Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The mournful cry of the Burial Abyss Sword, carrying a wisp of desperate and pure annihilation sword intent, was not a physical sword, but the last sharp point condensed by Mo Yu's dying soul, precisely piercing the core node of the sky-covering, dark green giant claw of the Devouring Void Mother Nest.

The silent and stealthy soul slash has an earth-shattering effect.

"Awooo—!!!"

The agonizing roar emanating from the immense will of the Devouring Mother Nest exploded directly within the consciousness of all living beings, transcending the realm of sound and transforming into a tangible soul shockwave that swept across the entire battlefield of the Burial Star Sea. The giant tentacles and claws composed of billions of vengeful spirits and heterogeneous energies suddenly stiffened, the eerie green light covering them dimming by more than half in an instant, and their cores, as if struck by a block of ice from a scorching hot iron, violently twisted, contracted, and disintegrated! The invisible Soul Slash, like the most deadly poison, precisely dismantled the crucial link between the giant claws' energy transmission and will cohesion.

Yu Changsheng's left eye's Void Vortex instantly captured the intense fluctuations and brief collapse of the Mother Nest's Will Core! The Flame of the Abyss in his right eye burned wildly, bursting forth with an unprecedentedly intense white light.

"Now! Ash Abyss Severance - Return to Ruins Burial!"

The newly formed Guixu Jinyuan Dao Embryo within his body emitted a groan of unbearable strain, and from the cracks in the Guixu Yuan Armor, dark gold imperial blood mixed with scorching fire burst forth. He no longer passively defended, but instead poured all his power, along with the excellent opportunity created by Mo Yu's sacrificed sword, into the "Guixu Yin·Jinyuan Shatter" technique, which was locked in a stalemate with the giant claw of the Mother Nest!
That was no longer a stalemate, but a complete breakdown!

Sizzle—!
Like tearing silk, or the mournful cry of collapsing stars, the stalemate was ruthlessly shattered. A torrent of energy, mingled with the blazing white of the Abyss Fire and the dark darkness of the Devouring Ruins, surged violently into the giant claw of the Mother Nest through the wound torn by the Soul Slash!
Destructive energy raged and exploded within the giant claw! The eerie green flesh, twisted tentacles, and howling phantoms of vengeful spirits were like ice and snow thrown into a furnace, rapidly vaporizing under the blazing white embers, and then being completely obliterated and devoured in the vortex of the void! The front end of the giant claw, spanning dozens of miles, disintegrated and dissipated inch by inch at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into energy ash that fell from the sky, and was then mercilessly swept into the deep sea by the surging vortex of the Burial Star Sea below.

"Pfft!" Yu Changsheng was also struck as if by a heavy hammer, his body trembling violently. The cracks on his Guixu Origin Armor suddenly deepened and widened. What he spat out was no longer blood, but an aura mixed with embers and the origin of chaos. Forcibly urging power beyond its limits, his Dao Embryo seemed about to shatter once again!

Situ Xuan was burning his primordial essence blood, his crimson eyes fixed on the core of the Annihilation Cannon, preparing to unleash a final, suicidal attack the moment Yu Changsheng was severely injured or crushed by the Mother Nest!
However, Mo Yu's Soul Slash and Yu Changsheng's desperate counterattack actually tore apart the giant claw of the Mother Nest?!
This mind-blowing scene shook him to his core, causing a slight instability and disorder in the core energy of the Annihilation Cannon, which was poised to fire.

"Impossible! That's... the core of the Mother Nest's will has been damaged?!"

Xuan Tian Venerable was grazed by Yu Changsheng's deflected Annihilation Cannon, half of his body was charred black, his sword robe was torn, and the light of the Zhan Yuan Divine Sword was dim as it hovered beside him.

He was mobilizing his remaining power to suppress the raging aftershocks of the Annihilation Law within his body, while his greedy gaze never left the emerald-gold cocoon enveloping Chen Xueqing on the seabed.

The shockwave from the clash between Yu Changsheng and the Mother Nest once again sent him flying. His eyes were filled with a mixture of horror and resentment: "The Returning Void Dao Embryo... it can actually damage the Mother Nest?! I must... I must seize it when he is exhausted!"

The Poisonous Heart Granny's Ten Thousand Poisons Corroding Spirit Smoke was entangled with Elder Qingyi's Purifying Lotus Aura, attempting to corrupt the path through which the other was supporting Yu Changsheng. The roar of the wounded Mother Nest's will caused her soul to ache, and the fragments of the magic boat shook violently.

When she saw the power of Mo Yu's Annihilation Soul Slash and the terrifying results Yu Changsheng had achieved by taking advantage of the situation, her old face, covered with poison spots, showed disbelief and fear for the first time.

"Burial Abyss... Annihilation Sword Intent! That kid... isn't quite dead yet?! No, this is... the final sword strike after burning away his true spirit?! That damned sword maniac!"

She immediately realized that the greatest threat had temporarily shifted, and her gaze towards the cocoon of light on the seabed became even more greedy and fervent. "Take advantage of the chaos! Seize the core inheritance!"

Elder Qingyi was already exhausted from enduring the shock of the broken seal on the Mother Nest and the corrosive effects of the poisonous miasma. Mo Yu's Soul Slash startled her, and even the light of the Pure World Lotus paused for a moment, tinged with a hint of pity.

"What a decisive sword strike!" Immediately, Yu Changsheng's feat of tearing apart the giant claw of the Mother Nest caused an astonishing light to burst forth in her weary eyes.

"Heaven has not forsaken my Pure Lotus! The Ruins of Return to the Abyss can actually restrain the Mother Nest's alien substance! Chen Xueqing..." She immediately disregarded her own depletion and fully activated the Lotus Leaf Dharma Boat. More Pure Lotus Aura surged towards the seabed, attempting to reinforce Chen Xueqing's light cocoon. At the same time, she separated a gentle yet resilient force to try to guide the falling fragments of the Ink Feather. "Stabilize! We must stabilize the situation!"

Mo Yu's mangled body drifted amidst the eerie green miasma and shattered spatial turbulence, like a withered leaf in a storm. The Burial Abyss Black Sword hovered before him, its dark red blood-red patterns (a mutation of the Blood Fiend Soul-Devouring Curse from the Poison Heart Granny) flickering, radiating an aura of violence and death. His remaining consciousness was like a candle in the wind, his body riddled with holes by the Myriad Poison Soul-Devouring Needles, only the annihilating sword spirit resonating with the Burial Abyss Sword still burning with a last, faint light. That all-out sword strike had drained his last bit of strength. His last perception was the overwhelming force of Yu Changsheng tearing apart the giant claw of the Mother Nest, and... a faint yet tenacious revival fluctuation within the emerald-gold cocoon below. "Senior Sister Chen... Changsheng..." His thoughts blurred, and he plummeted into the deep sea. On the seabed, above the Returning Ruins Furnace Array Diagram.

The emerald-gold cocoon enveloping Chen Xueqing suddenly contracted inward the instant the Mother Nest's will was wounded and roared! On the surface of the cocoon, the emerald-gold runes originating from the "Return to the Void: Source Pivot" suddenly became incomparably brilliant, as if activated by Mo Yu's Annihilation Soul Slash and Yu Changsheng's Abyss Return to the Void power. Inside the cocoon, Chen Xueqing's dormant spirit trembled slightly. Her shattered origin was frantically absorbing the energy dissipating from the battlefield in a mysterious way, through the connection between the cocoon and the remaining sealing base of the entire isolated island, as well as with the Return to the Void Furnace array diagram—especially those chaotic energy fragments refined after being collided with Yu Changsheng and the Mother Nest and ground down by the Return to the Void vortex.

"Xueqing!" Yu Changsheng's mind was subtly connected with the emerald golden cocoon, and he immediately sensed the throbbing of revival! Chen Xueqing's mournful cries when she was on the verge of death had been the fuse that ignited his power, and now the signs of her impending awakening were like adding the best fuel to a dying ember!

"Roar!" The Devouring Mother Nest's excruciating pain and rage completely engulfed the battlefield! The roots of its torn giant claws writhed wildly, and countless thicker, more ferocious tentacles, carrying even darker and deeper corrosive energy, surged forth from the gaps in the shattered sealing monument! It had completely locked onto Yu Changsheng, the "ant" who had severely injured it, and the aura of the "Return to the Void" within the underwater cocoon of light that it felt both primal loathing and yearning for! The entire sea of ​​the Burial Star Sea seemed to boil and roar under its will, transforming into countless enormous death vortexes, shredding everything within its range! A will impact ten times more terrifying than before, mixed with a materialized soul-eroding storm, ignored spatial distance and slammed fiercely towards Yu Changsheng and the emerald golden cocoon of light!

A close call!
Just as the Mother Nest's will-shattering impact and soul storm were about to engulf everything—

hum!
The emerald-golden cocoon enveloping Chen Xueqing, like a heart that had been dormant for millennia, suddenly and firmly beat!
A beam of pure, emerald-gold light, indescribable in color, shot skyward from the core of the underwater furnace array! The beam instantly pierced through the surging seawater, the chaotic energy storm, and even briefly penetrated the Mother Nest's domain of will!
At the core of the pillar of light, Chen Xueqing's figure appeared and disappeared, her eyes closed, but her hands were forming an extremely profound hand seal in front of her chest—it was the ultimate form of the "Return to the Void: Origin Pivot"! Her aura had not returned to its peak, but instead carried a strange rhythm of new life, which resonated strongly with the veins of the entire seabed of the Burial Star Sea, the Return to the Void Furnace Array Diagram, and even the Return to the Void Dao Embryo within Yu Changsheng's body!

Guixu Yin: All things return to their origin!
This beam of light was not a pure attack, but the most exquisite guidance and transformation! It precisely received the "intention" left in the battlefield space by Mo Yu's last Annihilation Soul Slash, received the wisps of pure purification power generated by Yu Changsheng's Abyss Fire burning the alien matter of the Mother Nest, received the primordial assistance projected by Elder Qingyi's Purifying Lotus, and even received the specks of starlight that had settled after the ancient stars were destroyed due to the successive battles deep in the Sea of ​​Burial Stars!
These energy fragments, each with its own distinct nature and incredibly violent, were transformed into a mighty, unstoppable, and perfectly balanced torrent of emerald gold under the supreme Daoist principle of "all things returning to their origin," just as hundreds of rivers flow into the sea!

This torrent didn't directly impact the Mother Nest; instead, like a celestial river flowing backward, it precisely poured into Yu Changsheng's body, who had just suffered a devastating blow from the Mother Nest and was on the verge of collapse! The emerald-gold torrent instantly enveloped his cracked Source Armor and surged into his trembling Dao Embryo. The Returning Void Compass spun wildly, and the Ember Abyss Fire Core greedily absorbed it! The unprecedentedly gentle yet immense energy, like the finest elixir, repaired Yu Changsheng's wounds at a visible speed, stabilizing his Dao Embryo and replenishing his depleted power! It felt as if he had instantly fallen from an endless desert of torture into the embrace of a life-giving spring!
A small portion transformed into a flexible ribbon of light, instantly enveloping the drifting remains of Mo Yu and the Burial Abyss Black Sword amidst the poisonous miasma! The emerald-gold energy gently enveloped him, temporarily isolating him from the corrosive effects of the Myriad Poison Soul-Eating Needles, stabilizing his True Spirit Netherfire which was about to completely dissipate, and rapidly pulling him towards the direction of the underwater furnace array!

The last wisp transformed into a resilient barrier, gently yet firmly blocking Elder Qingyi's lotus leaf magic boat, relieving her of some of the pressure from the Mother Nest's will and the poisonous miasma!

"Xueqing!" Yu Changsheng felt the surging emerald-gold energy within his body and instantly understood what had happened! This power not only healed his wounds but also perfectly resonated with his newly formed Guixu Jinyuan Dao Embryo, as if they were two sides of the same coin! His shattered source armor rapidly mended itself within the emerald-gold halo, the cracks covered by runes interwoven with dark gold and emerald gold, radiating an even deeper and more solid luster. The Guixu vortex in his left eye was as deep as the Nine Netherworlds, while the Jinyuan fire in his right eye was as bright white as the core of a star! Power, an unprecedentedly powerful sense of strength, filled his entire body! His Dao Embryo was not only stable but, under Chen Xueqing's guidance of "All Things Return to the Source," it also showed faint signs of perfect sublimation!

He suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing through the churning seawater and raging energy storm, coldly locking onto the Devouring Mother Nest above, which was briefly out of control due to the breakage of the giant claw and was brewing an even more terrifying attack, and on the wreckage of the Sky Patrol ship next to him, Situ Xuan, who was still burning his source and trying to detonate the core of the Annihilation Cannon!

"Situ Xuan!" Yu Changsheng's voice was icy cold, carrying the desolation of the Ruins and the world-burning majesty of the Abyss, clearly echoing in the ears of every giant, "Your cannons, along with your ambition—"

He raised his right hand, and the power of the Guixu Jinyuan Dao Embryo perfectly merged with the power of the Myriad Manifestations Returning to the Origin injected by Chen Xueqing, condensing in his palm! It was no longer a three-colored sphere, but a Guiyuan Jinyuan Seal with a chaotic Guixu vortex rotating inside, a surface burning with the incandescent white and emerald gold intertwined divine fire of Jinyuan, and a core emanating the source flow Dao rhyme that suppressed all the heavens and myriad worlds!

"Today, I will bury him with my own hands!"

Above the Sea of ​​Burial Stars, an eerie stillness appeared for a moment as Chen Xueqing's "Return to the Origin" pillar of emerald gold pierced through it. The raging energy turbulence was calmed and devoured, and the screams of the Mother Nest's tentacles dancing wildly, the roar of the sea, and the sounds of warship wreckage disintegrating all seemed to be paused.

Only the "Return to the Abyss Seal" that was condensing in Yu Changsheng's palm exuded a terrifying and immense power that could end all chaos.

Situ Xuan was the first to be hit!
That chilling declaration tolled like a death knell in his soul! He watched helplessly as Yu Changsheng, after being infused with the emerald-golden light, not only fully recovered from his injuries but also his aura soared to a terrifying height that made his very soul tremble! The seal spinning in his palm contained destructive energy far exceeding that of his Annihilation Cannon core! Even more terrifying was that the seal's energy possessed an absolute will of "order" and "harmony," seemingly the very nemesis of his path of annihilation, which pursued ultimate destruction!

"No! Impossible!!" Situ Xuan roared like a wild beast, his madness replaced by a deep-seated fear. He no longer hoped for mutual destruction; his only instinct was to protect himself! Without hesitation, he poured all his burning primordial blood essence into the pale, bone-white core of the Annihilation Cannon floating before him!

"The Law of Annihilation - Absolute Annihilation! Block it!!"

He forcibly turned the cannon downwards, no longer locking onto any target, but instead detonated the core's strongest defensive mechanism—a pale white rhomboid light shield composed of countless tiny annihilation runes, capable of instantly annihilating anything that approached matter or energy! This was his last trump card to save his life, at the cost of completely destroying the core of this divine artifact, which had consumed countless efforts of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Palace!
The wreckage of the Sky Surveyor completely disintegrated under this force, turning into cosmic dust. (End of Chapter)