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Chapter 339: Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect
"Woof?" (Where am I?)
Iron Egg opened its eyes. Its mind jolted, and it instinctively let out a low growl.
What met its eyes was not Core-Melting Lake, rich with heaven and earth spirit vigor, but an unfamiliar space.
There was no Chen Beiwu here, no Golden Egg, and no Five-Qi Vine-only mist filling heaven and earth and a lone peak stretching beyond sight.
Bewildered, Iron Egg immediately closed its eyes and carefully sensed the connection through its companion beast contract.
???
After a long while, Iron Egg raised its head in confusion, its eyes filled with both shock and puzzlement.
What on earth was this place, to be able to block even the connection through its companion beast contract?
"Woof!" (Come out!)
Iron Egg barked several times, thinking it had encountered an inner demon tribulation.
Hum.
Just then, the mist parted, revealing a mountain path leading to the summit of Lone Peak.
Iron Egg tested its surroundings several times. After discovering that this mountain path was the only way forward, it braced itself and cautiously advanced.
Halfway up the mountain, the surrounding mist suddenly dispersed, revealing to Iron Egg a blazing sun whose brilliance defied description.
Before this sun, Iron Egg instinctively felt terror and dread, as though it were gazing directly upon an ancient existence.
Light shines through the ages, yet what flourishes must decline; even stars meet their end.
The Sun-Devouring Dao does not diminish heaven and earth. Rather, it inherits the legacy of extinguished stars, gathering the embers left when all light and heat fade to replenish what I lack. This is called following heaven and its decline, taking what remains to fill what is missing...
*The sun-devouring method emulates Guixu, opening a chaos fire cavity within the