Chapter 1185

Han Wuxian casually shattered the last monster that lunged at him, turned to look at her, his gaze calm: "Just a passerby. You seem to be their enemy?"

His voice was flat, yet it carried a convincing power.

The green-armored woman sensed no deathly aura on Han Wuxian, but rather a starry power sharing her origin yet far vaster and deeper; she relaxed a fraction of her vigilance and gritted her teeth: "These 'Silence Extinction beasts' and 'Fallen Soul' are the enemies of all living beings! They pollute the land, devour vitality, and vainly attempt to open the 'Gate of Disaster'; they must not succeed!"

Silence Extinction beasts? Fallen Soul? Gate of Disaster?

It seems this is what the locals call these monsters and the altar.

"We shouldn't linger here; let's leave first and talk later." Han Wuxian felt the three black crystals gathering stronger power, not wanting a prolonged battle.

The green-armored woman also knew the situation was dire, and nodded.

Han Wuxian made a grasping gesture, the Return to the Void Sword Domain slightly expanded, enveloping both; his form flickered, as if merging into shadows, instantly leaving the battlefield and appearing in a concealed stone forest dozens of li away.

The three black crystals lost their target, emitting an angry mental roar; the monsters in the basin again fell into a headless-fly-like wandering state.

In the stone forest, Han Wuxian withdrew his sword domain.

The green-armored woman slightly relaxed her breath, but still gripped her spear tightly, sizing up Han Wuxian, her eyes complex: "Thank you for your assistance, sir. I am Qinglin, the last guardian of the Green Wood Clan. May I ask who you are? You are not of the ancestral land; your power… is also strange."

"Han Wuxian. From the Heavenly Origin Realm." Han Wuxian spoke concisely: "I arrived here by accident through an ancient star gate."

"Heavenly Origin Realm? Star gate?" Qinglin's eyes burst with incredulous light, her voice trembling with excitement: "The legend is actually true! The outside world… does another world of vitality still exist? That… that sealed 'Gate of Hope' has truly reopened?!"

Gate of Hope? It seems to the survivors here, the star gate represents hope of escaping this dead land.

"The star gate has indeed opened, but the situation is complex." Han Wuxian didn't elaborate, instead asking: "What exactly has happened here? Eternal Darkness—that is, the 'Silence Extinction beasts' and 'Fallen Soul' you mentioned—what do they truly want? And what is that altar?"

Upon mentioning this, Qinglin's eyes instantly dimmed, filled with grief and hatred.

"This place… was once the 'Cangwu Realm', a flourishing starry world…" Her voice low and hoarse, she began her narration.

"Long ago, disaster struck suddenly. The sky was torn apart, and a 'Silence Extinction Star' burning with black flames fell to the earth, bringing endless 'Silence Extinction Breath'. Living beings corrupted by deathly aura gradually lose their sanity, becoming 'Silence Extinction beasts' that know only slaughter and devouring; powerful cultivators if corrupted become 'Fallen Soul' that retain some wisdom but are utterly loyal to the 'Silence Extinction Source'."

"The Cangwu Realm fought desperately, but the Silence Extinction Breath polluted the spiritual veins, transforming our kin; we suffered defeat after defeat… Finally, the surviving beings were forced to hide in some secret realms, clinging to life. And those ancestors who were first corrupted, gained great power yet betrayed the world… they call themselves the 'Eternal Darkness Holy Clan', believing Silence Extinction is the ultimate truth of the universe, and they seek to spread the Silence Extinction Breath to all worlds!"

"That altar…" Qinglin pointed toward the basin, her eyes full of hatred: "It is the evil device they use to communicate with the 'Silence Extinction Source' and attempt to open a passage to other worlds! They call it the 'Return to the Void Gate'! They wish to drag other worlds into eternal Silence Extinction!"

Han Wuxian listened quietly, and many clues finally connected.

Eternal Darkness are not mere invaders; they are a group corrupted by Silence Extinction power and who have sworn allegiance to it! Their goal is to bring destruction to all worlds of vitality!

And the Heavenly Origin Realm is their next target!

"We must destroy that altar and stop them from opening the passage!" Qinglin said firmly, but her expression soon turned bitter: "But my clan is withered; relying solely on my strength, I cannot even approach it…"

"Not just you." Han Wuxian interrupted her, gazing at the death‑filled basin: "Tell me, what is the quickest way to destroy the altar?"

Qinglin stared, stunned; looking at Han Wuxian's calm yet supremely confident gaze, a crazy idea rose in her heart.

"The core of the altar is those three 'Fallen Soul Crystals'!" She pointed at the three huge black crystals: "They are the power cores of countless Fallen Soul and Silence Extinction beasts, and the key to keeping the altar running! If we simultaneously destroy those three Fallen Soul Crystals, the altar's power cycle will be broken, likely triggering a backlash and causing it to collapse on its own!"

"Destroying all three at once…" Qinglin shook her head, thinking it nearly impossible. Those three Fallen Soul Crystals are heavily guarded, and themselves possess strong defensive and retaliatory abilities.

"Destroying all three at once?" Han Wuxian repeated, nodded, "Good."

Good?

Before Qinglin could react, she saw Han Wuxian's figure blur and already vanish from the spot.

The next moment, his figure appeared like a teleportation, silently emerging in the high sky directly above the basin!

He actually intended to directly face those three Fallen Soul Crystals and the entire basin's guards!

"He's crazy?!" Qinglin exclaimed in shock.

The Silence Extinction beasts and Fallen Soul in the basin also noticed the intruder, instantly letting out earth‑shaking roars; countless deathly attacks surged upward like a storm! The three Fallen Soul Crystals glowed red intensely, three thick beams of Silence Extinction death‑light, capable of instantly annihilating a late‑stage Nascent Soul cultivator, filled with an aura of total destruction, slammed fiercely toward Han Wuxian!

Faced with this sky‑covering attack, Han Wuxian's expression remained calm.

He slowly raised both hands, left hand loosely supporting, right hand fingers together.

Within his dantian, the Origin Star Core spun at an unprecedented speed, frenziedly.

He whispered softly, and his aura suddenly shifted!

On his left hand, chaotic‑colored stellar origin power gathered, forming a diminutive, vibrant stellar phantom! On his right fingertip, the ultimate gray‑white Silence Extinction sword intent condensed into a point that devours everything!

One life, one death—two utterly opposing forces that spring from the same source—were perfectly united within him!

Then, he forcefully clasped his hands together!

"One thought… Starfall!"

The diminutive vibrant star and that point of utter Silence Extinction void violently collided!

There was no sound, no explosion.

Only an intangible, substanceless wave that seemed able to decree the life and death of all things, centered on Han Wuxian, suddenly spread outward!

Where the wave passed, time seemed to freeze.

All the deathly attacks shooting skyward, like ice under sunlight, silently melted away.

The roaring Silence Extinction beasts and Fallen Soul had their movements abruptly freeze; the soul‑fire in their eyes instantly extinguished, their bodies like weathered sand‑crumbling, fragment by fragment turning into the most primal dust.

Even those three enormous Fallen Soul Crystals radiating terrifying power were struck as if by an invisible hammer, their surfaces instantly covered in dense cracks!