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Xingchen stood inside the hall, his gaze piercing through the barrier, looking towards this ultimate realm shrouded in chaotic energy.
Everything here seems to be frozen in an eternal moment.
The chaotic energy was no longer flowing mist, but transformed into countless crystalline threads, like a frozen galaxy, silently hanging in the void.
Each wisp of air refracts different light and shadow of time, some like the first light of dawn, some like the falling twilight, and some like the eternal silence of night.
Beneath the stars, the space has a glass-like texture. Stepping on it creates ripples, as if walking on a mirror of time.
And in the deepest part of this dreamlike place—
A broken sphere is suspended in the air.
Its entire body is a mixture of chaotic and void colors, with a diameter of one light-year. Its surface is covered with hideous cracks, as if it had been torn apart by some unimaginable force.
Dark golden liquid flowed through those cracks, like frozen time, or like the dried-up origin of the universe.
Xingchen's pupils contracted slightly.
This sphere...
No, this is not ordinary matter at all, but some kind of higher-level existence!
Every crack in it exuded an aura that made his heart tremble; merely looking at it was as if he were witnessing the birth and death cycles of countless universes.
"Could it be..."
He was shocked.
The terrifying erosion of will and soul attacks within this Abyss of Eternal Calamity all originate from this shattered sphere.
It's like a shattered miniature universe core, the remaining power still influencing this area, creating the unique environment of the Abyss of Eternal Calamity!
Xingchen took a deep breath and cautiously extended his divine sense, attempting to touch the sphere.
however--
hum!
An unprecedented surge of willpower erupted!
It's a hundred times more terrifying than the soul attack from the previous 7000-fold area!
Xingchen groaned, his divine body instantly cracking open with countless fissures, but his eyes gleamed with excitement.
"As expected... that's it!"
This broken sphere is definitely a relic left behind by a being that surpasses even the true god!
Perhaps, it is a treasure of a fallen Void God.
Or perhaps... something on a higher level?
The stars gazed at it, a strong longing welling up within them.
If one could unravel its mysteries...
His strength may be about to experience a qualitative leap!
Xingchen controlled the Crimson Cherry Palace to slowly orbit the broken sphere, his gaze sweeping across its surface inch by inch like a blade.
The sphere is made of neither gold nor stone, but rather some kind of solidified origin. It feels cold to the touch, yet carries a strange texture that suggests a distortion of time and space.
The edges of those jagged cracks were irregularly jagged, as if they had been forcibly torn apart from the outside by some terrifying force.
It doesn't look like a knife mark; it looks more like some kind of claw strike.
"This crack..."
Xingchen's gaze narrowed slightly.
Looking inward through the largest crack, you can see that the inside of the sphere is not solid, but rather hollow.
The inner wall was engraved with extremely complex and intricate patterns of laws, each pattern shimmering with a faint light.
"A palace-type treasure?"
He frowned slightly, then shook his head in denial.
No, it doesn't seem like it.
If it is a palace-type treasure, even if it is damaged, its internal space should still be self-contained.
But the space inside this sphere is completely connected to the outside world, making it more like some kind of... container?
Xingchen suddenly thought of a possibility—
This might be a device used by some super civilization to seal away treasures!
or……
Is it a cage used by some super being to suppress something?
His eyes flickered, and his divine sense cautiously probed into the crack.
"Ok?"
As soon as the divine sense entered, Xingchen felt a strange resistance, as if it were passing through a viscous spacetime barrier.
The interior space is much larger than imagined; inside the outer shell, which is one light-year in diameter, lies an almost infinitely extending void!
This is absolutely the ultimate application of the laws of space!
In the center of the void, several fragments of broken crystal floated, each emanating a heart-palpitating aura.
"This is!"
Xingchen's pupils suddenly contracted.
The patterns flowing on those fragments bear a striking resemblance to the fundamental laws of the universe!
Is it...
Is this a fragment of a destroyed universe?!
The moment the thought crossed Xingchen's mind, she felt a chill run down her spine.
If that's the case, then the origin of this sphere is truly terrifying.
A container capable of holding the universe...
What level of being created it?
And why did it shatter here?
Suppressing his shock, Xingchen continued his investigation.
He took a deep breath, a resolute glint in his eyes.
Regardless of the origin of this sphere, now that we've encountered it, there's no reason for us to let it go!
"Go in and take a look!"
Xingchen put away the Crimson Cherry Palace, and his divine body transformed into a stream of light, flying directly into the interior of the sphere through the largest crack!
As soon as they entered, the surrounding space-time began to distort violently.
The time flow rate increased from 7000 times to over 10,000 times in an instant!
Countless cracks immediately appeared on the surface of Xingchen's divine body, but his eyes burned with the flames of excitement.
Divine power instantly erupted at full force, resisting this terrifying pressure.
This pressure wasn't something deliberately released; it seemed to be an inherent pressure within oneself.
Fortunately, he could still barely bear it and wasn't completely immobilized.
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The stars flew slowly through the space inside the sphere, and divine thoughts spread in all directions like a tide.
This place is completely different from the outside world.
From the outside, the sphere is only one light-year in diameter, but its internal space is vast and boundless, spanning hundreds of thousands of light-years!
Even when the divine sense of the stars extended to its limit, it still could not reach the edge.
"What terrifying spatial mastery."
He muttered to himself, a look of shock flashing in his eyes.
Even more strangely, once inside, the terrifying difference in the flow of time completely disappeared.
At this moment, the flow of time is exactly the same as that of the outside world.
The stars seemed lost in thought.
Let's continue exploring.
Countless tiny points of light floated in the void, like miniature stars.
Xingchen reached out and touched one of the lights, and the light spot immediately turned into a stream of light and disappeared into his fingertip.
In an instant, a fragment of an unfamiliar memory flooded into my mind—
It was a boundless battlefield where countless powerful beings fought, each strike tearing apart galaxies and shattering space and time.
"This is……"
Xingchen suddenly opened her eyes, a look of surprise flashing across them.
These specks of light are actually some kind of memory carrier!
He immediately sped up, collecting more light spots.
Each point of light contains a different fragment of memory:
A scene depicting a super-civilization constructing a gigantic device;
A scene depicting countless powerful figures besieging a blurry figure;
And... the moment the sphere was torn apart by some terrifying being!
The more Xingchen looked at the stars, the more alarmed he became.
These fragments of memory, pieced together, vaguely point to a startling truth—