Chapter 628
The Afterimage of a Saint! The Supreme Dao Transmission!
"road……"
A tremendous sound rang out.
It doesn't spread through air vibrations, but resonates directly deep within every soul.
Clear, calm, with a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
"road……"
The sound continued to flow, and with each syllable uttered, corresponding laws and phenomena faintly appeared between heaven and earth.
The first character "道" (Dao) depicts countless illusory stars in the sky, their appearances and disappearances illustrating the weaving and breaking of rules.
As soon as the word "road" appeared, countless blurry paths of light and shadow unfolded, some wide and bright, some covered with thorns, and some abruptly ending at the beginning. Countless phantoms of living beings walked on them with determination, hesitated in confusion, or collapsed with a crash.
"Too...difficult..."
As those two words, uttered with a heavy sigh, fell, all the illusory roads seemed to bear an unbearable weight, becoming covered with cracks.
A sense of desolation and loneliness, a weariness from having seen countless sails pass by, permeated everyone's heart.
These simple, unadorned words and the resonant phenomena of the laws they conveyed acted like a key, unlocking the deepest confusion and bewilderment about the future in the hearts of every living being present.
Regardless of cultivation level or race, everyone felt the same way.
After a brief sigh, the ethereal figure slightly raised its head, perhaps with just a thought, and began its true sermon, facing the world it had created at great cost in its lifetime, which was now on the verge of destruction.
There are no esoteric or lengthy treatises, nor is it an explanation of any specific law.
The voice seemed to be telling a simple story, a story about "existence" itself.
The chaos and vitality at the birth of the universe, the regularity and randomness of the movement of stars, the miracles and struggles of life's birth, the ultimate pursuit of power and its price...
Every word, every thought, is closely connected to the origin of this decaying world, causing the remaining fragments of laws around it to resonate and respond.
Buzz!
Visions abound!
The intense battle intent surrounding Zhan Feng suddenly transformed into a rolling blood-red cloud of evil energy. Within the cloud, a blurry yet towering giant phantom roared to the sky, as if trying to break free from invisible shackles.
That was the source of his will to follow the path he was on, which was extremely aroused!
Above Zhan Yun's head, the clear, illusory image of the vast ocean and the heavy projection of mountains flashed alternately, and the condensed silver frost armor light was more solid than ever before, with the slightest spatial ripples being firmly integrated into it.
His understanding of the laws of space is rapidly deepening and improving!
A core disciple of the battle alliance who had been stuck at the peak of the tenth realm for many years, standing behind Venerable Hanyue, suddenly ignited a point of spiritual light between his brows, which flickered violently like a candle flame!
As if a floodgate that had been blocked for many years had been breached by an invisible wave, the aura of laws belonging to the Venerable Realm began to spread unstablely around him.
He actually triggered a breakthrough opportunity at this moment!
Jing Wuming, the adopted son of the Thorn Pirate King, was surrounded by eerie shadows that twisted violently, transforming into countless struggling and wailing soul shadows. His aura strangely merged into the distorted spatial rifts, as if he had become part of the environment itself.
He grasped the deeper meaning of the Law of Shadow: "concealment".
Beneath the bronze skin of Amber Fang, the young master of the Crystal Bone Barbarian Clan, dense runes, resembling an ant colony, lit up, as if an ancient bloodline had been awakened, emitting a heavy grinding sound of bones.
His power is undergoing a qualitative change!
The mechanical envoy "Entropy," that cold figure sculpted like black crystal, tilted its head slightly, and the waterfall of data flowing in its eyes suddenly froze for a moment before frantically reorganizing and optimizing at a terrifying speed. The eerie blue energy circuits flowing on its body suddenly shone brightly, emitting an even more dangerous and harmonious aura.
A certain core logic chain has been incredibly supplemented!
Even the Venerable Duan Yue, whose aura was deep and who had always been as solid as a rock, had strands of tough silver Dao patterns quietly appearing on his thick, earth-yellow law light shield. This was because his defensive profound meaning, which had been stagnant for many years, had finally touched the threshold of merging with the stable characteristics of space.
The entire solidified yet fragmented world space became the vessel for the sage's Daoist voice and the scroll depicting the unfolding of laws.
All living beings fortunate enough to be part of it, regardless of friend or foe, race or species, greedily absorb this final gift and enlightenment from a being who was at least a saint in his later years, a gift that spanned countless ages.
Everyone's path is being sorted out, completed, or allowed to grow wildly.
The figure's narration was not lengthy, and it seemed to be consuming some of the last remaining strength that sustained him.
As the narration ended, that ethereal figure became increasingly transparent, and the dust of the laws that constituted him began to silently dissipate and drift away, returning to this space that was about to come to a complete end.
"A few embers...may those who come after...benefit from them..."
The last vestige of his will slowly dissipated.
Just before his figure completely vanished into nothingness, leaving only a hollow void devoid of light, Jiang Shu's heart suddenly clenched!
A distinctly clear sense of being watched!
As if piercing through layers of mist, a cold gaze, filled with complex emotions, landed precisely on him.
That gaze seemed to contain a penetrating power that could see through everything, as if in an instant it had seen through all his experiences since he entered the Ancient Path of Battle Souls, and even the fragment of the Heart of Space and the Seed of Creation deep in his spiritual platform!
It wasn't malicious spying; it was more like a final confirmation.
Or perhaps, it's the small comfort of seeing that seed finally found and put away?
Jiang Shu couldn't decipher the full meaning of that gaze, but felt a chill run down her spine and straight to the top of her head, making her soul tremble.
The lingering image of the saint vanished completely.
This time, there was no pause.
The entire decaying world seemed to have been stripped of its last supporting structure, and that brief tranquility was utterly shattered.
A more violent and thorough collapse than before has begun!
The cracks in the sky no longer spread, but peeled off in large chunks like a shattered mirror.
The earth no longer undulates gently; instead, entire tectonic plates break off and sink.
The space was no longer a storm, but had formed a destructive vortex that even the Venerable One considered a dead end.
The light in the entire world is rapidly dimming until it disappears!
The collapse of the world came so quickly that many people didn't even have time to react.
There are quite a few of them, and they are all still vying for various opportunities.
It wasn't until the shattered space rushed towards them that they reacted and fled into the distance.
"Warning: The world barrier has reached a critical point. The collapse of the prime material space structure is irreversible. The countdown to energy leakage has begun. The risk of coordinate exposure has increased exponentially!"
"Optimal action order: Immediately acquire the nearest high-energy reaction source!"
"Repeat, immediately acquire the nearest high-energy reaction source. The coordinates will be exposed to the main universe's rule tidal monitoring system in three hours!" Almost at the same time as the collapse began, the mechanical envoy's cold, emotionless electronic voice, through some special resonance vibration, clearly reached the ears of every powerful person present.
It bluntly stated the situation they encountered.
This place is about to disappear completely. What does it mean once its coordinates are fully exposed to the rules of the main universe?
This means that countless ancient monsters lurking deep within the starry sea, and forces comparable to war alliances, will be attracted here.
The pie that all the forces that remain here now can share will never again present such an incredible opportunity, even if they forcibly intervene with their supreme strength!
Greed instantly overwhelmed the shock and fear.
Without any unnecessary words, the elites from various races, who were just immersed in the afterglow of enlightenment, instantly turned their eyes as sharp as knives!
Almost at the same moment the mechanical messenger finished speaking, several figures, moving so fast they were just blurry streaks of light, rushed out in the directions where the world was collapsing most violently and the energy reaction was most intense!
"Zerg squad! Lock onto the energy peak in the southwest quadrant!"
"Dark Star's forces! Follow me! Our target is that shattered core mountain!"
"Thorns and vines! Entangle that fragment of the ruins!"
……
Chaos erupted instantly.
The light of the laws shone brightly, and the booming sounds of collisions were incessant.
In order to seize those fragments of ruins or scattered orbs of light that revealed themselves on the eve of destruction and contained powerful rules, different forces, and even different teams within the same force, did not hesitate to take action!
They burst forth with boundless colors, clearly having activated their protective mechanisms to withstand the shattered space around them as they headed towards the directions that held immense opportunities.
"Zhan Feng, follow me!"
Jiang Shu's eyes flashed with a sharp light. After shouting loudly, he did not hesitate at all. The Creation Law Fire Seed and the fragment of the Heart of Space acted like a magnet, pointing him in a direction that was extremely clear in his perception.
This direction is far from the focal point of those chaotic battles, deep within the more profound vortex of destruction at the edge of the world.
There was no violent burst of energy there, but rather an extreme restraint.
A terrifying gravitational point, almost nonexistent, seemingly generated only by the core of immense destructive power, was faintly resonating with the intense energy of the Heart of Space.
Furthermore, an unusually strong "eagerness" emanated from the Creation Spark!
There must be something there that far surpasses ordinary fragments of ruins. It is very likely the core of the destruction of this saint's tomb, or a legacy that even saints would cherish!
"You go first, I'll cover your retreat!"
Zhan Feng's loud shout came from behind.
Jiang Shu possesses the Heart of Space, and his understanding of the laws of space is unparalleled among his peers. He can move with ease and at an extremely fast speed in this world that is about to collapse.
"Belonging to the human race, I am Jiang Shu's protector!"
Zhan Yun's voice followed.
She could hear the anxiety in Jiang Shu's words.
Knowing that Jiang Shu must have seen something that made him extremely envious, he directly collected the dazzling ball of light in his hand, abandoned the opportunities around him, and opened up a vast space to encompass a genius of the insectoid race beside him, preventing him from moving forward.
Without wasting words, Jiang Shu gave a low shout to Duan Yue Venerable and Yu Sha and a few other disciples who could barely keep up. The Shattering Gloves shone brightly, forcibly opening a temporary spatial passage entrance beside him, and then stepped in.
Using spatial teleportation, Jiang Shu was able to avoid most of the dangerous collapsing turbulence along the way, speeding towards the direction he sensed at a speed far exceeding that of flying.
Venerable Duan Yue's eyes sharpened, and without hesitation, he erected an earthen-yellow protective shield to protect the remaining two disciples, enduring the spatial turbulence fragments that kept falling from the surrounding area, and followed closely behind.
Yu Sha gritted his teeth, transforming into a shadowy figure, his speed surprisingly fast.
The moment Jiang Shu appeared from the other end of the spatial passage, the sight before him made his pupils shrink slightly.
This is not the pure center of destructive turbulence as imagined, but the core of a huge circular canyon. However, the canyon has almost completely collapsed, forming a violently rotating, enormous spatial vortex capable of swallowing all light.
At the edge of the vortex, a few "temporary platforms" that had been stretched open by the enormous energy were barely stabilized.
On the two most stable platforms, two groups of figures already stood.
To the left front, a little further away from the core of that terrifying vortex.
The Insect King's personal guard, a ferocious humanoid insectoid with a powerful aura and dark gold patterns on its carapace, was inserting a huge blade arm that shimmered with a gem-like luster into the platform ground.
Beside him, two slightly smaller, equally tough-shelled, early-stage Venerable Blade Warrior Insects with cold killing intent flashing in their compound eyes silently guarded him, exuding a bloodthirsty aura that kept living people at bay.
On the platform behind them, several fragments of emerald green crystals, which had just been collected and were radiating a rich vitality, were scattered.
To the right front, closer to the vortex, almost at the edge of the vortex storm.
A humanoid machine, seemingly sculpted from the purest obsidian against a deep-space background, with flawlessly perfect lines, stood there, its eyes devoid of any emotion, looking at Jiang Shu who had just arrived.
Entropy, the unparalleled genius of the Machine Race!
They arrived so quickly.
It hovered on the platform, its feet not touching the ground, and the dark blue energy circuits flowing around it were calculating at high speed as if they were alive.
Behind it were two streamlined, silver teardrop-shaped guarding machines, which were scanning and suppressing a dark gold metal ring that was temporarily fixed by a powerful force field and was constantly emitting intense energy pulses.
The metal ring exuded an ancient and dangerous aura, carrying a strong spatial cutting attribute.
And the source of gravity and the target of creation that Jiang Shu sensed were right at the very center of the unstable triangle formed by their three forces!
It hovered quietly in the dangerous area less than a hundred feet away from the huge spatial vortex, and its appearance was unremarkable.
It was a stone only the size of an adult's fist, with a pitted and uneven surface, and a color as black as charcoal. There was nothing supernatural about it.
However, the space around this stubborn rock exhibits extreme distortion and collapse.
It was as if it were a miniature black hole pole, frantically sucking up all matter and energy in this place, or like a hungry ghost that had been thirsty for thousands of years, greedily devouring destruction and annihilation itself.
The spark of the laws of creation conveyed an unprecedented desire, seemingly believing that this thing was the key "foundation" that could complete itself and give birth to a more magnificent creation!
Although the purpose of this stone is unclear, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it's definitely not something ordinary! (End of Chapter)