Chapter 1256: Extinction

Boom!

That originally extremely unstable micro spatial vortex, at the instant it was stirred by this thread of same‑source power, like a lit gunpowder barrel, violently contracted inward and then erupted with a force far exceeding its own bearing capacity—chaotic spatial tearing and law‑annihilating power!

This was not Han Wuxian's power; rather, he cleverly borrowed the chaotic law environment of this place, using the Silent Void Seal and his Returning to Void Power as a catalyst to detonate the spatial structure of the relatively stable area that had been temporarily marked by the golden light of order! It was like lighting a small fuse beside a barrel of unstable explosives!

Ao!!

The strange creature let out the most shrill silent scream in history! Its massive body, composed of shadows and shattered starlight, was squarely hit by this nearby explosion containing dual annihilation of space and law! Numerous shadow tendrils were instantly torn apart and dissipated, and the frenzied eyes at its core instantly dimmed, more than half shattered!

It suffered heavy injuries!

Han Wuxian, while detonating the spatial vortex, had already used the reverse shockwave from the explosion and the concealment effect of the Return to Silence Pendant to become like a gray shadow flung out, shooting toward the deeper, more law‑chaotic part of the canyon at a speed far beyond his own limits! He didn't even glance back at the battle result.

Because he knew that an explosion of this magnitude could not possibly kill that strange creature comparable to a Void Refining peak; at most it could only heavily wound and enrage it. Staying put meant only a dead end. Only by venturing deeper, using that place's even more violent and chaotic law environment, could he maximally disturb the creature's pursuit and hide himself with the environment.

Indeed, after a brief stiffness and wail, the heavily wounded strange creature burst out with even greater fury, its remaining eyes locking firmly onto the direction Han Wuxian fled, ignoring its injuries as it madly gave chase!

But upon entering the canyon's deeper layer, the omnipresent, fiercely conflicting shattered laws, like an intangible mire and blades, began indiscriminately attacking all who entered. The strange creature's speed noticeably slowed, as it had to divert attention to resist the erosion of the surrounding laws. Han Wuxian, relying on the Heart Mirror to predict the flow of laws and the Myriad Desires Mask to disguise his own nature of existence, though equally difficult, moved like a fish through the cracks of the laws, barely maintaining distance.

A desperate chase in the deadly deadland thus began.

Han Wuxian pushed his perception and calculation to the extreme; every dodge, every turn precisely used the surrounding chaotic laws as cover and obstruction. He dared not pause for a moment, the terrifying aura behind him like a bone‑deep maggot, relentlessly pursuing.

He didn't know how long he had run; his soul and body felt near their limits, and the Heavenly Dao Forbidden Seal on his brow grew scorching from the previous forced activation and the harsh environment, sending waves of burning pain.

Just as he was about to exhaust his strength, a strange sight suddenly appeared ahead.

It was a relatively "open" area, without raging law storms or jagged crystal veins. Only at its center floated a black crystal about the size of a house, its entire body jet‑black, its surface covered with countless fine cracks, as if it might shatter completely at any moment.

This black crystal emitted an indescribable aura, seeming both the source of all chaos and the destination of all endings. The spacetime around it was warped, light bending around it to form an eerie halo. What made Han Wuxian's heart pound was that he felt the Heavenly Dao Forbidden Seal on his brow, as he approached this area, … fall completely silent! Not weakened, but as if some higher, more essential power had forcibly shielded or overwritten it!

And the frantically pursuing strange creature behind him, upon nearing the edge of this area, actually let out a fearful hiss, forcibly halting its chase, circling anxiously in the periphery, daring not to cross the line!

Han Wuxian's heart jolted; he instantly realized this was, as Lord Xingyan had said, the source of the Abnormal Order! This black crystal on the verge of shattering was likely the core remnant left after an ancient star underwent total Silence Extinction—a fragment of law! The order it contained is independent of the external Heavenly Dao, belonging to the star's own birth‑death cycle, a cold and absolute Final Order!

Before him lay an unknown stellar core; behind him stalked a terrifying strange creature.

Han Wuxian halted his steps, gazing at the black crystal emanating endless deathly stillness and temptation, while also sensing the rear troops that dared not approach yet glared hungrily, and noting the rare, total silence of the Heavenly Dao Forbidden Seal on his brow.

He drew a deep breath, a flash of resolve crossing his eyes.

Without hesitation, he stepped forward, pace by pace, toward the central zone encircled by warped spacetime, toward the black crystal symbolizing the ultimate end and the unknown—the Stellar Silence Extinction Core.

Each step he took felt like crossing an invisible boundary; the surrounding violent chaotic law storms were kept at bay as if by an unseen wall. The region encircling the black crystal exhibited an eerie absolute calm. But this calm was not the lively peace of vitality, but the dead stillness of all things returning to silence, as if even time itself had frozen.

Han Wuxian could clearly feel that the Heavenly Dao Forbidden Seal on his brow had completely lost response, no longer dim but as if sunk into the deepest slumber, with not a ripple detectable. This was not a good sign; it meant that the law precedence of this place overrode the Heavenly Dao rules imposed upon him!

Every cell in his body screamed a warning, his life instinct frantically trying to stop him from moving forward. The floating black crystal appeared still, but inside it housed unimaginable terrifying energy and law information; those densely packed cracks seemed ready to collapse completely at any moment, releasing matter that would annihilate everything.

But Han Wuxian's steps did not pause in the slightest. His chaotic eyes reflected the black stellar core, as if through that endless stillness he saw the star's birth in brilliance, its glory in splendor, and finally, its inevitable descent into extinction—helpless yet inevitable.

The Heart Mirror spun in his sea of consciousness at an unprecedented speed, no longer merely parsing external law fragments, but beginning to try to comprehend the order represented by this stellar core.

This was not the order of living beings, nor the order of the Heavenly Dao, but the most grand and merciless natural iron law belonging to the cold universe, to the very birth‑death cycle of matter and energy itself!

He sensed a pure, desire‑ and will‑less ending. Unlike Yan Buji's possessive I‑desire Silence Extinction, and unlike his own will‑laden Returning to Void, what this stellar core represented was the objective, physical‑sense ultimate demise of a star whose lifespan had ended, its gravity collapsed, its core crumbled, and all matter and energy returned to their primordial state.