Night of Despair

"Life and death hold little meaning for us," All Saints Venerable continued, a gentle light in his dozens of eyes.

"Existence or non-existence, that is the foundation of everything."

"Does that mean as long as I live, as long as I exist, you will remain immortal?" Yu Hong asked solemnly.

"Theoretically, if everything remains as it is, yes," All Saints Venerable smiled.

"What do you mean? I don't understand..." A feeling of unease rose in Yu Hong's heart.

"You will understand in time... For now, you should not stay here... Leave... The Invisible Belt is not a place where you can linger at your current state..." All Saints Venerable said gently.

"But I've nowhere to go, behind me is the Great Annihilation... I have no way out..." Yu Hong said in a low voice.

"Perhaps this is our destiny... Neither we nor the Star God have reached the end of the Source Disaster, perhaps there is no end at all..." All Saints Venerable moved slowly to a stream of purplish-black water.

He stretched out a short leg, touching the purplish-black stream.

"This world contains aspects we cannot see, it is so complex, magnificent, spectacular... It's a pity..."

"So we really can only wait for death? There's no other way?" Yu Hong was still unwilling to accept it.

After struggling for so long, the Heavenly Venerate was now telling him there was no hope for the future, telling him to give up and wait for death.

Although the Heavenly Venerate didn't say it directly, this was the implied meaning.

No way, no salvation, just wait for death.

"You possess certain peculiar traits, but it's all meaningless..." All Saints Venerable shook his head.

"..." Yu Hong said nothing, knowing he could not persuade someone who had lost all hope, but he bore the Black Mark, and as long as he kept fortifying and merging it, everything might still hold hope!

"The Invisible Belt is not a place you can stay any longer, everything will return to chaos. The only thing I can help with is fortifying the ship you steer," All Saints Venerable said softly. "Your Vitality Ship, due to prolonged contact with your peculiar traits, has started to be solidified by the environment. You seem to have a kind of inexplicable high-rank radiation that strengthens inanimate objects within a certain range, imbuing them with similar high-rank properties. This vitality of yours is my opportunity to help..."

Having said that, the dozen eyes closed simultaneously.

"The Vitality Ship itself carries a piece of highly dense Fusion Source Material. If slightly more fortified, it should be able to travel further."

"Be careful..."

As he finished speaking, his entire body melted like a candle, transforming into a bright white fluid, swiftly plunging into Yu Hong's chest and disappearing.

In that instant, Yu Hong felt a shudder throughout his body.

A massive force thrust him out of the bizarre space.

In the next moment, his vision blurred, and he found himself back in the safe house, not knowing when it happened.

The window in the safe house had entirely turned black, with small white eye-like spots appearing on the walls.

The environment seemed to settle, with no movements, as if the safe house itself had not budged.

There was no longer any sense of the Invisible Belt outside.

Even the terrifying instant departure sensation was now completely gone.

Yu Hong looked around, his mind still lingering on All Saints Venerable's words.

Sighing, he came to the window, which was pitch black outside with no light, a stark contrast to the previous white light.

Bang!

Suddenly a dull sound echoed, the safe house shuddered violently as if it had collided with something.

Yu Hong tried to maneuver the Black Black Spirit to move back.

At present, the Invisible Belt appeared more terrifying than the Great Annihilation behind him.

But the safe house seemed much heavier than before, moving it was exceedingly slow.

Yu Hong entered the Black Mark to check the Black Black Spirit's state.

Since completely transferring to him, Black Black Spirit had entered the marks section, just like the Dragon Lizard before.

'Black Black Spirit: Vitality Ship, current level: Five-dimensional. Current strength: Pseudo-Saint Position (All Saints Venerable sacrificed his resurrected body to cover Black Black Spirit with an incomplete fortification).'

There were many Array introductions and function descriptions that Yu Hong did not bother to read now.

Instead, he repeatedly read the initial description carefully several times.

'No wonder the threat from the Invisible Belt vanished; it turns out... All Saints Venerable lent a hand.'

All Saints Venerable revived for him, then willingly abandoned himself, entrusting everything to him, strengthening the entire safe house.

His intent was clear.

I cannot do more, but since you believe there is still hope, then I will assist you.

If successful, perhaps there will be a day when he can revive again.

Yu Hong looked out through the black window.

Outside was vast and empty, nothing in sight.

The communicator was gone, and many things were missing... He sighed and returned to the chamber, sitting cross-legged.

The countdown was close to ending, and now his only hope was the fusion of traits, hoping for something new to help him better face the Invisible Belt.

The Invisible Belt was the limit, if not for the Black Mark's eruption, surviving the Invisible Calamity just now would have been impossible.

Unable to hold out here, moving deeper would certainly mean death.

So, all he could do was wait for the Black Mark.

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Heartless Belt, some edge.

A red light sphere suddenly broke through the outer wall, rushing fiercely into this dangerous area, this vast space that looked like the starry sky.

Inside the red light sphere, Feng Xuezi and Fu Bai had calm expressions, floating over the Sealed Land of the Celestial Venerable covered by the Red Sky Fruit.

"I never thought that the seal the Celestial Venerable placed on me back then would now become a shield protecting us." Feng Xuezi sighed.

"This is the Heartless Belt. It looks like nothing has changed after all these years." Fu Bai looked around and gazed from afar at the huge floating corpses of the Celestial Venerables, sighing.

"Numerous Source Disasters, both those we can track and those we cannot, will intertwine here. We must hurry." Feng Xuezi said.

"Alright!"

The combination of the Red Sky Fruit and the Defense Belt, plus the Heavenly Venerate Seal, allowed them to reconstruct a powerful human-made land of vitality in a short period.

Although it was artificial, it could still hold against the Source Disasters for a long time, provided they could withstand the thorough erosion of the Great Annihilation.

"I just don't know how Zheng Rou and the others are doing." Feng Xuezi couldn't help but think of his younger brother Yu Xuezi, his eyes darkened... Without the protection of the Array, the ultimate outcome for Yu Xuezi and his three disciples, and his sect, could not be continued after all.

He had tried... but unfortunately...

"Don't lose heart. If we succeed in creating the Red Sky Fruit land of vitality, you and I might still have a chance to reach the level of the Celestial Venerable. By then, it wouldn't be difficult to return through the river of time and revive Yu Xuezi." Fu Bai said softly from the side.

"I understand..." Feng Xuezi nodded, faintly seeing a breakthrough opportunity from the Red Sky Fruit and the Absolute Defense Belt.

The years of bitter struggle seemed to transform the moment the Red Sky Fruit appeared, turning into the resources for his promotion and breakthrough.

The Red Sky Fruit combined the countless skills and inspirations of many Celestial Venerables, filled with their lingering traces. After days and nights of contemplation, both Feng Xuezi and Fu Bai benefited greatly.

However, whether the Celestial Venerable could revive the three people including Yu Xuezi who was a Chaos Body, neither Feng Xuezi nor Fu Bai knew.

But it was their only hope.

For a while, both were silent, quietly controlling the Red Sky Fruit area, flying deeper into the Heartless Belt.

Behind them, the Black Disaster and the Black Fog of the Great Annihilation were rapidly invading, devouring everything in their path.

It hadn't been long when suddenly Fu Bai's expression shifted. He took out a silver-white object like a tuning fork from his bosom.

This object continuously flickered with tiny blue electric arcs on its surface.

"Hmm? Something's up!"

"It's Quan He!" At this moment, Feng Xuezi also took out a milky white Water Instrument Ball from his bosom. A symbol representing Quan He appeared on the ball's surface.

"Change direction!" He immediately said decisively.

"Okay!"

When they last separated, he had promised his younger brother to protect Quan He and Yu Hong if possible. They were the future hope of the Wanxue Palace.

Now that they encountered Quan He, it was best to head over first.

The Red Sky Fruit turned sharply with the red light and rushed in another direction, flashing continuously, each flash crossing a vast distance.

About half an hour later.

A Typhoon Great Annihilation with black and white threads surging appeared in the senses of the two Golden Immortals ahead.

At the forefront of the black and white threads, a massive silver-white Floating City was flying away desperately within the Heartless Belt.

But it was too slow, far slower than the black and white threads chasing behind it.

The distance between them was slowly closing, narrowing.

Inside the Floating City at that moment.

Quan He, Ku Chan, and others were all staring intently at the black and white threads of the Great Annihilation behind them.

At first, they didn't feel much crisis; the Great Annihilation was still far away, and the Floating City was continuously flying away.

But suddenly one day, the Detection Mage in front sent back a message saying that the Great Annihilation had also appeared ahead, making the council members panic, realizing that the Great Annihilation wasn't just chasing from behind but infiltrating everywhere.

So they immediately decided to enter the Heartless Belt.

Their luck was good; the Unconscious Bodies in the Heartless Belt were busy fleeing. They had no awareness but their basic survival instincts remained. They didn't have time to care about the Floating City.

In normal times, any Unconscious Body could completely destroy the current Floating City.

At this moment, Ku Chan and the others were staring intently at the distance between the Floating City and the Great Annihilation.

Suddenly, Quan He's Water Instrument Ball lit up with a symbol.

Quan He glanced at it and immediately showed an expression of joy.

"It's Uncle-Master Feng Xuezi!"

Others might not know, but she knew how powerful the Golden Immortal was. The force behind the Floating City, the Elemental Emperor, was only at the Golden Immortal level.

Not to mention that Uncle-Master Feng Xuezi usually acted together with Fu Bai Golden Immortal.

With two Golden Immortals at this critical moment, it was simply like having super powerful backing!

In great joy, Quan He quickly opened the Water Instrument Ball to connect the communication.

"Uncle-Master, this is Quan He!"

"I see it. Your situation doesn't look good. Let me help." Feng Xuezi's voice was deep. "Notify the others to avoid misunderstandings."

"Yes!!" Quan He said loudly, her face filled with joy.