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

96: Chapter 96: The Legacy of the Sword Master and the Resonance of the Star Core”Ling Xu Sword Venerable?!”

Nangong Xuan’s voice carried an irrepressible tremble and unbelievable shock, echoing in this vast space filled with stars and miasma. He staggered forward, his gaze locked onto the withered figure sitting cross-legged at the intersection of light and darkness. The faint Thunder Sword Intent around him uncontrollably activated on its own, emitting a wailing hum as if meeting a supreme existence of the same Bloodline, filled with sorrow and awe.

The Grand Elder of Lingxiao Pavilion who had been missing for three hundred years! The Sword Dao Genius hailed as the closest to the Soul Transformation realm in the Sect for a thousand years! To think he had passed away here, using himself as a foundation to suppress this terrifying source of miasma?!

Su Muxue was also shaken by this sudden revelation of identity. The Grand Elder of Lingxiao Pavilion actually had such deep involvement with the survivors of the Star Palace and this subterranean calamity?

Just as the two were feeling emotionally stirred, another change occurred!

Seemingly sensing Nangong Xuan’s Lingxiao Sword Intent, which shared the same Origin, the cross-legged mummified corpse—the remains of Ling Xu Sword Venerable—actually vibrated slightly!

A jade pendant on his chest, long since dimmed and covered in cracks, shattered completely with a ”crack.” Immediately after, an extremely illusory remnant Soul phantom, looking as if it would dissipate at any moment, slowly floated out from the top of the corpse’s head.

The phantom’s face was blurred, yet one could still see his former arrogance and sharpness. His body was entwined with an incredibly pure but exhausted Nirvana Sword Intent, engaged in an endless struggle against the terrifying miasma in the pit below.

The remnant Soul slowly opened its ”eyes,” its gaze piercing through three hundred years of time to land on Nangong Xuan. That gaze carried a hint of relief, a hint of fatigue, and endless vicissitudes and heaviness.

”Later... Disciple...” A weak thought sounded directly in the depths of their Souls, intermittent and seemingly about to break at any moment, ”Lingxiao... sparks... not extinguished... good... very good...”

”Disciple Nangong Xuan pays respects to the Sword Venerable Old Ancestor!” Nangong Xuan suppressed his injuries and bowed without hesitation, his tone excited and respectful.

”Mundane etiquette... unnecessary...” Ling Xu Sword Venerable’s remnant Soul thought seemed to consume a great deal, and the phantom flickered, ”Time... short... listen well...”

”This place... is a corner of the ’Eye of Ten Thousand Miasmas’... an outlet for an ancient calamity... the Star Palace... guarded this place... however... internal changes... the Emperor Venerable lineage... betrayed...”

The remnant Soul’s thoughts carried immense pain and anger, revealing a shocking secret.

”Traitors... drew miasma into their bodies... seeking mutated longevity... founded ’Dark Flame’... turned against their master... the Star Palace... collapsed...” ”I traveled here... happened upon the change... powerless to save the situation... could only borrow the Star Palace’s remnant array... combined with my own Nirvana Sword Dao... sacrificed myself to Seal this gap... to delay the disaster...”

”However... the Seal has lasted long... my strength is fading... the miasma source’s backlash is intensifying... what you see... is but... the tip of the iceberg... the true great horror... lies even deeper...”

The intermittent information was like stormy waves, crashing against the understanding of Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue!

Dark Flame City was indeed founded by traitors of the Star Palace! They were actually crazy enough to actively draw miasma into their bodies? And Ling Xu Sword Venerable had been here alone, sacrificing himself to Seal this leaking gap of miasma for three hundred years!

What kind of terrifying sight would the actual body of the ”Eye of Ten Thousand Miasmas” be?

”Old Ancestor...” Nangong Xuan’s eyes filled with tears, his heart brimming with respect and grief for his predecessor. Guarding this place alone for three hundred years—what kind of loneliness and hardship must that have been!

”Foolish child... no need for such displays...” Ling Xu Sword Venerable’s remnant Soul seemed to smile, ”My remnant thought is about to dissipate... the Seal... is about to collapse... once this gap reopens... the creatures below... will surely suffer...”

His ”gaze” turned toward Nangong Xuan, then swept over Su Muxue and Lin Mo in her arms, lingering for a moment on Lin Mo’s ball of light, flashing with a hint of surprise and inquiry.

”You... by chance... entered this forbidden land... it is also destiny...” ”Disciple... inherited my... Nirvana Sword Intent... though meager... it is... the key...” ”That... strange star Core... Nirvana as the surface... life contained within... to think it can... balance the stars... resist miasma erosion... marvelous... marvelous...”

Ling Xu Sword Venerable’s remnant Soul had extraordinary insight, seeing through part of the nature of Lin Mo’s nirvana star core at a single glance!

”Listen...” His thoughts became urgent, ”I will exhaust my remnant Soul... to help you... briefly stabilize the Seal... to buy... a ten-day period...” ”You... must within this time... head... three thousand miles to the northwest... to the ’falling star monument’...” ”That is... the Star Palace’s... final warning site... and also... the location of the nearest but most dangerous ’reverse flow rainbow path’ to the surface...” ”Activate the monument... perhaps... the great catastrophe can be temporarily halted... and it can also... open a path of survival for you...”

”This is... a path with a slim chance of survival... yet... it is... the only chance...”

After conveying this final information, Ling Xu Sword Venerable’s remnant Soul phantom began to fluctuate violently, becoming transparent and about to dissipate completely. His Nirvana Sword Intent, however, suddenly became incomparably brilliant and dazzling!

”Later Disciple... take over... the torch!” ”Lingxiao’s ambition... sweep away all demons!” ”Protect... all living beings!”

The resolute thought was like a final shout, echoing in their hearts.

In the next moment, the remnant Soul phantom burst into flames, turning into a stream of the purest Nirvana Sword Intent, which violently surged into the cracked Star Core above!

Hum—!!!

The Star Core erupted with an unprecedentedly fierce light, and the cracks on its surface actually briefly closed up by more than half! The pillar of starlight pressing down instantly became thick and solid, ruthlessly pushing back the churning and surging miasma below!

The vibrations of the entire subterranean space slowly subsided, and the suffocating pressure temporarily lightened.

Ling Xu Sword Venerable, this venerable predecessor, had ultimately paid the price of dissipating completely from the world to buy them ten precious days!

At the spot where his remnant Soul dissipated, a speck of the purest nirvana sword seed, condensing his final Sword Dao true intent, slowly floated up. Like gentle starlight, it merged into Nangong Xuan’s brow.

Nangong Xuan’s body shook violently. He let out a muffled groan and sat cross-legged. Lightning and Nirvana intent flowed and intermingled around him, and his aura began to recover and rise at a visible speed! He was absorbing and refining this final gift from his predecessor!

Su Muxue witnessed all this, her heart filled with shock and emotion.

At that moment, Lin Mo, in her arms, also experienced an anomaly in his ball of light.

Seemingly stimulated by both the dissipation of Ling Xu Sword Venerable’s pure Nirvana Sword Intent and the eruption of the Star Core, Lin Mo’s nirvana star core began to rotate on its own at an unprecedented speed!

The dark pattern on the surface of the star Core flashed wildly, generating a powerful suction force!

This time, it wasn’t absorbing miasma or energy, but... the pure Soul fragments of Ling Xu Sword Venerable’s remnant Soul that had just dispersed in this space, as well as the most primal starlight shed by the Star Core!

Nirvana, stars, Soul thoughts... three completely different powers were forcibly absorbed and fused by the nirvana star core!

Lin Mo’s ball of light instantly flickered between light and dark, becoming colorful. The internal energy conflicted violently, even more chaotic and dangerous than when he had devoured the source consciousness before!

”Lin Mo!” Su Muxue turned pale with fright, fearing something would happen to him again.

However, this conflict did not last long.

The most fundamental ”Guixu” true intent of the nirvana star core played its part, overbearingly crushing and decomposing the Soul fragments and starlight. Instead of turning them into ”nothingness,” it restored them to the most primitive, non-attribute pure ”Origin,” and then slowly absorbed them.

Under the nourishment of this Origin, the cracks on the surface of the star Core actually began to heal at an amazing speed! Within a few breaths, it was as good as new, even becoming tougher!

The color of the star Core itself also became deeper and more restrained. Within the flow of the dark pattern, besides the absolute Nirvana intent, there was now a faint hint of the stars’ vastness and the Soul thoughts’ agility!

A blessing in disguise! Not only did Lin Mo’s injuries fully recover, but the star Core also seemed to have absorbed special nutrients, undergoing an unexpected and positive transformation!

His consciousness awakened, sending out a clear and steady pulse: ”I am fine, even... better. This place is not for long stays; we must set out as soon as possible.”

Su Muxue let out a long sigh of relief. Today had been a rollercoaster of sorrow and joy, ups and downs.

At this time, Nangong Xuan also snapped his eyes open, lightning and Nirvana intent intertwining in his pupils, his gaze sharp! Although he was still far from a full recovery, his strength had restored by thirty to forty percent. More importantly, his understanding of the Nirvana Sword Dao had reached a higher level!

He stood up and bowed solemnly once more toward the place where Ling Xu Sword Venerable had passed away, everything left unsaid.

”Let’s go!” he said succinctly, his sharp gaze directed toward the northwest.

Time—only ten days!

Ahead lay a dangerous three-thousand-mile journey, the falling star monument, the reverse flow rainbow path, an unknown path to survival, and even greater crises!

The three of them did not hesitate, turning to leave this tragic and oppressive Core area, galloping toward the northwest along the Ancient Star Remains Path they had come from.

Not long after their figures disappeared into the darkness of the tunnel, beneath the temporarily reinforced pillar of starlight, the thick miasma began to churn slowly but steadily once again. Twisted faces condensed, letting out silent roars as they crashed against the pillar, as if foretelling that an even greater storm was brewing.

And in the depths of that endless miasma, a pair of incomparably huge, cold, and brutal eyes seemed to quietly open a sliver, indifferently ”watching” the direction in which the three had left.