After bidding farewell to the Ancient City of Heavenly Secrets, Li Wuyang piloted the Star Chaser, which had undergone several enhancements and had faintly reached the level of an acquired spirit treasure. Guided by the star map obtained from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, he headed toward the region marked even on the map as "the deadliest of all deathlands," the legendary final destination of all things—the Source of Annihilation.
During the voyage, Li Wuyang spent most of his time in deep seclusion. Within his sea of consciousness, the newly acquired second Tattered Page of the Heavenly Book floated quietly, resonating with the first page and flowing with an even deeper, vaster Annihilation True Intent. Though the journey to the Ancient City of Heavenly Secrets had been fraught with danger, its gains had been enormous. Not only had it clarified his next destination, but his clash with the Cult of Rebirth's quasi-saint had also given him a brand-new understanding of his Chaos Annihilation Great Dao.
"Chaos gives birth to Myriad Laws; Annihilation returns to Yuan." Li Wuyang murmured to himself. This was the key insight that had struck him during the fierce battle, and it had gradually become his personal mantra and the core of his Dao thoughts. He cupped his hands before his dantian as his Chaos Dao Body circulated naturally. The acupoints throughout his body seemed to transform into tiny Chaos Vortices, greedily devouring all energy in the void—whether it was thin stellar essence, violent meteor-stream energy, or even the spatial ripples shed during the starship's jumps. Everything was embraced, refined, and converted by his Chaos Dao Body into pure Chaos Dao Origin. Through steady, painstaking cultivation, his cultivation advanced toward the pinnacle of the Golden Immortal realm, accumulating the foundation needed to strike at that mysterious Dao Fruit.