Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1868 - 907: [Causal Source Tracing]
Previously on Global Era of Star trekking...
A quake operating straight at the rules' core, infused with an unbeatable transcendent intent, halted a million light-years of space in a flash, solidifying even the light itself.
From the space whirlpool, a massive dark claw burst forth, unleashing a horrifying force that sent the entire Immortal Domain Continent Ruins quaking hard. Along its path, space didn't crack apart but caved in bit by bit, creating enormous zones of spatial breakdown.
The Twelfth Rank Transcender lashed out in rage.
Though it wasn't the real body arriving, just a claw formed from rules over vast distances, its strength outmatched any earlier mythical gray fog entities by far.
The pair of Void Demon Grand Dukes, fresh from an intense fight with heavy energy drain and wounds, grew extremely slow under this transcendent force, like they were stuck in a bottomless swamp, their minds nearly halting.
The chill of death, akin to a frigid cosmic stream, swiftly wrapped around their soul centers.
But right at this pivotal instant—
Buzz! Buzz!
Odd ripples surged separately from the core souls of the two Void Demon Grand Dukes.
Ancient-looking scrolls packed with ultimate rule strength activated — [Transcendence Contract (One-Time)]!
The scrolls ignited without a sound, shifting into two sheer golden films made of endless tiny rule symbols, fully covering the two Void Demon Grand Dukes.
This delicate layer, as thin as insect wings, looked breakable yet radiated a special vibe of "immune to all techniques, free from cause and effect."
The enormous dark claw crashed down, its destructive force—enough to smash a galaxy—slamming hard against the pale golden barrier.
No massive blast rang out as expected.
The rule-destroying might, on hitting the pale golden barrier, flowed away like liquid over stone or a ghost through the solid world, oddly gliding off the edges without causing real damage to the protected Void Demon Grand Dukes beneath.
It felt like the two Void Demon Grand Dukes had been briefly "removed" from the "cause and effect" and "rules" of this cosmic sea.
"City of Transcendence? How..."
An even fiercer wave of transcendent intent echoed from the space whirlpool's depths, instantly spotting the source of the [Transcendence Contract].
Then, the entity grew wilder with anger, the massive dark claw gripping tight, skipping straight physical or rule destruction for a higher-level force — causal traceback.
It aimed to trace the existence paths of these two Void Demon Grand Dukes, locate their controller, and wipe out everything at the root.
Invisible threads of cause and effect, resembling endless fate snakes, at once coiled toward the two Void Demons.
Yet, when they met the pale golden barrier, these causal threads hit another wall.
Waves stirred on the barrier, the unseen causal threads bent, veered away, and some snapped outright, vanishing into nothing.
The [Transcendence Contract]'s strength was pushing back and shielding against this roundabout causal traceback.
"Hm! A one-time fake, how often can it stop this king?"
The transcendent intent gave a cold huff, and the massive dark claw glowed stronger, releasing even more dominant and basic causal rule forces, battering the pale golden barrier like surging waves.
The barrier started to pulse brightly, its glow wavering wildly, obviously under huge strain. In the end, it was just a single-use copy; against a real transcender's furious traceback, its defense wasn't totally unbreakable.
Crack...
A soft split noise rang out, a visible fissure forming on the pale golden barrier around one of the Void Demon Grand Dukes.
"Now’s the time!"
Song Chi, tracking the fight via soul connection with his nerves on edge, suddenly narrowed his eyes sharply.
This was the chance he'd been holding out for — while the Transcendence Contract held, staving off direct strikes and causal traceback briefly, opening the last getaway slot for the two Void Demon Grand Dukes.
Clone [Soul Devouring Altar] · "Soul Devouring Evolution" → [Divine Thought Chapter]
Replicate Clone [Soul Devouring Altar] · "Soul Devouring Evolution" → Replicate [Divine Thought Chapter]
In a blink, the two [Divine Thought Chapter]s, which had earlier advanced to three-colored grade using the final Tenth Rank [Golden Apple], evolved once more, rising to five-colored grade.
On top of that, with the [Divine Thought Chapter]'s quality jumping sharply, the pullback pace for the two Void Demon Grand Dukes sped up fast; despite the block from the aiding Twelfth Rank Transcender, the velocity of their light beams stayed steady.
Amid the last furious roar from the space passage's depths, the glow carrying the two Void Demon Grand Dukes faded quickly into the shadowy edge of the Void Sea beyond the Immortal Domain Continent's Floating Land Shield.
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Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt, two eerie glows streaked across the boundless stars, merging shortly into the huge warship hulls hidden in the emptiness.
Looking at the two Void Demon Grand Dukes, Song Chi had no moment for orders; as he directed, the warship hatches flew open, letting the just-returned Void Demons dash out ahead from the vessels. After they pulled far enough away, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong warship frame unleashed mighty time rule energies.
It wasn't some random part Song Chi triggered, but exactly the [Time Chess Board] "Time·Retrospect" ability. As the part's power kicked in, the warship interior, along with the nearby Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt zone centered on the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, plunged fully into backward-flowing time.