Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The corrupted Zhan Yuan Sword of the Xuan Tian Venerable, carrying the dark green and pale evil light of the Devouring Void Mother Nest, tore through space and pierced straight at Elder Qing Yi.

That sword intent was no longer a pure destruction of the Dao; it was now imbued with the greedy devouring and chaotic erosion of the Mother Nest. Wherever it passed, even the viscous, lifeless energy of the Burial Star Sea was forcibly sucked in and distorted, forming a filthy vacuum trajectory.

Before the sword even arrived, that evil and filthy will, like countless fine needles, pierced Qingyi's mind, attempting to corrupt her pure Dao heart.

"Poisonous woman!" Elder Qingyi shouted. Faced with this deadly situation, all compassion vanished from her eyes, replaced only by determination.

The Pure Lotus shone brightly, and layers of emerald lotus petals instantly bloomed around her and the protective cocoon of light, forming a seemingly fragile yet infinitely vibrant barrier.

She also activated the remains of the Lotus Leaf Magic Boat, transforming them into a final shield of flowing light.

However, the "Ten Thousand Poisons Corroding Spirit Smoke," which the Poisonous Granny had been plotting for a long time, was already surging in from all directions like a maggot clinging to a bone.

This poisonous smoke is not a simple gas, but a condensation of billions of highly toxic sources, resentful filth, and the soul-corroding curse power refined from her own essence and blood. It is as viscous as ink and exudes a nauseating sweet, fishy, ​​and putrid odor.

The moment the poisonous smoke touched the barrier of the Pure Lotus, it emitted a terrifying hissing sound, and the emerald radiance dimmed and melted at a visible speed, as if pure ice and snow had encountered scalding strong acid.

The toxic smoke was everywhere, attempting to bypass the barrier and erode Qingyi's body and the cocoon of light.

"Hehehe... Qingyi, no matter how pure your lotus is, it can't cleanse the filth of the Burial Star Sea that has existed for billions of years and the life's work of your grandmother! Hand over the Return to the Void Guide and that girl, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse!"

The Poisonous Granny shrieked, burning her life essence to fuel the poisonous smoke, her face deathly pale yet radiating madness.

She knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Xuan Tian Venerable had been corrupted, his power had increased dramatically but he had lost his reason, and this was the time for her to take the risk.

"Sizzle—!"

The corrupted Zhan Yuan Sword pierced the weakest point of the Pure World Green Lotus barrier, precisely the spot most severely corroded by the Myriad Poisons Corroding Spirit Smoke.

The illusory image of the jade lotus petals trembled violently, groaning under the strain, and a tiny but deadly crack instantly spread out!
The sharpness of the evil sword and its corrupt will pierced through the cracks, heading straight for Qingyi's face!
Elder Qingyi groaned, a trickle of pale golden blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, her spiritual light fluctuating violently. She forcibly steadied her mind, forming hand seals, and poured all the primal power within her body into the Azure Lotus, attempting to mend the cracks.

However, the impact of the Xuan Tian Venerable's evil sword and the continuous corrosive effect of the poisonous smoke made her feel as if she were stuck in a quagmire, unable to move an inch. Her protective spiritual light flickered under the double pressure, and she was in imminent danger!

At the same time, on the sea, Yu Changsheng's heart sank. Elder Qingyi's crisis, the fluctuations of Chen Xueqing's cocoon, and the faint yet heart-wrenching aura of Mo Yu's broken body were like red-hot irons, fiercely burning his soul.

The obsession with "protection" has never been so intense, almost overwhelming the boundless pain caused by the cracking of the Dao embryo.

He had just shattered Situ Xuan's self-destructed core of annihilation with the Returning Origin Abyss Seal and blasted the remaining annihilation energy towards the giant claw of the Devouring Void Mother Nest. At this moment, he was suffering from the dual torment of power backlash and annihilation impact.

The cracks on the Guixu Origin Armor deepened, and dark golden Chaos Emperor Blood seeped out from the gaps, only to be scorched by the burning Ember Abyss Fire around it, causing a golden-red blood mist carrying an aura of destruction to rise up.

Within his dantian, the recently solidified Guixu Jinyuan Dao Embryo was also trembling violently. The delicate balance formed by the Annihilation Base, Devouring Void Rune, Myriad Poison Thorns, Stardust and Star Sand, and the Jinhuo Core was once again on the verge of collapse. The five kinds of violent forces were like unbridled dragons, frantically crashing and tearing within his meridians.

However, he had no time to regulate his breathing, no time to repair himself!

"Roar--!!!"

The giant claw of the Devouring Mother Nest, which had been blasted away by the annihilation energy, was now seeing its flesh and bone spurs proliferate, twist, and fuse at a visible speed.

Even more terrifying, strange runes with cracked marks, similar to those on Yu Changsheng's Guixu Dao Embryo, began to appear on those newly formed organizations!
These runes flickered with a dark light, frantically devouring the surrounding deathly energy, spatial fragments, and even the flames from the exploding Sky Patrol!
The giant claw was rapidly recovering its size, and the pressure it emitted was even more terrifying and sinister than before it broke. It was as if, in the attack just now, it had absorbed some characteristics of the Law of Annihilation and the Power of Return to Nothingness, and completed some kind of deformed "evolution"!
A deep, abyss-like rift wriggled and expanded across the main body of the mother nest, from which a viscous, almost tangible darkness surged forth, carrying a suffocating malice and hunger, locking onto Yu Changsheng and the alluring emerald-gold "food" on the seabed behind him.

An even larger claw, covered with newly formed cracked runes, slowly emerged from the abyss, its target Yu Changsheng!
Ahead lies the evolved giant claw, behind lies the new claw from the abyss rift, and above us lies the desperate situation of the Azure Ripple and the Cocoon of Light!
Yu Changsheng has fallen into a true ambush, a deadly predicament!

"Ugh—!" The excruciating pain of his Dao Embryo tearing apart caused him to let out a low growl, but his heterochromatic pupils—the left eye, with its vortex of annihilation spinning to its limit, devouring all the chaotic will and filthy energy that came at him; and the right eye, with its flames of the Abyss burning fiercely, incinerating the toxins and curses that had invaded his body—burst out an unprecedentedly sharp light.

We cannot retreat! Not even a single step!

Behind him lay everything he had to protect with his life!
"Xueqing...help me!" Yu Changsheng cried out in his soul.

Without a word, Chen Xueqing, inside the cocoon of light, immediately sensed his resolute will and his near-limit state.

Despite the weakness and excruciating pain of her spirit being corroded by the foul energy, she disregarded her own safety and used her last strength, along with the core of the "Return to the Void: Origin Pivot" emerald gold Dao rhyme, to imprint it once again onto Yu Changsheng's violently trembling Dao embryo through the cocoon of light and across space!
hum!
The emerald-gold Daoist aura, like the most resilient silk thread, instantly wrapped around the five raging "evil dragons" within the Dao embryo, forcibly binding and channeling them, thus buying Yu Changsheng a precious moment to catch his breath and consolidate his power!
At the same time, this emerald-gold power was like sweet rain, weakly but continuously nourishing his cracked source armor and meridians.

"Jinyuan... martyrdom!"

Yu Changsheng let out a hoarse but firm growl.

This is a desperate move he comprehended in a desperate situation, surpassing "Burning Boat of the Abyss" and "Broken Abyss of the Abyss - Burial in the Ruins". It uses his own Abyss of the Ruins Dao Embryo as fuel, turns his will to protect into a fuse, ignites life and origin, and unleashes an ultimate strike that surpasses the limit!
He stopped trying to suppress the cracks in the Dao Embryo and instead took the initiative to guide it!
With his right fist clenched, all the cracks on the Guixu Origin Armor suddenly lit up with a dazzling light of interwoven dark gold and emerald gold, and the cracked patterns seemed to turn into ravines flowing with lava!
Within his dantian, the Abyss Fire at the core of the Guixu Abyss Dao Embryo erupted with a roar. It was no longer an outward-fiery blaze, but an inward-contained, self-consuming martyrdom fire!

The flames instantly ignited the primordial base of annihilation, the corrosive runes of the void, the thorns of myriad poisonous auras, and the stardust of resentment!

Five terrifying forces that should have clashed and annihilated were forcibly combined at this moment by the will of "martyrdom" and the emerald golden Dao rhythm, with the Flame of the Abyss as the core, transforming into an unprecedented chaotic torrent carrying the dual aura of destruction and rebirth!

"boom--!"

Yu Changsheng transformed into a humanoid meteor burning with chaotic flames, no longer dodging, but instead deliberately crashing into the evolving, cracked, rune-covered giant claw of the Mother Nest! He chose the most dangerous and direct head-on confrontation to buy time for Qingyi and a chance for the Light Cocoon to survive!
The chaotic flames collided violently with the newly formed, cracked runes on the giant claw of the Mother Nest, which also radiated devouring power!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a tooth-grinding "sizzling" sound, as if space itself was being forcibly torn apart and matter was being forcibly annihilated!

Two forces, though of the same origin, are of different natures and are locked in a fierce struggle, devouring each other!
The newly formed runes on the giant claws flickered and disintegrated violently under the burning of the chaotic flames, but the viscous dark will of the mother nest surged in wildly, giving birth to more runes, attempting to devour Yu Changsheng along with his power!
Yu Changsheng's entire body was groaning, the cracks in his source armor were rapidly widening, and blood was gushing out like a spring, instantly evaporated by the high temperature around him.

The Dao Embryo was rapidly consumed by the burning of "martyrdom," and the intense pain almost tore his consciousness apart.

But he gritted his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, and the flames of the Abyss leaped wildly in his pupils as he desperately resisted the giant claw, refusing to retreat even half a step!

Inside the cocoon of light at the bottom of the sea, Chen Xueqing felt the rapid burning of Yu Changsheng's Dao Embryo, like a candle flickering in the wind. Her heart ached, and tears streamed down her face.

She relentlessly activated the "Return to the Void: Origin Pivot," its emerald-gold light shining brighter than ever before, attempting to alleviate the pressure on Yu Changsheng and stabilize his Dao embryo, which was undergoing "martyrdom."

However, the corrupt will of the Xuan Tian Venerable's evil sword and the spirit-corroding smoke of the Poison Heart Granny penetrated Qing Yi's defenses, eroding the light cocoon bit by bit, making her already weak state even worse.

At this critical moment between life and death.

Buzz... Clang!

A sword cry, so faint as to be almost inaudible yet so clear, resounded deep within the souls of Yu Changsheng, Chen Xueqing, Qingyi, and even the Poisonous Heart Granny, suddenly rang out!
It's Mo Yu!
It was the Burial Abyss Black Sword that accompanied him, its blade dull and covered in cracks!

The nearly vanished remnant soul of Mo Yu, upon sensing Yu Changsheng's resolute will to "martyrdom," feeling Chen Xueqing's selfless protection, and sensing its own body eroded by countless poisons and blood evil, had its dormant pride and indomitable spirit, belonging to the Desolate Sword Master, completely ignited!

The Soul of Burial Abyss Sword let out its final, purest lament and battle cry!

This sword cry was no longer a simple will to annihilate, but a fusion of his own dying true spirit, the tragic protection of Yu Changsheng's embers and abyss fire, the guidance of Chen Xueqing's Return to the Void, and even the backlash from the Blood Demon Soul Devouring Curse and all poisons of the Poison Heart Granny!

It formed a faint yet incredibly pure sword of will, embodying the true meaning of "guarding in annihilation"!

This sword of intent ignored the distance in space and pierced the depths of the Xuan Tian Venerable's soul, which was at its peak of evil energy and locked in a stalemate with Qing Yi!
"Ugh—!"

The corrupted body of the Venerable Xuantian suddenly stiffened, and the evil sword that was slashing towards Qingyi paused for an extremely brief moment!
In his scarlet eyes, a fleeting trace of shock and struggle belonging to Xuan Tian himself flashed by. His corrupted will was pierced by the annihilating soul intent that condensed multiple extreme powers, resulting in a moment of chaos and blankness!
When masters clash, it's all about a split second!
Elder Qingyi was no ordinary person; she seized upon this critical opening in an instant!

"Purify the world! Qinghua!"

She used her last bit of strength, and the Pure World Lotus burst forth with unprecedented brilliance, forcibly repelling the invading Ten Thousand Poisons Corroding Spirit Smoke for a moment. The wreckage of the Lotus Leaf Magic Boat transformed into a stream of light and crashed hard into the side of the Xuan Tian Venerable's Evil Sword!

clang--!
The evil sword was slightly deflected by the impact, and the deadly blade grazed Qingyi's shoulder, leaving a trail of pale golden spiritual light.

Although injured, he avoided vital organs!
At the same time, disregarding her own safety, Qingyi rolled up her sleeves, and a gentle azure lotus power swept towards the light cocoon and the remains of the ink feather, pushing them to a safer rear!

"Mo Yu!" Chen Xueqing cried out in grief within the cocoon of light. She could feel that after Mo Yu unleashed that sword of intent, his remnant soul flickered and was about to be extinguished, like a candle in the wind!

The light on the Burial Abyss Black Sword completely dimmed.

"You brat! You've ruined my plans!" Poisonous Granny was furious, her plans were about to succeed, but were thwarted by the last will of a dying person!

Ignoring the backlash, she once again activated the poisonous smoke and frantically lunged at the weakened, emerald-golden cocoon that had been pushed aside, her target being Chen Xueqing!

"The Return to the Void is mine now!"

On the sea, Yu Changsheng also clearly heard the final cry of the Burial Abyss Sword and felt the resolute determination and protection contained within it.

A surge of grief and even greater rage exploded in his chest!

"what--!!!"

He let out a roar that shattered the waves, and the Void Vortex in his left eye spun wildly, actually starting to actively absorb the evil cracked rune power on the giant claw of the Mother Nest!

The color of the Flame of the Abyss in his right eye suddenly changed from bright white-gold-red to deep dark gold, the ultimate fire that burns everything, including its own existence!

"To protect... Jin Yuan... Zhao Hai!!!"

He abandoned the stalemate and unleashed the combined power of the burning "Martyrdom" within his body, along with the evil power of the Mother Nest that he had just forcibly absorbed, and all the remaining Chaos Emperor Blood and the Origin of Returning to Nothingness, through his burning right fist!

This time, the target is not the giant claw in front of us, but a second, even more terrifying giant claw that is emerging from the abyss!
He wanted to interrupt the awakening process of the mother nest and fight for a last chance of survival for everyone!

A chaotic pillar of light, whose color was indescribable, carrying a terrifying will to incinerate the heavens and annihilate everything in its path, tore through space, evaporated everything in its path, and crashed into the abyss rift that surged with viscous darkness!
Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!
At this moment, the entire Sea of ​​Burial Stars seemed to be ignited by this pillar of light!

The deathly silence of billions of years was shattered, and the dark green seawater boiled and vaporized wildly around the pillar of light, forming a huge, ever-expanding vacuum zone!

The Devouring Mother Nest let out its most painful and furious roar since the start of the war. The abyssal rift twisted and contracted violently, and the second giant claw, which had just extended halfway, was slammed into the beam of light. The viscous dark matter was evaporated and annihilated, emitting a shrill shriek!
The cost is enormous.

After Yu Changsheng unleashed this punch, the Guixu Origin Armor shattered inch by inch, turning into countless dark gold and emerald gold fragments that scattered!
He fell helplessly into the boiling Dead Sea of ​​Star Burial, like a kite with a broken string, spraying with chaotic imperial blood and dissipating violent energy. (End of Chapter)