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

63: Chapter 63: The Three Elements Boundary Determination and the Initial Devouring of the Star CoreThe choice was made in an instant!

The Ruins Qi, emanating from the depths below with enough power to annihilate everything, rose like an icy tide, violently battering the swaying and crumbling ’Myriad Silence Return to Void Array’. The Formation’s light flickered intensely, the jianmu remnant branch at its core emitted a strained cracking sound, and the glow of the star core fragment rapidly dimmed.

The ghostly blue soul fire on Old Man Star Remains’ skeleton flickered unsteadily, his bone hands forming seals trembling violently—clearly, he had reached his limit. Once the Formation completely collapsed, the terrifying ’Eye of the Return to Void’ below would lose its restraint, and the consequences would be unimaginable!

”Help me!” Su Muxue made her decision instantly, a sharp glint flashing in her ice-blue eyes without the slightest hesitation. She could not stand by and watch a disaster that might affect the entire outside world unfold. Moreover, the chance Nangong Xuan had bought with his life might be their only opportunity; they absolutely could not let it be severed here!

She forcefully thrust the zhenyuan remnant sword into the ground before her, her hands rapidly forming seals. The ice moon imprint on her brow and the faint sword pattern both lit up!

”Profound Yin as the scabbard, containing all rivers! Sword Intent as the guide, calming the storm!”

The vast Profound Yin Power no longer manifested as scattered cold waves. Instead, it transformed into countless exquisitely intricate ice-blue threads, like the most dexterous weaver, accurately winding around the violently fluctuating, nearly severed energy nodes of the Formation. Using its utmost softness and coldness, it temporarily ’froze’ and ’stabilized’ those wildly overflowing energies of dead silence! Simultaneously, the newly acquired Lingxiao Sword Intent was condensed by her into an invisible, tenacious anchor of will, which she fiercely drove into the Formation’s core, helping Old Man Star Remains’ weary will jointly stabilize the Formation’s eye!

She had chosen the safest, yet most mentally draining method—assisting with stabilization, rather than risking absorption.

Almost the moment she acted, Lin Mo also moved!

His choice was even bolder, and more dangerous!

”chaos dao seed, evolve creation! nirvana star core, devour!”

The chaos light cluster suddenly expanded. It was no longer simulating dead silence but had completely released its restraints. The nascent ’nirvana star core’, containing the Dao resonance of nirvana and the stars, was fully activated by him, emitting a unique suction force that existed between life and death, order and nothingness!

He did not attempt to stabilize the entire grand Formation. Instead, he locked onto the most pure and most dangerous ’Ruins Dead Silence Origin’ energy seeping through the Formation’s cracks!

He intended to use this peculiar star core to devour and transform this energy that even Old Man Star Remains feared!

This was an extremely insane act! Although his chaos dao seed could encompass all things, the Ruins Origin was of too high a Rank. A single misstep would not lead to assimilation, but to being conceptually ’erased’!

But Lin Mo had no other choice. Su Muxue’s method, though stable, was immensely draining and passive, and might not last. Only by taking this dangerous gamble, alleviating the Formation’s pressure at its source, was there a sliver of hope!

*Ssss—!*

When the first wisp of pure Ruins Dead Silence Origin was drawn into the nirvana star core, Lin Mo’s entire consciousness felt as if it had been plunged into absolute zero and nothingness, nearly freezing and dissipating instantly! The chaos dao seed let out a painful groan, the light cluster twisting violently as if it might collapse at any moment!

However, at this critical juncture, the star core—born from the mutation of Stellar Power within the ancient Formation—revealed its peculiar nature! The dark blue starlight on its surface flickered madly, clashing and tangling intensely with the invading Dead Silence Origin. It truly began, at an excruciatingly slow and arduous pace, to devour and transform it! Although the speed was agonizingly slow and placed a tremendous burden on Lin Mo’s mind and Dao Seed, it was indeed happening!

The process was excruciating, akin to a Mortal consuming poison with their own body. But with every thread transformed, the pressure on the Formation’s core visibly lessened! The charred jianmu remnant branch ceased its further deterioration, and the glow of the star core fragment stabilized slightly!

”Good!... Just like that!... Hold on!” Old Man Star Remains’ will transmitted over, carrying a trace of imperceptible shock and... hope? He clearly hadn’t expected Lin Mo to actually achieve this much!

The ghostly blue soul fire suddenly stabilized considerably. The bone hands forming seals became firm once more. A vast will of silence erupted with full force, guiding the energy flow of the entire grand Formation, working in tandem with Su Muxue’s Profound Yin Sword Intent to jointly resist the impact from below!

Seeing this, Su Muxue’s spirits lifted. She desperately urged her power even more. The Profound Yin threads, like countless ice-blue tentacles, frantically repaired and stabilized every crack in the Formation. The will anchor formed by the Lingxiao Sword Intent stood unwavering, firmly fixing the Formation’s eye!

Among the three, an extremely delicate and difficult balance had formed!

Old Man Star Remains served as the main axis, using his will of eternal silence to control the overall situation and maintain the Formation’s foundation. Su Muxue served as the meridians, using the flexibility of Profound Yin and the sharpness of Sword Intent to channel and stabilize the energy. Lin Mo served as the unexpected force, using the inclusivity of Chaos and the peculiarity of the star core to devour and transform the source of dead silence!

One stabilized, one guided, one devoured!

In the deepest part of the Burial Ancient Abyss, within this ancient, nearly collapsed, supreme Formation, three beings from different eras, possessing different powers, achieved an incredible collaboration for a common goal!

*Rumble...* The impact from below seemed to sense the resistance, becoming even more violent. However, that wisp of Ruins Qi that had permeated out was firmly held by Lin Mo’s star core, unable to spread and impact the Formation on a large scale again.

A stalemate!

A terrifying stalemate with the true source of the apocalypse!

Every minute and second felt as long as ten thousand years. Su Muxue’s face was pale as paper, blood tinged with ice shards once again seeping from the corner of her mouth. Maintaining such precise control placed an enormous burden on her. Lin Mo’s chaos light cluster flickered unsteadily, as if it might extinguish at any moment. The pain of devouring and transforming the Dead Silence Origin nearly tore his consciousness apart. Old Man Star Remains’ ghostly blue soul fire had also dimmed considerably, clearly indicating massive depletion.

But no one gave up!

An unknown amount of time passed—perhaps a quarter of an hour, perhaps an hour.

The terrifying impact force from below finally receded like a tide.

The despair-inducing Ruins Qi gradually dissipated, locked back beneath the Formation.

*Hum—*

The light of the Myriad Silence Return to Void Array gradually stabilized. Though still damaged, it had finally weathered this crisis.

Inside the stone hall, the eternal dead silence returned.

*Thud!*

Su Muxue could no longer hold on, collapsing weakly to the ground, breathing heavily. The radiance on the zhenyuan remnant sword had dimmed significantly.

Lin Mo’s chaos light cluster also instantly contracted to its smallest size, its glow extremely faint, sinking into deep self-repair and silence. On the surface of that nascent nirvana star core, an extremely obscure, heart-palpitating dark pattern had appeared.

Old Man Star Remains’ skeleton slowly lowered its bone hands from their seal-forming pose. The ghostly blue soul fire flickered weakly, transmitting a weary yet relieved will:

”Crisis... temporarily resolved...”

”My thanks... to you both... young ones...”

His ’gaze’ fell upon Lin Mo’s faint light cluster, his will carrying a trace of complexity:

”Chaos giving birth to destruction... star core newly formed... to truly withstand... the Power of the Ruins...”

”Perhaps... you... truly are... that elusive... thread of variable...”

The skeleton slowly turned towards the floating star core fragment, whose glow had also dimmed significantly.

”This object... is a fragment of an ancient star’s core... sharing the same Origin as the star core within you... I bestow it upon you... perhaps... it can help you... master... that power... faster...”

As he spoke, the dark blue star core fragment slowly drifted towards Lin Mo, merging into his faint light cluster.

Immediately, a surge of pure and ancient stellar Origin power poured in, rapidly beginning to repair Lin Mo’s injuries. It resonated strongly with his nirvana star core, making the dark patterns on its surface seem to become a trace clearer.

”As for... you...” Old Man Star Remains’ will turned towards the utterly exhausted Su Muxue, ”The Lingxiao Legacy... and the Profound Yin Body... your future is boundless... diligently... contemplate it...”

Finally, his ’gaze’ turned to the charred jianmu remnant branch, deep regret flowing from the ghostly blue soul fire.

”The Jianmu has withered... its vitality difficult to restore... a pity...”

After doing all this, Old Man Star Remains’ skeleton seemed to have exhausted its final strength. The ghostly blue soul fire grew even fainter, as if it might extinguish at any moment.

”My... remnant will is about to disperse... the Formation... is temporarily stable... but... this is by no means a long-term solution...”

”You two... quickly... follow the fissure... at the rear of this hall... the one cleaved by... Lingxiao Sword Qi... and leave...”

”That path... leads... outside the abyss...”

”Remember... today’s events... be wary... of the Ruins...”

His will grew weaker and weaker. Finally, the two clusters of ghostly blue soul fire gently flickered once and went out completely.

The skeleton also lost all luster, slowly lowering its head, returning to its initial cross-legged, seal-forming posture, as if it had never awakened.

In the stone hall, only the weakly operating ancient Formation remained, along with two figures who had survived calamity, utterly exhausted.

And also... the final path pointed out by Old Man Star Remains—a subtle yet real spatial fissure located in the shadows at the rear of the stone hall.

From beyond the fissure, a faint yet real trace of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, different from the dead silence here, could be sensed!

The way out was right before them!