92: The first cry of the star cocoon, the final fangs.

Dead silence.

It was not the solidified despair of the Space-Time Graveyard, but a kind of absolute silence that nurtured new life while simultaneously being throttled by an invisible threat.

Deep within the star source sea of consciousness, the vast Universe of the Star Vortex rotated slowly, emitting a faint light of new life.

The dark star immortal foundation floated quietly in the center of the Sea of Consciousness like an eternal monument of stars.

Its entire body flowed with a deep dark-blue luster, and countless star runes flickered on its surface, exuding a heavy, sturdy quality that had endured ten thousand calamities and remained immortal.

On the core hub of the pedestal, the mark representing Chen Feng's final will, like the deepest scar, silently told of the price of sacrifice.

And in the most core area of the pedestal, changes were happening.

That tiny point of purple light, carrying Su Wanzhao's pure guardian will, was now completely wrapped in a small light cocoon woven from countless shimmering purple crystal threads.

The light cocoon was only the size of a fist, yet it emitted a heart-warming warmth and tenacity.

It was like a guardian will star core sleeping in the heart of the pedestal, and every extremely weak yet rhythmic pulsation caused the star runes on the surface of the entire pedestal to brighten and dim in succession, emitting a distant resonance.

[guardian will star core: Morphing]

[Status: will star cocoon (Stable State) | Law of Protection sublimation (36%) | star vault Origin resonance (continuously strengthening)]

Inside the will star cocoon, it was not dark.

Chen Feng's will mark, which had merged into the pedestal, although it had lost independent consciousness, still retained the most fundamental obsession with protection.

This obsession was like an invisible tentacle that could vaguely "perceive" the state inside the will star cocoon.

That was a miniature, strange space flowing with liquid Star Vortex!

Countless tiny star-glow runes, condensed from the pure Law of Protection, floated, rotated, and collided in the liquid Star Vortex like living stellar embryos.

Every collision erupted with even purer, more condensed sparks of guardian will, merging into the crystal threads wrapping them, making the light of the will star cocoon more restrained and tenacious.

Su Wanzhao's will core floated in the center of this liquid Star Vortex like a sleeping star.

It was no longer a pure point of light, but presented a form of an extremely subtle yet steadily rotating vortex, emitting an aura that embraced all things and nurtured new life.

The transformation was continuing, slow and firm.

However, beneath this warm starlight that nurtured new life, cold shadows always lurked.

Deep in the star remains pedestal, in the area covered by the heavy Source of Annihilation Laws, the primordial ultimate end crystal that had devoured the blood mark of the Path of Slaughter of Xingtian was like a viper hidden in a dark nebula.

The gray light on its surface was several times more solid than before, and its volume had grown to the size of a grain of rice.

The aura of death it emitted was more restrained, yet even more dangerous.

It did not go silent because the pedestal had formed; instead, like the most patient hunter, it coldly "watched" the will star cocoon at the core that emitted alluring starlight.

[end crystallization (primordial): Status (Highly Active) | Erosion Instinct (Lurking and Strengthening) | Energy Fluctuation (Restrained but Dangerous)]

It seemed to be waiting.

Waiting for the will star cocoon to transform to a certain critical node, waiting for the moment when the starlight was brightest and also most "delicious."

The calmness of the star source sea of consciousness was like the illusion before a storm.

Meanwhile, at the place where the star remains pedestal was forged—on that corpse-ridden land of the Space-Time Graveyard.

The vortex of filthy resentment had long since dissipated, leaving only a mess scorched black by resentment fire on top of the skull hill.

Three Gravediggers stood on the edge of the scorched earth with withered auras.

The filthy armor covering their entire bodies was full of cracks, and energy had solidified into ugly dark gray scabs at their severed wrists.

Their dark red eyes stared fixedly at the scorched brand that was empty, with only faint remnants of star force fields.

"The seed... the aura... has completely... disappeared..." The voice of the tall Gravedigger leader was hoarse and tired.

The dark red crystal at the top of the bone staff was dim and covered with tiny cracks.

"The will of... the Return to Ruins... cannot... lock onto it either..." Another Gravedigger panted, its tone filled with unwillingness and a trace of fear.

"But... the blood sacrifice... has left... a mark..." The leader slowly raised its bone staff, pointing to the center of the brand.

There, besides the scorched black, were a few drops of dark gray filthy blood that had long since dried and solidified but still exuded filth and cold malice—it was precisely the Origin blood that dripped when they performed the blood sacrifice!

"The seed... has merged... with the remnants of the star vault..." The leader's consciousness was cold and resolute.

"They... cannot escape... the Return to Ruins... but... we... need... guidance..."

It slammed the bone staff into the ground!

The cracked dark red crystal at the top of the staff lit up with a faint light again, resonating with the malicious aura of the few drops of filthy blood remaining at the center of the brand!

"With... filthy blood... as a guide... with... bones... as a boat... Pursue!"

Following its hoarse roar, the other two Gravediggers did not hesitate to cut their remaining wrists, and more viscous and foul-smelling dark gray filthy blood gushed out, not falling to the ground, but under the traction of the bone staff's crystal, turned into two filthy blood lines, injecting into the filthy blood remnants at the center of the brand!

Hum—!

Having absorbed the new filthy blood, those few drops of dried stains suddenly lit up with piercing dark gray evil light!

The evil light twisted and expanded, instantly turning into a twisted vortex channel made of pure filthy resentment, only large enough for one person to pass through!

The other end of the channel emitted a faint yet clear fluctuation of the star dome laws, which was the same source as the star source sea of consciousness where the star remains pedestal was located!

It was exactly the coordinate pointed to by the mark left by the blood sacrifice!

"Go!" The Gravedigger leader roared, dragging its mutilated body and diving into the filthy vortex first!

The other two Gravediggers followed closely behind!

The vortex closed instantly, leaving behind only a more intense foul stench, and the silent wailing of resentment in the empty eye sockets of the billions of bones on the skull hill.

Inside the star source sea of consciousness.

The pulsation of the will star cocoon seemed... to have accelerated slightly.

The rotation speed of the liquid Star Vortex space at the core of the pedestal increased unknowingly.

The star-glow runes floating in it collided more frequently, erupting with brighter sparks of guardian will.

The trajectory of the vortex wrapping the core will also became more mysterious and profound.

Although the light emitted by the will star cocoon was still warm and restrained, the temperature and energy density at its core were quietly climbing.

[Law of Protection sublimation: 42%... 45%...]

The transformation was accelerating! Moving toward a certain critical point!

Hum!

The primordial ultimate end crystal, which had been lurking coldly, at this moment... its gray light flashed violently!

It had caught it!

It had caught that slight fluctuation of energy leaping inside the will star cocoon!

Like a viper locking onto the moment a prey's muscles contracted!

The swallowing instinct, cold, greedy, and carrying the absolute will of ending, erupted like a volcano that had been suppressed for billions of years!

This time, it no longer tested, no longer lurked, but poured out all its activity and accumulated power!

Chi—!!!

A gray ray, condensed to the extreme, as thin as a hair, yet exuding an aura of death that froze the Soul, shot out from the center of the primordial ultimate end crystal without warning!

The target was the core of the pedestal—the will star cocoon that was accelerating its transformation and emitting alluring starlight!

The speed of this gray ray exceeded the limits of perception!

It ignored the heavy material structure of the pedestal, as if it had pierced through the barriers of space, carrying the absolute will to erase all life and end all existence, and instantly pierced onto the shell of the will star cocoon made of countless guardian crystal threads!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The scene of crystal threads breaking and the will star cocoon collapsing as expected did not happen.

The moment the gray ray pierced the shell of the will star cocoon, the countless purple crystal threads condensed from the pure Law of Protection suddenly erupted with unprecedented bright light!

Each crystal thread was like a chain of ignited stars, and the star-glow runes flowing on the surface instantly activated, rotated, and formed layers of airtight micro-Star Vortex shields!

Zzz—!!!

The gray ray nailed fiercely onto the Star Vortex shield!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a sharp hiss of the Law level being forcibly annihilated and protected!

The power of annihilation of the end crazily eroded the Star Vortex shield, trying to freeze, decompose, and turn it into nothingness!

And the guardian Star Vortex, supported by the majestic power of transformation inside the will star cocoon, rotated, offset, and purified this power of ending with unprecedented resilience!

Stalemate!

The Laws of destruction and protection were engaged in the most tragic annihilation confrontation within a square inch!

The will star cocoon fluctuated violently!

The light on its surface flickered, as if it would go out at any time!

The rotation speed of the liquid Star Vortex inside suddenly increased to the limit, and countless star-glow runes shattered in the fierce collision, but quickly regenerated!

The vortex of Su Wanzhao's will core rotated almost violently, conveying painful yet tenacious fluctuations!

[will star cocoon: Suffering from the erosion of the End Law! The sublimation process of the Law of Protection is hindered! The core will is fluctuating violently!]

The gray light on the surface of the primordial ultimate end crystal flickered crazily, obviously also bearing huge pressure!

The gray ray it shot out was blocked by an invisible huge force and could not advance an inch!

The desire to swallow and the anger of being blocked made it drive its power even more crazily!

Just at this moment of life-and-death stalemate—

Hum!!!

Another mutation occurred!

On the core hub of the star remains pedestal, that mark representing Chen Feng's final will, at the moment when the will star cocoon was suffering a fatal attack and the power of protection was being consumed violently... without warning... lit up!

It was not the light of energy, but a resonance of... guardian will... that was pure to the extreme, originating from the deepest part of the existence brand!

The lighting up of this mark was like adding the final lamp oil to an oil lamp that was about to run dry!

Boom—!!!

On the periphery of the will star cocoon, those guardian crystal threads that were in a tragic confrontation with the end ray seemed to have been injected with a new, unyielding Soul!

Their light instantly soared!

The rotation speed of the originally slightly sluggish Star Vortex shield suddenly skyrocketed!

Countless tiny star-glow runes erupted with the light of purification that exceeded the limit!

Chi chi chi—!!!

In front of the suddenly enhanced guardian Star Vortex, the end ray was like meeting its nemesis; its front end began to dissolve and disintegrate at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The pure end aura was forcibly purified and dispelled!

The gray ray was forced back!

"Roar—!!!" Inside the primordial ultimate end crystal, it seemed to let out a silent roar full of rage and disbelief!

Its full-strength blow was actually blocked?! And pushed back?!

It was unwilling!

The gray light shrank suddenly, preparing to condense power again and launch a more violent attack!

However, just at the subtle gap when its power retracted and old power was gone while new power had not yet been generated—

The star remains pedestal... moved!

It was not driven by Chen Feng's residual will, nor was it controlled by Su Wanzhao's transforming will, but the dark star immortal foundation forged by the Source of Annihilation and carrying the guardian will... its own... triggered... instinctive reaction!

Hum!

On the surface of the pedestal, those flickering star runes suddenly connected and lit up!

Countless fine streams of star-glow flowed rapidly along the mysterious patterns of the pedestal, finally converging at the bottom of the pedestal!

A huge suction force, unimaginable, erupted from the bottom of the pedestal!

The target was the outside of the Sea of Consciousness—the thick and viscous... Source of Annihilation... that was everywhere in the Space-Time Graveyard!

Boom—!!!

A torrent of Source of Annihilation, more violent than when it was forged, was crazily extracted and swallowed by this suction!

Like a world-destroying glacier that had burst its banks, it ignored the barriers of space and slammed into the star source sea of consciousness!

But this torrent did not impact the will star cocoon, nor was it absorbed by the primordial ultimate end crystal.

It was forcibly guided, compressed, and transformed by a more complex and mysterious star rune array that lit up instantly at the bottom of the pedestal!

Zzz—!!!

The torrent of Source of Annihilation let out a wail of being forcibly twisted in the rune array!

Its cold and dead essence was forcibly stripped and dispelled by the guardian star-glow runes flowing in the rune array!

The remaining, relatively "docile," "order" Origin, representing the ultimate destination Law of the Universe, was highly compressed and condensed!

Finally, on a special facet of the pedestal facing the primordial ultimate end crystal, an energy muzzle made of pure Annihilation order Laws, emitting a dark blue light, instantly formed!

Deep in the muzzle, a dark blue point, extremely condensed and emitting a threat that made the primordial ultimate end crystal feel instinctively threatened... lit up rapidly!

[star remains pedestal ability activated: Annihilation Return Cannon (Initial Stage)]

[Status: Charging (Source of Annihilation transformation) | Target Locked: primordial ultimate end crystal]

The gray light of the primordial ultimate end crystal stalled suddenly!

An instinctive dread of higher-level order power from the same source was clearly conveyed for the first time!

It gave up continuing to attack the will star cocoon, the gray light instantly restrained to the extreme, trying to hide itself deeply into the Source of Annihilation Laws at the depths of the pedestal!

But, it was too late!

The dark blue point deep in the muzzle had already lit up to the extreme!

"Annihilation... Return to Order..."

A cold, mechanical consciousness, as if the Laws of the pedestal itself had condensed, boomed in the Sea of Consciousness!

Boom—!!!

A dark blue beam, condensed to the point of being indescribable, purely composed of the transformed Annihilation order Laws, shot out from the facet of the pedestal like a spear of judgment piercing through the Universe!

Ignoring the distance of space, carrying the absolute will to return all chaos to ultimate order, it slammed toward the primordial ultimate end crystal that was trying to hide!

This blow was the first roar after the birth of the star remains pedestal!

It was the instinctive counterattack of the guardian will against the threat of the end!

It was even more the... final protection... triggered by Chen Feng's residual will mark at the moment of life and death!