Several thousand years later, inside the Star Core cavern.
Hongchu rose to his feet, lightning crackling around him and scorching the cavern walls black.
He let out a long howl and threw a punch. A massive lightning dragon circled the cavern before gradually dispersing.
"That felt good!"
He felt an unprecedented ease within his body, and his face lit up with joy.
Though his injuries had yet to heal completely, several months of recuperation, along with a wisp of pure Origin Essence transferred to him by Zhou Ming, had restored him to seventy or eighty percent of his former condition.
Cangxuan also slowly opened his eyes. His aura had likewise become much more concentrated.
"That should do."
Zhou Ming stood up.
"Let's go."
The three left the Star Core where they had been hiding and silently slipped into the boundless Chaos.
Biluo Starfield.
An unremarkable, remote Star Domain within the Primordial Universe.
It contained more than three hundred worlds of varying sizes, and its strongest cultivator was merely a realm lord who had just entered the Hunyuan Infinite Realm.
Usually, the region was so peaceful that even raiders roaming the Chaos could not be bothered to visit.
Today, however, three uninvited guests arrived.
Heavenly Pivot World.
A medium-sized world in Biluo Starfield, neither particularly large nor small.
Inside the Realm Lord's Hall, the Heavenly Pivot Realm Lord was cultivating with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, a tremor ran through his mind, and his eyes snapped open.
Three figures had appeared in the hall without his knowledge.
He had not even sensed how they had entered.
Horrified, the Heavenly Pivot Realm Lord was just about to raise the alarm.
An overwhelming, terrifying pressure pinned him in place, leaving him unable to move so much as a finger.
He stared in terror at