Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

125: Chapter 125: The Frozen Abyss of the Far North and the Guiding Light of the Dark AbyssInside the basin, everything was in ruins. The central ancient tree had been completely reduced to charred residue, and the hole leading to the netherworld had vanished, leaving only a bottomless pit that emitted a faint scent of mixed burning and decay. Losing its energy source, the surrounding twisted vitality and Death Qi began to slowly dissipate; though still eerie, they no longer possessed that active, erosive quality.

The rescued Cultivators lay scattered across the ground. Most were unconscious, and the few who were awake had vacant stares, their Divine Souls severely damaged, clearly requiring a long time to recover.

Nangong Xuan quickly set up several simple warning and protection Formations around the edge of the basin to prevent Yao Beasts or Cultivators attracted by the residual phenomena from disturbing the wounded. They could not stay here for long, and this was all they could do.

Su Muxue carefully cradled the now-silent chaos star core in her hands. The star core was still warm, its surface glowing with an inner light as if containing the lingering power of a miniature explosion. She could feel that Lin Mo’s consciousness had once again fallen into a deep slumber, but the aura of the star core itself, after devouring that dangerous Life-Death Pure Flame, had become thicker and... more complex. A subtle sense of balance emanated from it, seemingly containing the extreme characteristics of both life and death simultaneously.

”Senior Brother Lin Mo has fallen asleep again, but the last intent he sent pointed north... Xuanming True Water, or Beiming Cold Soul.” Su Muxue looked up at Nangong Xuan, a trace of worry in her eyes. ”It sounds even more extreme than this netherworld yi wood star key.”

Nangong Xuan nodded, his gaze sweeping over the forest that had returned to ’normal’ yet remained deathly silent. ”The nine luminaries star keys each have their own attributes. It seems that the further we go, the more pure and powerful their strength becomes, and the more dangerous they are. The Extreme Cold Lands of the north... Mu Xue, your Taiyin Immortal Body might be able to sense something.”

He walked to the center of the basin, where the netherworld yi wood star key lay quietly amidst the ashes. Its light was completely restrained, presenting a simple dark-green color. It no longer had that restless sense of conflict between life and death from before, instead exuding a profound depth and calm after the eruption.

With his previous experience, Nangong Xuan did not touch it directly with his hands. He circulated his nirvana golden core, drawing the aura of the chaos star core to slowly approach it.

Buzz~

The star core vibrated slightly, emitting a soft wave of attraction. That netherworld yi wood star key seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, hovering up on its own and turning into a dark-green stream of light that submissively merged into the star core.

The process was unexpectedly smooth, with no rejection and no conflict.

The moment the star key merged, the light on the surface of the chaos star core suddenly retracted, then slowly brightened again. Its colors became deeper and harder to discern, with several hues—green, black, gray, gold, and red—flowing slowly like living things, eventually settling into a chaotic dark color. The trace of ’Guixu’ true intent within it seemed to have grown a bit stronger, transmitting a sense of satiety and slumber.

At the same time, a sense of direction even clearer and more definite than before, like a calibrated compass, pointed firmly due north! That sensation carried a bone-chilling cold, a boundless vastness, and a Concept of absolute ’stillness.’

”North... that’s right, the sensation is very strong.” Nangong Xuan felt the information coming from the star core and confirmed the direction.

The two of them delayed no longer, turning into streams of light that soared into the sky, leaving this twisted border of life and death and racing toward the north.

The further north they went, the more frigid the climate became. The landscape below gradually changed from dense forests to desolate grasslands, then to frozen tundra, and finally, a boundless world of pure white covered in ten-thousand-year-old ice came into view.

The Far North Ice Field!