Extreme Spirit Chaos Technique

The memory fractured, and the scene flashed to a little girl of seven or eight carrying a boy of six or seven on her back. She cried out in anguish, "Don’t be scared, little brother, don’t be scared... *sob*... Your body is so hot... What should I do? What should I do...?"

"Big sister... am I going to die...?" the little boy gasped, his face flushed. Snowflakes landed on his forehead, instantly melting into cold drops of water that trickled down his neck.

"No... You won’t... *sob*... Little brother, I forbid you... *sob*... to say such things..." the little girl whimpered, tears mixing with the melting snow as they streamed down her pretty face...

With seemingly no other options, the little girl brought the boy into a room, stripped off his soaked clothes, and laid him on the bed. She piled thick blankets on top of him, but he continued to shiver violently. He even began to lose consciousness. The girl grew even more frantic. Finally, gritting her teeth, she blushed and took off all her own clothes.

By the light of the lamp, she slipped under the covers and gently pulled the boy into her arms, using her own warmth to chase away his chill. As if by some miracle, the boy’s shivering gradually subsided. In his delirium, he murmured, "Big sister... in our next life, let me be the one to protect you..."

Mu Chen would never forget that day. Heavy, goose-feather snow blanketed the world. It was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and all the clans had gathered in the square to discuss plans for the year ahead, leaving only Mu Chen and Mu Bingling behind...

The image fractured once more. When it reappeared, he was a twelve-year-old boy, roaring at the heavens, "Why? Why?! If a good-for-nothing can’t survive in this world, then why did you let me be born into it?!"

"I’ll become strong and grind everyone who insulted me under my heel!"

"I’ll become strong and protect those who love me and those I love!"

"I must become strong, not just a machine!"

Suddenly, a stunningly beautiful face appeared before him, her captivating blue eyes shimmering with unshed tears. "Mu Chen, didn’t you promise to protect me? Have you forgotten our three-year agreement? You’re a liar!... A liar!... LIAR!"

"No!" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Suddenly, Mu Chen’s Sea of Souls flared. A powerful wave of Spiritual Power flooded it completely. In that instant, his Sea of Souls expanded several times over, the surrounding points of starlight shining ever brighter. A terrifying spiritual storm instantly swept through his entire soul.

SHIING!

Like a longsword drawn from its sheath, Mu Chen snapped his eyes open. Purple light, like a bolt of electricity, shot out from them. His cold, emotionless vertical pupils contracted sharply as six pure blue, snowflake-shaped marks spun rapidly around them. A wicked black pattern appeared around his eye sockets, and a barbaric aura erupted from his body. This aura, along with the surge of Spiritual Power, instantly immobilized the Extreme Ice Attribute Spirit.

’My Spiritual Power... it broke through...’

An expression of astonishment spread across Mu Chen’s face. Just now, in the instant his consciousness was about to be extinguished, he felt as if he had suddenly grasped something. His Spiritual Power, long stuck at the Peak of the Li Realm, had finally broken through its barrier, successfully advancing to the Early Stage of the Kan Realm.

But what surprised him even more was that he could now clearly see the flow of the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. This state lasted only for a moment before everything returned to normal.

’How can this be?’ Mu Chen looked down at his hands. His vision was countless times sharper than before. Gazing into the distance, he could even see tiny cracks on a faraway ice sculpture—fissures he likely wouldn’t have been able to spot even if he were standing right next to it. But now, he saw them.

By now, his wounds had healed completely. The Extreme Ice Attribute was thoroughly suppressed, a fish on the chopping block waiting for Mu Chen’s blade. He couldn’t quite pinpoint the source of all these changes for the time being, so he had to attribute them to his Spiritual Power breakthrough. After all, his new sight allowed him to see external objects, but not his own appearance.

He performed Introspection, and then Mu Chen closed his eyes again. The black patterns around his eye sockets quickly receded, and the potent Barbaric Aura was reined in. Mu Chen’s brow furrowed, for he could feel the Extreme Ice Attribute stirring restlessly again.

’Hmph. What can you possibly do to me now?’

Mu Chen snorted coldly, and his formidable Spiritual Power came crushing down. The Extreme Ice Attribute Spirit, its power already severely depleted, simply couldn’t withstand the restraints of Kan Realm Spiritual Power. Coupled with the fact that it had just launched several powerful, violent attacks, its will was immediately suppressed and forced back into its core. Mu Chen controlled the Primordial Power within him and began to rapidly assimilate and devour the will of the Extreme Ice Attribute Spirit.

One day, two days... Time slowly trickled by. Before he knew it, four days had passed. Mu Chen had devoured the will of the Extreme Ice Attribute until only a sliver was left. Just then, the once-arrogant Extreme Ice Attribute suddenly transmitted a feeling of terror, as if it were begging Mu Chen for mercy.

"Hah... Begging for mercy now? Too late. Now, perish!" With a sharp cry, Mu Chen’s rampaging Spiritual Power crashed down like a tidal wave. Seeing its last glimmer of hope was gone, the Extreme Ice Attribute had a fleeting flash of madness, mustering its final strength for a desperate counterattack. But under Mu Chen’s tyrannical, crushing assault, its resistance seemed feeble and weak. Finally, after the last hum faded away, the will of the Extreme Ice Attribute vanished completely, leaving only that crystal floating gently in the depths of Mu Chen’s soul.

*Phew...* Mu Chen let out a long, shaky breath. ’Just one last step.’ He carefully controlled the Extreme Ice Attribute Spirit in the depths of his soul, guiding it slowly down toward his Dantian. The moment it entered his Elixir Field World, the Ice Attribute Dantian suddenly burst with a powerful light. As if it couldn’t wait any longer, it drew the Extreme Ice Attribute Spirit over and instantly absorbed it.

Following the absorption of the Extreme Ice Attribute Spirit, the nine rotating Dantians all silently stopped. Only the Ice Attribute Dantian kept moving, bobbing up and down and periodically bursting with intense rays of pure blue light. Mu Chen knew his Ice Attribute Dantian was about to change.

CRACK!

A fine crack formed on the surface of the Ice Attribute Dantian. Then, a continuous series of CRACKLE-CRACKLE sounds followed as the Ice Attribute Dantian shattered like an outer shell. Finally, with a loud BANG, an ice-blue Profound Ice Spike poked out from within. Then a second, a third, a fourth... Suddenly, innumerable Profound Ice Spikes erupted from all corners of the Attribute Dantian. A brand-new Ice Attribute Dantian was born! No, perhaps it should be called the Extreme Ice Dantian!

In the Outer Realm, the instant the Extreme Ice Dantian took shape, the countless blocks of Profound Ice throughout the entire Profound Ice Palace began to flash. Wisps of ice-blue Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi rushed toward the secret door in the lower left, gathering faster and faster until they completely enveloped Mu Chen.

At this point, Mu Chen had no idea what was happening. He only felt innumerable streams of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi impacting his body at a terrifying speed, entering his Dantian from every corner of his being. Caught unprepared by the impact of so much Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, Mu Chen immediately fainted...

Time flowed on. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around Mu Chen never stopped flowing. That Extreme Ice Dantian, like a newborn infant, frantically devoured every wisp of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. This Primordial Qi didn’t even need to pass through the main meridians connected to the Dantian; it was drawn directly from the void into the Extreme Ice Dantian. As the Ice Attribute Dantian continued to devour the energy, the other Dantians also began to frantically absorb the pure Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. For a time, Mu Chen’s Martial Artist Realm began to climb at a terrifying rate.

BANG! With a crisp cracking sound, Mu Chen’s Primordial Power suddenly surged, and he smoothly broke through to become a Seven-Ring Martial Artist. However, this was merely the beginning. Over the next few days, Mu Chen’s Martial Artist Realm advanced by leaps and bounds, and he soon broke through to the Peak of Nine-Ring Martial Artists. Yet, his entire Elixir Field World still did not stop absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. Finally, on the fifth day after the Extreme Ice Dantian had formed, a crisp cracking sound echoed through the hidden room, and Mu Chen’s aura changed completely. An orange Martial Ring flashed into existence beneath him. First-Ring Martial Master Realm! And at the very peak of the First-Ring Martial Master Realm, no less!

The instant Mu Chen broke through to the Martial Master Realm, his hair seemed to slowly dissolve, replaced by long, bright, sky-blue hair. Between his brows, a faint, blue, diamond-shaped mark slowly emerged. On closer inspection, it looked almost tangible and gave off a strangely demonic feeling. The influx of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi finally stopped. The Extreme Ice Dantian and the other eight Dantians once again began to rotate rapidly along their profound trajectories. Everything was as it had been before, except that the Ice Attribute Dantian had transformed into a hexagonal pyramid, like a diamond. At the pyramid’s center, a snowflake-shaped crystal spun rapidly.

「The next day」 The Profound Ice Palace was still silent. In the secret room beneath the throne, a young man lay quietly. He had fair skin and handsome features, his long, brilliant blue hair fanned out on the ground around him. Only the ice-blue diamond mark between his eyebrows shone with a faint light. This person was none other than Mu Chen, who had been knocked unconscious by the influx of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

"Ugh..."

Suddenly, Mu Chen’s brow furrowed, and he groaned in pain. ’Did I pass out again?’

Shaking his head helplessly, Mu Chen slowly sat up cross-legged, closing his eyes to sense the changes within his body. But the moment his Spiritual Power probed inside himself, a look of profound shock spread across his face. ’How can this be?’

Mu Chen hurriedly got to his feet. Primordial Power surged from his body, and his bright, ice-blue hair floated up despite the lack of wind. Primordial Power gradually condensed at his feet, and an almost-tangible orange Martial Ring materialized beneath them. ’Peak of a One-Ring Martial Master! I’m actually at the Peak of a One-Ring Martial Master! Can absorbing the Extreme Ice Attribute Spirit really bring such benefits?’

Mu Chen was ecstatic, and his eyes opened subconsciously. The instant he did, purple light burst from them. His cold, vertical purple pupils flickered with starlight, and the black patterns appeared once more around his eye sockets. Mu Chen himself, however, did not notice this change. He had always believed he was far behind the geniuses of his age in the Martial Artist Realm, but now, he thought to himself that even if he couldn’t surpass them, he must be close.

Clenching his fist, Mu Chen gave a sharp cry, "Thunderbolt!"

CRACKLE!

Streaks of silver lightning wrapped around his arm, making a sharp, air-ripping sound. In a flash of silver light, Mu Chen’s fist had already struck its intended target—a huge ice sculpture.

CRACK... CRACK... CRACK...

A continuous series of thunderous cracks echoed one after another. Just a moment later, the ice sculpture boomed as it shattered and collapsed. That was a sculpture carved from Profound Ice; one could only imagine how powerful Mu Chen’s punch must have been.