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

Shortly thereafter, the whole timeline rewound back to ten seconds prior, and the shattered part of the "Miracle Cloning Chamber" aboard the warship miraculously pieced itself back together.

To drag back the pair of Void Demon Grand Dukes by force, he hadn't only employed the duplicated clone "Soul Devouring Altar" from the Mirror Image Warship; even the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong's main body had activated it. While the Mirror Image Warship remained intact and ready for more summons, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong's version couldn't endure another go. With no alternative to prevent total loss of this vital piece, he took this necessary step.

Having completed that, he turned his focus once more to the two Void Demon Grand Dukes.

His gaze sharpened, a quick spark darting across his eyes, as he wasted no time in deciding. In the instant that followed, the two Void Demon Grand Dukes beyond caught his fresh directive.

——Self-destruct!

Bound by the five-colored 'Heavenly Authority Control Ring', the duo of Void Demon Grand Dukes didn't pause for a second.

Boom boom!

Two massive mythical explosions erupted soon after, echoing through the depths of the Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt.

Sensing the powerful ripples from those dual mythical blasts, a strange glint briefly lit up in Song Chi’s gaze.

It would be a lie to claim he felt no sting from sacrificing two top-tier Tenth Rank Mythical Void Demon slaves, yet circumstances left him no alternative right then.

A Twelfth Rank Transcender, likely one of the elite among them, carried unknown and eerie powers—no telling what tricks the foe might wield. Though his airtight scheme had pulled back the two Void Demon Grand Dukes successfully, he couldn't guarantee they remained untouched. In this situation, erasing the pair of Mythical Void Demons entirely stood as the securest path.

After a brief pang of regret, Song Chi swiftly adjusted his thoughts.

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

With that in mind, he promptly flicked his wrist to send away the Mirror Image Warship, then drew back the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong—himself included—fading away from the real world in a blink.

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Inside the still and hovering Main Control Room of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, nestled in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market’s firmament, Song Chi showed no rush to inspect the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the array map returned to the market before. Rather, his face grew grave, his sight lifted upward, peering past the boundaries of the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

The clash with that mysterious transcender from the Immortal Domain Continent Ruins had been short-lived, yet the midway causality tracing skill the enemy deployed etched itself firmly in his memory. Despite handling the endgame in the manner he deemed most secure, he refused to lower his guard.

The very 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 enigmatic transcender's abilities were, they only had this fleeting final half-moment left. If he endured just this brief span, once the remnants of energy from the two peak Tenth Rank Void Demon Grand Dukes’ blasts in the Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt got fully devoured by the turbulent void flows, no higher-dimensional entity could seize any more chances.

Outside the Zhu Tian Ruins Market stretched the unchanging chaotic void currents and dimensional layers—seemingly empty, yet brimming with endless perils and mysteries.

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

True enough, as Song Chi concentrated his senses the very next instant, an ineffable quiver, like a tremor at the soul's core, abruptly arose from nowhere.

It wasn't noise or energy waves, but rather a "gaze" originating from some hidden source.

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

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

This stare first fixed on the Silent Extinction Shattered Star Belt, hovering and scrutinizing every inch of the central blast site from the two Void Demon Grand Dukes, seeking to snag even the tiniest hint from the ashes of ruin.

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

Song Chi held his breath steady, his spirit fused closely with the full Zhu Tian Ruins Market and the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong itself.

He detected that frosty stare wandering the void—roaming 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 his perception.

The transcendent will's pursuit seemed to fray with impatience, its reach expanding, its force intensifying, even starting to rouse profound laws in a bid for some "forced linkage."

Song Chi keenly felt an unseen force pressing upon the dimensional layer encircling the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

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

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

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

"Heavenly Destiny Compass" lv120→lv129

With a series of radiant bursts, the compass upgraded to its absolute peak, all to amplify the "Heavenly Destiny · Confusing Celestial Secret" and "Heavenly Destiny · Come and Go Without a Trace" effects, even if only a touch more.

Amid this nail-biting tension, time marched forward relentlessly.

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

Buzz!

From the heart 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 there, at last dissolved away under the ravaging chaotic void torrents and the Silent Extinction Star Belt’s singular energy gales, merging into the raw essence of the starry sea backdrop.

As if two stretched-to-breaking causation threads silently fractured in the end.

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

It hovered with reluctance in the nearby dimensional layer for a few breaths more, and in the end, with seething fury mixed with a dash of faint bewilderment, it withdrew like an ebbing wave.

The dread weight bearing down on his mind 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 knew his bet had paid off.

Through the utter destruction of two peak Tenth Rank Mythical Slave Creatures, bolstered by the chaotic marvels of the "Zhu Tian Ruins Market" and the Seven-Colored Strange Object "Heavenly Destiny Compass" for concealment, he had severed every followable causality thread and evaded a Twelfth Rank Transcender’s wrathful search.

The price was steep, but the result... made it all count.

Now fully at ease, he eagerly directed his gaze to the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the array map within reach.

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

Staring intently, the four swords gleaming with dark radiance, alongside the array map glowing in seven hues, under the Zhu Tian Ruins Market’s pinnacle eleventh rank Mythical energy blend, swiftly fused back into one flawless whole.

"Hiss!"

Observing the turbulent sheen born from the mingling of black and seven-colored rays, Song Chi’s eyes burst with fierce delight.

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

In astonishment, the wondrous trait of this fused item displayed right before him.

[Strange Object: Slaying Immortal Sword Array]

[Quality: Chaos Wonder]

[Convertible: {Slaying Immortal Sword Array}]

[Remark: Once the mightiest assault treasure of the Immortal Realm Civilization, scattered across eons, it has at last reunited.]

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