Time quietly passed amid the tranquility of the Lost Realm. Li Wuyang devoted himself entirely to gaining a deeper understanding of the Huang Ting Jing and painstakingly mastering the Source of Annihilation. The Great Elder's guidance was like a beacon, Bao Bao's companionship brought comfort, and his determination to revive Xuan was the greatest force keeping him moving forward.
He gradually came to understand that annihilation was not mere destruction, but the ultimate manifestation of "stillness" and "nothingness" within the cycle of the universe—the inevitable process by which all things moved from motion to stillness, from existence to nonexistence. This subtly aligned with the Huang Ting Jing's principle of "attaining utmost emptiness and preserving profound stillness," its pursuit of the supreme realm of being integrated with the Dao. The key was not to resist or suppress this power, but to understand it, accept it, and ultimately guide it. He had to let part of his mind "merge" with that state of empty, still impermanence, achieving a dangerous balance.
This was a perilous path bristling with thorns, where survival was uncertain. Every attempt to communicate more deeply with the Annihilation Crystal was like walking along the edge of a bottomless abyss, his consciousness constantly at risk of being assimilated by ultimate nothingness. Several times, Li Wuyang's mind had nearly sunk completely, and parts of his body had even shown irreversible signs of gray decay. Fortunately, the Great Elder had intervened in time with her supreme power and used the life essence stored within the Lost Realm to reconstruct his injured body, pulling him back from the brink of annihilation.
The extreme agony tempered Li Wuyang's will and accelerated his control over the power. His affinity for the Source of Annihilation and his ability to manipulate it with precision rapidly improved through