Chapter 1147: Sect Master

Above the blood pool, a complex altar forged from black metal floated, wrapped and fixed by countless chains flickering with sinister runes.

Upon the altar, an object was enshrined!

It was a damaged bronze lamp, only its base and a small part of its frame remaining!

The lamp was severely damaged, its surface covered in mottled verdigris and deep scratches, dim and lifeless, as if it would shatter at any moment. Yet its shape was ancient, and the remaining patterns matched the mark on Han Wuxian's brow, the fragment in his bosom, and the aura of the star torch stone—all from the same source!

This was precisely the main body of the bronze lamp he had been seeking!

At that moment, the lamp was firmly fixed to the altar; countless tiny dark‑red rune chains, condensed from the blood pool's energy, tightly wound around it, trying to erode and infuse it with bloody slaughter power. The lamp trembled slightly, emitting an extremely faint yet indomitable wail, resisting the contamination.

The senior brother Zhu who had entered earlier stood beneath the altar, his hands forming seals, drawing the immense slaughter qi from the blood pool into a dark‑red light pillar that continually struck and refined the lamp on the altar. His face showed excitement and greed: "Give it more effort! The sect master said, as long as we refine this treasure, we can fully control the core of Starfall Valley and draw out the complete star core power! Then……"

His words were cut off.

Because a hand, a hand flashing with gray‑white silence extinction light, reached out from the void soundlessly and pressed onto his back heart.

Silence Extinction·Devour Origin!

Senior brother Zhu's excitement instantly turned into utter terror and disbelief! He felt his cultivation, vitality, even his soul, being frenziedly drained and annihilated by an indescribable, icy, deathly force. He couldn't even utter a scream; his body quickly withered like a leaking skin bag, the light in his eyes completely faded, turning into a skeleton covered in human skin that collapsed softly to the ground.

Han Wuxian's figure emerged from the shadow behind him, his expression icy, not even glancing at the corpse on the ground. His gaze locked firmly onto the damaged bronze lamp on the altar that was being refined.

Sensing his approach, sensing the aura of the star torch stone and fragment in his bosom, sensing the matching mark on his brow, the dormant bronze lamp suddenly shuddered violently!

Hum!

A faint yet exceptionally clear hum rang out from within the lamp! The dark‑red rune chains wrapped around it instantly snapped in large part! A point of weak yet exceptionally pure and tenacious azure‑green star fire, in the lamp's empty cavity where the wick should be, stubbornly, struggling… lit up!

As the star fire ignited, though its light was weak, it instantly dispelled part of the filth and bloodiness in the cavern, bringing a wisp of ancient, pure protective aura!

At the same time, the star torch stone in Han Wuxian's bosom burst forth with unprecedented azure radiance, flying out on its own as a stream of light, heading straight for the empty spot in the lamp!

Success! We finally found it!

However, at this thrilling moment

"Bold rat! How dare you covet this seat's supreme treasure!!!"

A roar like thunder exploded from above the cavern! The whole cavern shook violently; terrifying pressure like a real mountain crashed down! The blood pool boiled and burst! The chains on the altar went wild!

A blurry figure shrouded in towering black‑red slaughter qi, radiating terrifying spiritual pressure, tore through space and suddenly appeared at the cavern entrance! Those eyes burning with fury and greed instantly locked onto Han Wuxian beside the altar!

The Heaven Slaughter Sect Master himself had descended!

Crisis erupted at the peak of success!

The air inside the cavern instantly solidified!

That terrifying pressure descending from above! As if the entire heavens were collapsing, bringing devastation and pure, refined to the extreme Spirit Transformation Stage slaughter domain power, it ruthlessly crushed down!

The blood pool was instantly pressed almost to stillness, the viscous magma ceasing its churn. The altar roared loudly; the remaining sinister chains groaned under the strain. Space seemed to turn into heavy amber, about to freeze and crush everything!

Han Wuxian bore the brunt! He felt as if billions of blood‑red mountains slammed into his soul and flesh! The Return to the Void Sword Body spontaneously burst forth with intense gray‑white light, silence extinction power surged wildly to resist this terrifying Spirit Transformation pressure! But his sword core, already riddled with cracks, trembled violently; the state he had just steadied showed signs of collapse! His bones emitted creaking wails, and a mouthful of gray‑white blood spurted out uncontrollably!

Spirit Transformation Stage! And even mid‑ to late‑stage! This Heaven Slaughter Sect Master is no ordinary demonic cultivator!

"Ant! Dare touch my star lamp, I will refine your soul for ten thousand years!" The roar like nine‑day blood thunder shook the whole cavern, making it tremble. The figure shrouded in towering slaughter qi gradually clarified: a middle‑aged man with a sinister visage, blood‑red pupils, his body entwined with substantial vengeful‑spirit blood dragons. Merely standing there, the slaughter domain he emitted almost wanted to rewrite the laws of heaven and earth in this place!

Yet in this desperate situation, Han Wuxian's eyes held no fear; instead they burst with a fierce light and… a hint of resolute madness!

He had been waiting for this very moment!

At the instant the Heaven Slaughter Sect Master appeared, his slaughter domain pressed with full force, and his attention was completely drawn

Han Wuxian suddenly shoved the star torch stone he had been nurturing, which resonated with the lamp, with all his strength, slamming it hard onto the violently trembling bronze lamp on the altar where the azure‑green star fire had just ignited! His aim was straight for the lamp's center, the empty slot meant for the lamp stone!

"In the name of the star torch, return to your place!" He let out a ripping low growl!

"You dare!!!" The Heaven Slaughter Sect Master's pupils shrank sharply, shock and anger mingling! He never expected his opponent to still be able to move under his Spirit Transformation slaughter domain crush, nor that this insignificant stone could provoke such a fierce resonance from the star lamp! He raised his hand; a giant claw condensed from endless blood slaughter tore through space, reaching for the star torch stone to intercept and crush it!

But it was too late!

The instant the star torch stone touched the bronze lamp, it was like a wanderer returning home, bursting forth with unprecedented joy and brilliant azure light! Its form instantly softened, like flowing azure liquid, perfectly, seamlessly… inlaid into the lamp's central recess!

A clear hum that seemed to pierce through ages, cleansing all impurity, erupted suddenly from the now‑complete lamp!

In that hum, the damaged bronze lamp, as if a star god that had slept for myriad ages opened its eyes! Countless profound ancient star‑rune patterns surfaced and flowed across the lamp's surface! The mottled verdigris and scars on the lamp vanished instantly, radiating an ancient, vast azure‑gold light!

At the lamp's center, the star torch stone perfectly merged, becoming the lamp's core "lamp disk"! A point of pure, tenacious azure‑green star fire, containing supreme protective and purifying will, ignited explosively from the lamp disk's center, its light blazing vast!