Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The gravity of a black hole is not simply tearing apart, but rather a dissolution and reshaping at the level of laws. Yu Changsheng held the unconscious Chen Xueqing tightly, like a small boat in a raging sea.

The Guixu Star Orbit Compass floated in his sea of ​​consciousness, radiating an unprecedented heat. The two primordial runes, "Silence" and "Life," spun and collided wildly, each collision stirring up chaotic ripples, barely managing to create a small, relatively stable space amidst the raging torrent of laws.

Under pressure, the chaotic imperial blood within his body boiled completely, and dark golden imperial patterns appeared faintly under his skin, resisting the decomposition and erosion from all directions.

Chen Xueqing's breath was as faint as a candle flickering in the wind.

The soul fire of the Pure Lotus was almost completely burned out, its lotus shadow shattered, barely clinging to life by the wisp of Chaos Emperor Blood that Yu Changsheng had infused into it. Its essence, like a dried-up riverbed, was silently cracking under the scouring of the torrent of laws.

Yu Changsheng could clearly feel her life slipping away, a pain more agonizing than the annihilation wound left on his back by the Abyss Envoy, a wound that continued to gnaw at the very essence of his Dao. He gritted his teeth and desperately circulated the compass, channeling as much of the essence of life as possible into the person in his arms, even if it was just a drop in the ocean.

"Hold on... Xueqing..." The voice was drowned out by the silent roar of the laws.

The feeling of falling vanished abruptly. It wasn't that my feet were firmly planted on solid ground, but rather that I felt as if I had sunk into a viscous, heavy sea of ​​liquid light.

The "light" here is not warm and bright, but rather presents an indescribable, chaotic state of interwoven dark gold and deep dark purple, with wisps of gray aura symbolizing decay and end flowing through it.

Vast, ancient, and majestic, it carries the sense of wildness and cold order from the beginning of the universe.

The Ocean of the Origin of Laws!

This realization exploded in Yu Changsheng's mind in an instant.

The Guixu Star Orbit Compass trembled violently, emitting a thirsty hum, frantically drawing in the surrounding chaotic, viscous "liquid of light." This was not the vibrant life-giving sea of ​​light from the Healing Star Source Ancestral Vein, but rather the most fundamental, primordial, and violent source of the universe's laws! It was the origin of creation and annihilation intertwined!
The "Silence" rune at the center of the compass shone brighter than ever before, greedily absorbing the primordial power representing end, decay, and collapse; while the "Life" rune was relatively dim, struggling to capture even the faintest traces of primordial creative power hidden within the deepest "Silence" from the gaps in the raging power of "Silence." This was the true meaning whispered by the Starry Sky Forger—"The Void is not the end, but the origin," and "The origin is the Void!"
Yu Changsheng felt his primordial spirit, Dao foundation, and even every cell trembling, wailing, and reorganizing. The pain surpassed all his past experiences, as if his entire being had been shattered and then forcibly reassembled.

But amidst this extreme suffering, his understanding of "birth from annihilation" deepened at an unprecedented speed. What was originally just a nascent Daoist principle, nurtured by this sea of ​​fundamental laws, began to grow wildly, take root, and multiply!
The annihilation wound on his back, stimulated by the extremely dense source of annihilation, suddenly erupted with a terrifying suction force, frantically snatching the source of laws flowing into Yu Changsheng's body, especially the gray aura that symbolized the end.

The power of Xunyuan within the wound, like a venomous snake awakened, hissed and grew stronger, attempting to completely devour Yu Changsheng, this "furnace".

"Don't even think about it!" Yu Changsheng roared inwardly. He stopped passively suppressing it and instead activated the Returning Void Compass, using himself as a furnace to forcibly incorporate the surging violent source of laws, along with the power of the Abyss Patrol from the wound on his back, into the cycle of "annihilation and rebirth"!

The compass is the array's core, the blood of the Chaos Emperor is the fuel, and the remaining life force from the fragments of the Void Star Core is the fuse!

boom--!
It was as if a desolate star had exploded inside his body. The intense conflict caused blood beads containing the radiance of the Dao to gush from his seven orifices once again, and his skin cracked inch by inch, from which a terrifying light of dark gold, dark purple and gray emanated.

However, under immense pressure, the compass spun even more steadily! The runes of "Silence" and "Life" gradually formed a delicate and fragile balance in the collision, like the rotation of Tai Chi, giving birth to extremely faint fragments of new Dao principles in the midst of destruction, which in turn nourished the almost collapsed physical body and primordial spirit.

Chen Xueqing's fragile body was also affected by the raging sea of ​​primordial energy. Driven by her instinctive will to survive, the remaining illusory image of the Pure Lotus emitted a faint, clear light, struggling to filter and absorb the extremely rare and pure life force within the chaotic liquid.

This faint life force miraculously resonated with the remaining Star Origin Ancestral Vein Liquid within her body.

Like the last raindrops on parched earth, they nourish the riverbed on the verge of collapse.

Although her breath did not strengthen, the continuous "withering" sensation miraculously stopped, and she fell into a deeper and more fragile state of balanced death, like a hibernating seed lying dormant in a harsh environment.

Yu Changsheng keenly grasped this point, and felt somewhat relieved.

He devoted more of his energy to resisting the assimilation and repair of himself.

Just then, the viscous sea of ​​laws began to churn and converge violently. Countless points of light, fragments of laws, and broken imprints of spacetime surged from all directions, coalescing into a blurry, yet majestic and sorrowful phantom not far in front of Yu Changsheng.

The phantom is not a physical entity, but rather a mark of will that is about to completely dissipate.

It takes the form of a human figure, surrounded by countless miniature star projections, broken star map chains, and collapsing miniature galaxies.

An indescribable Daoist rhythm, intertwined with "forging" and "annihilation," permeated the air.

The Star Forger! Or rather, the last information imprint he merged with the origin of the laws before his fall!
The illusory figure slowly "watched" Yu Changsheng, without a sound, only the impact of pure will, directly pouring into Yu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness:
"...You who came later...you bear the wounds of the 'Dao Embryo'...you wield the 'Key to Return to Nothingness'...you have come to this place...fate...or rather...the will to return to stillness...has chosen you..."

"...The plaza...the crystal...is not the core of my creation...but the shell formed from my remains...within which...seals the original 'Seed of the Abyss'...also the embryo of the 'Return to the Void Dao Embryo'..."

"...What I sought in my life...to forge the stars...to stabilize the universe...but...the 'Cataclysm of the Abyss'...is not an external enemy...but a manifestation of the universe's will to return to stillness...the end of entropy...the tide of the annihilation of all things..."

"...Its core...is not a physical entity...but a will...The Abyss Messenger...is merely an extension of its will...'Annihilation Sight'...is its authority..."

"...I forged the 'Return to the Void Dao Embryo' not to resist...but to guide...like a river...to guide destruction...to transform the Void into a source...to slow the tide of annihilation...to fight for a glimmer of hope for all living beings..."

"...However...the embryo's birth will...desires to devour its own kind...to achieve a complete Dao embryo...to completely control the power of Nirvana...to become the new 'Source of the Abyss'...My remaining body, now a shell...is both a seal...and a prison..." "...The 'wound' within you...contains extremely pure 'Power of the Abyss'...of the same origin as that embryo...and has even merged into the embryonic form of your own 'Dao Embryo of Annihilation'...You...are the key...and also the variable..."

"...Mo Heng...Insightful Eye...'It' is the awakened embryonic will...It is merging...It is breaking free...It is summoning...an even more terrifying Abyss Messenger..."

"...The Sea of ​​Origin of Laws...is both a crisis and an opportunity...If you can completely fuse the 'wound' and the 'compass' here...and truly nurture the embryonic form of your own 'Return to the Void Dao Embryo'...instead of being devoured by the embryo...you might...redefine the 'River Channel'..."

"...Be careful...Void-devouring worms...They are the manifestation of the 'Tide of Annihilation'...Already corrupted by the 'Will of the Abyss'...helping it erode space...seeking its own kind...devouring 'Dao Embryos'..."

"...Those who come after...time...is running out...my mark...is about to be exhausted...I hope you...will leave a spark for the ashes..."

The massive torrent of information came to an abrupt halt. The phantom of the Starry Sky Forger crumbled instantly like a weathered sand sculpture, dissipating into the chaotic sea of ​​light, leaving only the last lingering wave of a sorrowful, hopeful, and endlessly weary will echoing in Yu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness.

Yu Changsheng was shaken to his core, as if he had been struck by the heavy weight of the universe's history.

The truth! A cruel and despairing truth!

The Calamity of the Abyss is not a specific enemy, but a manifestation of the ultimate fate of the universe heading towards heat death!

The patrolling messenger is its scythe, and the ability to obliterate vision is its sharp edge.

The "Return to Nothingness Embryo" that the Starry Sky Forgers attempted to create was like digging a flood channel in a torrent of destruction, trying to channel this inevitable force of annihilation and partially transform it into the starting point of creation, thus delaying the complete death of the entire universe.

However, the "embryo" he created by sacrificing himself gave birth to an independent and greedy will, wanting to devour all its kind (such as the nascent form forming in Yu Changsheng's body), to become a new source that controls annihilation, a new and more terrifying "Source of the Abyss"!
The dark purple crystal held aloft by the giant mechanical tree in the square is the outer shell that seals this terrifying embryo!

The Void-Eating Worm is its claws, constantly eroding space, searching for and destroying other potential competitors for the "Return to the Void Embryo", or leading them to the embryo to become its nourishment!

The strange transformation of Guiyinzi was caused by the invasion of the contaminated worm's mother nest!
The omnipresent patrolling messengers are both an extension of the embryonic will and a manifestation of the cosmic will to annihilate itself!
"What Mo Heng meant by 'it is coming soon'... is either the embryonic will breaking free from its shackles, or the arrival of an even more powerful Abyss Messenger!"

Yu Changsheng suddenly understood, a chill ran down his spine and straight to the top of his head, but along with it came an even stronger fighting spirit!
He looked down at Chen Xueqing in his arms.

Her condition remained dangerous, but as the Starry Sky Forger's mark dissipated, a wisp of extremely pure light, originating from the initial forging will, seemed to merge into her broken Pure World Lotus phantom, stabilizing the phantom slightly and coating it with an imperceptible dark golden hue.

“Dredging…the riverbed…” Yu Changsheng pondered the last words of the forger.

He looked at the Guixu Star Orbit Compass, which was spinning violently in his sea of ​​consciousness and slowly growing stronger in pain, and felt the annihilation wound on his back, which was both a curse and a key.

"Transform myself into a riverbed...melt together the power of the Abyss, the source of annihilation, the blood of the Chaos Emperor...and give birth to my own 'Dao Embryo'...using this 'Dao Embryo' as a foundation, channel annihilation and nurture new life?"

This idea is incredibly audacious and extremely risky. If it fails, he will become either nourishment for the embryo or a new source of annihilation. But this is the only path to survival that the forger pointed out with his life!
He no longer hesitated. In this sea of ​​primordial laws, time and space lost their meaning. He began to actively release his resistance to the raging primordial laws, instead guiding them, along with the Abyss-Piercing Power surging wildly from his back wound, to crash into the Returning Void Star Orbit Compass at the center of his sea of ​​consciousness!
"Silence gives birth... Return to the Void... Abyss... Creation!" He silently recited all the profound mysteries he had comprehended. The compass, as if thrown into the core of a purgatory furnace, emitted a mournful cry of unbearable burden.

The "Silence" rune shone brightly, frantically devouring the destructive power; while the "Life" rune, driven by Yu Changsheng's indomitable will, painstakingly drew upon the tiny "source point" of birth from the center of the vortex of destruction.

His body became a battlefield, a furnace.

The light beneath his skin grew stronger, and the cracks multiplied, as if it were about to completely disintegrate at any moment. The intense pain nearly tore his consciousness apart.

But he held fast to the core of clarity in his mind—to protect! To protect the unconscious Xue Qing! To protect his lost companions! To protect that sliver of hope that might still exist, that could continue!

"Ugh—!" A silent roar reverberated deep within his soul.

Just as he felt he was about to completely lose control and be assimilated by the destructive power, Chen Xueqing in his arms trembled slightly.

The illusory image of the Pure Lotus, which had absorbed the faint light of the forger's mark and the life force of the Chaos Emperor's blood, stubbornly emitted a wisp of extremely faint yet incredibly pure emerald light at this moment!
This radiance was not powerful energy, but a pure, anchored "law of life"! Like a stabilizing needle, it gently pierced Yu Changsheng's raging and chaotic sea of ​​consciousness, precisely connecting to the "life" rune he was struggling to maintain!
Om-!
The nearly broken "Life" rune seemed to be infused with a clear spring, its light instantly stabilizing and even growing stronger!
For a fleeting moment, it achieved perfect harmony with the operation of the "Silence" rune!
The raging torrent of power was forcibly incorporated into a more stable and efficient smelting cycle in that instant!
Although this coordination lasted only a moment before being overwhelmed by an even more violent force, for Yu Changsheng, it was nothing short of lighting a lamp of hope in the endless darkness!
This proves that this path is feasible!

This proves that Chen Xueqing's special purifying and protective power has a certain possibility of symbiosis and complementarity with the "Nirvana Dao Embryo" he is nurturing!
"Xue Qing..." An indescribable warmth and strength surged in Yu Changsheng's heart. He was no longer alone in fighting despair! He regrouped his will and threw himself into the forging process even more frantically.

I don't know how much time passed; it might have been a moment, or it might have been ten thousand years.

The violent light surrounding Yu Changsheng gradually subsided. The cracks on his body did not disappear; instead, they were imprinted with profound Dao patterns interwoven with dark gold, dark purple, and chaotic gray, like natural armor runes.

His aura underwent a dramatic change; the weakness faded, replaced by a profound, restrained sense of vastness, like a star core that had been dormant for billions of years, yet contained a world-destroying energy storm within.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the Guixu Star Orbit Compass shrank, yet became more solid and ancient. The two runes, "Silence" and "Life," intertwined in a more complex and mysterious trajectory, with an extremely tiny, constantly arising and ceasing chaotic point of light faintly emerging at its center—that was precisely his own, incredibly crude prototype of the "Guixu Dao Embryo"! (End of Chapter)