bookrandom Chapter 1146 Arrival at the Desolate Star Abyss
Chapter 1146 Arrival at the Desolate Star Abyss
Crimson Phoenix Immortal Boat, Fiery Phoenix Immortal Palace.
On the Purple Void Immortal Lotus, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes. The purple-gold divine light within them resembled two miniature stars, their radiance reflecting the surging purple ocean outside the hall. This caused every golden brick inside to shimmer with a mesmerizing glow, and even the golden energy flowing between the bricks seemed to be tinged with a purple hue. He gazed at the boundless purple light before him, a light as deep and unfathomable as an abyss, seemingly holding the secrets of the universe's primordial beginnings. A barely concealed smile curved his lips, and a slightly excited shout echoed within the hall, clear and resonant like metal striking stone, striking the pillars and creating ripples of gold.
Time flies. Since the group of illusory spirits laid down tens of thousands of immortal arrays in the Abyss of the Dao, trillions of years have passed. During these trillions of years, the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Ship has been like an inextinguishable flame, traversing countless chaotic currents and overcoming numerous dangerous spacetime rifts, finally successfully approaching its destination—the Void Star Abyss.
From afar, the desolate Star Abyss resembled a gigantic purple sphere of light suspended in chaos, its diameter spanning countless eons. It was enveloped in a thick layer of purple celestial light, flowing with a faint, ethereal Daoist aura, yet within this desolation emanated a faint, almost imperceptible, vitality, as if new life was being nurtured within deathly stillness. This layer of celestial light acted as a natural barrier, isolating the Star Abyss from the chaos of the outside world. Its radiance radiated across trillions of eons of void, imbuing the lifeless Primordial Ruins Sea with a mysterious purple hue, making it a strikingly prominent landmark within the chaos.
The next second...
"Whoosh..."
The golden flames at the stern of the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Boat suddenly intensified, increasing its speed by another third. Like a golden lightning bolt breaking free from its restraints, it flew straight towards the enormous purple sphere of light ahead. The moment the boat sliced through the chaos, it left behind a long trail of light that lingered for a long time, outlining a fleeting phoenix silhouette in the void.
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Spring goes and autumn comes; ten thousand years pass in the blink of an eye.
"Puff..."
A crisp cracking sound rang out, like a glass lamp being smashed open by immense force, particularly jarring in the deathly silence of the chaos. The seemingly indestructible Star Abyss barrier surrounding the Void Star Abyss rapidly crumbled, spiderweb-like cracks spreading for millions of feet, eventually forming a spatial rift about 100,000 feet long. Countless fragments of rules danced within it like shimmering blades, each containing a violent power capable of tearing apart immortal bodies and shredding immortal souls, enough to severely injure any being below the Immortal Golden Immortal level.
Compared to a mature star abyss like the Void Star Abyss, which has been established for nearly a million cosmic eras, the nascent star abyss like the Void Silent Star Abyss, which has only been established for two hundred thousand cosmic eras, has a much more unstable and dangerous boundary barrier.
If one is not careful, even a first-grade Golden Immortal may have their immortal body torn apart by the violent fragments of rules, leaving behind Dao wounds that are difficult to heal; many newly promoted immortals have had their immortal souls severely injured by the fragments of rules when crossing this Star Abyss Barrier, and ultimately ended up dying and their souls being destroyed, without even leaving a chance for reincarnation, becoming a wisp of dead soul under the Star Abyss Barrier.
Of course, all of this was nothing but fleeting smoke to Su Mo. Those fragments of rules, enough to terrify even a Golden Immortal, were beyond his ability to handle personally—the protective barrier surrounding the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Boat lit up spontaneously, like a layer of flowing gold foil, easily blocking the surging torrent of rules within the Star Abyss Rift without even causing a ripple. The immortal boat smoothly traversed the Star Abyss Rift, like a small boat gliding into a calm lake, steadily entering the desolate Star Abyss.
“Hmm, I underestimated this Void Star Abyss.” Suddenly, Su Mo gently tapped the Purple Void Immortal Lotus beneath him, his brows furrowing slightly, his eyes gleaming with a purple-gold light that seemed to pierce through the layers of purple mist within the Star Abyss.
He had initially assumed that this desolate star abyss was merely a nascent star abyss, less than two hundred thousand years old, and its foundation must be shallow—let alone a sixth-grade Golden Immortal, even a fourth-grade Golden Immortal would be extremely rare, like a lone wisp of smoke in a desert. But the moment his divine sense spread out, the feedback surprised him: with just a casual sweep, he sensed the auras of two fifth-grade Golden Immortals, like dragons hidden in the abyss, concealed and unleashed; and nine fourth-grade Golden Immortals were scattered throughout the star abyss, their auras either like a raging wildfire or like still waters in a deep pool.
"It seems that there is a high probability that a sixth-grade Golden Immortal is hidden within this Void Star Abyss, and it is not impossible that a seventh-grade Golden Immortal will appear." Su Mo lightly tapped the lotus petals with his fingertips, and the Purple Void Immortal Lotus trembled, rippling out circles of purple waves, causing the primordial energy in the hall to sway slightly.
That makes sense. While pioneering is arduous, it also means access to vast, untouched resources. Unlike mature star abysses that have been cultivated for millions of years or even longer, where resources have long been divided up by established powers, newcomers seeking a share must fight tooth and nail, often resulting in bloodshed. The Void Star Abyss, a nascent land, is teeming with unexplored immortal spirit veins, immortal crystal mines, and chaotic secret realms... naturally attracting many ambitious Golden Immortals to settle here, their strength exceeding his previous calculations, which is to be expected.
"Hopefully, nothing foolish will come next." A cold glint flashed in Su Mo's eyes, like a blade tempered with ice, exuding an undeniable killing intent. "Otherwise..."
Although he is now so lowly that even an eighth-rank Golden Immortal would hardly catch his eye, if any ant dares to bar its teeth and claws in front of him, he would not hesitate to crush it with a flick of his wrist and send it to reincarnation as soon as possible.
"Next, we'll head to the Ink Shadow Abyss."
Every newly ascended immortal cannot freely open up a celestial realm and expand the star abyss simply by arriving at the Void Star Abyss. The place opened up by all immortal golden immortals is specified by the eternal will when they attain enlightenment. The place where they finally opened up their celestial realm was in the Ink Shadow Abyss, one of the seventy-two abysses in the Void Star Abyss.
As soon as the words were spoken, the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Ship abruptly changed direction. The fire phoenix sculpture at the bow let out a clear cry, and the golden flames around it suddenly intensified. The entire ship transformed into a streak of dazzling fire, breaking through the purple miasma within the Star Abyss, and sped towards the Ink Shadow Abyss, leaving a golden trail that was particularly conspicuous in the purple Star Abyss.
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Time flies, billions of years have passed quietly, but in the chaos it is but a fleeting moment. The chaotic storm in the Abyss of the Dao still rages, and the spacetime rifts continue to devour everything around them.
The abyss where the path ends, the edge.
"boom......"
A deafening roar erupted, like a star exploding in chaos, shattering the millennia-long silence of this region. A crimson streak of fire, like a meteorite falling to earth, tore through the thick, inky chaotic air currents, leaving a trail of flame millions of feet long, reaching the outer edge of the Abyss of the End in the blink of an eye. It carried with it a terrifying heatwave capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas; wherever it passed, even the deepest spatial rifts were scorched and slightly shrank, as if in fear of this intense heat; the raging chaotic storm was instantly evaporated into nothingness, leaving not even a trace of ash, only the charred aura of chaos lingering in the void.
As the flames subsided, a towering figure stepped out.
This man was ten thousand feet tall, like a crimson mountain standing in the void, making the surrounding chaos appear insignificant. His face was rugged and angular, his bronze skin covered with fine flame patterns, as if magma was slowly flowing within it, with tiny sparks occasionally splashing out. He was bald, with a faint red glow on the top of his head, as if a miniature sun was burning beneath his skin; between his eyebrows was a strange flame mark—shaped like a three-legged golden crow, whose wings, when spread, produced tiny sparks that fell and ignited into clusters of inextinguishable golden flames upon touching the void, crackling and burning the chaotic air.
He wore a set of crimson Qilin armor, the armor carved with lifelike Qilin patterns. Each armor plate shimmered with a fusion of metal and flame, and the Qilin's eyes flickered with tangible tongues of fire, rising and falling slightly with his breath. The aura emanating from his body, though not as unfathomable as that of the Purple Void Ancestor, was not far off. With every gesture, a violent Daoist aura of fire spread out, enough to instill an instinctive fear in an Eighth-Rank Golden Immortal from the depths of their soul, as if facing a chaotic fire god who controlled all the rules of fire.
He looked up at the Abyss of the End of the Dao, filled with spatial rifts and chaotic storms, a burning greed flashing in his eyes, which transformed into a tangible flame, threatening to devour everything before him. Then, a wildly arrogant smile spread across his lips, revealing two rows of white teeth: "We've arrived at the Abyss of the End of the Dao."
The sound was like a resounding bell, echoing in the chaos, making the surrounding void buzz, and even the spacetime rifts seemed to tremble slightly in the sound waves.
"The legacy of the Ancestor of All Things... I have arrived!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the flame markings around him suddenly blazed brightly, their dazzling light turning the entire chaos golden. Simultaneously, the Qilin pattern on his crimson Qilin armor came to life, unleashing a roar that shook the universe. The sound waves pulverized the chaotic air, even churning the distant spatial turbulence into a more violent frenzy. Then, he took a step forward, his ten-thousand-foot-tall body transforming into a crimson streak, hurtling straight towards the depths of the Abyss of the End of the Dao.
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