The seventeen standard days of travel passed monotonously in the lonely void of the universe.
Inside the Divine Kingdom, Lin Yi's true body and clone were immersed in studying the Void Annihilation Record and practicing the Space-Time Life-Death Void Annihilation Point, racing against time to familiarize themselves with the profundities of the Dominator's Secret Tome.
When the ship reached the outskirts of the designated Dark Star nebula, Xuanji's alert pulled Lin Yi's attention away from his cultivation.
"Master, we've reached the outer edge of the Shadow Zone in the target Dark Star nebula. Preliminary scans show abnormal energy spectra within, a source of strong gravitational lensing, and significant fluctuations in the Law of Darkness."
The ship slowed, then drifted into the vast nebula of thin gas, dust, and ice crystals like a ghost blending into the surrounding darkness.
Starlight was heavily obscured here. Everything in sight was dim and hazy, with only the ship's faint scanning waves and occasional streams of high-energy particles leaving fleeting traces of light.
After traveling about half a day's light-distance into the nebula, the sight ahead made Lin Yi's eyes brighten.
It was an extremely rare cosmic wonder.
At the heart of the Dark Star nebula was a relatively empty cavity several million kilometers in diameter.
Dozens of irregular dark-purple crystals of varying sizes floated at its center.
As if alive, the crystals slowly orbited an invisible gravitational source at the center of the cavity. A somber sheen that seemed capable of swallowing all light flowed across their surfaces, and wisps of the Law of Darkness seeped from them, constantly extinguishing the faint glow where they touched the surrounding nebular matter.
Lin Yi's heart stirred. A moment later, an invisible wave spread from between his brows and swept over the dark-purple crystals.
Moments later, the