If You Can Swallow It, You Can Use It

Tian Xiaotian had been living there for a while now.

And during this time, Ye Chuan had been studying the breakthrough threshold for the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

He had rushed through the Mahayana Realm too quickly, and many fundamental things hadn't kept up.

Now, when his divine sense spread out, it could directly cover the entire planet. Coupled with his spatial jump ability, he could reach any random corner of the Earth with a single thought.

However, on the system panel on his phone, the unlock conditions for the Tribulation Crossing Realm seemed welded shut, completely stuck and unmoving.

[Tribulation Crossing conditions not met. Please complete the objectives—]

[Reach Perfected Mahayana Realm (√)]

[Perfect Dao Foundation (54%)]

Breaking through to the Tribulation Crossing Realm didn't require him to search the world for materials, but the words "Perfect Dao Foundation" gave Ye Chuan a massive headache. He had pondered over it for days, tossing and turning, but still couldn't figure out what it actually meant.

"But since it's already at 54%, doesn't that mean I've done some things to perfect my Dao Foundation before?"

Ye Chuan rubbed his chin in thought.

Wasn't there someone at home who could answer this?

Lilith, whose strength was undoubtedly the ceiling in the house and who had seen a lot of the world, might know.

"Lilith—"

"Great Auntie—"

Pushing open the door to Lilith's room, he saw the blackout curtains drawn tightly, with only a small nightlight glowing inside.

Lilith was nestled in her blankets, fast asleep.

Her purple twin tails were spread across the snow-white pillow, the tips curling in a cute, tsundere little arc. More than half of her face was buried in the pillow, revealing only half of her exquisitely carved, pinkish little face.

Ever since Ye Chuan had destroyed the magic she used to block others from her room last time, Lilith had simply stopped bothering to set it up. It saved her some energy anyway.

After walking in, Ye Chuan sat on the edge of the bed.

Sleeping, Lilith looked like a little milk kitten, wearing a smile that didn't match her apparent age.

"Lilith~~" Ye Chuan leaned down and blew lightly on her ear.

"Phew—"

The tips of Lilith's ears instantly twitched. She abruptly flipped her eyelids open, her purple eyes still misted with the moisture of just waking up. Seeing it was Ye Chuan, she flared up with morning crankiness:

"What are you doing?! Barging in without saying anything again!"

Covering her ear, Lilith seemed very angry and lunged straight at him, trying to scratch Ye Chuan's face.

Ye Chuan held onto Lilith's waist, letting her scratch him a few times. He would automatically heal from any injuries anyway, and besides, since Lilith was a mage, her physical attacks had little effect.

From this angle, however, Ye Chuan was able to catch a glimpse of some pinkish scenery.

"I have serious business to ask you."

"I'm not answering."

"Oh, come on, Great Auntie. I'll gather more soul power for you so you can recover sooner, alright?" Ye Chuan massaged Lilith's shoulders, and she, being quite susceptible to this, quickly softened.

"Speak. What do you want me to answer?" Lilith snorted softly.

Ye Chuan immediately explained what was going on.

"What Dao Foundation? We don't have that term in the Aether Continent," Lilith said after understanding the situation.

For some unknown reason, the power systems of the Aether Continent and the Profound Sky Continent were highly consistent, just with different systemic attributes. Lilith herself had even been retrieved from the Profound Sky Continent, which was why Ye Chuan had initially suspected the two continents were the same place.

Although she didn't understand the specific term, Lilith explained,

"What you're talking about is rule compatibility!"

"This Tribulation Crossing Realm you want to break through to corresponds to the Ninth-Tier Saint Domain. If you want to advance to the ninth tier, you have to thoroughly understand and control your own rule power."

Lilith twirled a strand of hair around her finger as she explained,

"The Chaos Power in your body is the most top-tier rule power."

"Have you only been using it to block damage and swallow things before? You haven't properly fused with it at all, nor have you thoroughly grasped its rule essence."

Hearing this, Ye Chuan seemed to understand something.

Dao Foundation—

Was it the rules he had mastered?

So that was why the Dao Foundation progress was stuck at 54%!

"Oh, I think I somewhat understand now." Ye Chuan generally got what the Dao Foundation was about.

"It basically wants me to fully figure out the Chaos Power."

Hearing this, Lilith first rolled her eyes dramatically but then patiently snorted:

"Otherwise, why do you think Chaos Power is called an origin power? It can swallow laws whole, so do you really think it can't spit them back out to be used?"

Spit them out.

Devour, and use for myself!

From the time he obtained the Chaos Immortal Body until now, he had devoured countless powers.

After swallowing these things, he had only treated them as a way to recharge his cultivation, never once thinking he could dig them back out and use them directly!

No wonder his Dao Foundation progress was dead stuck at 54%. It turned out he had treated a whole stomach full of top-tier laws like compressed biscuits, completely failing to merge them with his own Chaos Power!

Ye Chuan's eyes instantly lit up. "If I can swallow it, I can use it. Why didn't I think of this before!"

He didn't even bother with Lilith anymore. With a thought, black chaos mist instantly spread out around him.

The Chaos Power, which he had previously only seen as a tool for devouring and defense, now slowly spread out under his control. Inside, there were indeed countless fine law fragments floating about, shining with different lusters. They were all the things he had swallowed along the way these past days and completely ignored.

Ye Chuan first locked onto a cluster of gold and red fragments—the very ones he had swallowed from Wu Cang and those elders earlier.

With a thought, the Chaos Power instantly wrapped around that cluster of fragments, merging them into the black mist like rivers flowing into the sea.

The next second, a cluster of gold and red intertwined flames suddenly flared up at his fingertips.

The edges of the flames were wrapped in a faint layer of black chaos mist. Its temperature was more than a notch higher than the original Parasol Tree Holy Fire, to the point where even the surrounding air was burned until it slightly distorted, emitting soft sizzling sounds.

Yet this terrifying flame, capable of incinerating space, was firmly locked at Ye Chuan's fingertips. It didn't even scorch a fraction of the bedsheets beneath him. He controlled it as he pleased, as if this flame was naturally a part of his body.

"Huh." The flames at Ye Chuan's fingertips surged, turning into the shape of a parasol leaf one moment, and shrinking into a tiny spark the next. He played with it even more smoothly than that old geezer Wu Cang.

Was this the Chaos Power?

This wasn't the end. He looked again at the silver-white, glowing fragments of sword dao laws in the Chaos Power, which carried a sharp, piercing aura—

These belonged to Mo Chen, the sword-wielding Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivator.

Ye Chuan's mind moved again, and the Chaos Power instantly wrapped around all the sword dao fragments, merging them all at once into his origin.

In an instant, countless fine silver sword shadows burst forth from his body. The room was instantly filled with a sword intent sharp to the extreme, yet he firmly locked it within this square bedroom.

The next second, the sky full of sword shadows suddenly closed in, condensing in his palm into an extremely refined chaos sword aura.

It was exactly Mo Chen's Myriad Swords Returning to One, but with the enhancement of the Chaos Power, this sword not only retained the indestructible sharpness of the original version, but also gained an additional attribute of chaos annihilation. Whatever it touched would shatter, whatever it met would be extinguished; its power was several times stronger than the original!

"Hiss." Ye Chuan narrowed his eyes.

Could he swallow the Hero? And then go ruthlessly deal with the Demon King?