The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 2235: A construct that could shatter black holes inside the Rebirth Heart

A Prima Deity walking the Astral Rebirth Path of Power needed to master two fundamental pillars: first, to elevate the might of their Astral Supremacy Star; and second, to use the radiance of that star to nourish body and soul until flesh approached cosmic matter, bones wove stellar lattice, blood transformed into plasma-essence, and nerves conducted like solar filaments.

Cultivators could spend decades refining even the earliest stages of this transformation, yet Cain had advanced at a pace that bordered on the impossible. His Depravita Astral Supremacy Star was born at the highest level of the cosmic ladder—a height most cultivators would never even see—and this foundation granted him a level of momentum that no other Prima Deity in the history of the Everstrife Empyrean World could match.

However, Rank 12 of the Astral Supremacy Star ladder was merely the limit imposed by the universe. To ascend into the ArchDeity Realm through the Astral Rebirth Path, a cultivator had to transform their Astral Supremacy Star into something greater: an Astral Supremacy Singularity.

The form of that singularity varied widely depending on the practitioner’s star attributes, the quality of their Laws, and the cultivation technique they followed. Most forged new heavenly bodies or compressed their star into embryonic singularities of destructive or creative nature.

Yet once again, the Cosmic Anvil Scripture described a path that defied convention. Instead of birthing a new astral body, it demanded the generation of a Gravastar Singularity.

A gravastar was a phenomenon that existed on the razor’s edge of cosmological theory—an entity supported by exotic pressures and esoteric forms of energy that halted collapse even at the brink of destruction.

Its core principle was the perfect equilibrium between infinite outward repulsion and endless inward gravitational pull. Such a construct could shatter black holes, its surface composed of quantum-gravitational shell matter: among the hardest and most resilient substances known to creation.

"Normally, to advance to the next rank, I would simply condense the energy and principles of my Astral Supremacy Star until it evolved into a standard Astral Supremacy Singularity," Cain murmured, his calm voice contrasted by the storm brewing behind his eyes. "But to create a Gravastar Singularity, I must apply stellar pressure from the outside while using the power of my Inner Universe to force expansion from within."

Understanding the method was enough to make even a seasoned ArchDeity tremble. Cain felt the danger in his bones, the delicacy in every step, yet he also knew that to confront abominations born outside the bounds of the universe, he needed a strength that transcended the ordinary. He could not walk the safe path.

After resting briefly to steady his mind, he opened his eyes and began.

Energy surged out of his Inner Universe, flooding into the Astral Supremacy Star housed within his Rebirth Heart. Cain guided the torrent with precision, letting it penetrate all the way to the core of the star.

Once that process stabilized, he exerted stellar pressure from the outside, compressing the star while simultaneously triggering an inverse resonance using the Laws anchored within his Inner Universe.

At once, the Depravita Astral Supremacy Star began to tremble. The clash of energies—inner expansion and outer compression—drove it toward violent instability. For a moment, it seemed as though the star would detonate, taking his body and perhaps his soul with it.

Cain immediately forced his body and will to their absolute limits, synchronizing both forces into flawless harmony. A crushing pressure erupted inside his chest, so immense that his blood stopped flowing, but even that did not deter him. He anchored his consciousness to the task and pressed forward.

Nearly three days passed. Blood trickled from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, yet a faint smile appeared as he felt something new stirring in the depths of the star.

Vacuum energy.

The exotic dark force manifested inside the Depravita Astral Supremacy Star, generating a negative pressure—a repulsive force expanding outward like a bubble of abyssal spacetime. At the same time, Cain continued pressing inward with growing might. The two opposing forces began transfiguring the star’s surface into a shell of ultra-stiff quantum matter, a membrane so thin it made atoms appear colossal, yet so strong that even a supernova’s force would struggle to stretch it by a meter.

With each passing day, the shell thickened in density even as it thinned in width. The vacuum energy within expanded, the star power outside compressed, and the star’s previous structure transformed into a configuration far beyond the nature of celestial bodies.

Finally, after seven days of unrelenting turbulence, the Rank 12 Depravita Astral Supremacy Star—once stolen from the Tenth Empyrean Sun World—completed its metamorphosis.

Within its core spread nothing but raw vacuum energy, generating endless repulsive curvature through spacetime itself. From outside, the never-ending pressure of star force held it in perfect confinement, able to crush a small world into dust as easily as a grain of rice. And between those two extremes was the miracle itself: the quantum gravitational shell, thin beyond comprehension, strong beyond calculation.

Cain had forged within his heart a Gravastar Singularity, a phenomenon capable of contending with even a Black Hole Star.

"BOOOOOOM"

The moment the Gravastar Singularity stabilized, Cain’s body convulsed. Waves of power erupted outward, flooding his flesh and bones. Every injury sustained during the brutal forging process healed as tides of vitality surged through him. His cells drank in the radiation from the singularity, strengthening his body, sharpening his senses, and reinforcing his durability until each part of him felt reforged under cosmic hammer and flame.

Hours later, his skin itself seemed to momentarily shift, reflecting a sheen reminiscent of the Gravastar Singularity’s quantum shell. It vanished quickly, but Cain sensed its imprint deep within—subtle, evolving, refining him further than any ordinary cultivation method could hope to achieve.

When his cultivation finally stabilized, Cain examined his body. As he clenched his fists, the combined power of his evolved Inner Universe and the Gravastar Singularity surged through him, so immense that even the Scarlet Crown began to tremble beneath the cosmic might he unleashed.