Chapter 1148: Immortal Treasure

Brilliant, pure, vast starlight, like a breached river of stars, erupted explosively centered on the lantern, sweeping outward in all directions!

Heh heh heh heh!

Where the light passed, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect's terrifying Blood Sha Domain, as if ice and snow struck by scorching sun, emitted a fierce, purified sound! Countless resentful soul Blood Dragons let out mournful wails, twisted and melted in the starlight! The sinister chains coiling the altar snapped inch by inch, turning to ash! The boiling Blood Pool, illuminated by starlight, had its viscous foul blood boiled away, evaporating wildly, revealing at the pool's bottom the star fragments that glimmered with dim starlight yet were heavily polluted!

"No!! My Sha Domain! My Blood Pool!" the Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect roared, both startled and angry. The Blood Sha Giant Claw he seized, under the brilliant starlight, melted and disintegrated as if thrown into a furnace! He himself was forced to retreat repeatedly by this sudden, pure, anti‑evil stellar might, and the raging Sha Qi swirling around him fluctuated violently, only to be suppressed!

This intact bronze lantern, of a grade far beyond imagination, turned out to be a genuine... Star Relic! It possesses innate, ultimate suppression of demonic Sha Qi!

Seize the opportunity!

"Now!" Han Wuxian's eyes flashed with ruthless resolve; disregarding his worsening injuries, he poured the faint rebound and barely stable power that had just arisen from the lantern's repositioning and the ignited starlight, together with the explosive surge from the burning portion of his soul source, entirely into the newly formed Return to Void Sword Core!

He pointed his finger like a sword; no longer a subtle finger force, but he drew forth the thin celestial qi of this place, temporarily chaotic due to the emergence of the Star Relic yet slightly purified by starlight, mingling with Silence Extinction Sword Intent, and struck a fierce slash at the Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect, who was temporarily restrained by starlight!

Silence Extinction·Star Calamity!

A terrifying sword aura of interwoven ash‑gray and deep cyan, embodying both the termination of Return to Void and star purification, tore through space and appeared before the Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect as if by teleportation!

This sword's power far surpassed the previous one! It borrowed the brilliance of the Star Relic and further infused Han Wuxian's desperate will!

The Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect, just struck by the purifying force of the Star Relic, had his Sha Domain destabilized, his mind shaken; faced with this sudden, death‑blow sword that merged two supreme doctrinal essences, he briefly showed a crack!

"You brat! You're courting death!" he roared in fury, hastily gathering the massive Sha Yuan of the Divine Transformation Stage, and unleashed a punch! Upon the fist's edge, Blood Dragons coiled, as if a single blow would pierce the stars!

Boom!!!!

The sword aura and the fist clashed fiercely!

An indescribable terrifying energy storm detonated instantly! The entire cavern, and even the Sha Palace above, shook violently! Countless seals shattered in an instant, the structure collapsed, and low‑level disciples of the Heavenly Execution Sect were turned into ash in the collision's aftershock!

Wow! Han Wuxian was struck as if by a heavy blow, his body flying backward like a kite with its line cut, crashing hard onto the scorching stone wall, countless bones snapping; the crack on the Return to Void Sword Core widened instantly, nearly shattering completely! Even a wrathful strike from a Divine Transformation Stage cultivator, weakened by starlight and hastily delivered, was far beyond what he could endure!

But the Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect fared no better! The Silence Extinction Star Calamity Sword Intent was exceedingly sharp, piercing through part of his fist's Sha Yuan, a strand of Return to Void Silence Extinction power mixed with star purification intent, like a festering bone ulcer, drilling into the meridian of his arm!

"Ah!" he let out a painful roar; his entire right arm instantly turned ashen, flesh and blood withering as if lifeless, and the Silence Extinction intent continued to rage upward, trying to annihilate his Divine Transformation Dao Foundation! He was forced to wildly churn his Sha Yuan, forcibly suppressing and expelling that strange force, and for a moment he could not pursue!

Smoke and dust billowed, and chaotic energy turbulence raged.

Han Wuxian struggled to rise, spitting another mouthful of gray blood mixed with organ fragments. He paid no heed to the aftermath, his gaze fixed rigidly on the bronze lantern hovering above the altar, radiant with blinding light.

Summoning his last ounce of strength, he thrust a sudden hand toward the lantern!

"Return!"

The lantern, linked to his lifeblood, sensed his summons, emitted a cheerful hum, and transformed into a stream of light that entered his hand.

The lantern felt warm in his hand; the vast, pure stellar power surged instantly into his near‑collapsing body, like the most potent elixir, rapidly mending his wounds and stabilizing the on‑the‑verge‑of‑shattering Return to Void Sword Core. Though it could not heal him instantly, it kept him alive and restored a sliver of mobility.

Without any hesitation! Han Wuxian, clutching the bronze lantern, turned and sprinted wildly toward a fissure on the other side of the cavern—shattered by the recent shockwave and leading to an unknown destination!

"You rat! Leave the treasure!" the Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect, barely suppressing the Silence Extinction sword intent in his arm, saw Han Wuxian flee, especially after he seized the just‑now intact, infinitely powerful Star Relic, and his eyes widened to the brink of bursting. Ignoring his injuries, he transformed into a blood‑colored rainbow and gave chase! His speed, at the peak of the Divine Transformation Stage, exploded to its utmost!

But at the same time, due to the earth‑shaking collision just now and the burst of the Star Relic's aura

In the high clouds, within the ever‑hidden Bone Shuttle, a black‑robed cultivator sprang up, his eyes flashing with extreme greed and delight: "The complete Star Relic! It is this! We cannot wait any longer! Move! We must not let it fall into the hands of the old demon of the Heavenly Execution Sect!"

The Bone Shuttle tore through the clouds, becoming a stark white streak of light, like a falling bone star, bearing a terrifying aura no weaker than that of the Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect, and charged ferociously toward the Sha Palace below!

Pursued from the front by a Divine Transformation demon lord, and blocked from behind by a mysterious powerful foe!

Han Wuxian pushed his speed to the limit, his figure becoming a blurred gray line as he crazily darted through the interlocking jagged rock walls. Behind him, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Execution Sect's raging roar and the terrifying spiritual pressure of the Divine Transformation Stage pursued like maggots on a heel, never letting go, drawing ever nearer! The Blood Sha aura nearly solidified, eroding his protective stellar aura.

In his embrace, the bronze lantern emitted a warm, steadfast azure glow, with a steady flow of stellar power flooding his body, barely sustaining the on‑the‑verge‑of‑total‑collapse Return to Void Sword Core and mending his grievous injuries. Yet this repair speed lagged far behind the drain and the pressure of the chase. Each teleportation ripped his whole body with excruciating pain, gray‑white blood constantly seeping from the ruptured wounds.

He must shake him off! Otherwise death is certain!

Ahead of the passage, the way opened up, a deafening rush of water could be heard faintly, along with an even stranger, bone‑chilling, soul‑freezing aura!

Han Wuxian burst out of the tunnel's end, and the sight before him gave his spirit a jolt!

He found himself atop a colossal underground sheer cliff! Below lay a bottomless, ink‑black abyss. Opposite the cliff, a distant, almost indistinct mountain wall stretched away. Connecting the two banks was only a massive natural stone beam spanning the abyss, shrouded below by swirling clouds, its depth unfathomable.

Most unsettling was that in the center of this vast underground space, above the abyss, a tremendously wide river floated, flowing slowly!

The river's water was not of ordinary hue; it possessed a bizarre, transparent void‑like quality, as if composed of solidified time and dissipating souls. A cold white mist drifted over its surface, within which countless vague, twisted faces silently bobbed and struggled. The river flowed silently, yet exuded a law‑like aura that chilled even Divine Transformation cultivators! It was the breath of reincarnation, the destination of all things' end, one of the most fundamental forces of the cosmos!