Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

A pale purple aura of vitality, like the first rays of dawn breaking through the starry sea, or like a volcano that has been dormant for millennia suddenly erupting, surged forth from the scarred, dark purple, desolate core of the star.

It was not gentle, but rather carried a powerful force that tore through eternal silence and proclaimed rebirth, instantly sweeping across the entire core burial chamber.

"Om-!"

The invisible ripples, centered on the star's core, crashed violently into the dimensional collapse vortex.

The terrifying vortex, guarded by five dimensional guardians and capable of tearing apart space and freezing the origin, was violently shaken and melted away under the impact of this halo containing the true meaning of "annihilation giving birth to new life," just like ice and snow meeting the sun.

The frozen space fragments that formed the core of the vortex emitted a dense series of cracking sounds, and the physical structure condensed by the concept of annihilation disintegrated inch by inch, turning into ice crystal dust that drifted all over the sky, and was then completely assimilated and annihilated by the pale purple halo.

The deadly suction abruptly stopped.

The halo swept over everyone.

The ice on Ling Wuying's right arm melted instantly, and the bleak, desolate energy surrounding the wound was dispelled and transformed by the power of life. Warm currents surged in, and the injury healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A trace of color returned to Gui Yinzi's pale face. The Yin Sha Qi within his body, which had been almost stagnant due to the erosion of the Eternal Silence Force Field, began to slowly circulate again under the stimulation of this vitality. Although he was not fully recovered, his near-death state was forcibly stabilized.

Chen Xueqing's weak body trembled violently. The Pure Lotus flickered faintly at her heart, greedily absorbing the energy containing both the Dao of Annihilation and the Dao of Life. The dim lotus petals seemed to regain a glimmer of luster.

Wang Cheng groaned, and under the pale purple light, a faint trace of blood energy began to move through the dim cracks on the Chaos Bone Arm, attempting to heal them.

Although the bloodline of the hegemon has not been restored, the depleted meridians have been nourished.

Mo Heng's hand, which was supporting the furnace, stopped trembling. Although the spiderweb-like cracks on the furnace body had not healed, the faint aura of the void inside the furnace seemed to resonate with the power of the star core, temporarily halting the deterioration of the collapse.

His eyes flashed with a sharp light as he stared intently at the pulsating star core, exclaiming, "A fragment of the ancestral star vein! This halo is the manifestation of the primordial star's life force! It is reversing annihilation!"

Only Yu Changsheng, as the core of the star core resonance, endured an impact far exceeding that of others. The Guixu Star Orbit Compass in his sea of ​​consciousness spun wildly, its core silver-blue starlight shining brighter than ever before, intensely resonating with the dark golden nebula vortex within his dantian.

The star core transmitted not only a vast amount of life energy that suffocated him, but also a torrent of information fragments—the lament of the Starry Sky Ark in its final moments, the desperate struggle of the spark of civilization, and the unwilling cries of countless souls under the annihilation power of the Abyss Envoy!
The colossal ark, stretching across the sea of ​​stars, was entangled and torn apart by indescribable dark tentacles; countless creatures of various forms turned to dust in the cold starlight; a cold, indifferent, and immense will, like the very rules of the universe, cast its final gaze… The sheer volume of information overwhelmed his soul, threatening to burst his consciousness.

"Ugh—!" Yu Changsheng let out a suppressed growl, the dark gold and silver-blue patterns on Xingji Arm flashing wildly, trying to sort out and control this violent energy and information flow.

He felt as if he had become a part of the star core itself, both a tombstone bearing destruction and a furnace giving birth to new life.

"Click...click..."

The graveyard of star remains trembled violently. The star-fallen black steel on the dome of the tomb groaned under its strain, and large chunks of metal remnants, bearing traces of dark red melting, peeled off and fell. Deep fissures cracked open beneath their feet, revealing not emptiness below, but a surge of even more violent and chaotic star decay and spatial turbulence.

The core wreckage of the entire ancient starship is rapidly heading towards complete collapse because of this reactivated, desolate star core!

"This place is about to collapse! We must leave immediately!" Ling Wuying was the first to be jolted awake from the exhilaration of the revival of life. He gripped his Shadow Dagger tightly and scanned the collapsing space with sharp eyes.

The spatial fluctuations became even more chaotic and disordered due to the collapse of the graveyard.

"A way out!" Mo Heng suppressed his shock and longing for the star core and poured his last bit of spiritual awareness into the cracked Myriad Transformations Returning to Nothingness Furnace.

The furnace hummed, struggling to figure out the only possible way to survive in this devastated environment.

The cracks on the surface of the furnace seemed to have widened slightly during the violent tremor.

"Northeast corner! Three hundred feet away! The spatial barrier there has weakened temporarily due to the core energy burst! Quick! The furnace won't last much longer!"

Everyone felt a chill. Without hesitation, Wang Cheng roared, forcefully drawing up a breath of domineering blood energy. His chaotic bone arm glowed red as he grabbed the still weak Gui Yinzi and hoisted him onto his shoulder, while simultaneously using his body to protect Chen Xueqing beside him.

Chen Xueqing gritted her teeth, made a hand seal with her fingertips, and the Pure World Green Lotus floated above everyone's heads, casting a thin but tough green light screen that barely blocked the huge metal fragments falling from above and the scattered spatial fragments.

“Chang Sheng!” Ling Wuying looked at Yu Chang Sheng, who was the key to breaking through this final barrier.

Yu Changsheng's eyes were tightly closed, veins bulging on his forehead, as he endured the dual impact of the star core energy and the memories of civilization. Hearing the shout, he suddenly opened his eyes, and deep within his pupils, it seemed as if nebulae were being created and destroyed in a cycle.

He saw the direction indicated by Mo Heng Honglu, and also "saw" that the spatial barrier, under the combined effects of the graveyard's collapse and the star core's explosion, was like glass about to shatter.

"go!"

With a sharp shout, Yu Changsheng raised his Starry Sky Arm, no longer concentrating a vortex, but spreading his five fingers and aiming them at the weak point in space. This time, he mobilized not only his own Chaos Emperor Blood and the Dao of Star Annihilation, but also forcefully guided a wisp of scorching and primordial pale purple life force that he had just drawn from the star core!
Fusion!

The heavy, chaotic power of dark gold, the cold, desolate Dao of silver-blue, and the vibrant life force of pale purple star source—three primordial forces that should have been in conflict or even opposed—were forcibly intertwined, compressed, and collapsed in his palm under the forceful control of the "silence" conception at the core of the Returning Void Star Orbit Compass. They formed a terrifying energy ball the size of a fist, which emitted a power that caused the entire collapsing tomb chamber to freeze briefly!

On the surface of the sphere, dark gold, silver-blue, and light purple light flowed and swirled like liquid, while a deep darkness at the center exuded an aura of annihilation that devoured everything.

"break!"

The energy ball shot out silently, its speed exceeding the limitations of space.

Wherever it passed, falling metal fragments, raging energy turbulence, and even escaping spatial rifts were instantly swallowed and annihilated by that point of profound darkness.

"Boom——!!!"

It wasn't a deafening explosion, but a dull thud as if space had been forcibly "erased".

The spatial barrier three hundred feet away in the northeast corner, like a fragile ice surface tossed with a stone, first collapsed inward to form a deep black hole, and then suddenly shattered outward!
A massive spatial passage, with embers of three-colored energy flowing along its edges, was forcibly torn open!

On the other side of the passage, there was no longer the familiar Soul-Devouring Sand Sea or Dark River, but a deep, cold, dark void dotted with sparse ancient stars!

A more primal, vast, and dangerous cosmic aura rushed towards them! "Go!" Ling Wuying was the first to react, transforming into a shadowy figure, stirring up a gust of cold wind, and leading the way into the passage. "Wang Cheng, take the men and follow!"

Wang Cheng roared, carrying Gui Yinzi and protecting Chen Xueqing. His Chaotic Bone Arm erupted with a final red light, like a humanoid cannonball following closely behind.

Mo Heng looked at the furnace, whose cracks had deepened, with a pained expression. He gritted his teeth, retrieved it into his dantian to nurture it, and desperately tried to keep up.

Yu Changsheng was last.

He gazed intently at the still pulsating, radiant star core. He could sense that the sealed spark of civilization at the core, after releasing this immense vitality, seemed to have become extremely weak, like a candle flickering in the wind.

The star core transmitted its final, clear message: "Take it...the spark...continue...be careful...Eye of the Abyss...watch...the Hole of Return..."

There was no time to hesitate! The dome of the tomb collapsed completely, the massive starship wreckage structure tilting like the sky falling! A resolute glint flashed in Yu Changsheng's eyes. He reached out with his Star Silence Arm, not to grab the massive star core itself—that level of power was far beyond his current capabilities—but to grab a tiny, almost imperceptible, dark purple crystal fragment deep within a deep crack on the star core's surface. This fragment contained the core's most essential essence and the imprint of its civilization!
"laugh!"

As the crystal shard touched his hand, an indescribable chill and heaviness washed over him, as if he were holding a miniature death star. At the same time, a terrifying spiritual sense, a thousand times stronger than before, cold, indifferent, and imbued with an absolute will to destroy, seemed to traverse endless time and space, suddenly locking onto Yu Changsheng and the crystal shard in his hand!
Patrol Envoy!
The will of the Hole of Return to Nothingness!
It sensed that the core of the star's origin had been touched!

Yu Changsheng felt a chill run down his spine; the shadow of death had never been so clear!

He dared not delay for a moment, gripping the crystal shards tightly in his palm. He unleashed all the power of his Starry Arm, transforming himself into a streak of interwoven three colors, shooting into the rapidly shrinking spatial passage at a speed exceeding the limit!

Just as his figure disappeared into the passage, a huge "eye" phantom, purely woven from cold starlight and absolute darkness, silently appeared at the core of the collapsing Star Graveyard.

With cold eyes, he "stared" at the location of the passage where Yu Changsheng had disappeared. Then, a "Gaze of Annihilation" that was extremely condensed and seemed capable of erasing all traces of existence shot across the void and towards the passage!

"Boom—Crack!!!"

Annihilation's vision slammed violently into the closing spatial passageway!
The passage twisted and shattered violently, and raging spatial turbulence poured into the collapsing graveyard like a flood bursting its banks.

The passage was forcibly destroyed, and the aftershocks of the annihilation even penetrated part of the spatial barrier, striking Yu Changsheng on the back!

"Pfft!" Yu Changsheng, who was in the turbulent passage, was hit by a heavy hammer. His protective Dao principles collapsed instantly. His Star Silence Arm flashed wildly, a cloud of blood mist exploded on his back, his bones groaned from the unbearable pressure, and his internal organs were almost shattered by the impact of that annihilating will!

If he hadn't just broken through to the Integration Realm, greatly increasing the fusion between his body and the Dao, and if the star core crystal fragments in his palm hadn't emitted a faint light to offset some of the power, this attack would have been enough to annihilate him completely!

The excruciating pain nearly made him faint, but he bit his tongue hard and, relying on the instinctive pull of the Guixu Star Orbit Compass on the spatial turbulence and the strength of the Star Silence Arm, forcibly steadied himself and rushed towards the blurry figures of his companions in the completely collapsed fragments of the passage.

Cold and deathly silent.

This was Yu Changsheng's first feeling after regaining consciousness.

My body felt like it was falling apart; every bone and every meridian was groaning in pain.

The spot on his back where the annihilation vision had grazed him burned with pain, as if countless cold steel needles were relentlessly drilling into his bone marrow. A sinister force of annihilation stubbornly eroded the wound, fiercely clashing with the power of the Chaos Emperor Blood, the Star Annihilation Dao, and the fragments of star core crystal within his body, attempting to extinguish his life force.

He struggled to open his eyes, his vision somewhat blurry.

What came into view was not the void as expected, but a strange space filled with huge rock fragments and dust belts.

In the distance, against the backdrop of a deep, boundless dark universe, dotted with some exceptionally ancient, dimly lit stars.

Nearby, the group of people were floating on a relatively flat, gray-black fragment of star rock, about a hundred feet in diameter.

The surface of the fragments is covered with pits and strange traces of molten metal, clearly the product of a large explosion or impact.

"Cough cough..." A suppressed cough came from the side. He was sitting cross-legged, with the Myriad Transformations Returning to the Void Furnace floating in front of him. The cracks on the furnace body were shocking, and the Void aura emanating from the furnace mouth was extremely weak. Obviously, in order to protect everyone in the spatial turbulence, he had paid a huge price and was almost completely destroyed.

His face was as pale as paper, and blood seeped from his seven orifices again, but his eyes were fixed on the compass-shaped furnace lid, on which a faint light was struggling to make calculations.

"Chang Sheng! You're awake!" Chen Xueqing's voice was filled with surprise and weakness.

She knelt beside Yu Changsheng, with the Pure Lotus floating between them. The lotus petals were somewhat withered, but they still tried their best to cast a soft blue halo, covering the horrific wound on Yu Changsheng's back.

The Azure Lotus Origin fiercely clashed with the annihilating power, emitting a faint "sizzling" sound, barely stopping the wound from worsening, but unable to eradicate it completely.

Her face was also pale, clearly indicating that she had exhausted herself.

"I'm… fine."

Yu Changsheng's voice was hoarse as he struggled to sit up, which aggravated his wounds, causing another wave of sharp pain that made him groan.

He looked down at his tightly clenched left hand. His palm was open, and there lay the dark purple star core fragment, emitting a faint pulsating light, cold and heavy.

It was the aura emitted by these crystal fragments at the crucial moment that protected his mind to some extent and subtly neutralized some of the annihilation power.

"How is everyone...?"

"I can't die for the time being."

Ling Wuying's voice came from the edge of the Star Rock Fragment. He stood there like a stone statue, the Lonely Star Cold Iron Shadow Dagger held behind his back, warily scanning the dark surroundings.

His injuries had mostly healed under the influence of the Star Core Vitality Aura and Chen Xueqing's treatment, but his aura was still somewhat weak, indicating that he had also expended a great deal of energy.

"Gui Yinzi is still unconscious, and Wang Cheng is guarding him. This godforsaken place... my spiritual senses are severely suppressed, so I can't feel any specific danger, but it's definitely not safe."

He pointed to the other end of the Star Rock fragment. (End of Chapter)