Thump!!
A deafening roar, utterly awe-inspiring, resounded throughout the entire Astral Realm in an instant. The sound defied all Law of Sound propagation—spatial barriers, temporal delays, and any filtering barriers at the level of laws all became meaningless in the face of this deafening roar. It seemed to erupt directly from the deepest source of the Astral Realm, a primordial vibration generated by the collision of two supreme forces at the conceptual level. It did not propagate through any medium but resounded simultaneously within the consciousness of every being.
Whether they were the Eternal locked in battle, or the Supreme God watching from afar, whether they were participants in the core of the Astral Realm, or bystanders in the peripheral regions, all beings heard that deafening roar at the same instant. Their souls trembled, their foundations shook, and their understanding of the word "power" was redefined in that moment.
Then, in the next instant—
The sound disappeared.
It's as if they never existed.
The greatest sound is silent, the greatest form is formless. When power reaches a certain extreme, it returns to its most simple and primitive state. There is no deafening roar, no earth-shattering phenomenon, only two figures merging together, the gray light of Truth and the brownish-yellow power of the earth frantically intertwining, annihilating, and reforging at the point of collision.
The point of convergence was like a miniature singularity, where all light, all energy, and all laws were compressed to their limits, then silently spread outwards in all directions from the two of them as the center. Wherever it passed, the Void rippled like the surface of water, the ripples appearing gentle, yet containing a terrifying power that would make any Eternal tremble.
Fortunately, the Astral Realm possesses a high enough status, a large enough size, and a deep enough foundation. An ordinary realm, even one of the level of the Profound Arms Realm, would likely have been torn to shreds by the aftershocks of the collision between these two beings. However, the Astral Realm is one of the top-tier realms; its fundamental structure, despite enduring such a terrifying impact, has barely maintained its overall integrity. Although riddled with cracks and wounds, it is not yet in danger of complete collapse in the short term.
The boundless earth beneath the feet of the Mother of the Stars was covered with countless cracks after this attack by the Lord of Truth.
That earth was the embodiment of the most fundamental Dao of the Astral Realm, every inch of which contained the profound history of an entire planet, an entire star field, and an entire plane. It was extremely Sturdiness; even a full-force blow from an ordinary Eternal could not leave a shallow mark on it. But before the Spear of Truth of the Lord of Truth, it still could not withstand the supreme sharpness that carried the ultimate power of the Trinity. Cracks spread wildly across the surface of the earth like a spider web, some bottomless, some tens of thousands of feet wide, and some even penetrating the thickness of the entire earth, revealing the void of the underlying Space-Time.
Even though the earth is exceptionally Sturdiness, this remains true.
But at the same time, the Mother of the Stars ' Hammer of Earth struck the Lord of Truth's body once again!
The hammer, carrying the mass of an entire realm, the material power accumulated over countless years by the Chaos Stele, and the indestructible arc of lightning entwined with the Domain Thunder, slammed heavily into the side of the Lord of Truth. That power was enough to shatter any known material structure, enough to distort and deform the laws themselves, enough to cause space at that point to completely collapse into a miniature singularity!
However, this time, the Lord of Truth was clearly prepared.
The moment the hammerhead struck His body, swirling vortexes of devouring energy suddenly appeared! These vortexes were a deep black, like tiny yet complete Black Hole, spinning wildly across His skin. Each vortex absorbed a portion of the impact upon contact with the Hammer of Earth, then transmitted that power through spatial folding to the deep Void of the Spirit Saint Domain. There, the Heaven-Bearing Reincarnation Disc transformed it into the power of Samsara, and the Heavenly Net distributed it to countless nodes throughout the realm to bear the force.
With each layer of force dissipating, the Hammer of Earth's power, capable of shattering everything, was continuously weakened, dispersed, and transformed. When the hammerhead finally made contact with the Lord of Truth form, its power had already been weakened by more than 70%. The remaining 30% only caused the Lord of Truth's figure to sway slightly, and a few shallow cracks to appear on his body, before having any further effect.
The Lord of Truth's gaze, while defending, had already locked onto the opportunity for a counterattack.
A sharp golden light burst forth from His eyes once more! That golden light was a pure, holy white, carrying an ultimate sharpness that was indestructible and could break through anything. Unlike before, this time the golden light did not shoot directly toward the Mother of the Stars, but instead landed precisely on the blade of the Truth Spear!
The moment the golden light merged into the spear blade, the blade emitted a crisp hum.
A layer of unparalleled sharpness rapidly condensed, covered, and solidified on the surface of the gun blade. That sharpness was a translucent gold, like the purest light condensed into substance. It had no thickness, yet it gave one a sense of sharpness capable of "cutting through everything"—not cutting through matter, not through space, not through laws, but through "concepts" themselves. It could sever the boundary between "existence" and "nothingness," sever the connection between "past" and "future," sever the chain of "cause and effect" and "Fate."
This is the Blade of Truth!
The moment the Lord of Truth completed the empowerment of the Blade of Truth, he suddenly twisted his wrist, and the spear, with its unparalleled sharpness, drew a dazzling arc in the air before slashing down furiously towards the Mother of the Stars with a hiss!
As the spear struck, countless Domain Thunder Astral Realm realms surged and roared across the astral sky, seemingly responding to the will of the Lord of Truth. They converged, condensed, and compressed, transforming into incredibly thick, dark purple lightning pillars that crashed down from the heavens like divine punishment! Each pillar precisely locked onto the position of the Mother of the Stars, perfectly synchronized with the strike of the Spear of Truth.
One shot, followed by a bolt of lightning.
That was a strike from the Lord of Truth, imbued with the full will of all three.
The Mother of the Stars took a slight step back.
His steps remained steady, without panic or haste, but rather a natural strategic adjustment made after sensing the threat. His hair, as brilliant as a starry sea, fluttered and danced in the Berserk air currents, each strand flowing with subtle starlight power, gleaming with a mysterious and profound light under the reflection of the dark purple Domain Thunder.
Her body was not as slender and beautiful as that of ordinary female deities, but rather possessed a majestic quality—broad shoulders, strong arms, and a sturdy frame, as if she were a giantess capable of supporting the heavens and the earth, full of the earth's unique weight and power. The Hammer of Earth in her hands did not appear bulky, but rather just right, as if the giant hammer was a natural extension of her arm, perfectly matching her figure.
Faced with the Lord of Truth's attack, and the ultimate strike that carried the dual Destruction power of the Blade of Truth and the Domain Thunder, the Mother of the Stars merely frowned slightly.
Then, He slowly raised His right hand.
His starlight-radiating fingers were instantly enveloped in a layer of Black Crystal. The black was so profound, like the compressed matter of the oldest Black Hole in the universe, completely absorbing all light without any reflection. The Black Crystal color spread from his fingertips to his knuckles, from his knuckles to his palms, and from his palms to his entire arm, making his right hand translucent in a single breath, as if it were a work of art sculpted from pure dark crystal.
Then, the arm continued to become transparent, fading, becoming increasingly faint and invisible until it disappeared completely.
But strangely, this "disappeared" hand was still incredibly tangible. Even though its physical form was no longer visible, every Eternal and every highly perceptive being present could clearly "feel" its presence—it hovered there, like a conceptual entity existing between nothingness and reality, existing not only in this dimension but also in a higher dimension beyond their comprehension.
That was the higher realm that the Mother of the Stars reached after pushing the properties of "matter" in the Law of Earth to their extreme—"the opposite of matter."