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

142: Chapter 142: The Taiyin Mirror Domain and the Seed of AnnihilationWithin the Energy Well, death rays poured down like a torrential storm, the icy light of edicts filling every inch of space, mercilessly covering all positions occupied by Su Muxue and Liu Li. That light not only contained destructive energy but also carried a suppression and purification will that acted directly on the Divine Soul, seeking to erase all heretical thoughts.

There was no escape!

At this critical moment, the icy-blue light in Su Muxue’s pupils blazed brilliantly. She did not attempt to withstand the terrifying barrage that could annihilate a Golden Core head-on. Instead, she made an extremely bold decision.

Her hands rapidly formed seals. The nearly depleted Taiyin Star Power within her body burned and sublimated in an unprecedented manner! It was not an outward eruption but an extreme inward convergence, condensation, and construction!

”Taiyin · Illusory Flowers and Moon in the Water!”

Her clear, cold voice seemed to contain a certain Daoist truth. The light in the space around her, spanning several zhang, suddenly underwent a bizarre distortion! Invisible, intangible, yet truly existing ”Taiyin Mirrors” instantly condensed, layer upon layer, forming a miniature Domain that continuously refracted, deflected, and cycled!

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!*

The dense torrent of edict rays blasted into this shrunken ”Mirror Domain,” but no expected explosion occurred. It was as if they had entered a labyrinth composed of countless mirrors set at tricky angles; their trajectories were wildly deflected, refracted, and decomposed!

Some rays were refracted upward, striking the walls of the Energy Well and bursting into dazzling sparks of electricity; some were forcibly twisted, colliding with and annihilating subsequent incoming rays; and a large portion of the energy was rapidly consumed and disintegrated within this endless cycle of refraction!

Su Muxue’s face instantly turned deathly pale. Her body swayed slightly, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. Forcibly constructing and maintaining this ”Mirror Domain” capable of distorting edict attacks exacted a tremendous toll on her; even her Divine Soul felt waves of tearing agony. Yet, this masterful move had forcefully torn open a sliver of hope within this certain-kill situation!

”Now! Liu Li!” Su Muxue urged urgently.

Liu Li was already prepared. The moment the rays were twisted and refracted, she abruptly raised the fragment of the ”cihang origin heart” in her arms high and poured her own meager spiritual power into it recklessly!

”Origin Heart! Return Guidance!”

That warm, milky-white fragment suddenly erupted with an unprecedented blazing radiance. A pure, warm, life-filled, and protective fluctuation rippled out like water waves, strongly resonating with the main body of the broken, mournfully wailing lotus platform on the circular dais at the center of the Energy Well!

*Hum—!*

As if injected with a stimulant, the main lotus platform body suddenly erupted with even stronger light, trembling violently as it attempted to break free from the restraints of those silver-gray energies. The surrounding milky-white light tendrils that had not yet been fully contaminated also resonated in unison, struggling fiercely!

This sudden, Origin-based resonance clearly interfered with the great edict’s will’s absolute control over the Energy Well. That icy will emitted a soundless roar, and the assault of the edict rays experienced a momentary disruption and delay.

”Go!” Su Muxue forced herself to gather her breath, grabbed Liu Li, and, seizing this fleeting opportunity, transformed into two streaks of light. Braving the sporadic refracted rays, they charged fiercely toward the central energy platform!

The closer they got, the more terrifying the oppressive might of the icy order became, as if countless mountains were pressing down on their Divine Souls. The edict runes on the surrounding walls flashed frantically, attempting to mobilize stronger power to block them.

”Heretics... halt...” The icy will coalesced once more. From the silver-gray energy-constituted ”trunk” of the giant tree above the Energy Well, several thick ”branches” actually separated, lashing down toward the two like icy whips of judgment, carrying a destructive aura!

Simultaneously, around the circular platform below, the silver-gray energy churned, coalescing into several Energy Guards clad in heavy armor inscribed with edict runes and wielding light spears, expressionlessly blocking the path ahead.

Tigers block the road ahead, whips pursue from behind!

...Deep within the Underground Furnace Core.

Nangong Xuan’s situation was already extremely perilous. Under the frantic tug-of-war between the Nirvana Dao Rhyme and the great edict’s will, the cracks on the surface of the dark red crystal beneath his feet grew denser. The energy leaking from it became increasingly violent and chaotic, on the verge of a complete explosion at any moment.

Meanwhile, the surrounding Puppets seemed endless, and the three Dark-Gold Guards coordinated flawlessly, their attacks growing fiercer with each wave. Nangong Xuan had already sustained several wounds; the deepest was on his left shoulder, where an energy blade had nearly severed the bone. Gray-black Nirvana Dao Rhyme swirled around the wound, arduously resisting the invading order energy and preventing further damage.

His spiritual power was heavily depleted, and the rotation of his nirvana golden core was beginning to turn sluggish. Yet, the light in his eyes grew increasingly refined, like cold-forged iron tempered a thousand times.

He could not retreat, much less fall. He could sense the faint fluctuations from the Energy Well above—belonging to Su Muxue and the Origin Heart fragment—they were approaching the Core! He had to occupy the vast majority of the great edict’s attention and power!

”Not enough... need greater chaos...” Nangong Xuan’s gaze swept over the crystal beneath his feet, on the verge of its limit, then to the Puppets madly lunging around him. An extremely risky idea flashed through his mind.

He suddenly stomped his foot. No longer merely injecting Nirvana Dao Rhyme into the crystal’s interior, he began... to guide it!

He guided the violently conflicted energy within the crystal—a chaotic mix of nirvana aura and subterranean fire power—to surge back out along those energy output conduits connected to the crystal!

The target was not specific Puppets, but... all of them!

*BOOM!!!*

An indescribable, turbidly colored torrent of energy erupted violently from dozens of conduits like a breached primordial beast! This energy contained both the violent heat of the subterranean fire and the annihilating nature of nirvana, having been forcibly constrained by the great edict’s order will. Now, out of control, its eruption produced terrifying destructive power!

The first to bear the brunt were the Edict Puppets lunging toward Nangong Xuan! The energy Cores within them were instantly submerged, eroded, and overloaded by this aberrant energy torrent!

*Bang bang bang bang—!*

A series of violent explosions erupted around the lake-center platform! Numerous low-tier Puppets exploded into fragments filling the sky like ignited firecrackers! Even the three Dark-Gold Guards were jolted off-balance by this indiscriminate violent impact; the defensive light on their surfaces flickered intensely, and their movements showed obvious delay!

The entire underground cavity seemed to welcome a final frenzy; explosions continued unceasingly, and the chaotic energy flows spiraled completely out of control!

As for Nangong Xuan, the moment before detonating this energy, he had already retreated swiftly, simultaneously condensing his final Nirvana Dao Rhyme into a thick protective shield before him. Yet, he was still violently sent flying by the destructive shockwave, crashing heavily against a distant, massive broken pipe. He spat out a mouthful of blood infused with nirvana aura.

But he paid no heed to his injuries, his gaze fixed intently on that dark red crystal.

Under his deliberate guidance and the injection of a final surge of Nirvana Dao Rhyme, the crystal did not immediately explode. Instead, it fell into an extremely unstable, bizarre state of balance where internal energy continuously annihilated and regenerated. It pulsed like a violently beating heart, each throb emitting terrifying fluctuations, temporarily ”frozen” in place.

It had become an extremely unstable ”fire seed,” a bomb that could at any moment send the entire underground and even Tian Yuan City into finality!

The great edict’s will emitted a roar of extreme fury. It had no choice but to frantically direct the vast majority of its computational power and control toward the underground, attempting to stabilize this Core on the verge of complete collapse! Otherwise, all order would lose its Foundation!

...Within the Energy Well.

The several energy whips lashing toward Su Muxue and Liu Li, as well as the coalesced Energy Guards ahead, all stalled simultaneously! The silver-gray light flowing over them clearly dimmed and became disordered for an instant! The terrifying energy backlash from the depths and the crisis of the Core’s impending collapse forcibly interrupted the great edict’s fine control over the upper Energy Well!

It was this momentary interruption!

A brilliant light flashed in Su Muxue’s beautiful eyes. Seizing this only gap, she pointed her fingers like a sword, unleashing the last vestiges of Taiyin Star Power within her body without reservation, transforming it into an ultimate, condensed, ice-sealing-all azure sword rainbow!

”Ice Soul · Shatter Delusion!”

The sword rainbow was not aimed at the guards, but at the dense, viscous silver-gray energy Domain blocking the path between them and the circular platform!

*Crack!*

As if ice shattering, that icy order energy Domain was forcibly torn open by this intensely focused Taiyin Sword Intent, creating a brief breach!

”Liu Li!”

No words were needed. Liu Li mustered all her strength and hurled the fiercely resonating Origin Heart fragment in her hand toward the main body of the broken lotus platform on the dais!

”Origin Heart—Return!”

The fragment transformed into a streak of milky-white light, accurately merging into the missing part of the lotus platform’s main body!

*HUM—!!!*

As if an ancient slumbering deity awakened, a vast, warm, boundless will filled with life and compassion, accompanied by pure, flawless milky-white radiance, violently erupted from the main body of the broken lotus platform! It illuminated the entire icy Energy Well like the sun!

Stimulated by the fragment’s return, the cihang origin heart finally briefly suppressed the contamination, revealing its true Origin power!

The silver-gray energies entwining it sizzled as if encountering their nemesis, frantically receding! The surrounding milky-white light tendrils instantly thickened severalfold, dancing joyfully!

The great edict’s icy will emitted a shriek of shock and rage, attempting to counterattack. But the nirvana crisis emanating from its own energy Core in the depths firmly held the vast majority of its power in check!

Enveloped by the warm radiance, Su Muxue and Liu Li felt their bodies lighten; the previous oppression and their injuries were rapidly healing.

However, at the very moment this light of hope blossomed, Lin Mo’s extremely anxious thoughts suddenly transmitted from the star Core: ”Mother! Be careful! Deep within the Origin Heart’s Core... there is a ’the dark side’-left... Self-Destruction Marker! It’s been activated!”

At the very Core of the lotus platform main body, which had just regained its brilliance, an extremelyDark, icy, purely absolute black dot suddenly appeared and began expanding madly, emitting a terrifying aura that annihilated all!

It sought to drag the Origin Heart and the entire Energy Well into complete nothingness!