Dark Undercurrents on the Return Journey, Star Core Disturbance, and Immortal Boat Upheaval

After leaving the deathly silent Bone Domain, the Star Chaser starship sailed silently through the dark void toward a temporarily chosen, relatively safe "Silent Zone" to process their gains. Yet the atmosphere aboard was anything but relaxed.

Li Wuyang sat cross-legged in a quiet chamber, holding the pigeon-egg-sized Annihilation Star Core in his palm. The Star Core was pitch-black throughout, yet within it seemed to lie a miniature starry sky slowly fading into annihilation. Specks of starlight flickered unsteadily, radiating pure, icy Annihilation Dao Rhyme. Merely holding it made his Chaos Nascent Soul tremble with bursts of delight, and his comprehension of the Annihilation Law continued to deepen.

Yet the Guardian Spirit's final warning still rang in his ears—"Be careful... the 'Star Core'... the true 'key'...". What exactly could this "key" unlock? What did it have to do with the Stomach of the Glutton's schemes? And what did the "upheaval" at the Eye of the Returning Void mean? One mystery after another hung over his heart like shadows.

He tried to send his divine sense into the Star Core, only to feel a powerful repelling force, as though an invisible barrier protected the core's secrets. With his current cultivation and understanding of the Annihilation Great Dao, he could not force his way through. This Star Core was far more than a mere cultivation treasure.

It seems I must raise my strength as soon as possible and find more fragments of the Annihilation Heavenly Tome before I can truly unravel the secrets of the Star Core and the Eye of the Returning Void. Li Wuyang thought to himself. He had to go to the Reincarnation Graveyard!

Just as he was deep in thought, a faint yet distinct tremor suddenly came from the hollow space deep within his heart, left behind after