Lord of the Rending Stars

As expected of the invincible king, the Amethyst King's crystal laws have reached the level of "law manifestation." Each strike transforms into a tangible purple crystal pillar, containing terrifying penetrating power and solidification effect.

The icy domain of the ice peak was continuously compressed, and crystalline spots began to appear on the surface of the Frost Abyss Armor.

"Human, your laws of water may be powerful, but they will ultimately be solidified and shattered before my eternal crystal," the Amethyst King said proudly.

A cold smile curled at the corner of Bingfeng's lips: "Is that so? Then try this move, Nine Transformations of the Frost Abyss - Absolute Zero!"

The Frost Abyss Armor suddenly disintegrated, turning into countless ice-blue fragments. These fragments then reassembled in mid-air, transforming into a giant ice crystal sword hundreds of kilometers long. Inside the sword, the temperature plummeted to theoretical absolute zero, and even the operation of the laws of nature began to halt.

This is Ice Peak's greatest achievement in the Chaotic Ruins over the past three hundred years. He has developed the Frost Abyss Armor, a top-tier treasure set, to its second form. The first two forms each possess different powers.

The giant ice crystal sword slashed down, freezing and stilling even the chaotic air currents in its path. The Amethyst King's expression changed drastically. He clasped his hands together, and crystals all over his body proliferated wildly, forming a purple crystal shield thousands of kilometers thick in front of him.

"Crystal Emperor Shield!"

The greatsword collided with the crystal shield, but there was no expected sound, for sound was frozen as well. There was only a visual shock: the purple crystal shield rapidly turned ice-blue from the point of contact, then cracks spread, and finally shattered with a deafening roar.

The greatsword, its momentum undiminished, struck the Amethyst King in the chest. "Crack!" A penetrating crack appeared on the Amethyst King's crystalline body. Although it wasn't severed, its internal laws and structures were severely damaged.

"Impossible... How could your laws..."

The Amethyst King looked on incredulously. Ice Peak retracted his Frost Abyss Armor, his face slightly pale: "Absolute zero can freeze everything, including the operation of laws. No matter how strong your talent crystal is, it must still follow the basic laws of operation. And I, I froze that law."

Meanwhile, the battle between Qingyang and King Jiuyu was also nearing its end. King Jiuyu's Nine Universe Sword Formation had already trapped and killed two peak-level Crystal Clan Kings, and the remaining two were also being forced to retreat under Qingyang's swordsmanship.

"I'm not playing with you anymore, prepare to die!"

Qingyang roared, and in an instant, the Heavenly Flame Blade unleashed countless heavy blade beams, swiftly annihilating the divine bodies of the two Crystal Clan members. Qingyang, with his invincible strength as a King-level expert, was simply no match for the two peak King-level experts. Isolated and helpless, the two Crystal Clan members were killed on the spot before they could even unleash their speed to escape.

After the four peak-level Immortal Crystal Clan members who had been crowned Kings were killed, the Amethyst King saw that the situation was hopeless and decisively retreated and fled.

King Jiuyu wanted to give chase, but Qingyang stopped him: "Don't pursue a desperate enemy. The situation deep within the Chaos Sea Eye is unknown, and rashly pursuing them could be dangerous."

Bingfeng nodded in agreement, "The Amethyst King took a sword strike from me and will need at least a hundred years to recover. He won't pose a threat to us in the short term."

The three cleaned up the battlefield, obtaining seven Chaos Crystal Cores and a large amount of crystal materials unique to the Crystal Clan. Most importantly, the broken Crystal Emperor Shield left behind by the Amethyst King, although severely damaged, contained the essence of crystal laws, which greatly helped Bingfeng comprehend the direction of "matter solidification".

"There are still three days until the entrance to the seventh level opens," Qingyang sensed the fluctuations of the laws within the Chaos Sea Eye. "We need to adjust our state; the danger level of the seventh level will be more than a hundred times that of the sixth level."

The three found a relatively quiet area and began to process the spoils of the battle. Qingyang absorbed four Chaos Crystal Cores, and the evolution of his inner world accelerated once again. He could feel that with just a thought, the gate to the Immortal Realm could be opened immediately.

Three days later, the chaotic vortex at the entrance to the seventh level began to rotate, revealing a passage just wide enough for three people to pass through. Without hesitation, Qingyang and his two companions transformed into streaks of light and rushed into the passage.

The moment they entered, two other teams rushed in from the other two directions. On the left was a team of pure mechanical beings, consisting of 81 silver puppets. The leader was entirely black, with swirling starry shadows in his eyes. He was the invincible king of the mechanical race, even more powerful than the Logic Terminator, and was known as the "Soul Killing King".

To the right lies a Zerg hive thousands of kilometers in diameter, its surface covered in thick bio-armor, countless compound eyes gleaming with cruel light. Inside the hive are two Zerg queens, each exuding an aura of invincible dominance.

The three teams passed each other through the passage, each displaying intense hostility, but none dared to attack. The passage to the Chaotic Eye was extremely unstable; if a battle triggered a chaotic upheaval, everyone could be swept into the turbulent currents and annihilated.

At the end of the passage, the scene of the seventh floor unfolded before them. It was a world beyond description. There was no concept of up, down, left, or right, no linear flow of time. Chaotic energy condensed into substance, transforming into mountains, rivers, stars, the sun, and the moon, but these scenes were constantly changing: mountains became seas, seas rose to become the sky, and the sky fell to become the earth.

Even more astonishingly, countless fragments of laws floated here, each containing a complete fundamental law. The fragments of the fire law burned with an eternal flame, the time flow around the fragments of the time law was chaotic, and countless dimensions were folded within the fragments of the space law...

"This is... a scene from the beginning of chaos and the evolution of the universe," Qingyang murmured.

The nine Source Crystal Hearts trembled wildly within his body, pointing towards a point of light at the center of the seventh level. There, suspended, was a dilapidated palace. The palace was formed from solidified chaotic energy, and its walls were carved with reliefs depicting the evolution of the primordial universe. The palace doors were tightly shut, and on the door was a nine-sided groove, its shape perfectly matching the arrangement of the nine Source Crystal Hearts.

"The Temple of Chaos..."

The Machine Race's King of Slaughter spoke in an electronic voice, "A legendary building that embodies the laws of spacetime, containing the legacy left by a great being like the Lord of the Universe."

A sharp mental fluctuation emanated from the Zerg hive: "The legacy belongs to the Zerg, Terrans, and Mechs. Retreat immediately."

Bingfeng sneered: "Zerg Queen 'Soul Devourer,' your soul attacks are halved in the Chaos Eye of the Sea, and you still dare to speak so arrogantly?"

The three teams faced off, the atmosphere tense and ready to clash. But no one made the first move, because everyone knew that the gates of the Chaos Temple required nine Source Crystal Hearts to open.

Currently, among the three teams, only Qingyang has collected all nine. The Machine Race's Spirit Killer King turned to Qingyang: "Human Qingyang, you possess nine Source Crystal Hearts. We can cooperate, and after opening the temple, each of us can compete for the inheritance based on our own abilities."

The Zerg Queen also sent a mental signal: "Human, the great Zerg can promise that you will leave safely after you receive the inheritance."

King Jiuyu, holding the core array plate of the Nine Universes Sword Formation, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, declared: "If you want to fight, then fight! Who has my human race ever feared?"

The atmosphere was tense, as several invincible auras clashed before the temple gates, stirring up the surrounding chaotic air currents into hundreds of small vortexes. Fragments of laws flew everywhere under this pressure, and a fragment of the law of time streaked across the area, causing the flow of time within a hundred meters to fluctuate erratically.

Qingyang suddenly laughed. His laughter sounded particularly abrupt in the tense standoff. The mechanical eyes of the King of Killing Spirits flashed red, the compound eyes of the Zerg Queen contracted simultaneously, and even Bingfeng and King Jiuyu cast puzzled glances at him.

"What you both say makes sense," Qingyang said, his smile fading and his eyes sharpening. "But why should I have to choose one or the other?"

He slowly raised his hand, and nine Source Crystal Hearts flew out from his inner world, hovering in front of him, arranged in a perfect nine-sided shape. The nine crystals emitted different colored lights, intertwining to form a three-dimensional diagram of laws. The nine fundamental laws resonated at this moment, echoing the grooves on the gate of the Chaos Temple.

"I can cooperate with you," Qingyang changed the subject, "but it's not a choice between two, but a three-way alliance."

"absurd!"

The Zerg Queen "Soul Eater's" mental fluctuations were full of sarcasm: "The Zerg, the Machines, and the Humans are blood enemies for generations, having fought countless battles across the universe for countless years. What alliance could there be?"

The King Killer's database processed the data rapidly, arriving at an answer three seconds later: "The proposal has a 0.7% feasibility rate. What are the conditions?"

"Simple"

Qingyang pointed to the temple gate, "We will open the temple together. Once inside, the inheritance test will be based on each party's own ability. However, before passing the test, the three parties must not attack each other; any who violate this rule will be jointly executed by the other two parties."

Qingyang paused, then added, "The Chaos Temple is fraught with danger, and it's difficult for any single party to pass all the trials. Rather than fighting to the death here and wasting the opportunities within the temple, it's better to cooperate for now and secure the benefits first. As for who will ultimately inherit the legacy... we can fight for it when we're lucky enough to pass the trials."

Bingfeng and Jiuyu Wang exchanged a glance and nodded slightly. This suggestion was most beneficial to humanity, since Qingyang was the only one who possessed the complete key, giving him the upper hand.

The logic core of the Mech race's King of Death underwent tens of millions of simulations, and the results showed that if war broke out at this moment, the Mech race would have a 31.2% chance of winning, the Zerg race a 28.7% chance of winning, and the Terran race a 40.1% chance of winning.

However, the most likely outcome of a three-way battle is that the temple will fail to open, and everyone will return empty-handed. The probability of gaining something through temporary cooperation is 92.3%. "The Machine Race agrees," the Soul Killer King's voice remained mechanical and cold.

Inside the Zerg hive, the two queens communicate at high speed using the Zerg's unique telepathic network.

"Humans are cunning; there are bound to be traps."

"But he's right, the probability of passing the test alone is less than 10%."

"The machine race is even less trustworthy."

"Cooperate first, and act according to circumstances. If we gain the inheritance, it's not too late to turn against each other immediately."

A moment later, the Zerg sent a mental signal: "The Zerg agree."

Qingyang collected the Origin Crystal Hearts and flew to the temple gate, pressing the nine Origin Crystal Hearts into the grooves one by one. With each heart inserted, a pattern lit up on the gate. When the ninth heart was in place, the entire gate burst forth with a dazzling nine-colored light.

With a rumble, the heavy stone door slid open to both sides, and what surged out was not air currents, but a torrent of materialized laws. Time and space intertwined here, forming a bizarre and surreal scene: inside the door, stars were born and annihilated, life evolved and became extinct, civilizations rose and fell... This was a fragmented projection of the history of the universe's evolution.

"Go!" Qingyang charged in first, followed closely by Bingfeng Jiuyuwang. The eighty-one puppets of the Mechanical Race transformed into a silver torrent, while the Zerg mother hive shrank to a size of one hundred meters, nimbly slipping into the doorway.

The moment the last person entered, the temple doors slammed shut. Inside wasn't the palace one had imagined, but an endless starry sky. But this sky was different from the outside; the stars here were still, suspended in the dark heavens like an unchanging painting. Even more bizarrely, there was no gravitational pull between the stars; they were simply fixed in the void, defying all logic.

Beneath their feet lay a jade-paved road, suspended above the starry sky. The road was a hundred meters wide and stretched forward, with no end in sight.

The jade road forks into three paths ahead. The left path turns dark gold, and various phantom images of weapons appear on the surface: knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hooks, forks... each exuding a chilling aura of killing intent.

In the middle, the road transforms into transparent crystal, with countless threads of law interwoven within, forming a complex three-dimensional network.

On the right, the road becomes soft as a carpet, its color constantly changing, sometimes warm as spring, sometimes cold as winter, sometimes bringing joy, and sometimes filling people with fear and trembling.

"The left path tests pure combat strength, the middle path tests mastery of laws, and the right path tests one's character and will," King Jiuyu reminded him, recalling the information recorded in the virtual universe.

The three teams quickly gathered to discuss the matter. "I'll take the left route," King Jiuyu said without hesitation. "My swordsmanship must be honed in battle."

Bingfeng looked towards the mid lane and said, "My Ice Law has reached a bottleneck. The mid lane might be the place where I can break through."

Qingyang frowned in thought. He possessed the Nine Origin Crystal Heart, making him most suitable for the middle lane; however, the tests of character on the right lane often concealed hidden opportunities... Moreover, he needed to ensure the balance of the three teams.

The King of Death's mechanical eyes swept across the three paths, data streaming rapidly through them: "Analysis complete. The left path is suitable for 87% of Mechs, the middle path for 63%, and the right path for 41%. It is recommended that all Mechs choose the left path."

The Zerg Queen's mental fluctuations conveyed: "If all the Zerg choose the middle lane, the Devouring Slugs can devour the Law Threads and pass through quickly."

Qingyang made a decision instantly: "Bingfeng will take the middle route, Jiuyuwang will take the left route, and I will take the right route."

"What?"

Bingfeng was taken aback. "Qingyang, your talent for laws is the highest; you should go down the middle lane!"

"That's precisely why I'm taking the right path," Qingyang smiled. "My temperament is my weakness, and besides..."

He looked at the Machine Race and the Zerg, "We need someone to supervise every path to prevent the aliens from setting traps."

King Jiuyu suddenly realized: "You're afraid they'll trip you up on the way?"

"A verbal agreement between the three parties is as fragile as paper in the face of the impending benefits," Qingyang said calmly. "Let's go, it's almost time."

The three parties finally decided on a split path: the left path consisted of King Jiuyu, King Shiling, sixty mechanical puppets, and ten high-ranking Zerg warriors (controlled by the Queen Mother's split consciousness).

Mid Lane: Ice Peak, twenty mechanical golems (skilled in law analysis), Zerg Queen "Hunter Soul" and three hundred Devouring Swarms.

Right flank: Qingyang, a mechanical puppet (the clone of the Killing King), and the Zerg Queen "Soul Devourer" clone.

The three teams split into three groups, each with their own ulterior motives, and embarked on their respective trials.