Chapter 1275: Upper Wilderness Remaining Tribulation

In the depths of space, at the Void Rift of the Fourth Star Ring. This vast area, comparable to multiple universes, is perpetually encircled by reddish dust, making it one of the Fourth Star Ring's four great Forbidden Zones. Throughout history, intruders have rarely survived. And of the deities who have perished here... not a single one has ever returned.

At this very moment, as the bell chimed and the Primal Mother Star erupted, this Forbidden Zone... also stirred!

Deep within the Forbidden Zone, in a place rarely accessible to deities, stood an altar of divine bones. On this altar, composed of countless divine bones and teeming with grotesque insects, rested a bronze sarcophagus enshrouded in chaotic mist. Innumerable divine chains, originating from the void, bound it securely!

The moment the external storm swept through the Sea of Memories, the divine chains rattled violently, and the sarcophagus... suddenly exploded! Within, a shattered body, seemingly dormant for millions of years, slowly sat up. As it sat up, the entire Forbidden Zone trembled, and countless divine runes emerged from all directions, seeking to suppress it.

The shattered body, having risen from the sarcophagus, ignored these divine runes, letting out a hoarse, grating laugh. "Nankuo Divine Venerable... your authority over destiny... is being plundered. Just as you, like a Devourer-of-Deities, exploited the Great Catastrophe of the Ancient Wilderness to secretly plunder part of its authority, so too must you now endure the tribulation that the Ancient Wilderness once faced! In that case, I shall press you down further!"

As the voice echoed, the semi-decayed divinity within its chest emitted dazzling crimson light, and the myriad divine chains stretching from the void in all directions snapped one by one.

"As for that individual who ascended to our level through the Immortal Dao, to conceal your omniscience of destiny using the karma of the Ancient Wilderness... such a calculation is ingenious and intriguing!" The decaying divine language vibrated through the void, and countless Devourer-of-Deities parasitic on the sarcophagus instantly vaporized.

However, in the very next moment, the Forbidden Zone's divine runes appeared ten thousandfold, rushing towards this deity like a torrent. They instantly enveloped it, suppressing everything once more. The shattered sarcophagus reappeared, and the broken chains were restored. The shattered deity remained sealed within the sarcophagus. Only its laughter, echoing through the sarcophagus, persisted, finally transforming into a single divine utterance.

"I see... destiny can be broken, but fixed decree must be observed!"

In the Fourth Star Ring, there exist several Divine Kingdoms; any True God can form their own Divine Kingdom from their divine domain. Above Divine Kingdoms are Divine Dynasties. The entire Fourth Star Ring has twelve Divine Lords, hence there are also twelve Divine Dynasties. Above the Divine Dynasties is the Divine Court, the supreme authority of the entire Fourth Star Ring, originating from the Divine Venerable!

At this moment, within the twelve Divine Dynasties, terrifying divine thoughts from the Divine Lords spread from their respective main palace divine statues, enveloping the Fourth Star Ring and penetrating deep into the Sea of Memories. However, they did not act rashly. Instead, they focused on observing and witnessing the unfolding events on the Primal Mother Star, where a unique Divine Lord was about to emerge! This was because the Divine Court... had remained silent from beginning to end, with no decrees issued by the Divine Venerable. This was highly abnormal.

Not until the bell's echoes lasted beyond nine breaths, did something happen in the Eternal Divine Dynasty, one of the twelve, atop its supreme divine throne. There sat an unnameable shadow. Its form was bizarre and constantly shifting: one moment it was human, encompassing male and female, old and young, as if containing all living beings. The next, it was a foreign race, comprising various appearances, including both existing races and spirits long extinct in the river of history. Then, it was a deity, radiating terrifying divine might. And then, it transformed into death, manifesting countless forms of demise. These forms ceaselessly intertwined, shifting through many variations in a single breath. Hence, it was called the Unnameable!

At this moment, it suddenly opened its eyes. The instant its eyes opened, its figure solidified, preserving the appearance it held at that very moment. A golden stone figure! It was the Eternal Divine Emperor, one of the twelve Divine Emperors of the Fourth Star Ring! Once one of the Divine Venerable's many divine slaves, it had later ascended to Divine Lord through its own power. While other Divine Lords might still observe, its origin and mission compelled it, after a period of silence, to gaze at the golden orb before it, which represented the very essence of the Divine Dynasty. That orb was dimming.

So it closed its eyes again, then suddenly opened them after a few breaths, raised its right hand, and flicked its finger. A destructive force instantly erupted, tearing open the Sea of Memories, which existed between illusion and reality! Subsequently, seventy-two Eternal Divine Decrees transformed into streams of light and shot through the air.

"Stop him; the birth of a new Emperor will disrupt the balance."

Almost simultaneously, outside the Primal Mother Star, at the space-time rift existing in the memories of all deities, a ghostly green starlight suddenly paused, then rapidly condensed. Finally, it transformed into numerous ghostly green light-gates! These gates, with a thunderous roar, all swung open. One by one, True Gods who had received the Eternal Divine Emperor's decree surged out from these opened light-gates. They headed straight for the Primal Mother Star!

In their eyes, the distant Primal Mother Star had acquired an outer shell. This was the Primal Mother Star's skin, which, after being peeled off by Young Master Aurora, enveloped the Mother Star's flesh, becoming the so-called "Heaven"! Their mission was to break through this stellar skin and prevent what was happening on the Primal Mother Star! Therefore, in an instant, these True Gods, having arrived by decree, roared with their divine might, unleashing powerful divine arts.

However... the Primal Mother Star's skin inherently possessed the ability to absorb source matter, and Young Master Aurora's previous act of peeling it off was precisely to turn it into a primary layer of defense. Thus, despite the True Gods' arrival and attacks, and despite the booming, the skin could not be penetrated immediately! Only muffled sounds penetrated through, reaching Xu Qing and Immortal Fenghuang's ears.

Xu Qing immediately suppressed the turmoil in his heart and looked up at the sky, which was the bloody stellar skin. He saw the sky constantly bulging, spilling more blood, but its defense... was truly astonishing.

At this moment, Young Master Aurora, who was undergoing ascension to Divine Lord, had an irregular crimson crystal appear before him. It could be the color of blood, or the hue of the aurora. And it appeared to have a mirrored surface! The entire object radiated unparalleled divinity, coupled with terrifying, world-shaking pressure, like a supreme treasure! That was a Divine Spark! Or, more accurately, a part of a Divine Spark. It was absorbing the power of deities from the Fourth Star Ring, rapidly growing as the underlying logic and structure of the Fourth Star Ring were being rewritten!

"Not enough." Gazing at the Divine Spark, Young Master Aurora's voice transformed into tangible ripples of law, echoing in all directions. Wherever they passed, space-time showed glass-like cracks. Then he looked up at the sky, his pupils splitting into twelve revolving golden rings. "I need... more nourishment."

As he spoke, the countless blood vessels behind him immediately writhed, using the Primal Mother Star as a medium, they delved into the Sea of Memories of all deities, and through the Sea of Memories, spread to all living things and phenomena in the Fourth Star Ring. In an instant, the Sea of Memories in the Fourth Star Ring churned with colossal waves. Young Master Aurora's absorption, following the Sea of Memories, connected to myriad heavens and worlds! This caused countless deities in the Fourth Star Ring to uncontrollably tremble, vaguely sensing the summons of a supreme being. Consequently, many withered, turning into countless golden specks of light that rose from billions of stars, converging into a long river spanning the star sea, surging towards the Primal Mother Star within the memories. Coming through the stellar skin! Here, they transformed into a torrent of murmurs, pouring into Young Master Aurora's body. The Divine Spark before him, at this moment, accelerated its condensation.

Xu Qing watched all this, his heart churning. He had previously undertaken many significant feats with his Senior Brother, whether becoming the Father of the Heavenly Dao or plotting against Mother Crimson... but among these grand endeavors, save for the incident with the remnants of flesh and blood, none compared to today! In terms of scale and scope, what was happening now was even greater!

Just as his thoughts rippled, the sky suddenly boomed. The stellar skin bulged inwards significantly, as if an even more terrifying external force had fallen, causing it to indent from the outside. Seeing this, Xu Qing's cultivation circulated within him, the immortal embryo rippled behind him, iron skewers flew out beside him, and the Spacetime Codex overlapped around him. In addition, his soul was fluctuating, drawing upon the power of True Names, condensing his being, instinctively preparing to guard Young Master Aurora's ascension.

But Immortal Fenghuang, beside him, stopped him. With a serene expression, she spoke softly. "Your brother's ascension doesn't need our protection. He once said that only the weak need external forces to guard their path. And he... doesn't need it! Furthermore, our role as anchors is the key and core, not to be shaken by external forces."

Hearing this, Xu Qing recalled Young Master Aurora's imposing aura in this situation, felt a surge of emotion, and nodded.

At the same time, beyond the stellar skin, behind the numerous True Gods, forty-nine towering deities, each comparable in size to a star, emerged from the Sea of Memories, carrying forty-nine divine statues on their backs. The divine statues they carried differed in form and appearance, but the divine might emanating from them was identical! All belonged to a single Divine Lord: The Eternal Divine Emperor.

The moment they neared the Primal Mother Star, the surrounding True Gods moved aside. The forty-nine towering deities roared in unison, and the divine statues on their backs instantly rose, erupting with the might of a Divine Lord. They dissolved individually, transforming into forty-nine ancient golden stone spears, carrying an unprecedentedly terrifying aura, and whistled towards the Primal Mother Star's skin... Instantly, they collided with the stellar skin. The stellar skin immediately trembled, unable to withstand the assault. After a few breaths, it seemed to wail as it was ripped and pierced through. The forty-nine long spears penetrated the stellar skin, heading straight for Young Master Aurora!

At this crucial moment, as Xu Qing's mind tensed, Young Master Aurora, who was condensing his Divine Spark, suddenly looked up. In that instant, a vertical pupil opened on his forehead! That was the "Eye of Omniscience," formed during the current process of his Divine Spark's creation, condensed from his ninety-six thousand True Names.

"Unable to come in person, and choosing this method to probe... truly... noisy." A detached divine oracle echoed through the cosmos. Instantly, the forty-nine golden stone spears in the sky trembled, visibly shattering into pieces as if being peeled away. The Divine Lord's essence contained within them actually exploded one after another under Young Master Aurora's rank. The scattered fragments of law were devoured by the Mother Star's writhing flesh before they could dissipate, becoming a source for Young Master Aurora's Divine Spark condensation! This caused the Divine Spark to swell considerably in an instant.

"Is that all?!" Young Master Aurora licked his lips, glanced at the crimson Divine Spark before him, still a few steps short of completion, and spoke indifferently.