The remnants of the ancient prison left behind after the collapse of the twelve crimson crescent moons are still slowly dissipating. Large swaths of crimson and black primordial energy surge along the shattered heaven and earth. The mountain range that originally spanned hundreds of thousands of miles has long been crushed into bottomless rifts by repeated battles, with ancient beast skeletons scattered among them. The remaining True Annihilation Dao rhyme continues to collapse with the tremors of heaven and earth.
Tens of thousands of divine beasts in the distance still prostrated themselves behind Gongpiluo Huang, their scarlet beast eyes still filled with the madness of being controlled by divine thought, but not one of them dared to take a single step forward.
The entire mountain range was shrouded in two completely different ancient auras: one was the vast and boundless origin of the crimson-black ancient prison, and the other was the extremely subtle and elusive Beginningless Ancient Rhyme.
At the center where these two forces converge, the Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion slowly retracted its six broken bone wings. The gray-gold vertical pupil in the center of its chest, riddled with cracks, no longer frantically spewed forth its source energy. Instead, it gradually contracted inward. The billions of bones that had been surging continuously deep within the pupil gradually subsided, and even the thick crimson smoke around its body began to slowly dissipate.
Its dark golden eyes were fixed on the distant Gongpiluo Huang. The wild smile that had been on its pale, skeletal face was gone. The four curved black and gold horns drooped slightly along its forehead, and the eight remaining spines on its back no longer released any ferocity.
The enormous body, towering ten thousand feet tall, floated silently above the shattered mountain range, allowing the dark red primordial blood between its chest and abdomen to drip slowly. The originally violent ancient prison will was forcibly suppressed into the depths of its Fate Soul at this moment. Tens of thousands of fine bone patterns slowly converged along the edge of the gray-gold vertical pupil, eventually gathering into an extremely small crimson- Black Bone imprint.
The bone imprint was only the size of a fingernail, with no intricate patterns on its surface. Only a very thin, dark red crack ran through its center, and on either side of the crack floated an ancient true name that had not yet fully materialized. The true name had not truly manifested, and even the complete characters had not yet been born. It only left two extremely blurry afterimages of intent deep within the bone imprint.
The Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion slowly raised his right hand, his six slender fingers, covered with broken bone armor, gently came together, holding the crimson- Black Bone imprint in his palm, a cold glint flashing deep in his dark golden pupils.
"The Subtlety of Myriad Thoughts... Since you control the very origin of thought, I will let you taste what it's like to be unable to even fully generate a thought!"
It spoke in a low, hoarse, and rough voice, then slowly closed its eyes. Deep within its gray-gold vertical pupils on its chest, the ancient blood prison suddenly ceased all flow. Countless skeletons silently floated in the crimson-black depths, their incomplete true names no longer flickering, and the twelve ancient prison skeleton patterns slowly dimmed as well.
The entire Blood Prison fell into a profound silence at this moment, with only the crimson- Black Bone imprint at the very center still gently rotating. The tiny cracks on the surface of the bone imprint gradually widened, and deep within the cracks emerged an ancient will that had never truly taken shape. That will had no complete Fate Soul to carry it, nor any manifested causal trajectory; it remained in the extremely minute place, about to sprout but not yet born.
The Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion suddenly opened his eyes. "Unthought Source Burial!" Buzz--! The crimson -Black Bone imprint vanished abruptly.
No massive pillar of light appeared on the entire Blue-Gray Mountain Plain, nor did it erupt with the earth-shattering crimson torrent of the previous time. But the moment the bone imprint disappeared, the twelve slowly flowing beast-like images around Gongpiluo Huang simultaneously showed an extremely subtle pause.
Gongpiluo Huang's originally calm gaze changed slightly. It slowly raised its head, the Beginningless Abyss in the depths of its left eye suddenly contracted, and the Endless Ancient Rhyme in its right eye also trembled gently. The faint smile that had always been on its lips finally disappeared, and its gray-white ears stood up slightly. Among the twelve star spots, the rat-shaped star spot suddenly flickered.
It sensed something amiss. The crimson- Black Bone imprint did not attack it along the usual causal path, nor did it attempt to tear apart its Fate Soul or origin. The ancient prison intent contained within the bone imprint was actually present even before it fully manifested.
It then quietly seeped in along the Subtlety of Myriad Thoughts charm surrounding Gongpiluo Huang, directly touching the first trace of subjective manifestation carried by the rat-shaped star-shaped mark. A trace of true solemnity finally appeared in Gongpiluo Huang's eyes.
"Oh?" it spoke softly, its gray-white tail slowly ceasing its swaying. "It actually knows how to invade the very foundation of my thoughts with a thought Unborn..."
The Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion did not answer. It simply raised its left hand slowly, its six long, bony fingers spreading forward. A faint, crimson-black light suddenly shone from its gray-gold vertical pupils on its chest, and the bone imprints that had disappeared reappeared around the Gongpiluo Huang.
However, this bone imprint did not have a complete form; it only had an extremely thin, dark red crack that slowly extended along the primordial patterns emanating from the rat-shaped star-shaped markings.
Chirp! The Beginningless Abyss deep within Gongpiluo Huang's left eye trembled suddenly.
The dark red crack gently traversed the very spot where the Subtlety of Myriad Thoughts first manifested, leaving a slight break in the originally complete gray-white ancient charm, and the rat-shaped phantom among the twelve Beastly Radiance Aspects dimmed for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, a wisp of grayish-white fur on Gongpiluo Huang's forehead slowly lost its original color, turning into an extremely fine reddish-black spot. The spot was not large, and it didn't even cover a whole patch of fur, but at this moment, Gongpiluo Huang truly felt a stinging pain from the very foundation of its manifestation. Its eyes suddenly darkened.
Upon seeing this, the Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion's dark golden eyes suddenly lit up, and a ferocious smile finally reappeared on its pale, skeletal face. "Haha... Just as I thought!" It slowly clenched its six long, bone-armored fingers, and the crimson- Black Bone imprint deep within its gray-gold vertical pupils on its chest rotated gently once more. The coldness and excitement in its eyes quickly intertwined. "I guessed right! Your Subtlety of Myriad Thoughts, will eventually manifest!"
Gongpiluo Huang did not respond immediately. It simply raised a small forepaw and gently touched the reddish-black mark on its forehead Beginningless Abyss in its left eye slowly expanded, and the Endless Ancient Rhyme in its right eye gradually deepened at that moment.
On the spine, which originally only had two star-shaped spots, one in the shape of a rat and the other in the shape of an ox, twelve ancient star positions simultaneously appeared with extremely blurry outlines. These outlines did not actually light up, but instead slowly extended along the gray-white fur, forming primordial patterns that had not yet fully manifested.
Gongpiluo Huang slowly raised his head, gazing at the towering figure in the distance. His voice finally lost its previous playfulness. "Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion, it seems I underestimated you!"
Deep within its left eye, a faint, ancient gray-white aura slowly emerged. Within this aura, there was no complete Fate Soul or consciousness, only a primordial trace that had not yet been subjectively distinguished. That trace flowed slowly along the twelve star spots, and then condensed into an extremely tiny gray-white dot in front of Gongpiluo Huang's brow.
"One Thought Undivided!" Buzz--! The gray-white dot suddenly expanded.
In that instant, the entire Blue-Gray Mountain Plain underwent an extremely bizarre transformation. The crimson-black remnants of the ancient prison that had once stretched across the sky suddenly lost their distinction, and the causal patterns remaining in the vast swathes of shattered mountains and rivers slowly dimmed.
The crimson eyes of the tens of thousands of divine beasts in the distance went blank for a moment, and even the ancient Dao patterns that had not yet completely collapsed began to lose their original names and distinctions.
The gray-gold vertical pupil in the center of the Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion's chest trembled violently. It clearly felt that the Seal of Unthought Source Burial it had just condensed was beginning to lose its original direction under the influence of that gray-white dot.
The crimson- Black Bone imprint still exists, and the origin of the ancient prison has not dissipated. However, the ancient intention that specifically targeted the foundation of Gongpiluo Huang's thoughts has gradually lost its clear carrier.
The Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion clenched his bone teeth, his six tattered bone wings unfurling simultaneously. His gray-gold vertical pupils surged forth once more with a surge of crimson-black essence, forcefully stabilizing the bone imprint that was about to lose its bearings. "Stabilize for me!"
Boom!! The crimson -Black Bone seal suddenly unleashed a deep blood-red light, and the two ancient true names that were originally blurry lit up at the same time, forcibly leaving a tiny crack in the Boundless Realm covered by the gray-white dots.
The reddish-black mark on Gongpiluo Huang's forehead expanded slightly again, and a very shallow tear appeared on his originally calm gray-white fur. A wisp of gray-white essence slowly dissipated along the tear.
Gongpiluo Huang's eyes suddenly narrowed. It was finally truly injured. Although the injury was very minor and not enough to shake the Source of Wuji of the Seal of End and Beginning it carried, it was enough to prove that the forbidden divine power of the Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion, which was specifically designed to target the root of thoughts, could indeed touch the original traces it manifested in the Twelve Zodiac Aspects.
The Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion gazed at the dissipating wisp of grayish-white essence, his chest heaving violently, his dark golden eyes gleaming with undisguised ecstasy. "Haha!! So you can be injured too!"