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

104: Chapter 104: The Misguided Path of the Rainbow and the Rebirth of the Star CoreThe interior of the reverse flow rainbow path was by no means a smooth journey.

The moment he entered, Nangong Xuan felt an unimaginably massive tearing force surging from all directions, as if it wanted to pull his body and Soul into countless fragments. The surroundings were filled with bizarre, rapidly passing distorted colors, and countless shattered spatial rifts appeared and disappeared like venomous snakes, emitting a heart-palpitating aura of destruction. Violent and chaotic Stellar Power and Earth Vein Primal Force intertwined and collided here, forming terrifying turbulent currents sufficient to easily strangle a Golden Core Cultivator.

This was not a safe passage at all, but a space-time fissure filled with extreme danger!

”Steady your mind! Protect your body!” Nangong Xuan roared, forcibly circulating the remaining Nirvana Sword Intent within his body to form a thin, grayish-black light shield outside his body, struggling to resist the terrifying tearing force and energy impact from the outside world. Su Muxue, held in his arms, was already unconscious with a weak breath; he had to divert most of his power to protect her.

Lin Mo’s light orb clung tightly to his shoulder, its light extremely dim, as if it would go out at any moment. Having erupted repeatedly at the altar, especially with that final ”Absolute Nirvana Domain,” he had almost exhausted all his strength. His nirvana star core was damaged once again, even more severely than any time before, its surface covered in dense cracks, looking as if it would shatter at a single touch.

However, under this extreme danger and pressure, the nirvana star core’s characteristics that transcended common sense manifested once again. It did not frantically draw in external Spiritual Qi to replenish itself like an ordinary Cultivator—in this chaotic rainbow path, doing so would be no different from playing with fire. Instead, it entered an extremely strange state of ”internal circulation.”

The very Core point of the star Core’s ”Return to the Void” True Intent was stimulated to the limit. It began to slowly and firmly ”decompose” and ”refine” the massive amounts of miscellaneous energy previously swallowed and stored within the star Core but not yet fully digested—the original malicious thoughts of the soul-eroding miasma, the pure Soul-thought fragments of Ling Xu Sword Venerable, the radiance of the stellar Core, and even the violent factors within the Earth-Fire Primal Force... All these powers with vastly different or even conflicting attributes were now being forcibly crushed by the overbearing Nirvana True Intent under the pressure of life and death and the guidance of Lin Mo’s powerful will. Stripped of all attributes, they were reduced to the most primitive and original chaotic energy, which then fed back into the star Core itself that was on the verge of collapse.

This was an incomparably perilous process, like dancing on the edge of a blade. Once control was lost and an energy conflict erupted, Lin Mo would immediately suffer total annihilation of both body and Soul. But if successful, this would be a case of destruction followed by establishment, a Nirvana Rebirth!

Nangong Xuan had no time to worry about anything else; his entire mind was focused on resisting the increasing pressure and mental impact within the rainbow path. Following the faint guidance of the Starlight Map, he struggled to adjust his direction amidst the chaotic torrent, like a small boat in a raging sea that could capsize at any moment.

Occasionally, particularly violent spatial turbulence or massive energy fragments would strike. He had to swing his already half-ruined thunder sword, using Nirvana Sword Intent to split them open or deflect them; every collision added new injuries to his old ones.

He didn’t know how long he had been struggling forward in the rainbow path; perhaps it was just an instant, or perhaps it was ten million years. Time and space lost their meaning here.

Suddenly, the already chaotic passage of flowing light ahead violently distorted and contracted, forming a massive, multi-colored vortex! The center of the vortex emitted a terrifying suction, as if it wanted to swallow everything!

”A Spatial Storm!” Nangong Xuan’s expression changed drastically. This was one of the most dangerous phenomena in the rainbow path! In their current state, being sucked in meant certain death!

There was no way to avoid it!

At this desperate moment, the light orb of Lin Mo on his shoulder, which had been silent all along, suddenly erupted with a final burst of intense yet exceptionally pure grayish-blue light!

This light did not strike outward but contracted inward, as if forming a miniature ”singularity,” generating a ”repulsive force” that was opposite in direction to the vortex’s suction but even more bizarre in nature!

Return to the Void—Repulsion!

It wasn’t an energy collision, but a direct ”negation” of the ”foundation” of the vortex’s existence ahead, forcibly carving out a brief zone of ”Nirvana Vacuum” within its suction field!

Boom!

The vortex’s suction field was suddenly halted by this abrupt interference at the ”rule level,” and an extremely brief moment of disorder appeared.

This was the split-second opportunity!

Nangong Xuan erupted with his final potential, his Nirvana Sword Intent burning like a meteor flying against the current. Dragging the unconscious Su Muxue and Lin Mo, whose light had once again completely dimmed, he narrowly brushed past the edge of the vortex and charged through!

Just as they rushed past, the vortex behind them returned to normal, erupting with an even more terrifying suction that swallowed a large amount of rainbow path energy.

Nangong Xuan broke out in a cold sweat. Looking back, he saw that Lin Mo’s light orb had dimmed until it was almost invisible. The cracks on its surface were shocking, as if it would completely shatter in the next moment, and even the last bit of mental fluctuation had become weak to the extreme.

”Lin Mo!” Nangong Xuan’s heart sank abruptly.

However, a blessing often follows a disaster. After that burst and ”internal circulation” under extreme pressure, the chaotic energy within Lin Mo’s star Core had finally been completely refined and purified!

At the moment its light was about to be completely extinguished, deep within the star Core, that point of ”Return to the Void” True Intent seemed to reach a certain critical point and suddenly collapsed and compressed inward!

Immediately following that, an indescribable, majestic energy containing the dual Concepts of ”End” and ”Origin” boomed out from that collapsed Core!

It was like the Big Bang of a cosmic singularity!

Under the washing of this newborn, extremely pure Nirvana Origin energy, the hideous cracks on the star Core’s surface closed and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye! The entire light orb was no longer grayish-blue but turned into a deeper, more reserved color of Chaos, as if it contained a miniature Universe that was being born and destroyed!

The light was no longer released outward but was entirely contained within. Its volume had also shrunk by a circle, yet it gave off a feeling as heavy as a mountain and as deep as the sea. A weak yet incomparably resilient consciousness, carrying the aura of Nirvana Rebirth, slowly woke up.

The nirvana star core, after repeated cycles of overdrawing, swallowing, refining, and nearing the limit of collapse, had finally completed its first crucial transformation! It moved from simple ”Swallowing Nirvana” toward the higher level of ”Evolving the Return to the Void”! Its quality and potential had undergone earth-shaking changes!

Although its power had not recovered much, its essence was already different.

Though this aura of Nirvana Rebirth was weak, it refreshed the spirit of Nangong Xuan, who was close by, allowing him to feel a glimmer of hope.

Just then, the chaotic flowing light ahead suddenly brightened! A long-lost, though thin yet incomparably fresh aura of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, mixed with the scent of vegetation and earth, rushed toward them!

The exit! They were almost at the exit!

Nangong Xuan was overjoyed and charged forward with all his might!

However, just as the light of the exit grew closer and closer, and he could even vaguely see the scene of blue sky and white clouds outside—

Another change occurred!

The space near the rainbow path exit suddenly rippled like water! Immediately after, a long, narrow spatial rift with unstable electric light flickering at its edges appeared abruptly without warning, lying across the front of the exit!

This rift was not naturally formed; its edges retained an extremely faint yet familiar aura that made Nangong Xuan’s scalp tingle instantly—the power fluctuations of the Nascent Soul Demon General from Dark Flame City! And a trace of... the energy residue from when the world key fragment exploded!

That was it! The explosion of the world key fragment plus the loss of control over the monument’s pollution had caused spatial tremors that actually affected the stability of the rainbow path’s exit! And that Nascent Soul Demon General, at the final moment, had actually spared no cost to strike a force across space into the spatial turbulence, precisely creating this temporary spatial rift trap!

He had calculated that they would definitely pass through here!

The rift was not large, but its position was incredibly tricky, blocking the narrowest throat area of the exit where the spatial power was most unstable! The disordered spatial fluctuations it emitted were severely interfering with the stability of the rainbow path!

If he charged through, he would likely be torn apart by the spatial rift or thrown into an unknown dangerous place by the disordered spatial power.

If he didn’t charge, behind him were the endless turbulent currents of the rainbow path; sooner or later, his strength would be exhausted and he would be ground away.

He was in a dilemma!

The exit was right before his eyes, but the path to life had become a gate of death!

Nangong Xuan looked at the unconscious Su Muxue in his arms and the incomparably weak Lin Mo on his shoulder who had just completed his Nirvana. A flash of extreme, crazed determination crossed his eyes.

There was no time to hesitate!

He took all his remaining Nirvana Sword Intent and, instead of using it to protect himself, poured it all into the half-broken remains of the thunder sword, turning it into an ultimate destruction arrow burning with grayish-black flames!

Then, using all his strength, he fiercely threw this arrow, which carried his final power and will, toward that spatial rift!

He wasn’t attacking the rift itself, but... attacking the relatively stable rainbow path barrier next to the rift!

”Open... for me!!!”

He roared, choosing the most insane method—since the road was blocked, he would blow open a new one! Even if the consequences were unknown!

Boom!!!

The destruction arrow struck the rainbow path barrier, and the Nirvana Sword Intent erupted frantically. It clashed violently with the chaotic rainbow path energy, instantly triggering a small-scale spatial collapse!

An even more irregular and unstable temporary gap, barely enough for one or two people to pass through, was forcibly blasted out! Outside the gap was no longer the clear blue sky and white clouds, but a blurred and distorted scene, with a powerful suction surging from the gap!

At the same time, the spatial rift created by the Nascent Soul Demon General was also hit by the explosion’s impact and began to fluctuate violently. It looked like it would completely collapse at any moment, triggering an even larger Spatial Storm!

”Go!”

Without hesitation, Nangong Xuan tightly held Su Muxue and Lin Mo and dove headlong into the temporary gap leading to an unknown place that he had blasted open himself!

The very next second after their figures disappeared, the space near the rainbow path exit violently collapsed and exploded!

The terrifying Spatial Storm swept away everything, completely swallowing and smoothing over both the trap rift and the temporary gap.

Only the chaotic energy aftershocks remained, slowly dissipating in the void.

As for Nangong Xuan and the other two, they had long since been swept away by the spatial turbulence of that temporary gap, their whereabouts unknown.

The journey through the rainbow path came to an abrupt end in a way that no one could have predicted.