46: Chapter 46 Tracing the Burial Star

The resonance between the Void Dao Seed and the void five elements token was like a beating drum, echoing within his Divine Soul—intense, clear, and impossible to ignore.

That summons originating from the direction of the "Burial Star Sea" was filled with an ancient, vast, and indescribable sorrow, as if it were calling out to a long-lost source, or perhaps, it was more akin to some kind of... guidance for a Legacy.

The fourth void five elements token fragment was right there! Moreover, it seemed to be in some special state, about to manifest, or perhaps, it had been triggered by an external force?

Lin Wan did not alert anyone. It was already late at night, and the courtyard was silent, save for the soft footsteps of patrolling Disciples. He quietly left his meditation room, arrived outside the courtyard where Peak Master Yue Lingyun resided, and used his Divine Sense to transmit a voice message, briefly explaining the situation.

A moment later, the courtyard gate opened silently, and the figure of Peak Master Yue Lingyun appeared at the entrance, his expression grave.

"Burial Star Sea? That is the most chaotic Void Realm area near the Tiannan Ruins, riddled with space rifts and residual violent energy from ancient wars. It also contains eerie 'Star-Fall Turbulence' and space storms, making it extremely dangerous. Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch would not willingly venture deep inside," Peak Master Yue Lingyun said in a deep voice. "However, since you sensed it, and it relates to the void five elements token, there must be something extraordinary manifesting there. You may decide for yourself. As for the Sect, I will inform Lingtian to have them depart for the northeast entrance according to the plan. Once you finish your business, head there to rendezvous. Be careful in all things. If anything goes wrong, retreat immediately. Safety first."

"Thank you, Revered Master. This Disciple understands," Lin Wan said, cupping his hands.

Peak Master Yue Lingyun nodded and handed him a cyan jade talisman engraved with complex cloud patterns. "This is a 'Green Cloud Void-Breaking Talisman'. It can significantly boost your escape speed for a short time and resist some of the impact from space turbulence; it might come in handy. Go."

Lin Wan took the jade talisman, said nothing more, and with a flash, he merged into the night, speeding off toward the northwest, toward the edge of the Tiannan Ruins, to that perilous land known as the "Burial Star Sea."

He did not ride a beam of light but directly employed "Void Escape". His figure turned into a distorted shadow, weaving through the night sky at extreme speed, barely causing any Spiritual Qi fluctuations. The power of the Void Dao Seed allowed his control and adaptation to spatial forces to far exceed those of his peers, and at the edge of the Tiannan Ruins, where Void Realm energy was active, he was like a fish in water.

The northwest edge of the Tiannan Ruins was a vast, boundless expanse of shattered Void Realm shrouded in grey-black mist. This was the "Burial Star Sea." It is said that in the ancient era, a massive star shattered here, scattering countless star fragments that intertwined with space rifts and residual terrifying energy, forming an eternal, chaotic, and deadly wasteland filled with death and destruction. Normally, only desperate outlaws who cultivated special Cultivation Techniques or sought rare Void Realm Materials dared to enter the outer regions to explore.

Before even getting close, one could feel the chaotic, violent, and destructive aura of the space turbulence. It was like invisible gale winds blowing from the depths of the Burial Star Sea, carrying a bone-chilling cold and a cutting sensation. In the sky, tiny space rifts flashed like black lightning from time to time, disappearing in an instant. There were also some "Star-Fall Turbulence" emitting colorful halos but filled with dangerous auras, drifting slowly like hidden reefs in the ocean.

The sensing of the void five elements token pointed toward the depths of the Burial Star Sea, to an area where energy fluctuations were exceptionally intense and faint five-colored light flickered.

Lin Wan activated his protective Spiritual light, his chaotic dark-silver Golden Core energy circulating to easily neutralize the incoming space turbulence. Silver light flowed from the Void Dao Seed at his brow, allowing him to clearly "see" the trajectories of the invisible space rifts and turbulence around him, enabling him to avoid them in advance. Like the most agile fish, he traveled through the treacherous "sea," continuously pushing deeper.

As he went deeper, the environment became even harsher. The space turbulence grew more violent, even forming small-scale space storms that tore at everything. The Star-Fall Turbulence became denser, and some remnants still held eerie force fields formed when the star shattered, which could distort Divine Sense and interfere with the circulation of Spiritual Qi. There were even some mutated Void Realm creatures eroded by chaotic energy, such as "Void Shadow Bats" and "Space-Rending Insects," hiding in the shadows and waiting to ambush him, all of which were easily slain by Lin Wan using his Return-to-Ruins Sword Qi.

After traveling for about an hour, the scene ahead suddenly changed.

It was a relatively "calm" area, devoid of violent space storms. Instead, there were countless star fragments of various sizes, shimmering with faint, multi-colored light, suspended in the Void Realm like dust, slowly rotating and drifting to form a magnificent yet deathly silent "Sea of Star Dust." In the center of the Sea of Star Dust, floating prominently, was a massive, irregularly polyhedral object emitting a soft, five-colored halo—a crystal? Or rather, was it a... small palace encased in crystal?

The crystal palace was only a few zhang in circumference, with an ancient style; one could vaguely discern flying eaves and bracket sets, bearing some resemblance to the architectural style of the Five Elements Sect. The surface of the palace was covered in profound Five Elements cloud patterns and spatial runes, which were currently pulsating rhythmically with five-colored light, perfectly synchronized with the vibration frequency of the void five elements token in Lin Wan's bosom. A pure, vast, yet ancient Five Elements Spiritual Qi and spatial fluctuation, carrying the vicissitudes of endless time, radiated from the crystal palace, enveloping this Sea of Star Dust.

The fourth void five elements token fragment was inside this crystal palace! Or perhaps, this entire crystal palace was formed by the fourth fragment? Or was the fragment the key to opening the palace?

Lin Wan's heart shook, and he slowly approached. He could feel that the outer perimeter of the crystal palace was shrouded in an extremely powerful, yet seemingly incomplete, composite Five Elements spatial Restriction. This Restriction seemed to have suffered severe wear over the long years and was currently in an unstable, periodic state of fluctuation. This moment was its weakest point, and also the moment when the palace's light was strongest, and its resonance with the void five elements token was at its peak.

"Could it be that this palace itself is a secret Legacy site left here by the Five Elements Sect? Or perhaps a great Revered Master of the Five Elements Sect used their own Immortal Cave and a void five elements token fragment, combined with the residual power of the ancient shattered star, to refine this special existence? Waiting for a fated descendant to come and open it with the void five elements token?" Lin Wan speculated, attempting to touch the Restriction with his Divine Sense.

The moment his Divine Sense touched the Restriction—

"Hum—!" The crystal palace suddenly erupted with an even more brilliant five-colored light! On the surface of the palace, those Five Elements cloud patterns and spatial runes seemed to come alive, moving and combining frantically, finally condensing into a huge, rotating phantom of a Five Elements wheel above the main gate of the palace. In the center of the wheel was a groove identical to the patterns on the void five elements token!

At the same time, an aged, weary, yet slightly gratified voice sounded directly within his Divine Soul:

"Latecomer... you possess three void five elements tokens and have gained the recognition of the 'Void Dao Seed'... You are qualified... to accept the final trial of my 'Star Derivation' lineage... If you pass, you may obtain the fourth token and the Legacy of the 'Star Derivation Palace'... If you fail... then your soul shall return to the stars, and your body shall turn to dust..."

Star Derivation lineage? Within the Five Elements Sect, there was a branch specializing in the Dao of Stars? Lin Wan suddenly realized; no wonder this palace coexisted with star fragments and radiated the power of stars. It seems the Five Elements Sect was far more vast and complex than he had imagined.

"What is the trial?" Lin Wan asked with his Divine Thought.

"Very simple..." the aged voice said slowly, "Enter the 'Star Derivation Palace', walk to the 'Seat of Legacy', and obtain the fourth void five elements token. On the way, you will encounter the protective forces automatically generated by the 'Star Derivation Palace', as well as... a wisp of a 'great enemy's' remnant thought that I sealed within the palace back then. Defeat them, or gain their recognition."

Defeat, or recognition. Easily said. Since this "Star Derivation Palace" was a secret Legacy site of a Five Elements Sect lineage, its protective forces must be extraordinary. And that so-called "great enemy's remnant thought," being specifically sealed into the palace by this great Revered Master of the "Star Derivation" lineage as a trial, must have had a strength of at least Nascent Soul, or even higher, during its lifetime.

But he had no retreat. The fourth void five elements token was right before his eyes, and the keys to the Five Elements Hall were about to be collected. Moreover, he felt in his heart that this "Star Derivation Palace" Legacy might have immeasurable benefits for him in perfecting his Five Elements Returning to Ruins Dao.

"I accept the trial," Lin Wan said in a deep voice.

"Good... use the void five elements token to open the palace gate... the trial... begins..."

The aged voice gradually dissipated.

Lin Wan took out the void five elements token from his bosom. At this moment, because it was close to the Star Derivation Palace, the token was shining brightly, resonating strongly with the Five Elements wheel groove on the palace gate. He took a deep breath and pressed the token into the groove.

"Click." A soft sound, and it fit perfectly.

The next moment—"Rumble—!" The entire Star Derivation Palace shook violently! The Five Elements wheel on the gate spun crazily, erupting with blinding five-colored radiance that enveloped Lin Wan. A powerful suction force came, and Lin Wan did not resist, allowing this force to pull him into the light.

Light and shadow flowed, and space shifted. When he appeared again, he was already in a strange space.

Underfoot was a ground as smooth as a mirror, displaying the deep color of the starry sky, as if he were stepping on the mirror surface of the Universe. Overhead was a boundless, slowly rotating, brilliant galaxy, where countless stars were born and perished, emitting a vast, ancient power of stars. All around stood singular pillars, dozens of zhang high, crystal clear, with nebulas seemingly flowing inside, supporting this boundless palace space.

This was the interior of the Star Derivation Palace. The air was filled with pure, majestic Five Elements Spiritual Qi, as well as more dense and profound star power. These two forces merged perfectly here, forming a unique energy field that was closer to the Origin of the Universe—a Holy Land that Cultivators who practiced star or Five Elements attribute Cultivation Techniques dreamed of.

But Lin Wan had no time to appreciate this beauty. The moment he stepped into this place, several cold, indifferent, yet powerful "gazes" locked onto him from the depths of the palace.

"Hum..." The crystal pillars all around suddenly lit up! The nebula flowing inside each pillar projected a condensed beam of starlight, each displaying a different color (gold, cyan, blue, red, yellow, corresponding to the Five Elements). The starlight landed and quickly condensed and took form, actually turning into five "Star-Light Giants," each a zhang tall, entirely made of starlight, clad in star armor, and holding star weapons!

These five Star-Light Giants had an aura that had reached the Late Stage of the Golden Core! Moreover, they were not inanimate objects; in their eyes, made of starlight, flickered a lively, battle-hungry light, clearly possessing a certain level of intelligence. They belonged to the Five Elements, each occupying one position, faintly forming some sort of profound battle Formation, surrounding Lin Wan in the center.

Five Elements Star-Light Battle Puppets! Was this the first layer of protection of the Star Derivation Palace?

Without waiting for Lin Wan to think further, those five Star-Light Battle Puppets had already moved.

The Metal-element battle puppet held a giant sword, took a step forward, and the sword light, like a galaxy hanging upside down, carried an unstoppable sharpness as it slashed toward Lin Wan's head. The Wood-element battle puppet moved like lightning, its spear turning into thousands of cyan spear shadows, like a forest of endless life, enveloping Lin Wan's entire body. The Water-element battle puppet waved its staff, and a cold tide and ice waterfall swept over, freezing the space. The Fire-element battle puppet's fists burned with raging flames, setting the sky ablaze, scorching mountains and boiling seas. The Earth-element battle puppet's heavy shield was like a mountain, pushing forward steadily, sealing off all retreat.

The Five Elements emerged together, cycling through mutual generation; their power was not a simple addition but multiplied exponentially! This battle Formation actually faintly contained a trace of the supreme Profound Truth of Five Elements mutual generation and Restriction, and its power was comparable to a casual strike from an Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator!

Facing this Five Elements combined attack, silver-grey light flashed in Lin Wan's eyes. Not only was he not afraid, but his Battle Intent surged instead.

"Well come! It is just as well to use you to sharpen my sword edge!"

He let out a long whistle, and the guixu sword was already in his hand. The chaotic dark-silver sword body, under the infiltration of the dense star power here, actually glowed slightly, and those star light points accelerated their rotation.

"Five Elements Returning to Ruins, with stars as the guide—Sword Domain, open!"

Lin Wan exerted his full power, resonating his internal chaotic Golden Core energy, the power of the Void Dao Seed, and the intent of the guixu sword spirit with the vast star power surrounding him! A strange "Domain," grey and misty with countless tiny starlight cracks, erupted from him as the center, covering a radius of a hundred zhang! This time, the "Five Elements Returning to Ruins Sword Domain," because it incorporated star power, became even more solid and vast. Within the Domain, starlight flowed, and the Five Elements power was forcibly pulled and assimilated, while the true meaning of "Returning to Ruins" seemed to have gained the blessing of the stars' silence, becoming even more profound and terrifying.

"Rumble—!!!" The Five Elements combined attack crashed fiercely into the Sword Domain.

Metal weapons clashed, water and fire surged, wood and stone cracked, and earth waves churned. The violent energy raged within the Sword Domain but was continuously decomposed, weakened, and assimilated by the cycling Five Elements power and the silent true meaning of Returning to Ruins. Lin Wan, at the center of the Sword Domain, turned the guixu sword into streaks of chaotic dark-silver brilliance, engaging in a fierce battle with the five Star-Light Battle Puppets.

Sword light collided with starlight, erupting with brilliant radiance and deafening loud noises. Lin Wan pushed the Sword Intent of the "Five Elements Guixu Sword Scripture" to the limit; every sword strike contained the Profound Truth of Five Elements mutual generation and Restriction, Void Realm cutting, and Returning to Ruins silence. Especially against the Five Elements attributes of those five battle puppets, his Return-to-Ruins Sword Intent seemed to have a natural suppression; wherever the sword light passed, the bodies of the Star-Light Battle Puppets were continuously slashed and dissolved.

However, the five battle puppets coordinated seamlessly, their battle Formation was profound, and their energy seemed inexhaustible (absorbing the starlight power of the palace), allowing them to repair themselves rapidly after being injured, making them extremely difficult to completely defeat.

The battle fell into a stalemate for a time.

"Cannot fight for long; I must break their Formation eye!"

Lin Wan's thoughts raced as his gaze swept over the five battle puppets.

This Five Elements battle Formation must have a core, perhaps a central hub or an energy node.

The keen perception granted by the Void Dao Seed allowed him to quickly lock onto it: behind the heavy shield of the Earth-element battle puppet, on the ground, there was a faintly visible, unusual five-colored light spot that was resonating with the five battle puppets from afar, providing a continuous stream of energy.

"That's it!"

A fierce look flashed in Lin Wan's eyes as he withstood a strike from the Metal-element greatsword (the Sword Domain weakened it significantly, but it still made his blood roil).

His figure moved like a ghost, passing through the gap between the Wood-element spear shadows and the Water-element cold wave in the blink of an eye, instantly appearing before the Earth-element battle puppet and thrusting the guixu sword directly at the five-colored light spot on the ground behind its heavy shield!

"Guixu—Break Formation!"

At the tip of the sword, the light of Chaos condensed to the extreme, and the inner intent of the Return-to-Ruins annihilation erupted with a roar!

"Ssh—!"

The tip of the sword pierced into the five-colored light spot.

It was as if he had pierced through some invisible bubble.

"Hum..."

The entire Five Elements battle Formation suddenly stalled.

The movements of the five starlight battle puppets froze simultaneously, and the starlight on their bodies rapidly dimmed and became chaotic.

Immediately following, the five-colored light spot exploded, turning into a sky full of five-colored light rain.

The five battle puppets also disintegrated, turning back into pure starlight, sinking into the surrounding pillars, and disappearing from sight.

The first trial, passed.

Lin Wan panted slightly, sheathing his sword and standing upright.

That strike to break the Formation had consumed quite a bit of energy.

However, he could feel that this battle against the Five Elements starlight battle puppets had given him a deeper understanding of his own Five Elements Returning to Ruins Dao, especially in the practical application of the Five Elements mutual generation and Restriction.

Moreover, the starlight power here seemed to be subtly nourishing his body and the guixu sword.

He took a moment to regulate his breath, consumed a Medicinal Pill, and continued walking deeper into the palace.

Passing through this area of pillars, a long, starlight-paved corridor appeared ahead.

At the end of the corridor, a larger, even taller hall shrouded in dense starlight radiance was vaguely visible.

However, the moment he stepped into the corridor, a sudden change occurred!

The starlight on the walls on both sides of the corridor, which had been flowing calmly, suddenly became violent and twisted, transforming into countless fine, sharp, black starlight arrows carrying evil, chaotic auras, which shot towards Lin Wan like a rainstorm!

Furthermore, a terrifying will—cold, violent, and filled with endless hatred and desire for destruction—accompanied by a low, hoarse roar that seemed to come from the Nine Nether Hell, descended with a boom from the end of the corridor!

"Five Elements Sect... Star Derivation old ghost... trapped me for ten thousand years... Hate! Hate! Hate!"

It was that "Great Enemy's Remnant Will"!

Moreover, this Remnant Will seemed to have been stimulated by both the power of the Star Derivation Palace and the intrusion of an outsider (Lin Wan), awakening early and triggering the chaotic, evil starlight power remaining in the Star Derivation Palace from the great battle back then to launch an attack!

These black starlight arrows were not only astonishingly powerful but also contained bizarre power that could erode the Divine Soul and pollute mana, far exceeding the previous Five Elements starlight battle puppets.

That terrifying will impact was aimed directly at the Divine Soul, carrying ten thousand years of resentment and madness, intending to completely tear apart and assimilate the intruder's mind!

"Nascent Soul level... No, it's a Remnant Will that surpasses the Nascent Soul stage! Even if only a wisp remains, it is so terrifying!"

Lin Wan's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, he once again expanded his Five Elements guixu sword Domain while pushing the power of the Void Dao Seed to the limit to protect his Divine Soul.

"Ssh, ssh, ssh—!"

Countless black starlight arrows struck the Sword Domain, emitting dense cutting sounds.

The Sword Domain vibrated violently, and dense cracks appeared on the gray light wall; the evil power contained within those black starlight arrows was crazily eroding the Foundation of the Sword Domain.

That terrifying will impact also struck his Divine Soul like a heavy hammer, causing his vision to black out, his Divine Soul to ache severely, and the Void Dao Seed at the center of his brow to flash with silver light, barely allowing him to withstand it.

"Cannot withstand it head-on! Must rush through, or... eliminate that Remnant Will!"

Lin Wan gritted his teeth, braving the rain of arrows and the impact of the will, and dashed towards the end of the corridor!

He swung the guixu sword, slashing away the incoming black arrows, but more arrows followed closely behind, like maggots on rotting bones.

The corridor seemed to have no end.

The terrifying roar of the Remnant Will and the impact of the will grew stronger and stronger.

Lin Wan's Sword Domain was already in jeopardy, and his Divine Soul was like a candle in the wind, tottering on the brink of collapse.

Even more troublesome was that he felt his spiritual energy and even his life force were being slowly eroded and drained by the evil power contained within the black starlight.

"This cannot go on..."

Lin Wan's gaze swept across his surroundings.

On the walls on both sides of the corridor, the originally flowing pure starlight had been largely infected by the evil Remnant Will, and only a few places were still flickering with weak, pure starlight radiance, seemingly still resisting stubbornly.

Pure starlight power... is it mutually restraining with this evil Remnant Will?

A thought stirred in his mind, and he attempted to use the power of the Void Dao Seed to communicate with and trigger those few remaining spots of pure starlight radiance.

"Hum..."

The pure starlight radiance seemed to sense the call of the same source (the Void Dao Seed contained the Origin of Space and Stars), and it brightened slightly, actually separating a wisp of minute yet pure and gentle starlight power that sank into Lin Wan's body.

This power quickly dispelled a trace of the evil erosion within his body, and it also invigorated his spirit.

"It works!"

Lin Wan's spirit lifted. While swinging his sword to block the rain of arrows, he used the Void Dao Seed as a guide to continuously communicate with and absorb the pure starlight power remaining in the corridor.

Although it was scarce, the accumulation added up, and it actually allowed him to barely stabilize the situation and slowly advance towards the end of the corridor.

Finally, after enduring an unknown number of waves of attacks, with his Divine Soul nearly numb and his Dantian energy about to be exhausted, he rushed out of the corridor and stepped into the tall hall at the end.

In the center of the hall, there was no throne, only a token—the size of a palm, with the color of the deep starry sky, and countless starlight phantoms appearing and disappearing on its surface—wrapped in dense five-colored starlight and quietly floating in mid-air!

It was precisely the fourth fragment of the void five elements token!

Beneath the token, on the floor of the hall, a huge, complex, and eerie Formation flickering with dim blood-colored light was engraved.

At the center of the Formation lurked a mass of pitch-black mist that was constantly twisting and rolling, emitting a monstrous aura of resentment and destruction!

Within the mist, a hideous, painful, yet incomparably powerful phantom face was vaguely visible, staring fixedly at the intruding Lin Wan with eyes burning with black flames.

"Outsider... Die! The Star Derivation Legacy... is mine! The Five Elements Sect... all deserve to die!!!"

The pitch-black mist let out a crazy roar, suddenly expanding into a huge ghost hand that covered the sky, grabbing fiercely towards Lin Wan!

The ghost hand was wrapped in endless resentment, curses, and corrupted chaotic starlight power; its power was far stronger than any previous attack and had already reached the level of the Middle Stage Nascent Soul!

This was the true form of the "Great Enemy's Remnant Will"!

Sealed for ten thousand years and extremely weak, yet it was still this terrifying!

Facing this lethal blow, a strange calmness, as if seeing through all illusions, flashed in Lin Wan's eyes.

He no longer looked at the grabbing ghost hand, but his gaze fell upon the fourth void five elements token wrapped in five-colored starlight, and also upon the surrounding hall walls and dome, upon those pure starlight spots that were dim yet still stubbornly flickering, forming the trajectories of some profound star map.

"So that's it... Senior Star Derivation, your test is not to defeat this Remnant Will, but... to obtain its approval? Or rather, to use starlight power to purify and transcend this ten-thousand-year resentment?"

Lin Wan understood in his heart.

This Senior of the "Star Derivation" lineage was likely an supreme existence who possessed compassion and heaven-defying means.

He sealed the Great Enemy's Remnant Will here not to torture it, but to slowly purify its resentment with the passage of long years and the starlight power of the Star Derivation Palace; at the same time, it served as the ultimate test for later inheritors—only a descendant who possessed the stars in their heart, understood life and death, and had mastered sufficient starlight power (or power of the same source) could trigger the remaining purification power here, complete this unfinished task, and thereby gain the recognition of the Legacy and the void five elements token.

Otherwise, with the terror of this Remnant Will, an ordinary Golden Core or even a Nascent Soul Cultivator who rashly intruded would only be devoured by its resentment and assimilated into new "nourishment".

"Since that is the case..."

Lin Wan took a deep breath, holding nothing back, and gathered all the remaining Dantian energy in his body, along with the full power of the Void Dao Seed and the guixu sword spirit, as well as all the pure starlight power he had absorbed and accumulated along the way from the corridor and various parts of the hall, into the center of his brow and then onto the guixu sword in his hand.

The guixu sword let out an unprecedentedly clear and melodious long cry, and its chaotic dark-silver blade suddenly lit up, resonating strongly with those pure starlight spots on the surrounding hall walls and dome!

Beams of minute, pure starlight shot out from those light spots and merged into the guixu sword, making the starlight spots on the sword blade instantly as brilliant as a real galaxy!

"With stars as the guide, with Guixu as the end, with the Void Realm as the bridge—purify this resentment, comfort the spirits of the heroes!"

Lin Wan gripped the sword with both hands and slowly swung the final sword strike towards the pitch-black ghost hand—composed of endless resentment and chaotic starlight power—that was grabbing at him, and also towards the blood-colored Seal Formation on the hall floor, as well as the twisted Remnant Will at the center of the Formation.

There was no earth-shattering power, only a soft, pure river of starlight—as if containing the birth and death of all heavens' stars and the annihilation of all things' Reincarnation—flowing out from the guixu sword, silently submerging the pitch-black ghost hand, the blood-colored Formation, and the twisted Remnant Will.

"Ah—!!!"

The Remnant Will let out one last shrill scream filled with pain, reluctance, yet seemingly carrying a trace of relief, and within that pure and vast river of starlight, it rapidly dissolved and disintegrated; the resentment, curses, and chaotic power within it were continuously purified and transcended by the starlight, finally turning into specks of pure spiritual light that dissipated into the Void Realm.

Ten thousand years of resentment, resolved in an instant.

When the river of starlight slowly dissipated, the hall returned to tranquility.

The blood-colored Formation on the ground had disappeared, and that mass of pitch-black Remnant Will was nowhere to be found.

Only the fourth void five elements token, wrapped in five-colored starlight, remained quietly floating, emitting a softer and more intimate radiance.

Lin Wan leaned on his sword, panting heavily, his face pale, nearly collapsed.

That sword strike just now had almost exhausted everything he had, and his Divine Soul was exhausted to the extreme.

But his eyes were filled with calmness and understanding.

"Good... later comer... you have passed... the final test... obtained the recognition of the Legacy of my 'Star Derivation' lineage... the fourth token... I give to you... hope you carry this token, go to the Guixu Sea, complete the Five Elements Sect's... unfinished ambition... Stars... are eternal..."

That old and weary voice sounded again, but it was much clearer and gentler than before, as if it had laid down a burden of ten thousand years.

Along with the voice, the void five elements token wrapped in five-colored starlight slowly flew towards Lin Wan and landed in his palm.

At the same time, the huge star map on the dome of the hall suddenly lit up, and countless star runes, insights, and Cultivation Technique Profound Truths surged into Lin Wan's Divine Soul like a torrent; it was precisely the core Legacy of the "Star Derivation" lineage—《Zhou Tian Star Derivation Dao Formula》!

This method not only contained the Dao of star cultivation but also had intricate connections with the Five Elements, the Void Realm, and even fate deduction, making it incomparably profound.

Lin Wan sat cross-legged, accepting the Legacy while regulating his breath to recover.

He did not know how much time had passed, but when he opened his eyes again, it seemed as if hundreds of millions of stars were appearing and disappearing in his pupils, flashing and then vanishing.

The fatigue on his body was swept away. Although his cultivation had not broken through, his understanding of the Dao of stars, the Five Elements, and the Void Realm had reached a higher level.

That fourth void five elements token had also successfully fused with the previous tokens.

The new Five Elements token had a deeper chaotic luster, the star map on it was more complete and clear, and the light spot pointing to the fifth fragment in the Guixu Sea was also several times brighter, as if it were within reach.

He stood up and bowed solemnly to the empty hall.

Then, he turned around and walked step by step in the direction he had come from.

When he reached the gate of the Star Derivation Palace, the gate opened silently, and the starlight and Void Realm turbulence from the outside world surged in.

Looking back one last time at this Star Derivation Palace that was about to hide back into the Void Realm and wait for the next fated person, Lin Wan did not linger. His figure turned into a streak of starlight, soared into the sky, left the Burial Star Sea, and sped away towards the northeast direction of the Gate of Guixu.

Four void five elements tokens in hand, Star Derivation Legacy bestowed.

Guixu Sea, Five Elements Hall.

I am coming.