# Chapter 2913: A Long Yet Brief Life!
The sword fell, and Wanxiang didn't even have a chance to dodge before the blade light was upon him!
Wanxiang could only do his utmost to channel his star power, layering star sea upon star sea together, while simultaneously unleashing his rule force to the maximum extent!
Infusing every last star soul with the phantom of the Wanxiang Small World!
All stars are Wanxiang!
At this moment, Wanxiang was truly throwing everything he had into defense!
Yet reality was as cold and cruel as a bone-scraping steel knife!
As the sword fell, the layered star seas were directly torn apart and vaporized, countless star souls shattered!
Wanxiang's Starlight Divine Body was crushed on the spot, and the World Barrier, unable to withstand the blade's edge, was slashed open by half!
The sword light churned the interior of the world into a mess, even threatening the main body of the Wanxiang Star itself!
Wanxiang: !!!
He was going to die! He was really going to die!
With a hoarse roar of desperation, he recklessly extracted stellar energy without regard for consequences, forcibly enduring the sword light!
And the amount he extracted had long since exceeded the limits that some stars could bear!
Numerous stars withered and died on the spot, turning into dust, vanishing completely from this world!
Yet Wanxiang still couldn't hold out!
His origin rumbled, and the Wanxiang Small World was like a watermelon about to be split cleanly in two!
"Break for me, dammit!"
With Wanxiang's hoarse roar, the Wanxiang Small World surged upward!
The Crimson Heaven Blade finally managed to cut upward along the World Barrier!
Where the sword light passed, the star sea split apart!
The Wanxiang Small World had suffered unprecedented devastation; at this moment, he didn't even have time to reform or rewind the damage!
The rules of the Starry Sky World surged wildly in through the cracks in his World Barrier, as if trying to reclaim from Wanxiang this part that once belonged to itself!
Wanxiang's eyes were bloodshot as he did everything possible to repair the barrier!
But his World Origin could no longer withstand such abuse!
However, Jiang Fan, piloting the Ancestral Machine, had already instantly refilled his Realm Source Energy!
He pressed forward and struck another sword at the severely injured Wanxiang!
"Pfft-ah~"
Wanxiang's mangled body was sent flying once more!
The previous crack in the World Barrier hadn't even healed yet, and new wounds added on top!
Wanxiang could barely maintain his Small World any longer!
At this moment, the Wanxiang Small World was like a glass snow globe that had been dropped on the ground—the interior was a complete mess, and even the glass dome was covered in cracks and scars!
Even the main body of the Wanxiang Star was exposed!
Wanxiang had undoubtedly reached the critical point between life and death!
But before Wanxiang could clean up the mess!
Jiang Fan's third sword fell, and without any surprise, it landed squarely on the Wanxiang Small World!
The sword light broke through the World Barrier, even directly slashing the main body of the Wanxiang Star at the World Core!
Wanxiang could only channel his World Origin to resist. The Wanxiang Star blazed with unprecedented stellar radiance!
But this sword directly cleaved a third of the Wanxiang Star's main body, leaving a massive sword scar on the star's surface, with vast energy gushing out from the mantle!
The Wanxiang Star itself was sent flying by the sword light, slamming heavily into the inner side of the World Barrier, barely clinging to life!
Not to mention the buildings on the surface of the Wanxiang Star!
After three sword strikes, the entire planet was dazed!
Beaten senseless!
How the hell could he be this strong?
Earlier, he had used Star-Shattering Force to grind against Wanxiang, precisely to exhaust the World Origin of the Wanxiang Small World!
To drain his reserves dry!
Wanxiang had thought that Jiang Fan using Star-Shattering Force was already his ultimate move, but who knew it was just a trap—a sweet trap!
Was the real trump card the combined attack using the Ancestral Machine?
Leaving Wanxiang with no chance to turn the tables, not even a glimmer of hope to endure!
At this level of offensive intensity, even if Xun Zu came to help, without relying on the Eternal World's body defenses, it would be tough to withstand this outside the Starry Sky World, right?
Three swords had directly cut Wanxiang into despair; he could even smell death!
At this moment, the instinct to survive left Wanxiang unable to think about anything else!
Even falling into Black God's hands was better than being finished by Jiang Fan!
Though Jiangnan was also troublesome, at least he could be reasoned with!
Jiang Fan truly wanted to kill him!
And in his daze, the Thermal Core Star Blade in the Ancestral Machine's hand was already about to rise again!
The fourth sword was brewing!
Wanxiang knew very well that if he took another sword, he would most likely be finished. So, disregarding everything, he formed two giant Starlight Hands and fiercely tore at the space!
Trying to tear open a spatial rift and escape into the Dimensional Gap first!
No matter how strong Jiang Fan was, he wouldn't dare chase into the Dimensional Gap to kill him!
As for how to deal with Black God afterward? That could wait!
Surviving came first!
But as he tore, Wanxiang despaired. The space only rippled slightly, without any sign of being torn open!
He turned back to look at the Ancestral Machine, only to see that within its Thermal Core Starry World, the spatial star was glowing with a dim light!
Pressing down the surrounding space as firmly as gold and iron!
Wanxiang simply couldn't tear it open. His body stiffened!
Jiang Fan's icy voice echoed through the void!
"Do you think... at this point, I'd still give you a chance?"
"**Starry Thermal Core Domain • Suppress!**"
Infinite world light and shadow burst forth from the Ancestral Machine's chest, madly expanding in all directions!
In an instant, Wanxiang was already enveloped within the domain!
Within the domain was a chaotic blur, but this chaos slowly took the form of a Starry World!
Within the world's light and shadow, Realm Source Energy flowed like a Milky Way along the world's veins!
Even Wanxiang's connection to all the stars of the Starry Sky World was severed; he could no longer draw stellar power!
The rules of the Starry Thermal Core World even drilled madly inward through the cracks in Wanxiang Small World's Barrier!
Wanxiang could only resist with all his might!
But it was completely useless!
He could no longer even condense a Star God Body; the Wanxiang Small World, like a broken snow globe, was pinned in place, unable to move at all!
Jiang Fan, piloting the Ancestral Machine, raised his hand high!
"**Starry Dao Nails • Fall!**"
As his hand swept down, stars surged with starlight, turning into long nail shapes—blood-red shafts radiating silver brilliance!
They crashed heavily toward the Wanxiang World!
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Tens of thousands of Starry Dao Nails pierced straight through the Wanxiang Small World, nailing it to the void!
From inside the Small World, these Dao Nails looked like heavenly pillars piercing through the world!
"**Star Transformation!**"
Jiang Fan's voice reverberated endlessly within the domain. At this moment, within the world's light and shadow, the countless brilliant stars manifested!
And within the body of the Wanxiang Star, Life Essence like colorful ribbons, mixed with thick starlight, was forcibly extracted!
Flowing straight toward the myriad stars through the cracks in the World Barrier!
This was Jiang Fan's ability—to seize everything from Wanxiang. Once Wanxiang's Life Essence was completely drained,
among Jiang Fan's stars, a new ability star named Wanxiang would coalesce!
Wanxiang roared: "Ahhh! Damn it! Damn it all! I refuse to end here!"
"Stop! Stop right now!"
But no matter how Wanxiang struggled, he couldn't block Jiang Fan's Star Transformation process, nor stop the loss of his Life Essence!
At this moment, Wanxiang could only pin his hopes on the shattered Wanxiang Small World!
He channeled the meager remaining World Origin with all his might, frantically repairing the cracks in the World Barrier!
The cracks gradually closed, but the barrier grew thinner as a result!
Yet everything was still leaking outward through the Starry Dao Nails that pierced the world!
To completely block the Star Transformation, he had to be isolated from the outside world!
"Ahhh! **Wanxiang Star Ignition!**"
At this moment, Wanxiang didn't hesitate to burn his own Life Essence in exchange for power. He was about to die anyway—why keep it?
Burn for me!
Fighting for his life, Wanxiang madly drove his World Origin, and it did have some effect!
The World Barrier rapidly repaired, even directly cutting off the Starry Dao Nails, trying to restore the Wanxiang Small World to a sealed state!
A shadow of gloom flashed across Jiang Fan's face!
"Such a nuisance. I'll just destroy it!"
With that, he raised the Thermal Core Star Blade high once more. The Thermal Core overloaded, and the Starry World blazed!
Realm Source Energy instantly refilled. For this, Jiang Fan even shattered a portion of his stars to gain the blessing of Star-Shattering Power!
All his strength converged into the Thermal Core Star Blade. This sword, even before being swung, had already caused tremors throughout the Starry Sky World!
The Ancestral Machine raised the crimson star sword high, its eyes utterly cold!
"You chose this yourself!"
"**Slash!**"
The crimson star sword, carrying the might to shatter stars and destroy worlds, slashed violently toward the Wanxiang Small World!
Wanxiang looked up, staring blankly at the descending crimson star sword!
His body and heart were ice-cold!
It was over... all over!
He was doomed. The Wanxiang Small World simply couldn't withstand such a ferocious blow!
The intensity of this attack had even surpassed the previous three swords!
The Wanxiang Small World would definitely be shattered, possibly even completely destroyed!
And after this sword, the main body of the Wanxiang Star would be fully exposed within the Starry Thermal Core Domain!
He would have no means left to resist the Star Transformation, and he would become an ability star, part of Jiang Fan's power!
He was finished. And the Starry Sky World... was finished too!
Thinking this, Wanxiang couldn't help but let out a helpless bitter laugh!
"What a trick of fate! My life has been so long and yet so brief! If I had known this would happen, I would have awakened during the Great Frontier Opening..."
"Though still without a good ending, at least I could have lived a spectacular life and died a tragic death for a new era..."
"Now... what is this? Will my death hasten the destruction of the Starry Sky World? Hah... never mind... never mind..."
Wanxiang had indeed lived through long ages, but his true life began the moment he awakened!
Born at the peak...
He just never thought the finish line would be so close!
He hoped that after he was gone, that fellow Jiangnan would take in the races of the Matter Alliance, treat them well, and give them as good an ending as possible!
At this moment, Wanxiang simply looked calmly at Jiang Fan...
"Do you think I would let you have your way? Don't underestimate me..."
"Even in death, I refuse to become a driving force for the Starry Sky World's destruction. Because I was born here—the Starry Sky World gave me everything!"
"And now... I shall be buried here!"
As his words fell, facing the descending crimson star sword, the body of the Wanxiang Star radiated an extremely dangerous aura!
He chose self-termination!
He would rather die! Die here! End himself!
Than become Jiang Fan's tool for destroying the world!
Jiang Fan narrowed his eyes, his expression exceptionally cold, and the force of his descending star sword strengthened by another third!
And at that very moment, the space-time of the Starry Sky World seemed to freeze!
Jiangnan's figure abruptly appeared here!
Standing alone before the Wanxiang World, facing the falling sword of Jiang Fan!
And in Jiangnan's eyes... was full of sharpness!
Looking at that thin, solitary silhouette standing before him, facing the descending sword light alone...
Wanxiang... was stunned.