The Licentious Cultivator

Makato retrieved an orb the size of an adult's fist from his spatial ring and allowed it to float above his open palms.

The orb was extremely black and even the natural earth Qi present in Dahuang Plains slowly began to collapse around it.

"This is a Seed of Chaos" Makato said with a heavy tone.

Upon hearing his words, Lu Zheng's eyes glimmered in realisation.

A Seed of Chaos was akin to a vital stone only, it was filled with dense chaos energy.

In all of the world, only the most dangerous places in the outer void of the main world contained chaos currents dense enough to form Seeds of Chaos.

The chaos currents were so dangerous that powerhouses like paramount gods and Immortals did not dare to approach them. Only Venerables and Reverends had sufficient might to do so.

That meant that whoever gave Makato the Seed of Chaos was very strong.

Just before he reached the limits that his body could bear, Makato dropped the Seed of Chaos on the ground.

The golden sands of Dahuang Plains began to churn as strong winds began to blow.

"Dahuang winds!" Lu Zheng exclaimed in obvious fear.

The ten members of the Changshou Tong Race exchanged glances with one another before revealing a talisman each from their spatial rings.

Before Lu Zheng could react, the technique within the talismans was used.

A dense black smoke emanated from the Seed of Chaos, corrupting everything it engulfed. Even space itself began to corrode and crumble in the presence of the black smoke.

It was the power of the chaos energy inside the Seed of Chaos.

"Shit!" Lu Zheng cussed as he turned to run but before he could even take a step, Makato used his methods and sealed Lu Zheng in place.

The rest of the Changshou Tong Race's members ran away as the black smoke approached, leaving Makato behind.

As the smoke began to envelope Lu Zheng, Makato's lips curved into a smile: "Sorry friend but we needed a sacrifice to begin our plans. Do not worry though, you will be playing a key part in the revival of the Changshou Tong Race"

Slowly, the black smoke consumed Lu Zheng completely, emptying his vision.

…..

Lu Zheng floated in a dark space. He could not even feel his body. When he looked around, all he could see was darkness.

Yet, the darkness could not touch him. It was like he was in a transparent box and was protected from the darkness. Even so, the darkness seeped into the transparent box through the edges and corners.

"The power of the Vermillion Sacred Prism…" Lu Zheng felt extremely weak. The Vermillion Sacred Prism had created a separate space and stored him inside it to protect him from the chaos energy of the Seed of Chaos. Even so, Lu Zheng knew that it was only a matter of time before the separate space collapsed.

The chaos energy was too strong. Only Venerables and Reverends could defend against it.

~Is this it? The end of my life… Hehehe, at the very least, I tried. Thirty three years… mother… at least I tried~

Lu Zheng could see his life flash before his eyes. He did not see Xue Ritian's memories but his own. He saw Song Bing; his mother, Lu Shantian; his father, Lu Zhao, Chen Ju, Themur, Immortal Star, Houyan Meili…

Qi flowed from his body softly to maintain the separate space. His Qi leaves shriveled up and his Qi tree became like a thin log of wood that lost its colour. His seven Qi fruits were slowly expended.

His bloodline power also dissipated. The fifteen drops of lifeblood essence that Lu Zheng had refined became pure energy to maintain the secret space. Still, Lu Zheng knew it was futile.

"Somehow, this reminds me of my last moments as Xue Ritian…" Lu Zheng chuckled softly. In his previous lifetime, Long Aotian sealed his soul in the Cycle of Reincarnation and all of his cultivation was expended in an attempt to preserve his soul.

Still, he died and he was reincarnated as Lu Zheng. Who would have thought that a similar situation would occur again?

Soon, all of Lu Zheng's cultivation was expended. Only the fragmented Qi fruit in his aperture remained. Even the fragmented Qi fruit was being expended. It had near infinite Essence but even it would not last against the chaos energy.

"Hmph! I will not die here" Lu Zheng found it difficult to accept that he would die. His mind spun at unimaginable speeds. He needed to think of a way to escape.

Essence poured like a broken dam from the fragmented Qi fruit. It would not last at all.

That was when something happened.

The fragmented Qi fruit pulsated and an unbelievable amount of Essence flowed from it at once.

"Sprakkk!"

The influx of Essence was too much for the secret space to bear and it collapsed like glass. The Essence brushed into the darkness and resonated with it.

The black smoke of chaos energy stilled for a moment and in the next, it shattered into a billion fragments, corrupting even space itself.

"A chance!"