Chapter 3018: The Darkest Hour Before Dawn!
No one knew whether Jiangnan was successful on the Celestial Palace Starry Sky World side, let alone anyone who had ever crossed between two starry sky worlds!
For everyone, everything was unknown!
Even if everything went smoothly, there was still the question of whether the dream reality could withstand Jiangnan's return!
There were still nine months until the collapse point of the dream reality. If it couldn't hold, everything would be meaningless!
After all, when Jiangnan chose to leave, a large part of the reason was to stabilize the increasingly fragile reality — that was exactly what Li Bing was worried about!
Wang Youzhi rubbed his little hands, his eyes sparkling:
(ʃƪ⁰̷̴ꇴ⁰̷̴) "When Big Brother comes back this time, will he be wearing an immortal robe, stepping on a flying sword, with a pocket full of magical artifacts, returning as a Cosmos?"
"If that's the case, then things will be fun!"
Xiao Chuihuo bared his teeth:
(•́益•̀٥) "Little Nan better be like that!"
Otherwise… the situation really wouldn't be stable anymore. The Carbon Alliance and the Matter Alliance had both been pushed to their limits on every front!
Qing Ke stood in the crowd, a cherry tree on her head, her pretty face somewhat pale. For some reason, she always felt a prickling sensation in her heart, a bad premonition!
She couldn't help but clasp her hands together and press them against the top of her head!
Hopefully… everything will go smoothly…
…
At the heart of the Eternal World, Xun Zu sat cross-legged in the center of the world's core!
Looking out, the entire Eternal World was a gathering of stars, brilliant and dazzling. Star systems of all sizes hung in the starry sky, forming superclusters one after another!
The interior of the world was extremely vast, its stability comparable to an ordinary starry sky!
No longer could one see the dark Divine Burial cracks or the drifting ember-black smoke in the starry sky!
The entire Eternal World had been renewed. Those races that had surrendered to the Bose Clan had already built a brand-new civilization system in the Eternal World: the Eternal Era!
As Xun Zu opened his eyes, the entire Eternal World seemed to brighten along with him!
His gaze was filled with frustration:
⁽͑˚̀益˚́ꐦ⁾̉ "Damn! Still not in time? I thought I could handle it all at once and give Jiangnan a big gift! Just a little bit more!"
Xun Zu couldn't help but curse. On the surface, one could no longer see the traces of Divine Burial's corruption in the Eternal World!
But in reality, the remaining root of the Divine Burial calamity still lingered in the Eternal World's origin, within the world's veins!
However, it was now extremely little!
So many Divine Burial wills, the unyielding ember-black shadows — over these years, Xun Zu had refined, crushed, and killed them all one by one, none spared: Cang Zhou, Xing Yan, Lord Ye, etc.!
Now only the last wisp of Divine Burial will remained, barely persisting, existing in the origin of the Eternal World, unwilling to dissipate!
In a few more days or half a month, the Divine Burial shackles would be completely erased!
Xun Zu had thought he could finish off the Divine Burial shackles and dominate the world before Jiangnan returned!
But in the end, he just couldn't make it in time — just a little bit off!
In fact, if Xun Zu had followed the conventional path of refining the Divine Burial shackles, his speed would have been much slower than now!
Ever since Xun Zu was bullied by Jiangnan and had the Star Sea Curse Source destroyed, he took the pain to heart, worked hard, and chose a different path, taking great risks to refine the Divine Burial!
He chose to devour starry sky worlds, devouring madly, continuously, to increase the scale of the Eternal World!
During this process, the Eternal World gained considerable growth!
But don't forget, Jiang Fan originally planted the Divine Burial within the origin of the Eternal World!
As the Eternal World grew, the Divine Burial also grew and expanded along with the world!
That said, during this process, as the scale of the Eternal World increased, Xun Zu could call upon more and more power!
Even though the Divine Burial also grew, Xun Zu's overall power increased as a matter of fact!
Using this power, Xun Zu focused his efforts, slowly pushing the Divine Burial to this state, and didn't spend much time!
However, this method also had a drawback: during this process, the Divine Burial became more intertwined with the world's origin, making it even harder to eradicate!
Now, although only a tiny bit remained, Xun Zu still needed to use a great deal of power to suppress it, preventing it from flaring up again!
This meant that even in the final stage of refinement, most of Xun Zu's strength was still needed to restrain the Divine Burial!
Yet even so, Xun Zu's growth compared to before was not insignificant!
Who knows how many myriad race starry sky worlds he had devoured?
In the past few years, the universe had even stopped expanding and the cosmic boundaries had even receded!
The scale of the Eternal World was now nothing like it used to be!
(￢益￢ꐦ) "Damn it! Just a few days off, and I could use all my strength! But still not in time!"
"Jiangnan! You really are favored by the Starry Sky Will, aren't you?"
"But do you think I'm stupid enough to wait until you come back to make my move? You're wrong! I'll make sure you can't even return! I'll make sure that even if you do come back, all you'll see is ruins and desolation, your home destroyed and your family dead!"
"The pain in my heart back then, I'll make you taste it too — a thousand times, ten thousand times in return!"
"Even if I'm suppressing the Divine Burial with one hand, I, Xun Zu, am still invincible in this starry sky! Just wait and see!"
Jiang Fan? Xiao Chuihuo? A ghost that doesn't exist?
Hmph — none of them are worth a look!
Xun Zu had been paying attention to the external starry sky situation!
This time, I'll make you clearly understand what it means to be invincible in this realm!
With that, Xun Zu slowly rose. As he stood up, his figure infinitely enlarged until it matched the Eternal World, becoming a true starry sky will!
The next moment, outside the Eternal World, a body condensed, placing the Eternal World within its chest, transforming into a giant standing across the starry sky world!
The surrounding space kept collapsing, even though the myriad race starry sky will was doing its utmost to push Xun Zu away!
But it had no effect!
A Cosmos realm powerhouse has their own complete world. From a hierarchical standpoint, they exist on the same level as a world will!
Xun Zu raised his hand and pointed. A dazzling teleportation ring bloomed at his fingertip!
Everything in the Eternal Kingdom was enveloped by the teleportation ring and completely absorbed into Xun Zu's Eternal World!
At this moment, Xun Zu looked up at the starry sky, his gaze icy cold!
"You cannot stop me! And no one can save you!"
"From today onward, I will give this starry sky despair!"
As he spoke, Xun Zu's divine body had already shrunk back to normal size. The Eternal World turned into a small glass ball, existing within his chest!
His gaze locked onto the Milky Way Star Domain located in the Black Domain!
With one step, he disappeared!
…
Milky Way Star Domain, in front of the Celestial Palace Galaxy. There were only a few minutes left until the dimensional crossing node!
But Qing Ke's face grew paler, and goosebumps uncontrollably rose all over her body. She was completely on edge!
(ོง❛ั﹏❛ั)ง "Danger! Very dangerous! Everyone be careful!"
In the quiet starry sky, Qing Ke suddenly blurted this out, confusing everyone!
Everyone's hearts tightened!
Yang Jian was startled: "Qing Ke? What danger? Did you detect something?"
Qing Ke's face turned even whiter, shaking her head incessantly:
(ﾟ﹏ﾟ‧̣̥̇≡‧̣̥̇ﾟ﹏ﾟ) "A premonition. Anyway, it's very dangerous. My instincts tell me to leave here immediately, right now!"
"Otherwise… we'll die!"
Xiao Chuihuo widened his eyes: "Not good? Qing Ke is the Child of Destiny. A crisis enough to make her die?"
Li Bing gritted her teeth: "Just a few minutes left. What other trick is there?"
Ai Jiang urgently said: "Not good! The Eternal…"
Before she could finish, Xun Zu's figure suddenly appeared above the Milky Way Star Domain!
His eyes were filled with extreme irritability and madness. The aura emanating from him was strong enough to collapse the starry sky!
"You really thought I'd give Jiangnan a chance to come back and give myself trouble?"
"The reason I didn't strike wasn't because I couldn't!"
"All of you, go to hell!"
"Annihilation Flood!"
The moment he appeared, Xun Zu's massive hand was already aimed at the Milky Way Star Domain!
A flood of annihilation, filled with the light and shadow of the Eternal World, burst forth violently from Xun Zu's palm!
This flood was as thick as a heavenly pillar, its scope ridiculously huge!
The Milky Way Star Domain was already vast, but this heavenly pillar was dozens of times larger than the diameter of the Milky Way Star Domain!
It enveloped everything!
In everyone's eyes, it was like an entire sea of rules pouring down!
Li Bing: !!!
She quickly sent a telepathic message: "Don't let him destroy the space here! Breaking the bridge between the two worlds! Once this space disappears, the two starry sky worlds might lose all connection!"
"And Jiangnan won't be able to come back!"
Damn it! Damn it all! This old bastard really had no good intentions! Was he holding back until now to strike?
Even without Li Bing's reminder, Xiao Chuihuo had already surged forward with red eyes!
Behind him was the path home for Little Nan!
No matter what, even if it meant death, he had to protect this place!
"Thermal Core Creation • Entropy Increase Form Activate!"
In this moment, Xiao Chuihuo was like a blazing red meteor, charging straight toward the descending sea of rules!
The singularity burst forth instantly!
"Boom!"
But against an attack of such magnitude, Xiao Chuihuo's Thermal Core Creation seemed too insignificant!
Like a lone boat in a vast ocean, and now that ocean had stirred up raging storms!
The moment it made contact, Xiao Chuihuo's creation cycle was about to be shattered!
Not just shattered — but his entire existence was on the verge of being crushed!
The entropy increase effect didn't affect Xun Zu's attack at all!
Xun Zu sneered: "Entropy increase? Did you think my Eternal World was some kind of crappy little world without foundation?"
"Trying to affect me? Don't dream!"
"Under the torrent of the great tide, all struggles are futile! Turn to ashes for me!"
The annihilation flood intensified!
At this moment, Zhang San's eyes were filled with extreme determination!
"The darkest hour before dawn!"