73: Returning to the Void, the Stars are Pointed, and the Wheel of Fate Restarts

Cold. Dead silence. Absolute suppression remained like the foundation of the Universe, locking Chen Feng's existence tightly within the gray Chaos of the Void Realm.

The Universe Ruin Vortex lay stagnant as iron deep within his Dantian, the self-awareness light in the ruins of his consciousness compressed to an imperceptible point; even despair had been frozen.

However, at the very moment that speck of starlight, bearing the last of Su Wanzhao's true self-will, was completely swallowed by the annihilation beam and its light dissipated—

Hum!!!

A faint yet incredibly pure and familiar wave of star Origin fluctuated, emerging quietly from beside the silent tribulation imprint on Chen Feng's chest without any warning!

Immediately afterward, beside the imprint, a speck of pure, gentle starlight, restrained like a newborn star, appeared and lit up with extreme abruptness!

It was the size of a grain of rice, its light faint, yet it carried a purity and resilience forged through the baptism of annihilation!

At its core, a faint yet incredibly clear light, belonging to Su Wanzhao's true self-will, was slowly and firmly reigniting like a Phoenix reborn from the fire!

**Star Lamp returns to position!**

This sudden, near-miraculous transformation, like a current of billions of volts, violently pierced through Chen Feng's frozen consciousness!

The solidified despair was instantly shattered, turning into a torrential flood of ecstasy!

Last Light! Her true self-will was still there! Right in his chest! Separated from the core of his life by only a thin layer of flesh and that cold tribulation imprint!

"Last Light!" A silent cry erupted from the depths of his consciousness, carrying the tremor of something lost and regained, along with an endless resolve to protect!

That faint speck of starlight, like the first star lit in absolute darkness, instantly dispelled all the cold and dead silence!

On the throne, that blurred figure also seemed to pause ever so slightly due to this unexpected change.

Its cold consciousness revealed, for the first time, a clear trace of "surprise" and... a deeper level of "inquiry": "Origin... light... annihilation... not dead... return... anchor point..."

Its "gaze" pierced through the Void Realm, locking tightly onto that pure starlight that had just revived next to the tribulation imprint; in its scrutiny, the sense of greed and control was even greater than before!

However, Chen Feng could no longer concern himself with the throne's covetousness!

The Star Lamp had returned to position, igniting the most scorching flame deep within his Soul!

The obsession to protect had never been as clear or as powerful as it was in this moment!

The self-awareness light, absolutely suppressed by the throne's will, exploded with unprecedented light and resilience under the burning of this fire of protection, like tempered divine iron!

"Returning Ruins... Pointing Stars!" A thought originating from the instinct of life, like a decree that created the world, exploded deep within Chen Feng's Soul!

Within his Dantian, the Universe Ruin Vortex, which had been suppressed until it was like raw iron and on the verge of collapse, began to recklessly... collapse inward under the frenzied infusion of the will to protect, its core darkness that encompassed the end of all things!

It was no longer the previous ultimate collapse, but a conscious... condensation, carrying the obsession to protect!

The end of the Returning Ruins was also the starting point of new life... after the silence of all things!

Hum—!

Under the frenzied squeezing of the will to protect, the core darkness of the Universe Ruin Vortex collapsed, condensed, and finally turned into a point smaller than a needle tip, yet radiating the Concept of a pure Origin Point of Returning Ruins... absolute darkness!

This point of darkness was like the singularity before the Big Bang of the Universe, containing the possibility of ending everything, and also birthing everything!

Just at the moment this Origin Point of Returning Ruins condensed and formed—

The speck of starlight in Chen Feng's chest that had just revived seemed to receive a summons from the same source, yet more primordial, and suddenly erupted with unprecedented light!

The pure star Origin power, as if having found its final destination, transformed into a condensed stream of starlight, voluntarily leaving its position beside the imprint, ignoring the suppression gaps of the throne's will, instantly piercing through the barriers of flesh and space, entering Chen Feng's Dantian, and with absolute precision... plunged into that newly condensed Origin Point of Returning Ruins!

Boom!!!

An indescribable transformation erupted violently deep within Chen Feng's Dantian dao foundation!

That point of absolute darkness representing the end of all things did not swallow or annihilate Su Wanzhao's pure star Origin light the moment it made contact!

On the contrary, that pure Concept of Returning Ruins, like the gentlest mother, carefully... wrapped and accommodated this speck of starlight!

Returning Ruins encompasses the end of all things, and also encompasses the new stars... gestated after the silence!

At the core of the dark Origin Point, a pure and brilliant star-light suddenly was born, like the first star lit in the abyss of the Universe!

This star-light was no longer the star power of Su Wanzhao's previous star vortex core, but the... **Returning Ruins star seed**, which had fused with Chen Feng's Concept of the Origin Point of Returning Ruins and bore her true self-will!

The moment the star seed was born, a brand new, indescribable, and majestic power, like the first ray of light at the dawn of the Universe, erupted from the Origin Point!

This power contained both the end of the Returning Ruins and the Rebirth of stars!

It was the end of silence, and also the starting point of hope!

Hum!!!

The Origin Point of Returning Ruins, wrapping the star seed, suddenly beat violently, like a heart injected with a Soul!

A power of Returning Ruins, far purer and a hundred times more condensed than before, mixed with the vitality of the newborn star, transformed into a dark, deep halo containing brilliant star-light, and expanded violently with Chen Feng as the center!

Crack! Crack!

The absolute suppression of the throne's will, which had frozen time and space, was instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks under the impact of this Origin power, which had fused the Origin Point of Returning Ruins and the newborn star seed, just like an ice layer struck by a heavy hammer!

The invisible shackles were forcibly shaken!

"Rules... suppression... failure... detected... unknown... Origin Fusion... threat Rank... re-evaluating..."

The cold consciousness of the throne's will showed a clear fluctuation for the first time, carrying a trace of unbelievable "astonishment"!

It is now!

Chen Feng's body, which had been suppressed for so long, suddenly shook, like an angry Dragon breaking free from invisible chains!

He suddenly opened his eyes, and deep within his pupils, there was no longer despair and madness, but the reflection of a star burning brilliantly in the dark Returning Ruins!

His left eye was dark as an abyss, encompassing the end of all things; his right eye was brilliant with starlight, nurturing new life from the silence!

A brand new "momentum," more ancient and grand than the Primal Fate Wheel, erupted and permeated from him!

He did not even look at the high and mighty throne phantom!

All his thoughts, all his power, all his obsession to protect, were condensed on that core in his Dantian where the Origin Point of Returning Ruins and the star seed had fused!

"Fate Wheel... restart!"

Chen Feng's voice was like a great bell, resonating through this chaotic Void Realm!

It was not shouted, but originated from the resonance deep within his Soul and dao foundation!

Hum! Hum! Hum!

Within his Dantian, the newly formed Universe Ruin dao foundation vortex, under the infusion of the majestic power of the star seed of the Origin Point of Returning Ruins, spun, expanded, and reorganized at an unprecedented speed!

On the dark spiral arms, it was no longer just a simple phantom of star silence, but flowed with more profound and complex Dao patterns of life and death, outlined together by the power of Returning Ruins and the vitality of stars!

The solidity of the entire vortex soared like a rocket! 40%! 50%! 60%!

The Concept of Returning Ruins it emitted was no longer just simple termination, but contained the true meaning of Reincarnation... nurturing new life after the end!

At the same time, the shattered ruins of consciousness in Chen Feng's Sea of Consciousness, under the nourishment of the will to protect and the vitality of the star seed, had countless fragments of stardust memories forcibly bonded and reorganized!

A brand new, more condensed, and deeper phantom of a wheel slowly condensed and formed above the ruins!

This wheel was no longer the four colors of the Primal Fate Wheel, but presented an all-encompassing chaotic gray background; at the center of the wheel, the light and shadow of a Returning Ruins star seed slowly rotated, and on the edge of the wheel, mysterious trajectories woven by Returning Ruins Dao patterns and star veins faintly flowed!

**Universe Ruin Fate Wheel!**

This was the essential sublimation produced after the Fusion of the Returning Ruins dao foundation and the star seed Origin!

It was the rudimentary form of the cornerstone leading to the path of true transcendence!

The moment this Fate Wheel Phantom initially formed in his Sea of Consciousness—

Rumble rumble rumble!!!

The entire core area of the rampaging Hall of Fate Wheel seemed to receive some kind of supreme summons, and suddenly shook violently!

Those countless chaotic gray annihilation beams, which were rampaging indiscriminately and destroying everything, seemed to have their throats forcibly strangled by an invisible giant hand, and their destructive eruption suddenly stalled!

The boiling sea of chaotic gray Origin, and the world-destroying waves it raised, seemed to be instantly frozen!

The countless nested, rotating light wheel structures of dark gold, star purple, and chaotic gray, which radiated world-destroying power, had their crazily accelerating rotation seemingly thrown into viscous amber, their speed visibly... slowing down!

A cold will, originating from the deepest part of the Hall of Fate Wheel, more ancient and grand than the throne's will, and seemingly the Universe rules themselves, descended slowly, like a sleeping giant being awakened!

This will swept across the entire scene in an instant, and finally... firmly locked onto the newly formed Universe Ruin Fate Wheel core in Chen Feng's Dantian, and the initially outlined Fate Wheel Phantom in his Sea of Consciousness!

"Detected... core-level... Returning Ruins star seed... carrier..."

"Detected... high compatibility... Fate Wheel rudimentary form... architecture..."

"Core... out of control state... pausing..."

"Starting... final... Legacy... protocol..."

The cold, emotionless rule announcement, like the breath of the Universe, echoed in every corner.

On the throne, that blurred figure suddenly shook!

Its outline, composed of chaotic gray star Origin, fluctuated violently, as if it had received some fundamental impact!

Its raised palm, attempting to suppress Chen Feng again, was actually forcibly fixed in mid-air by an invisible, higher-level rule power!

Its cold consciousness released a clear fluctuation for the first time, representing "authority stripped," filled with anger and unwillingness: "No... I am... the Hall guardian... true spirit... the Legacy... should be by..."

However, its protest was ruthlessly suppressed and ignored by that grander rule will!

Hum!

In front of Chen Feng, in the center of that frozen sea of chaotic gray Origin, countless ancient and profound Dao patterns lit up, flowed, and gathered like living creatures!

A huge staircase, composed entirely of solidified chaotic gray star Origin, slowly emerged as if extending from the end of the Universe!

The end of the staircase was strikingly connected to the deepest core of the Hall of Fate Wheel's countless light wheel structures—under that ancient dark gold throne piled up from star bones!

An irresistible, majestic suction force, carrying the cold meaning of Legacy, instantly enveloped Chen Feng!

"Legacy... path... opening..." the grand rule will announced, "Ascend the steps... receive the imprint... or... erase..."

The cold choice of one of two, descended again!

But this time, what burned in Chen Feng's eyes was no longer despair, but the determination to burn his bridges and the hope of protection!

He lowered his head and glanced at the speck of starlight beside the tribulation imprint on his chest, which had become increasingly warm and bright due to the return of the star seed, as if he could feel Su Wanzhao's sleeping will within it.

"Last Light, wait for me." A silent vow crossed his heart.

The next moment, he straightened his blood-stained spine and took a step forward!

His foot landed on that cold and ancient staircase composed of chaotic gray star Origin!

The guixu fate wheel roared in his Dantian, the protecting star seed shone at the Origin Point.

Ahead was the unknown Legacy, and also the final battlefield.

Behind him was the cold pulsation of the tribulation imprint (20.8%), and the "gaze" of the throne phantom, suppressed but still full of resentment.