Boundary Rift, Ancient City in the Void

Space travel felt completely different this time.

Having stepped into Late Stage Hedao, and with the rule fragment and nirvana dao seed having completed their transformation, Nightmare's control over the Law of space had reached a brand new height.

The spatial tunnel, streaked with silver-gray and the black light of the Power of Annihilation, was exceptionally stable; the violent energy turbulence and spatial rifts outside seemed to have been smoothed over by an invisible force, unable to shake the tunnel in the slightest.

Su Wanqing followed closely behind Nightmare, feeling this unprecedented stability, and her admiration for her Senior Brother deepened a little more.

She could feel that after his Breakthrough, her Senior Brother's aura had become increasingly deep and unfathomable, as if he were more in harmony with this endless Void Realm.

She did not know how long they had been traveling, but the spatial fluctuations coming from ahead became exceptionally intense and chaotic, and she could even faintly hear the sharp screeching caused by the friction of the Law, which struck directly at the Divine Soul.

"We are almost at that region, be careful." Nightmare voiced a warning, his rule fragment flashing with light as it reinforced the protective force around them.

The next moment, the two were violently ejected from the spatial tunnel!

The scene before them caused even Nightmare, who had long been accustomed to storms, to raise an eyebrow slightly.

This was no longer a simple Void Realm, but a completely chaotic, broken, and bizarre ruin of the Law!

Huge, colorful spatial rifts covered their field of vision like ugly scars; some rifts spewed out destructive torrents of energy, while others emitted a bizarre suction force, pulling at everything around them.

Broken landmasses, star fragments, and even the remains of some massive creatures were torn apart by the chaotic gravitational forces, colliding, spinning, and being annihilated in a completely irregular manner.

The concepts of time and space became blurred here; at times, one could see fragments of scenes from the past, and at other times, one could perceive omens of possible future energy fluctuations.

The pressure of the Law here was also terrifyingly intense; an ordinary Deity Transformation Cultivator would likely be torn into pieces by the chaotic Law in an instant!

Even a Hedao Cultivator would need to constantly circulate their magic power to resist, and their Divine Sense would be severely suppressed.

"Such... such a terrifying place..." Su Wanqing's face turned pale as she leaned tightly against Nightmare, her Nine Aperture Exquisite Body autonomously emitting a pure halo, struggling to resist the erosion of the external Law and the impact of the chaotic information.

Nightmare's rule fragment expanded to its full extent, acting like the most precise radar, carefully scanning and analyzing this extremely chaotic airspace.

His powerful Divine Thought from the Late Stage Hedao, combined with the computing power of the rule fragment, was barely able to make sense of this quagmire of the Law.

[Warning! Regional Law is extremely chaotic; rule fragment analysis efficiency has dropped by 60%!]

[Detected multiple unstable space-time nodes; some nodes connect to unknown dimensions, risk is extremely high!]

[Detected high-intensity Void Realm undercurrents and hidden Law traps; please evade with caution!]

[Recalibrating direction... based on previously captured domain barrier fluctuation signals... the signal source is located in the region of most intense chaos directly ahead...]

The rule fragment guided the direction with difficulty.

Nightmare protected Su Wanqing, like a helmsman in a raging sea, carefully maneuvering the Annihilation Domain as they wove through the violent energy turbulence and hidden spatial traps.

He would occasionally force his way through incoming energy storms, and at other times skillfully utilize spatial folds to avoid lethal Law traps; though their speed was not fast, they were steadily approaching the target area.

The deeper they went, the more bizarre the surrounding scenery became.

They could even see some incorporeal Void Realm creatures formed entirely from twisted Law; they possessed no intelligence, only the instinct to devour and destroy, but upon sensing Nightmare's heart-palpitating aura of the Power of Annihilation, they instinctively avoided him.

Suddenly, the rule fragment sent back a strong feedback!

[Stable spatial structure discovered! At the three o'clock direction, thirteen thousand li away!]

Nightmare's spirits lifted, and he immediately adjusted their direction.

Anything that could remain stable in a place like this was definitely extraordinary!

Soon, a huge, dilapidated black outline pierced through layers of energy mist and appeared at the edge of their vision.

It seemed to be a... city?

A massive city ruin floating in the chaotic Void Realm!

The city's architectural style was ancient and peculiar, not belonging to any known civilization in the Tianxuan Realm; huge black stone pillars were broken and toppled, magnificent palaces were reduced to ruins, and the streets were covered in thick Void Realm dust.

The entire city was shrouded by an extremely faint, yet stubbornly existing, transparent light shield; it was this light shield that supported a small, relatively stable space within this ruin of the Law.

The light shield was covered in cracks, clearly having reached its limit, and it could completely shatter at any moment.

"How... how could there be a city here?" Su Wanqing's beautiful eyes were filled with astonishment.

Nightmare's rule fragment carefully scanned the ancient Void Realm city, and a trace of surprise also flashed in his eyes.

[Analysis: Ancient city material unknown, contains faint Divine Power reactions and Void Realm Law. The defensive light shield is a combination of a composite Divine Formation and a Law barrier, with energy nearly exhausted. Detected multiple energy residues within the city and... a faint life reaction?!]

A life reaction?

In this forbidden zone where even a Hedao Cultivator could hardly stay for long, there was actually life?

Nightmare's rule fragment instantly locked onto the source of that faint life reaction—located inside a relatively intact pyramid-shaped building in the center of the ancient city.

He pondered for a moment and decided to go and investigate.

The existence of this ancient city itself was a miracle; perhaps he could find clues about the domain rift or how to leave this realm from it.

He brought Su Wanqing with him and slowly descended outside the damaged light shield of the ancient city.

Observing it from close range, one could feel the enormity and vicissitudes of this ancient city even more; those black stones were carved with strange runes, having experienced the baptism of countless years.

The rule fragment carefully analyzed the structure of the light shield and soon found a weak node in the energy cycle.

Nightmare pressed his fingers together like a sword and pointed out a wisp of highly condensed Power of Annihilation; he did not forcefully destroy it, but instead inserted it into the node like a key.

Hum!

The light shield trembled slightly and split open a gap just wide enough for one person to pass through.

The two quickly flashed inside, and the gap behind them instantly closed.

Upon entering the inside of the light shield, the chaotic pressure of the Law instantly diminished significantly; although the Spiritual Qi was still thin, at least there was no longer the danger of being torn apart at any moment.

The interior of the ancient city was deathly silent, with only Void Realm dust drifting slowly in the faint air currents.

Most of the buildings on both sides of the streets had collapsed, and some places still retained traces of battle, as if it had experienced a tragic war.

Guided by the rule fragment, the two approached the central pyramid building silently.

The closer they got to the center, the clearer the faint life reaction became, and it was also mixed with a trace of... pure Soul fluctuation?

Finally, they arrived at a hidden entrance at the base of the pyramid.

The entrance had been set up with concealment and defensive Formations, but they were already dilapidated.

Nightmare easily broke through the remaining Formation and stepped inside.

The interior of the pyramid was a world of its own, with a space far larger than it appeared from the outside, seemingly utilizing space expansion technology.

The internal structure was complex, with crisscrossing corridors, but most of them were already damaged.

The rule fragment guided the direction precisely, and finally, they arrived before a tightly closed door made of some kind of silver metal.

The door was carved with profound star patterns, which were currently flickering with an extremely faint light.

The source of that life and Soul fluctuation was right behind the door!

Nightmare's rule fragment scanned the door and found that its energy was almost exhausted, relying only on the material of the door itself to maintain its final basic functions.

He reached out his hand, pressed it against the door, and slightly outputted the power of the rule fragment.

Click.

The silver door made a soft sound and slowly slid open to the sides.

The scene behind the door came into view.

This was a circular hall, and in the center of the hall was a structure similar to an altar, carved with a complex star chart.

Above the altar, a crystal coffin about half a person's height, crystal clear, was floating!

Inside the coffin, a figure was sleeping.

It was a woman wearing a star-blue dress that had long faded but could still be seen as magnificent, and her silver-white long hair was spread out like a galaxy.

Her appearance was so beautiful that it did not seem Mortal; her skin was fair and transparent, her features were as exquisite as the most perfect work of art, but her face was pale without a trace of blood.

And that faint life reaction and pure Soul fluctuation were emanating from the woman in this crystal coffin!

What made Nightmare's rule fragment tremble slightly more was that around this woman, there was actually a flow of an extremely pure and high-level... charm of the Law of stars and the Law of space!

Her Bloodline level seemed to far exceed that of the Human Race in the Tianxuan Realm!

Who was she? Why was she sleeping in this ancient Void Realm city floating beside the domain rift?

Just as Nightmare's rule fragment was carefully scanning the crystal coffin, trying to find more information, the star chart around the altar suddenly lit up!

A cold, ethereal, yet slightly wary female voice suddenly rang out in the hall, speaking an ancient and beautiful language, but the rule fragment instantly parsed and translated it:

"Stranger... leave... this place... not welcome... outsiders..."