Chapter 76 – Signs of the Universal Fusion
The sky of the Western Region was covered with dense clouds, and strange multicolored lightning zigzagged across the firmament.Han Feng, now a Rank 4 initial Gu Master, walked among the ancient mountains of the Sacred Bones Mountain Range.The place was one of the most dangerous in the region, but also one of the most promising for those seeking treasures forgotten by time.
He stopped in front of a stone wall marked with ancient runes, hidden beneath layers of moss.With a wave of his hand, the Spiritual Observation Gu glowed faintly, revealing a hidden seal.
— It's here... — he murmured.
With precise movements, he took a destructive-type Gu from his belt, feeding it with primitive essence.The small beetle exploded against the seal, disintegrating it into golden particles.The wall split in half, revealing a cave shrouded in purple mist.
Inside, a strange feeling enveloped him.The spiritual energy seemed... distorted.At certain moments, it was dense and suffocating; at others, as thin as the breeze of a desert plain.
Han Feng frowned.He had felt something similar weeks ago, but here it was even more evident.
— This is not normal...
The fog pulsed.Each of his steps was accompanied by a slight tremor in the air, as if the very space were reacting to his presence.He advanced cautiously, alert to any movement.
At the back of the cave, he found a dark jade altar with three compartments.In one of them, there lay a Gu crystallized in the shape of a blue flame.Upon touching it, visions flooded his mind: a gigantic tree rising beyond the clouds; a sea of blood swallowing mountains; and, finally, two stars colliding — one red as blood, the other purple as eternal darkness.
Han Feng took a step back, breathing heavily.
— What was that...?
The Blue Star Flame Gu vibrated in his hand, recognizing him as its master.A rare offensive-type Gu, whose power increased with the surrounding stellar energy.
Upon leaving the cave, he noticed that the sky was different.The clouds had dissipated, revealing constellations that did not belong to that sky.Some seemed familiar, as if she had seen them in dreams or in a past life.
While contemplating the firmament, an uncomfortable feeling grew within him.He didn't know the reason, but he felt that something immense was approaching.Something that didn't belong to that world.
At the same time, in a distant cult in the West Region...
An elder of the Celestial Corpse Sect, wrapped in black and putrid robes, trembled as he observed a spiritual projection.
— The flow of spiritual energy... is unstable.The absorption formations have failed again.
Another elder, with grayish skin and hollow eyes, growled:
— This can only be the work of someone meddling with forces they don't understand.Some fool dug up what should have remained buried.
The image of Han Feng appeared floating before them, distorted and incomplete.The young master who died in the previous chapter still echoed in the memories of the sect's disciples.
— This bastard... he must pay!
But even in his fury, the elder could not ignore the strange phenomena that were intensifying.Something greater was moving in the shadows.
Back to the Mountain Range...
Han Feng sat on the edge of a cliff.He was slowly absorbing the energy of the new Gu, but he was also meditating on the visions he had received.The stars colliding... the worlds trembling...
In another life, he would have never believed in something like this.But now, every step he took seemed to bring him closer to a greater truth.
He raised his gaze to the sky, where two stars — one red and the other purple — now shone side by side.
— No matter what comes... I'll be ready.
And with that promise, Han Feng disappeared into the shadows of the night, his path increasingly intertwined with the fate of two worlds.