Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

62: Chapter 62: The Stars’ Retention and the Source of AnnihilationThose two clusters of ghostly blue Soul fire were different from the sharp sorrow of the Lingxiao remnant Soul, and also different from the chaotic obsession of the Skeleton Puppets. They were more ancient, more silent, like eternally unchanging cold stars, burning with a kind of near-absolute rationality and... weariness.

The skeleton slowly, extremely slowly, raised its head, which was now only white bone. The ghostly blue Soul fire ”gazed” at the uninvited guests who had intruded into the stone hall. There was no killing intent, no anger, only a profound, dust-like indifference.

An invisible yet vast and boundless will descended, not a pressure, but a pure ”sense of presence” originating from a higher level of existence. It made Su Muxue and Lin Mo instantly understand that before this being, they were no different from ants.

”Again... outsiders...” A hoarse, desolate, utterly emotionless thought, like cold Starlight, slowly flowed into the Sea of Consciousness of the two. ”Lingxiao’s... Sword Intent... and... Chaos... aura...”

Its thought paused for a moment, as if carefully perceiving Lin Mo’s faint fluctuations of Chaos and the nascent form of that ”nirvana star core.”

”Interesting... to actually... conceive... such an anomaly... in this place...” A ripple, extremely faint and akin to ”curiosity,” finally stirred within the thought, but soon subsided back into silence.

Su Muxue tightly gripped the zhenyuan remnant sword. Profound cyan light swirled around the blade as, together with her newly gained Lingxiao Sword Intent, she struggled to resist the omnipresent silent will. Her ice-blue eyes were filled with vigilance, yet she did not rashly speak or act.

Lin Mo’s chaos dao seed was fully withdrawn, mimicking the deathly stillness of the surroundings, while carefully analyzing the other party’s aura. The aura of this ghostly blue Soul fire shared the same Origin as the Stellar Power he had absorbed earlier and that dark blue Ore, but it was more ancient, pure, and... deeply connected to the massive Formation beneath their feet, as well as the deathly Origin of the entire Burial Ancient Abyss!

”Senior... are you the guardian of this Formation?” Lin Mo attempted to convey a respectful and non-hostile thought.

”Guardian...?” The ghostly blue Soul fire flickered slightly. The thought seemed to carry a hint of mockery, yet it was more like a statement of fact. ”No... prisoner... and also... a dam...”

Its ”gaze” turned towards the massive Formation at the center of the stone hall, and the withered branch and Starlight Ore at its core.

”This is the ’Myriad Silence Return to Void Array’... using my remnant as its eye... the ’jianmu remnant branch’ and ’star core fragment’ as its foundation... to suppress... the source of deathly silence here... to slow... its pace of eroding all things...”

jianmu remnant branch? star core fragment? Suppressing the source of deathly silence?

The immense amount of information caused Lin Mo and Su Muxue’s minds to tremble once again!

The legendary heaven-reaching Jianmu? And... a fragment of a star’s core? Used to set up a Formation to suppress this place?

Then, how terrifying must the ”source of deathly silence” being suppressed here be?

”Senior, the source of deathly silence you mentioned... could it be the Bone-Corroding Demon Spiders and dragon remains outside?” Su Muxue couldn’t help but speak, her voice slightly dry from tension.

”Them?” The ghostly blue Soul fire’s thought was indifferent. ”They are merely... derivatives of the source... jailers watching the prison... and... prisoners assimilated by the prison... nothing more...”

”The true source... lies beneath this Formation... in the endless... Eye of the Return to Void...” For the first time, an extremely subtle fluctuation appeared in the thought, as if it was... apprehension?

”My name... is ’Star Remains’... the last generation’s Formation-guarding Elder of the ancient ’Star Palace’...” The ghostly blue Soul fire slowly conveyed the information. ”A great calamity descended... all things returned to silence... my palace sacrificed itself for the Dao... setting up this Formation... seeking to lock away the deathly silence... to fight for a sliver of respite for all living beings...”

”However... nirvana is irreversible... the Formation will ultimately collapse... we... merely... delayed... the final outcome...”

Its thought was filled with endless weariness and a desolate sense of persisting despite knowing the futility.

”Fellow Daoist Lingxiao... back then, also wished to use his sword... to carve out a new path... a pity... a pity...”

Old Man Star Remains’ thought fell silent for a moment, as if reminiscing.

”You... bear Chaos and Taiyin... and have gained the recognition of the Lingxiao Sword Intent... to reach this place... is also fate...”

”However... this is no place to linger... the Formation’s power wanes with each passing day... the thing below... grows more restless and frequent...”

”Will you... aid me... in reinforcing this Formation... to delay its collapse? ... Or...” The ghostly blue Soul fire turned slightly towards Lin Mo. ”... attempt... to contact... and guide... that nascent ’nirvana star core’ within you... perhaps... it can... absorb... some of the dispersing... deathly silence Origin... alleviating... the pressure on the great Formation...”

This proposal made both Su Muxue and Lin Mo’s hearts tighten.

Reinforce the great Formation? It sounded like the Righteous Path, but what level of power would it require? In their current state, could they manage it?

And guiding Lin Mo’s nirvana star core to absorb that terrifying deathly silence Origin? That was no different from snatching a chestnut from the fire. One misstep, and Lin Mo could be completely assimilated, becoming part of the deathly silence!

”How... will you choose?” Old Man Star Remains’ thought came again, still calm and unfluctuating, as if merely stating two objective possibilities without any bias.

However, right at that moment—

BOOM!!!

The entire stone hall shook violently! More intense than when the dragon remains had awakened!

The massive ”Myriad Silence Return to Void Array” beneath their feet suddenly erupted with a piercing ghostly light. Countless runes flashed wildly, groaning under unbearable strain! At the Formation’s core, the jianmu remnant branch visibly darkened further, and the light of that star core fragment flickered violently, brightening and dimming erratically!

Old Man Star Remains’ skeleton shuddered violently. The ghostly blue Soul fire swayed intensely, and the bone hand forming the Seal trembled slightly, as if straining with all its might to maintain the Formation’s stability!

An indescribable, terrifying will, originating from the extreme depths beneath the earth, filled with the most primal nothingness and desire for destruction, like a slumbering behemoth turning over, seeped a trace of its aura through the cracks in the Formation!

Merely a trace of this aura plunged Su Muxue and Lin Mo into an icy abyss. Their Divine Souls felt as if they were about to freeze, tear apart, and turn into nothingness!

It was an absolute ”nothingness” and ”end” that transcended life, death, and comprehension!

”Not good!... The Eye of the Return to Void... is beginning... to impact the Seal again!” Old Man Star Remains’ thought carried urgency and gravity for the first time!

”Outsiders!... Decide quickly!... Aid me in stabilizing the Formation!... Otherwise... if the Seal loosens... all things returning to silence... will arrive ahead of schedule!”

The ghostly blue Soul fire stared fixedly at them. Within that vast, silent will, a trace of undeniable urgency finally emerged!

Risk aiding, gambling for a sliver of life? Or immediately turn and flee, attempting to escape along the original path from this most dangerous place on the verge of eruption?

The choice was imminent!