Twelve Hundred Obsessions

At the same moment, at the edge of the dimensional rift.

Twelve hundred streaks of light abruptly came to a halt.

Lin Ye raised a hand. "We're here."

Ahead lay a Void ruled by dark-red radiance.

Three hundred Taotie War Beasts, like three hundred rotting stars, sealed off the pale-purple remnant realm at the center without leaving a single gap. Each war beast exhaled and absorbed streams of dark-red devouring light, which converged into three main currents and flowed into three colossal entities suspended at the core—

Flagship-class Devouring Beasts.

Each one possessed the total mass of a planetary civilization. Their bodies were piled from the remnants of countless devoured civilizations: shattered planets, torn megastructures, frozen lifeforms, all slowly writhing amid the dark-red glow.

The one in the center was twice the size of the other two. A dark-red crown floated above its head, condensed from pure devouring will. With every pulse, the final wails of countless devoured civilizations spread outward.

"Taotie Court, Third Fleet flagship—[World-Eater]." Xuxi's voice rang within Lin Ye's mind. "The crowned one is the fleet commander, Greedy Wolf. The number of civilizations it has devoured... cannot be counted."

Lin Ye said nothing.

He merely watched the besieged remnant realm, the cicada-wing-thin dream barrier, and the pale-purple silhouette forming within it, one that looked remarkably like himself.

Behind him, three hundred seventy-two streams of light trembled softly.

They recognized those Dreamweavers. Within the Taotie digestive systems, they had once coexisted with the resentments of countless Dreamweavers. They were kindred spirits, devoured by the same enemy.

Lin Ye smiled. "Don't worry. We're not here to see anyone off this time. We're here to bring them home."

He raised his hand, and the cloak behind him abruptly unfurled. Three hundred seventy-two streams of light blazed at once, illuminating the