the depths of this tomb. If it awakens, it will try to take her. You must stop it."

Her gaze fixed on Su Min, sharp and solemn. "I need you to enter and destroy it. This task… it was meant for Yao Xian'er. But she refused. Perhaps she feared what she might see—or what she might lose."

A long silence stretched between them.

The woman's breath became thin, and the faint silver glow around her started to flicker like a dying flame. Despite the fading light, she stood tall—graceful, proud, but undeniably alone.

"This will be the end for me," she said softly, as if speaking to no one at all. "I was once the Lunar Sovereign… but now, I entrust my legacy to strangers. Funny, isn't it?"

Her eyes swept over Su Min one last time.

"But perhaps... someone like you can walk the path I never could."

"Evil soul..."

Hearing this, Su Min narrowed her eyes, as it all sounded somewhat fantastical. Humans had three souls and six spirits, with both good and evil aspects. Even she possessed them, though Su Min didn't particularly care about such things.

But being able to split them so cleanly was absolutely extraordinary - it could even drive one mad. Yet the person before her seemed far too complete, as if she'd never been split at all, which made Su Min somewhat curious.

Even as an alchemist, she couldn't achieve such a clean soul division.

Sure enough, upon hearing Su Min's words, the Lunar Sovereign woman's expression darkened.

"Didn't Yao Xian'er tell you?"

"No."

"That thing wasn't originally part of me - it was an immortal that fell from the heavens."

"Huh?"

Su Min was momentarily stunned, not quite understanding. But soon her expression turned strange as she realized something.

Fallen Immortal...

Just a soul fragment could inflict such suffering on a Mahayana cultivator?

In the game, the Fallen Immortals only existed in background lore. Even when they appeared, it was just better graphics and more cutscenes.

But judging by this information, there seemed to be something abnormal here.

"Actually, it's partly my fault too. As they say, flies only go for cracked eggs. Now the seal Yao Xian'er left behind is about to break. I'm just a remnant soul now, and Xie Yingying still needs to receive the inheritance. This is the perfect time for that thing to attempt possession, so I need your help now."

"Me..."

Hearing this, Su Min's mouth twitched uncontrollably. To be honest, she felt somewhat apprehensive. And when the woman before her claimed to be just a remnant soul, Su Min took it with a grain of salt - she didn't believe it for a second.

Because the earlier ice storm had been enough to activate the Nanming Lihuo's automatic defense within her, meaning it could have completely frozen her.

No one who reached this level of cultivation was simple. Moreover, Yao Xian'er would surely have prepared something for her. If nothing else, the fact that those three corrupted beings had all been crouching at the entrance without taking a single step inside was proof enough.

"That jade pendant you have - you should know about it. Come with me. If that thing breaks free completely, I won't be able to resist it in my current purely spiritual state. Only you with your physical body can do it. Moreover, that thing should also be an opportunity for you."

Clearly, this person had noticed Su Min's hesitation and took the initiative to explain. This made Su Min nod inwardly - now things made sense. So in the next moment, their surroundings transformed again, and the two found themselves in an illusory space.

There, a massive black gas was bound at the center by enormous chains, though the chains were now covered in cracks. The jade slip Yao Xian'er had given her would only appear after these chains shattered.

"You're here again. Come, take one more step and let me devour you."

Upon seeing the two appear, a voice full of temptation sounded in Su Min's ears. However, this voice wasn't directed at Su Min, but at the woman beside her.

"You were born from my greed and the remnant thoughts of the Fallen Immortal. I won't let you leave now."

Looking at the black gas, the Lunar Sovereign woman's expression was extremely dark.

"Kekeke, I am you, and you are me. Back then, you lost to that person and ultimately chose to merge with that remnant thought, creating me. Little girl, you'd best stay away from that woman - who knows when she might sell you out."

At this point, a piercing laughter came from the thing's mouth, making Su Min's eyes narrow slightly. Such attempts at sowing discord were useless against her, and she was already being cautious around this woman.

As a modern person, Su Min always adhered to two principles: first, don't provoke others unless provoked; second, while harboring no ill intentions, one must always maintain vigilance.

Sure enough, in the next moment, the black gas spoke again.

"I can sense it - another girl with a Lunar Sovereign Body has come here to receive your inheritance. She's the perfect vessel - no one understands how to use the Lunar Sovereign Body better than I do."

"Who are you?"

At this point, Su Min was certain - regardless of what this woman beside her was like, this black gas had to be destroyed.

But first, she needed some useful information. Clearly, this thing was the product of that remnant thought merging with the woman before her.

"I am the True Lunar Sovereign Immortal, one who attained immortality countless epochs ago. Hahaha, what you call Great Emperors or Martial Saints are all just trash before me, hahaha!"

"Another Lunar Sovereign Body."

Listening to the maniacal laughter, Su Min muttered to herself. While rare, over countless years of accumulation, the number of such physiques was still considerable. But that wasn't the key point - she needed to know more, and there were other things she wanted to understand.

Since this was an existence from ancient times, Su Min decided to test something.

"So what happens when Lunar Sovereign and Solar Sovereign combine?"

"Gah!"

The next moment, the woman's laughter abruptly stopped. Then Su Min actually detected, amidst that violent emotion, a trace of fury. However, this fury wasn't directed at her, nor at the woman beside her, nor at any human in this world. It was a mix of hatred and fear.

"At the end of the other shore, those ancient and twisted existences... they fear... they fear a special physique."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Su Min perked up. Not just her - even the woman beside her couldn't help twitching her eyebrows. Clearly, this information was something even she couldn't ignore. Or rather, when she first heard it, she had also been extremely interested.

"When yin and yang combine, and a new life is conceived through the laws of heaven and earth, there's only one possible outcome - a physique that even in the immortal world is but a legend."

"Chaos Body?"

Su Min interjected, which surprised the green-robed woman slightly. Clearly, she hadn't expected Su Min to know about this. This physique had truly never appeared before - there weren't even records of it in the river of history. But since its name was known, there must have been records. That could only mean one thing - it had once existed, but all traces had been deliberately erased.

"To think a mere Five Elements Holy Body like you would know of it. That is the Chaos Body. All things are born from chaos - it is the original physique. A physique that can rival the Great Dao itself. The so-called distinctions between immortal and mortal, the struggles of ten thousand paths - none of it matters. It is a physique that from the moment of birth can crush all things in existence..."

"How pitiful. Those who use countless worlds as sacrificial offerings also fear it. They paid a price beyond imagination to ensure that Lunar Sovereign and Solar Sovereign could never coexist in this world again."

"Enough. These matters have nothing to do with people today. There's no need to say more. Little one, later you..."

Looking at the frenzied True Lunar Sovereign Immortal, the blue-robed woman's expression turned solemn.

But this made Su Min think of something - something she hadn't been able to verify before. Now seemed like a good opportunity. Moreover, she was beginning to understand that Yao Xian'er's reason for sending her here definitely wasn't as simple as not wanting to see off her old partner- there had to be more to it.

It was about one thing - Lunar Sovereign essence blood. Xie Yingying's wasn't bad, but the cultivation gap between them wasn't large. But if it were replaced with the essence blood of a peak Mahayana expert, the results would be different.

Yao Xian'er's goal was simple - she wanted to see if Su Min could complete her physique. Back during the Golden Core Avenue, when Su Min had simultaneously combined yin and yang, it had shocked her profoundly.

Moreover, Su Min clearly remembered the undisguised shock and regret on Yao Xian'er's face when she saw this physique. She had even said that if Su Min were complete, even if she had to abandon immortality, she would return to her peak and fight to the other shore to buy Su Min a few thousand years.

So under these circumstances, Su Min turned to the woman beside her and said seriously, "Do you have any spare Lunar Sovereign essence blood? I just need one drop."

"What do you want to do?"

"You'll know when the time comes."

Su Min said with a grave expression. She also needed to confirm whether she truly was a Chaos Body, or what might still be missing from a true Chaos Body.