Moon Laurel as Proof, Demon God's Fury

That silver osmanthus flower bloomed on the eternally desolate branches.

It had no fragrance, no radiance.

It was merely an existence.

An existence born within absolute "nothingness."

Watcher Chang'e's body trembled violently.

The single tear that slid down was the only thing that flowed in her frozen, countless eons.

She looked at the flower, then at the faint, still-burning bonfire.

Finally, she looked at True Lord Yuding, the Heavenly Origin Sect Golden Immortal who was covered in grime from tending the fire.

In her eyes, the dead, silent ice field began to melt.

"Hope..."

She uttered two words.

These two words were no longer cold Laws, but carried a trace of human warmth, belonging to "Chang'e."

"You have passed the test."

Her words, transmitted through True Lord Yuding's divine sense, reached the flagship.

The entire United Fleet erupted in cheers that had been suppressed for a long time.

They succeeded!

They truly created a miracle that even Saints could not accomplish, using a mere mundane fire!

Nuwa and Xihe both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Please grant us the key."

Nuwa spoke, her tone filled with respect for this Watcher.

Chang'e shook her head.

"The key is not an object."

This answer stunned everyone.

"Eastern Emperor Taiyi calculated back then that to open the Solar Cage, what was needed was not a power to oppose it, but a 'frequency' that could resonate with it."

"The Solar Cage is the extreme of 'motion,' the ferocity of Chaos."

"And the key is the extreme of 'stillness,' the deathly silence of Taiyin."

Chang'e extended her hand and pointed to the blooming osmanthus flower.

"This flower is not the key."

"It is merely proof."

"It proves to the origin Laws of the Taiyin Star that what is qualified to bear this 'deathly silence' is not emotionless coldness, but an unyielding will born of hope in despair."

Chang'e's body began to turn transparent.

The Guanghan Palace beneath her, along with the entire ice mountain, slowly dissipated, transforming into the purest Taiyin origin.

A vast stream of information, indescribable, representing "ending" and "stillness," surged from within her.

"The key is an understanding, a permission."

"It will tell you how to find the most fragile node among the three thousand six hundred Law chains sealed by Pangu."

"It will tell you how to use the weakest force to pluck that string, thereby triggering a chain reaction that collapses the entire seal."

"Now, I hand it over to you."

That vast stream of information did not fly towards Yuding, nor towards Xihe.

It surged directly towards Nuwa!

"Only a Saint's Dao heart can bear this absolute 'stillness' without being assimilated."

These were Chang'e's last words.

Nuwa's expression instantly turned solemn.

She did not resist, allowing the stream of information to surge into her Saint soul.

Boom!

Nuwa's body trembled violently.

Around her, time itself seemed to stop flowing.

Everything fell into absolute stillness.

Xihe and True Lord Yuding could not even move a fraction, their thoughts forcibly paused.

Only Nuwa's consciousness, within that absolute "nothingness," struggled to decipher the permission known as the "key."

And at this very moment.

In a distant, far-off corner of the Primordial Era.

The Solar Star.

That colossal celestial body, burning with unending True Fire, suddenly dimmed.

Deep within the core of the Solar Star.

Within the eternal prison, carved out by Pangu's own mighty power.

An indescribable, colossal shadow, impaled by three thousand six hundred chains of Chaos, stirred.

It had slumbered for countless Epochs.

Its consciousness had long been annihilated by Pangu's seal.

But just now.

It had sensed it.

The "lock" that bound it had shown signs of disturbance.

A primal rage, originating from the very roots of a Chaos Demon God, awakened.

"Roar--!!!"

A silent roar erupted from the deepest part of the prison.

This roar had no sound, no energy.

It was a pure, spiritual impact!

It instantly pierced Pangu's seal, pierced the Solar Star, pierced the endless Chaos!

On the flagship.

Everyone who had just been cheering about obtaining the key felt as if their heads had been struck by a heavy hammer.

Puff!

Countless Immortals and Gods with weaker cultivation bases vomited blood on the spot, their spirits violently shaken.

Even top-tier powerhouses like Guang Chengzi and Zhao Gongming turned pale, their heads splitting with pain.

The Heavenly Derivation Matrix's light screen emitted a piercing red alarm.

[Alarm! Detected an ultra-high-intensity spiritual impact originating from the Solar Star!]

[Warning! Seventy percent of the Alliance Fleet members have suffered spiritual damage!]

[Warning! The Chaos Demon God within the prison has awakened!]

These words instantly turned the rising joy into bone-chilling cold.

However, this was not the most terrifying part.

What was even more terrifying was that this roar was not solely directed at the Alliance Fleet.

It swept across the entire Primordial Era world!

At the bottom of the Netherworld Blood Sea.

Ancestor Minghe, who had been sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.

Black blood flowed from his seven orifices.

His Dao heart, which had merged with the Sea of Blood, showed cracks for the first time.

"Pangu's seal... has loosened?"

In his eyes, there was no fear, but rather a flash of extreme greed and fanaticism.

On the Primordial Continent.

Above the sky, behind the colossal blood-red vortex.

Emperor Withered Bone, the skeletal emperor clad in imperial robes, slowly raised his head.

His hollow eye sockets gazed in the direction of the Solar Star.

That spiritual impact had also swept over him.

But he was unharmed.

He merely extended a bony finger, as if catching an invisible signal in the air.

His jaw moved, as if savoring something.

An emotion called "interest" appeared on the face of this ruler of the Underworld for the first time.

On the flagship, at the Zeroing Laboratory.

Chen Ran leaned against the control console, enduring the intense pain in his mind.

"This is troublesome."

His expression was extremely grim.

"The awakening of the Demon God has disrupted all the plans."

"With that one roar, it's equivalent to announcing to the entirety of the Primordial Era that we are going to break the Solar Seal."

Bai Ze added from the side, his voice trembling.

"Now, Ancestor Minghe and Emperor Withered Bone both know our trump card."

"Our biggest advantage, the information gap, is gone!"

"They will wait for us to fight the Demon Gods to the death, and then come out to clean up the mess!"

Chen Ran stared intently at the star chart.

His mind was racing.

Go to the Sea of Blood to threaten Ancestor Minghe?

Going now would not be a threat, but walking right into a trap.

Ancestor Minghe would be delighted if they opened the seal.

What to do?

All paths seemed to be blocked again.

Just then, a majestic, yet slightly urgent, thought descended upon the bridge.

It was Primordial Heavenly Venerate.

"Chen Ran!"

"The plan is terminated!"

"Immediately bring Junior Sister Nuwa back! Seal the key!"

"Until the Underworld is completely dealt with, no one is to mention the Solar Star again!"

Primordial Heavenly Venerate's will was unquestionable.

This was the decision of a Saint.

Faced with the immense variable of the Demon Gods awakening, he had chosen the most stable and conservative plan.

Deal with the immediate enemy first.

However, Chen Ran did not respond.

His gaze passed through the light screen, as if seeing the high and mighty Saint.

"It's too late."

Chen Ran spoke.

"Too late for what?" Primordial Heavenly Venerate's will carried anger.

"I said, it's too late."

Chen Ran's finger tapped heavily on the light screen.

A simulation diagram, just deduced by the Heavenly Net System, which made all the Saints' scalps tingle, appeared before everyone.

On that diagram.

Emperor Withered Bone was no longer standing quietly behind the blood-colored vortex.

He moved.

He actually moved proactively towards the Solar Star!

"He has become interested in that Chaos Demon God."

Chen Ran's voice was cold and cruel.

"What he wants to devour is not just the Primordial Era."

"He wants to turn that newly awakened Chaos Demon God into his own meal!"

"Now, we are no longer facing two independent enemies."

Chen Ran uttered, word by word, the final deduction that plunged everyone into despair.

"But two doomsdays, about to join forces and devour us together!"