Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” Chapter 552: Complete Fall

"As expected, it wasn't that simple!"

Su Yuan had expected as much.

Attaining the supreme Chaos Dominator realm was extraordinarily challenging; each Chaos Dominator represented an existence beyond all comprehension.

Even though the Heavenly Fate Child suffered grave wounds and had only recently revived, his core essence as a Chaos Dominator remained undiminished. It was only natural that he held some life-preserving technique!

"Even [Equivalent Annihilation] got dodged. Just what sort of technique was that?"

Su Yuan sank into contemplation.

"Could it be that he divided himself into two separate entities, fully disconnected so neither part knew of the other's presence... But that seems impossible, doesn't it?"

Su Yuan continued speculating until a certain location suddenly sprang to mind.

Seven Stars Chaos!

This was the Chaos he had created while bearing the Chaos Flower.

Back then, unaware of the immense difficulty in forging a Chaos, he naively employed the Chaos Flower to birth one, even mistaking it for his own creation. Afterward, sensing irregularities, he resolutely discarded it.

Reflecting on it now, that Chaos Flower might have been the secret backup prepared by the Heavenly Fate Child?

With this realization, Su Yuan exited the Primordial Chaos again and proceeded toward the Seven Stars Chaos site.

In the Seven Stars Chaos.

A will within the Chaos Origin Space slowly coalesced from void into tangible form.

As soon as this will emerged, it swiftly expanded to inconceivable proportions in mere moments, seamlessly claiming the entire Chaos Origin Space without disturbance.

A figure abruptly formed in the space, assuming the likeness of the Heavenly Fate Child.

The Heavenly Fate Child's eyes fluttered open as his awareness returned.

He surveyed the whole Seven Stars Chaos in bewilderment, blinked once, and clarity gradually returned to his face.

"My primary body got utterly destroyed by someone?"

The Heavenly Fate Child felt immense shock. He never imagined his hidden backup would activate after all.

"What kind of powerhouse wiped me out so completely?"

The Heavenly Fate Child lacked memories of his demise. This was intentional, to break all ties with the main body and sever karma entirely. Only thus could this secondary body fully detach from the original.

He scanned the Seven Stars Chaos anew, tracing its history.

He observed Su Yuan's presence and his subsequent exit.

Surprise flickered in him: "Why did he abruptly depart? Had he lingered, I might have restored more of my origin."

The Heavenly Fate Child shook his head dismissively. This figure meant little to him; the result stayed unchanged.

Yet, the instant Su Yuan crossed his thoughts, it triggered a forbidden boundary, flooding the Heavenly Fate Child with a dire sense of looming disaster.

"What is this?"

A subtle shift crossed the Heavenly Fate Child's features.

He promptly erased his latest memories, then bolted from the Chaos into the boundless "Nothingness" without delay. Danger loomed; escape was urgent!

But upon bursting from the Seven Stars Chaos, he smashed straight into a towering, imposing silhouette.

The Heavenly Fate Child's pupils shrank. Entities traversing "Nothingness" freely, barring those with unique Dao Principles, were solely Chaos Dominators!

A Chaos Dominator lurked right outside his Chaos!

This foe bore no goodwill!

Alas, realization dawned too late!

Su Yuan unleashed a sword strike. The Star Summit assault blazed with unmatched sharpness, outpacing even thoughts, and landed squarely on the Heavenly Fate Child.

[Equivalent Annihilation]!

Su Yuan triggered this ability once more.

The Heavenly Fate Child could only watch as his very being dissolved under an enigmatic force, erased utterly as though never existent.

Su Yuan offered no words upon encounter. He struck with a lethal blow instantly, denying any respite!

And with this attack, [Mental Echo] unleashed its full potency.

In Su Yuan's lifebound Chaos, the Origin Space's origin power abruptly surged over twofold!

He had seized the Heavenly Fate Child's cultivation outright!

His lifebound Chaos, invigorated like after a mighty elixir, ballooned vastly. Chaotic Energy surged in and out repeatedly by the thousands, fueling explosive internal expansion.

At the same time, Su Yuan absorbed the Heavenly Fate Child's comprehension of Chaos True Intent.

His grasp of Chaos True Intent leaped ahead unexpectedly, climbing from 10.1% to 10.7%!

His command over Chaos True Intent soared to a formidable seventeen percent in an instant.

The rewards from felling a Chaos Dominator were staggeringly vast.

"Just one backup plan?" Su Yuan felt a touch of astonishment.

Yet considering further, the revived and battered Heavenly Fate Child likely exhausted most techniques already.

That he managed even this one spoke volumes of his prowess.

Against any other Chaos Dominator, locating this backup would prove impossible, perhaps even failing to detect his survival.

Regrettably, the Heavenly Fate Child's fortune failed him utterly. Su Yuan himself had been the one to activate that Chaos Flower. Had it been the Lord of the Nine Void or another, true escape might have succeeded.

Su Yuan's will descended into the Seven Stars Chaos again through [World Traveler], branding it with his authority and claiming full control.

And so.

Su Yuan now commanded origin across three Chaoses.

He could harness the origin might of three Chaoses in battle simultaneously!

Still, only one remained his lifebound Chaos. To convert the new pair into lifebound ones, he'd need to overwrite their Chaos Dao Principles entirely with his own. But that labor seemed wasteful; better to fuse them directly into his lifebound Chaos.

Su Yuan mulled over options.

"Fusion won't do. These three Chaoses sit at varying growth phases. The lifebound one is nascent, Seven Stars Chaos has matured somewhat, and Primordial Chaos stands fully developed. Combining them would breed disorder!"

After deliberation, Su Yuan favored the subsidiary Chaos approach.

With a mere thought, he materialized beyond his lifebound Chaos.

A hand wave later, the two fresh Chaoses appeared alongside it.

"Nothingness" held no fixed distances. The Chaoses appeared eternally distant yet potentially touching.

Thus, Su Yuan effortlessly drew them together.

Guided by his will, the pair flanked his lifebound Chaos. As they neared, their Chaos Barriers transformed, birthing Chaos Channels that bound all three.

Instantly, the trio respired in unison.

Buoyed by its subsidiaries, the lifebound Chaos's Chaotic Energy intake and output swelled markedly. Meanwhile, half the Chaotic Energy from each subsidiary's respiration streamed to the lifebound Chaos, fueling its growth.