Black Hole! All Selves United!

Tai Yi's words struck like a sharp thorn, piercing precisely into the most sensitive and unwilling corner of Lu Jun's heart.

Content? Of course he wasn't content!

He was a transmigrator!

Bearing a system—such a heaven-defying opportunity!

If he followed the beaten path, the well-known path of Slaying the Three Corpses to attain the Dao that all in the Prehistoric World knew, then even if the Great Luo realm was within reach, and even the Quasi-Saint realm was hopeful, what then?

In terms of origin and foundation, he was merely the Golden Crow Crown Prince.

Though seemingly noble, he was ultimately inferior to his Imperial Father Di Jun and Uncle Tai Yi, the Innate Divine Beings born from the Sun Star.

In terms of Companion Spiritual Treasures, what did he have?

The Chaos Bell was in Tai Yi's hands, the River Diagram and Luo Book in Di Jun's. What Innate Supreme Treasure did Lu Jun possess that could rival these to Sever a Corpse?

In the future, the Three Corpses he severed would likely lack even a decent Spiritual Treasure to serve as their vessel. How could he compare to his elders?

Let alone surpass them?

The path Tai Yi described—"Manifesting Billions of Avatars, the Great Luo Returns to One"—though perilous and uncertain, nearly a dead end never traversed by anyone before, and now unthinkable to even attempt...

Yet it was like the only flickering light at the end of darkness, igniting the spark of ambition in Lu Jun's heart.

At the end of this path lay true freedom, the "One Attainment, Eternal Attainment" that transcended all established rules!

More importantly...

"System!" Lu Jun's consciousness sank into the depths of his sea of consciousness, where the mysterious entity floated silently.

The earlier transformation—"Star Collapse, Neutron Star Birth"—had already proven the system's terrifying power in driving the evolution of his physique.

So what came after the neutron star?

A thought, utterly insane yet setting his blood ablaze, exploded like a thunderclap in his mind!

A neutron star, if its mass was great enough, after devouring and accreting unimaginable matter... what would it become?

A black hole!

That ultimate celestial body in the universe that devours all light and warps spacetime!

Rumor had it that the core of a black hole was a "Singularity" of infinite density, containing power that defied the laws of physics!

Some theories even speculated that the explosion of a singularity was the starting point of a new universe's birth!

"Opening of Heaven and Earth!"

Lu Jun's heart pounded wildly.

In the context of the Prehistoric World, a singularity exploding to create a new world... wasn't that precisely the power of the Great God Pangu's Opening of Heaven and Earth?

And the boundless void of a black hole—didn't it resemble the chaotic emptiness?

If he could harness the system's power to evolve his "Neutron Star" physique once more, pushing it to the ultimate "Black Hole" form, what would happen then?

Communicating with spacetime?

A black hole was the extreme of spacetime distortion!

If he used this physique as a foundation to attempt communication with the River of Time, to gather past and future avatars, would he have an unparalleled advantage?

Or even forcibly anchor, attract, and devour!

The power to open heaven and earth?

Possessing potential comparable to a singularity explosion—did that mean he inherently carried the seed of a "creation"-level power?

This power, even if inferior to Pangu's Axe, would still be a terrifying foundation surpassing ordinary sages!

Once this path was traversed, what were innate origins or Companion Supreme Treasures? They would all become secondary!

He himself would be the strongest divine weapon, the strongest Dao foundation!

What made Lu Jun's heart burn even hotter were Di Jun and Tai Yi!

These two sovereigns, born from the Sun Star, inherently possessed the ultimate energy form of the True Sun Fire Origin.

If they followed the "Nirvana" path Tai Yi had deduced, would they touch upon, or even directly "Nirvana" into some ultimate form akin to a "Black Hole," ahead of him?

That meant, before Lu Jun could charge toward the Black Hole Physique, two peerless powerhouses might serve as "pioneers" and "experiments" on this dead-end road!

Their success or failure would become his most valuable experience—even stepping stones!

This temptation was simply too great!

Great enough to suppress all fear of the unknown and hesitation toward danger.

Lu Jun suddenly raised his head, his eyes no longer holding a trace of confusion or doubt, replaced by unprecedented fervor and resolve. The light in them nearly pierced the dome of the Sun Temple:

"Uncle! I've made up my mind! I want to try! I'll walk this path! Manifesting Billions of Avatars, the Great Luo Returns to One!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Tai Yi exclaimed three times in succession, his usually placid face finally breaking into a hearty laugh, his eyes brimming with relief and admiration.

"As expected of my nephew, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's own blood! With such boldness, the Great Dao is within reach!"

Lu Jun took a deep breath, suppressing the surging heat in his blood, his thoughts unusually clear.

"But Uncle, we have no inheritance of the 'Manifesting Billions of Avatars' technique."

"In the Prehistoric World, when it comes to avatar arts—especially those that can carry the will of a True Spirit and cultivate independently to grow—"

"As far as your nephew knows, none is more profound and unfathomable than Ancestor Minghe's 'Blood God Son' avatar from the Blood Sea!"

"This method might serve as a reference for us, or even become the starting point of our path!"

Tai Yi's eyes flashed with sharp light, instantly grasping Lu Jun's intent.

He laughed aloud, his voice shaking the Sun Temple, carrying an unquestionable majesty and a hint of anticipation:

"Minghe? Haha, good! Then let's invite him to the Sun Star for a talk!"

The words barely fell when Tai Yi flicked his finger.

"Dong!!!"

A vast, ancient bell toll, as if crossing endless time and space, suddenly rang out!

"Ancestor Minghe, would you care to visit the Sun Star for a chat?"

The Netherworld Blood Sea, eternally dead and silent.

Ancestor Minghe sat cross-legged on the Karma Fire Red Lotus, his body wreathed in blood light, his aura cold and vast.

His scarlet eyes swept over the Asura Clan below, sinking and rising in the blood waves, slaughtering and wailing.

This was the race he had created, his attempt to imitate Nuwa Creates Humans, seeking to attain sainthood through endless slaughter.

The Blood Sea never dries, Minghe never dies; his Blood God Son avatars number in the billions—his divine abilities were indeed profound.

He even imitated the Three Pure Ones and the Two Sages of the West by establishing a sect, styling himself Minghe Cult Leader.

Yet, all was useless!

The era of sainthood remained distant and unreachable!

That lofty saintly seat seemed forever separated by an insurmountable chasm.

He had exhausted everything, mimicking the path of saints, but never found the door.

"Primordial Violet Qi!"

He ground his teeth.

He firmly believed that the key to becoming a saint was that one elusive strand of Primordial Violet Qi!

To that end, he had not hesitated to block Ancestor Hongyun's Primordial Spirit in the Blood Sea as it headed toward the cycle of reincarnation!

All to check whether Hongyun still carried that strand of Primordial Violet Qi.

But no!

In the fragments of Hongyun's soul, there was nothing!

That legendary Primordial Violet Qi was never on Hongyun at all!

Only later did he learn that the strand of Primordial Violet Qi had already split into three and fled when Hongyun died!

Not only had he failed to gain the foundation for sainthood, but he had also thoroughly offended Zhen Yuanzi, the Ancestor of Earth Immortals, who was as close as a brother to Hongyun.

Zhen Yuanzi wielded the Book of the Earth, unmatched in defense, and possessed the Innate Spiritual Root Ginseng Fruit Tree, granting him nearly inexhaustible power.

Though Zhen Yuanzi could do nothing to him while he remained in the Blood Sea, Minghe could no longer easily set foot outside the Blood Sea!

This Blood Sea was both his foundation and his prison!

He had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice!

He had sent his wife to battle and lost his soldiers too!

A crushing sense of failure and his craving for the saintly seat gnawed at his Dao heart like venomous snakes, making the entire Blood Sea churn more violently with his rage.

"Dong!!!"

A bell toll, as if from the ancient Prehistoric World, carrying the supreme law's might, pierced through the Blood Sea's countless barriers without warning, exploding directly in the depths of his Primordial Spirit!

This bell sound was domineering!

Majestic!

Grand!

Bearing an aura of supremacy that towered above all things!

Ancestor Minghe's scarlet eyes snapped wide open, and the Blood Sea instantly stirred up towering waves!

The eternal cold expression on his face, unchanged for millennia, showed violent fluctuation for the first time.

"Eastern Emperor's Bell?!"

This voice—he could never mistake it!

It was the Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, who sat high above the nine heavens, overlooking the entire Prehistoric World.

Why would he, wielding the might of the Chaos Bell, cross endless time and space to knock directly on the gates of this filthy, nether realm?

Blood waves surged skyward, reflecting the ever-shifting face of Ancestor Minghe.

He slowly rose to his feet. The Karma Fire Red Lotus beneath him shimmered with flowing light, while the twin swords Yuan Tu and A Bi hummed uneasily within the blood sea.

He lifted his head, his gaze seeming to pierce through the boundless blood sea and the barriers of the underworld, fixing on the direction of the supreme Sun Star in the Prehistoric World.

"Ancestor Minghe, would you care to come to the Sun Star for a chat?"