Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The combined-stage pressure of the Black Fiend Old Demon was like solid, ancient ice, instantly freezing the restless spiritual energy of Black Wind Valley.

The air was thick and sticky, and the space seemed to be squeezed tightly by an invisible giant hand, groaning under the unbearable pressure.

Wang Cheng grunted, and the veins on his Chaos Bone Arm, which was covered in purple-gold runes, bulged. The hard glazed rock beneath his feet cracked inch by inch, but he still stood upright like a javelin, subtly protecting Chen Xueqing behind him.

Mo Heng's face paled slightly. The Myriad Transformations Returning to the Void Furnace spun rapidly above his head, with the Void Runes appearing and disappearing, trying their best to neutralize the suffocating sense of oppression.

Ling Wuying's figure almost completely blended into the shadows, his aura nearly nonexistent, but the tip of the Shadow Dagger he gripped trembled almost imperceptibly.

Gui Yinzi's body was filled with violently churning Yin energy. He barely managed to resist, and his face was already deathly pale.

Only Chen Xueqing, with the illusory image of the Pure Lotus blooming beneath her feet, its clear light flowing, protected everyone's hearts and souls, isolating them from most of the spiritual erosion, but was still forced by the abyss-like pressure to cause the light screen to fluctuate violently, its range shrinking by several feet.

"Hand over the Star Origin Mine, offer up the sword containing the Dao of Annihilation, and these two girls,"

The Black Demon's voice was dry and hoarse, like sandpaper rubbing against bones. His withered fingers pointed at Chen Xueqing and Gui Yinzi, his turbid eyes filled with undisguised greed and lewdness.

"I may spare your complete corpses and extract your souls to light lamps for ten thousand years. Otherwise... you will be annihilated, body and soul, and forever condemned to the Soul-Devouring Sands!"

Dozens of Black Star Fortress elites grinned maliciously, their murderous magical artifacts locking onto the six people in the arena, sealing off all escape routes. They were wolves from the desolate region, accustomed to bullying the weak. Under the fortress lord's formidable power at the Nascent Soul stage, the ascended beings before them were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter.

Just when things were at a critical juncture, and the taut string was about to snap—

"Om-!"

A will even more primal, vast, and deathly powerful than the Black Fiend Demon's oppressive aura erupted without warning from the depths of the Star Origin Mine, which shimmered with silver-blue light beneath everyone's feet! It was as if a colossal star beast that had slumbered for billions of years had turned over in the abyss.

The valley floor trembled violently! Countless star-source ores instantly lost their luster, and the stellar power contained within them was like rivers flowing into the sea, being frantically drawn in by an invisible force and converging towards the core of the ore vein.

What was originally a faint pulsation has now transformed into a thunderous "thump! thump! thump!" sound, each beat causing the earth to convulse, the space to ripple, and even the raging soul-devouring gale to freeze.

The Death Star's egg has awakened!

"Not good!" The Black Demon's expression changed drastically, his greed instantly replaced by horror.

He was clearly aware of the terrifying presence lurking deep within the mine, but he never expected it to be disturbed at this moment!

That boundless, deathly starlight, carrying an aura of destruction capable of crushing everything, stirred a deep tremor within him, a stirring of greed that emanated from the very depths of his soul, even at the Nascent Soul stage. If only he could refine this thing…

However, the awakening of the Death Star Egg broke the deadlock and brought even more deadly chaos!
Boom! ! !

At the core of the ore vein, a silver-blue beam of light, tens of feet in diameter, shot into the sky without warning!

The beam of light was not pure energy, but rather composed of countless tiny, rapidly spinning fragments of stars and an extremely condensed, deathly light. It disregarded spatial distance, sweeping across the valley floor in an instant!
The first to be affected were the few peak Nascent Soul cultivators from Black Star Fortress who were closest to the mine.

Their protective aura shattered like paper. Before they could even scream, their bodies and souls were decomposed and annihilated in the silver-blue light stream, turning into the most primitive particles and dust.

"Pfft!" Mo Heng's Guixu Furnace was grazed by the edge of the pillar of light. The furnace shook violently and emitted a piercing wail. He felt a sweet taste in his throat and forcibly swallowed the blood. The Guixu runes flashed wildly, trying to dispel the terrifying power of star destruction.

Chen Xueqing's Pure Lotus Light Domain was violently dented by the impact, the lotus phantom swayed, and cracks appeared on the lotus petals. She groaned and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, but she stubbornly maintained the protective barrier.

Wang Cheng roared, and the Chaos Bone Arm shone with a brilliant purple-gold light, standing in front of everyone and directly confronting the shockwave. The runes on the bone arm flickered and emitted a teeth-grinding "crunching" sound. He was pushed backward and slid several feet, plowing a deep trench in the ground.

The Black Fiend Demon reacted extremely quickly, instantly enveloping his entire body in a layer of viscous, ink-like black demonic energy, transforming it into a hideous bone armor.

The silver-blue light collided with the demonic armor, producing a piercing corrosive sound. Black smoke billowed, and the demonic armor trembled violently. Although it did not shatter, it still made him pause, and his eyes filled with shock and anger.

This destructive beam of light indiscriminately affects friend and foe alike, which is exactly the opportunity Yu Changsheng has been waiting for!

Just as the light burst forth and the Black Fiend Demon was distracted in defending against it, Yu Changsheng moved. Instead of retreating, he stepped forward to meet the still-lingering destructive light!
"Chaos - Emperor Grasp the Universe!" A low shout, carrying the resolute determination of an emperor.

His left hand burned with the purple-gold imperial blood, and the phantom of the Chaos Imperial Seal flashed in his palm before he suddenly grabbed at the fragments of silver-blue light that had not yet completely dissipated beside him.

The Star Death Ray, imbued with the Dao of Annihilation, was incredibly violent, instantly tearing his palm apart. Purple-gold blood splattered everywhere, but chaotic light flowed in his eyes. He used his own Chaotic Emperor Blood as a guide and the Emperor Seal as a foundation to forcibly restrain and guide a wisp of the purest Star Annihilation Power!
At the same time, the Annihilation Sword in his right hand emitted an unprecedented long cry!
The sword's gray-purple light surged, and the sword light emanating from its tip was no longer simply destructive, but rather faintly revealed the phantom of the Returning Void Star Orbit Compass, with countless fine threads of law flowing through the sword's body.

The power of annihilation of the stars, which had been confined and guided, seemed to have found an outlet and surged wildly into the Sword of Annihilation!
"cut!"

The Annihilation Sword, imbued with a trace of the annihilating power of the stars that had been "tamed," transformed into a gray-purple star river that ripped through the void. It did not strike the Black Fiend Old Demon's true form, but rather the Black Fiend Sealing Array that he had just set up to block the entrance to the mine and isolate the fluctuations of the Death Star Egg!

Click!

The demonic array that was powerful enough to trap and kill ordinary peak Void Refinement cultivators was cleaved open like rotten wood by this sword that combined the laws of Star Annihilation and Return to the Void!

Before the sword's momentum subsided, the violent sword energy, carrying the dormant energy of the mineral vein, crashed into the Black Fiend Old Demon behind the rift like a burst dam! "How dare you, you brat!" the Black Fiend Old Demon roared in shock and anger. He was doing his best to resist the aftershocks of the starlight stream when Yu Changsheng's sword strike, which used the opponent's strength against them and cut off his own lifeline, threw him into disarray.

In a haste, he conjured a massive black, bony claw that lunged at the torrent of sword energy.

However, the trace of stellar annihilation power "marked" by the Chaos Emperor's blood contained within the torrent possesses a strange penetrating power!
Boom! The bone claws collided with the torrent, unleashing a terrifying impact.

The Black Fiend Bone Claw was pierced and corroded. Although the torrent of sword energy was weakened by more than half, its remaining power still slammed into the Black Fiend Old Demon's protective demonic armor!

"Bang!" The Black Demon Lord's body trembled violently, the light of his protective demonic armor dimmed rapidly, his chest felt as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer, and a trickle of black blood with a trace of deathly silver-blue color spilled from the corner of his mouth!

Although the injury was not serious, it caused him to lose face and completely ignited his boundless rage.

"You're courting death!" The Black Demon Lord went completely mad, his eyes flashing with ferocity, no longer caring about the threats deep within the mine.

His withered, claw-like hand suddenly shot out, and a bizarre rune formed instantly in his palm, condensed from countless agonizing, wailing souls and entwined with a dense, ominous black aura—the Black Star Fortress's ultimate technique, the Soul-Devouring [Black Fiend Soul-Devouring Seal]! With this seal unleashed, the full power of the Nascent Soul stage was activated, its target directly aimed at Yu Changsheng!

He wanted to completely annihilate this ascendant who had repeatedly surprised him and injured him, and even capture his true spirit to light his soul lamp!
The killing intent of a Nascent Soul cultivator locked onto Yu Changsheng like a chilling abyss descending, freezing the very space and time around him. The shadow of death had never been so clear!

In that life-or-death moment, another unexpected event occurred!

Deep within the mine, the pulsating "thump! thump! thump!" suddenly stopped for a moment.

Immediately afterwards——

"Roar--!!!"

A roar that defied description did not travel through the air, but exploded directly into the depths of everyone's soul!
Like the ultimate lament of billions of stars extinguishing simultaneously, carrying endless silence, ancient desolation, and... a nascent, ignorant yet boundless rage!
The entire space of Black Wind Valley was violently distorted and folded, like fragile glass!
Countless silver-blue beams, ten or even a hundred times thicker than before, like the tentacles of an awakened behemoth, tore through the thick rock layers, unleashing a devastating storm of star destruction from the core of the mine!

This time, the targets were no longer confused, but clearly locked onto the two strongest "intruders"—Black Demon Old Demon and Yu Changsheng!

In particular, the Black Fiend Old Demon's Black Fiend Soul Devouring Seal, which was fully condensed and exuded a soul-devouring aura that the Death Star Egg instinctively loathed, became the biggest target!

A silver-blue death beam, nearly a hundred feet in diameter and condensed to the point of being tangible, instantly traversed space, arriving before the enemy and slamming into the newly formed Black Fiend Soul Devouring Seal!

laugh--!
There was no earth-shattering explosion. Only a chilling dissipation and annihilation!
The Soul-Devouring Seal, which contained most of the Black Fiend Old Demon's cultivation and the resentment of countless dead souls, was like a snowball thrown into boiling water in front of the pure and ultimate Star Extinction Death Light. It was decomposed, purified, and annihilated into nothingness at a speed visible to the naked eye!

That deathly light even clung to the soul connection between the Black Fiend Old Demon and the Dharma Seal, like a maggot clinging to a bone, devouring it back!

"what--!"

The Black Demon Lord let out a shrill scream, his demonic energy violently dissipated, and a bowl-sized charred hole appeared in the place on his chest where the death light had eroded it. Silver-blue Dao principles of annihilation spread like a spider web around the edge, frantically eroding his demonic body and primordial spirit!
For the first time, genuine fear appeared in his eyes—a natural dread of facing a higher, more fundamental power!
The Death Star Egg's furious attack severely injured the Nascent Soul stage demon!

The other beam of death light that shot towards Yu Changsheng was equally terrifying!
But Yu Changsheng had anticipated this.

The moment the Death Star Egg locked onto him, he did not choose to fight it head-on, but instead did something that seemed almost suicidal to outsiders!
He abruptly plunged the Annihilation Sword into the Star Origin Mine beneath his feet! At the same time, his hands moved with lightning speed to form an ancient and ancient imperial seal, radiating a vast and chaotic aura—[Chaos Imperial Seal - Suppressing Origin]!
hum!
The Sword of Annihilation trembled violently, and the purple-gold light of the core phantom of the Returning Void Star Orbit Compass and the fragments of the Chaos Source Core contained within the sword was fully activated, forming a miniature chaotic star vortex! The sword tip inserted into the ore vein seemed to become an anchor point, a passage!

The violent starlight of death struck! However, the moment it came into contact with the chaotic star vortex, more than 60% of the destructive energy was forcibly guided and absorbed by the chaotic star vortex, and poured into Yu Changsheng's body through the "channel" of the Annihilation Sword!

"Ugh—!" Yu Changsheng's whole body trembled violently, and purple-gold imperial blood instantly gushed out from his seven orifices!

His foundation was groaning, his meridians were crumbling inch by inch, his imperial robes turned to ashes, revealing a strong body covered in cracks and constantly seeping blood, like a piece of porcelain that could shatter completely at any moment.

The power of stellar annihilation raged within his body, clashing and annihilating him with his own Chaotic Emperor Yuan and the Law of Returning to Nothingness! This pain far surpassed the collapse of his Dao Foundation; it was a double torture of the physical body and soul!
But the chaotic light in his eyes burned intensely, carrying an almost insane obsession and enlightenment!
"Give me... the suppression!" he roared, using his supreme will to control the Chaos Emperor Seal, forcibly restraining the raging and conflicting energy within his body and guiding it to his right palm. The illusory image of the Chaos Emperor Seal became more solid than ever before, and within its purple-gold light, wisps of silver-blue star patterns began to merge!
He was using his body as a furnace and the Chaos Emperor Seal as a hammer to forcibly "forge" that terrifying power from the egg of the dead star! He wanted to imprint a trace of the original Dao of Annihilation of the Stars with the mark of the Chaos Emperor!
"Madman! You're a madman!" The Black Fiend Old Demon, while frantically suppressing the annihilating Dao Laws spreading within his body, watched in horror as Yu Changsheng's near-self-destructive actions, feeling a chill even from him. He had never seen such a madman, such a tenacious person!
Just then, deep within the mine, the Death Star Egg, which had just unleashed a devastating attack, suddenly faltered, becoming extremely unstable and even... weakened.

Clearly, that all-out attack was a huge burden for it, which was not yet fully mature. In addition, Yu Changsheng forcibly "stole" a portion of its original power, and it seemed to fall into a brief period of dormancy, with its terrifying pulse becoming weak and disordered.

opportunity!

"Now! Wang Cheng, Mo Heng! Seize the mine!"

Yu Changsheng endured the churning pain within his body, which felt like it was tearing his soul apart, and roared out in a hoarse but incredibly clear voice.

He needs time to digest and suppress the power within his body, and he also needs to seize the crucial Star Source Mine while the Death Star Egg is weak and the Black Fiend Old Demon is seriously injured!
Wang Cheng, who had been waiting for his chance, suddenly unleashed a terrifying glint in his eyes!

This is the moment he's been waiting for! "Overlord Blood - Breaking Army!"

boom!
His blood and qi erupted like a volcano, and his purple-gold domineering blood qi soared into the sky. The runes on his chaotic bone arm burst forth with the light of the sun!

He no longer concealed his aura, and like a ferocious humanoid beast, he charged headlong into the core area of ​​the mine with a violent momentum that could crush everything!
The Black Star Fortress cultivators who attempted to stop him along the way, whether at the Nascent Soul stage or the early Void Refinement stage, were either killed or crippled under his domineering blood fist aura! (End of Chapter)