Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The Eternal Death Ray, imbued with the chilling aura of countless extinct stars, tore through the frozen spacetime and pierced straight at Yu Changsheng's brow.

Its power far surpassed that of the previous crystal spikes; wherever it passed, even the slowly flowing spacetime ash in the Star Ash Corridor was frozen and shattered.

"Immortality!" Chen Xueqing's exclamation was tinged with blood. Her tattered Pure World Lotus could only maintain a faint light as she watched helplessly as the light representing absolute end descended.

Deep within Yu Changsheng's eyes, the Guixu Star Orbit Compass in his sea of ​​consciousness spun at an unprecedented speed. The runes of "Silence" and "Life" were no longer intertwined, but instead rotated wildly like yin and yang fish.

The Void Star Core Shards he gripped in his left palm were burning hot like a branding iron. The violent, destructive life force clashed violently with the annihilation power left behind by the Abyss Envoy on his back. The intense pain almost tore his soul apart.

However, at that critical moment, in the instant the beam of destruction was about to strike, all the excruciating pain, struggle, and fear of death were replaced by an icy sense of "silence."

"The body is like chaos, the heart is a furnace... Desperate circumstances are the fuel, and the silent fire ignites the abyss!"

He didn't choose to dodge—his severely injured body and suppressed spiritual senses left him nowhere to hide. He met the even more terrifying death ray head-on, as if facing the crystal spikes head-on!

The Starry Arm is no longer a condensed finger technique, but rather five fingers spread out, with the palm facing the source of the dead light.

Pfft——!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a tooth-grinding sound, like ice piercing boiling oil and melting.

The dark silver arm was instantly covered with eerie blue ice patterns, the skin froze and cracked inch by inch, revealing the bones beneath that were also being eroded, the star-destroying Daoist runes engraved on the bones flickering on and off.

The Annihilation Power of the Patrolman surged wildly into the wound like a shark smelling blood, attacking from both inside and outside with the Eternal Death Ray!

"Ugh!" Yu Changsheng groaned, as dark golden Chaos Emperor Blood and silver-blue Starlight Blood, mixed with ice shards, simultaneously overflowed from his seven orifices.

His body trembled violently, as if he were about to completely disintegrate into starlight at any moment.

"Brother Changsheng!" Wang Cheng's eyes were bloodshot. He struggled to support his severely injured body. The cracks on his Chaos Bone Arm had barely healed a little under the creative power guided by Chen Xueqing, but his domineering blood had long since dried up.

He roared, braving the eternal chill spewed by another guard, and pushed the Dark Gold Nebula Light Screen to its limit to protect the swaying Chen Xueqing and the unconscious Gui Yinzi beside him. Frost quickly covered his bony arm and half of his body.

Ling Wuying's situation was equally dire. The freezing of half his body had severely hampered his movements, rendering his Shadow Escape ability completely ineffective.

Faced with the third guard's crystalline spikes, he could only rely on instinct and his honed combat skills to parry with the Lonely Star Cold Iron Shadow Dagger.

The dagger collided with the crystal spike, sparks of deep blue flew everywhere, and the immense force caused his hand to crack. The icy, bone-chilling power eroded upwards along the dagger, staining his entire arm and half of his chest with a layer of icy blue.

Mo Heng curled up on the ground. The once radiant Wanhua Guixu Furnace in his arms had completely dimmed, with cracks covering it like a spider web. The runes on the furnace wall that symbolized spatial deduction had completely gone out.

He vomited blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, his consciousness hovering on the edge of blur, only able to vaguely perceive the despairing clash of energy and the biting cold around him.

Yu Changsheng's body had become a purgatory.

The extinction law of the Eternal Death Ray, the destructive nature of the Annihilation Power of the Abyss Envoy, the ferocity of the Chaos Emperor's Blood, the coldness of the Star Annihilation Dao Law, the life force of annihilation brought by the Void Star Core Crystal Fragments... Several forces capable of easily destroying stars raged and tore wildly within his collapsing body.

The Guixu Star Orbit Compass in the sea of ​​consciousness was under unprecedented pressure, and the surface of the compass groaned under the unbearable burden. The imprints representing the Starry Sky Ark civilization appeared and disappeared in the violent energy storm.

"The furnace...is both destruction and rebirth..." The whisper of the Starry Sky Forger, transcending time and space, echoed at the heart of the energy storm, clearer than ever before.

"The hole in the void is not the end point, but... the source point..."

Just as Yu Changsheng's consciousness was about to be completely overwhelmed by pain and chaos, a flash of enlightenment, like a shooting star piercing the eternal night, illuminated his soul on the verge of extinction.

"Nirvana is not the end, creation is not the beginning... Reincarnation goes on, the flame is passed on... My body is the furnace, burning away this abyss!"

He no longer tried to suppress, divide, or resist the violent, conflicting forces within him.

Instead, he used the compass of his sea of ​​consciousness as a guide, his own mutilated body as a furnace, and his will on the verge of despair as a spark, throwing all his pain, destruction, annihilation, and rage into this invisible "heart furnace"!
At the center of the Guixu Star Orbit Compass, the runes representing the concept of "Silence" suddenly collapsed, transforming into a tiny yet infinitely gravitationally powerful singularity. Meanwhile, the runes representing "Life" revolved around the singularity like a star ring.

This is not a simple balance, but rather a cycle of life ignited by "silence" at its core!

Boom——!
It was not an external sound, but a roar from the universe within Yu Changsheng's body.

The eternal death ray, powerful enough to freeze galaxies, was devoured by the collapsing singularity of the "silence" the moment it touched the singularity in his palm, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea!

The annihilation power surging into his body, the eternal chill of erosion surrounding him, and even the disintegrating flesh and blood of his Starry Arm... all the power representing "the end" became fuel for that singularity!
The singularity ignited! It wasn't a blazing flame, but a cold, dark fire that seemed capable of devouring all light and heat... an annihilating fire!
Flames erupted from the singularity in the palm, flowing upstream along the Starry Arm. Wherever they passed, the azure ice patterns instantly vaporized, and the flesh and bones that had been eroded and frozen were reborn in destruction. The dark silver and star patterns became even deeper, and the dark purple veins flowed and imprinted deep within the bones like lava.

This flame had no temperature, yet it possessed a terrifying power to incinerate everything and reduce it to nothingness.

"Roar--!"

The eerie blue flames in the Starbound Guardian leader's eye sockets flickered violently, revealing for the first time an emotion resembling "fear." It felt its power being devoured and transformed by the other party in a way it couldn't comprehend!
It tried to break free, but the death ray was locked in place by an invisible vortex, continuously being absorbed by the dark, extinguishing fire.

Yu Changsheng took a sudden step forward, leaving a spiderweb-like crack in the solidified starlight beneath his feet. His right arm, burning with the flames of annihilation, slammed forward with overwhelming force!
"Silence, Return to Nothingness, Abyss Ashes!"

It is no longer "Star Ember Creation", but a purer and more fundamental "Abyss Ember"!
This is a brand new power that he ignited in his own furnace of despair by fusing the Law of Eternal Silence, the Essence of Annihilation, the Blood of the Chaos Emperor, the Dao of Star Annihilation, and the Mysteries of the Void Star Core!
A dark, deep torrent of flames, seemingly capable of devouring all light, erupted from his palm, instantly engulfing the Eternal Death Ray and slamming into the crystal spikes raised high by the Starbucks Guardian leader and its massive crystallized body.

*Sizzle—crack!*

There was no explosion, only silent annihilation and disintegration.

The crystal spikes, imbued with the law of eternal stillness and seemingly indestructible, melted and vaporized rapidly in the dark flames, like ice thrown into a raging fire. The guardian leader's crystalline body shattered inch by inch from the point of contact, turning into the finest stardust, which was then swept away by the flames and returned to nothingness.

The eerie blue flame in its eye sockets let out a silent shriek before extinguishing completely, leaving only a wisp of smoke.

All this happened in a flash!

The attacks of the other two Star Desolate Guardians came to an abrupt halt, seemingly stunned by their leader's instantaneous annihilation.

Wang Cheng and Ling Wuying felt a sudden relief from their pressure, but their injuries were too severe, and they could only barely maintain a defensive stance, watching in horror as Yu Changsheng delivered this world-reversing attack.

Yu Changsheng swayed, forcing himself to stand firm. Using this move, "Abyss Ashes," had almost drained the power he had just gathered from the brink of despair. The annihilation wound on his back tore open again due to the violent fluctuations in power, causing excruciating pain.

But his eyes were cold and resolute, and his Starry Arm, burning with the flames of annihilation, pointed at the remaining two guards. The remaining dark flames danced at his fingertips, emanating an aura that made time and space tremble.

The eerie blue flames in the eye sockets of the two guards flickered violently. They had no intelligence, only the instinct to eliminate foreign objects, but at this moment, the "fear" that came from their instincts overwhelmed their commands.

They slowly retreated, their massive crystallized bodies gradually sinking into the flowing Star Ash River below. The eerie blue light eventually disappeared into the dark depths, and the cold gaze also faded away.

The deadly threat has been temporarily averted.

"Pfft!" Yu Changsheng could no longer hold on and knelt on one knee. The flames of annihilation on Xingji Arm quickly went out, and his dark silver arm was covered with fine cracks, as if it would shatter at any moment. His palm was charred black.

He coughed violently, spitting out mouthfuls of foul blood mixed with ice shards, golden blood, and starlight. His aura plummeted, and he became even more weak than before. Forcibly absorbing and converting the Eternal Death Ray and the power of annihilation had placed an unimaginable burden on him.

"Longevity!" Despite her own weakness, Chen Xueqing rushed to his side. The tattered blue lotus light barrier barely covered the two of them, attempting to use the last of her purifying power to suppress the worsening wound on his back and the chaotic energy within his body.

Wang Cheng and Ling Wuying also staggered over, the three of them back to back, protecting the unconscious Gui Yinzi and the dying Mo Heng in the middle, while keeping watch on the Star Ash River and the Star Sand Storm in the dome.

“Senior Mo… Mo Heng…” Yu Changsheng’s voice was hoarse as he looked at the curled-up Mo Heng.

The resonance between his compass and the star core fragments told him that Mo Heng's condition was extremely bad, and the backlash from the complete destruction of the furnace was devouring his life force.

Mo Heng struggled to open his eyes a crack, his voice barely audible: "Empty...space...node...storm...eye..." His withered fingers trembled as he pointed to the raging storm vortex on the dome, composed of countless deadly stardust.

“The corridor…at the end…the hole of the void…must…the eye of the storm…briefly…calm…passage…” Each word was accompanied by gushing blood.

He exhausted his last bit of divine sense and remaining knowledge, and on the verge of death, he grasped the only chance for the Star Ash Corridor to function: at the center of the seemingly destructive star sand storm, at a certain moment of the energy tide, an extremely short and unstable "eye of the storm" would form. That might be the only weak point that could break through the corridor's spacetime barrier and approach the core of the Void Hole! But the opportunity was fleeting, and the danger of crossing the eye of the storm was no less than facing the Star Remains Guardian.

“The eye of the storm…” Yu Changsheng looked up at the destructive vortex, his eyes showing no sign of retreat.

He spread out his charred left palm. Although the dark purple fragment of the Void Star Core had dimmed considerably, it still maintained a faint resonance with the dark gold nebula vortex in his dantian and the compass in his sea of ​​consciousness.

It is both a guide and a key.

“We have no choice.” Wang Cheng gritted his teeth. The frost on his chaotic bone arm slowly melted under Chen Xueqing’s faint azure lotus glow, but the cracks remained grotesque. “Stay here, and you’ll either be frozen into an ice sculpture, ground into powder by stardust, or wait for those ghostly things to crawl out again!”

Ling Wuying didn't speak, but simply rested his almost numb, frozen arm against Chen Xueqing's azure lotus halo, silently adjusting his disordered breathing, his Shadow Dagger gripped tightly, showing his attitude.

"Cough... Let's go!" Yu Changsheng struggled to his feet, carefully carrying Mo Heng on his back, using the remaining power of the Star Silence Arm to form a thin layer of dark silver starlight to protect him.

Chen Xueqing helped the unconscious Gui Yinzi to his feet. Wang Cheng stood at the forefront, ready to clear a path with his mangled body. Ling Wuying's figure blurred again; although the effect of his Shadow Cloak was greatly reduced, he was still the best choice for reconnaissance and vigilance.

Target: The Dome, the Eye of the Stardust Storm!

The spacetime within the Starfall Corridor was abnormally intensified. Beneath their feet flowed a slowly moving river of ash imbued with freezing power, while above them raged a devastating storm of stardust. They were walking as if between solidified death and flowing destruction.

Every step was incredibly difficult; the viscous feeling of spacetime stretched their bodies, and the eternal silence force field constantly eroded their remaining spiritual power and vitality. Stardust rained down on the thin, pitifully dark gold nebula light screen that Wang Cheng had erected, producing a heart-palpitating rustling sound as the light screen flickered and faded.

Chen Xueqing's face was ashen, the burden of maintaining the Azure Lotus Light Screen and healing everyone made her sway precariously, her life force almost dried up.

The aura of Mo Heng on his back grew weaker and weaker, the backlash from the destroyed furnace clinging to his bones like a maggot. Gui Yinzi remained unconscious; the Yin Sha black markings seemed to be temporarily suppressed in the eternal silence, but his life force was like a candle flickering in the wind.

Yu Changsheng was under immense pressure. He not only had to fight his own severe injuries, but also had to use the life-extinguishing power of the Star Silence Arm to barely maintain the life force of Mo Heng and Gui Yinzi, and try to sense the rhythm of the storm through the Sea of ​​Consciousness Compass, searching for the moment when the "eye of the storm" that Mo Heng had mentioned would appear.

The star core crystal fragments felt slightly warm in my palm, continuously providing faint guidance and energy.

Time here is both frozen and fleeting. It's impossible to know how much time has passed—it could be a moment, or it could be eternity.

"It's here!" Yu Changsheng suddenly shouted, his voice exceptionally clear in the deathly silence. His mental compass had detected a subtle turning point in the storm's energy tide!

At the center of the swirling, pulverizing stardust storm on the dome, countless torrents of destructive stardust, under the influence of some inexplicable rule, briefly spread outward, revealing a relatively calm, dark hole only a few feet in diameter!

The area around the hole was a turbulent flow of stardust, while the central area presented an eerie, mirror-like calm, and one could even vaguely see a deeper darkness deep within the hole, as if it contained star vortexes.

That's the eye of the storm! A passage to the unknown!

But its existence may only last a few breaths! (End of Chapter)