Destruction
Translator: CinderTL
"It's over!"
Yu Jin's face turned deathly pale.
He and all the Primordial Spirits had poured every ounce of their power into maintaining the Golden Crow Battleship's defensive shield, merging it with the collapsing Dao Resonance Barrier of Blue Star.
Yet even so, the Blue Star barrier continued to vanish at a visible rate.
Simultaneously, massive red warnings flashed across the Golden Crow Battleship's display screens.
"This is no longer mere force at work. It's a cosmic catastrophe, triggered by a single point of leverage. Before such a disaster, all life, save for Void Refining Great Powers who command Void Power, is utterly insignificant."
"Destruction. This is true destruction. Not the destruction of one Lesser World after another, but the collapse and annihilation of hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Lesser Worlds, along with a Realm Region spanning millions of light-years."
The other Primordial Spirit True Monarchs in the field continued to struggle, but despair filled their eyes.
Even Li Chunjun, facing a cosmic catastrophe that threatened to obliterate an entire Realm Region, felt his soul shaken to its core.
In recent times, he had ventured beyond the Blue Star Minor Realm, rampaging across the Two Worlds Mountain Battlefield and achieving unprecedented glory.
He then journeyed to the Profound Yellow Great World, ascending to the top of the Profound Yellow Star Brilliance List. There, he inherited the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method, cultivated his Nascent Soul, mastered Mind Power, and saw his strength surge to the point where he could claim the Solar Radiance First Rank and rival a Nine Tribulation True Monarch in combat prowess!
Returning to Blue Star with the resounding fame of his Solar Radiance First Rank, he crushed the Chiyang Sword Sect and the Wu Ji Sect—those who had posed a fatal threat to him in the Blue Star Minor Realm—amidst the adulation of countless admirers.
In that moment, he truly felt his transformation and power.
It moved him to reflect that the Blue Star Minor Realm...
...was so narrow.
No true dragon could thrive in a pond!
And he...
...was the true dragon who had emerged from Blue Star!
But just as he was at his most triumphant, radiating glory in every direction, he was suddenly plunged into the darkest moment of his life!
This sudden cosmic catastrophe...
...which was very likely orchestrated by the Divine Race, shattered all his pride, arrogance, and ambitious dreams!
He gazed at the starry sky, which had long since shifted and changed.
He watched countless stars and celestial bodies—suns and moons—seemingly annihilated and shattered by the cosmic storm, feeling the vast, sweeping destruction that engulfed the river of stars...
An unprecedented sense of suffocation surged through him.
As the wielder of the Destruction Dao Body, he felt as if he had finally grasped the true essence of destruction!
His Destruction Sword Intent even seemed to be on the verge of evolving into Destruction Sword Stance.
But what good was it!?
Against a cosmic disaster that spanned hundreds of thousands, millions, or even millions of light-years, what use was his extraordinary talent?
What good was being ranked first on the Star Brilliance List?
Even if he ascended to the Cosmic Light List and truly transformed his Destruction Sword Intent into Destruction Sword Stance, what difference would it make?
"Is there really no way out?"
Li Chunjun couldn't help but ask Yu Jin, the operator of the Golden Crow Battleship.
"Pray," Yu Jin replied, shaking his head. "Pray that this void storm ends soon. Otherwise, in at most thirty breaths, the Golden Crow Battleship's energy will be exhausted, and everyone on board will be consumed by the void storm, twisted, reassembled, and shattered."
"Unless a Void Refining Great Power personally intervenes to disrupt this void storm and calm it, or uses supreme methods to open a passage and retrieve us... otherwise," Su Fang said, his voice tinged with deep helplessness.
Void Refining?
How could a Void Refining Great Power just happen to be passing through this region of space? And how could they possibly intervene precisely enough to save the Golden Crow Battleship?
The Azure Sea Domain had only a handful of Void Refining Great Powers.
General Xuan Mi? He was stationed at the Frigid Jade Fortress. Just maintaining stability in the space around the fortress was already a challenge, considering Two Realms Mountain was inherently a chaotic region of the void.
A cosmic quake of this scale would inevitably cause the structure of Two Realms Mountain to collapse. If that happened, the average energy release in their area could easily surge to Level 12 or even Level 13.
Yu Jin glanced at Li Chunjun. "In the face of disaster, all are equal. Whether you're a Spirit Refining cultivator, a Qi Refining practitioner, or a mere mortal; whether you're a Sect Master, a Supreme Elder, or a Peerless Prodigy, the outcome is the same."
Li Chunjun understood the implications of Yu Jin's words. In the face of a cosmic disaster of this magnitude, the Star Brilliance First Rank and a mortal...
There was nothing different.
Yet Li Chunjun didn't dwell on this. Instead, he quickly pondered the meaning of Su Fang's words.
After a full two breaths, he suddenly asked, "Are you saying that if a Void Refining Great Power were to disrupt the void storm in this area, either calming it or creating a passage for us to escape, we might be able to survive?"
"Yes," Su Fang nodded. "Void Refinement Realm Great Powers possess the ability to contend against such void storms."
At this moment, he too seemed to realize something.
Why would Li Chunjun ask such a question? Could it be...
"You exchanged for a Void Refining Great Power's ability when you reached the top of the Star Brilliance List!?"
The moment these words were spoken, the others' eyes lit up with hope, all turning to Li Chunjun.
"I don't know, but we can try," Li Chunjun replied, stepping forward and facing the direction of the Profound Yellow Great World. A key materialized in his hand.
The Profound Yellow Cave Heaven Key.
According to No. 11, as long as a Dao Harmony Dao Venerable didn't intervene, the power of the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven summoned by the key could instantly teleport him to the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven.
Even amidst a fierce battle with intense spatial turbulence, the teleportation time would only be slightly delayed, not rendered impossible.
The only limitation...
This ability is restricted to the Profound Yellow Great World.
Li Chunjun is clearly not in the Profound Yellow Great World right now. However, the fact that this key can resonate with the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven is proof enough that it is a powerful Void Treasure!
A Void Treasure left by the Profound Yellow Supreme for his Nominal Disciples, with only 3,611 copies distributed in total!
Li Chunjun immediately activated the key's power.
In an instant, he seemed to sense something.
But the sensation was incredibly vague—so faint he couldn't even listen to it.
Yet the spatial fluctuations radiating from his body were immediately noticed by everyone present.
For a moment, whether it would work or not, a desperate glimmer of hope ignited in everyone's eyes.
As hope flickered, True Monarch Huang Tian, a man of vast experience, stared at the key in Li Chunjun's hand, as if suddenly struck by a realization.
A wave of overwhelming disbelief surged through his mind.
If...
If the key-like Void Treasure in Li Chunjun's hand truly is what I suspect it is, then his true identity and talent...
...must be far greater than even the "Star Brilliance First Rank" suggests.
The spatial fluctuations continued to spread from Li Chunjun's body.
But Li Chunjun still couldn't sense the exact location of the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven, let alone summon its power.
Too far!
The Golden Crow Battleship was currently too far from the Profound Yellow Great World!
So far that he couldn't even get a clear sense of the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven.
Zzzt!
Suddenly, sparks flew through the battleship.
Accompanied by what sounded like the Golden Crow Battleship itself groaning in pain.
The Golden Crow Battleship was damaged!
And...
"Energy levels are below 30%!"
After a dozen breaths, Yu Jin couldn't help but mutter.
30%!
And with the relentless assault of the void storm, the energy level was plummeting by nearly one percentage point every second or two.
Yet, despite holding the key, Li Chunjun still couldn't truly disrupt the surrounding space.
"20%!"
True Monarch Huang Tian, watching the number drop, finally couldn't hold back any longer. "Sword Prodigy Li... is that... the Profound Yellow Cave Heaven Key you're holding?"
"Hmm?"
Li Chunjun glanced at him.
"If it truly is the Profound Yellow Cave Heaven Key, you can trigger its emergency mode by destroying its structure. This will force it to release all its internal energy, which will then forcibly project the power of the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven toward us."
True Monarch Huang Tian explained.
"Emergency mode?"
Li Chunjun's heart skipped a beat.
With his life on the line, he couldn't afford to hesitate.
In the next moment, he channeled his Destruction Sword Qi, slamming it into the Profound Yellow Key.
Almost the instant the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven Key was struck, an even more intense spatial fluctuation erupted from it. In that instant, the previously imperceptible, hazy outline of the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven suddenly became incredibly clear!
But this clarity lasted less than half a second before vanishing completely.
Even the faint, blurry sensation he'd been experiencing was severed.
Li Chunjun was momentarily stunned.
Before he could figure out what had caused this change, a dazzling, multicolored radiance burst forth from the twisted Void at the edge of the vast, boundless outer space surrounding the Golden Crow Battleship.
The radiance collided with the distorted space, forcibly dispersing the void storm—or rather, the spatial vortex that had enveloped the entire Blue Star Minor Realm!
The sensation was like...
a mortal detonating a nuclear bomb to obliterate a super tornado!
Except this collision of energies was countless billions of times more massive than a nuclear blast against a super tornado. The intensity of the spatial energy and spatial energy canceling each other out was beyond comprehension.
"It's here! It's here! The guiding force of the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven!"
True Monarch Huang Tian's eyes suddenly lit up with unrestrained joy.
Buzz... buzz...
But as the collision between the seven-colored radiance and the void storm continued for a moment, the radiance...
began to dissipate at a visible rate.
True Monarch Huang Tian's joy froze instantly.
"How could this be..."
"It's too far," Li Chunjun said.
Before they could succumb to despair, Yu Jin suddenly shouted in delight, "The energy intensity is dropping!"
A Primordial Spirit True Monarch in charge of technical operations echoed his relief: "It's the energy impact from earlier! Even though that energy didn't fully descend, it severely weakened the overall release of this energy. The Starquake's energy weakened upon colliding with it. Now..."
"Total energy release: Level 19. Average energy release: Level 10!"
And these numbers were plummeting rapidly.
In less than ten breaths, the average energy release had already dropped to Level 9!
The total energy release had fallen to Level 17!
At this level of energy release, the Golden Crow Battleship and the Dao Resonance Barrier of the Blue Star Minor Realm could easily withstand it.
The disaster was gradually receding.
"We survived! We survived!"
(End of the Chapter)
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