The Sky Patrol Shuttle sped through the boundless sea of stars. Several days later, the scene ahead gradually became strange. The once-brilliant river of stars began to dim, the stars grew sparse, and the colors of space turned gray. An unsettling aura of deathly silence and emptiness spread through the void. They had reached the edge of the Annihilation Star Domain.
"The mission area is ahead. Everyone, be careful. The Annihilation Law is active here, and space is extremely unstable," Yun Yi warned as he slowed the Star Shuttle.
Li Wuyang opened his eyes and looked out through the porthole. Before him lay a boundless gray void, as though the universe had reached its end here. Shattered stellar debris and warped fragments of space drifted through the emptiness. Occasionally, pitch-black rifts flashed into view and vanished, emanating an aura that seemed capable of devouring everything. The spiritual energy here was thin and violent, filled with destructive factors. Ordinary cultivators would struggle even to replenish their power.
Yet Li Wuyang felt an unusual sense of "comfort." His Chaos Dao Body operated on its own, greedily absorbing the scattered annihilation energy in the air and transforming it into pure Chaos Qi. The Primordial Starfire mark between his brows grew faintly warm, as if responding to something. Xuan's Embryo near his heart throbbed even more distinctly.
"Captain, I sense intense spatial ripples near the target coordinates, along with... residual traces of life force. They're very faint, and... very chaotic," Bao Bao transmitted mentally, its little tentacles pointing toward a warped stretch of void to their left.
"Move closer. Stay alert," Li Wuyang ordered.
The Sky Patrol Shuttle cautiously approached the area. In the void, a black spatial rift thousands of feet long stretched across space like an ugly scar, its edges constantly twisting