80: A single spark can start a prairie fire; executions are carried out at the royal court.

“Sparks... finally burning... My Dao... is not alone...”

“Those who come after... do not forget... the sparks...”

That ancient, vicissitudinous will, like a warm tide, instantly submerged Chen Feng's crumbling consciousness.

The majestic starlight erupting from the shouzhuo star hub was not just a protective force; it was a key, a bridge, pouring a torrent of information carrying heavy responsibilities and supreme secret arts, without reservation, deep into his Divine Soul!

Boom!

Chen Feng's Sea of Consciousness felt as if a star had been thrown into it!

Countless ancient runes condensed from pure starlight, mysterious star orbit charts, and insights into the Law that reached the core of the Origin were engraved upon his Soul like an imprint!

Its core was not an offensive technique, nor a defensive method, but a piece titled—[Sparks Ignite the Prairie]!

This secret art had no specific Moves, no fixed energy circulation routes; it expounded a kind of will, a Realm, a core principle to push the Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame Dao to the extreme!

“Draw upon the Source of Annihilation of ten thousand worlds as firewood, ignite one's own sparks; gather the protection of all living beings as will, transmit the undying star radiance; inheriting the past and ushering in the future, sparks ignite the prairie, only then... can one illuminate the return journey!”

The short maxims contained the great power to burn the heavens, boil the seas, and reshape the Universe!

Chen Feng instantly understood that this “Sparks Ignite the Prairie” was not merely a secret technique; it was the crystallization of Zhang Shouzhuo's life-long Dao achievements, the core Legacy of the Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame Dao!

It was divided into three Realms:

* Ignite Fire Realm: Using one's own body as a furnace, drawing upon the Source of Annihilation, calamity, and all negative forces as firewood to ignite and strengthen one's own sparks (Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame), turning desperate situations into a source of power! When he forcibly detonated the tribulation imprint and triggered the Source of Annihilation earlier, he had accidentally touched upon the surface of this Realm in the midst of life and death!

* Transmit Fire Realm: The sparks do not stop at burning within oneself. One must perceive, gather, and guide those tenacious protective wills (such as Su Wanzhao's star seed, Zhang Shouzhuo's protective intent, and even the unwillingness remaining in the bones of the kings here), turning them into a medium and power amplifier to transmit the sparks, protect fellow travelers, and ignite hope!

* Prairie Fire Realm: When the sparks are sufficiently intense and the protective will is sufficiently concentrated, one can attempt to ignite the dormant star will, awaken the Origin Law obscured by darkness, and form a true trend of a prairie fire, dispelling darkness and opening the path ahead! This Realm is close to legend!

The torrent of information transmitted by the shouzhuo star hub also contained blurred yet thrilling fragmented images: the boundless sea of stars wailing and shattering under the blood light of the Path of Slaughter; a solitary starlight figure, piloting a broken throne, weaving through billions of destruction torrents, resisting, igniting weak sparks time and time again; finally, that starlight figure, dragging a broken body, struck the last of its power along with this star hub into this Cosmic Graveyard, merging into the remains of this Star Dome Royal Court... The scene ended in cold darkness, with only a wisp of faint purple light, like the final lighthouse, persistently flickering in the darkness.

That was Zhang Shouzhuo! It was his tragic epic of single-handedly resisting the Xing Tian Path of Slaughter and protecting the spark Legacy!

This shouzhuo star hub was the lighthouse he left in the Cosmic Graveyard, guarding this final seed of fire!

“Senior...” Chen Feng's heart shook violently, and an indescribable sorrow and reverence welled up in his heart.

Zhang Shouzhuo was not just someone who helped him; he was a pioneer on this path, a true martyr!

At the very moment this torrent of information poured in, the protective starlight erupting from the shouzhuo star hub, as if having found its most compatible destination, poured madly into Chen Feng's body!

Within his Dantian, the newly born guixu star core emitted a joyful hum!

The Star Vortex Universe at its core suddenly accelerated to its limit, greedily swallowing this pure, ultimate Origin starlight!

The star core became more solid and brilliant at a speed visible to the naked eye; the number of stars in the miniature Universe inside increased significantly, and their orbital trajectories became even more mysterious and profound!

Above the star core, that Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame fate wheel was like a long-awaited rain after a drought!

The dim purple-blue flames instantly became surging and magnificent, the color deepening, almost turning into pure deep purple!

The flames were no longer flickering, but like the core of a star burning eternally in the deep space of the Universe, stable and restrained, yet containing terrifying power to incinerate all things!

The cracks on the surface of the fate wheel completely healed under the dual action of the starlight and violet flames, and its solidity soared like a rocket—58%... 62%... 65%! It climbed until a shocking 68% before slowly stabilizing!

[guixu star core: Star Vortex Universe prototype stabilized | Source of Annihilation affinity increased (Intermediate) | protective will resonance strengthened!]

[guixu fate wheel solidity: 68% | Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame (deep stable state)!]

What surprised Chen Feng even more was that the tribulation imprint lurking deep in his Divine Soul, under the washing of this pure Origin starlight, made a “hissing” sound of melting like ice exposed to the scorching sun!

The gray, decaying Path of Slaughter Aura was forcibly purified and dispelled!

The activity of the imprint was greatly suppressed, and its revival value plummeted like an avalanche—26.5%... 25.0%... 24.0%... 23.0%! It finally stabilized at 22.8%!

Xing Tian's roar, full of resentment, sounded from deep within the imprint, but it carried a trace of unbelievable weakness and fear: “Shouzhuo... old wretch... even in death... you spoil my plans... the power of the star hub... Damn it!!”

The Star Dome Barrier automatically appeared, flowing with deep purple star flames, its strength stable at around 15%, emitting an Aura far tougher and more stable than before.

All this transformation and rebirth happened in the blink of an eye!

When Chen Feng recovered slightly from the shock of the information torrent and the surge of power, the giant hand of blood light, torn and scattered by the beam of the shouzhuo star hub, had only just re-condensed a vague outline in the Void Realm.

It seemed extremely wary of the Origin power erupted by the shouzhuo star hub, and, wrapped in monstrous resentment and unwillingness, it suddenly retracted, merging back into that towering Xing Tian Phantom.

“Roar—!!!” The Xing Tian Phantom let out an even more violent roar, its entire body, condensed from the blood light of the Path of Slaughter, fluctuated violently, as if it had been badly hurt by the Origin power of the star hub just now.

Its blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Chen Feng, who was shrouded in starlight, and the brilliant shouzhuo star hub behind him, the destructive killing intent almost condensing into substance.

“Stealing the star hub... stealing my sacrifice... you deserve to die!!” The Xing Tian Phantom suddenly raised both hands, no longer attempting to attack the main throne or the star hub, but instead grabbed fiercely toward the countless scattered bones of the kings and the fragments of the collapsed star thrones in the ruined hall below!

Rumble!

A strange and powerful suction force erupted!

Those enormous bones containing the residual power of the kings, and the powerful Law fragments remaining on the broken thrones, were actually forcibly attracted and polluted by the blood light of Xing Tian's Path of Slaughter!

Crack! Crack!

Countless huge bones, wrapped in dark red blood light, struggled and twisted as if endowed with evil life, and “stood up” from the ground!

Their empty eye sockets were filled with the blood light of the Path of Slaughter, and their broken bones were covered with a layer of sticky dark red blood scabs, emitting a terrifying Aura mixed with death and destruction!

Those broken throne metal fragments also melted and were recast in the blood light, turning into giant, hideous bone axes and twisted spears, held in the hands of those resurrected skeleton giants!

In an instant, dozens of skeleton giants, a hundred zhang tall, emitting monstrous fierce Aura, like a demon guard crawling out of Hell, marched under the roar and command of the Xing Tian Phantom, their footsteps shaking the hall, and launched a destructive charge toward Chen Feng in the center of the starlight!

They trampled over the cracked starlight floor, brandishing giant axes and spears, tearing through the air, carrying the unwilling resentment of the fallen kings and the Path of Slaughter will of Xing Tian, wanting to crush Chen Feng and the star hub he guarded to pieces!

“Protect... sparks...” The final will transmitted by the shouzhuo star hub echoed in Chen Feng's heart.

Was the scene before him not the cruelest test of the “Transmit Fire Realm”?

These bones of the kings, desecrated by Xing Tian and polluted by the Path of Slaughter, were they not, in their lifetime, guardians of their respective star vaults?

Their residual unwilling will was exactly the “firewood” that could be triggered and purified!

Xing Tian wanted to use this desecrated army of bones to annihilate the final sparks.

And he, Chen Feng, would use these prairie sparks to purify this polluted protection!

“Sparks... ignite the prairie!” Violet flames exploded in Chen Feng's eyes!

There was no more hesitation or fear in his heart, only a burning protective will and absolute belief in the Star Dome Dao!

He no longer defended passively, but took a step forward, facing the dozens of charging skeleton giants!

Within his Dantian, the guixu star core shone with boundless light!

The core Star Vortex Universe rotated rapidly, and an invisible starlight fluctuation, carrying a strong will of appeasement and purification, spread rapidly in all directions with Chen Feng as the center!

This fluctuation ignored physical defenses and acted directly on the residual unwilling will of the kings inside those skeleton giants, which had been forcibly suppressed by Xing Tian's blood light!

[Sparks Ignite the Prairie · Ignite Fire Realm] — Triggering the resentment and unwillingness inside the skeleton giants as firewood!

[Sparks Ignite the Prairie · Transmit Fire Realm] — Using his own Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame as a fire seed to guide and ignite the residual protective obsession of the kings!

Hum—!

The few skeleton giants at the very front suddenly paused in their movements!

Deep within the blood light of the Path of Slaughter burning wildly in their eye sockets, a tiny, yet extremely pure, star-blue light point, like an awakened fire seed, suddenly lit up!

That was the last bit of spiritual light deep within the kings' bones, belonging to their own star Origin and their protective belief!

Under the call of Chen Feng's spark will and the nourishment of the purification starlight, this bit of spiritual light began to struggle and resist the pollution of Xing Tian's blood light!

The skeleton giants let out chaotic roars, their movements becoming twisted and sluggish, and the giant axes in their hands even began to hack uncontrollably at their own kind!

“Burn! The will of protection should not be desecrated!” Chen Feng roared, holding his hands together in front of his chest, as if holding an invisible fire seed!

Within his Dantian, the deep purple Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame surged out along his Meridians, condensing between his palms into a deep purple star flame seed—only the size of a fist, yet seemingly containing the power to incinerate all evil in the heavens!

He fiercely pushed this purple flame seed, which condensed all his will and all his insights into the spark Dao Realm, toward the area where the skeleton giants were densest!

“Ignite the prairie—!”

The moment the deep purple star flame seed left his hand, it expanded suddenly! It turned into a sea of purple fire that swept out!

This flame was not merely burning; it carried the power of purification and the resonance of awakening the protective will!

Wherever the sea of fire passed, the sticky Xing Tian blood scabs covering the surface of those skeleton giants, as if meeting their nemesis, let out shrill screams and quickly melted and evaporated!

And for those skeleton giants enveloped by the sea of fire, the star-blue light points struggling in their eye sockets seemed to have been injected with infinite power, and suddenly shone brightly!

Pure starlight shot out from inside the bones, blending perfectly with Chen Feng's violet flames!

“Roar—!!!” The skeleton giants let out a roar completely different from before!

It was no longer the destructive roar controlled by Xing Tian, but a resonance full of relief, tragedy, and final protective will!

Their movements were no longer chaotic, but became coordinated and firm!

The giant axes and spears in their hands, polluted by Xing Tian's blood light, blossomed again with the brilliant light belonging to their respective star Origins under the purification of the spark violet flames!

They turned their direction! They no longer charged at Chen Feng, but brandished their purified star weapons, carrying an unstoppable, resolute Aura, and slashed fiercely at the skeleton giants behind them that had not yet been affected by the purple sea of fire and were still completely controlled by Xing Tian! They also slashed at the Xing Tian Phantom in the high sky, which was boiling with blood light due to shock and anger!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The purified skeleton giants collided fiercely with the giants controlled by Xing Tian!

The collision of star power and the confrontation between protective will and the destruction of the Path of Slaughter erupted with earth-shattering roars!

The entire Hall of Kings trembled wildly under the intense energy impact, and more dome fragments crashed down!

“No—!!” The Xing Tian Phantom let out a roar mixed with shock and anger; it could not have imagined that the skeleton army it summoned would be converted by the other party in an instant, becoming a blade that backfired on itself!

The prairie-igniting violet flames and the power to awaken the protective will made it feel an instinctive wariness!

Its huge blood-light palm condensed again, carrying even more terrifying Path of Slaughter pressure, preparing to crush this annoying spark itself!

However, just as the giant palm of the Xing Tian Phantom was about to fall—

Hum!!!

Behind Chen Feng, the faint purple light at the tip of the shouzhuo star hub suddenly brightened to the extreme!

A stream of information condensed purely from star dome laws, carrying unprecedented urgency and warning, instantly pierced into Chen Feng's Sea of Consciousness:

[Warning: Xing Tian Main Body Will is breaking through the deep Seal! Lu Dao Source Power infiltration intensifying! Coordinates: Under the throne! star vault core! Countdown: Unknown! Extremely dangerous! Stop it! Otherwise, the ten thousand worlds will restart Annihilation!]

At the same time, a weak but clear spiritual fluctuation, carrying immense anxiety and concern, like the call of a newly born chick, suddenly transmitted from the brilliant guixu star core deep in Chen Feng's Dantian!

“Chen... Feng... dan... ger...”

That voice, though intermittent, was extremely familiar, like heavenly music!

Su Wanzhao! Her will, under the stimulation of these successive fierce battles and the sparks igniting the prairie, had finally... fully awakened!