Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

"Now! Charge!"

Yu Changsheng's fierce shout exploded in the solidified ashes of time and space, tearing apart the heavy silence.

The eye of the storm—that brief hole suspended in the center of the raging stardust turbulence, like a glimmer of hope as the giant eye of the universe opens; the deep, dark passage exudes an irresistible gravitational pull, yet vanishes in an instant.

Without needing to say more, the remaining will of the soul erupted in a final spark on the edge of life and death.

With a roar, Wang Cheng unleashed unprecedented power from his shattered Chaos Bone Arm. His dark golden Overlord Blood Qi burned fiercely, like the last rays of a setting sun, transforming into a solid barrier in front of everyone.

With each step he took, the cracks in his bony arm groaned under the strain, and blood seeped from the broken skin, instantly evaporating in the raging stardust energy.

But like a mountain, he used his flesh and blood to withstand the turbulent currents that were powerful enough to tear space apart, clearing a narrow passage for his companions behind him.

"Follow me!" Ling Wuying's figure almost blended into the shadows at the edge of the storm. His Shadow Escape technique was extremely suppressed here, but he was forcibly activated at this moment.

The Lonely Star Cold Iron Shadow Dagger danced like a dark, cold star on his only movable arm. Each thrust precisely struck the most vulnerable point of the spatial turbulence, barely slowing down the impact of the energy.

His half-frozen body was constantly cracking into tiny ice crystals as he moved at high speed, each movement accompanied by excruciating pain and a rapid loss of spiritual energy.

Chen Xueqing's face was as pale as paper, and the illusory image of the Pure Lotus above her head was reduced to a few broken petals, barely protecting her and the heart meridian of the ghost Yinzi she was supporting.

She gritted her teeth, squeezing out the last bit of power from her depleted source. Pale golden blood trickled from the corner of her lips, but she forced it back down.

The halo of the blue lotus was faint yet resilient, like a flickering candle in the wind, desperately trying to dispel the eternal chill and annihilation that eroded the soul.

Yu Changsheng carried Mo Heng, whose breath was weak and whose consciousness was blurred, and every step he took felt like walking on a knife's edge.

The annihilation wound on his back convulsed and writhed violently under the gravitational pull of the storm's eye, as if countless invisible venomous insects were gnawing at his very essence, trying to drag him into eternal nothingness.

The excruciating pain overwhelmed his senses, almost destroying his mind.

Only the dark purple star core crystal fragment tightly held in his left palm exuded a warm and tenacious life force of annihilation, like a lighthouse anchoring his soul, echoing the "Silent Life" rune shining on the Returning Void Star Orbit Compass deep in his sea of ​​consciousness.

The eye of the storm was close at hand, and the raging torrents of stardust were like billions of high-speed spinning blades, cutting through the protective barrier of Wang Cheng's qi, producing a tearing sound that made one's teeth ache.

The barrier flickered violently, and cracks spread visibly.

"Pfft!" Wang Cheng suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. The cracks on his Chaos Bone Arm deepened instantly, almost shattering completely. The protective barrier of his internal energy was on the verge of collapse!
"Shadowless!" Yu Changsheng roared.

A fierce glint flashed in Ling Wuying's eyes. He abandoned his defense and poured all the remaining Shadow Erosion power in his body into the Silent Star Cold Iron Shadow Dagger.

The dagger's eerie blue light surged, and he transformed into a resolute streak of light, ignoring the risk of his own freezing worsening, and fiercely stabbed towards the core of the most turbulent current in front of the qi barrier!
"Shadow Erosion: Shattered Starfall!"

boom!
The eerie blue light collided violently with the raging turbulence, and Ling Wuying's body was struck as if by a heavy hammer. The frozen half of his body instantly cracked open with large spiderweb-like fissures, and the blood was frozen before it could flow out.

But this attack managed to blast a brief opening in the turbulent waters!

At this critical moment, Yu Changsheng's power was pushed to its limit.

The Guixu Star Orbit Compass in the sea of ​​consciousness spun wildly, and the runes of "Silence" and "Life" were brighter than ever before.

He had a sudden inspiration and stopped suppressing the annihilating power on his back. Instead, he used the compass as a guide to direct this destructive power, which was mixed with the ferocity of the Chaos Emperor's blood, the profundity of the Dao of Star Annihilation, and the life force of the annihilation of the star core crystal fragments in his left palm. It transformed into a chaotic torrent and fiercely met the destructive energy surging from the entrance of the storm's eye!
"Open it!"

It's not about resisting head-on, but about guiding and devouring! Using its own broken body as a furnace and the destructive energy at the eye of the storm as fuel, it ignites the newly comprehended flame of "birth from annihilation"!
Tsk-!
The chaotic torrent collided with the storm's energy, but instead of a deafening explosion, it produced a strange sound that sent chills down one's spine, as if space itself was being torn apart and then forcibly stitched back together.

The power of annihilation greedily devoured the violent stardust energy, while the Dao of Annihilation decomposed it. The Chaos Emperor's Blood contained the chaos, and the life force of the star core fragments stubbornly gave rise to a new and purer power of order in the embers of destruction!
An extremely unstable energy tunnel, barely wide enough for a few people to pass through, was forcibly torn open at the center of the vortex of destruction! The tunnel was filled with turbulent currents of destruction and rebirth, far more violent than the outside world, yet strangely pointing towards the deep darkness beyond the eye of the storm.

"Go!" Yu Changsheng shouted again, blood gushing from his mouth and nose.

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Cheng, Ling Wuying, and Chen Xueqing used their last strength to protect the unconscious Gui Yinzi and Mo Heng, transforming into three afterimages as they resolutely plunged into the extremely dangerous energy tunnel!

Just before Yu Changsheng disappeared into the passageway, he suddenly turned around and saw that the three crystallized star skeletons guarding him had already caught up to the edge of the storm's eye. The eerie blue flames in their eye sockets flickered violently, seemingly filled with extreme anger and... a hint of fear? at the forcibly opened passage. The lead guard once again raised the crystal spike containing the law of eternal silence, intending to completely annihilate these intruders.

Boom!

Yu Changsheng struck out with his palm, not to attack the guards, but to detonate the last trace of chaotic turbulence formed by guiding storm energy within his body at the entrance of the tunnel!
A violent energy shockwave erupted, instantly destroying and sealing the narrow passageway entrance, and temporarily blocking the three Star Remains Guardians from entering. The raging stardust turbulence closed again, obliterating the eye of the storm and completely isolating the desperate battlefield of the Star Ember Corridor.

Chapter 974: The Breath of the Primordial Beginning
The moment they entered the energy tunnel, everyone felt as if they had fallen into a boiling furnace of laws.

There was no direction, no sense of time, only endless, bizarre, and chaotic energy currents.

The raging annihilation power, the eternal silence law that freezes souls, the turbulent currents that tear space apart, and the faint new life force born after being forged in Yu Changsheng's heart furnace... all kinds of extreme forces collide, annihilate, and merge here, forming a terrifying environment capable of instantly tearing apart a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

"Pfft—" Chen Xueqing was the first to be hit. The already broken illusory image of the Pure World Lotus flickered violently and completely disintegrated into specks of blue light that merged into her heart.

She groaned, blood flowed from her seven orifices, and her body went limp, only sustained by the will to support the ghost.

Wang Cheng roared, his shattered Chaos Bone Arm desperately protecting Chen Xueqing and Gui Yinzi. His Overlord Blood Qi had long since burned out, and he could only rely on his physical body to withstand the attack.

The turbulent currents felt like a million blunt knives scraping across his body, instantly spreading deep, bone-revealing wounds all over him, his blood instantly vaporizing into a blood mist. His massive frame trembled violently, each step as heavy as a mountain.

Ling Wuying's situation is even worse.

The forced release of Shadow Erosion and Starfall, along with the damage from freezing his body, left him almost completely immobilized in this environment.

He could barely protect his vitals with the Lonely Star Cold Iron Shadow Dagger. His body was swept around by the turbulent current like a leaf in a storm. His frozen wounds kept bursting open, and blood mixed with ice shards splattered everywhere.

Yu Changsheng carries Mo Heng on his back, bearing the greatest pressure.

The annihilation wound on his back, stimulated by the violent energy, felt like a wound being plunged into boiling oil; the excruciating pain almost made him faint.

However, the Guixu Star Orbit Compass in his sea of ​​consciousness was brighter than ever before, especially the "Silent Life" rune, which spun like a wheel, emitting a gentle yet resilient rhythm. "Hold on! Guard your mind and follow my movements!" Yu Changsheng's hoarse voice pierced through the turbulent currents, carrying a strange soothing power.

He no longer tried to fight against all the turbulence, but instead focused his mind entirely on the guidance of the compass.

The star core crystal fragments in his left palm were burning hot, resonating with the compass to their peak.

He clearly "perceived" the subtle veins representing "new life" and "stability" within this chaotic ocean of energy.

These threads are extremely fragile, like spider silk, appearing and disappearing amidst the waves of destruction.

Yu Changsheng used himself as a guide to direct the faint signs of new life detected by the compass toward his companions.

"Wang Cheng, three feet to your left front, concentrate your inner energy at one point, step!"

"Shadowless, vanishing into nothingness, drifting downstream, avoiding the enemy's sharp edge!"

"Xue Qing, the origin of the Azure Lotus, guards the inner lamp of the heart, drawing life force into the body!"

Like a captain helmsman navigating raging storms, he gives precise and timely instructions, guiding his collapsing companions through the cracks of destruction.

With each guidance, he endured double the impact.

The power of annihilation eroded him frantically, trying to break free of his restraints. The agitation of the Chaos Emperor's bloodline almost tore his meridians apart.

But he gritted his teeth, and the dark golden nebula vortex in his dantian spun at an unprecedented speed, forcibly harmonizing the chaotic power within his body, and continuously transforming the dormant life force surging from the star core crystal fragments in his left palm into the power to protect his companions.

This process was painful and long, seemingly lasting for millennia, yet also seeming to be just a moment.

Finally, a difference appeared in the chaotic energy flow ahead. It was no longer a violent destruction, but a kind of... serene, ancient, all-encompassing sense of chaos.

The passageway seemed to be constricting, and the violent energy gradually became viscous and heavy, as if it were passing through some kind of invisible membrane.

The pressure suddenly increased dramatically!

puff!puff!puff!
Everyone coughed up blood at the same time. Wang Cheng's Chaos Bone Arm emitted a series of teeth-grinding cracking sounds, and several small bone fragments flew off.

Ling Wuying groaned, and the Shadow Escape technique he had been forcibly maintaining completely failed, leaving half of his frozen body covered in cracks.

Chen Xueqing's consciousness was fading, and she relied entirely on instinct to maintain the last bit of her Azure Lotus essence to protect her heart meridian. Yu Changsheng's wound on his back suddenly expanded, and a thick black aura surged out, as if something alive was trying to crawl out of it!
"We've arrived! Pass through!" Yu Changsheng's eyes burst with astonishing light, and the "Silent Life" rune on his sea of ​​consciousness compass suddenly collapsed into a tiny singularity, emitting a faint light like that of the beginning of creation.

He held nothing back, pouring all the power within him—the ferocity of the Chaos Emperor's blood, the profundity of the laws of stellar annihilation, the life force of annihilation from star core fragments, and even the stubborn power of annihilation—into this singularity.

An indescribable, overwhelming will, seemingly originating from the very beginning of the universe, erupted from him.

"Nirvana gives birth, returning to the void is the guide, open!"

boom--!
The invisible barrier was forcibly broken.

The blinding light instantly engulfed everyone.

It was not the intense heat of the sun, but a gentle, vast light that contained endless vitality and a sense of ancient grandeur.

The light was gentle, yet possessed an irresistible power, instantly calming all the raging torrents.

Everyone felt a sudden lightness in their bodies, as if they had been pulled out of the mud, followed by a dizzying, weightless sensation.

boom! boom! boom!
The sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground rang out one after another.

Yu Changsheng was the last to fall. In the last second before losing consciousness, he managed to gently place Mo Heng on his back before crashing heavily onto a strange ground.

The excruciating pain receded like a tide, replaced by an indescribable...comfort? As if immersed in warm, life-giving elixir, every cell groaned with pleasure.

He struggled to open his eyes, which were covered in blood and sweat.

The scene before him was so shocking that even Yu Changsheng, who had been struggling in dire straits until now, felt a profound shock to his very soul.

There was no sky, no earth. They floated in an indescribable, liquid ocean of light.

This liquid light is not pure light, but rather a mixture of solidified starlight, flowing nebula, and liquid cosmic dust, presenting a deep, ever-changing color of dark gold, dark purple, and chaotic gray.

They flow and rotate slowly, forming huge, slowly pulsating vortices.

Countless tiny, shimmering stardust particles floated and sank in the liquid light, like the breath of the universe.

The air was filled with an ancient and unimaginable aura—the primordial breath. It contained the purest essence of life and also the sense of returning to nothingness after all things have perished.

Heavy, ancient, and all-encompassing. With each breath, I felt a powerful yet gentle force flowing into my body, nourishing my nearly depleted vitality while cleansing the weariness and wounds deep within my soul.

This is the beginning and the end of everything. The core of the Void Gate—the location of the Star Origin Ancestral Vein!
Yu Changsheng struggled to sit up, not bothering to check his own injuries, and quickly glanced at his companion.

Chen Xueqing lay not far away, and the broken, illusory image of the Pure World Lotus on her chest was greedily absorbing the surrounding light liquid. The originally dull petals became solid and emerald green at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even faintly hummed, as if cheering and jumping for joy.

A trace of color returned to her pale face, and her tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed. Although she was still unconscious, her breathing became steady and long, and her essence was slowly but firmly reviving under the nourishment of this primordial breath.

Wang Cheng's massive body lay sprawled on the ground, his shattered chaotic bone arm soaking in the liquid light. In the deep, bone-revealing wounds, the stubborn aura of annihilation was being slowly forced out and dissolved by a gentle yet immense force.

The dark golden aura of domineering blood was like a dried-up riverbed being refilled with fresh water, forming a faint yet resilient halo on his body.

He let out a deep, snoring sound, like a wild animal in its slumber, clearly indicating that his body had entered a deep state of self-repair. (End of Chapter)