The starry sky above the Ancient Sunken Continent seemed brighter than ever before.
Starlight poured down like silken streams, merging with the land that remained deathly still but was no longer violent, creating a strange tranquility.
Yet beneath this tranquil facade, invisible storms were surging fiercely across every level.
At the edge of Soul Burial Rift Valley, deep within a pile of rubble.
That transparent crystal fragment carrying the nascent form of Ming Xin's consciousness was undergoing an unprecedented transformation.
The tiny consciousness vortex within suddenly began spinning faster, drawing in countless converging memory fragments, threads of laws, and emotional imprints.
Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, they were forcibly compressed and refined.
The unyielding will from the Reincarnation Blood Bead became the vortex's resilient framework;
The faith of protection from the Star Dome Jade Fragment became the core of its pulsation;
The ancient wisdom from Yao's imprint lit up the vortex's spiritual radiance;
And Mo Jiang's concern and Ying Sha's search were like fuel cast into a fire, making this newborn consciousness burn even more fiercely!
A powerful awareness of "self" was struggling to gather and take shape within that chaotic vortex.
"I am... Ming Xin..."
A thought wave so faint it was almost nonexistent radiated from the crystal fragment for the first time, of its own accord.
Like the first cry of a newborn infant, it was weak, yet it marked the beginning of an entirely new existence!
However, just as that consciousness was about to fully coalesce—
Rumble!!!
An indescribable, incomparably tyrannical wave of terrifying energy erupted from the direction of the Void Race Royal Court like a cosmic storm, instantly sweeping across the entire Ancient Sunken Continent!
It was the first full-power trial operation of the Star Gate being constructed to lead to the