Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1869 - 907: [Source of Causality]_2

Shortly thereafter, the timeline wound back precisely ten seconds earlier, and the fractured part of the "Miracle Cloning Chamber" aboard the warship shockingly pieced itself back together.

For the sake of dragging back those two Void Demon Grand Dukes against their will, he activated not only the duplicated "Soul Devouring Altar" clone on the Mirror Image Warship but also employed it via the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong's primary form. The Mirror Image Warship held up well and kept the ability to summon more, yet the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong's body couldn't endure it. To prevent the total destruction of that vital piece, he faced no better path.

With that handled, he turned his focus once more toward the pair of Void Demon Grand Dukes.

His gaze sharpened, a quick spark darting across his eyes, and he wasted little time. In the instant that followed, the two Void Demon Grand Dukes beyond caught his fresh directive.

——Self-destruct!

Bound by the five-hued "Heavenly Authority Control Ring," the two Void Demon Grand Dukes didn't pause for a second.

Boom boom!

Two massive mythical explosions erupted not long after, echoing far inside the Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt.

Sensing the powerful ripples from those twin mythical blasts, a strange glint briefly lit up in Song Chi's eyes.

He'd be lying if he claimed there was no sting from sacrificing two top-tier Tenth Rank Mythical Void Demon slaves, yet circumstances left him without alternatives right then.

A Twelfth Rank Transcender, probably one of the elite among them, carried unknown and eerie powers—no one could predict what tricks the foe might hold. Even though his airtight scheme had yanked back the two Void Demon Grand Dukes successfully, he couldn't guarantee they remained untouched. Under those conditions, wiping out the two Mythical Void Demons for good stood as the securest move.

After a brief pang of regret, Song Chi steadied his thoughts without delay.

He recalled the "Song of Divine Favor" component blueprint safely stored in the "Miracle Cloning Chamber." Down the line, should he aim to bind high-level foreign beings as slaves again, it wouldn't prove overly challenging, all things considered.

That realization prompted him to flick his hand promptly, sending away the Mirror Image Warship before pulling back the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong—himself included—until they faded from the real world entirely.

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Inside the still and hovering Main Control Room of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, parked in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market's vast sky, Song Chi held off on examining the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the array map that had arrived back at the market before. Rather, his face grew grave, his stare lifted upward, fixed on the expanse outside the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

The clash with that mysterious transcender from the Immortal Domain Continent Ruins had been short-lived, yet the mid-battle causality tracking power the enemy unleashed etched itself deeply in his mind. Despite executing what he saw as the ultimate safeguard in cleanup, he refused to lower his guard.

The word "transcender" loomed like the Sword of Damocles over him—right up to the end, he wouldn't ease up.

Luckily, he understood that at this stage, no matter how potent that unknown transcender's abilities were, they only had this fleeting final instant left. If he endured just this brief span, once the leftover energy from the two peak Tenth Rank Void Demon Grand Dukes' blasts in the Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt got fully devoured by the wild void flows, no superior entities arriving later would find any openings.

Stretching out from the Zhu Tian Ruins Market were the unchanging chaotic void streams and layer upon layer of dimensions—seeming empty at first glance, but truly packed with endless perils and mysteries.

He was certain that unknown transcender wouldn't back off without a fight.

True to form, as Song Chi concentrated his senses the very next instant, an ineffable quiver, like a tremor at the soul's core, burst forth from nowhere.

It wasn't noise or an energy surge, but rather a "gaze" originating from some hidden place.

A chilling, immense, ruinous stare appeared to pierce through boundless dimensions, bypassing all barriers of space and time, softly gliding over every link tied to those two Void Demon Grand Dukes.

The causality pursuit hadn't fully halted just because the "Transcendence Contract" broke and the Void Demons fled.

This stare first anchored in the Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt, hovering and scrutinizing every inch of the central blast site from the two Void Demon Grand Dukes, desperate to snag even one remnant hint from the ashes of devastation.

Afterward, the stare began to extend outward via some invisible tie.

Song Chi went still, his spirit fused firmly with the whole Zhu Tian Ruins Market and even the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong itself.

He detected that frosty stare roaming the emptiness—scanning without direction, now and then grazing shattered star regions laced with demonic essence or zones scarred by savage mythical clashes.

Moments dragged on, second by second.

This half-moment stretched out endlessly in the strain.

The transcendent intent's search turned restless, its reach expanding, the force intensifying, starting to rouse profound laws in a bid for some "forced linkage."

Song Chi plainly felt an unseen force bearing down on the dimensional layer encircling the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

It felt like an invisible snare drawing tighter bit by bit, with the market caught right in its midst.

Without realizing it, beads of cold sweat soaked Song Chi's back.

In that critical second, he poured every ounce of effort into unleashing the chaotic power of the "Zhu Tian Ruins Market," encompassing the "Heavenly Destiny Compass" module fitted to the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong.

"Heavenly Destiny Compass" lv120→lv129

Amid bursts of radiant light, the compass surged to its absolute peak, solely to amplify the "Heavenly Destiny · Confusing Celestial Secret" and "Heavenly Destiny · Come and Go Without a Trace" traits, even if only a touch more.

Amid the mounting pressure, time flowed onward relentlessly.

Just as the hidden pursuit power neared the outer dimensional wall of the Zhu Tian Ruins Market—

Buzz!

From the depths of the Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt, the last traces of energy from the two peak Tenth Rank Void Demons' explosion, along with every tiny particle remnant of their presence in that realm, at last dissolved away under the raging chaotic void torrents and the Silent Extinction Star Belt's distinct energy gales, merging into the raw essence of the starry ocean backdrop.

As though two stretched-to-breaking causal threads silently fractured at once.

The frigid stare, now brushing the boundary of the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, halted sharply then, like it had misplaced all solid leads, turning scattered and hazy.

It hung on for a few breaths in the nearby dimensional layer, and in the end, amid seething fury and a trace of quiet bewilderment, it withdrew like an ebbing wave.

The dread weight pressing on his spirit lifted with it too.

"...It's gone."

Song Chi exhaled deeply, his strained nerves unwinding at last, nearly slumping into the captain's seat.

He recognized he'd triumphed in the wager.

Through the utter erasure of two peak Tenth Rank Mythical Slave Beings, bolstered by the chaotic marvels of the "Zhu Tian Ruins Market" and the Seven-Colored Oddity "Heavenly Destiny Compass" in concealment, he severed every followable causal thread and outwitted a Twelfth Rank Transcender's intense scrutiny.

The price had been steep, but the result... made it all pay off.

Now fully at ease, he directed his eager gaze toward the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the array map within his grasp.

This perilous escapade had all stemmed from these treasures, and at this point, he yearned to discover: had his bold gamble paid dividends.

Staring intently, the four swords gleaming with dark luster, coupled with the array map glowing in seven hues, fused seamlessly under the Zhu Tian Ruins Market's pinnacle eleventh rank Mythical energy blend.

"Hiss!"

Observing the turbulent radiance born from the clash of black and seven-colored gleams, Song Chi's eyes burst with fierce delight.

'Could it... really be a Chaos Wonder?'

In his astonishment, the wondrous trait of this newly fused item displayed itself clearly to him.

[Strange Object: Slaying Immortal Sword Array]

[Quality: Chaos Wonder]

[Convertible: {Slaying Immortal Sword Array}]

[Remark: Once the most powerful offensive wonder of the Immortal Realm Civilization, after long ages dispersed, it finally recombined once more.]

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