<h4>Chapter 720: Chaos Abound</h4>


    "No," Hao Xuan swiftly rejected the offer before Mr. Hyde could try to argue his side of the argument, "I am very close. It''s only a matter of days before I get it right."


    It had been ten months, one week, and four exhausting days since Hao Xuan first arrived here through the Celestial Webway. After the second attempt at trying to find the correct sequence, it became crystal clear that the information they had was missing some important details.


    Mainly, how to navigate the webway correctly and find the right coordinates. Unlike what Baracus had predicted, the rune sequence waspletely random. Or at least that''s what it looked like to him.


    He had been experimenting for thest ten months and barely managed to scratch the surface of it. It was not until Hao Xuan made a breakthrough in his own cultivation that he discovered a way around it.


    "Is that right? Well, as long as you return," Mr. Hyde slowly folded the newspaper before putting it on the side table.


    Legs crossed, the snakehead cane in hand, the corner of his lips arched into half a smile seeing Hao Xuan.


    "Spirit Stage Seventh realm, almost on the Eighth. Not bad," hemented lightly. It sounded like he was talking to himself, his eyes a little unfocused almost like he was thinking about something else in the back of his mind.


    Hao Xuan gave a slight nod of respect, acknowledging his part, "All thanks to you. If you didn''t tell me in detail about Chaosws and how to use them, I would have still been stuck at the first realm."


    Mr. Hyde graciously epted thepliment, it was the truth after all. His eyes regained focus and his voice suddenly hardened.


    "Recapitte the main points, from what I told you and what you have learned yourself," he ''asked'' leaving no room for negotiation.


    Unlike his appearance, Hao Xuan had found out that Mr. Hyde was quite serious and strict when it came to teaching. He didn''t ept any excuses and expected Hao Xuan to catch up to his way of thought rather than helping him understand the topic at hand.


    Hao Xuan took in a deep breath to gather his thoughts before continuing.


    "Well, as you said, Chaos Laws encapste every aspect of existence. But unlike otherws, they are neither offensive, defensive, or supporting in nature. It just depends on how you use them and what you do with them."


    "But it is simr in the sense that raising the mastery level and understanding of the mainw can allow the cultivator do any number of different things."


    "There are nine levels of mastery within my Chaosw. At the first level, I can use thew on an object to dematerialize or disintegrate it into its more basicponents. This includes the energies that are holding it together."


    "Once the Chaos Law is applied on an object, I have full control over what happens to it after that. I can harness all the basic energies like heat, cold, kic, and maic energy and use them to create even more."


    "The process is lengthy and takes a much longer time to use but over time it gets easier. I can already hold two energies or control one of them fully. By creating a maic charge on my hands, I can create lightning and control it."


    "Once I have more control, I should be able to control a number of other energies using this method."


    "The only time I can use the Chaosw to attack directly is by applying thew to my hand and touching other items with it. It throws the normalws of nature into disarray which in turn damages and dismantles their natural order."


    "At the Second mastery level, I will be able to manifest the Chaos Law in an area around me without evening into physical contact with it. That will be my "territory", just like how every otherw has its own."


    "Whereas otherws take a few dozen years to cultivate depending on a person''s affinity with them, Chaosws take almost a hundred times more. But..." Hao Xuan paused, raising his head to meet Mr. Hyde''s gaze.


    "But you said that those who cultivate Chaos Laws are extremely rare. Not only because it requires so much time, effort, and resources, but also because you need something called a ''spark''. Right?"


    "Correct," Mr. Hyde confirmed.


    "And you don''t have this spark and hence cannot cultivate the Chaosws yourself. So...how do you know so much about them? I don''t believe this kind of information would be just given out. It sounded like you were speaking from experience," Hao Xuan finally asked the question that had been bothering him for thest few months.


    Every time he had made a mistake, Mr. Hyde corrected and told him the right way like he knew from experience. The difference between reading from a book and knowing yourself was quite obvious.


    Mr. Hyde finally couldn''t contain his smile and let out a chuckle.


    "I was waiting for you to ask that. I thought you would have asked much sooner but it took you quite a long time, huh?" he leaned back and gotfortable in the oversized sofa.


    "Someone I knew quite well, someone I was very close with cultivated Chaos Laws. Everything I knowes from him," his smile slowly faded, reced by a dim, bloodthirsty re.


    "And you have met him too, somewhere, somehow."