Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The deathly silence of the void was left behind, like the last crumbs swallowed by a giant beast.

Yu Changsheng and his group were thrown out as if by an invisible hand, crashing heavily onto the cold, cracked surface of the star debris.

This place is no longer pure emptiness, but a strange corridor formed by the compressed and condensed brilliant ashes of countless dead stars.

"Starlight Corridor"—Mo Heng hoarsely uttered this name as everyone's consciousness blurred, using the last bit of strength he had left.

He held his Myriad Transformations Returning to Nothingness Furnace in his arms. It was covered with cracks, and the last faint starlight on the furnace wall flickered a few times before going out completely, as if it had exhausted its last bit of life.

Mo Heng himself let out a muffled groan, his mouth gushing out foul blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, his body went limp, and his breath was so weak that it almost stopped.

The corridor itself exudes an indescribable sense of oppression. It is not the suppression of spiritual power or intuition, but rather the strange interplay of time and space in this place, where "freezing" and "flowing" coexist.

The seemingly solid ground beneath your feet is actually the compressed remains of billions of stars after their extinction. Stepping on it produces a subtle sound, like bones shattering, and each step feels like stepping on the tombstones of countless worlds.

The air was filled with cold stardust, flickering with a faint, almost extinguished light, like the silent weeping of the embers of a star.

The dome and its surroundings are not barriers, but rather a flowing, swirling storm of stardust, slow and deadly, exuding an aura of "eternal silence" that can erode the very foundation of all existence.

Deeper still, the corridors meander and twist, disappearing into a deeper, light-devouring darkness, from which faint, ancient whispers can be heard, telling of the birth and death of stars and the hunger of the void.

"Cough...cough..." Chen Xueqing curled up on the ground, the Pure World Lotus hovering above her head. The lotus petals were broken and tattered, and the remaining faint light barely protected her heart meridian, preventing the complete spread of the annihilation aura. However, her own spiritual power had long been exhausted, and every breath was accompanied by tearing pain. Pale golden blood kept spilling from the corner of her mouth, which was a sign of damage to her source.

Wang Cheng knelt on the ground, panting heavily. His Chaotic Bone Arm was covered with fine cracks, and his once boiling, magma-like Overlord Blood Qi was now as weak as a candle flame in the wind.

He struggled to shield Mo Heng and Chen Xueqing with his bony arms, but his eyes held an undisguised weariness and confusion.

Ling Wuying's figure appeared and disappeared in a relatively stable shadow of a star remnant. The Lonely Star Cold Iron Shadow Dagger was stuck in the "ground" in front of him. He closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, trying to adapt to the strange spacetime laws here and attempting to regain control of his own "shadow" law. However, each attempt made his already pale face look even worse.

Gui Yinzi lay unconscious on the cold ground like a broken doll, the dark, sinister patterns slowly writhing beneath his skin, his breath so faint it was almost imperceptible.

The most tragic case was that of Yu Changsheng.

He lay prone on the ground, the wound on his back pierced by the annihilation of the Abyss Envoy's vision now becoming a terrifying gateway connecting destruction and rebirth.

The pure annihilation power was like a greedy venomous snake, frantically gnawing at his flesh and bones, and even trying to obliterate his fundamental Dao principles.

The skin around the wound had a horrifying, spreading grayish-brown color, as if it might turn to ashes at any moment.

However, right at the heart of this destruction, in the palm of his left hand, the dark purple fragment of the Void Star Core emitted an increasingly bright and scorching light!
This light was not intense, but contained a profound stillness and a kind of... indescribable, faint yet extremely tenacious "life" vitality.

Two extreme forces engaged in a most dangerous tug-of-war within his body. The power of annihilation sought to reduce him to nothingness, while the star core fragments stubbornly sprouted new life amidst the ashes of oblivion.

The pain of this process was beyond words; every breath felt like being torn apart and burned alive, causing his body to convulse violently. A dying, beastly wheezing sound came from his throat, and the blood flowing from his seven orifices was instantly evaporated into dark red mist by the cold corridor.

"Chang Sheng!" Chen Xueqing struggled to get closer, but was interrupted by violent coughing. She could only helplessly watch him endure this inhuman torture.

Just as Yu Changsheng felt that his soul was about to be completely crushed by the tearing pain and the conflict between the two forces, the Guixu Star Orbit Compass, which had been dormant for a moment, suddenly burst out with unprecedented light from the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness!
At the center of the compass, the rune representing the true meaning of "silence" is no longer a simple, cold extinction, but is now merging with a faint yet incredibly tenacious sense of "life," forming a wondrous balance—silence gives birth, and life returns to silence!

The compass spun wildly. In the void, the scorching star core crystal seemed to be summoned. A larger and purer torrent of will, carrying the last tragic and wise spirit of the Starry Sky Civilization, forcibly poured into Yu Changsheng's soul!

No longer a blurry image, but a clear whisper carrying the weight of countless years:
"The hole of tranquility... is not the end... but the beginning of creation..."

"Star embers... not dead ashes... but kindling for a new fire..."

"The void devours me... I too will melt the void..."

"The furnace of the heart never dies... the path of the Way never ends... even if I become ashes of a star... I will still burn with the light of passing on the flame..."

"Those who come after... carry on the torch of my starry sky... to illuminate your... path to solitude..."

This mark carries the last burning will of the Starry Sky Forgers civilization when facing the "Pore of Silence," the enlightenment in despair, and the resolute commitment to pass on their legacy!

It is no longer a bystander's narrative, but a cry from someone who experienced it firsthand!

"Ugh—!"

Yu Changsheng suddenly looked up and let out a long howl that was not human! The howl was filled with pain, but it also carried a kind of enlightenment that tore through the fog!

He got it!

“Annihilation…creation…” he uttered with difficulty, each word stained with blood, “Not opposition…but…reincarnation! The body is a furnace of chaos…the heart is the spark that ignites…the path to the void…the embers of stars…are the fuel!”

At this moment, the annihilating power of the violent conflict within him and the power of the Void Star Core Crystal Fragments were as if forcibly pressed into the same furnace by an invisible hand—his body!
The Guixu Star Orbit Compass became the core array of the furnace, and the true meaning of the intertwining of "silence" and "life" transformed into the furnace fire!

At the center of the horrific wound on his back, in the gray and desolate annihilation zone, a dark purple spark suddenly ignited!
This spark is weak, yet it possesses a tenacious vitality. It is not driving away or annihilating, but rather... devouring and melting it!

Extremely fine, dark golden veins began to appear on the edge of the ashen surface, like newly formed blood vessels, slowly and steadily spreading towards the annihilation zone. The power of annihilation was forcibly decomposed and transformed by the starfire into a pure, unique vitality carrying the aura of annihilation, which in turn nourished the dark golden veins and replenished its almost depleted life force.

The excruciating pain remains, but its nature has changed.

It is no longer simply destruction, but an ultimate experience of destruction and rebirth occurring simultaneously, where tearing and reshaping coexist.

His aura, amidst the violent fluctuations, actually began to slowly recover!
Although still weak, it was no longer in despair like a lamp running out of oil, but rather like a candle flickering in the wind, desperately guarding that tiny glimmer of light in the raging storm and striving to make it stronger.

This process is extremely slow and consumes a huge amount of resources.

Yu Changsheng devoted almost all his attention to the perilous tempering process within his body, minimizing his perception of the outside world.

Just then, a strange change occurred deep within the deathly silent corridor!
"Crack...knock..."

Just a hundred feet away from the group, a seemingly peaceful patch of stellar debris suddenly shattered and bulged up without warning! Amidst the flying debris, three figures several feet tall slowly rose up!
They are not made of flesh and blood, but are composed of special stellar remains that are the hardest in the corridor and contain the last fragments of the will of the stars.

Their shapes are twisted and ferocious, as if they are a personification of the painful struggle of a star in the moment of its death: some are like a torn star core, with sharp edges and flowing solidified star magma; some are like a flattened star ring, with limbs like broken bands; and some are like a crushed nebula, with blurred shapes and emitting a misty stardust.

Two eerie blue flames burned in the hollow eye sockets—pure aggregates of starry resentment and the law of "eternal silence," assimilated and distorted by the corridor!
Crystallized Star Remains Guardian!

As soon as they appeared, the cold blue flames in their eye sockets locked onto the intruders, especially Yu Changsheng, who was radiating strong energy fluctuations, and the increasingly bright star core crystal in his palm!
That is the meaning of their existence—to eliminate any foreign matter that might disturb the eternal slumber of "Star Ember"!

There was no roar, only a chilling killing intent that swept in like a tangible gust of wind. The leading guard, resembling a shattered star core, raised an arm composed of countless sharp crystal clusters and swung it forward with a fierce blow!
"Chichichichi——!"

Dozens of dark blue crystal spikes silently tore through the frozen space-time, carrying a chill that could freeze the soul and a sharpness that could pierce the stars, like the fangs of death, instantly covering Yu Changsheng and his companions around him!

These crystal spikes are not physical energy, but rather fragments of the "eternal silence" law that are highly condensed and endowed with the concept of "absolute piercing"!
The speed was so fast that the trajectory was unpredictable, as if it ignored the distance in space!

"Enemy attack!"

Ling Wuying was the first to react. The moment the crystal spikes were released, his figure almost turned into a blurry afterimage!

His Shadow Cloak technique was greatly suppressed here, and his speed was far less than before, but his intuition for danger and his fighting instincts remained!
"Shadow Erosion: Shattering a Thousand Stars!"

He let out a low shout, and the Lonely Star Cold Iron Shadow Dagger erupted with an unprecedented dark light.

He no longer sought to dodge all attacks, but instead used himself as the axis, and the Shadow Dagger instantly split into dozens of indistinguishable dagger shadows, like exploding black stars, precisely meeting the deadly crystal spikes that were aimed at Chen Xueqing, Mo Heng and Gui Yinzi!

Clang! Pfft!
A series of impacts and piercing sounds, as dense as a sudden downpour, rang out!
Most of the crystal spikes aimed at the three unconscious people were blocked or deflected by Ling Wuying with all her might, and the dark blue crystal fragments scattered everywhere, freezing into patches of frost on the ground of the star debris.

However, the number of crystal spikes and the power of the laws they contained far exceeded the limit he could withstand at this moment!

Two crystal spikes pierced through his defenses. One grazed his left shoulder, instantly spraying blood, and the edges of the wound were immediately frozen by the dark blue ice crystals, the terrifying chill penetrating to his bone marrow; the other pierced his right calf!

"Well!"

Ling Wuying groaned, staggered, and almost knelt on the ground.

The excruciating pain and bone-chilling cold almost numbed half of his body, and the blood that dripped onto the ground of the star debris was instantly frozen into dark red ice beads.

He gritted his teeth, propped his dagger on the ground, and forced himself to stand in front of his seriously injured companion, his eyes fixed resolutely on the approaching guards.

Wang Cheng reacted instantly. He didn't possess Ling Wuying's extreme speed, but he had primal strength and a will to protect!
"Roar! Don't hurt my brother!"

He let out a beastly roar, completely disregarding the danger that the dense cracks on the Chaos Bone Arm might completely shatter!

The depleted blood of the overlord was forcibly ignited with the last embers, and the dark red aura suddenly erupted like a final burst of light, forming a thin but fierce aura barrier in front of him!
boom! boom! boom!
Several dark blue crystal spikes shot towards him and Yu Changsheng slammed into the Tyrant Blood Qi!
Amidst the ear-piercing explosion, the protective barrier of qi flickered violently, like a candle in the wind, instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, almost collapsing!
Wang Cheng shuddered violently, his already pale face instantly flushed with a sickly red, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, which was mixed with small fragments of internal organs!
The cracks on the Chaos Bone Arm deepened and spread visibly, emitting a tooth-grinding groan.

His tall body swayed, his feet carving two deep furrows in the star-strewn ground, yet he didn't retreat an inch!

With sheer willpower and a body on the verge of collapse, he withstood the attack, buying Yu Changsheng, who was undergoing a life-or-death transformation, the most crucial and final moment of respite!
The attack by the crystal spikes was just the prelude. Three crystallized star remains guards strode forward, crushing the star remains beneath their feet, and with an overwhelming force, they closed in on the group!

Each time they landed, they created subtle ripples in the "frozen" space of this area, as if the entire corridor was vibrating.

A cold, eerie blue flame flickered wildly in his eyes, and a chilling killing intent surged forth like a tide, almost freezing everyone's souls.

Ling Wuying suffered multiple injuries, and half of his body was corroded by the eternal chill; Wang Cheng was at his limit, his domineering blood was exhausted, and his bone arm was on the verge of shattering; Mo Heng, Chen Xueqing, and Gui Yinzi lost their fighting power; and the only hope, Yu Changsheng, was at the most dangerous moment of melting and annihilation and the power of the star core, and was almost completely unprepared for the outside world!

The true dead end was colder and more suffocating than the gaping maw of the Void Devouring Worm. The Hall of Stars, deep within this graveyard of stars, revealed its merciless and deadly first face to them. The shadow of death had never loomed so vividly over everyone.

The Crystal Guardian's heavy footsteps were like a death knell, each step pounding on everyone's hearts. The leader of the guards, resembling a shattered star core, raised his other arm, composed of twisted star rings, aiming it at Wang Cheng, who stood in front of Yu Changsheng. A chilling blue flame blazed on his arm, and countless tiny crystal spikes condensed and spun on its surface, emitting a high-frequency, soul-piercing buzzing sound, clearly brewing an even more terrifying attack.

"Stop them!!" (End of Chapter)