Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The icy seawater rushed into his mouth and nose, carrying a strong smell of metallic rust and the decay of stars. With each movement, the Chaotic Dao Embryo throbbed violently, as if trying to break free from the constraints of its physical form and completely transform this tattered body into a pure source of annihilation.

The Guixu Star Orbit Compass floated deep within his sea of ​​consciousness, the "Silence" rune shining with difficulty, like a lone lamp in a storm, barely maintaining his last bit of clarity, resisting the erosion of his consciousness by the Dao Embryo's instincts.

Just as his consciousness was about to be completely swallowed up by the boundless desire for destruction, his rough fingers finally touched the wet, cold rocks on the shore.

A cold sensation mixed with strange vitality came from his fingertips, which strangely suppressed the frenzy of the Dao Embryo slightly.

With his last ounce of strength, Yu Changsheng pulled his heavy body, along with the jade lotus embryo in his arms, ashore.

His body slammed heavily onto the mudflats covered with fine black gravel, the impact making his internal organs feel as if they had shifted, and a strong taste of blood welled up in his mouth.

He lay on his back, his chest heaving violently, greedily breathing in the thin air on the island that carried a strange fragrance of grass and trees. In his murky vision, above him was a rare, almost transparent, leaden-gray sky that enveloped the island, isolating him from the ever-present, thick gray fog of the Burial Star Sea.

Is it safe? The thought had barely formed when it was overwhelmed by deeper exhaustion and the excruciating pain that permeated every part of my body.

After catching his breath, Yu Changsheng struggled to sit up and carefully placed the Jade Lotus Embryo on a relatively flat rock beside his legs.

The cracks on the lotus embryo were shocking, and the light flowing inside was so faint that it resembled a star flame that might be extinguished at any moment.

He reached out, his fingertips trembling as he brushed across the cold cracks, trying to transfer the last remaining trace of Dao source within his body, but it was like throwing a mud ox into the sea.

"Xueqing..." A hoarse voice squeezed out from his parched throat, filled with endless guilt and helplessness.

Just then, an extremely faint yet ancient and savage sense of calling, like an invisible thread, pierced through the barrier of his broken body and directly stirred the restless nascent form of the Chaos Dao Embryo deep within his dantian!
Om-!
The Dao Embryo trembled violently, no longer a frenzied outburst, but more like a resonance that originated from instinct and was forcibly awakened!
A powerful, overwhelming desire to devour instantly swept over Yu Changsheng's consciousness, even more domineering and irresistible than when he was attacked by the Origin of Annihilation!
This yearning is not directed towards external destructive energy, but rather... into the depths of the island!
"what?"

Yu Changsheng was startled and forcibly suppressed the abnormal movement of his Dao Embryo. His turbid eyes instantly sharpened like those of a hawk as he warily scanned the seemingly sheltered island.

The island is small, with strange rocks everywhere, and moss and low shrubs with an eerie gray-green color stubbornly growing in the crevices of the black rocks.

Their shapes are distorted, their leaves appearing to be made of solidified starlight fragments, emitting a faint, unsettling fluorescence.

At the center of the island stands a relatively flat area, where several broken, massive stone pillars covered with mysterious dark gold runes pierce the ground like the ribs of a giant beast, pointing towards the sky.

At the center, surrounded by stone pillars, the ground is slightly concave, and faint, warm light can be seen flowing in the depths.

That will that awakened the Dao Embryo originated from the depths of the earth at the center of that stone pillar! It was calling for resonance, more like—feeding!
It is absorbing some special "nutrients" from the island and even the surrounding Sea of ​​Buried Stars.

Just as Yu Changsheng was filled with doubt and uncertainty, an even greater change occurred!

A cold, viscous will, filled with endless greed and vicious predatory desire, suddenly erupted without warning within his arms—inside the emerald lotus embryo!
"Hunger... Devouring... Evolution..."

Intermittent, chilling thoughts, like countless tiny worms gnawing at the soul, pierced directly into Yu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness!
It's it! The Voidworm's mother nest!
The fragment of the Mother Nest's will, lurking deep within Chen Xueqing's life imprint, was drawn by the strange existence deep within the island, and like a hungry wolf smelling blood, it was completely awakened!
It did not launch a direct attack, but rather transformed into the most insidious, bone-corroding poison, frantically polluting and eroding along the riddled connection between the Pure Lotus's origin and Chen Xueqing's life imprint!

The emerald-gold lotus embryo began to flash violently, and the originally pure halo was suddenly covered with a layer of filthy gray. Countless tiny black wisps, like wriggling worms, struggled to seep out from inside the lotus embryo. The already shocking cracks on the surface of the lotus embryo, under this attack from the inside and outside, even emitted a faint but terrifying "crack" sound, as if the exquisite porcelain was about to shatter completely!
"Do not!!!"

Yu Changsheng's eyes were bloodshot, and a beastly roar erupted from his chest!

He could almost "see" how the malevolent will of the nest twisted and polluted Chen Xueqing's fragile and pure consciousness, trying to completely transform her last existence into nourishment for itself!

No time to think!
There was no time to hesitate!
"Come here!" Yu Changsheng's face was contorted, his eyes filled with a desperate madness.

His right hand, with its five fingers like claws, plunged fiercely into his chest, which had just healed and still retained a dark purple aura of annihilation!

puff!

Flesh and blood were torn apart without any resistance, and scalding hot blood gushed out instantly!

But he didn't care at all. His blood-stained hand, with a resolute determination to destroy everything, slammed down on the violently trembling, black-glowing lotus embryo!

The Guixu Star Orbit Compass emitted an unbearable hum in the sea of ​​consciousness, the "Silence" rune suddenly dimmed, but the light of "Life" was forcibly activated!
Using himself as a bridge and the compass as a hub, Yu Changsheng forcibly activated the rudimentary understanding of channeling and containment that he had just gained in the Origin Monument space!
His body instantly transformed into an even more powerful vessel!

"Draw the evil spirits and return to the void!" His deep roar echoed across the deserted island, as if tolling the death knell for the end of the world.

A cold, viscous torrent of will, like a convergence of billions of tiny void worms, mixed with pure void corrosive energy, was forcibly pulled out from the Emerald Golden Lotus Embryo!
This force, carrying the aura of Chen Xueqing's life imprint, fragments of the radiance of the Pure Lotus's origin, and the soul-freezing greed and malice of the Mother Nest, surged along Yu Changsheng's arm and ruthlessly rushed towards his battered body!

what--!
Indescribable pain overwhelmed him instantly!
That was not physical pain, but the ultimate torture of having one's soul devoured by billions of poisonous insects at the same time and repeatedly washed by the cold currents of the void!
His whole body convulsed violently, and the dark gold, dark purple, and chaotic gray Dao patterns under his skin twisted and writh wildly, struggling like living things, trying to resist this foreign invader.

The nascent chaotic Dao embryo within the dantian expanded violently, emitting a deep, thunderous roar, and fiercely repelling this suddenly surging "foreign object"!
Dark purple blood trickled from Yu Changsheng's seven orifices, his body like a bow stretched to its limit, every inch of his bones groaning in pain.

The fragment of the Devouring Nest's will clearly hadn't expected to be forcibly confined into a container far more "sturdy" than the lotus embryo. It emitted a silent, angry shriek, frantically assaulting Yu Changsheng's meridians, flesh and blood, and even attempting to corrupt the core of his sea of ​​consciousness!
The corrosive power of the void is like a maggot clinging to bones; wherever it passes, life withers, flesh dies and turns into ashes that fall in a flurry!
The black aura on the Jade Lotus Embryo instantly faded by more than half, the cracks stopped spreading, and even faintly revealed a trace of pure radiance after purification.

However, Chen Xueqing's aura was so weak that it was almost dissipating—forcibly stripping away the Mother Nest's will was like cutting off flesh and bones, and it was also a fatal blow to the remaining imprint on her.

"Hold on... Xueqing... Hold on..." Yu Changsheng clenched his teeth, blood seeping from between them, his consciousness teetering under the impact of the boundless pain and the will of the Mother Nest.

He could only rely on a stubborn determination to protect, like guarding the last candle flame in a storm, frantically operating the Returning Void Compass, struggling to guide the several raging and conflicting forces within his body: the annihilating origin of the Chaos Dao Embryo, the void corrosion of the Devouring Void Mother Nest, the remaining life force of his own Chaos Emperor Blood, and the trace of Returning Void channeling power that he had just activated...

Violent energy clashed, annihilated, and merged within him, turning his body into a brutal battlefield. His skin cracked inch by inch, and blood mixed with ashen energy fragments seeped out, only to vanish into nothingness under the annihilating power of the Dao Embryo. Each conflict caused his aura to fluctuate violently, sometimes like a dying candle flame, sometimes like a volcano about to erupt.

Just then, another unexpected event occurred!
Om-!
The entire isolated island shuddered violently! Like a colossal beast that had slumbered for billions of years being utterly enraged!
The ground undulated and cracked violently!
A deep, rumbling sound, like the heartbeat of a giant beast, came from the deepest part of the island, as if something enormous was awakening beneath the earth!
On the massive stone pillars surrounding the central area, the dark gold runes that had been dormant for countless years suddenly lit up!

Beams of light, like awakening veins, instantly illuminated every inch of the rock surface!
Rumble!

The earth churned like boiling water!

Countless massive, dark gold chains, engraved with profound and complex runes, were wrapped with terrifying, annihilating lightning. Like giant pythons breaking through the earth, the huge chains, broken one by one, shattered rocks and soil, soaring into the sky with a world-destroying momentum!

The howling wind, carrying pebbles and gravel, lashed against Yu Changsheng's mangled body, producing dull thuds.

He barely managed to lift his head and, through his bloodshot vision, witnessed a scene that shattered his very soul: large sections of the black rock wall at the edge of the island were peeling away and collapsing amidst the violent tremors!
What was exposed where the rock had peeled away was not rock, but the surface of a massive monument made of solidified dark golden energy!
The roots of those enormous chains that soared into the sky were firmly embedded in this massive dark gold monument!
The chains swung wildly, like a giant python dancing madly, each strike causing space to distort violently and producing a piercing sonic boom.

On the surface of the monument, countless phantoms of severed limbs twisted, struggled, and wailed silently in the dark golden light. These were the resentful souls that had been forcibly absorbed and suppressed by it for countless epochs and had long since merged with the monument!

An aura of annihilation, more ancient, heavier, and more desperate than that of the depths of the Burial Star Sea, swept across the entire isolated island like an invisible tsunami!

The Living Seal Monument of the Starry Sky Forger!
This so-called "isolated island" is not a natural refuge at all, but a terrifying creation shaped by the Star Forger with its own great power to suppress a key node or remnant of the Devouring Mother Nest!

It is itself a colossal, living tomb that has devoured countless souls to maintain its sealing power!
An ultimate prison against the void calamity! The stone pillar at the center of the island and the recessed area radiating a warm glow are one of the core control nodes of this sealing monument!

The out-of-control and violent chaotic Dao embryonic aura within Yu Changsheng's body, and the fragments of the Devouring Void Mother Nest's will that he forcibly contained—these two forbidden forces, powerful enough to shake the very foundation of the universe's laws, were like two meteorites thrown into a calm lake, completely awakening this living being that had been dormant for countless epochs and barely maintained its balance!

It sensed a threat! It was determined to completely suppress, crush, and absorb these two "foreign objects," along with the entire island!
"Roar--!"

From the depths of the island, a roar, neither human nor beast, filled with endless resentment and hunger accumulated over countless years, echoed! It was the will of the sealing monument itself!
It is a twisted "monument spirit" formed from the resentment of countless remnant souls that it devoured and merged!
It locked onto Yu Changsheng, and onto that core surrounded by dark gold chains and lightning—that strange crystal located in the central depression of the stone pillar, which was now frantically absorbing the vast, annihilating energy transmitted from the chains and radiating a brilliant, warm glow!

The crystal resembled a giant heart, with a texture like the purest dark gold jade. Inside, it seemed as if a river of stars flowed, and countless tiny runes were constantly being created and destroyed.

As the island trembled violently and the chains shattered, it became brighter than ever before, its radiance flickering like the breath of a living being.

A pure and extremely heavy power of stellar annihilation is being continuously injected into the massive dark gold monument through chains!
This is the real "Sea Burial Jade Marrow"!
It is the most essential essence refined and condensed over billions of years by this giant living seal stele! It is the ultimate energy source left by the creator to maintain the seal's operation and cope with possible catastrophes! At this moment, it has become the core carrier of the stele spirit's will and an amplifier of its power!
Countless dark gold chains, wrapped with annihilating lightning, paused abruptly in mid-air, like a giant python awakening and spotting its prey, their tips all turning towards Yu Changsheng!
The next second, they tore through the air with sharp whistles, like spears of divine punishment, shooting towards him from all directions!

Wherever the chains passed, dark cracks were cut into the space, thunder roared, and an aura of destruction filled the heavens and the earth!

Yu Changsheng's pupils constricted sharply! A deadly sense of crisis, like ice water poured over his head, instantly overwhelmed the physical pain and mental chaos.

Within him, the nascent Chaos Dao Embryo sensed the threat and temptation of this even more powerful, same-origin annihilation force, and let out an even more ferocious roar, completely breaking free from his suppression!

Stimulated by the power of the Stele Spirit's annihilation, the fragments of the Devouring Nest's will became even more frenzied, recklessly attacking his meridians and acupoints! (End of Chapter)