130: Xinggong surrenders

The absolute deathly chill of the Eternal Frozen Star Prison, like an invisible declaration, swept across the entire shattered battlefield.

The Star Palace's last remaining forces, along with their struggling hopes, were eternally frozen within that cosmic amber, becoming a terrifying monument that deterred all prying eyes.

The spore clouds continued to autonomously clear scattered resistance, but they no longer needed to exert themselves.

The Floating Ink City slowly sailed out from the shelter of Thunder Abyss, and the newborn Starry Sky Whale let out a long, powerful whale song, carrying the city as it passed over that massive Eternal Frozen Star Prison.

The ice sculptures of Star Palace Cultivators, frozen in postures of terror within the ice tomb, silently narrated the outcome of their defeat in the shadow cast by Mo City.

The target was directly the core Star Domain where the Star Palace Main Hall was located—the Star Pivot.

Along the way, all remaining Star Palace outposts, patrol teams, and even some reinforcements who heard the news but arrived a step too late, upon seeing the terrifying whale beast carrying the giant steel city, and the Soul-freezing Eternal Frozen Star Prison beside it, were all terrified to their core and fled in panic!

No one dared to even entertain a thought of resistance.

The news, like a plague, spread back to the Star Pivot at the fastest possible speed.

The Star Palace Main Hall, this magnificent celestial palace that had stood atop the Chaotic Star Sea for ten millennia, bathed in starlight, and worshipped by billions of Cultivators, was now enveloped in an unprecedented despair and panic.

The Zhou Tian Star Array was broken! The expeditionary force was completely annihilated! Soul Transformation Elders had fallen! Even the last organized defense was turned into an eternal ice tomb by that unheard-of terrifying combined attack!

The enemy was approaching their doorstep with an unstoppable momentum!

Inside the glorious main hall, the Elders, who usually held high positions and decided the fate of billions of beings, now had ashen faces; arguments, despair, and even quiet weeping replaced their former authority and order.

"What do we do?! What exactly do we do?!"

"Even the Zhou Tian Star Array couldn't stop them... what can we possibly use to resist?"

"Let's flee! While we still can!"

"Silence! The Star Palace's ten-millennia foundation, how can it be destroyed in our hands?!"

Just as this Chaos reached its peak, a majestic but somewhat weak and dispirited Divine Might came from behind the hall, temporarily suppressing all the clamor.

The current Palace Master of the Star Palace, a Cultivator whose appearance seemed only middle-aged, but whose eyes were now filled with weariness and deep frustration, slowly stepped out.

He had clearly just come out of seclusion, and might even have sustained serious injuries; his Qi was far from as unfathomable as rumored.

He surveyed the chaotic Elders below, a flicker of pain in his eyes, which ultimately turned into a long sigh.

"Enough." His voice was not loud, but carried a heavy sense of resignation, echoing throughout the hall.

"Activate... all defensive Formations of the Main Hall."

"But... no attacking is allowed."

"Follow me... to greet them."

The last two words seemed to drain all his strength.

To greet, not to fight. The meaning was self-evident.

A moment later, the massive shadow of the Floating Ink City, like the arrival of doomsday, slowly covered the dazzling star ring on the outskirts of the Star Pivot.

The terrifying pressure of the newborn Starry Sky Whale, at the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul, mixed with the lingering absolute chill of the Eternal Frozen Star Prison, made all the defensive Formations of the entire Star Pivot groan under the unbearable strain.

Mo Yuan did not let Mo City directly collide with the Star Palace Main Hall, but instead had it hover above the most magnificent cluster of main halls.

The Starry Sky Whale silently hovered to the side, its massive eyes coldly looking down at the palaces and Cultivators below, who seemed like ants.

Below, led by the Palace Master, all the remaining Elders and Core Disciples who could still move, knelt in a dense mass, their faces pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, not even daring to raise their heads.

Shame, fear, and despair intertwined in their hearts.

Mo Yuan's figure appeared on the highest command platform of Mo City, standing with his hands behind his back, looking down at the kneeling Star Palace members below.

He did not speak; he simply stood there silently, but the massive steel city behind him, the terrifying Void Realm giant beast, and the invisible complex Law pressure emanating from him, a mix of Chaos, Star, Netherworld, and Life and Death, were more oppressive than any words.

Time seemed to freeze, each second feeling as long as a century.

Finally, the Star Palace Palace Master painstakingly raised his head, his hands trembling as he held up an ancient scroll that was neither gold nor jade, flowing with starlight, and with a voice almost bleeding, he hoarsely cried out:

"Star Palace... was blind, offending Divine Might..."

"Today... we are willing to offer the Complete Manual of our palace's secret codex—the 'Star Forging Divinity Art'..."

"We only ask... that Divine Lord... spare the lives of our palace's Disciples..."

"Star Palace... pledges allegiance!"

The Star Forging Divinity Art! The true core Legacy upon which the Star Palace reigned supreme in the Chaotic Star Sea, directly pointing to the Origin of the Divine Soul; Cultivated to the extreme, the Primordial Spirit could transform into a star, existing eternally!

The preciousness of this item was far beyond the incomplete fragment stolen by the Mirror Demon previously!

Mo Yuan's gaze fell upon that star scroll, and a subtle flicker of light finally appeared in his eyes.

He slowly raised his hand.

An invisible force lifted the scroll, and it flew into his hand.

His Divine Sense swept over it, confirming it was indeed the Complete Manual.

He put away the scroll, his gaze once again sweeping over the kneeling crowd below, and his cold voice, like a heavenly decree, resounded throughout the entire Star Pivot:

"From today onwards, the Star Palace is removed from the roster."

"This Domain is renamed Mo Tu Star Pivot."

"All people of Mo Tu must obey the 'Sentient Thunder Codex' and pledge loyalty to this Dominator."

"Those who defy... their Divine Souls will be annihilated."

As his voice fell, the plaque representing the Star Palace's ten millennia of glory shattered with a crash!

A massive banner embroidered with the emblem of thunder and a magic bottle slowly rose to the highest point of the Star Palace Main Hall, fluttering in the wind.

The Star Palace surrendered.

The Chaotic Star Sea welcomed a new Dominator.

Mo Yuan turned, no longer looking at the former overlords below who had completely lost their spirit and vitality.

The conquest was complete.

And his gaze had already turned to the farther reaches of deep space, and... that Star Forging Divinity Art he had just acquired.

The Chaotic Star Sea was just the beginning.