Baby with Daoist Monarch System

As the fire of Chaos fused, the entire Ancient Starry Path began to tremble violently. The peerless killing array set by the Master of Nothingness completely lost its effect the moment the fire of Chaos was awakened. The stellar ruins that had been corroded by the power of Nothingness started to emit faint light at this moment, as if rejuvenated under the nourishment of the fire of Chaos.

”Go!”

Xu Qinghan did not hesitate in the slightest. She knew the Ancient Starry Path was about to completely collapse, turning into a true Land of Nothingness. She quickly channeled the Power of Fire within her, her body transforming into a stream of golden black light, charging directly towards the exit of the Ancient Starry Path.

She traversed through the collapsing void, avoiding the void rifts that tore through the cosmos. Behind her, the Ancient Starry Path contracted and collapsed at an alarming speed, eventually transforming into a giant black hole of nothingness, swallowing everything around it.

As Xu Qinghan dashed out of the Ancient Starry Path’s range, she looked back. The place that once devoured countless stars had now completely vanished, leaving only a deep vortex of nothingness, resembling the wound of the universe, or perhaps the eye of the universe.

She felt the surging power within her. That power made her perception of the cosmos sharper. She could clearly sense that the light of the Fire Network was becoming brighter at this moment. Though still fragile, it gained a bit more resilience and vitality.

”Succeeded...” Xu Qinghan muttered softly, her tone carrying a trace of fatigue, yet more so determination.

She sought a relatively safe Star Domain to stabilize her state, thoroughly integrating the newly acquired ”fire of Chaos”.

This spark of fire endowed her with the ability to ”create” and ”destroy”. She could parse the most primitive information from the power of Nothingness, and even reconstruct it into new matter or energy, even creating new laws and orders from Chaos. This ability gave her a stronger means of countering the Master of Nothingness, no longer just a mere transformation, but a deeper ”mastery” and ”creation”.

Her Divine Soul became even more powerful, as if she could perceive the Cosmic Origin. She could sense the wills of the past Firebearers igniting within her, their memories and experiences flooding into her mind like a tide, making her understanding of the Fire legacy deeper. She could even sense the presence of other Firebearers in the distant reaches of the cosmos, their fires weak but stubbornly flickering.

Months later, Xu Qinghan awoke from seclusion.

Her aura became more restrained, yet it contained an unfathomable power. In her eyes, the golden black light of Chaos flowed, deep and mysterious, as if she could see through all things in the world. On her brow, the Ancient God’s Fire Mark had completely transformed into a golden black Chaos Rune, exuding an aura that was ancient and sacred.

She attempted to project a strand of the Power of Fire, and the flame was no longer a simple burn, constantly changing forms in the void, at times transforming into a golden star, at times into pitch black nothingness, and at times into mysterious runes, eventually returning to Chaos and dissipating into invisibility. She could even feel that she could use Fire as a guide to create simple matter, or decompose matter into the most primitive void.

She knew she had reached an unprecedented realm.

At that moment, she sensed a clearer guidance from the Fire Network. It was no longer a weak fluctuation, but a call with a strong will, seemingly traversing endless void, directly reaching her Divine Soul.

That guidance pointed to the depths of the cosmos, to a forbidden domain known as the ”Land of the End”.

The Land of the End, in the ancient epochs, was rumored to be the birthplace of the Master of Nothingness and the source of its power. There, the power of Nothingness was at its extreme; no matter could exist, and no laws could be sustained. It was the edge of the cosmos and the origin of Nothingness.

Legend has it that deep within the Land of the End, a fire seed known as the ”Eternal Fire” is suppressed, the true source of the first spark of fire from the birth of the universe, and the center of the Fire Network. The Master of Nothingness had tried many times to extinguish it completely but never succeeded, ultimately sealing it in the deepest part of the Land of the End, wrapping it with endless power of Nothingness, intending to assimilate it completely.

Xu Qinghan’s eyes flashed with a hint of gravity. The Land of the End was even more dangerous than the Sea of Annihilation and the Ancient Starry Path; there, not only was there the endless power of Nothingness, but also the peerless killing array personally set by the Master of Nothingness, along with countless ancient beings thoroughly eroded by Nothingness.

But she did not hesitate in the slightest.

”So long as the Fire remains, hope endures.” She murmured to herself, her voice resolute and powerful.

She once again channeled the Power of Fire within her, the intertwined golden black flames rising around her, transforming into a stream of light, soaring skyward, charging directly towards the distant Land of the End.

The long journey began once more.

This time, Xu Qinghan was no longer simply traversing the star domains eroded by void. The Land of the End itself was a path filled with unknowns and uncertainties.

She traveled through the cold and deathly silent depths of the cosmos, feeling the erosion of the power of Nothingness. Each impact of the Nothingness torrent, each assault by void creatures, became an opportunity for her to hone her intent to extinguish the Fire and Chaos. No longer did she simply defend, but actively sought to devour and transform. Wrapped in the golden black Fire, the power of Nothingness was decomposed and purified, ultimately becoming the purest energy to nourish her Fire.

Her abilities of ”Fire Void Transformation” and ”Fire of Chaos” became more proficient with each practical battle. She could simulate a portion of the Power of Fire into the form of nothingness, thus better blending into Nothingness, avoiding the perception of void creatures, and at certain times, could briefly harness the power of Nothingness for her own use. She could even, with the fire of Chaos as a guide, momentarily create some weak matter in the void, to confuse void creatures or serve as temporary footholds.

This ability made her navigate like a fish in water through the star domains eroded by Nothingness. Though still fraught with peril, she could traverse the sea of Nothingness with an unprecedented guise.

She discovered that each time she converted the power of Nothingness into nourishment for her Fire, her abilities to ”parse” and ”reconstruct” would be enhanced. She could glean deeper law informations from Nothingness, and even glimpse some of the mysteries of the Master of Nothingness.

This deepened her understanding of the Master of Nothingness. The Master of Nothingness wasn’t merely darkness; it was an extreme form of ”nothingness”, a type of cosmic origin of annihilation. It sought to return the cosmos to a state of eternal nothingness, not to destroy, but to achieve an extreme form of ”balance”, what it perceived as ”eternity”. It believed that only through total ”nothingness” could the decline and increase of entropy in the universe be avoided, achieving true eternity.

”But this eternity is paid for at the cost of eradicating all life forces!” Xu Qinghan sneered to herself. She knew that the eternity of Fire was the unity of life and death, the balance of hope and despair, the intertwining of Chaos and order, not simply ”nothingness”.

On her journey to the Land of the End, she encountered unprecedented void creatures. They were no longer common void demons, but ancient beings ”voidified” through special means by the Master of Nothingness. They were once powerful civilizations and mighty beings of the cosmos, but under the erosion of the Master of Nothingness, they lost themselves and became puppets of nothingness.

They possessed powerful abilities from their previous lives, yet were completely transformed by the power of Nothingness, becoming even more bizarre and formidable. They had no aura of life, no Divine Soul fluctuation, only the cold intent of Nothingness.