33: Returning to the Void Stars, Dao Foundation Resonance

"Star Vortex... Draw... Returning Ruins!"

Su Wanzhao's voice, cold as a star, pierced through the roar of the golden tribulation lightning and clearly echoed throughout the Burial Star Corridor. Her right hand, stained with starlight, clenched in the air. The profound Star Vortex Universe in her glabella suddenly erupted with dazzling silver-blue light! The light did not diffuse randomly; instead, it transformed into billions of Star Vortex Chains flowing with Chaos Dao Marks, ignoring the distance of space, instantly penetrating the rapidly collapsing Star Giant Shield, and wrapping themselves with unmatched precision around Chen Feng's body, which was covered in dark red crystals at the bottom of the deep pit!

More accurately, they wrapped around the nascent Star Returning Ruins Dao Foundation deep within his Dantian, which had instinctively fallen silent under the terrifying suppression of the Immortal Dao Tribulation Lightning!

Buzz—!!!

The moment the Star Vortex Chains touched Chen Feng's dao foundation, an anomaly suddenly occurred!

Inside Chen Feng's Dantian, the Star Returning Ruins Dao Foundation, which slowly rotated like a dark red molten star, had a faint, cold, and greedy Returning Ruins Singularity Imprint deep within its core. Like a spark thrown into boiling oil, it suddenly burst into flames!

A cold will, transcending the stillness of stars and capable of devouring all things into ruin, mixed with the residual tyrannical instinct of the Star Remnant Giant Beast, violently awakened! This will instantly collided with the Chaos Star Vortex power that Su Wanzhao had drawn upon, which contained the Guardian's final spark of will!

It was not a confrontation! It was... resonance!

An profound and intense resonance, stemming from the same origin (life plate) yet progressing toward entirely opposite ultimate paths (Chaos Star Vortex's orderly creation vs. Star Returning Ruins' termination of all things)!

Boom—!!!

The dark red crystalline carapace covering Chen Feng's body instantly erupted with dazzling dark gold light! The starlight patterns flowing across the carapace surface were no longer stagnant dark red, but were injected with silver-blue Star Vortex power. Like a dried riverbed welcoming a Reversal of the Star River, it instantly became vibrant and violent! [Star Returning Ruins Dao Foundation (Nascent): Forced Activation! External Guidance (Chaos Star Vortex)... Core Resonance (Intense)... Energy Nature Conflict/Fusion in Progress... Warning: Extremely Unstable!]

At the bottom of the deep pit, a bizarre force field instantly generated, centered on Chen Feng! Half of the force field was the deep, cold, light-devouring Ruin's Abyss Darkness, and the other half was the Chaos Silver-Blue, flowing with Star Vortex trajectories and radiating vigorous vitality! The two forces clashed violently like an entangled Taiji diagram, yet they were forcibly merging and rotating under the pull of a higher-level will (Remnants of the life plate Origin)!

A slowly rotating energy vortex—the Returning Ruins Star Vortex—with a diameter of about a zhang, its edges flowing with Chaos Gray Qi and Star Vortex Silver Glow, suddenly formed above Chen Feng's head!

The moment the vortex formed, the Golden Judgment Spear, which had been firmly resisted by the Star Giant Shield, seemed to hit an invisible mire!

Hiss—!

The golden tribulation lightning, containing the will to pierce through all realms and Shatter Ten Thousand Daos, was not directly swallowed or annihilated the moment it touched the edge of the Returning Ruins Star Vortex. Instead, it was... forcibly decomposed, twisted, and delayed!

The golden Laws of Order were torn and corroded by the Ruin's Abyss Power within the vortex! The will of destructive karmic punishment was countered and negated by the Dao Rhyme of Creation and Protection contained within the Star Vortex! The entire Tribulation Lightning Spear seemed to fall into a Temporal-Spatial Turbulence, its speed plummeted, and its light dimmed and scattered at a visible rate! [Immortal Dao Judgment Spear: Energy Disintegration (20%)! Law Stagnation (50%)! Power Severely Reduced!]

"What?!" In the center of the rift, the Gold-Robed Immortal Envoy's blurred face, whose eyes burned with Order Golden Flames, showed true shock for the first time! "Chaos and Returning Ruins... ultimate dao foundations that are completely opposite... can actually resonate?!"

This completely violated his understanding of the Laws of the Universe! Chaos represents creation and disorder, while Returning Ruins symbolizes termination and nothingness. Like light and darkness, water and fire, they fundamentally cannot coexist, let alone resonate and merge!

However, the rotating Returning Ruins Star Vortex before him truly and undeniably existed! And it was dismantling his Immortal Dao Karmic Punishment!

Shock and fury instantly turned into even more blazing killing intent and greed! Such an anomaly, such a Heaven-Defying Opportunity, must be completely controlled or... destroyed!

"Hmph! An ant's technique, daring to shake the might of heaven? Tribulation Eye... Turning Wheel!"

The Immortal Envoy's cold voice carried supreme majesty. The hand shrouded in golden mist suddenly formed an Arcane Hand Seal and pointed toward the suspended Golden Immortal Token!

Buzz—!!!

In the center of the Immortal Token, the vertical Golden Karmic Punishment Eye trembled violently! Deep within the pupil, countless fine golden runes, representing different Laws of Karmic Punishment, spun and reorganized frantically like gears!

Boom!

The original single Judgment Spear form suddenly changed! The dazzling golden light collapsed inward and condensed, instantly transforming into a slowly rotating, gigantic Turning Wheel composed of pure golden tribulation lightning! Engraved upon the Turning Wheel were countless Ancient Immortal Seals, such as "Law Breaking," "Soul Shattering," "Dao Burning," and "Nirvana"! Every time an Immortal Seal lit up, it emitted an aura of destruction targeting different Primal Laws! [Immortal Dao Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel: Law Form Transformation! Multiple Karmic Punishments Stacked! Destruction Efficiency Increased (300%)!]

The Turning Wheel rotated, carrying the supreme will to crush the laws of all heavens. Ignoring the delaying and decomposing power of the Returning Ruins Star Vortex, it fiercely pressed down toward the Star Giant Shield below, which was already on the verge of shattering!

Crack! Crunch—!

The Star Giant Shield, which was already running on overload, instantly became covered in spiderweb-like cracks under the crushing force of the Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel, which contained Multiple Laws of Destruction, like fragile glazed glass! The newly reignited Star Map on the shield surface frantically flickered and collapsed! The Dark Blue Chains supporting the giant shield snapped inch by inch, like burnt violin strings! [Star Guardian Shield: Star Map Collapse (90%)! Chains Broken (80%)! Imminent Total Shattering!]

"Pfft!"

At the bottom of the deep pit, Chen Feng's tightly shut eyes snapped open! His left eye was a patch of light-devouring Ruin's Abyss Darkness, while his right eye burned with cold Star Vortex Silver Flames! The dark red crystalline carapace on his body let out an ear-splitting groan under the dual internal and external pressure, cracking into fine lines! Inside his Dantian, the forcibly activated Star Returning Ruins Dao Foundation violently shook, and the core Returning Ruins Singularity Imprint frantically flickered, transmitting unbearable agony and... rage at being suppressed by a higher-tier law! [Star Returning Ruins Dao Foundation: Core Oscillation! External Suppression (Immortal Dao Multiple Karmic Punishments)! Resonance Overload! Warning: dao foundation at Risk of Disintegration!]

Meanwhile, above the Altar!

"Seal!"

The Immortal Envoy's cold voice rose again! The Golden Cage Sky Net, which had been delayed by Su Wanzhao's Star Vortex Barrier, suddenly contained its golden light as the Tribulation Eye changed form! Countless fine golden runes, composed of pure Chains of Order, instantly crawled across the surface of the Sky Net like living vipers! The Power of Sealing and Refining of the Sky Net soared several times, pressing down fiercely with a terrifying will that could freeze thought and disintegrate origin!

Buzz—!

The Star Vortex Barrier supported around Su Wanzhao violently shook! It was as if it were being crushed by Jun Heavy Mountains! The rotation speed of the profound Star Vortex Universe in her glabella plummeted, and subtle distortions even appeared at its edges! The color drained completely from her beautiful face, and a Thread of Silver-Gray Blood leaked from the corner of her mouth! [Chaos Star Vortex Dao Body: Star Vortex Barrier Violent Oscillation! External Suppression (Immortal Dao Sealing)! Deep Enlightenment Interruption Backlash! Status: Critical!]

Ahead, the Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel was crushing their defense and about to descend upon them! Behind, the Cage Sky Net was sealing and refining them! The resonance they had just established instantly fell into a perilous situation before the higher-tier Immortal Dao Laws activated by the Immortal Envoy's True Form!

"Chen... Feng..."

A hoarse sound squeezed out from Su Wanzhao's blood-stained lips. Her cold, star-like eyes pierced through the chaotic energy field, locking onto the figure at the bottom of the deep pit who was also struggling under the karmic punishment. The Guardian's final Spark of Will burned within her Divine Soul, transmitting an unyielding Belief in Protection. She felt the intense pain and rage emanating from Chen Feng's dao foundation, and even more, the trace of Shared Life and Death pulsation within the Returning Ruins Star Vortex, originating from the life plate's source!

She could not retreat! Retreat meant the collapse of her dao foundation and Eternal Damnation!

"Returning Ruins... Devour... Tribulation!" The Star Vortex in Su Wanzhao's eyes erupted with resolute light, forcefully activating her newly awakened Chaos Star Vortex Dao Body! The Star Vortex Universe in her glabella reversed rotation! A more majestic, yet suicidal, Star Vortex Origin Power surged along the Star Vortex Chains connecting the two of them, recklessly blasting toward the Returning Ruins Star Vortex above Chen Feng's head!

This was not gentle guidance, but violent infusion! She intended to forcibly "feed" more power to the Returning Ruins Star Vortex, forcing it to swallow and tear apart that damned Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel!

"Aghh—!" Chen Feng let out a roar mixed with pain and madness! Su Wanzhao's violent infusion of Star Vortex Origin Power was like pouring ice water into boiling oil! The Returning Ruins Star Vortex above his head instantly expanded and twisted! The Ruin's Abyss Darkness and Star Vortex Silver-Blue within the vortex fiercely counter-charged and annihilated each other, verging on collapse! [Returning Ruins Star Vortex: Energy Overload! Form Unstable! Imminent Disintegration! Warning!]

However, right at the core of this violent conflicting energy, at the critical point where the Returning Ruins Star Vortex was about to collapse—

Buzz!!!

Deep within Chen Feng's Dantian, the core of the violently shaking Star Returning Ruins Dao Foundation, the frantically flickering Returning Ruins Singularity Imprint, was completely ignited under the dual stimulation of the Chaos Star Vortex Origin infused by Su Wanzhao, which contained the will of protection, and the Immortal Dao Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel above, which contained Multiple Laws of Destruction!

A will, originating from the deepest part of the fate disk nirvana mark, so cold that it disregarded life and death, yet carrying the extreme fury of being pushed to the brink by ants, mixed with the brutal instinct of the Star Remnant Giant Beast to Devour Ten Thousand Stars, violently erupted!

"Returning... Ruins... Devours... Dao!"

A cold thought, seemingly originating from the Place Where the Universe Terminates and filled with the desire for destruction, exploded within Chen Feng's rampaging consciousness!

The rapidly collapsing Returning Ruins Star Vortex suddenly collapsed inward! The darkness and silver-blue at the center of the vortex ceased clashing, replaced by a more primal "Gray" representing Primordial Chaos! A miniature Origin Point of Returning Ruins, its edges flowing with Chaos Gray Qi, once again faintly appeared at the core of the vortex!

This time, the Origin Point was not in its complete form, but rather a Transitional State between the Returning Ruins Star Vortex and the Origin Point of Returning Ruins! It emitted an Aura of Zeroing Out and swallowing that was even more terrifying than before, its target... pointed directly at the crushing Immortal Dao Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel!

Boom—!!!

The collapsed Returning Ruins Star Vortex (with the Origin Point faintly appearing at its core), like a miniature black hole, fiercely "bit" the crushing Golden Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel!

There was no earth-shattering explosion!

Only a grating friction sound, like metal being forcibly twisted and torn, that set teeth on edge!

The rotational power of the Golden Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel, which contained Multiple Laws of Destruction, seemed to hit the Wailing Wall of the Universe when it touched the core of the vortex where the Origin Point of Returning Ruins faintly appeared, and was forcibly... delayed and twisted! The golden tribulation lightning forming the Turning Wheel was frantically torn, stretched, and decomposed by the terrifying power of devouring! The Immortal Dao Law Runes, such as "Law Breaking" and "Soul Shattering," engraved on the Turning Wheel, flickered wildly and dimmed, then disintegrated and vanished inch by inch like weathered stone carvings!

[Immortal Dao Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel: Law Disintegration (40%)! Energy Swallowed (30%)! Form Twisted! Warning!]

"How is this possible?!" The Gold-Robed Immortal Envoy cried out in astonishment! His blurred, gold-robed figure even trembled slightly from the extreme shock! He clearly perceived that his proud Karmic Punishment power, which contained Multiple Laws of Destruction, was being forcibly swallowed, decomposed, and turned into nothingness by that bizarre vortex! This was the greatest blasphemy against the Immortal Dao Laws!

Just in the instant the Immortal Envoy's mind was violently shaken—

"Break!"

Su Wanzhao's cold voice was like an arrow piercing the clouds! She keenly seized this fleeting opportunity of one ten-thousandth of a second! The Star Vortex Universe in her glabella reversed rotation at an unprecedented speed! A Star Vortex Destruction Power, which condensed nearly half the origin of her nascent Chaos Star Vortex Dao Body and resembled a supernova explosion, surged along the connecting chains, ignoring the suppression of the Cage Sky Net, and fiercely slammed onto... the Immortal Dao Cage Sky Net, whose light had dimmed slightly due to the Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel being restrained!

Boom—!!!

It was as if billions of stars detonated simultaneously inside the cage! The Golden Sky Net, already riddled with cracks due to the Guardian's Spark of Will, let out an unbearable shriek under the impact of the internally erupting Star Vortex power, which contained the Will of Chaos Destruction! Countless Golden Chains of Order snapped inch by inch! A massive hole, its edges flowing with Fragmented Star Vortex Light, was forcibly blasted open in the center of the huge Sky Net! [Immortal Dao Cage Sky Net: Core Shattered (50%)! Laws Collapsed!]

Su Wanzhao's figure, like a Star Phoenix escaping a golden cage, soared up from the shattered hole! Her Starlight Battle Skirt flapped loudly, the Star Vortex Universe in her glabella shone brightly, and her cold gaze, like a frigid star, locked firmly onto the blurred gold-robed figure in the center of the rift!

"Immortal Envoy... today... the Land of Starfall... shall be your... Ruins of Dao Collapse!"

The cold voice, carrying the resolve of the stars and the wildness of chaos, reverberated thunderously throughout the Burial Star Corridor!

At the bottom of the deep pit, the vortex with the Origin Point of Returning Ruins faintly appearing above Chen Feng's head was still frantically tearing at the twisted and dimmed Karmic Punishment Turning Wheel. On his face, covered in dark red crystals, the Guixu Left Eye and the Star Vortex Right Eye coexisted eerily, and the corner of his mouth curved into an arc filled with ferocity and madness.

The Gold-Robed Immortal Envoy, for the first time... felt threatened! A deadly threat coming from two ants who had just Established their Foundations, yet possessed Heaven-Defying dao foundations!