Both soul and physical attacks were effective simultaneously. The spiritual erosion of the Lord of Truth severely impacted the soul of the Mother of the Stars, while the material annihilation of the Mother of the Stars caused the Lord of Truth's body to completely disintegrate.
The disintegration lasted for a full three breaths, with dust swirling wildly in the vortex of matter, as if it could be completely obliterated at any moment.
However, on the fourth breath—
Every single grain of primordial dust suddenly burst forth with dazzling light.
Within that light, every speck of dust instantly transformed into a god of overwhelming power!
Some held longswords, some carried longbows, some were surrounded by flames, and some stood on ice. Billions of dust particles transformed into billions of deities, and these billions of deities roared in unison at the same moment. That roar transformed into an invisible resonance, which dissipated, disintegrated, and Dissolution the strangling force of the vortex of matter layer by layer.
Immediately afterwards, billions of Spiritization into a Divine Realm light that covered the entire sky. These billions of rays of light intertwined, condensed, and contracted again in the Void, eventually reforming into the complete body of the Lord of Truth!
His platinum robes reappeared, the Spirit Saint Domain was once again firmly anchored on his shoulders, and the Spear of Truth returned to his hand—all as if nothing had ever happened. Only his complexion was paler than before, and his aura slightly weaker, though he still maintained full combat strength.
Meanwhile, on the other side--
Within the Mother of the Stars, a divine light suddenly burst forth!
The light burst forth from the wound where the Spear of Truth had pierced Her, dispelling all darkness like the rising sun. The chaotic mists that had tried to corrupt Her soul Dissolution like snow under the divine light, and the illusions of Samsara were peeled away, shattered, and annihilated layer by layer. The Mother of the Stars regained her clarity, and Her soul, like tempered divine iron, became even more stable and indestructible.
One side attacked the soul, the other attacked the body, but neither could defeat the other.
The Lord of Truth reformed his body, and the Mother of the Stars dispelled the wounds to his soul. The two beings gazed at each other across the now-calmed Void, their eyes simultaneously rising to a higher level of solemnity and fighting spirit.
The battle continues.
Almost the instant the Lord of Truth reformed, He moved again. And almost at the same moment the Mother of the Stars dispelled the wounds of the divine soul, He also moved. The two beings seemed to be of one mind, making the same decision in the same instant—to give each other no chance to breathe!
The moment the Lord of Truth and the Mother of the Stars opened their eyes almost simultaneously, their attacks arrived once again!
On the Spear of Truth, the Eye of Truth suddenly opened, its pupil reflecting a panoramic view of the entire Astral Realm. Under the Eye of Truth's guidance, countless starlight converged wildly from all directions, condensing at the spear tip into a dazzling sphere of light, like a star. That sphere rotated, compressed, and sublimated, concentrating the light of billions of stars into a single point, and then—a beam of golden light burst forth from that sphere!
The golden light moved at incredible speed, transcending the limitations of space, the barriers of time, and the transmission of cause and effect. It arrived before the Mother of the Stars the moment the Eye of Truth locked onto its target! The golden light carried Divine Power capable of Purification everything—the special ability the Spear of Truth gained after merging with the essence of the Eternal Blazing Sun — the Blazing Sun Divine Light, which thoroughly Purification all impurity, all evil, and all obstacles with the purest light!
However--
A dense, towering wall of matter rose up layer upon layer before the Mother of the Stars!
Each layer of those walls is made of the hardest, densest, and heaviest matter in the Astral Realm, from the most basic stardust alloy to the most supreme Eternity Adamantine, from natural Innate God stones to artificially synthesized superdimensional crystal steel. Billions of materials are instantly generated, arranged, and superimposed under the will of the Mother of the Stars, transforming into indestructible barriers!
The golden, Blazing Sun Divine Light struck the first wall, instantly burning a large hole through it. The light continued forward, piercing through the second, third, and fourth walls... but each wall consumed a portion of its power. When the golden light pierced through the three hundredth wall, its power had diminished to the point where it could no longer pose a threat to the Mother of the Stars. Finally, it completely dissipated before the three hundred and first wall.
Just as the Blazing Sun Divine Light was blocked, the figure of the Lord of Truth had already vanished from the spot.
The instant He launched His attack, He moved at full speed, so fast that even the Mother of the Stars could only catch a blurry white afterimage. The Lord of Truth's figure left a long trail in the Void, and wherever that trail passed, space was torn open with a terrifying rift as deep as Abyss!
Snap--Boom!!
Above the Astral Realm, a colossal rift suddenly appeared, stretching across the sky. The rift extended straight out, as if cleaved by an invisible giant blade, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound. The Space-Time structures on either side of the rift trembled, cracked, and collapsed violently. This was a spatial trauma naturally torn open by the Lord of Truth moving at top speed; even the mere "aftershocks" of their movement caused such terrifying destruction—for combat power of their caliber, vast realms seemed utterly fragile, barely able to withstand the aftershocks of their full-speed movement.
The figure of the Lord of Truth suddenly appeared at the end of the rift, the Spear of Truth in his hand having completed its second charge, the tip of the spear turning its direction, thrusting once more towards the flank of the Mother of the Stars!
The Mother of the Stars reacted with lightning speed. As she used Hammer of Earth to defend herself, the Void beneath her feet shattered once more—not because of her power, but because the Astral Realm itself was already overwhelmed by the continuous battle between these two beings. Even the most basic Void structure was constantly collapsing, repairing, collapsing again, and repairing again. Miniature Black Hole naturally formed around the shattered areas, like the Astral Realm's instinctive immune response, using a kind of self-destructive approach to counteract the aftershocks of the battle between the Lord of Truth and the Mother of the Stars, attempting to alleviate her own injuries.
The Black Hole were scattered around the battlefield, as numerous as stars in the night sky. They constantly devoured the surrounding energy and matter, and continuously released new Space-Time ripples, barely maintaining the structure of the Astral Realm from complete collapse.
The battle between the Lord of Truth and the Mother of the Stars continues unabated, each collision leaving new scars on this already fragmented space.
The Spear of Truth the side of the Mother of the Stars, Mother of the Stars ' Hammer of Earth swirled and smashed into the back of the Lord of Truth.
The gun and hammer clashed again, this time with even more terrifying force. Both men were thrown back thousands of miles, and the Void beneath their feet shattered like fragile ice, leaving countless dark cracks.
The Lord of Truth steadied himself, took a deep breath, and the Spirit Saint Domain on his shoulder lit up once more, continuously supplying Him with new power.
The Mother of the Stars also steadied herself, and the boundless continent beneath her feet re-coalesced and expanded, replenishing the depleted essence of the earth for her.
The two supreme beings gazed at each other across the shattered Void, surrounded by a sky full of Domain Thunder, a roaring and surging River of Space-Time, countless miniature Black Hole, and spatial rifts that were constantly breaking and healing.
This scene was incredibly tragic.
The Lord of Truth gripped the Spear of Truth tightly, the Eye of Truth at the tip of the spear gleaming with an undying purple light.
The Mother of the Stars gripped the Hammer of Earth in her hand, its surface crackling with Domain Thunder and endless dark purple arcs of electricity.
They all knew that this battle was far from over.
And now, we've only just entered the most intense phase.