237: The barrier crumbles, and the true form descends.

"Boom boom boom boom boom—!!!!!!!!!"

The world barrier… had already… transformed… into… a chaotic battlefield… where laws were annihilated! Xiao Chen… stood atop the star tower, concentrating the Chaos Star Power of thousands of Dou Saints' lifelong cultivation… like gigantic axes… splitting heaven and earth… continuously striking… the Dark clawsdark claws… extending from the cracks in the barrier! Each collision… triggered large-scale collapses of the void! New cracks… constantly appeared… on those claws, but they stubbornly retreated… only to fiercely strike again! The entity… on the other side of the world barrier… seemed… to be completely enraged!

"Insignificant ants… how dare you… harm my… Dharma body?!" That… icy will… once again… surged like a tide! This time… the contained tyranny and killing intent… were even more intense! "When my true body descends… I will surely… extract your… souls… and make you suffer… for eternity!"

"Crack… crackle crackle—!!!"

As that will… roared, the largest… dark red crack… on the world barrier… suddenly expanded… several times over! Innumerable web-like cracks… spread outwards… at an astonishing speed! That layer of… colorful… barrier light membrane… emitted a mournful wail… unable to bear the burden… its light rapidly dimmed! As if… in the next instant… it would completely shatter!

"Not good! It's going to… forcibly break through!" The Dragon Emperor… let out a horrified dragon's roar! He… could feel… an aura… infinitely more terrifying… than before… surging wildly… from the depths of the crack!

"Fortify the barrier! At all costs!" Emperor Xiao's… pupils… contracted sharply! He… frantically… activated… the star tower! Attempting… to draw in… more… Universal Star Power… to infuse into… the rapidly collapsing… world barrier! Flame Emperor, Flower Without Shadow, and others… also desperately… injected their own… law power… into the barrier!

But—it all… seemed… too late!

"Roar—!!!!!!!!!!"

A terrifying roar… as if from… ancient primordial times… shook the entire… edge of the world! That… dark red crack… was suddenly… torn open into… a huge gap… by an indescribable… immense force! Beyond the gap… was no longer… an empty darkness… but… a dark red ocean… swirling with endless chaos and destructive aura! A terrifying pressure… that instantly froze… the souls of everyone present… like a substantial mountain… crashed down!

"Thump… thump thump…" More than half of the Dou Saints… in the allied army… didn't even have time… to make any sound… before directly… kneeling on the ground! Blood gushed from their seven orifices! Even peak powerhouses like Flame Emperor and the Dragon Emperor… swayed violently… their faces instantly turning ashen!

"Finally… it's here…" Xiao Chen… stared intently… at the crack in the barrier… feeling… the pressure… that seemed… to crush his soul… yet a cold… arc… curved at the corner of his mouth. He… knew… the most difficult… moment… had finally arrived!

In the depths of that… dark red chaotic ocean… an enormous shadow… indescribably vast… slowly emerged! It was not… a concrete form… but… a constantly twisting and changing… dark red energy conglomerate! At its center… it seemed… as if countless… shattered worlds… were wailing… and billions… of twisted souls… were struggling! An ultimate… will of destruction, Devour, and termination… emanated from that shadow! Was this… the true body of the enemy from beyond the border… or rather… the concretization of its will?

"Do you see… you ants…" That… icy will… sounded again… this time… directly reverberating… in the deepest parts of everyone's souls… carrying… an indifference… of looking down on food. "This… is the final destination… of your world… to merge into… my 'Sea of Return to Ruin'… and become… the nourishment for my… descent into… all realms!"

"This realm's… Origin Qi… still exists… it's quite a good supplement…" The 'gaze' of that shadow… seemed to penetrate space… directly locking onto Xiao Chen… and the chaos emperor heart seed within him! An irresistible… suction… came from that… dark red ocean… attempting… to swallow Xiao Chen… along with the star tower… whole!

"Protect Emperor Xiao!" Flame Emperor… let out a hoarse… roar of fury! Along with the Dragon Emperor… and others… they simultaneously unleashed… their strongest powers… attempting… to block… that… terrifying suction! But… their power… before that… true body from beyond the border… was like… a mantis trying to stop a chariot… instantly… crushed! Countless allied cultivators… were swept into… that… dark red ocean by the suction… without even time to scream… they turned into nothingness!

"Brother Chen!" Flame Heart… let out a desperate… cry… rushing towards Xiao Chen… regardless of the consequences!

"Don't come over!" Xiao Chen… suddenly… turned his head… and shouted sternly! He… looked at… the dark red ocean… continuously devouring… the allied cultivators… looked at… the world barrier… about to completely collapse… a trace of resolute madness… flashed in his eyes!

"Since… you… want… Origin Qi…" Xiao Chen… slowly… raised his head… looking at… that… massive… shadow… his voice… as cold… as ten thousand years of profound ice! "Then… I'll give it to you!"

"chaos emperor heart… origin… reverse! With my soul… as a sacrifice for my blood… awaken… the ancient Star Emperor's… final… imprint!"

"star tower… ninth layer… ultimate restriction… open! 'Starfall… Chaos… Burst'!"

Xiao Chen… actually… once again… began to burn… his newly reborn… chaos emperor heart! Even… at the cost… of his own soul… as a sacrifice! To detonate… the star tower… and perish together… with that… true body from beyond the border!

"No—!!!" Flame Heart… Xuan Kongzi… and others… let out desperate… roars!

But… just at… this critical moment—

"Alas…"

A desolate sigh… as if… traversing… eons of time… suddenly… echoed faintly… at the edge of this world.

A faint… seven-colored light… from… the deepest part of the world barrier… which was about to completely shatter… quietly lit up… like the last… star… in the night.