Outside of Time - Chapter 1323

Chapter 1301 Further Game

This vast and boundless starry sky, containing endless mysteries, began its breathtaking collapse.

Every moment was like a shocking painting drawn with extreme destruction, visually impacting all possible senses.

If the speed of its collapse were slowed down, one could see that initially, at the seemingly endless edge of this starry sky, a faint golden line quietly emerged.

It was like a tiny tear inadvertently made on a dark canvas.

Seemingly insignificant, it carried an indescribable aura of danger.

It was the concept of the old god. It was

also the guidance of Shanghuang’s gaze.

In the blink of an eye, these golden lines multiplied, spreading at a frenzied speed, like a greedy giant net, rapidly expanding in all directions.

Wherever it passed, the once calm starry sky was like a lake with a boulder thrown in, rippling with twisted waves.

The ripples spread outwards in concentric circles, carrying a bizarre, distorted reality, causing even the starlight to twist and deform.

Then, the stars, like jewels embedded in the cosmic darkness, began their tragic dance of destruction.

Giant suns, normally like scorching furnaces of the universe, radiating endless light and heat, now seemed to be struck mercilessly by invisible hammers. First

, their outer shells burst open, fiery flames surging forth like enraged dragons breaking free of their restraints.

The flames were a blinding red, so red it seemed they would incinerate the entire universe.

Within this raging inferno, the surrounding planets were instantly vaporized, leaving not a trace, only distorted streaks of light dissipating in the chaotic energy flow.

The sun’s core was then crushed by an irresistible force, turning into countless fragments shimmering with eerie light ,

shooting towards even greater distances.

Each of these fragments seemed to contain the sun’s final, resentful cries, tracing long, twisting paths in the darkness like sharp swords slicing the starry sky into pieces.

It was as if they were tearing deeper wounds into the endless void, or perhaps writing a tragic epic of cosmic collapse.

Meanwhile, the once vast, black silken sky, studded with billions of diamonds, now seemed to be subjected to the most brutal ravages.

Patches of stars exploded one after another.

The resulting dazzling light intertwined, forming a blinding curtain of light that spread outwards with overwhelming force, scorching space into chaos wherever it reached.

The once clearly visible outlines of stars and galaxies were now submerged in this infernal scene of light and darkness frantically intertwining and tearing apart.

Each burst of intense light was like the universe’s desperate cry, attempting to resist the impending nothingness with its final brilliance.

Even galaxies were not spared.

Countless galaxies, even star systems, once like magnificent islands scattered across an endless sea of darkness, maintaining a mysterious and harmonious order, now crumbled like fragile sandcastles under the surging waves.

Spiral arms broke, stars scattered, and the entire structure of the galaxy was utterly destroyed.

This endless starry sky, in a short time, was completely reduced to a chaotic wasteland!

All the stars were shattered, their light gradually dimmed and extinguished, leaving only endless darkness spreading rampantly, as if to completely devour all traces of its existence.

Although occasionally a faint, seemingly unwilling light would flash within this darkness, it was merely the last vestige of the collapsing starry sky.

A fleeting moment.

It was quickly swallowed up by the increasingly dense void, leaving only deathly silence.

Nothing existed anymore.

And all of this happened in just a few breaths; this vast starry sky had completed its life.

Even the old god within it, in the eyes of Shanghuang, became nothingness.

All the universes, all the stars, all the living beings and things within it, just like the once peerless city,

vanished into nothingness .

Only the last wisp of the old god’s thought, coldly echoing amidst the lamentations of the fifth star ring’s fortune, remained.

“Immortal Venerable, I cannot defeat you, but you should not even think of winning!”

This thought was imprinted on the fortune of the fifth star ring, becoming an indelible rule, trembling the threads of law.

It would never dissipate.

The god had fallen!

At this moment, the highest levels of the entire upper star ring experienced intense turmoil within their divine souls.

And the greatest turmoil was in the ninth star ring!

In the east of its inner ring, the sleeping behemoth opened its golden eyes.

In the north of the star ring, the flowing golden mother river churned, and countless figures trembled on the lotus flowers blooming within.

In the south of the star ring, within the astonishing black tower that stood there, candlelight seemed to be lit.

And west of the Star Ring, the terrifying paper figure, sitting cross-legged, licked its lips and looked towards Wanggu.

On the Wanggu Continent, Shanghuang’s eyes, which had been open, slowly closed.

A long time later,

within the Fifth Star Ring, in the starry sky, a figure emerged from the void.

This figure was an old man, wearing straw sandals, tall and imposing, with a golden rat perched on his shoulder.

He was none other than the Immortal Venerable of the Fifth Star Ring.

At this moment, his figure silently approached, finally standing before the astonishingly vast void where the Divine Venerable had died.

Standing at the edge, he looked up at this endless nothingness, sensing the dense aura of Shanghuang within.

The old man remained silent.

He knew that from this moment forward, the Fifth Star Ring would be eternally incomplete, its ring… no longer whole.

Moreover, every time Shanghuang’s true form opened its eyes, a glimmer of light would emanate from here.

The Fifth Star Ring was now thoroughly tainted by karma.

“This is the price of borrowing Shanghuang. You could have chosen not to lead Xu Qing and the other two to His location,”

Master Bai’s figure emerged beside the Immortal Venerable, speaking softly.

The Immortal Venerable remained silent.

After a long pause, his voice, aged and weary, rose and fell across the heavens.

It seemed he was speaking to himself, to Master Bai, and even more so to all the other deities in the other star rings above.

“Do you remember the words He spoke throughout the heavens when Shanghuang failed to ascend to godhood?”

“Fate can be broken, but destiny must be obeyed…”

“So you ask, is it possible that He didn’t fail to ascend as the outside world judged, but rather… everything that followed was actually just His ascension process?”

With that, the Immortal Venerable’s figure vanished.

All the supreme beings in the upper star ring fell silent.

Master Bai was the same; after a long while, he sighed softly, gazing towards the place where Xu Qing had disappeared within the fourth star ring.

…

Time flowed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, five years had passed.

Only three years remained until Xu Qing’s promised return.

And he had not yet returned.

As for the fourth star ring, it had changed considerably in these five years.

The realm of the gods had been confined to a very small area. As for the outside world… with the immortal aura released by each supply star, and with the spread of the fifth star ring’s fortune, more and more cultivators had migrated to the fourth star ring.

Immortal Lord Mi Ming had returned to the fifth star ring to take up his post.

Most of the other immortal lords had also returned.

Only Master Bai remained, sitting silently at the place where Xu Qing had disappeared, waiting throughout these five years.

And all living beings had also changed considerably in these five years.

During their cultivation, they would often recall the lingering voice of the deity from five years ago:

“Immortal Venerable, I cannot defeat you, but you should not even think of winning!”