Chapter 541 - 373: World Devouring, Profound Yellow’s Promotion (Part 2)

There was no sound, no explosion—only silent Annihilation and fusion.

Ah Ya held her little sister tightly, her other hand clamped over her mouth to keep herself from crying out.

But tears had already breached her defenses, winding down through her fingers and along her arm.

The little sister in her arms buried her face in her chest, her small shoulders trembling nonstop.

Lumina stood on a slightly higher earthen mound, her Star Robe swaying gently in the breeze.

She wasn’t crying. She just bit her lower lip so hard that the taste of blood filled her mouth.

She watched the sky, watching the familiar sights flash by again and again before dissipating, as if to carve the final image of her home world into the deepest part of her Soul.

From now on, her homeland would exist only in memory.

Behind them, some of the older survivors began to hum a strange, desolate ballad.

Outside, in the Void, Ian watched in silence for two months.

During this slow, grand "feast," he had come to understand many things. The changes in the Rules, which had once been hazy, were now becoming clear.

The Will of the Profound Yellow World paid him no mind, tirelessly "tearing," "devouring," and "digesting."

The fragments of matter that were swallowed were subjected to Reorganization under the Rules of the Profound Yellow World, transforming into new lands, mountains, and islands.

The World Origin of the Estelle World, stripped away and purified, merged into the foundation of the Profound Yellow World.

Just as the Devouring was nearing its end, with only a small, core piece of the Estelle World’s wreckage remaining, the illusory figure of the Profound Yellow Will suddenly split off a pure, golden stream of light.

The stream of light wasn’t large, but it was condensed to the extreme. A vast aura of World Origin flowed within it—the very payment they had agreed upon.

It traversed the Void and shot precisely toward Ian.

Ian didn’t dodge. He opened his arms, and the golden pillar of light instantly engulfed him.

BOOM!!!

In his Sea of Spirit, the suspended Blazing Star Core spun wildly like a Fierce Beast that had starved for countless years, erupting with terrifying Suction!

That pure Origin, having just undergone preliminary "processing" by the Profound Yellow World, was greedily devoured and refined by the Star Core.

’Since you want to eat so badly, then have some more.’ Ian immediately brought out the golden orb of light from before.

Suddenly, his panel began to vibrate with unprecedented frequency, assisting in the conversion and absorption of this massive amount of high-grade Energy.

[Absorbing high-purity World Origin...]

[Blazing Star Core is growing...]

[Rule structure undergoing deep optimization...]

[Radiant Moon path deduction progress updated...]

Ian saw the Blazing Star Core in his Sea of Spirit slowly expand by a fraction.

It grew from less than one centimeter in diameter to nearly two.

On the Star Core’s surface, the once relatively simple five-colored Star Orbit patterns had become exceptionally complex and precise.

Inside the Star Core, the most violent nuclear fusion reactions were frozen in an instant.

Nourished by this Origin, the five Rules fused together even more tightly, becoming almost indistinguishable from one another.

The pressure and Energy fluctuations radiating from the Star Core were several times more powerful than before the Devouring!

When the last trace of the Origin was fully absorbed, text appeared on the panel once more.

[Deep Rule fusion complete. Blazing Star Core has entered a rapid growth phase.]

[Radiant Moon Path (Protostar Cultivation) theoretical progress: 5%]

[Note: Continued accumulation of Energy and Rule Perception is required to promote the physical expansion of the Star Core.]

Ian slowly opened his eyes. Deep within his pupils, the illusory image of a Fixed Star was more solid and brilliant, looking as if it might burst from his body and illuminate the Void at any moment.

’5%... Just one percent of the Origin from a small, dying world advanced it this much.’

He was thrilled. He was definitely on the right path. Devouring World Origin was the shortcut to accelerating the "Path of Celestial Body"!

No wonder Wizards above the Morning Star level were so keen on conquering worlds—the rewards were just too great.

「On the sixtieth day, late at night.」

The last core fragment of the Estelle World was gently "pinched" by the intangible hand of the Profound Yellow World and pulled into the azure celestial body.

VMMMMM!!!

The moment the fragment submerged, the entire Profound Yellow World shuddered violently.

From its core to its surface, from its Rules to its matter, the world experienced a comprehensive, elevating tremor.

All living beings, regardless of where they were or whether they had undergone an Awakening, felt a faint "CRACK" from the depths of their Souls at that moment.

It was as if some kind of restraint had been broken, or as if a new door had been pushed open.

Immediately after, countless rays of indescribably colored light burst forth from every inch of land, every patch of ocean, and every wisp of air in the Profound Yellow World!

The light wasn’t blinding; it carried a warmth and vitality that nourished all things.

The light lasted for about a quarter of an hour before slowly receding like the tide.

When the light dissipated, the Profound Yellow World was already different. It had "grown up."

The planet’s volume had clearly expanded. By a rough estimate, its diameter had at least doubled.

The landmass expanded. Unfamiliar mountain ranges, emanating spiritual energy with a stellar aura, rose from the plains and the seabed, and new islands dotted the now vaster oceans like pearls.

The sky was no longer a single atmospheric layer.

Above the original azure atmosphere, a hazy, shimmering "Starlight layer" had appeared.

This atmospheric layer was especially noticeable at night. It flowed slowly like an aurora, with fine, Starlight-like motes of light drifting within it.

’The world... it has truly ascended.’ From his position in the Void, Ian felt the change most acutely.

The essence of the Will that enveloped the Profound Yellow World had undergone a quantum leap.

It had transitioned from the "heaviness" and "Perfection" of the Level Five Limit to a Level Six state that was vaster, more agile, and possessed a certain "eternal" quality.

Meanwhile, inside the Profound Yellow World, the drastic changes continued.

Across the globe, the Source Crystal Veins that had once existed due to the Abyssal Rifts began to rapidly dissolve and vaporize.