Baby with Daoist Monarch System

Xu Qinghan hesitated not for a moment as she charged towards the altar that was collapsing. The Golden Black Fire danced around her, like the first light at the opening of Chaos. She reached out her hand, lightly touching the surface of the altar.

”Boom!”

The altar collapsed with a thunderous roar, revealing the deep void crack beneath. And at the deepest part of that crack, a weak yet incomparably ancient flame hovered silently.

The flame had no temperature, no light, not even a shape. It seemed like the first chaos at the dawn of Cosmos, and also like the last annihilation at the end of Cosmos. It hovered silently, entwined by countless fine Void Chains, which squirmed like living beings, continuously eroding and extinguishing this weak flame.

However, unlike the seeds of obliteration and the Fire of Chaos, the interior of this flame was not a weak golden dot, nor chaotic colors, but a pure ”void.” Yet within this void, wisps of mysterious Runes could be vaguely seen, at times turning into the extremity of jet-black, at times into blazing gold, and at other times into mysterious Runes, as if containing the most primordial power of creation and destruction of Cosmos, and a meaning of ”eternity” that transcends life and death.

”This is... the Eternal Fire!” Xu Qinghan’s heart jumped fiercely. She could sense that this flame was the ultimate seed of fire the Fire Network guided her to find. It was the true origin of the first Fire at the opening of Cosmos, and the center of the Fire Network.

She could feel that this seed of fire contained an extreme meaning of ”eternity,” which was neither pure life nor mere annihilation, but the unity of life and annihilation, the balance of creation and destruction. It was the origin of ”being” and ”nothing,” and it exceeded both as ”eternal.” It resonated perfectly with the Power of the Extinguished Fire and the Fire of Chaos within her, as if the final destination of her Fire.

She extended her hand, her palm at this moment also becoming illusory and transparent, the golden-black Fire danced in her palm, like the first light at the opening of Chaos. She lightly touched that Eternal Fire.

”Buzz——”

An indescribable old piece of information surged into Xu Qinghan’s Divine Soul like a torrent. It was the scene at the opening of Cosmos, the moment when the first life emerged in Chaos, the cycle of existence from nothing, and then from existence to nothing. She saw the birth and fall of stars, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the endless evolution of Cosmos under the Great Law.

She saw the moment the Master of Nothingness was born. It was not evil, but a presence born in Cosmos for some ”balance” after extreme annihilation. It sought to return Cosmos to eternal void, not for destruction, but to achieve its understanding of ”eternity,” an extremity of ”nothing.” It believed that only complete ”nothing” could avoid the decay of Cosmos and entropy increase, achieving true eternity.

But Xu Qinghan also saw that before the birth of the Master of Nothingness, the Eternal Fire already existed. It was the foundation of Cosmos, the source of life and annihilation, the unity of ”being” and ”nothing,” and also exceeded both as ”eternal.” The Master sought to extinguish it and control it, but it failed to realize that the Eternal Fire is part of the Great Path of Cosmos, incapable of complete extinction. It was merely forced into suppression by the Master’s obsessive ideal of ”eternity,” attempting to ”voidify” it and bring it into its control.

This seed of fire was not simply energy; it was the ”Fire of Memory” of a Cosmos, a ”Fire of Wisdom” born in Chaos. It contained the deepest understanding of the Cosmic Origin, and the ability to transform ”Chaos” into ”Order” and ”Law,” even turning ”void” into ”life.”

Xu Qinghan’s body shuddered fiercely as her Divine Soul at this moment underwent unprecedented sublimation. The Golden Black Fire within her, upon integrating with this ”Eternal Fire,” became deeper and more profound. It was no longer merely the unity of life and annihilation, being and nothingness, matter and information, but also the unity of ”Chaos” and ”Order,” ”Creation” and ”Destruction,” transcending all into ”eternity.”

At her brow, the Ancient God’s Fire Mark suddenly burst forth with a dazzling golden-black light. That light was no longer just Runes, but transformed into an ancient and mysterious ”Eternal Mark,” which seemed to contain the mysteries of Cosmos, possessing life as well as annihilation, matter and void, creation and destruction, along with a transcendent eternity that surpasses time and space.

”Fire Eternal... is not simply indestructible, but embraces everything, turning decay into miracle, chaos into order, void into life, being the true core of the Cosmic Cycle!” Xu Qinghan murmured to herself. Her understanding of Fire at this moment reached a new pinnacle. She could feel the brilliance of the Fire Network becoming unprecedentedly bright at this moment; it was no longer a weak starlight but a splendid sea of stars, although still fragile, yet with added tenacity and vitality, with a deeper undercurrent of ”eternity.”

With the integration of the Eternal Fire, the entire Land of the End began to tremble intensely. The extraordinary killing formation set by the Master of Nothingness lost efficacy at the moment the Eternal Fire was awakened. The star wreckage previously eroded by the Void Power began to emit weak light, as if revived by the nurture of the Eternal Fire. Even the remnants of ancient civilizations completely destroyed by the Void Power began to show faint ripples under the glow of the Eternal Fire, as if awakening the sleeping memories.

Xu Qinghan could sense the power of the Eternal Fire spreading in an unprecedented way, reaching every corner invaded by void in Cosmos. Like the ”heart” of Cosmos, it restarted its beat, transmitting waves of ”life” and ”order” to every corner invaded by void.

She suddenly raised her head, her gaze piercing through the endless void, looking towards the deep parts of Cosmos. She could sense that at the distant cosmic end, in the ”Land of the Origin of Nothingness” completely controlled by the Master of Nothingness, intense tremors were occurring.

”Master of Nothingness... you will eventually face the true eternity!” Xu Qinghan’s voice carried an inexplicable authority. She knew the real battle was about to begin.

She hesitated not for a moment, fiercely urging the Power of Fire within herself, her body transforming into a stream of golden-black light, heading straight toward the exit of the Land of the End.

She shuttled through the collapsing void, avoiding void cracks that tore through Cosmos. Behind her, the Land of the End contracted and collapsed at an astonishing speed, ultimately forming a giant void black hole, swallowing everything around it.

When Xu Qinghan dashed out of the boundary of the Land of the End, she looked back. That place once devoured countless stars, now completely vanished, leaving behind a deep void whirlpool, like a wound of Cosmos or perhaps an eye of Cosmos.

She felt the surging power within her, which made her Perception of Cosmos even sharper. She could distinctly sense the brilliance of the Fire Network becoming brighter at this moment. It was no longer a weak starlight but a splendid sea of stars, no longer fragile but full of tenacity and vitality, imbued with an ultra-transcendent eternity.

”Succeeded...” Xu Qinghan said softly to herself. Her tone carried a trace of fatigue, yet more of determination.

She found a relatively safe Star Domain and began to stabilize her realm, completely fusing the newly acquired ”Eternal Fire.”