System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

190: Stardust Belt, Star Debris GolemThe star chaser slowly sailed out of the Myriad Thunder Desolation Domain, whose power had greatly diminished. Ahead, the vast, chaotic, and deathly silent Shattered Star Belt lay like an ancient Vicious Beast crouching at the edge of the Universe, radiating a devouring Aura that made the Soul tremble.

As far as the eye could see, there were countless shattered remains of stars. Some looked as if they had been split by a sharp blade, their cross-sections smooth as mirrors; others seemed crushed by immense force, turning into boundless belts of meteorite dust. There were even massive continental plates that retained the outlines of collapsed mountains and rivers, yet they were completely dead, slowly tumbling and colliding within the chaotic gravitational field. Amidst them were mixed some unimaginably huge ancient corpses—some humanoid, some like giant beasts, and many more were strange, unrecognizable skeletons. They had remained uncorrupted through the ages, drifting quietly and telling the tale of past tragedies.

The entire Shattered Star Belt was enveloped in a hazy, light-distorting layer of dim energy. This was a barrier formed by the intertwining of extremely chaotic spatial forces and the devouring power emitted by the Gui Xu Sea Eye. As soon as the star chaser approached, its shield emitted an unbearable creaking sound, and the needles on the navigation array spun crazily before failing completely.

Senior, the space inside the Shattered Star Belt is completely distorted. Conventional navigation is ineffective; we can only traverse it slowly by relying on experience and judging the flow of energy. Moreover, spatial rifts are everywhere here. Some are as thin as hair, yet sharp enough to tear the star chaser’s hull apart. Iron Battle reported to Ye Chen with a solemn expression, his voice carrying a trace of imperceptible trembling. Even though he had ventured through the Heavens Battlefield many times, he still felt his own insignificance and powerlessness when facing this outer barrier of the Gui Xu Sea Eye.

It is fine. Just proceed according to your experience. If there is danger, I will perceive it myself, Ye Chen said calmly. He stood with his hands behind his back in front of the porthole, Chaos halos circulating in his eyes. In his vision, the chaotic energy flows and spatial folds ahead, while fraught with danger, were much clearer than what Iron Battle and the others could see. After the chaos ancestral talisman was slightly completed, his perception of space and various chaotic energies had risen to another level.

The star chaser cautiously sailed into the Shattered Star Belt.

Upon entering, everyone felt as if they had fallen into a thick mud swamp. The star chaser’s speed dropped sharply, and countless fine, sharp scraping sounds came from outside—the sound of tiny spatial fragments and turbulent energy streams hitting the shield. The light was extremely dim; only the occasional glimmer of minerals on the shattered star remains, and the fleeting brightness of distant spatial rifts tearing open, could briefly disperse the deep darkness.

Iron Battle was fully focused, using his veteran experience to maneuver the star chaser through relatively safe gaps, avoiding those visible, massive spatial rifts and energy vortices. However, the dangers of the Shattered Star Belt went far beyond this.

Hum—!

Just as the star chaser bypassed a hideous beast bone comparable to a mountain, a sudden change occurred!

Two clusters of scarlet light suddenly ignited in the beast bone’s hollow eye sockets! Immediately after, a dozen star fragments of varying sizes floating around seemed to be pulled by invisible threads, rapidly converging and assembling toward the beast bone!

In the blink of an eye, a giant a thousand zhang tall, pieced together from star fragments and ancient beast bones, blocked the path of the star chaser! It exuded an Aura of decay, deathly silence, and tyranny. The scarlet light in its eye sockets locked onto the star chaser, and its huge bone palm, carrying the power to crush stars, struck down fiercely!

It’s a Star Remains Puppet! Iron Battle exclaimed, his face turning pale. A monster spawned from deathly will and chaotic energy in the Shattered Star Belt, with strength at least comparable to the Tiangang Realm!

Before the giant palm arrived, the terrifying pressure caused the star chaser’s shield to fluctuate violently, emitting a piercing alarm.

Ye Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly. The Aura of this Star Remains Puppet was indeed powerful, comparable to the second stage of the Tiangang Realm. Moreover, its body was composed of star fragments and ancient corpses, making it extremely sturdy and far more troublesome than a Cultivator of the same level.

But he did not retreat; instead, he stepped out of the star chaser.

Just right, let me test the edge of my sword on you.

The guixu sword hummed. The heart of chaos within Ye Chen pulsed, and the newborn power roared. He did not use any fancy sword techniques; he simply thrust his sword straight out!

This strike seemed slow, yet it seemed to penetrate the barriers of space. At the tip of the sword, Chaos Qi condensed, and that thread of Severing black light circulated like a living thing.

Chi!

The tip of the sword collided head-on with the bone palm, which was strong enough to crush mountains.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor was there a tidal wave of energy impact. In the disbelieving eyes of Iron Battle and the others, the incredibly sturdy, decaying, and death-filled giant bone palm, the moment it touched the tip of the guixu sword, felt its internal structure, energy connections, and even the thread of deathly will it carried severed at a conceptual level by some higher-order power!

The giant bone palm, like a sand sculpture weathered for billions of years, began to disintegrate and collapse silently from the point of impact, turning into the finest dust and scattering into the Void Realm.

Furthermore, this effect of severance spread rapidly along the bone palm toward the entire arm of the Star Remains Puppet, then to the shoulder, the torso...

The scarlet light in the Star Remains Puppet’s eye sockets flickered violently, emitting a silent roar, as if it could not understand why this tiny creature could possess such terrifying power. It tried to mobilize more star fragments to repair itself, only to find that the power of severance had already eroded its core, and all its patching and connections were failing.

In just a few breaths, the thousand-zhang tall, menacing Star Remains Puppet completely disintegrated, turning back into floating fragments and beast bones, and the scarlet light in its eye sockets extinguished completely.

One sword! Just one sword! The Star Remains Puppet, comparable to the second stage of the Tiangang Realm, vanished into thin air!

In the main control room of the star chaser, there was dead silence. Iron Battle and the others had their mouths agape, looking at the back of the figure standing in the Void Realm with sword in hand, feeling their throats go dry, forgetting even to breathe. They knew Ye Chen was strong, but they didn’t expect him to be so unimaginably strong! That was not an ordinary Yao Beast or Cultivator, but the fearsome Star Remains Puppet of the Shattered Star Belt!

Ye Chen sheathed his sword, his expression calm. He had a clearer understanding of the power of the Law of Severing fused with the Guixu Sword Intent. This attack, which severed directly from the level of rules, had an astonishing restraining effect on monsters that existed by piecing together energy and matter.

He returned to the star chaser and said faintly, Continue forward.

Iron Battle woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly responded respectfully, Yes! Yes! Senior’s Divine Might is unmatched!

On the subsequent journey, they encountered attacks from Star Remains Puppets several times, varying in form—some were beast-shaped, some humanoid, and once they even encountered a swarm of Puppets composed of tiny meteorites. But under Ye Chen’s sword, which severed everything, these fearsome monsters could not stop the star chaser for even a moment.

As they went deeper, the surrounding scenery became increasingly bizarre. The shattered star remains became denser, and the degree of spatial distortion became more severe, to the point where they could even see abnormalities in the flow of time in some areas, forming brief temporal vortices. The star chaser’s speed was forced to drop again and again.

At the same time, Ye Chen could clearly feel a gravitational pull originating from the depths of his Soul, coming from the deepest part of the Shattered Star Belt. It was the instinctive sensing and attraction of the chaos ancestral talisman toward the Gui Xu Sea Eye. It was as if, at the end of it all, lay the ultimate mystery of Chaos.

A few days later, the star chaser passed through a canyon formed by huge frozen stars. Just as they were about to fly out of the canyon, Ye Chen’s gaze focused, looking at the ice wall on one side of the canyon.

There, a lifelike corpse was frozen. It was a human male wearing ancient attire, with a handsome face and closed eyes, as if he had merely fallen into a deep sleep. His body held no trace of life, yet his Physical Body remained uncorrupted through the ages, not even the corners of his clothes were damaged. Most notably, at the center of his brow, there was a barely perceptible Dao pattern that was of the same origin as the chaos ancestral talisman, yet deeper and closer to the meaning of ending, flickering in and out of existence.

And on the ice surface below this ancient corpse, a broken sword was inserted. The blade was covered in rust and cracks, as if it would shatter at any moment, but at the broken edge, a trace of pure Nirvana Sword Intent lingered, making even Ye Chen feel a palpitation!

This ancient corpse and this broken sword were completely out of place here, as if they had been spat out by the Gui Xu Sea Eye from the depths of some unknown time and space.

Ye Chen’s heart couldn’t help but beat a little faster. The Dao pattern on the ancient corpse’s brow and the Nirvana Sword Intent on the broken sword seemed to point to deeper secrets of the Gui Xu Sea Eye.

He was just about to investigate carefully.

Boom—!!!

Suddenly, the entire Shattered Star Belt shook violently! An indescribable, vast, and boundless devouring force erupted from the deepest part like a tidal wave!

The star chaser instantly lost control, swept up by this force, and was thrown crazily toward that final darkness—the Gui Xu Sea Eye, at a speed far exceeding its limits!

Iron Battle and the others let out terrified shouts; all controls were meaningless at this moment.

Ye Chen gripped the ship’s railing tightly, his Chaos Domain fully activated, trying his best to stabilize the star chaser. However, in the face of this majestic power that seemed capable of swallowing the entire Universe, his strength was so insignificant!

His vision blurred rapidly, and only the endless darkness, from which not even light could escape, magnified rapidly before his eyes.

The true entrance to the Gui Xu Sea Eye had arrived.