Chapter 1304

A fluctuation that made the fourth star ring tremble, and even the entire thirty-six star rings of the Upper Passage quiver, rippled slightly at this moment.

Inside the fissure, the crimson that had surged in the eyes of the Li Zhu skeleton flickered violently, like a candle flame blown by the wind.

Then…… it rapidly retreated, without hesitation, violently pulling back.

But it was still too late.

The Upper Passage star rings, at this moment, suddenly fell into absolute silence!

Gods or cultivators, all beings, countless stars, everything—everything—had their minds go blank at this instant.

It was as if a pair of eyes that transcended dimensions, from the place they had originally been looking, shifted position and gazed toward…… the starry sky!

That was a gaze that transcended time and space.

That was the enormous, ruined face in the firmament above the Eastern Wanggu continent within the ninth star ring, which at this moment…… lifted its head.

And fully opened its eyes!

Thus, within this fourth star ring, outside this fissure, in the seam of the spacetime fold, a golden pupil appeared silently and without trace.

Within it, the entire appearance of the fissure was reflected.

At the moment of gazing.

Inside the fissure, the Li Zhu skeleton's body jerked, trembling in a way never before experienced, as this gaze fixed upon it, it emitted a piercing shriek, and the remnants of its divine rings on its body exploded one after another.

And the power of the Old God Venerable that had obscured its consciousness also shattered at this moment, allowing the Li Zhu God Lord's consciousness to recover.

But in this instant of recovery, its mind was immediately shrouded by death.

Together with its body, it rapidly dissipated, as if wiped away, as if devoured by nothingness.

At the same time, everything within this fissure underwent drastic change!

Like friction, a sharp roaring arose, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ground of the fissure, spreading rapidly, and each crack emitted a trembling sound similar to shattering glass.

The entire space, like an eggshell gnawed by a giant beast, in this instant, peeled away layer by layer.

And collapsed with a boom.

The divine chains within it likewise trembled at this moment, the divine symbols on their surfaces bursting one after another, completely disintegrating.

And spacetime itself rippled, distorted by an invisible force.

One by one, collapsing black holes became vortices, appearing repeatedly within this distortion.

They frenziedly tore apart all spacetime fragments in this place, and forcibly merged them without logic.

Forming illusory worlds that did not exist.

This scene caused Xu Qing, still within the fissure's exit and not yet fully departed, to have his mind shaken by a heaven-shaking wave.

He suddenly saw, within one of these illusory worlds, his own figure existing.

There, he was raising a cup and drinking heartily with Erniu, and as for his expression…… it was filled with terror.

Before Xu Qing could see more clearly, the spacetime within this fissure, like crumpled xuan paper, began to have fragments from different timelines interlace and overlap.

In Xu Qing's hair, Erniu, at this moment, had his mind churning; he seemed to see his childhood in this life manifesting in the void, while in another fragment, his adult self was simultaneously experiencing the excruciating pain of soul-shattering.

And all kinds of sensations converged and erupted here toward him.

Forming this chaos, it overturned everything.

Xu Qing there, too, felt his mind violently shaken; his constitution and the current spacetime chaos had a correspondence, and within this chaotic time vortex, he saw his past, present, and future.

Countless clones were making different choices, but each choice triggered subtle changes in the universe.

This scene after scene caused his constitution to fluctuate rapidly.

And an even more bizarre scene also appeared at this moment.

Only seen in one fragment, on the divine bones forming the altar here, crystal-textured branches actually grew, rapidly transforming into fruit trees.

But the fruit borne were tiny Xu Qings and tiny Ernilus.

A tiny Erniu on a certain branch suddenly turned its head and gave its true self a strange smile.

At the instant of seeing that smile, Xu Qing's left ear was scratched, and as blood spread, it mixed with the spacetime dust beside it, directly condensing into frost, and from the sound of that condensing ice, he faintly heard his own miserable scream after three breaths.

This was an echo of sound from the future.

Spacetime, in chaos.

As for the distant bronze coffin, it also underwent intense trembling in this series of drastic changes.

As if trying to resist.

But the patterns on the outer layer of the coffin were seen to be collapsing, revealing the liquid divine source flowing within the middle layer.

And that divine source was also dissipating, countless pairs of withered, pale hands containing ancient intent stretching out from within, struggling outward.

But in the gaze from outside the fissure, they all withered into flying ash.

Until the next breath, the trembling coffin suddenly emitted a blazing white light, and then with a booming sound.

The bronze coffin, collapsed and exploded!

The fragments turned into millions of bronze falcons, scattering and flying outward.

A decayed figure shot out from within!

Its specific appearance could not be made out, only able to sense its decay while seeing golden light bands like a river flowing around it, and every strand of that light shone with the highest divinity.

And at the moment of its appearance, it did not pause in the slightest, nor did it emit any divine sound, but instead, toward the distance, it tore through space and fled at its utmost speed!

At this instant, all the supremes of the entire thirty-six star rings had their minds in turmoil, all gazing at this place, while the spacetime within this fissure was in chaos, and nothingness continued to collapse.

Everything, everything, was dissipating.

Even though Xu Qing there had a causal connection with the Upper Wilds, and had multiple times not died under its gaze, this spacetime chaos was still endless danger for him.

Fundamentally, he could not escape.

At the same time, each vortex black hole appearing here was a source of spacetime turbulence.

Xu Qing knew, if he were drawn in, he would find it hard to leave, and would be trapped within it.

Fortunately, his constitution possessed a sense of spacetime, and moreover had the power of parallel universes and alternating epochs, which allowed him to barely struggle and wander within this chaos and distortion.

However, his body and soul were both in a state of loss of control, being pulled and tugged in this distorted spacetime, and Erniu's miserable cries nearby also became illusory and faint.

Even Xu Qing's body had already partially turned into light particles, as if it were about to merge with the chaos here.

As for Erniu, he was also in crisis, his body dissipating, but his teeth clung tightly to Xu Qing's hair, yet this did not hinder his miserable cries.

Moreover, among the countless fragments shot out from the collapsing coffin earlier, one piece was now stirred by the turbulence, struck Xu Qing's body, tore through flesh and blood, embedded itself inside, and blood scattered wildly.

Xu Qing had no time to attend to these, for he understood this place was completely disordered, constantly collapsing, and would soon become nothingness, equally perilous.

At this critical moment, Xu Qing's mind and spirit suddenly stirred.

"This scene seems strangely familiar!"

Xu Qing's mind trembled, and he suddenly recalled that in the illusion of the Pain God, he had encountered the Divine Lord's pursuit, been left with no choice, and could only enter the spacetime turbulence, where within it he had found Xia Xian's opportunity.

And now this scene, though not identical, was also similar.

"Its illusion contains truth……Could it be……"

Thinking this, Xu Qing fell silent for a breath, then his eyes became resolute, he controlled his constitution, transforming it into countless fine threads that enveloped himself, weaving into a cocoon.

Then he surged toward a black vortex hole.

Entering the spacetime turbulence!