Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

Yu Changsheng's consciousness sank and floated in boundless darkness and excruciating pain.

Each sinking felt like having one's soul frozen by ancient ice; each struggle to rise was met with an invisible hammer that slammed them back into the abyss.

Fragments of the Guixu Origin Armor pierced his flesh, the dark golden Chaos Emperor Blood mingling with the dark green, lifeless seawater. Each heartbeat brought a tearing pain deep within his Dao Embryo. The Ember Abyss Fire Core flickered within his dantian, as faint as a candle in the wind.

"Immortality..." A distant yet incredibly clear voice pierced through the icy seawater and the heavy fog of consciousness.

It's Chen Xueqing!

The voice came from the depths of the sea, from the emerald-gold cocoon that enveloped her! Her call carried an unprecedented anxiety, and contained a certain resolute Daoist spirit.

The underwater furnace array suddenly burst forth with unprecedented light!
The emerald-gold cocoon enveloping Chen Xueqing suddenly contracted, as if it had absorbed all the essence of the entire seabed of the Burial Star Sea, before exploding with a bang!

It was no longer a gentle, protective light, but a torrent of emerald gold, condensed to its extreme and carrying a sharp, world-shaking aura.

This torrent did not rush straight towards Yu Changsheng, but rather struck precisely at the core hub of the furnace array!
Om-!
The entire seabed of the Burial Star Sea was trembling violently, emitting a dull, painful groan.

The ancient array was fully activated, and billions of mysterious rune chains broke free from the seabed rock layers, dancing wildly and emitting piercing screams.

They were no longer gentle guides, but violent lashers, transforming into countless chains of light burning with emerald gold luster, ignoring spatial distance, and lashing fiercely at Yu Changsheng's broken body!
"Ugh—!"

Unimaginable pain instantly overwhelmed Yu Changsheng.

Where the chains struck, flesh was torn open, bone was visible, and the remaining fragments of the source armor were forcibly pulled out, as if the soul itself was being ripped away.

However, amidst this devastating lash, an overwhelming and pure power of the Guixu Origin, along with the Daoist rhyme of "Guixu Yin: Origin Pivot" that Chen Xueqing recklessly activated, was forcibly injected into his Dao Embryo, which was on the verge of collapse!

Within the Dao Embryo, the five destructive dragons roared madly as they were struck by this sudden, violent torrent. The emerald-gold chains, like divine whips, lashed fiercely at the dragons, each strike accompanied by the dragons' painful writhing and the forced taming and refining of a portion of their energy.

The Guixu Compass shattered under the immense pressure, its cracks deepening. But the tiny core of the Ember Abyss Fire, driven by the frenzied emerald-gold Daoist aura, suddenly burst into flames!
It is no longer the warm fire of rebirth, but the flame of destruction with the will to burn everything and destroy everything!

The Void Vortex in his left eye spun wildly, devouring the violent energy transmitted from the chains and the power of the extracted evil dragon; the Abyss Flame in his right eye was so intensely white that it was almost tragic, reflecting the entire boiling array diagram.

The battlefield is at its core on the sea.

The terrifying giant claw of the Devouring Mother Nest, now covered in cracked runes after its evolution, tore through space and, carrying a deathly will that could annihilate everything, fiercely clawed down towards the spot where Yu Changsheng had finally fallen!

Before the claws even reached the surface, the invisible pressure instantly vaporized the seawater hundreds of feet below, creating a huge vacuum crater where even light was swallowed up and distorted.

The evil sword light transformed from the Venerable Xuantian, carrying the filth and darkness bestowed by the Mother Nest, shot towards Elder Qingyi, who was guarding the cocoon of light, like a venomous snake.

With a shriek, the Poisonous Granny unleashed countless venomous dragons, their fangs bared and claws gleaming, in conjunction with Xuan Tian's sword light, attempting to completely engulf the crumbling Pure Lotus barrier.

Elder Qingyi's face was deathly pale, and pale golden spiritual blood kept spilling from the corners of her mouth, staining her white robes. The light of the Pure Lotus was suppressed by the evil sword and poisonous smoke, and the wrecked shield of the lotus leaf magic boat emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound.

A resolute glint flashed in her eyes. Her hands moved at lightning speed, forming hand seals. Her primordial blood essence burned within her body as she tried to secure a last chance for survival for the cocoon of light behind her.

Inside the cocoon of light, Chen Xueqing's spirit body became extremely illusory and transparent after the array was forcibly activated, as if it would dissipate at any moment. However, she kept her eyes tightly closed, and all her thoughts and will were closely connected to Yu Changsheng at the bottom of the sea through the Daoist chain.

At this critical moment, when all hope seemed lost—

Boom!!!

A blazing beam of light, whose color is beyond description, burst forth from the darkest abyss of the Burial Star Sea, piercing the surface of the ocean!

The core of the pillar of light was an extreme dark gold, the color of the origin of the Void that devoured all things; the outer layer was wrapped with violent emerald gold rune chains, carrying Chen Xueqing's reckless will; the outermost layer was the blazing white flames of the Abyss, so bright they seemed to ignite the very soul!
Wherever the beam of light passed, space shattered layer by layer like fragile glass, leaving behind dark cracks that could not heal for a long time. The seawater was instantly evaporated, and even the hard reefs that had been hidden on the seabed for hundreds of millions of years were silently transformed into the most primitive particle streams!

This beam of destructive light, with speed beyond comprehension, struck the giant claw of the Devouring Mother Nest with precision and ferocity!
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There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a soul-chilling sound of annihilation.

The moment the beam of light made contact with the giant claw, time seemed to freeze for a split second.

The cracked runes on the giant claw of the mother nest, which imitated the Dao embryo of Yu Changsheng, flickered, twisted, and collapsed violently as if they had encountered their nemesis under the lash of the emerald gold chains and the burning of the blazing fire of the Abyss!
The viscous, almost tangible dark energy that constituted the giant claw was being frantically devoured and torn apart by the power of the void contained within the pillar of light! The blazing white embers frantically drilled into the cracks, igniting, purifying, and burning from the inside!
"Roar—!!!"

The agonizing roar from the depths of the soul of the Devouring Mother Nest was a hundred times more devastating than any before!
The seawater of the entire Burial Star Sea was shaken by this invisible sound wave, soaring into the sky and forming ring-shaped giant waves tens of thousands of feet high!
Its massive body, which was entrenched in the spatial rift, writhed wildly, trying to pull back its giant claws.

However, the fused beam of light, like a malignant tumor, remained firmly embedded in the claw's heart. Emerald-gold rune chains spread and coiled along the wound, while blazing white embers burned fiercely within. The power of the Void greedily tore and devoured the essence that constituted the giant claw! The newly formed giant claw dimmed, withered, and disintegrated at a speed visible to the naked eye!
As the beam of light severely damaged the giant claw of the Mother Nest, the terrifying shockwaves it emitted swept across the entire battlefield like billions of invisible hammers!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The first to be affected was the corrupted Xuan Tian Venerable.

His filthy sword light was violently struck by the shockwave, causing it to twist violently. The dark green evil light surrounding it instantly dissipated, revealing Xuan Tian's horrified face.

As if he had been hit head-on by a starship, his protective evil aura shattered inch by inch, and his body flew backward uncontrollably. What he spat out was no longer blood, but a viscous liquid mixed with fragments of internal organs and filthy black energy. His aura instantly weakened to the extreme.

The Poisonous Heart Granny's Myriad Poisons Corroding Spirit Smoke Poison Dragon Swarm, in the face of the shockwave containing the purifying power of the Abyss, was like ice and snow under the scorching sun, emitting a "sizzling" scream as it melted and evaporated in large swathes.

She herself was struck as if by lightning. Her meticulously arranged poisonous miasma domain was forcibly torn apart, and the backlash caused her withered body to tremble violently. Dark green poisonous blood seeped from her seven orifices, and her eyes were filled with disbelief, fear, and resentment. Elder Qingyi's pressure eased considerably, but the residual power of the shockwave still caused her blood to churn, and her protective green lotus swayed violently.

She held the last line of defense, channeling the reversed power toward the wreckage of the lotus leaf boat, forming a new protective light barrier that barely shielded the light cocoon behind her.

Inside the cocoon of light, Chen Xueqing's illusory spirit body trembled slightly, clearly bearing a tremendous burden.

The sea exploded, and a figure soared into the sky, riding the turbulent energy currents!

It was Yu Changsheng!
His current state is a bizarre combination of power and destruction.

The remaining fragments of the Guixu Origin Armor clung to his body, soaked in dark gold imperial blood. Countless deep wounds, revealing bone, covered his entire body. In some places, one could even see bones and internal organs shimmering with a faint ash light—that was the Guixu Ember Abyss Dao Embryo, which had been forcibly fused and was not yet fully stable, supporting him.

The vortex of the void in the left eye spun slowly and heavily, as if bearing the weight of the entire world, devouring all the dissipated energy around it, including the fragments of flesh and blood from the mother nest that shattered and flew after the beam of light struck the giant claw, as well as the foul black energy.

The flames of the abyss in his right eye still burned fiercely, but deep within those flames lay a chilling weariness and a reckless madness.

His gaze, like two tempered swords, instantly traversed the chaotic battlefield and locked onto the massive claw remnant of the Devouring Mother Nest, which was frantically struggling to break free from the emerald chains and the burning embers!
It also locked onto the space rift deep behind the giant claw, where the mother nest itself was filled with a tremendous will that was both furious and tinged with... terror!

"You beast!" Yu Changsheng's voice was hoarse and cracked, yet it possessed a penetrating power like the clash of metal, drowning out the roar of the tsunami and the mother nest, exploding deep within the souls of every survivor: "The Burial Star Sea is not your dining table! Get back here!"

As the last word fell, he suddenly spread his arms wide, making a gesture of embracing the void!

The remaining power of the underwater furnace array was fully activated, and the seabed groaned once more under immense pressure. The vortex of return to the void in the left eye suddenly accelerated, forming a terrifying black hole phantom that covered half the sky, frantically sucking up everything on the battlefield:
The shattered fragments of the giant claw, the dissipating fel energy, the soul-corroding poisonous smoke, the chaotic currents of laws, and even the annihilation energy dust left behind after the Sky Patrol's explosion... everything was greedily devoured by this black hole!

These violent and chaotic forces, powerful enough to destroy stars, were forcibly compressed and poured into his cracked Dao Embryo core.

The core of the Dao Embryo, that blazing white Abyss Fire Core, not only did not extinguish under the impact of such a massive and complex amount of destructive energy, but instead burst forth with unprecedented light!
It's like a star about to reach the end of its life and make its final supernova explosion!
The flame in his right eye instantly changed from a bright white to a fiery gold that was too bright to look at and symbolized ultimate destruction!

With his arms wrapped around himself, carrying the power to shatter stars, he thrust forward with tremendous force! His target was the very core of the spatial rift!
"Return to the Ruins, Buried and Destroyed - Martyrdom in the Abyss!"

A beam of blazing golden light, more concentrated and restrained than before, yet containing an ultimate destructive aura that would make even the gods tremble, erupted from between Yu Changsheng's clasped hands!

This beam of light was no longer just a simple impact; it was more like a law itself that heralded the end!

At its core was an intensely blazing gold, while its edges flowed with a dark, annihilating power that devoured everything. Wherever the beam passed, space was silently annihilated—not shattered, but utterly vanished, leaving behind an eternal trail of nothingness! Time itself seemed to become disordered and distorted along its path!
The blazing golden beam instantly traversed space and struck the core of the massive spatial rift where the Devouring Mother Nest was located with perfect precision!

This time, even the mother hive's painful roar came to an abrupt halt.

Time seemed to have been paused.

At the spatial rift, a point of blazing golden light first appeared, and then that light silently and rapidly expanded and spread!
The spatial structure forming the edge of the crack, like thin ice thrown into a furnace, quickly becomes blurred and transparent under the blazing golden light, and then... completely melts and disappears!
Wherever the blazing golden light reached, the cracks were forcibly "welded" and "smoothed out"!
The colossal body of the Mother Nest was struck hard by this beam of light, which contained the ultimate laws of annihilation and martyrdom in the Abyss!

An indescribable shockwave swept across the entire Sea of ​​Burial Stars, even penetrating space and shaking neighboring star systems. It was a fear and excruciating pain that transcended anger and originated from the very essence of life!
"Hiss... Gah...!!!"

A piercing scream, distorted beyond recognition and sounding as if countless worlds were collapsing simultaneously, emanated from the depths of the spatial rift that was being forcibly smoothed out, filled with pain and an incredulous panic.

The immense will of the Mother Nest, like ice and snow thrown into boiling oil, retreated and fled frantically under the burning of the blazing golden light and the erosion of the power of the Void!

Rumble!
Under the continuous bombardment of the blazing golden beam, most of the spatial rift was forcibly closed!

The remaining cracks twisted and vibrated violently, with charred burn marks and constantly annihilating and recombining spatial turbulence remaining at the edges.

The suffocatingly terrifying aura of the Devouring Mother Nest receded rapidly like a tide, eventually being completely isolated behind the healing spatial barrier. Only the sharp, resentful, and unwilling shriek lingered in the deathly silence of the Burial Star Sea, as if it were a curse from another dimension of despair.

An eerie, deathly silence descended upon the sea and sky.

Only the sound of the waves lapping weakly, and the crackling arcs of electricity remaining after the energy was annihilated.

Yu Changsheng remained suspended in the air, his arms outstretched.

His wounds slowly writhed under the surge of imperial blood, attempting to heal, but the newly formed flesh was torn apart by conflicting energy deep within the Dao Embryo.

The vortex of the void in his left eye spun abnormally slowly, as if it might stop at any moment; the blazing golden flame in his right eye had been completely extinguished, leaving only a tiny, bean-sized ember, flickering uncertainly deep within his pupil.

Each breath was heavy, like pulling a broken bellows, causing excruciating pain throughout my body.

At the core of the Dao Embryo, the massive crack that had been forcibly bound together by Chen Xueqing's emerald golden Dao rhyme and her own embers, which had been forcibly contained an excessive amount of destructive energy, was now pulsating slightly like a heart. Each pulsation conveyed an unsettling palpitation and burning pain, as if a world-destroying furnace was sealed inside, ready to erupt at any moment.

His strength drained away from his body like a receding tide, and a heavy sense of weakness wrapped around him like cold iron chains, dragging him toward the abyss.

He turned his gaze with difficulty, focusing it on the seabed. (End of Chapter)