Chapter 1298: Gambling

03 Apr, 2025

Chapter 1298: Gambling

This vast and boundless starry sky that contained endless mysteries began its soul-stirring collapse.

Every moment was like a shocking painting that was painted with extreme destruction, visually impacting all possible senses.

If the speed of its collapse was slowed down, one could see that at the beginning, at the edge of this starry sky that was so far away that it seemed to have no end, a faint golden line quietly appeared.

It was like a tiny opening on a dark canvas that had been inadvertently cut open by someone.

It seemed inconspicuous, but it carried an indescribable dangerous aura.

It was the concept of the old God Venerable.

It was also the guide of Eminent Desolation's gaze.

In the blink of an eye, more and more golden lines appeared. They spread out at a crazy speed, like a greedy giant net, rapidly expanding in all directions.

Wherever it passed, the originally calm starry sky was like the surface of a lake that had a huge rock thrown into it. Layers of distorted ripples appeared.

The ripples spread out in circles, with a kind of strangeness that distorted reality, causing the light of the stars to distort and deform.

Then, the stars that were embedded in the black curtain of the universe like gemstones began their tragic dance of destruction.

The huge suns, which were usually like blazing furnaces in the universe, emitted endless light and heat, but at this moment, they seemed to have been hit by an invisible giant hammer.

First, the outer shell suddenly exploded. The fiery red flames were like angry dragons that broke free from their restraints and surged in all directions.

The color of the flames was so red that it seemed to burn the entire universe.

In this turbulent wave of fire, the planets that were originally surrounding it were instantly vaporized. Not even a trace of residue was left. They only turned into wisps of distorted light and shadow and dissipated in the chaotic energy flow.

The core of the sun was then crushed by an irresistible force, turning into countless fragments that flickered with strange light.

It shot even further away.

Each of these fragments seemed to contain the last unwillingness of the sun. They drew a long, twisted trajectory in the darkness, like sharp swords, cutting the starry sky into pieces.

It was as if they wanted to tear a deeper wound in the endless void, and it was as if they were writing a tragic epic of the collapse of the universe.

At the same time, the starry sky, which was originally as vast as black silk inlaid with billions of diamonds, seemed to have suffered the most tyrannical ravages.

Countless stars exploded one after another.

As a result, the dazzling light intertwined with each other to form a dazzling screen of light that spread out in all directions with an earth-shattering momentum. Everywhere it passed, space was scorched into a state of chaos.

The outline of the stars and the shape of the galaxies that were originally clearly visible were now completely submerged in this hellish scene of light and darkness crazily interweaving and tearing apart.

Every burst of light was like the universe crying out in despair, trying to use its last brilliance to resist the coming nothingness.

Even galaxies were not spared.

Countless galaxies and even star fields were once like glorious islands scattered in the boundless sea of darkness, maintaining a mysterious and harmonious order between each other. But at this moment, they were like fragile sand castles that were quickly disintegrating under the surging tide.

The spiral arm broke, the stars scattered, and the structure of the entire galaxy was completely destroyed.

In a short period of time, this boundless starry sky was completely reduced to a chaotic ruin!

All the stars had been shattered, and the light gradually dimmed and extinguished. Only endless darkness was left wantonly spreading as if to completely devour all traces of its existence.

Although there was an occasional flash of weak, seemingly unwilling light in this darkness, it was only the last remnants of the collapse of the starry sky.

It was a flash in the pan.

Soon, it was drowned by the increasingly dense nothingness, leaving only dead silence.

Nothing existed anymore.

All of this happened in just a few breaths of time. This vast starry sky had gone through a lifetime.

Even the old God Venerable inside had become nothingness under the gaze of Eminent Desolation.

All the universes, stars, and living beings in it were like Peerless City in the past.

They had turned into nothingness.

Only the old God Venerable's last wisp of thought echoed indifferently under the wailing of the fifth star ring's providence.

"Immortal Venerable, I can't beat you, but you can't win either!

This thought was branded in the providence of the fifth star ring and became an unerasable rule that trembled the threads of the law.

It would never disappear.

The God Venerable had fallen!

At this moment, the entire Upper Star Ring's Supreme Level was experiencing intense waves in their Divine Souls.

The biggest wave was in the ninth star ring.

In the east of the inner star ring, the sleeping giant beast opened its giant golden eyes.

The golden Mother River flowing in the north of the star ring was surging at this moment. Countless figures were trembling on the lotuses that bloomed in it.

In the south of the star ring, a candle seemed to be lit in the astonishing black tower that stood there.

In the west of the star ring, the terrifying paper doll sitting there licked its lips and looked at the ancient continent.

On the ancient continent, Eminent Desolation's opened eyes slowly closed.

After a long time.

In the fifth star ring, a figure walked out of nothingness in the starry sky.

This figure was an old man wearing straw sandals. He was tall and had a golden mouse lying on his shoulder.

He was the Immortal Venerable of the fifth star ring.

At this moment, the figure walked over silently and finally stood in front of the astonishing nothingness where the God Venerable had died.

Standing at the edge, he looked up at the endless nothingness in front of him and sensed the rich aura of Eminent Desolation.

The old man was silent.

He knew that from now on, the fifth star ring would lose 30% of its eternity. Its ring … was no longer complete.

Moreover, every time Eminent Desolation opened his eyes, the afterglow would spread out from here.

The fifth star ring was completely tainted by karma.

"This is the price of using Eminent Desolation. You could have not led Xu Qing and Eminent Desolation to where he was."

Beside the Immortal Venerable, Master Bai walked out and said softly.

The Immortal Venerable was speechless.

After a long while, his old voice echoed in all directions.

He seemed to be talking to himself, Master Bai, and all the other God Venerables in the Upper Star Rings at this moment.

"Do you still remember what Eminent Desolation said when he failed to ascend to Living God?

"Fate can be broken, but fate must be obeyed…

"So, is it possible that he didn't fail to ascend as the outside world thought, but … everything that happened after that was actually just his ascension process?"

After that, the Immortal Venerable's figure dissipated.

All the God Venerables in the Upper Star Ring were silent.

Master Bai was the same. After a long while, he sighed softly and looked at the place where Xu Qing disappeared in the fourth star ring.

......

Time passed slowly just like that.

In the blink of an eye, five years had passed.

There were only three years left before Xu Qing set the time for himself to return.

And he hadn't returned yet.

As for the fourth star ring, it had changed a lot in the past five years.

The area of the gods had been confined to a very small area. As for the outside world … as the Gods aura released by the Supply Stars and the luck of the fifth star ring spread, more and more cultivators had moved to the fourth star ring.

Lord Mi Ming had returned to the fifth star ring and was on duty.

Most of the other Immortal Lords had also returned.

Only Master Bai had been sitting in the place where Xu Qing disappeared in the past five years, waiting silently there.

As for the living beings, they had changed a lot in the past five years.

Most of them would occasionally think of the lingering voice of the God Venerable five years ago when they were cultivating.

"Immortal Venerable, I can't defeat you, but you can't win either!"