191: Chapter 191 Stardust's Final Battle: The Source of Martial Arts and the Cosmic Soul-Devouring Mother Nest

Section 1: The Ultimate Assembly: Successor of Stardust Energy and Anti-Vacuum Equipment

When the Chuanwu Starship interstellar mothership docked at the Jupiter hub and the hatch opened, a figure wrapped in stardust floated in—not walking, but truly "floating." After all, the orbit of Jupiter was nearly a vacuum. The person was surrounded by pale silver specks of stardust, and with a wave of his hand, he condensed a stardust shield to block the cold air leaking from outside the cabin.

"I finally made it," the man said as he removed his mask, revealing a weather-beaten face with a shallow scar at the corner of his eye, yet he smiled brightly. "I am Ling, the last traditional martial arts practitioner of the Stardust Tribe in the Oort Cloud. You're going to the Source of Traditional Martial Arts; you won't get far without my Stardust Energy."

He opened his palm, and pale silver stardust flowed within it, slowly condensing into a translucent "Stardust Crystal Core." "The Oort Cloud has no solid matter; it's all stardust and ice crystals at -270°C. A vacuum environment causes Qi Energy to dissipate instantly. Your equipment needs a layer of Stardust Crystal Core; my energy can make the cores resonate, locking in your Qi Energy."

The deck immediately became busy. Lu Yu held a welding torch, sewing Stardust Crystal Core fragments onto everyone's spacesuits. As he welded, he cursed, "This stuff is harder than titanium alloy; it almost broke my torch!" Ling leaned over, and with a touch of stardust from his fingertip, the crystal fragments actually softened and automatically adhered to the seams of the spacesuit. "Silly boy, Stardust Energy should be guided, not forced."

Xiao Juan's Nature Qi gloves were the most special. Ling embedded a living Stardust Crystal Core in the palm. "You can resonate with plants; this core will allow you to speak with the stardust. The stardust at the Source of Traditional Martial Arts will guide your way." The Little Whale Spirit's Qi Energy pod was also modified, its walls covered in stardust patterns. With a wave of Ling's hand, the patterns lit up, and the Little Whale Spirit actually poked its head out of the pod and blew a stardust bubble at Ling—it could actually breathe in a vacuum!

Chen Wu watched as the entire team's equipment was ready and held up the fusion jade. "The Source of Traditional Martial Arts is the root of traditional martial arts in the Solar System. Now, that root is being dug up by the Universe Spirit-Devourer, and we must protect it. Ling, lead the way. Karen, control the storms. Aila, stabilize the earth pulse. The new generation, follow me for the frontal assault—remember, we aren't fighting alone. Every node in the Solar System is with us."

In the global live broadcast, 380 billion viewers watched the stardust light surrounding the astronauts. The bullet comments flashed by rapidly: "Brother Ling's Stardust Energy is so cool! He actually let the Little Whale Spirit survive in a vacuum!" "I lost it when Lu Yu's welding torch almost broke; now this feels like an Immortal Master!" "The whole Solar System is going in together. If we lose this fight, I'll cry for three days!" News came from the Technical Department that the Jupiter hub had begun transmitting energy to Earth, Mars, and Venus. The pillars of light from the three major nodes were blindingly bright.

Section 2: Stardust Navigation: Cosmic Turbulence and Spirit-Devourer Omens

When the Chuanwu Starship mothership entered the Oort Cloud, the scene outside changed completely—there were no stars, only boundless pale silver stardust, as if all the diamond dust in the Universe had been scattered here. Ling stood before the observation window, the stardust at his fingertips rotating along with the stardust outside. "Ahead is the 'Stardust Corridor.' Once we pass it, we reach the Source of Traditional Martial Arts. But there is 'Stardust Turbulence' in the corridor; if you get sucked in, you'll be turned into stardust dross."

Just as he finished speaking, the mothership suddenly jolted. The stardust concentration on the screen spiked instantly, and a small patch of the originally pale silver stardust actually turned black. "It's Spirit-Devourer Residue!" Ling's face darkened. "They've already contaminated part of the stardust. There are definitely Spirit-Devourer Spawn hiding in the turbulence!"

Xiao Juan immediately put on her gloves, and the Stardust Crystal Core in her palm lit up. She closed her eyes, and after a few seconds, she suddenly shouted, "300 meters to the front left! There are three black masses in the turbulence drifting toward us!" Karen immediately activated her Storm Qi, and Qi Energy diversion wings extended from both sides of the mothership. The silver-gray Storm Qi wrapped around the stardust, sweeping out a path ahead. "We can't dodge; charge straight through!"

The moment the mothership charged into the turbulence, everyone inside was tossed about. Little Karim's Pyramid Force bracers lit up, and a pale gold light shield protected the console. "Hold on! I can block it for a while!" Laila suddenly pointed out the window and screamed, "What is 그!"

The black stardust masses suddenly exploded, and countless thumbnail-sized "Stardust Spirit-Devourer Spawn" flew out. Like tiny insects, they slammed into the mothership's hull. Where they hit, the Stardust Crystal Core fragments actually began to turn black. "It's the Spirit-Devourer's corrosion!" Aila took out an Earth Pulse Force device, and pale green energy flowed out along the cabin walls. Where it touched the black spots, the corrosion actually stopped. "Earth Pulse Force can temporarily block it, but it won't last long!"

Ling suddenly floated to the hatch, the stardust around him surging. "I'm going out to clear them! You guys stabilize the mothership!" Chen Wu grabbed him. "It's too dangerous! In a vacuum, you..." Ling smiled, and the stardust condensed into armor around him. "The Stardust Tribe has lived in the vacuum for tens of thousands of years. I won't die."

The hatch opened, and Ling shot out like a silver meteor. With a flick of his Stardust Energy, countless stardust blades flew out, slicing the spawn in half upon contact. Xiao Juan watched from inside the cabin and suddenly shouted, "Brother Ling! Another wave of spawn is coming from the back right!" The Stardust Crystal Core in her palm glowed even more intensely, transmitting the stardust's movements to Ling in real-time.

The global audience's hearts were in their throats. The bullet comments were full of "Brother Ling, don't die!", "Go Xiao Juan! Be precise!", and "Aila's Earth Pulse Force, hold on!" Fortunately, after a few minutes, Ling floated back. His stardust armor had a hole in it, but he was carrying the remains of a black spawn. "It's done. Ahead is the Source of Traditional Martial Arts."

Section 3: The Source of Traditional Martial Arts: Spirit-Devourer Broodmother Raid

The Source of Traditional Martial Arts was more spectacular than anyone had imagined—it wasn't a building, but a "Stardust Core" suspended in the stardust. It was as large as a football field, its surface carved with runes unlike those on Earth, Mars, Venus, or Jupiter. Pale gold Qi Energy flowed through the runes, flickering like a heartbeat.

"This is the Source of Traditional Martial Arts," Ling said, touching the core, his voice a bit raspy. "We of the Stardust Tribe have guarded it for a hundred thousand years just to suppress the thing beneath it." He pointed below the core, where the stardust was pitch black, like a bottomless pit.

Suddenly, the black stardust surged upward, and a black claw covered in bone spikes reached out from the hole, grabbing for the Stardust Core! "It's the Universe Spirit-Devourer Broodmother!" Ling shouted. His Stardust Energy instantly condensed into a shield to block the claw, but as soon as the shield touched the claw, a large hole was corroded into it. "It's much stronger than I thought!"

The Broodmother slowly crawled out of the black hole, standing thirty meters tall. Its body was composed of flowing black stardust, and it was covered in countless small claws, each clutching a Spirit-Devourer Spawn. It opened its mouth and spat out a glob of black energy, heading straight for the Little Whale Spirit's Qi Energy pod. The Little Whale Spirit curled into a ball in fear, but Xiao Juan immediately rushed over, her Nature Qi wrapped in the Stardust Crystal Core to block the energy. "Don't even think about touching it!"

Chen Wu immediately shouted out the tactics: "Karen, use Storm Qi to block the spawn! Aila, use Earth Pulse Force to pin down the Broodmother! Lin Yue and Xiao Kaya, use Dual Ice Qi to freeze its claws! New generation, follow me to find the core!"

Karen's Storm Qi immediately began to whirl, the silver-gray wind forming a barrier around the Broodmother; as soon as the spawn rushed out, they were swept away. Aila plugged her Earth Pulse Force device into the stardust, and the pale green energy acted like a rope, binding the Broodmother's body. Lin Yue and Xiao Kaya struck together, their pale blue and pale cyan ice energy freezing two of the Broodmother's claws. However, the Broodmother let out a roar, and its claws actually shattered the ice shells and split into even more spawn!

"It can absorb stardust to recover!" Ling shouted, his Stardust Energy condensing into a longsword as he slashed at the Broodmother's body. But as soon as the sword entered, it was swallowed by the black stardust. "We have to hit its core! It's that red dot on its chest!"

Little Karim suddenly raised his bracers, and pale gold energy wrapped in stardust shot toward the Broodmother's chest. "I'll distract it! Mei, take the chance to hit the core with your darts!" Mei nodded, her Ninja Qi darts coated in Stardust Crystal Core powder. While the Broodmother turned to deal with Little Karim, she threw a dart at the red glowing point. The moment the dart touched the point, it was deflected, and a cloud of black stardust exploded.

"The core has a shield!" Mei shouted. Laila suddenly ran over, holding a small bottle. "I have a way! These are Anti-metal Microorganisms from Jupiter; they can eat the Spirit-Devourer's shield!" She threw the bottle at the Broodmother. When the microorganisms touched the black stardust, they actually began to gnaw away, and the shield around the red glowing point slowly thinned.

In the global live broadcast, viewers were shouting: "Laila is a legend! Microorganisms are the GOAT!" "Mei, finish it off!" "Little Karim, hold on!" Chen Wu seized the opportunity, his Dual-Qi wrapped in stardust as he charged at the Broodmother's core. But the Broodmother suddenly swung its body and swiped a claw at Chen Wu. Ling immediately rushed to block it; his stardust armor shattered completely, and blood leaked from the corner of his mouth. "Quick... now's your chance!"

Section 4: Solar System-wide Resonance: The Ultimate Climax

Chen Wu didn't hesitate. His Dual-Qi erupted with full force, the pale gold and pale green energy wrapped in stardust like a cannonball slamming into the Broodmother's core! But just as he was about to hit it, the Broodmother suddenly split into over a dozen smaller broodmothers, each half the size of the original, surrounding everyone!

"It can actually split!" Xiao Juan was so anxious she was almost in tears, her Nature Qi becoming chaotic. "We can't fight this many!"

Ling lay in the stardust, smiling weakly. "Who said we can't fight them? We aren't alone." He pointed to the Stardust Core of the Source of Traditional Martial Arts. "Activate the Solar System Traditional Martial Arts Network resonance; draw in the energy from all the nodes!"

Chen Wu reacted immediately, taking out the fusion jade and pressing it against the Stardust Core. "Technical Department! Immediately connect the Earth, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter nodes! Bring all the energy of the Solar System here!"

Grandmaster Yang Mingyuan's voice came through the communicator, crackling with static: "Connected! 600 million martial arts fans worldwide are providing remote support! The energy is coming!"

The Stardust Core suddenly lit up, and pale gold energy flowed out through the runes, connecting to the pillar of light from Jupiter, then Venus, Mars, and Earth—the four pillars of light merged into one within the stardust, surging toward the Source of Traditional Martial Arts!

"Everyone, inject your energy into the core!" Chen Wu shouted, pouring his Dual-Qi in first. Ling also propped himself up, his Stardust Energy merging into the core. Karen, Aila, Lin Yue, Xiao Kaya... everyone's energy flowed into the core. The light of the core grew brighter and brighter, finally turning into a golden pillar of light that shot into the heavens!

When the pillar of light touched the small broodmothers, they were instantly incinerated! The Broodmother's main body reverted from its split state and roared as it charged at the core, but the pillar of light suddenly split off a strand, binding the Broodmother and pulling it into the core. The Broodmother struggled desperately, black stardust splashing everywhere, but the power of the light grew stronger and stronger, finally swallowing it whole into the core!

The Broodmother's screams echoed from within the core before it slowly returned to tranquility. The black stardust began to turn pale silver, and the stardust of the Oort Cloud slowly returned to its original state. Ling looked at the core, tears falling. "One hundred thousand years... we finally protected it."

The bullet comments of the global live broadcast exploded: "I'm crying! We finally won!" "The whole Solar System working together was so hype!" "Brother Ling, don't cry! We won!" The Technical Department sent word that the Spirit-Devourer Residue at all nodes in the Solar System had been purified, and the energy of the traditional martial arts network was ten times stronger than before.

Section 5: The Mission of traditional martial arts: A New Chapter of Cosmic Exploration

After the Stardust Core calmed down, the runes on its surface suddenly changed, projecting an image—it wasn't the Stardust Tribe, but people who looked very much like Earthlings, fighting the Spirit-Devourer in the Universe. Finally, they placed the Source of Traditional Martial Arts in the Oort Cloud and left a message: "traditional martial arts is not the protection of one civilization, but the hope of the entire Universe. When the Solar System Traditional Martial Arts Network reaches Perfection, go and find traditional martial arts partners in other star systems."

"So the mission of traditional martial arts extends beyond the Solar System," Chen Wu said as he watched the image, his mind suddenly clear. "We also have to go into the Universe and find other traditional martial arts civilizations."

Ling smiled and patted his shoulder. "From now on, the Stardust Tribe will be with you. I can even be your guide." The Little Whale Spirit came out of its pod, floated to Ling's side, and nuzzled his hand—it could actually move freely in a vacuum now, with stardust swirling around it.

As they prepared to return to Earth, the Stardust Core suddenly shot out a beam of golden light, which landed in Chen Wu's hand and turned into a small Stardust Crystal Core. "This is the Token of the Source of Traditional Martial Arts; it can sense traditional martial arts signals from other star systems," Ling said. "In the future, we can use it to find other traditional martial arts civilizations."

When the Chuanwu Starship mothership left the Oort Cloud, everyone stood before the observation window, watching the pillar of light from the Source of Traditional Martial Arts align with the nodes of the Solar System like a golden necklace. Xiao Juan held the Little Whale Spirit and said with a smile, "Next time we go to another star system, we'll bring it along too." Little Karim nodded. "And we'll bring Brother Ling, and everyone else!"

The final image of the global live broadcast was the Chuanwu Starship heading toward Earth, followed by a golden trail of stardust. Chen Wu spoke to the camera: "The battle for the Source of Traditional Martial Arts is over, but our journey is far from finished. In the future, we will take the original aspiration of traditional martial arts and travel even further into the Universe."