Chapter 1310

Countless star systems are annihilated in explosions, stars turn to powder, a raging force sweeps across the heavens, causing one star after another to fade and vanish, gone without a trace.

Yarilo-Ⅵ.

The once white icy world is now being infiltrated by an all‑covering black substance. The ground moans in violent tremors, and several mountain‑sized creation engines crush the glaciers, launching an almost unstoppable assault on humanity.

Bronya and Hiyori stand side by side at the forefront of the snowstorm, jointly fighting the giant mechs that once helped them build their home.

"In the future projected by Yuzhao, the horn of the divine war has already sounded. A great lord (Iron Tomb) will have his wish fulfilled…"

And almost at the same moment, Luo Fu Xianzhou…

The corrupted star‑rafts, like a flock of ignited crows, trail long black smoke as they fall from the sky, igniting towering flames.

Gui Naifen and Bailu continuously rescue the wounded by the roadside. Yet, no matter how they try, they cannot stop more people from dying in the disaster.

The once bustling and prosperous Changletian has become a human inferno; the black substance spreads along the bluestone streets like veins, swallowing the ornate eaves and brackets. White walls and black tiles peel and warp under the black corrosion… both architecture and flesh are inexorably heading toward "destruction" in this calamity.

"A star god (Intellect) will fall into silence."

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A certain scientific railgun.

"Look! What are those black things…"

"No! My little Xiao Gui! And Bailu! She, they also were affected by this disaster!"

"Is that the power of the Extinction Great Lord? It even attacked both Yarilo-Ⅵ and Luo Fu Xianzhou at the same time?"

Within Academy City, the clamor of discussion roils like a pot of ever‑boiling water, anxiety and panic drifting like steam, spreading through the crowd.

"Is this… a scene from the future?"

Misaka Mikoto swallowed, her voice extremely hoarse. She tilted her head back, and the trembling pupils reflected the ever‑devouring, suffocating blackness of the sky.

Those black things… she had seen before. When Xing and Xadie first arrived at the Divine Insight Tree Court, the court was occupied by Heichi monsters, and black substance covered the ground everywhere.

Could it be that when the Extinction Great Lord of Weng Falos broke free of his shackles, Heichi would spread across the entire galaxy?

"Sister…"

Shirai's voice suddenly sounded beside her ear, pulling Misaka back from fainting into reality.

"Sister, are you alright?" Shirai asked with concern, looking at her.

"Hmm… I still find it hard to believe that everything above is real." Misaka Mikoto found a street‑side chair and sat down, supporting her forehead, her complexion a bit pale. "This disaster indiscriminately struck the Celestial Vessel and Yarilo-Ⅵ; if it occurs, it could be a calamity on the scale of the Universal Locust Plague and the Imperial War…"

"Misaka, are you afraid this crisis will reach Earth?" Saten asked beside her.

"Hmm." Misaka nodded. "I'm worried those black substances will spread through the sky like a plague; if even a civilization like Luo Fu Xianzhou can't contain it, Earth stands even less chance."

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Inside Interstellar Peace Corp, Topa stared at the infected display; every image had turned into red, chaotic gibberish.

Within Pinokangni's Daydream Hotel, robots infected by the black substance moved like marionettes, stiffly heading toward the Dream Pool; shortly after they sank, the pool's gentle glow was quickly stained a suffocating dark red.

The all‑penetrating black substance infected the Black Tower Space Station; the station repeatedly exploded, eventually losing all function, falling toward the blue planet below, and in the ensuing earth‑shaking upheaval reduced countless cities and forests to flat ground.

"This is a divine chess match; while placing pieces in opposition, why not make good use of it and create an opportunity?"

"The remains of the breeding locusts have been taken by the Alliance; to slay a god… one only needs the gold‑blood extinguished by ash to temper the 'hunt' blades."

On the spine of the universe, at the far end of Intellect, the Great Sage of Knowledge—also marches toward its end amid the contamination. Black pollution sprouts ulcer‑like dark spots on its massive body; over time its form twists and collapses, eventually turning into a Thus: Black Hole.

The edge of the Thus: Black Hole began to writhe and expand, gradually forming a… skull.

It was a monster beyond description; extending from the Thus: Black Hole's horizon was not flesh but a slender, eerie black torso. It stood under the red sun, gazing over all things like a deity.

"The Star‑Howl legion is retreating; could it be a bait to draw the enemy in?"

In the command room of Yaoqing Celestial Vessel, Jiao Qiu, with bandages around his eyes, was studying the battle situation together with Feixiao.

Feixiao's expression grew heavy: "... or perhaps she is carrying out a more important command."

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fate/ the Emiya family's dinner today.

"That is… the Intellect star god? The future Intellect star god died?!"

Lin rubbed his eyes, quickly confirming he hadn't misseen that instant. Those black, Heichi‑like things infected the Great Sage of Knowledge… a virus? A virus that can spread to every world in the universe?

"That monster with a head shaped like a Thus: Black Hole is Iron Tomb? So the Extinction Great Lord imprisoned by Weng Falos is it?"

"Hmm, it should be that one."

Archer's face bore unprecedented solemnity; even in a brief few‑second glimpse, he could feel the suffocating pressure of that Extinction Great Lord.

It was entirely unlike the Illusory Mist met earlier on Luo Fu Xianzhou; at that time Illusory Mist also exuded pressure, but now compared with this Extinction Great Lord… the difference is like clouds and mud.

This Iron Tomb… is like a true deity.

"This Extinction Great Lord can kill a star god? That's far beyond reason," Archer mused, lowering his head. "There are only two ways to kill a star god: First, overlapping destinies collide, and the broader destiny engulfs the narrower one. Second, a divine war between star gods, where the stronger side eradicates the weaker. The former is a collision between the 【Destruction】 and 【Intellect】 destinies, which do not overlap…"

"... but if it's the second kind, can Iron Tomb, as the emissary, kill the Great Sage of Knowledge? An emissary slaying a star god?"

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never believe it, no matter what.