Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The sea of ​​light boiled, and spacetime trembled.

The two annihilation gazes of Xun Yuan, which pierced through the liquid light and obliterated existence, stabbed fiercely into the dark gold nebula vortex barrier in front of Yu Changsheng, which was constructed by the Chaos Emperor's Blood, the Dao of Star Annihilation, the power of the Returning to the Void Compass, and the life force of the Void Star Core Crystal Fragments!
"Sizzle—!"

It wasn't a huge explosion, but a strange, teeth-grinding sound, as if space itself was being forcibly torn apart and then forcibly stitched back together, a sound of friction and annihilation.

The vortex barrier trembled violently, and the central contact point instantly collapsed into an absolutely deep black dot that swallowed all light!

Around the black dot, the liquid energy of the sea of ​​light violently twisted and evaporated, forming dozens of roaring tornadoes of light that lashed out at the core area of ​​this ancestral star vein, emitting deafening howls.

Spiderweb-like spatial rifts spread silently in all directions from the black dot, forcibly severing and halting even the flowing liquid light wherever they passed!
puff!
Yu Changsheng's body trembled violently, and dark golden blood spurted from all seven orifices at the same time. Each drop of blood contained a violent and conflicting energy aura!
Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, the Guixu Star Orbit Compass emitted a mournful cry, its light flickering between the runes of "Silence" and "Life," like a candle burning in the wind.

The immense pressure not only acted on the barrier, but also, through an invisible connection, relentlessly crushed his very soul.

The excruciating pain, the tearing sensation, and the feeling of annihilation crashed against the dam of his will like a tidal wave.

"Immortality!" Chen Xueqing's eyes were bloodshot. Ignoring the fact that her own source was almost exhausted, she forcibly activated the newly solidified Pure World Lotus phantom, which shone with an unprecedented pure blue light.

The azure light transformed into a resilient thread, not directly confronting the annihilation vision, but precisely wrapping around Yu Changsheng's right arm, the Starry Desolation Arm, transferring a faint life force carrying a purifying and soothing will into it.

This glimmer of hope, though weak, was like a sliver of light in the darkness, barely keeping Yu Changsheng's faltering mental anchor.

"Roar!" Wang Cheng roared like thunder, forcefully igniting his domineering blood energy. Although the flame was weak, it surged into a dark golden barrier under the burning will of life.

His massive body stood at the forefront of the crowd, his chaotic bone arms crossed to block, forcefully crashing into a tornado of light swept by the aftershocks of annihilation!
The cracks on his bony arm reappeared, and bone fragments flew everywhere, but he did not retreat an inch, letting the violent stream of light wash over his body, creating a small, relatively stable space for Chen Xueqing, the unconscious Mo Heng, and Gui Yinzi behind him.

Ling Wuying's figure became blurry and swift in the viscous liquid of light.

The laws of space here are unpredictable and strange, greatly suppressing his Shadow Cloak. The ice that had just melted from half of his body seems to be recurring. But he grips the Lonely Star Cold Iron Shadow Dagger tightly, its blade shimmering with a ghostly light, trying his best to sense the rhythm of the spatial rifts and the gaps in the violent flow of light.

He weaved through the aftershocks, his shadow dagger flashing out intermittently, precisely stabbing the edges of the spreading spatial rifts in an attempt to slow their expansion, while remaining vigilant against other threats that might arise from the depths of the sea of ​​light.

Protected at the core by Chen Xueqing's Azure Lotus Light Screen, Mo Heng's liquid light seeped into the cracks of the Myriad Transformations Returning to Ruins Furnace he held, flickering slightly, seemingly resonating faintly with this ancestral vein. His tightly closed eyes trembled violently, and his lips moved, as if enduring a tremendous information shock, yet unable to utter a clear sound.

Boom——!
The stalemate lasted only a few breaths before the Dark Gold Nebula vortex barrier finally gave way. The black dot in the center suddenly shrank inward and then exploded silently! It wasn't an energy burst, but a complete annihilation!
The barrier crumbled instantly, and although the remaining annihilation vision was greatly weakened, it still carried a terrifying will to obliterate everything, piercing straight at Yu Changsheng's brow!
A life-or-death situation!

In Yu Changsheng's mind, the whispers of the Starry Sky Forger resounded once more: "The source is the Ruins, and the Ruins give birth to the source... The wrath of the ancestral vein is also the beginning of new life!"

The Void Star Core Crystal Fragment in the left palm suddenly erupted with unprecedented heat. It was not simply vitality, but a fusion of the last indomitable will of the Starry Sky Ark civilization, the eternal annihilation of the Graveyard of Desolation, and the vast origin of the Star Source Ancestral Vein that was now enraged!

This unprecedented power, following the already connected meridians in his arm, forcefully rushed into the dark gold nebula vortex in his dantian, which was on the verge of collapse!

"Ah—!" Yu Changsheng let out a long howl that was not human, his eyes flashing with alternating dark gold and dark purple light.

He abandoned all defensive stances and suddenly opened his arms as if to embrace that deadly, annihilating gaze!

The mournful cry of the Sea of ​​Consciousness Compass ceased, the "Silence" rune suddenly collapsed to its limit, while the light of the "Life" rune blazed brighter than ever before, encircling that singularity.

It's not about fighting, it's about... devouring!
He wanted to use himself as a furnace to forcibly incorporate the annihilation power of the Abyss Envoy, the backlash and rage of the Star Origin Ancestral Vein, and all the extreme power erupted from the Void Star Core Crystal Fragments into his path!
laugh!
The remaining annihilation gaze pierced Yu Changsheng's brow!
The expected scene of the skull exploding did not occur.

At the center of his brow, a tiny yet incredibly deep black dot appeared, as if connected to the core of the Guixu Star Orbit Compass.

The obliteration of vision was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, being frantically swallowed by that black dot!
Yu Changsheng's entire body convulsed violently, and his skin was instantly covered with spiderweb-like black cracks, from which an eerie dark purple light emanated.

His life force plummeted at an alarming rate, his vitality rapidly fading, as if he were about to turn to ashes in the next moment.

"Immortality!" Chen Xueqing was utterly horrified, and even the light of the Pure World Lotus dimmed.

Wang Cheng's eyes widened in fury as he tried to step forward, but he was firmly blocked by the raging sea of ​​light energy.

Ling Wuying froze, and the Shadow Dagger almost slipped from her hand.

Just as Yu Changsheng's consciousness was about to sink into eternal darkness.

Within the dantian, the dark gold nebula vortex that had absorbed the Annihilation Vision, the Ancestral Vein's Fury, and the Star Core's Power was suddenly compressed inward under the forceful control of the Returning Void Compass!
Then, a tiny "flame," whose color and state were indescribable, quietly ignited at the center of the vortex!
Starfire of Creation!

This tiny flame contains the supreme Daoist essence of new life emerging from the depths of desolation! It is not a warm flame of life, but rather a cold, dark one, carrying the aura of returning to nothingness, yet within its core leaps a tenacious and indomitable life force, enough to ignite a prairie fire!

The moment the flame ignited, the black spot between Yu Changsheng's brows that had been consuming and obliterating his vision vanished abruptly.

The terrifying black cracks on his body did not disappear, but what shone through the cracks was no longer the deathly dark purple, but the faint light of the dark and cold Star Ember Creation Fire!
His falling aura miraculously stopped, though still as weak as a candle in the wind, it stubbornly held on, and a strange Daoist aura, intertwined with annihilation and creation, began to emanate from his body. The boiling of the sea of ​​light did not stop, but instead became even more violent. The Abyss Envoy hidden deep within the sea of ​​light seemed to be completely enraged. The two annihilating gazes failed, and from the depths of the sea of ​​light, a huge shadowy outline began to slowly rise, radiating a cold and indifferent will a hundred times more terrifying than before, locking onto Yu Changsheng. It was not a living being, but rather a terrifying existence materialized from the anger of the Star Origin Ancestral Vein's own rules!
“Go…while…now…sense…the rhythm…the eye of the storm…is…a trap…the true passage…is…at the…border…between…annihilation…and…creation…”

Mo Heng's voice was intermittent, weak yet clear, reaching everyone's ears. Each word seemed to have exhausted his remaining life force. The light seeping from the cracks in the Myriad Transformations Returning to Nothingness Furnace in his arms suddenly brightened for a moment, then went out completely.

Mo Heng's warning was like a thunderclap!
Is the eye of the storm a trap? The true passage to the void is actually at the boundary between annihilation and creation? This incredible clue subtly echoes the state of Yu Changsheng's body at this moment!
Yu Changsheng suddenly opened his eyes, the cold Star Ember Creation Flame burning deep within his pupils.

He sensed the terrifying presence locking onto him from the depths of the sea of ​​light, and he also clearly perceived a strange, hostile yet primal connection between the faint flame within his body and this raging ancestral vein.

He understood instantly.

The Patrol Envoy is merely an enforcer of the ancestral vein's rules; the true "hunter" is the entire enraged Star Origin Ancestral Vein itself!

They draw healing and incite conflict, becoming "foreign objects" that this primordial sea urgently needs to be eradicated!
"go!"

Yu Changsheng's voice was hoarse and broken, yet it carried an undeniable resolve.

He forcefully activated the faint Star Ember Creation Flame within his body, and the star core crystal fragments in his left palm erupted with a guiding light, not pointing to the dome of the sea of ​​light, but... pointing to the depths of the spatial rift that remained after the annihilating gaze pierced his brow, which was being frantically repaired by the violent energy of the sea of ​​light!
Deep within that crack, there was not pure emptiness. A more profound, colorful, yet chaotic "paste"-like scene could be vaguely seen. Fragments of violent laws rolled and collided like primordial nebulae, sometimes annihilating an area, and sometimes bursting out a faint singularity starlight from it—the most primitive, chaotic, and violent boundary between the forces of annihilation and creation!
"Follow me!" Yu Changsheng roared, ignoring the black blood gushing out from the wound on his back caused by the forced exertion of power, and charged towards the rapidly healing spatial rift!

He regarded his body, which had been ignited by the Star Ember Creation Flame, as a fuse thrown into chaos!

Wang Cheng reacted the fastest, grabbing the unconscious Gui Yinzi and hoisting him onto his shoulder. His domineering blood energy burned recklessly, transforming into propulsion as he followed closely behind Yu Changsheng.

With the chaotic bone arm in front, it forcefully cleaved through the viscous, turbulent flow of light liquid.

"Sister Qing!" Ling Wuying called out in a low voice, appearing beside Chen Xueqing in a flash and grabbing her arm. Chen Xueqing immediately understood, and the tattered illusory image of the Pure World Lotus shrank, protecting herself, Ling Wuying, and Mo Heng, who was being supported by Ling Wuying's hand. The three of them transformed into a streak of green shadows, closely following Wang Cheng.

The shadows deep within the sea of ​​light roared silently. A beam of annihilating death light, ten times thicker and more condensed than before, instantly condensed, tearing through the liquid light. With the ultimate will to obliterate everything, it shot towards Yu Changsheng, who was rushing towards the crack!
A deep vacuum trench was carved out of the sea of ​​light along the way, and space collapsed inch by inch!
A shadow of death looms! Too fast, too wide!
It looked like they were about to completely wipe everyone away, along with the spatial rift!
A look of madness and determination flashed in Yu Changsheng's eyes.

He didn't turn around, but instead swung his left palm sharply backward!
He ruthlessly stripped the shards of the Void Star Core from his palm!
The moment the crystal fragments left his body, his body trembled violently, and his aura plummeted again. However, the crystal fragments burst forth with a dazzling dark purple light, carrying the will of the faint Star Ember Creation Flame that he had just ignited, as well as a trace of the Daoist rhyme of the "Silence" rune that was forcibly separated from the compass in his sea of ​​consciousness. They actively faced the terrifying annihilation light!

"burst!"

Boom-! ! ! !

A deafening explosion rang out behind everyone!

The immense life force of annihilation contained within the fragments of the Void Star Core collided directly and fundamentally with the annihilating death light of the ancestral vein!
A terrifying shockwave instantly swept across the entire core of the sea of ​​light, creating towering walls of liquid light waves, and the violent energy turbulence raged like billions of steel blades!

Puff puff puff!

Wang Cheng, Ling Wuying, and Chen Xueqing all coughed up blood simultaneously, their protective aura and the Azure Lotus Light Screen flickered violently, instantly becoming covered in cracks.

Wang Cheng's chaotic bone arm emitted a tooth-grinding groan, Ling Wuying's half-body was once again covered in frost, and Chen Xueqing's face was as pale as paper, her breath extremely weak.

Only Mo Heng and Gui Yinzi, who were protected at the core, did not suffer further injury, but they were like fallen leaves in a strong wind.

However, this terrifying explosion also brought the only chance of survival! The violent energy clash generated an unimaginable twisting force, which acted precisely on the spatial rift in front of Yu Changsheng that was about to close!
Chi la——!
Instead of healing, the crack was violently torn open by the opposing force, creating an irregular gap several meters wide! Inside the gap, the chaotic scene of annihilation and creation colliding fiercely, and fragments of laws churning like boiling porridge, was clearly visible!

An aura of utter chaos, yet containing the very essence of primordial Dao principles, swept over us!

Yu Changsheng was the first to be hit, and was violently pushed into this chaotic passage by the aftershocks of the explosion!

The Starfire of Creation that had just ignited on his body trembled violently in this environment, like a spark falling into a pot of oil. Though weak, it burned tenaciously, guiding the way.

"Go!" Wang Cheng roared, enduring the excruciating pain of his shattered arm and the destructive force surging from behind, carrying Gui Yinzi, and leaping into the gap with all his might!

*Poof!* Ling Wuying, along with Chen Xueqing and Mo Heng, followed closely behind, the three of them crashing into the chaotic currents like cannonballs. Chen Xueqing used her last bit of strength to protect the three of them with her illusory lotus image, which was instantly struck by the violent fragments of law, flickering unpredictably.

Just as the last person entered, the remaining energy of the terrifying annihilation ray and the boiling energy torrent of the sea of ​​light slammed into the gap!
boom! ! !
The massive gap suddenly collapsed and squeezed inward! A violent surge of energy rushed into the passage, pressing against everyone's backs!

"Pfft!" Ling Wuying, who was at the rear, suffered the greatest impact. His protective Shadow Escape power shattered instantly, his back was a bloody mess, and the sound of bones breaking could be clearly heard. He groaned and spat out blood. He was slammed forward along with Chen Xueqing and Mo Heng, almost losing consciousness.

Chaos! Rampage! Lost!

This is what it feels like to be at the boundary between annihilation and creation.

There was no direction, no sense of time, only endless fragments of laws colliding, annihilating, and occasionally being born. (End of Chapter)