Chapter 231: The Former Nine Profound Venerable's Exploration of Chaos

There are indeed cultivators of this kind, powerful beings.

But in the Primordial World, cultivators of the Primordial Law can cultivate, recover their power, and break through realms by absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

In the Chaos, not only do Primordial Law cultivators have no spiritual energy to absorb, but they must also use their own power to resist the erosion of chaotic energy.

Not only can they not recover their power, but they will consume it. Once their power is exhausted, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal, a Quasi-Saint, or an Asura-Saint will be left to die in the Chaos!

This is why Primordial cultivators have always stayed in the Primordial World and not in the Chaos.

Because while one can briefly roam the Chaos, no one can live in it for an extended period. Even an Asura-Saint cultivator, if they remain in the Chaos for too long, will only meet their demise.

The strength of chaotic energy is not constant.

The further one moves away from the Primordial World as the center point, the stronger the chaotic energy becomes.

A Quasi-Saint expert named Venerable Jiuxuan once explored the Chaos. He discovered that near the Primordial World, around the Zixiao Palace and the Great Thousand Worlds opened by the Six Saints, the chaotic energy was still bearable for a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

As one ventured further into the Chaos, the power of the chaotic energy would gradually increase from the early Great Luo stage to the middle Great Luo, late Great Luo, peak Great Luo, and even reach the power of the Quasi-Saint realm.

When Venerable Jiuxuan encountered chaotic energy with a power level comparable to the late Quasi-Saint realm, he dared not venture any deeper into the Chaos.

He knew that going any further risked his own demise.

Based on this, Venerable Jiuxuan concluded that during the era of the Three Thousand Demon Gods of Chaos, the chaotic energy must not have been this weak. Even Great Luo Golden Immortals could roam within it for a considerable time.

At that time, the chaotic energy was at least at the level of an established Quasi-Saint, and possibly even at the Asura-Saint level.

Why did the chaotic energy's power decrease to the early Great Luo stage after Pangu created the world? It was because the Chaos near the Primordial World was influenced by Pangu!

The chaotic energy near the Primordial World is not the original version; it is a weakened version influenced by Pangu's creation. This is why cultivators at the early Great Luo stage can travel from the Primordial World to the Zixiao Palace.

The further one moves away, the less influence Pangu's creation has on the chaotic energy, meaning its power increases.

Venerable Jiuxuan estimated that at a considerable distance from the Primordial World, in the depths of the Chaos, the chaotic energy would revert to its original power before Pangu created the world, likely at least at the Asura-Saint level!

Perhaps, only in the depths of the Chaos with its original chaotic energy, far from the Primordial World, could one find the Great Thousand Worlds created by the other Three Thousand Demon Gods...

Currently, the Primordial World has no communication with the many Great Thousand Worlds created by the Three Thousand Demon Gods.

As for why the Heavenly Dao Saints can transform chaotic energy into spiritual energy in the Chaos and create Great Thousand Worlds filled with spiritual energy, Fang Ming, after dissecting the Taiqing Saint over a thousand times, understood that this was entirely due to the power of the Heavenly Dao, not the Saints' own power.

The Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World extends its influence far beyond the Primordial World itself!

The Chaos near the Primordial World, the Zixiao Palace, and the Great Thousand Worlds opened by the Six Saints... all areas covered by the chaotic energy whose power was weakened by Pangu's creation are within the Heavenly Dao's influence!

The core of a Saint's primordial spirit is merged with the Heavenly Dao. In the Chaos near the Primordial World, they can borrow the power of the Heavenly Dao with a mere gesture. Therefore, they can naturally survive indefinitely in the nearby Chaos and transform chaotic energy into spiritual energy...

With this realization, the young boy understood the weakness of the three Saints!

They could not run very far!

"Saints, ultimately, rely on the Heavenly Dao to possess the ability to transform chaotic energy into spiritual energy in the Chaos near the Primordial World."

"But does this mean that Heavenly Dao Saints can escape the limitations of spiritual energy?"

"No! They cannot!"

"The scope of the Heavenly Dao's influence is only the nearby Chaos..."

"The further one moves away from the Primordial World, the more the chaotic energy recovers its terrifying power from the era of the Three Thousand Demon Gods, and the more it deviates from the Heavenly Dao's control..."

"What would happen to a Heavenly Dao Saint if they left the scope of the Heavenly Dao's control?"

"Would their power fall from the Saint realm to the Asura-Saint realm, or would they lose their Saint status, or would they simply be unable to leave, trapped within the Chaos covered by the Heavenly Dao?"

Fang Ming, with this thought, also wished to know the answer and to eliminate the three Saints.

Therefore, he stepped beyond the membrane of heaven and earth, truly stepping into the Chaos for the first time!

The moment he stepped into the Chaos, Fang Ming immediately felt the chaotic energy eroding his power, primordial spirit, and physical body.

In the Chaos, he would have no opportunity to replenish his power, nor any opportunity to replenish his life-sustaining essence!

"If I stay in the Chaos for too long, unable to absorb spiritual energy to replenish my power, I will be worn down until I have no power left and perish completely."

"If I stay in the Chaos for too long, unable to absorb life-sustaining essence, my lifespan is only ten thousand years. When the ten thousand years are up, my lifespan will be exhausted."

"Without becoming a Red Dust Immortal, there will always be a weakness."

This was why Fang Ming had never stepped into the Chaos before.

Because the Chaos was a forbidden zone for the Emperor of Heaven-Shielding. In terms of survival ability, cultivators of the Primordial Law at least did not have the death of lifespan exhaustion here, but Fang Ming did.

However, that was under prolonged exposure. If Fang Ming could not find the three Saints in ten thousand years, he might as well find a piece of tofu to smash himself against!

Fang Ming stood in the boundless Chaos, and in his line of sight, he could even faintly see the six Great Thousand Worlds created by the Six Saints of the Heavenly Dao.

"Will they hide in the Great Thousand Worlds?"

Fang Ming muttered to himself.

"They probably won't! They wouldn't have thought that I would chase them out of the Primordial World. The existence of the Great Thousand Worlds themselves helps me locate them..."

"Logically, they should be hiding at the very edge of the Chaos covered by the Heavenly Dao! In those places closest to the original power of the chaotic energy..."

The Human Race's Heavenly Net could only locate within the Primordial World.

At this moment, although Yuanshi Tianzun, Zhunti Saint, and Jieyin Saint still had a few traces of Saint power belonging to the Human Race within them, which could be used by the Human Race as locators.

However, because they had left the Primordial World and the Heavenly Net's coverage was blocked by the vast chaotic energy, these locators had become useless!