95: Whispers of lingering traces, a swirling starlight on the return journey.

The star source sea of consciousness fell into a deathly silence.

The aftershocks of the Gravedigger dissolving into a stream of primitive particles slowly subsided, leaving only a faint, foul, scorched odor in the void, which was soon purified and assimilated by the Source of Annihilation breath instinctively exhaled and inhaled by the star remains pedestal.

Fragments of the shattered star cocoon, glowing like dark purple fireflies, continued to drift slowly, illuminating the curled-up figure carved from star marrow jade atop the pedestal.

Su Wanzhao—or rather, this newborn ultimate end star spirit—stood barefoot on the cold, crack-riddled surface of the dark star immortal foundation.

She tilted her head slightly. On her flawless face, which carried an inhuman sense of detachment, her eyes, reflecting the rotating Star Vortex and cold indifference, stared unblinkingly at the deep imprint on the pedestal's core hub.

Chen Feng's will imprint.

It was not a rune constructed of energy, but a mark left by the Fusion of the purest obsession to protect after his existence imprint disintegrated and merged with the Law of the pedestal.

It was faint, almost merging with the pedestal's dark blue material, yet it radiated a resilience that remained undying after being forged, a silent and eternal aura.

Her fingertips remained suspended in the air, an inch away from the imprint.

Her slender fingertips, composed of pure star marrow jade, curled slightly, as if hesitating, or perhaps merely reacting out of some raw, instinctive response.

The star sea was silent.

Only the faint groans of the pedestal's internal structure under duress, and the near-silent, cosmic low hum emitted by the slowly rotating dark purple Star Vortex at her chest, could be heard.

[star remains pedestal: Structural Damage (Moderate) | Energy Level (Extremely Low) | Self-Repair Process (Slowly Initiating)]

[Ultimate End Star Spirit · Su Wanzhao: Status Stable (Abnormal) | Cognitive Module (Initializing) | Energy Resonance (Attempting to Establish)]

Time seemed to stretch out.

She just stood there quietly, watching.

The rotation speed of the Star Vortex in her eyes seemed to slow down, and the gray indifference settled in the deepest part was disturbed by a more complex, indecipherable glimmer.

Confusion? Familiarity? Or some deeper... palpitation that even she could not understand?

Her fingertips reached forward, an inch at a time, with extreme slowness.

Just as her glistening fingertips were about to touch the cold imprint—

Hum...

An extremely faint yet exceptionally clear ripple, like a small stone thrown into an ancient well, radiated from deep within that silent imprint!

It was not a sound, but a fragmented... echo of will, carrying endless exhaustion and burning obsession!

"...Wan... zhao..."

"...Hold... on..."

"...Pedes... tal..."

Intermittent and blurry, as if from the other shore of ancient time and space, yet carrying a directness that pierced the barriers of the Soul, it precisely... flowed into her newborn Sea of Consciousness!

It was Chen Feng! It was his final lingering echo imprinted here before he burned out completely! It was his undying obsession to protect her and this pedestal, even if his body and Soul were destroyed!

"!!!"

Su Wanzhao's body trembled violently! As if struck by an invisible electric current!

She withdrew her fingers as if electrocuted, staggering back half a step, her bare feet creating subtle ripples on the pedestal's surface.

Her eyes, reflecting the Star Vortex, suddenly widened, and the rotating star trajectories deep within seemed to experience a momentary Chaos!

The layer of cold indifference was ruthlessly torn apart, revealing the deep-seated, intense... trembling and turbulence hidden beneath!

A fragmented scene, accompanied by that residual will, pierced into her consciousness like sharp shards!

—Under the overwhelming beam of annihilation, a figure stood firmly in front of her, flesh and blood shattering, purple flames dimming, yet he did not retreat a single step!

—At the peak of the cold throne, amidst a resolute roar, the Punishment Calamity imprint was ruthlessly detonated, gray baleful Qi and purple starfire crazily intertwined!

—In the tearing of the Space-Time Graveyard turbulence, a weak star-blue will desperately protected another residual Soul on the verge of dissipation, like the last solitary lamp in a storm...

Pain, warmth, resolution, protection... countless contradictory and blazing emotions, accompanied by the torrent of fragmented scenes, assaulted her newborn and pure Sea of Consciousness!

"Urgh..." She let out a very faint grunt, filled with pain and confusion, and instinctively raised her hand to cover her forehead.

Between her brows, the mark interwoven with stars and end crystallization runes flashed and vanished, emitting a scorching fluctuation.

The chaotic memory fragments and Chen Feng's scorching obsession to protect acted like a key, crazily stirring her deep consciousness, which had fallen into silence due to the influence of the end gray Qi, attempting to awaken those covered and frozen... past memories belonging to "Su Wanzhao"!

[Cognitive Module: Suffering high-intensity unknown information impact! Logic chaotic! Underlying memory firewall triggered!]

[Warning: Ultimate End Affinity trait in conflict with Guardian Origin! Spiritual body stability fluctuating!]

The Star Vortex in her eyes spun faster and faster, starlight and that trace of gray indifference crazily intertwined and clashed!

For the first time, an expression of painful struggle belonging to a "human" appeared on her flawless face.

The dark purple starlight flowing on her body surface became flickering, and the rotation of the Star Vortex at her chest even stalled for a split second!

Instinctively, she wanted to repel this chaotic information stream that brought intense pain, wanted to Seal her Sea of Consciousness again, and return to that cold, thoughtless, and emotionless sea of indifference.

But...

The scorching and resolution in Chen Feng's final echo, transmitted from that imprint, that will to protect even at the cost of burning everything, was like the hottest sunlight, piercing through the ice layer and shining into the deepest part of her Soul.

A stronger, instinctive attraction overwhelmed the pain of repulsion.

Her gaze fell back onto that imprint.

The struggle and pain slowly subsided, replaced by a deeper, inquisitive, and indescribable... attachment?

She no longer hesitated.

Slowly and firmly, she reached out her hand again.

This time, her fingertips gently touched the cold mark.

Hum—!!!

Just at the moment her fingertips made contact with the imprint!

A sudden change occurred!

It was not an explosion of energy, but... resonance!

The dark purple Star Vortex at her chest, the dark star immortal foundation beneath her feet, and the primordial ultimate end crystal temporarily sealed deep within the pedestal... between these three, an invisible bridge seemed to have been suddenly built!

A vast, pure, yet cold and annihilating ordered star vault Origin power surged out from deep within the pedestal, flowing along her fingertips and into her body!

This power quickly flowed through her entire body, nourishing her newborn star spirit body, smoothing out the fluctuations of her spiritual body, and even... began to slowly repair the cracks on the surface of the pedestal!

[star remains pedestal: Core authority unit contact detected! Energy resonance established! Self-repair speed +300%!]

[Ultimate End Star Spirit · Su Wanzhao: Received pedestal energy feedback! Spiritual body stability improved! Guardian Origin consolidated! Ultimate End Affinity (weak synchronization)!]

At the same time, an incomparably clear "information stream," transmitted directly by the Law of the pedestal, flooded into her consciousness:

[Status: star remains pedestal (Damaged) | Energy Level (Low) | Environmental Coordinates: Deep Space-Time Graveyard (High Danger) | Suggestion: Immediately activate "Guiyuan Star Vortex," depart from current coordinates, and head to the preset safety anchor point (Star Dome Ruins · Shallow Layer)]

Guiyuan Star Vortex? Preset safety anchor point?

These pieces of information were understood by her as if by instinct.

Her gaze swept over the profound star runes on the pedestal's surface, and some of them automatically lit up as she looked at them, outlining the contour of a highly complex, massive array containing the Law of space transition—it was the advanced form of the rune array at the bottom of the pedestal that had previously absorbed the Source of Annihilation to transform into the Guiyuan Cannon!

To activate it, energy was needed.

Massive energy.

The pedestal's own energy was exhausted, far from enough.

Her gaze subconsciously turned to the outside of the star source sea of consciousness—that Space-Time Graveyard of Chaos, deathly silence, yet containing endless Source of Annihilation.

Almost the moment the thought arose.

The massive rune array at the bottom of the pedestal lit up slightly, and a powerful suction began to brew.

But, it wasn't fast enough! The efficiency was too low! And it would attract unnecessary attention!

Just then—

The core of the dark purple Star Vortex at her chest, that tiny, dormant speck of gray light, gently... fluctuated.

A cold, efficient will, carrying a sense of absolute dominance, seemed to wake from its slumber, quietly influencing her judgment.

She slowly raised her hands, her ten fingers pressing into the void in front of her as if caressing stars.

Where her fingertips passed, space rippled like water.

Countless fine, dark purple starlight runes with a hint of gray flowed out from her fingertips and quickly merged into the massive rune array at the bottom of the pedestal!

The light of the rune array changed suddenly! From the original deep, dark blue, it transformed into a deeper, more mysterious... dark purple with a hint of cold gray on the edges!

Its efficiency in absorbing the external Source of Annihilation increased a hundredfold in an instant!

It almost formed a visible, funnel-like energy vortex, crazily devouring the deathly silent energy of the Space-Time Graveyard!

This energy was instantly converted and purified by the rune array, becoming the majestic power driving the space transition!

[Guiyuan Star Vortex: Activating! Energy infusion: 10%... 25%... 50%...]

The entire star source sea of consciousness began to vibrate violently!

The Law of space was forcibly twisted and stretched!

A huge entrance to the Star Vortex channel, with dark purple and gray light flowing along its edges, slowly condensed and formed in front of the pedestal!

Deep inside the channel were twisted light and shadows and endless Space-Time Graveyard turbulence, and at its end, a faint yet familiar... aura of the Star Dome Ruins could be vaguely felt!

However, such a domineering and efficient energy plunder instantly broke the deathly balance of the Space-Time Graveyard!

Rumble—!!!

Outside the star source sea of consciousness, above that chaotic, writhing sky, several huge, foul vortexes resembling eyes suddenly appeared!

They were larger and more terrifying than the ones the Gravedigger had summoned before!

The cold, greedy, and disturbed-yet-angry guixu will, like an invisible giant hand, ruthlessly grabbed toward the pedestal that was crazily devouring energy!

"Stealing... Annihilation... Disrupting... Order... Stay!"

The will of billions of wailing dead Souls, like a tangible tsunami, assaulted the barriers of the star source sea of consciousness!

At the same time, deep within the pedestal, that primordial ultimate end crystal sealed by order, upon sensing the massive external guixu will and the spatial fluctuations from the opening of the Star Vortex channel, had the dark blue Seal runes on its surface... flicker violently!

A clearer, eager, and greedy will attempted to pierce through the Seal and influence Su Wanzhao:

"Channel... Coordinates... Analysis... Teleport... Interference... Point to... Ultimate End... Land..."

It wanted to tamper with the coordinates of the Guiyuan Star Vortex! It wanted to lead the teleportation destination to that more terrifying Ultimate End Land where it was born!

Internal and external interference erupted simultaneously!

The Star Vortex in Su Wanzhao's eyes spun rapidly, and that trace of gray indifference that had just been suppressed resurfaced, clashing violently with her instinct to protect!

Her hands maintaining the Star Vortex channel trembled slightly, and the runes flowing from her fingertips showed a hint of disorder!

The spiritual body that had just stabilized fluctuated again!

Just then—

At the pedestal's core, that will imprint of Chen Feng once again emitted a weak, yet incomparably resilient, scorching fluctuation!

"...Hold... on..."

"...Go... home..."

The residual whispers, like a needle to calm the sea, instantly anchored her chaotic Sea of Consciousness!

The struggle in her eyes receded slightly, and she bit her lower lip fiercely (an action that did not belong to a star spirit at all, but originated from Su Wanzhao's instinct), and she pushed her ten fingers forward violently!

"Guiyuan... Star Vortex... Stabilize!"

Boom—!!!

All the devoured energy was injected into the rune array without reservation!

The Star Vortex channel ahead suddenly stabilized and became completely solid!

The aura of the Star Dome Ruins at the end of the channel became incomparably clear!

A powerful spatial traction instantly enveloped the entire star remains pedestal and Su Wanzhao upon it!

And just at the last moment before they were about to be sucked into the channel—

A thick, cold, gray tentacle, condensed from pure guixu will, finally tore through the outer wall of the star source sea of consciousness and grabbed in fiercely!

The target was aimed directly at Su Wanzhao's back!

At the same time, the interference will of the end crystallization deep within the pedestal also reached its peak, attempting to forcibly twist the channel coordinates!

With traction from the channel ahead, pursuit from the guixu behind, and interference from the end crystallization within!

A critical moment!

Su Wanzhao turned around abruptly, and in her star-like eyes, brilliant starlight and cold gray intent flashed simultaneously for the first time so clearly!

She did not attack the incoming gray tentacle but raised her left hand and made a hollow grasp toward the direction of the end crystallization deep within the pedestal!

Hum!

The dark blue Seal on the surface of the end crystallization suddenly shone to its limit, forcibly pressing that interfering will back!

At the same time, her right hand formed a sword with her fingers, and her fingertips condensed a tiny point of extremely restrained, dark purple light that fused Guardian starlight and end gray intent, and she... gently tapped toward the incoming guixu tentacle!

Ssh!

There was no loud noise; the terrifying gray tentacle seemed to encounter some higher-order Law, and from the point where her fingertips tapped it, it silently... disintegrated and dissipated!

And leveraging this power, her body, like weightless dark purple stardust, was... instantly sucked in by the huge suction generated by the completely stabilized Guiyuan Star Vortex channel behind her!

The star remains pedestal followed closely behind, turning into a stream of light and vanishing into the channel!

Hum—!!!

The Guiyuan Star Vortex channel closed instantly after they entered and disappeared without a trace!

Leaving only the cold roar of the guixu will outside, which had missed its target and was filled with rage and unwillingness, echoing for a long time in the deathly silent Space-Time Graveyard...

The light and shadows of the Space-Time Graveyard turbulence streaked rapidly through the channel.

The runes on the surface of the star remains pedestal flickered as it traveled steadily through the channel.

Su Wanzhao stood quietly on the pedestal, her dark purple hair fluttering slightly in the spatial fluctuations.

She slowly opened her right hand, looking at the wisp of dark purple light that had not yet completely dissipated from her fingertips, which fused starlight and gray intent, and then looked down at the deep imprint on the pedestal beneath her feet.

The Star Vortex in her eyes rotated slowly, deep and inexplicable.

"...Chen... Feng..."

A raw, faint, yet incomparably clear word, carrying a trace of lingering confusion and a newborn determination, gently spilled from her lips.

The journey home had begun, the road ahead was unknown.

Star spirit ultimate end, residual imprint whispers.

The true journey, only now begins.