The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

Om-!

The instant the silver light of the temporary passage engulfed Han Mu and the others, a violent, chaotic, and destructive spatial turbulence, like countless invisible hands, fiercely tore at and kneaded the teleportation orb they were in. The orb trembled violently, its internal structure creaking under the strain, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

"The passage is unstable! Everyone hold on tight and unite your power!" Qingxuan Daoist's voice was urgent as he burned his remaining source of power to forcibly maintain the core of the light cluster.

Han Mu, Han Li, Liu Ruyan, and the others dared not be negligent. They immediately joined hands, linking their immortal and soul powers to form a temporary defensive unit. Zhou Meng's "Time Guardian Mark" between his brows shimmered with light, emanating a calming power that protected the weakest members—Li Qingzhu, Lin Fan, Lin Xue, and the remnant souls of Yun Yazi. Bai Ling's sword intent condensed, vigilantly sensing the outside world. Luo Feng gritted his teeth and endured the attack, his defensive inner armor gleaming.

However, the temporary passage collapsed faster and more violently than expected. The outer walls of the passage were constantly eroded and penetrated by unknown spacetime forces. Raging spacetime turbulence, mixed with destructive spatial fragments, and various strangely colored and ominous energy flows surged in like a tide, impacting the tottering ball of light.

"Not good! There's a huge spacetime vortex ahead!" Han Li's face turned pale, and his "Time-Tracing Array" frantically issued a warning.

Before the words were even finished, the entire ball of light seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand and then violently "thrown" out in one direction! The dizzying, spacetime-distorted feeling caused everyone to lose their sense of direction and time, with only an endless sense of compression, tearing, and falling.

Boom—!

After an unknown amount of time—perhaps a moment, perhaps a long time—with a muffled thud and violent tremors, the ball of light finally exhausted its last bit of energy and shattered. The people, like dumplings being dropped into a pot, crashed heavily from mid-air onto a cold, hard ground covered in dark red gravel and strange skeletons.

"Cough cough... spit spit!" Luo Feng was the first to struggle to his feet, spitting out a mouthful of sand and dirt. He was covered in dust, but thanks to his defensive inner armor, he didn't seem to be seriously injured. He was just a bit dazed from the fall.

Han Mu was the second to flip and leap up, a flash of gray-white light on his body dissipating the impact as he quickly scanned his surroundings. His face was somewhat pale; just now, at the last moment when the passage collapsed, he had forcibly activated the power of the fragments of the "Coffin of Origin" to withstand the most intense waves of spacetime turbulence for everyone, which had greatly depleted his energy and caused some internal shock, but his injuries were not serious.

The others also rose one after another, all looking disheveled and weak, suffering minor and internal injuries to varying degrees. Fortunately, no one fell behind or perished on the spot. Liu Ruyan immediately checked everyone's injuries and distributed medicine. Yun Yazi's remnant soul was even more ethereal, barely held together by Zhou Meng.

The sight before them made everyone gasp in shock.

A boundless, crimson expanse, seemingly soaked in blood, stretched to the horizon. Three eerie crescent moons hung in the sky—a blood-red, deathly white, and a gray moon within which countless fragments of time flowed. The intertwined light of the three moons illuminated the earth like a scene from hell. The air was thick with the stench of blood, sulfur, decay, and an indescribable, soul-crushing aura of time's decay. In the distance, countless colossal, mountain-like fragments of stars, broken divine weapons, and various indescribable gigantic skeletons were scattered across the land, adding to the desolation and deathly stillness.

"This is... the 'Eternal Star Tomb'?" Han Li's expression was solemn. He could sense that the spacetime structure here was extremely chaotic and fragile, like a piece of glass full of cracks, which could collapse completely at any time.

"Such a dense aura of death and resentment... and chaotic power of time." Zhou Meng's brow mark glowed slightly as he sensed his surroundings.

Just then, a series of rapid, chilling cracking sounds came from afar. Hundreds of feet away, a pile of scattered, enormous beast bones suddenly assembled on their own, instantly coalescing into a ten-foot-tall "bone beast" with three heads and six arms. Ghostly green flames flickered in its eye sockets, emanating the aura of an early-stage Golden Immortal, and it lunged towards the group!

"It's the 'Star Tomb Bone Beast'! A monster formed from the deathly and malevolent energy of this place!" Yun Ya Zi's weak voice rang out.

"I'll go!" Bai Ling took a step forward. Although she was injured, her swordsman's instincts made her act without hesitation. Her sword flashed like snow, precisely striking the eye socket in the center of the bone beast's head.

*Poof!* The will-o'-the-wisp went out, the bone beast froze for a moment, then crumbled into pieces, turning back into a pile of bones. But a grayish-white "soul fire crystal," the size of a longan, rolled out from among the scattered bones.

"Huh? There's something else?" Luo Feng's eyes lit up, and he scurried over to pick it up. It was icy cold to the touch. "This thing... seems like it can be used for weapon forging or to aid in cultivation?"

"It's a specialty of Star Tomb. There's a chance it will drop when you kill monsters like Bone Beasts and Evil Spirits here," Yun Ya Zi explained.

Just then, Han Mu's expression changed slightly, and a clear and strong resonance suddenly came from the "Source Coffin Mark" between his eyebrows! At the same time, he summoned the system panel and quickly scanned it.

Name: Han Mu

[True Realm: Early Stage of Taiyi Jade Immortal (Nearly 70% recovery from injuries, internal organs tremor)]

[Time Rule: 75%]

[Status: Minor injury, significant energy depletion. The "Coffin of Origin" fragment (4/7) resonates strongly.]

[Celestial Aura: -6000 points]

[System Notification: You have entered the "Eternal Star Tomb (Outer Surrounding Area)". The resonance of the sixth fragment of the "Coffin of Origin" (coffin tail) has been detected (approximately northeast, about 3,000 li away). Faint traces of "Reverse Time Alliance" activity have been detected (recently). New quest issued: Explore the "Eternal Star Tomb" and obtain the sixth fragment. Quest Reward: Depends on completion. Warning: This area is extremely dangerous; spacetime is highly unstable.]

"The sixth fragment is three thousand miles to the northeast!" A glint flashed in Han Mu's eyes, but then his gaze turned cold as he looked at the "Traces of the Reverse Time Alliance" notification. "The Reverse Time Alliance... are they here too?"

Almost as soon as Han Mu finished speaking, several streaks of light flew rapidly toward them from the distant horizon, carrying a familiar yet repulsive aura of "rebellion"!