Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

Yu Changsheng rode the waves to ascend to the heavens, and the Dao embryo of the Ruins of the Abyss was initially formed. His left eye was as silent as an abyss, devouring starlight, while his right eye was ablaze with scorching fire, boiling the seawater.

He shouted, his voice echoing throughout the Sea of ​​Burial Stars: "Situ Xuan, shut down the cannons!"

Situ Xuan's eyes were bloodshot, and the Core of Annihilation was hissing in his hand. He was not about to give up.

A destructive torrent is about to surge forth, but the Venerable Xuantian seizes the opportunity to transform into a sword and pounce on the cocoon of light at the bottom of the sea—Chen Xueqing and that wisp of core emerald gold essence are the true treasure!
Just then, from the depths of the sea, a faint yet incredibly stubborn cry of the Burial Abyss Sword pierced through the chaos and suddenly struck Yu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness. The dying Mo Yu ignited his last flame of will amidst the endless poisonous miasma...

Yu Changsheng's command was like a thunderclap from the heavens, carrying the newly born power of the Ruins of Extinction rolling across the battlefield. The raging energy turbulence of the Burial Star Sea was briefly suppressed by this sound, and even the shattered void trembled.

The core of the Annihilation Cannon, which Situ Xuan held in front of his chest and was already blindingly bright, suddenly stopped. The destructive buzzing was forcibly suppressed by an invisible and powerful force, and the annihilation runes flowing on the surface of the core became disordered and flickering.

"Wishful thinking!" Situ Xuan's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was twisted and twitching from the excruciating pain of the core backlash and extreme madness.

Give up? Giving up now would mean certain death; the uncontrolled backlash from the Annihilation Core would be enough to wipe him and everything around him out of control!
He roared, his withered hands gripping the core tightly, burning his remaining essence blood with all his might. Dark blue and almost black flames burst forth from his seven orifices, frantically pouring into the core!
The core of the near-disintegrating Annihilation Cannon received fuel, its hum suddenly rising, and the annihilation law light threads expanded outwards. A piercing shriek tore through everyone's eardrums, and a ghastly white beam of light, thick enough to pierce through the Milky Way, carrying the deathly aura of ending all things, fiercely spewed out towards Yu Changsheng!

Where the beam of light passed, space silently collapsed and annihilated, leaving behind an eternal, glassy void scar. The massive hull of the Sky Patrol Ship instantly disintegrated under the recoil, countless metal fragments and screaming cultivators were thrown into the raging sea, instantly turning into dust.

Almost at the same moment Situ Xuan fought for his life, the greed in Xuan Tian Venerable's eyes surged to its extreme. Yu Changsheng was locked onto by the Annihilation Cannon, and Qing Yi was restrained by the poisonous miasma—this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
His figure twisted strangely in the air, ignoring the terrifying beam of light and the giant claw of the nest that slammed down, transforming into a brilliant sword light that was condensed to the extreme, tearing through the chaotic energy flow, and aiming directly at the emerald golden cocoon on the seabed that was enveloping Chen Xueqing!

The speed was so fast, the determination so resolute, there was no trace of otherworldly elegance left, only naked plunder!
"How dare you!" Elder Qingyi's eyes were bloodshot as she forcefully activated the lotus leaf magic boat beneath her feet, which was on the verge of dimming. The light and shadow of the Pure World Green Lotus flickered and was about to disappear when a green light curtain blocked the sword light trajectory of Venerable Xuantian.

However, the sinister laughter of Granny Poison Heart rang out, and the Myriad Poisons Corroding Spirit Smoke suddenly thickened a hundredfold, transforming into countless twisted and screaming poisonous soul skeletons that wrapped around the Azure Lotus Light Curtain layer by layer, frantically devouring it.

The light barrier rippled violently, Elder Qingyi groaned, and pale golden blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, her interception faltering. The sword light of Venerable Xuantian was about to touch the cocoon of light!
Yu Changsheng was at the very forefront of the annihilating torrent.

The Guixu Origin Armor groaned under its unbearable weight, and the cracks spread rapidly under the onslaught of the blazing white death light, reaching deep enough to expose the bone.

The Dao Embryo of the Ruins of the Abyss was operating wildly. Its left eye transformed into a black hole vortex that devoured all light sources, frantically tearing, consuming, and grinding the outermost destructive energy of the Annihilation Cannon. Its right eye spewed out dark golden embers that burned the heavens, like the strongest dam, firmly resisting the impact core that annihilated everything.

The chaotic imperial blood roared and surged within his body, turning into fuel to maintain this precarious balance.

The excruciating pain felt like a million steel needles piercing his soul, but he remained unmoved. His divine sense clearly captured the trajectory of the despicable sneak attack by the Venerable Xuantian. A chilling killing intent mixed with the raging fire of the heavens exploded deep within his Dao Embryo!

In that critical moment, when reason was about to be consumed by rage—

A faint, intermittent sword cry, yet containing unparalleled sharpness and ultimate indomitable spirit, was like a resounding echo piercing through the deepest hell, ignoring the barriers of space and the raging energy, and piercing his sea of ​​consciousness with unparalleled precision!

It's the Burial Abyss Sword!

It's Mo Yu!
The sword's cry was extremely weak, like a candle flickering in the wind, yet it contained a resolute will to perish together with the enemy and to live in the face of death.

It no longer conveys a cry for help, but a resonance, a trust and entrustment between comrades that needs no words!
Mo Yu is not dead!

In that infernal hell, at the brink of death, he continued to fight and call out!
This sword cry, like a spark thrown into boiling oil, instantly ignited the protective obsession in Yu Changsheng's heart, tempering his nearly out-of-control rage into an indestructible sword of will!

"Spin it for me!"

Yu Changsheng let out a deep roar, like the fury of a giant beast from the abyss.

He clenched his right fist tightly, and the embers covering it suddenly contracted and compressed, transforming into a point of extreme dark gold sharpness.

At the same time, the suction force of the Void Vortex in his left eye surged to its limit! The target was not to completely block the Annihilation Cannon, but rather—the Xuan Tian Venerable!
Boom!

The terrifying beam of light, powerful enough to annihilate stars, underwent an extremely slight but fatal deflection due to the forceful tearing of the power of the Void in Yu Changsheng's left eye and the violent prying of the Ember Flame Edge in his right fist!

Like a runaway, world-destroying dragon whose head has been forcibly twisted!
The pale beam of light that was originally heading straight for Yu Changsheng grazed the edge of Yu Changsheng's tattered source armor, and with the residual power to incinerate everything, it actually crashed diagonally into the brilliant sword light that Xuan Tian Venerable was rushing towards the cocoon of light with all his might!

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

The greedy grin on Xuan Tian Venerable's face froze instantly, and his pupils shrank to pinpoints with extreme terror!

All his senses were consumed by the overwhelming, destructive whiteness that filled his vision!

The power of the Annihilation Cannon is enough to severely injure or even annihilate someone like him!
All his escape techniques and protective sword energy seemed pale and laughable in the face of this soul-locking annihilating power!
"No—!" A shrill, distorted scream escaped from his throat.

The dazzling sword light instantly disintegrated. Xuan Tian Venerable recklessly burned his essence blood and even forcibly detonated several protective magic treasures, creating layers upon layers of law-based sword shields in front of him.

A dazzling burst of sword light erupted, like a star struggling in its death throes.

The next instant, the destructive torrent crashed into the hastily erected defenses.

Sizzle!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the chilling sound of annihilation.

The Xuan Tian Venerable's prized Law Sword and Shield melted and vaporized silently before the pale torrent, like thin ice under the blazing sun. His ancient Taoist robe flashed a few times before completely dimming and shattering.

One after another, his protective magical artifacts shattered into dust. "Pfft!" Venerable Xuantian coughed up blood, which was actually tinged with golden light—his most precious source of sword essence!
Half of its body was instantly reduced to nothingness by the aftershocks of the annihilation power, revealing stark white bones and writhing entrails. The remaining body was smashed away like a rag doll, crashing into a distant, isolated rock that had been torn up by the giant claws of the Mother Nest, embedding itself deeply within it, its fate unknown.

With just this one strike, the powerful Xuantian Sword Sect Master was completely rendered incapable of fighting.

The beam of light from the Annihilation Cannon continued its momentum, sweeping across the sea and creating a bottomless vacuum chasm before disappearing into the depths of the raging star storm, leaving behind only a spatial scar that would never heal.

The battlefield fell silent instantly.

Only the Devouring Mother Nest roared with a destructive hunger. Its third, sky-covering, eerie green giant claw, carrying the power to crush stars, had torn through layers of spatial barriers and descended with a suffocating sense of oppression!
The target was none other than the Sky Patrol, which was completely paralyzed due to the Annihilation Cannon going out of control and was now just a small part of its wreckage emitting black smoke. Next to the Sky Patrol's wreckage, Situ Xuan was charred black and barely breathing due to the backlash from the core overload, barely hanging in the air with only a last shred of willpower!
The shadow of death, like a cold tide, instantly overwhelmed Situ Xuan's remaining consciousness.

He looked up, his eyes reflecting the ever-enlarging shadow of the giant claw covered in eerie suction cups, the destructive claw pointing directly at him!
"Hah...hah..." Situ Xuan's throat emitted a hoarse, bellowing sound, and he was too weak to even let out a desperate roar.

However, the expected annihilation did not occur.

A figure, as if stepping against the flow of time, was faster than the shadow of the descending giant claw!

Yu Changsheng!
He forcefully clashed with the deflected Annihilation Cannon, forcibly suppressing the five destructive energies surging within his body due to the eruption. The cracks in his Source Armor were so deep that the bone was visible, and dark gold and emerald gold blood kept seeping out, turning into wisps of chaotic mist under the scorching of the Ember Abyss Fire.

But his spine remained ramrod straight, his eyes as cold as ancient ice, yet burning with an indomitable flame. He wasn't trying to save Situ Xuan; rather, this out-of-control behemoth of the mother nest had to be suppressed immediately!
"Go back!"

With a roar, Yu Changsheng crossed his arms in front of his chest, and the Dao Embryo of the Ruins of the Abyss operated with unprecedented ferocity!
The Void Vortex in the left eye suddenly expanded, becoming deep and boundless, drawing in the ancient, silent resentment, shattered star power, and even the corrosive energy emanating from the Devouring Star Mother Nest itself, all accumulated in the entire Burial Star Sea, and converging into a roaring torrent of dark energy!

The embers of his right eye burst forth, and the dark golden flames were no longer merely burning; they also contained the principles of purification and destruction, condensing into a giant sword of flames that could burn the heavens and boil the seas!

"Return to the Ruins: The Abyss of Ashes!"

His arms suddenly crossed and swung out!

The dark torrent of the Ruins and the giant sword of the Abyss Flame are not simply superimposed, but intertwined in a mysterious spiral!

The power of the Ruins forcibly devoured and compressed the terrifying kinetic energy and spatial tearing power carried by the giant claw of the Mother Nest, while the Flames of the Abyss violently burned and purified the eerie green corrosive energy on the surface of the Ruins along the fragile nodes torn out by the Ruins!

Boom! Crack!
A deafening roar erupted, accompanied by the sound of space cracking under the strain.

The dark gold and eerie green energy rays clashed, annihilated, and exploded in a frenzy!
The violent energy shockwave exploded in a ring, flattening the already chaotic sea for dozens of miles!

The enormous claw of the mother nest suddenly trembled, and the unstoppable downward force was abruptly stopped!
Where the claw tip collided with Yu Changsheng's arms, space shattered completely, forming a massive energy black hole that greedily devoured everything that dissipated from the collision!
A stalemate! A terrifying stalemate!

The seawater beneath Yu Changsheng's feet evaporated instantly, and the reef he was standing on turned to dust.

His arms were bulging with muscles, and his veins were bulging like flowing lava. His source armor emitted a piercing metallic tearing sound, and the cracks spread and deepened rapidly, as if it would collapse completely at any moment.

Crimson Chaos Emperor blood, mixed with dark gold and emerald gold energy, overflowed wildly from his mouth, nose, corners of his eyes, and cracks in his armor, then evaporated into blood mist under the high temperature of the embers.

The excruciating pain felt like a million red-hot steel knives scraping against his soul, and the tearing sensation from the high-speed operation of the Guixu Dao Embryo almost caused his soul to dissipate.

The destructive will of the Devouring Nest emitted an even more ferocious and furious shriek, like billions of vengeful spirits cursing in unison in its ears.

On that eerie green giant claw, countless suckers wriggled wildly, suddenly bursting out with even stronger suction force, attempting to completely pull Yu Changsheng's Dao embryo and soul into its eternal abyss of hunger!
At the same time, a ghostly light flowed across the surface of the giant claw, and a corrosive force of will targeting the soul and reaching the very source ignored physical defenses, like a cold venomous snake, fiercely devouring Yu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness!

A mental shock!

Yu Changsheng's vision suddenly went black, and countless shattered and bloody illusions erupted in his mind: the scene of the Starry Sky Forger sealing with blood, the desperate cries of billions of living beings being devoured by the Mother Nest, the phantom of Chen Xueqing's spirit body collapsing, the tragic state of Mo Yu being having his soul extracted and refined in the poisonous fog... Negative emotions were like a monstrous wave, threatening to overwhelm and tear him apart in an instant.

His energy output, which was maintaining the Dao Embryo of the Ruins of the Abyss, suddenly fluctuated violently, and the stalemate was in imminent danger!

"Longevity—Guard your Dao Heart!" Deep in the sea, the emerald-gold cocoon enveloping Chen Xueqing suddenly burst forth with unprecedented brilliance!
Although she remained unconscious, the power of the core inheritance and the essence of the Pure Lotus sensed Yu Changsheng's crisis and automatically protected its master.

A pure, vast torrent of emerald-gold runes, imbued with the true meaning of "guiding evil back to the void," disregarded the obstruction of seawater and spatial distance, traversed the battlefield, and precisely imprinted itself on Yu Changsheng's collapsing sea of ​​consciousness!

hum!
The emerald-gold runes flowed like an unbreakable dam, firmly blocking the torrent of corruption from the Devouring Mother Nest's will.

The Daoist rhyme of "The Return to the Void: The Pivot of Origin" left by Chen Xueqing flowed like a clear spring, instantly calming the chaotic storm in Yu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness and washing away the bloody illusion.

His mind, which was on the verge of collapse, suddenly cleared!
"Xue Qing..." Yu Changsheng's heart trembled violently, and his will to protect her burned a hundredfold because of this timely help! The balance that was on the verge of collapse was forcibly stabilized!

"Mo Yu... help me!" His cry from the depths of his soul pierced through all obstacles.

As if responding to his call, the faint and intermittent cry of the Burial Abyss Sword suddenly became clear, high-pitched, and resolute in a distant corner of a broken sea shrouded in miasma!
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An extreme, pitch-black sword intent, condensed with annihilation and death, disregarded distance and energy turbulence, seemingly formed from pure will, instantly traversing the battlefield!
It wasn't a physical attack, yet it was more deadly than any physical attack! It pierced with unparalleled precision behind the giant claw of the Devouring Mother Nest that was locked in a stalemate with Yu Changsheng, at a core area where a ghostly light flowed, resembling a giant neural node!

It is one of the key sensor nodes that drive this giant claw with the will of the mother nest!

Burial Abyss Silent Sword Intent - Soul Slash! (End of Chapter)