386: Chapter 321: With Su Yueyao's help, moonlight pierces through the void.

Time, in the confrontation between the river of civilization and the annihilation halo, was stretched to an agonizing length.

Lin Zhou's body trembled slightly. Behind his tightly closed eyes, the phantom of that vast river was like a dam bearing the brunt of a tsunami. Every time the 'erasure' force of the gray-white halo touched the upper reaches of the river, it was like detonating a bomb deep within his Divine Soul, bringing tearing pain.

His Divine Power, his divinity, and even the Origin of the river of civilization fused with the Foundation of his Divine Domain, were all being consumed at an astonishing rate.

Divine Power Reserves: 41,000 / 200,000 (Consuming at high speed)

Divinity Durability: 83% (Slowly declining)

civilization points: 420,000 (Consumption rate slightly lower than expected due to partial feedback from 'civilization refinement' during the confrontation, but still decreasing rapidly overall)

Divine Domain Stability: Maintained at 65% (The state of Fusion between the river of civilization and the Divine Domain is stable, but the load is immense)

Current Status: Deep rule confrontation. Most of his consciousness is dedicated to maintaining the river of civilization and resisting annihilation. Perception of reality is reduced to the minimum, and his body is extremely fragile.

In reality, the gray-white annihilation halo had its advance speed suppressed to less than 0.3 meters per second in the area shrouded by Lin Zhou's river of civilization Concept, nearly stagnating.

But the price was that the space around Lin Zhou presented a bizarre scene—in the area close to Lin Zhou, the faint golden phantom of the river of civilization could be seen flowing silently, with the sparks of civilization flickering; while further out, there was only dead, gray-white silence being constantly erased.

At the intersection of the two, the most dangerous rule confrontation was taking place silently.

Su Yueyao and Qin Qing guarded Lin Zhou closely on both sides, their faces pale and their auras chaotic.

They had exhausted most of their Divine Power and could only barely maintain the most basic defense, blocking the faint annihilation shockwaves that occasionally escaped from the gaps of the confrontation.

Their eyes were locked onto Lin Zhou, watching his pale face, the faint golden blood constantly seeping from the corners of his mouth, and the slight twitching of his brow from extreme pain, their hearts aching like they were being cut by knives.

"He can't hold on much longer..." Qin Qing's voice was hoarse, with a metallic, grating quality. Her Law sword was stabbed into the ground, barely supporting her body. "Rule confrontation at this level consumes too much... What can we do?"

Su Yueyao didn't speak, only biting her lower lip tightly, even drawing blood.

Her Moonlight Power was already as weak as a firefly, unable to provide effective help to Lin Zhou.

An unprecedented sense of powerlessness and fear, like a cold viper, coiled around her heart.

Could she only watch helplessly as Lin Zhou was dragged down and drained bit by bit? Elwin had already sacrificed himself, could it be that...

No! Absolutely not!

Su Yueyao suddenly raised her head, looking at the Mother Empress in the distance, which still radiated a terrifying aura but appeared dim and covered in cracks due to releasing [Rule Annihilation].

The cold cruelty and malice in its compound eyes stung her nerves like needles. It was all because of it!

She had to do something! Even if... it meant paying any price!

She rapidly recalled the deepest records in her Family Legacy regarding the Moon God Bloodline, those secret arts listed as taboo that could only be used when the Legacy was severed or in life-or-death situations.

She remembered her mother, before she died, holding her hand and placing the warm [Cold Moon Tear] jade pendant into her palm, with complex emotions in her eyes—expectations, worry, and a deep warning.

"Yao'er... The Moon God Bloodline originates from the Origin of the Taiyin Star, cold and aloof, but it also contains... the 'boundary-breaking' power to see through the void and pierce through Yin and Yang. But this power must be triggered by the purest Bloodline Origin and Divine Soul... Use it with caution, use it with caution..."

See through the void... pierce through Yin and Yang...

Su Yueyao's gaze fell back onto Lin Zhou, onto the faint radiance between his brows that represented the fluctuation of the Fusion between the river of civilization and his Divine Domain.

She could feel that Lin Zhou's state at this moment was very special.

His consciousness, his Divine Domain, and even a more fundamental 'existence,' seemed to have merged into an invisible, flowing 'river.'

This 'river' isolated a portion of reality and resisted annihilation, but it seemed... to have become more 'fragile'? Or rather, more dependent on a certain 'internal stability'?

If... if there were a force pure enough, 'boundary-breaking' enough, and capable of penetrating all obstacles (including this invisible 'river of civilization Concept' protection), injected precisely from the outside, could it help him break the stalemate of the confrontation with the annihilation halo, or even... attack the source of that power—the Mother Empress's core?

A crazy and determined thought grew and expanded in her heart, impossible to stop!

She slowly closed her eyes, her mind sinking into the deepest part of her Sea of Consciousness.

There, a phantom of an ancient, cold bright moon hung high—the manifestation of the source of the Moon God Bloodline.

Beneath the bright moon was a miniature projection of her own Divine Domain, and... a floating, tear-shaped jade pendant emitting a gentle Moonlight Power luster—[Cold Moon Tear] (Epic-grade curiosity, Moon God Legacy token, can significantly increase the purity and might of Moonlight Power, containing a trace of the Taiyin Star Origin imprint).

"Mother... I'm sorry..." Su Yueyao whispered in her heart, her eyes becoming firmer than ever. "The path of protection... is right before my eyes. If I cannot give it my all, what is the meaning of the Moon God Bloodline?"

She hesitated no longer!

She raised her hands and formed an ancient, complex, and strange seal in front of her chest, every gesture seemingly pulling at the flow of Moonlight Power and the ebb and flow of tides—[Taiyin Spirit-Guiding Seal]!

This was not a technique for attack or defense, but a taboo ritual to completely activate and burn her own Moon God Bloodline Origin, triggering a resonance with the Taiyin Star!

"With my blood as the guide!" Su Yueyao chanted in a low voice, her fingertips grazing her wrist.

A stream of blood containing a pale golden divine luster shot out, not falling to the ground, but hovering in front of her, turning into a constantly rotating, complex blood-colored moon wheel rune.

"With my Soul as the bridge!" Her brow shone brightly, and a strand of crystal-clear Divine Soul Origin, seemingly condensed from the purest moonlight, slowly drifted out and merged into the blood-colored moon wheel.

The moon wheel instantly turned into a strange, semi-transparent form with moonlight tides surging within.

"In the name of the Taiyin Star..." She slammed her hands together, pressing the semi-transparent moon wheel phantom hard against her chest, against the warm [Cold Moon Tear] jade pendant!

Boom—!!!

It was as if the first ray of moonlight at the beginning of the Universe had pierced through Chaos!

An indescribable, cold-to-the-extreme, yet pure silver-white radiance that seemed capable of purifying all filth and Chaos in the world, erupted from within Su Yueyao, from the [Cold Moon Tear] on her chest!

This radiance was so pure that the moment it appeared, the surrounding gray-white annihilation shockwaves, the faint golden river of civilization phantom, and the various energy turbulence remaining on the battlefield seemed to be instantly 'frozen' and 'purified'!

The radiance was not blinding, but carried a majesty that pierced through the Soul and pointed directly to the Origin!

Su Yueyao's hair moved without wind, each strand becoming crystal clear, as if woven from moonlight.

Her eyes turned purely silver-white, and her pupils seemed to reflect the ancient, rotating moon wheel.

Her aura climbed sharply, yet it carried a tragic determination, as if she were burning her life!

Su Yueyao Status (Burning Bloodline / Divine Soul / Curiosity Origin):

- Current Divine Power: 1,000 / 50,000 (Burning rapidly, used to maintain the ritual)

- Bloodline Activation: 120% (Overloaded burning, exceeding safety threshold)

- Divine Soul Integrity: Burning (Approximately 15% permanent loss, used to construct the "boundary-breaking bridge")

- [Cold Moon Tear] Status: Origin imprint activated, internal Taiyin Star imprint resonating, providing cross-barrier positioning and energy channeling.

- Current Skill Guidance: [Taiyin Purifying Divine Light · Pseudo] (At the cost of burning Origin, forcibly triggers a trace of the Taiyin Star's purifying power. Possesses extremely high rule penetration, purification, and boundary-breaking characteristics. Has special attack effects against Chaos, Evil, and Void Realm attribute units, but the load and backlash on the caster are immense.)

"Yue Yao! What are you doing?!" Qin Qing exclaimed in horror, wanting to stop her, but was pushed back several steps by the terrifying pressure contained in the silver-white radiance, unable to get close at all!

Su Yueyao turned a deaf ear to Qin Qing's exclamation.

All of her focus was locked onto two targets—the fluctuation of Lin Zhou's Divine Soul core in front, which seemed protected by the river of civilization Concept but whose internal connections had become 'clearly visible' due to the deep Fusion; and further away, that massive monstrosity, the Mother Empress, which radiated a thick Void Realm and Chaos aura, and whose core energy reaction was slightly chaotic due to the release of its ultimate move!

"Lin Zhou... hold on..." In Su Yueyao's silver-white eyes, Lin Zhou's figure was reflected. Deeper within, there seemed to be a natural affinity and resonance with "Civilization" and "Order" shining, something that transcended personal emotion.

Her divine Moon Bloodline seemed to become even more active—even more... eager to merge with it—as it felt the flowing Concept of the river of civilization at such close range.

No more hesitation!

Su Yueyao extended a slender, jade-like finger. At her fingertip gathered that silver-white radiance capable of piercing through everything. She pointed gently toward Lin Zhou's back in front of her, and toward the Mother Empress further away.

"Great Yin above, piercing the nothingness, traversing Yin and Yang—Purify the World!"

As her final chant fell, the silver-white radiance gathered at her fingertip suddenly collapsed and condensed into a silver-white beam as thin as a strand of hair, yet so brilliant that it was impossible to look at directly!

The moment the beam appeared, the surrounding space seemed to lose the Concept of "thickness," and the beam itself seemed to transcend the limits of "speed"!

[Great Yin World-Purifying Divine Light]!

This beam did not directly attack Lin Zhou. Instead, in an inconceivable way, it ignored the "existence" of Lin Zhou's body and the surrounding Concept of the river of civilization, as if Lin Zhou and the space around him were merely a "painting" that could be passed through at will.

The beam accurately struck the point between Lin Zhou's eyebrows—the "point" that represented the Fusion of the Divine Domain and the river of civilization, and the fluctuation of his Divine Soul core!

No damage, no obstruction.

As if the beam had found the most suitable "medium," it instantly penetrated along the extremely subtle yet real "Rule Resonance Channel" created by the deep Fusion of Lin Zhou's Divine Soul and the river of civilization while they resisted the Annihilation Halo, moving in a way that transcended space and even partial Concepts of time!

It followed that invisible "Resonance Channel," as if performing a super-dimensional "jump," bypassing the Annihilation Halo spanning reality, the chaotic Void Realm force fields, and the layers of defense on the Mother Empress's body...

The next instant—

In the very center of the Mother Empress's massive sac, on the surface of a dark purple core organ about twenty meters in diameter—which was wrapped in countless black meridians, constantly pulsing, and exuding a rich aura of Void Realm Origin (suspected to be the Mother Empress's true energy and Rule core)—space silently cracked open a microscopic fissure!

Immediately after, that hair-thin, brilliant silver-white beam, like a needle of divine punishment thrust from a crack in the Void Realm, accurately and without any obstruction, pierced fiercely into the very center of that dark purple core!

"Hiss—!!!!!!"

This time, the hiss emitted by the Mother Empress was no longer one of pain or rage, but a shriek mixed with extreme horror, disbelief, and Soul-deep agony! The shrillness of this shriek even caused the cracks on its body to widen slightly!

The moment the silver-white beam pierced in, it was not a simple energy impact. The "Great Yin World-Purifying" power contained within, carrying the most essential purifying, piercing, and boundary-breaking properties of Moonlight Power, was like a searing silver needle stabbing into the most sensitive nerve center, or like cold purifying water pouring into a boiling frying pan!

Wherever the beam passed, the dense Void Realm energy at the Mother Empress's core was forcibly purified and dispersed; the cold, chaotic Rule structures were pierced and disrupted; and the black meridians that tightly wrapped the core twitched violently, withered, and even melted as if they had encountered their nemesis!

More importantly, the power attribute of this [Great Yin World-Purifying Divine Light] created a strange resonance with the Fire of Civilization that Lin Zhou was currently using to resist the annihilation, a resonance far exceeding Su Yueyao's expectations!

Lin Zhou's Fire of Civilization originated from the spirit and wisdom of the Huaxia Civilization; it was the ultimate embodiment of the "Human Dao" and the manifestation of "Yang" (creation, Order, wisdom, warmth). Su Yueyao's Great Yin World-Purifying Divine Light originated from the Origin of the Great Yin Star; it was the cold side of the "Heavenly Dao" and the manifestation of "Yin" (purification, piercing, boundary-breaking, coldness).

Yin and Yang are inherently opposites, yet they also generate one another.

When the ultimate purifying power representing "Yin" and the Fire of Civilization representing "Yang" met at the Mother Empress's core—an environment filled with Chaos, devouring, and Void Realm (which could be regarded as an extreme variant of chaotic "Yin")—because of Lin Zhou acting as a "bridge" (his Divine Soul, the river of civilization, and the Divine Light had instantly connected)...

A miracle occurred!

The silver-white beam that pierced into the Mother Empress's core seemed to "ignite" the remnant annihilation Rules inside the core that were opposing Lin Zhou, as well as the Mother Empress's own chaotic Void Realm energy. But this "ignition" was not an explosion; it was a more profound process of Yin and Yang converging and deriving mutual assistance!

The silver-white (Yin) and pale gold (Yang, faintly permeated through the connection with Lin Zhou) radiances intertwined and rotated crazily inside the Mother Empress's core, forming a miniature Yin and Yang Taiji vortex that contained terrifying energy!

Within the vortex, the power of purification and the power of creation were no longer opposing, but complementary! Purification swept away Chaos and filth, providing a "clean canvas" for creation; the Order and wisdom of creation provided "direction" and "meaning" for purification! Combined, the two derived a more Advanced, more fundamental power of new-born Order!

For the Mother Empress's core, which relied on the Rules of Chaos, devouring, and the Void Realm to exist, this new-born power was nothing less than the most lethal poison!

Boom—!!!

It was not an external explosion, but an annihilating collapse at the Rule level inside the Mother Empress's core!

In one-thousandth of a second, the core region enveloped by the Yin and Yang Taiji vortex experienced an unimaginable energy rampage and Rule counter-clash! Void Realm energy was purified and annihilated, the devouring Rule was disintegrated by the new-born Order, and the Evolution structure was completely disrupted!

The Mother Empress's core suffered heavy damage!

- Core integrity: Estimated to drop by 25% - 30% instantly! (Rule structure severely damaged)

- [Void Realm] divine office root shaken (Core damage caused damage to the Origin).

- [Devouring] divine office authority further suppressed (Core damaged, devouring ability and conversion efficiency dropped significantly).

- [Evolution] divine office temporarily failed (Core chaotic, unable to perform effective analysis and Evolution).

- Overall energy output power: Plunged by more than 40%!

- Annihilation Halo maintenance power: Sharply weakened due to core damage and the plunge in energy output!

In reality, the gray-white Annihilation Halo that was opposing the river of civilization suddenly dimmed by nearly half! Its power of "erasure," as if having lost its source of living water, was greatly reduced! Its advance speed turned from almost stagnant to a clear retreat! Although it still existed, it could no longer pose a fatal threat to the Concept of Lin Zhou's river of civilization!

"Puff—!" After releasing that Divine Light, Su Yueyao looked as if all her strength had been drained. Her face instantly turned paler than paper, and her silver-white eyes quickly dimmed, returning to ordinary black and white, yet filled with extreme weakness and exhaustion. Her delicate body went limp, and she fell backward, only to be caught by the quick-witted Qin Qing.

[Su Yueyao status (after releasing Divine Light):]

- Divine Power: 0 / 50000 (completely exhausted)

- Bloodline activity: Extremely low (overloaded burning caused severe damage to the Bloodline Origin, requiring long-term recovery)

- Divine Soul: Severely damaged (permanent loss of about 15% of Origin, consciousness blurred)

- Body: Extremely weak (backlash from burning Bloodline and Divine Soul)

- [Tears of Guanghan]: Light dimmed, the internal Great Yin Star imprint dormant (requires a very long time of nurturing to recover).

But as she lay in Qin Qing's arms, her gaze remained fixed on the front, and she managed to pull up a weak yet gratified smile at the corner of her lips. She saw it—the dimming and retreat of the gray-white halo—and she saw that Lin Zhou's brows, previously furrowed in pain, seemed... to have relaxed slightly.

She did it... she did it...

Almost at the same time, because the power of the Annihilation Halo had greatly diminished and the pressure of the confrontation had dropped sharply, Lin Zhou's consciousness, which was deeply fused with the river of civilization, gained a moment of respite from that extreme consumption and pain.

He "felt" that fleeting, cold, and pure silver-white radiance; he felt the resolute sacrifice and deep sense of protection contained within that radiance; and he even felt the incomparably profound "Yin and Yang mutual assistance" resonance generated between that radiance and his own Fire of Civilization, as well as... the heavy damage it brought to the Mother Empress's core!

"Yue Yao...?" A vague thought rose in his consciousness, carrying shock, heartache, and an indescribable complexity of emotions.

But he knew that now was not the time to be distracted!

The Mother Empress's core was damaged, and the Annihilation Halo's power was greatly reduced. This was an unprecedented, excellent combat opportunity bought by the huge sacrifices of Teacher Elwin and Su Yueyao!

Counterattack! He must counterattack immediately! Strike while it's down!

Lin Zhou forcibly gathered his remaining Divine Sense and Divine Power, communicating with the endless, flowing river of civilization. Within the river, countless sparks of civilization that had been annihilated and then Rebirth-ed downstream seemed to sense his will and shone in unison!

"With the river as my backing, civilization as my blade... seize this opportunity—counterattack!"