Chapter 1061 479: Chaos Shapes Vitality! (2)

Here, this was a pitch-black space entirely condensed from the Power of Nothingness. There was no light, no matter, only endless Deathly Silence and chill.

Yet within this deathly dark, there stood a colossal, pitch-black altar, as if woven from countless Void Runes, exuding a suffocating aura of annihilation.

Atop the altar, a blurred yet vast figure sat cross-legged. Its form was like that of a Monarch of Nothingness, yet more solid, more powerful. Innumerable Void Chains coiled around it, each chain linked to a different node of the Land of the End, as though it were the very center of this place, the Master of Nothingness's emissary in this Land of the End.

It was the Guardian of the Land of the End—the Void Great Emperor!

The Void Great Emperor slowly opened its eyes. Within them were two deep vortexes of nothingness, as though they could devour all things. Unlike the previous Monarch and Sovereign of Nothingness, there was not the slightest ripple of emotion in its gaze—only ultimate cold and indifference, as if it were the incarnation of "Nothing" itself.

"Fire Ignition one… you actually managed to intrude upon this place…" The Void Great Emperor's voice was like an ancient whisper echoing from the depths of the Cosmos, carrying a cold and indifferent majesty. "Across billions of years, never has a Fire-born lifeform set foot here. You are the first… and shall be the last."

It raised that gigantic hand condensed from the Power of Nothingness and gave a light squeeze. The entire Land of the End abruptly contracted; endless void aura became chains made almost tangible, coiling toward Xu Qinghan from all directions, attempting to grind her to dust.

Xu Qinghan felt the space around her completely solidify; the terrifying pressure made even the Fire within her tremble. She exploded forth with Ancient God's Fire; the golden-black Chaos Mark at her glabella blazed, and torrents of scorching Golden-Black Chaos Flames surged out of her body, transforming into a sky-piercing Fire God phantom that shielded her within.

"Master of Nothingness, to seek to devour all vitality—that is the true death throe!" Xu Qinghan let out a heaven-shaking roar, her voice echoing across the Land of the End, bearing an unyielding will. "As long as the Fire endures, hope exists! Your annihilation can never erase the Cosmos's vitality!"

The Fire God phantom swung its fist, and streams of Golden-Black Chaos surged skyward, colliding head-on with the encircling Void Chains!

"Rumble—"

Deafening explosions shook the Land of the End. The void warped, Laws shattered. Golden-black Fire and pitch-black Power of Nothingness clashed violently, eroding and extinguishing one another. Xu Qinghan felt a terrifying backlash surge toward her. The Fire God phantom quivered, its radiance dimming; she spat a mouthful of blood, her body blasted backward.

"Ignorant insect courting death!" The Void Great Emperor's voice grew even colder. Its blurred figure suddenly swelled, becoming a boundless darkness that turned the entire Land of the End into its Domain.

"The Land of the End was wrought by my Lord, using the Sources of billions of stars as the primer and the Void Origin as foundation, to lay down an unmatched killing formation! It devours all things, erases the Divine Soul. Even Immortal Kings of ancient eras have fallen within!" The Void Great Emperor's voice carried endless majesty and pride. "You, a mere Fire Ignition novice who has just stepped into this realm—how could you possibly withstand it?"

Its words were Law made manifest; the full might of the Land of the End was awakened. Innumerable pitch-black, formless hands stretched forth from the void. They pierced through the Fire God phantom and clawed directly toward Xu Qinghan's Divine Soul!

Xu Qinghan felt her Divine Soul suddenly shudder as a cold, decayed Power tried to corrode her consciousness, to drag her into endless despair and Illusion Realm. She saw the fading figures of the Fire Guardians, saw the apocalyptic scene of the Cosmos being utterly swallowed by darkness. She even saw, in a far-off future, the Master of Nothingness completely ruling the Cosmos, returning all things to eternal nothingness, where even time and space lost all meaning.

"No!" Xu Qinghan let out a low growl of agony and abruptly forced the golden-black Chaos Mark at her glabella into motion.

At that critical instant, the mark erupted with unprecedented light. A blazing Golden-Black Chaos Flame burst from the depths of her Divine Soul, becoming a golden-black Chaos Little Sun that instantly vaporized those void hands seeking to invade her Divine Soul!

This was the Power of Fire Annihilation and Chaos! In the moment of crisis, it revealed a formidable resistance and Purification against the Power of Nothingness. It was not mere defense, but carried a trace of insight into the Void Origin itself, like a strand of annihilative light within the Fire, capable of inversely purifying nothingness. It could even, with the Power of Chaos, briefly create new Laws within the void, thereby offsetting the Void Great Emperor's word-made-Law.

Xu Qinghan's consciousness snapped back to clarity; a glimmer of comprehension flashed in her eyes. Fire Annihilation and Chaos not only strengthened her Power of Fire, but granted her a deeper grasp of the essence of Nothingness. Nothingness was not simple "non-being"; it contained a certain annihilative Source, while Fire was the Source of "vitality." Life and death—Xu Qinghan's consciousness snapped back to clarity; a glimmer of comprehension flashed in her eyes. Fire Annihilation and Chaos not only strengthened her Power of Fire, but granted her a deeper grasp of the essence of Nothingness. Nothingness was not simple "non-being"; it contained a certain annihilative Source, while Fire was the Source of "vitality." Life and death, being and non-being, annihilation and vitality were in truth two faces of the same Cosmic Dao, mutually dependent, mutually transformative. What the Master of Nothingness pursued was extreme "non-being," annihilation stripped of vitality—a deranged eternity. What Fire represented was the unity of vitality and annihilation—an endlessly cycling, ever-regenerating eternity.

"A deranged eternity will ultimately perish!" Xu Qinghan uttered a low, hoarse roar. Under the radiance of the Golden-Black Chaos Little Sun, her Divine Soul became more solid than ever before. She no longer merely defended, but actively met those formless hands head-on.

"Fire Annihilation—burn all falsehood!"

The Golden-Black Chaos Little Sun abruptly expanded, transforming into a vast sea of flame that swallowed the formless hands in an instant. Within the sea of fire, countless golden-black Runes flickered like Chaos Runes at the dawn of the Cosmos, continually breaking down and purifying the Power of Nothingness. The formless hands thrashed and wailed in the flame-ocean, then finally turned to wisps of blue smoke and dispersed into nothing.

In the Void Great Emperor's cold, indifferent gaze, for the first time, a ripple appeared. Its massive void body upon the altar trembled slightly, as though sensing a threat.

"You… are actually able to Purify the Extinction Skill laid down by my Lord?" The Void Great Emperor's voice held a trace of disbelief; it was no longer pure ice, but weighted with ancient heaviness. It suddenly raised both hands, and countless Void Runes spewed from its body, forming layers of pitch-black Walls of Nothingness that sealed the entire Land of the End.

"Wall of the End! All things to Gui Xu!"

These pitch-black walls of nothingness were not mere Energy defenses, but woven from countless Laws of Annihilation. Every inch of wall radiated a presence that erased all vitality. It was like the end of the Cosmos itself, completely trapping Xu Qinghan within, seeking to crush her together with this stretch of void.

Xu Qinghan felt an oppression she had never known before. These Walls of Nothingness were far more terrifying than the previous Void Chains or Void Storm; they contained the deepest tier of Laws of Annihilation within the Land of the End, capable of turning nearly all "being" into "non-being."

Yet her eyes shone with unwavering light. She understood that this was the Void Great Emperor's ultimate killing move—and also her chance to fully comprehend the Void Origin.

"Fire of Chaos—reshape heaven and earth!"

She violently stirred the Fire of Chaos within her body; the Chaos Mark at her glabella blazed. The golden-black Fire around her no longer simply burned; instead, it began to flow in an arcane trajectory—at times becoming absolute pitch-black, at times blazing gold, at times transforming into mysterious Runes, as though analyzing the secrets of the Walls of Nothingness.

She extended her hand; illusory, translucent golden-black Fire danced in her palm. She did not directly strike the Walls of Nothingness, but instead fused the Power of Fire into the void, mimicking the Law fluctuations of the walls. In that instant, her body grew even more ethereal, as if merging into one with the Walls of Nothingness.