Deep within the Desolate Shattered Star, eternal deathly silence reigned, with neither day nor night.
Li Yun sat at the heart of the wreckage, his cultivation at twenty million times normal speed pushed to its absolute limit.
Myriad Wonders Points poured away at a terrifying rate. Li Yun was wholly immersed in cultivating the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture], unaware of days and nights passing or heaven and earth changing.
He knew only that the Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Nine-Zhang Emperor Nature he had cultivated through countless hardships was clashing fiercely, like blades and swords, with the Hengwu Domain's invisible Primordial Order.
This had become a war without smoke.
There were only two possible outcomes.
Either the Primordial Order would completely halt the expansion of his Emperor Nature and crush his ambition to break through its shackles.
Or he would gain the upper hand and once again break through the true limit set by the Primordial Order.
Yet no one could foresee the outcome before the dust finally settled.
All he could do was grind on!!
All he could do was fight!!
This was the most grueling cultivation Li Yun had faced since setting out on his path.
Every second struck hard at his mind and spirit.
Yet there were no earth-shaking phenomena, no roar that shook the stars—only silent depletion, deadlock, and struggle...
What he felt was the incomparable pressure of the Primordial Order, terrifying as heaven and earth collapsing around him.
Anyone else in his place would likely have broken down and given up long ago.
But Li Yun's Dao Heart was firm as a boulder.
He said nothing, neither arrogant nor impatient.
Not even the slightest unusual expression showed on his face.
Anyone who did not know better might have thought this was an utterly ordinary cultivation session.
Time passed in silence.