My gorgeous wife Chapter 2339 - 2307: Cosmic Ruins

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Previously on My gorgeous wife...
The battle at Eight Directions Star has sent ripples throughout the universe. Hongchen Ancestor and his father, the Mad Celestial Sovereign, perished fighting Palace Lord Shang and the Heaven Extinguishing Palace, but their sacrifice revealed the conspiracy and led to the formation of the Holy Palace. Now, led by figures like Lin Yi, the Holy Palace governs the starry universe, seeking out new talents and eradicating remaining threats. Lin Yi returns home, missing her husband, the father of her son Li Haoheng, who can no longer witness the era of peace they fought for.

The starry universe is vast and boundless, and for most beings, even if they exhaust their entire life, they cannot traverse every corner of the starry universe.

Even for a Palm Realm powerhouse, it is the same.

Because the starry universe is not a straight line, nor is it a crossroads, but an immensely colossal giant space. As for how big the starry universe is, throughout the entire cosmos, there are no words that can describe its vastness.

Because the starry universe is just too large, even with the cultivation level of a top-level Palm Realm powerhouse, it is impossible to traverse every corner of it.

Nothing else, just insufficient time.

One era in total has only so much time, and if a powerhouse truly spares no cost, perhaps it is really possible to traverse the starry universe within one era.

However, Palm Realm powerhouses also need to cultivate, also have their matters to handle, and also have their grudges and affections. Does he really have so much free time to roam the whole starry universe?

Therefore, since the birth of eras, no powerhouse has ever traversed the starry universe.

And beyond the universe, there’s even less known.

Upon reaching the Palm Realm, naturally, they will come into contact with some things completely different, knowing that perhaps the world outside the starry universe is entirely different from the starry universe, yet unaware of exactly how different. Similarly, they dare not step outside the starry universe to face those unknown dangers.

Perhaps during the starry sky civilization era, there were indeed powerhouses who stepped out of the starry universe, but without exception, almost none of these powerhouses who left the starry universe have returned.

Of course, almost.

In the end, there were some who returned.

And this being who once stepped out of the starry universe and finally returned, was also scarred and ultimately perished because of it.

This existence, during the era of the Seven Realms, was honored by people as... Supreme.

The fall of the Supreme led the powerhouses of the starry universe to fear the world beyond even more, because the unknown causes deeper fear.

And the Supreme, even before falling, did not reveal any details about the world outside the starry universe, thus numerous cultivators feared to even attempt it.

Outside the starry universe.

Here is a desolate expanse.

Boundless, seemingly extremely dark, yet also like polar day.

Here, is a space that cannot be described.

Or it can also be said to be... a space of nihility.

Because here, there is no spiritual energy, no laws, and even time and space seem not to exist.

For cultivators, perhaps only Palm Realm beings can barely seek survival here, because they have their own universe to rely on for survival.

But evidently, without any energy replenishment, even a Palm Realm powerhouse cannot survive in such a place for long.

Because, even a great universe like the starry universe has a day of exhaustion, let alone those incomplete universes of Palm Realm cultivators.

And in such an indescribable nihility space, at this time there were several figures cautiously moving.

At the forefront, was a weathered old man, appearing somewhat haggard.

And following behind him were beings of various appearances: young, adolescent, and middle-aged.

But it is undeniable, that among them, no matter who they were, they all possessed at least Palm Realm cultivation!

"Master... Master Ancestor." Among them, a young man following an elder widened his eyes, observing the surroundings, unable to resist carefully speaking to the elder ahead.

"Shut up!" The old man turned back and scolded, then quietly lowered his voice, glanced around, and finally cautiously spoke: "Do you not know what place this is? Use sound transmission!"

The young man shivered in fear, quickly closed his mouth, and began speaking with group sound transmission.

"Master Ancestor, although you’ve come out several times, this is our first time leaving the universe. Recklessly running to such distant places, what should we do if we encounter something..." The young man, though possessing cultivation at the Heaven and Earth Realm, appeared somewhat apprehensive.

The elder addressed as Master Ancestor angrily replied: "Without experiencing wind and rain, how can you see the rainbow? If you can’t even overcome such minor hardships, how will you bear responsibility in the future? You..."

Just then, a young girl in the team couldn’t help but purse her lips: "Grandfather, it’s because the resources around the universe have long been plundered that you’re taking risks to roam so far, right?"

The old man paused, the stern demeanor suddenly impossible to maintain, sighed, and his shoulders drooped, speaking bitterly: "That’s right."

Looking at the few behind him, the old man said somewhat helplessly: "Our universe is incomplete, it’s not unknown to you all. You want to move further in the Palm Realm but can only risk leaving the universe. Over the years, the scattered Palm Realm shelters leaving the universe probably add up to several hundred. Do you think they want to leave?"

"Isn’t the environment inside the universe so comfortable? You can cultivate at ease without outside threats. But we are cultivators, and especially after reaching the Palm Realm, the resources inside the universe simply aren’t enough to squander." The old man spread his hands and said: "Given our Palm Realm consumption rate, I’m afraid even doing nothing and continuing to cultivate inside the universe for about a billion years would naturally lead to ruin."

Speaking, the old man couldn’t help but rub his hands, saying: "As a Palm Realm powerhouse, there should be some responsibility to leave a way for future generations."

"Teacher, we understand the reason you speak of." At this point, a middle-aged man in the team couldn’t help but speak: "But... you bringing us toward the direction of the cosmic ruins is unnecessary. Although we’re willing to leave a path for future generations, we don’t want to die now."

The old man froze, evidently not expecting this group leaving the universe for the first time would recognize the direction of the cosmic ruins, couldn’t help but awkwardly laugh twice.

"Master Ancestor, is that truly the cosmic ruins?" The young man widened his eyes.

"Grandfather?" The young girl’s expression grew strange as well.

"Ahem!" The old man coughed twice: "Alright, alright! This time I indeed planned to take you to the cosmic ruins..."

"Help! No!" The old man hadn’t finished speaking when the young man screamed in horror, sprinting frantically in the direction they came from, the momentum roaring, the pseudo universe vibrating, clearly showing that although he appeared weak, his strength was formidable.

But he hadn’t run far before a hand grabbed his neck from behind.

"Luoo Feiyang! If you dare run again, I’ll pierce your pseudo universe; I want to see if you can bring that broken universe home." The old man’s malicious voice came from behind the young man.

"Master Ancestor," The young man upon hearing this, turned his head with a pained expression: "I really don’t want to die yet, I’m still young, not even ten thousand years old!"

"Shut up!" The old man widened his eyes, then slowly began: "In fact, the cosmic ruins aren’t as terrifying as you imagine. Although legends say a world-shaking battle once took place there, leading to the simultaneous destruction of several universes, actually, even now, beings still exist in the cosmic ruins..."

"Teacher." This time even the middle-aged man couldn’t help but widen his eyes: "Cosmic ruins still have beings?"

"Not just beings." The old man shook his head: "I once saw beings walking from the cosmic ruins, though they were on the brink of death. In the end, they told me that within those ruins, there still exists a complete universe!"

"That was over a hundred billion years ago." The old man scratched his head: "It seemed to be called... starry universe?"

"Yes, that’s the name."