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

201: Chapter 201: Abyssal Bindings and the Star Core’s Purifying LightThe deeper they dove, the more terrifying the pressure rising from the bottom of the abyss became. The seawater grew as heavy and viscous as billion-year-old profound ice, and every inch of skin bore a weight that felt as if it would crush the Soul. The dark green evil energy was so thick it wouldn’t disperse. Even with the chaos star core’s Devouring Domain operating frantically, constantly neutralizing and purifying the surrounding filth, their vision remained blurred and dim, and their Divine Sense was compressed until it could only extend a few yards from their bodies.

That awakened terrifying will was like an invisible tide, hitting the trio’s minds in wave after wave, filled with coldness, deathly stillness, greed, and a malice that sought to pull all things into eternal perdition. This was by no means any known living being or monster; it was more like a negative manifestation on the level of Law, a fearsome Core formed from the erosion of ”the dark side” within this North Nether Sea!

The chaos star core was still trembling violently, its Devouring Domain maintaining a relative sanctuary of about three yards. However, the frequency of its flickering light was no longer as wild and fierce as it had been during the initial eruption. After continuously devouring a massive amount of evil energy, sea monster essence, and nearly all the power of the three people, it seemed to be approaching a threshold of saturation. The energy it fed back became intermittent, and it even occasionally emitted a sense of being ”bloated” or having ”indigestion.” After Lin Mo’s cold snort, there was no further reaction; he seemed to have fallen into a deeper slumber again to digest that incredibly complex energy.

Nangong Xuan gritted his teeth, blood already seeping from his seven orifices. Relying on an unyielding will, he forced himself to endure, guiding the star Core down, and further down! Su Muxue and Zi Linger had long since collapsed from exhaustion and were unconscious, kept afloat entirely by the power of the Domain.

Inside his Dantian, the resonance between the phantom star key and the sharp metal star key had reached its peak. The speck of light representing the water star key flickered frantically, its wails and sense of summoning becoming incomparably urgent, as if it would be completely annihilated at any moment!

Finally!

After piercing through an extremely thick, almost solid barrier of evil energy, the scene before them suddenly changed!

Below was no longer endless darkness; instead, a massive, eerie space emitting a faint, sickly green spectral light appeared. This space seemed to be located beneath the seabed, incredibly vast and without visible boundaries.

In the center of the space, the sight was shocking!

Thick, dark green chains, condensed from the purest evil energy and North Nether profound ice, extended like giant pythons from the surrounding void, tightly binding and imprisoning a massive, constantly twisting and struggling azure light orb!

At the Core of that light orb, the outline of a star key, crystal clear and seemingly carved from the purest sapphire, was faintly visible—it was the water star key!

However, at this moment, this star key, which should have radiated a vast, profound, and inclusive Concept, was being tightly bound by those countless dark green chains. Distorted, evil runes constantly appeared on the chains, frantically draining the star key’s Origin power and staining it with layers of murky dark green. The star key’s light was extremely dim. Every time it struggled, it only caused the chains to vibrate with more evil energy, which in turn intensified its own pollution. The endless wailing and despair were emanating from within it!

And directly beneath this imprisoned star key, on the rocky layer of the seabed, sat a shadow even larger and more terrifying!

It seemed to be... a patch of writhing, expanding, living darkness!

It had no fixed form, appearing at times like boiling asphalt, at others extending countless twisted tentacles condensed from pure malice, and at still others manifesting countless wailing faces of agony. The source of that suffocatingly terrifying pressure was precisely this entity! It was like a giant heart; with every pulse, the entire space trembled, releasing more evil energy and injecting it continuously into the water star key through those chains, performing some kind of horrific erosion and transformation!

It was the source of the pollution in the North Nether! It was the manifestation of ”the dark side” in this place!

As if sensing the intruders, that patch of living darkness suddenly churned violently, and a wave of even more frenzied malice struck toward the three of them like a tsunami!

Hit by this terrifying impact, the chaos star core’s Devouring Domain shook violently, its light instantly dimming by more than half, as if it might shatter at any moment!

”Now is the time!” Nangong Xuan’s eyes nearly split from the strain; he knew this was their last chance! Once that dark entity launched its attack or the star Core’s Domain shattered, they would be turned to ashes in an instant!

He forcibly burned his last trace of Origin essence blood, pouring all his will and all his insights into Nirvana, the Void Realm, and Sharp Metal into the star Core. He wasn’t guiding it to devour, but rather... pointing it toward the countless dark green chains binding the water star key!

”Star Core! Purify! Sever them!”

He let out a hoarse roar that contained his final conviction!

As if sensing its master’s resolute will, as well as the endless wailing and longing of the kindred star key, the nearly saturated chaos star core suddenly flared with light again!

But the form of its eruption was no longer expansion and devouring, but... ultimate condensation and transformation!

On the surface of the star Core, within those dark gold patterns, the sharpness of ”Sharp Metal” and the void characteristics of ”Nirvana” were instantly pushed to the extreme. Mixed with the frigid essence of the North Nether profound ice and the water-system essence it had just devoured and not yet fully digested, it suddenly shot out a highly condensed beam of light, only as thick as an arm, displaying a strange interplay of gray-white, dark gold, and azure!

This beam of light didn’t have the slightest hint of a violent aura; instead, it carried a sense of judgment, purification, and ending, silently shooting toward those evil energy chains!

Chiii chiii chiii—!

Wherever the beam passed, those terrifying chains condensed from pure evil energy and profound ice—strong enough to trap a star key—were instantly purified into nothingness as if they had met their natural nemesis! The evil runes upon them let out shrill shrieks before being annihilated!

One, two, ten, a hundred...!

Like a living spirit snake, the beam of light wove and flew at an incredible speed under the difficult guidance of Nangong Xuan’s remaining Divine Thought, precisely severing each chain binding the water star key!

The dark entity lurking below let out an earth-shaking roar of fury. Countless tentacles condensed from malice suddenly surged toward the sky, grabbing for the star Core and Nangong Xuan in an attempt to stop it all!

But just then, the phantom star key and sharp metal star key, which had been silent, suddenly emerged from Nangong Xuan’s Dantian and hung suspended above his head. They erupted with intense silver-white and brilliant golden light; though they couldn’t attack directly, they formed a brief combined barrier that forcibly blocked the terrifying reaching tentacles!

Although the barrier was instantly covered in cracks and was on the verge of collapse, it bought the star Core that crucial final moment!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The last few primary chains snapped!

Buzz—!!!!

Having lost all its restraints, the water star key suddenly erupted with an azure divine light that had been suppressed for ages!

That divine light was initially still mixed with a large amount of dark green stains, appearing murky. However, the single point of pure blue light at its innermost Core was like a spark on a prairie, beginning to frantically spread and purify its own pollution!

The vast, profound, and inclusive power of the Innate Water Spirit Origin, like a star river bursting through a dam, erupted with a boom. It instantly forced back the charging evil tentacles and even purified and dissolved a portion of the malice on their surfaces!

”Roar!” The dark entity let out a pained hiss, seemingly extremely wary of this pure Water Spirit Origin!

The entire abyss space shook violently. More dark tentacles and evil energy swarmed from all directions. The main body of that terrifying entity seemed to be about to completely break through some kind of restriction and descend upon this place!

After emitting that purifying beam, the chaos star core’s light completely faded, becoming like a common stone as it slowly fell back into Nangong Xuan’s arms. The phantom star key and sharp metal star key also exhausted their power and returned to his Dantian.

Nangong Xuan could no longer hold on, and his consciousness quickly sank into darkness. In the final moment before he completely lost consciousness, he felt a gentle yet majestic Water Spirit power catch the three of them. The azure star key, which had partially broken free and was struggling to purify itself, turned into a streak of light and actively plunged into his Dantian’s Qi Sea.

A cool and vast power instantly surged through his entire body, temporarily protecting his Physical Body and Divine Soul, which were on the verge of collapse.

After that, he knew nothing... After an unknown amount of time, Nangong Xuan regained a trace of consciousness amidst a violent jolting.

He found himself lying on a dilapidated small wooden boat. Su Muxue and Zi Linger were still unconscious beside him, their breathing faint but steady. The small boat was being carried by a powerful undercurrent, traveling at high speed through a pitch-black underground river channel.

He painfully performed internal inspection and found that inside his Dantian, the phantom star key, the nirvana true seal fragment, the sharp metal star key, and the newly joined water star key—whose light was still somewhat dim and carried some unpurified stains but radiated a vast Water Spirit power—were forming a more complex four-cornered balance. They were rotating slowly, naturally nourishing his body.

The chaos star core in his arms was still dim, as if asleep, but it seemed a few degrees heavier and more restrained than before.

They... actually escaped?

Was it the final power of the water star key that had carried them along some underwater current and out of that terrifying abyss?

Just as a sense of relief from surviving the disaster rose in Nangong Xuan’s heart, he heard a deafening roar coming from the end of the river channel ahead, along with... bright daylight!

The small boat, like an arrow released from a bow, suddenly shot out of the underground river channel, and the view before him suddenly opened up!

However, before he could clearly see the outside scene, a sudden sense of weightlessness hit him!

They were actually falling straight down from an extremely high cliff waterfall along with the river water!

Below seemed to be a vast valley, with the faint outlines of buildings and signs of human habitation visible?