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Chapter 468 The Flame of Memory
476 Chapters of Memory

She traversed the collapsing void, avoiding the rifts that tore the universe apart. Behind her, the Sea of ​​Annihilation contracted and collapsed at an alarming rate, eventually transforming into a massive black hole that devoured everything around it.

When Xu Qinghan rushed out of the Sea of ​​Annihilation, she looked back and saw that the desolate land that had once devoured countless stars had completely disappeared, leaving only a deep vortex of nothingness, like a wound in the universe.

She felt the surging power within her, a power that sharpened her perception of the universe. She could clearly sense that the light of the Flame Network had become even brighter at this moment, still fragile, but with added resilience and vitality.

"Success..." Xu Qinghan murmured to herself, her tone tinged with weariness, but even more so with determination.

She found a relatively safe star field and began to stabilize her realm and completely integrate the newly acquired "Flame of Memory".

This spark granted her flame the ability to "analyze" and "reconstruct." She could extract the most primal information from the power of nothingness, and even reconstruct it into new matter or energy. This ability gave her a stronger means of confrontation when facing the Lord of Nothingness; it was no longer a simple transformation, but a deeper level of "control."

Her spirit grew stronger, as if she could see into the very origin of the universe. She could feel the will of those who had passed away and ignited the flame, now connected to her more closely. Their memories and experiences flooded into her mind like a tide, deepening her understanding of the passing on of the torch.

Several months later, Xu Qinghan woke up from her seclusion.

Her aura became more restrained, yet it contained an unfathomable power. In her eyes, a chaotic golden-black light flowed, deep and mysterious, as if it could see through all things in the world. Between her brows, the mark of the ancient god's flame had now completely transformed into a golden-black rune, radiating an ancient and sacred aura.

She tried to unleash a wisp of the flame's power, and the flame was no longer simply burning, but constantly changing form in the void, sometimes turning into golden stars, sometimes into pitch-black nothingness, and sometimes into mysterious runes, before finally returning to chaos and dissipating into nothingness.

She knew that she had reached an unprecedented level.

Just then, she felt a clearer guidance coming from the Fireline Network. It was no longer a faint fluctuation, but a call with a strong will, as if it had traversed the endless void and directly reached her soul.

The guidance pointed to a forbidden zone deep within the universe, known as the "Ancient Star Road".

The Ancient Star Road is a path opened up by countless powerful civilizations in ancient times to explore the origins of the universe, connecting the most mysterious and dangerous regions of the cosmos. However, after the arrival of the Lord of Nothingness, this ancient road was completely eroded by the power of nothingness, turning into a land of death, with countless star debris floating within it, like the skeleton of the universe.

Legend has it that deep within the ancient starry road lies a flame known as the "Chaotic Flame," one of the first sources of fire at the dawn of the universe, containing the ultimate power of "creation" and "destruction." The Lord of Nothingness attempted to extinguish it many times, but failed each time, ultimately sealing it away in the deepest part of the ancient starry road.

A hint of seriousness flashed in Xu Qinghan's eyes. The Ancient Starry Road was even more dangerous than the Sea of ​​Annihilation. There, not only was there endless power of nothingness, but also layers of killing formations laid out by the Lord of Nothingness, and countless powerful creatures corrupted by nothingness.

But she did not hesitate at all.

"The flame will never be extinguished, and hope will endure forever," she murmured to herself, her voice firm and powerful.

She once again activated the power of the primordial fire within her body, and flames intertwined with gold and black rose around her, transforming into a stream of light that shot into the sky and headed straight for that distant ancient starry road.

The long journey begins again.

This time, Xu Qinghan was no longer simply traversing the void-eroded starfields as before. The Ancient Star Road was, in itself, a path full of unknowns and uncertainties.

She traversed among the ancient star debris, where the splendor of past civilizations could still be faintly discerned. However, at this moment, they were all shrouded in a layer of pitch-black nothingness, exuding an aura of decay and death.

She encountered more Void creatures, no longer ordinary wanderers, but "Void Monsters" transformed by the Lord of Nothingness. They possessed immense power and an instinctive hatred for the Flamebringer.

Once, she passed through a star field utterly distorted by the power of nothingness. The laws of space there were completely disordered, and the flow of time had become bizarre, sometimes as fast as lightning, sometimes as slow as a tortoise's pace. Here, the energy of nothingness condensed into jet-black "void wind blades," formless and intangible, yet capable of easily tearing through space and obliterating all life.

The golden-black fire barrier surrounding Xu Qinghan emitted a series of ear-piercing friction sounds as it was cut by the void wind blades. The fire power within her body was being consumed rapidly, but she gritted her teeth, her eyes flashing with a determined light.

She no longer simply resisted, but actively expanded the golden-black vortex, beginning to devour the void wind blades. The void energy carrying the law of cutting was decomposed and purified in the golden-black vortex, ultimately transforming into the purest energy to nourish her flame.

Her ability to "transform the flame into nothingness" was honed to its extreme in this environment. She could simulate a portion of the flame's power into a form of nothingness, thus better merging into the void, avoiding the perception of the void wind blades, and even briefly controlling the void wind blades for her own use at certain times.

She discovered that each time she transformed the power of nothingness into nourishment for the flame, her abilities of "analysis" and "reconstruction" would be enhanced. She could extract deeper layers of laws from nothingness, and even glimpse some of the mysteries of the Lord of Nothingness.

This deepened her understanding of the Lord of Nothingness. The Lord of Nothingness is not simply darkness; it is an ultimate "nothingness," a annihilation of the origin of the universe. It attempts to reduce the universe to eternal nothingness, not for destruction, but to achieve an ultimate "balance," a kind of "eternity" as it understands it.

“But this eternity comes at the cost of extinguishing all life!” Xu Qinghan sneered inwardly. She knew that the eternity of the flame was the unity of life and death, the balance of hope and despair, not simply “nothingness.”

Deep within the Starry Sky Ancient Road, she encountered a "Void Patrol" dispatched by the Lord of Nothingness. It was a team of over a hundred Void Demons, led by three Void Monarchs. Their auras were powerful and icy, clearly a deliberate arrangement by the Lord of Nothingness to suppress the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

"Torchbearer! How dare you trespass here!" The leading Void Monarch roared, its body seemingly formed from pure nothingness, radiating a suffocating pressure. It swung its giant claws, and jet-black void chains stretched out from the void, wrapping around Xu Qinghan.

A flash of golden-black light appeared in Xu Qinghan's eyes, but she did not back down in the slightest. She knew that this was the Lord of Nothingness testing her, and also her chance to prove her strength.

"Lord of Nothingness, you dare to try and stop the advance of the Flame? Wishful thinking!" Xu Qinghan roared, her golden-black flames erupting and transforming into a towering phantom of a Flame War God, protecting her within. She charged towards the three Lords of Nothingness, her golden-black fire blades slashing out, tearing through the void with streaks of golden-black light that clashed violently with the chains of nothingness.

"Rumble--"

A deafening roar erupted along the ancient starry road, distorting the void and shattering its laws. The golden-black embers and the pitch-black power of nothingness collided violently, eroding and annihilating each other.

Xu Qinghan fought three opponents single-handedly, holding her own in the slightest. Her power of annihilation granted her exceptional resilience against the Void Monarchs. Each strike of her golden-black fire blade tore through the Void Monarchs' defenses, eliciting painful roars from them.

Her "Transformation of Fire into Nothingness" ability allowed her to thrive amidst the siege of the Void Monarch. She could instantly vanish into nothingness to evade fatal attacks, and then instantly solidify to unleash a powerful counterattack.

"This is impossible! How can she be so powerful?!" A Void Monarch roared in disbelief as its body began to crumble inch by inch under Xu Qinghan's Flame Annihilation Fist.

Xu Qinghan did not respond. She knew that this was the power she had forged by fusing the three great flames and tempering herself in the Sea of ​​Annihilation. Her flame was no longer simply vitality, but a unity of life and death, existence and non-existence, matter and information.

She suddenly unleashed all her power, the golden and black runes between her brows shone brightly, and beams of golden and black light burst forth from her body, transforming into a sea of ​​golden and black fire that instantly devoured hundreds of void demons.

The void demons let out mournful screams in the sea of ​​golden and black fire. Their bodies rapidly melted away under the burning of the golden and black flames, turning into the purest void energy, which was then devoured and transformed by the sea of ​​golden and black fire.

"The flames are extinguished, the void is burned to ashes!" Xu Qinghan roared, her golden-black fire blade slashing fiercely at the leader of the Void Monarch.

The Void Monarch let out a desperate roar as it tried to resist, but the golden-black fire blade, carrying the primal power of the extinguishing flames, tore through its defenses as easily as cutting tofu, and slammed into its chest!

"laugh--"

A piercing tearing sound rang out, and the Void Monarch's chest was cleaved open by the golden-black fire blade, creating a huge gash. Dark void energy surged out of the gash like a tidal wave, causing its body to tremble violently and its light to dim rapidly.

Xu Qinghan pressed her advantage, her body transforming into a golden-black streak of light, instantly rushing to the Void Monarch's front. The golden-black fire blade in her hand suddenly expanded, transforming into a golden-black vortex, and began to frantically devour the Void Monarch's Void Power!
"what--"

The Void Monarch let out a shrill scream as its body began to crumble inch by inch under the devouring golden-black vortex. Its massive form rapidly shrank, and its light dimmed. It sensed the loss of its essence and the threat of death.

A moment later, the three Void Monarchs and hundreds of Void Demons were all devoured by Xu Qinghan's Flame Annihilation Power, turning into the purest energy to nourish her Flame.

Xu Qinghan felt the power of the primordial flame within her body receiving unprecedented nourishment; her aura became stronger and more restrained. She had successfully transformed the power of the Void Monarch into nourishment for the primordial flame, which deepened her understanding of "primordial flame transforming into the void."

However, she did not let her guard down. She knew that the Lord of Nothingness would not let her go easily.

She continued deeper into the ancient starry path, and the deeper she went, the denser and more violent the aura of nothingness became. This place seemed to be the source of the power of nothingness, and every inch of space was filled with the destructive intent to obliterate everything.

She could sense that deep within the ancient starry road, there was an extremely powerful void force. That force was even stronger than any void lord she had encountered before, as if it were an avatar of the void lord, or an unparalleled killing formation set up by it itself.

And the guidance of the torch points directly to the center of that power.

Without hesitation, Xu Qinghan took a deep breath, and the golden-black flames around her suddenly erupted, transforming into a stream of light that rushed straight into the deepest part of the ancient starry road.

She traversed the cold, desolate depths of the universe, feeling the corrosive power of nothingness. Each impact of the void torrent, each attack from void creatures, became an opportunity for her to hone the will to extinguish the flame. She no longer simply resisted, but actively devoured and transformed it. Enveloped in the golden-black flame, that power of nothingness was decomposed and purified, ultimately transforming into the purest energy, nourishing her flame.

Her ability to "transform the flame into nothingness" has become more and more proficient in actual combat. She can simulate a portion of the power of the flame into a form of nothingness, thereby better integrating into the nothingness, avoiding the perception of void creatures, and even, at certain times, briefly controlling the power of nothingness for her own use.

This ability allows her to thrive in the void-eroded star field. Although dangers still abound, she can traverse the ocean of nothingness in an unprecedented way.

Finally, after a long journey of several months, Xu Qinghan arrived at the deepest part of the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

This is a pitch-black space formed entirely from the power of nothingness. There is no light, no matter, only endless silence and coldness.

However, in this deathly darkness, there was a huge, pitch-black altar, seemingly woven from countless ethereal runes, exuding a suffocating aura of annihilation.

On the altar, a blurry yet enormous figure sat cross-legged. Its form resembled that of a Void Lord, but it was more solid and powerful. Countless Void Chains were wrapped around its body, each chain connecting to various nodes of the ancient star road, as if it were the center of this ancient star road and the representative of the Void Lord in this place.

It is the guardian of the ancient starry road—the Void Overlord!
The Void Sovereign slowly opened its eyes. In its eyes were two deep, void vortexes, seemingly capable of devouring everything.

"Torchbearer...you actually dared to venture into the ancient path of the stars..." The voice of the Void Sovereign, like an ancient whisper from the depths of the universe, carried a cold and indifferent majesty, "For billions of years, no being born of the Torchbearer has ever set foot here. You are the first, and you will be the last."

(End of this chapter)