Swallowing the Stars: Level 1, One Talent, Invincible Chaos Origin

Chapter 126, Willpower Crystal Core!
pain!
An indescribable, excruciating pain was acting on my consciousness.

Each time his will was shattered by the starlight, unimaginable pain acted upon Jiang Ming's consciousness.

"This pain is equivalent to the pain I endured every moment when fusing the hundredth Blood Crystal."

Jiang Ming is no longer the young man who has just made his mark on Earth; his willpower is unmatched even among the kings!
Despite the intense pain, Jiang Ming remained conscious.

Different states of mind lead to different levels of tolerance for pain.

But there is no shortcut to this agonizing pain that shatters the will, because this intense pain acts directly on the soul and the will.

It's not a hallucination! It's not a mental shock!
Instead, it is external energy that is constantly shattering Jiang Ming's will.

His will was constantly shattered and reassembled. Every thought of Jiang Ming's mind was polished by the starlight, becoming as brilliant as crystal.

"The pain is intensifying."

As Jiang Ming continued to advance, he could feel that with each inch he went forward, the pain intensified.

At this moment, he is still a vast and endless distance away from the talent star of 'the strongest in the universe'.

This distance seems like an insurmountable chasm, making one feel utterly hopeless.

"Although my will is increasing, the pain is also increasing, and the rate of increase is even faster than the rate at which my will is increasing."

"Unless something unexpected happens, even if I could stay here indefinitely, I would never reach the location of the 'Gifted Star'."

Jiang Ming quickly grasped the current predicament.

"I took the right step by actively enduring the pain."

"If you resist, the pain will be less, and you can initially go faster and farther."

But the further they went, the less they could sustain the effort, and there was absolutely no hope left.

"Only by actively enduring pain, using pain as a sharpening tool, and starlight as nourishment, can we truly hope to reach our destination."

"But simply enduring pain is not enough!"

"I need a more efficient way."

Jiang Ming's core consciousness operated rapidly during the intervals of excruciating pain, capturing the subtle process of each will being shattered and reassembled.

“Every crushing is a process of forcibly stripping away distracting thoughts, cowardice, and hesitation.”

Every reorganization is the crystallization of the purest and most resilient core of will under high pressure... but that's not enough!

The speed of reorganization and the efficiency of condensation cannot keep up with the speed of the increasing pain!

An almost insane idea was born in his consciousness, which was repeatedly shattered and reassembled by starlight.

Why not shatter them even more thoroughly!

The transformation is even more thorough!
"Crush all will, leaving only a glimmer of light!"

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Jiang Ming immediately made a decision!

Come! Crush me!

Jiang Ming's will roared silently.

boom!
Jiang Ming's will abandoned all instinctive resistance and wholeheartedly immersed himself in the heavy starlight.

The result of this near-suicidal 'confrontation' was devastating.

The condensed core of will was instantly crushed a thousand times more than before!
The excruciating pain surged exponentially, as if my entire soul had been thrown into a black hole singularity and pulled into the most basic particle stream.

That sense of emptiness and annihilation is enough to cause the will of any immortal god to collapse instantly.

"Ughh ...

That feeling was thousands of times stronger than when I fused with the hundredth Blood Crystal!
However, amidst this extreme pain and destruction, a subtle change quietly occurred.

The deliberate destruction brings not only more thorough annihilation, but also a more thorough "cleansing"!
Those extremely subtle impurities of will that might remain during the passive crushing process are completely annihilated by the even more violent force the moment they are actively thrown into the forging hammer.

The remaining true essence of Jiang Ming's will, the most fundamental and unyielding "true spirit," became even purer under the scouring of the starlight's destructive torrent!
Even more dazzling!
More importantly, after being actively destroyed, the "reconstruction" process of the core of will seems to have undergone a subtle change.

No longer passively, relying on instinct and remaining willpower to piece the fragments back together.

Rather, it was under the strong will of Jiang Ming to "actively shatter" that it was guided!
In the instant before the destructive pressure of the starlight had completely subsided, the particles of will that had been shattered to near nothingness began to "aggregate" in an unprecedented way!
They are no longer simply pieced together, but rather... like the elementary particles combining to form atomic nuclei in the early universe, under extreme pressure, they undergo a kind of "qualitative" fusion!

It was a tiny, almost imperceptible amount, yet it was purer and more resilient than all the previous fragments of will combined!
Furthermore, a brilliant "crystal core" of will was born from the ashes of destruction.

It is as small as a mustard seed, yet it exudes a faint radiance that is eternal, immortal, and indestructible.

This newly formed core of will has suddenly become much more resistant to the pressure of starlight!

Although the pain was still terrifying, Jiang Ming clearly felt that the foundation of his "existence" was more solid, and the resistance to moving forward seemed to have decreased slightly!
"efficient!"

Jiang Ming was overjoyed, and the excruciating pain seemed to lessen a bit.

He found his direction!

But this is only the beginning.

One crystal core is far from enough.

He needs more!
The entire core of will needs to be transformed into this immortal crystal nucleus born from destruction!

"Come again!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Ming once again took the initiative to guide the massive torrent of starlight, crashing it fiercely into the newly condensed will crystal core!

boom! ! !
A more complete annihilation! More terrifying pain!

But after the shattering, within the torrent of starlight, more particles of will, guided by the high pressure and Jiang Ming's indomitable will, began to converge towards the "seed" crystal core! Fusion!

One… two… three…

The tiny crystals of will are like newborn stars in the dark universe, struggling to condense and illuminate amidst the destructive storm of starlight.

Each act of deliberate shattering is accompanied by the complete collapse of the old will structure and the arduous gestation of the new crystal core; the pain is like billions of files scraping at the soul simultaneously.

However, with each additional will crystal core condensed, Jiang Ming's overall will "quality" improved by one point, and his adaptability and resistance to the pressure of starlight increased by one point.

The pace of progress began to increase in a slow but steady manner!

No longer is it impossible to move an inch, but...!

One crystal core per step!

Jiang Ming forgot about time, forgot about his purpose, and even forgot about the concept of "Jiang Ming".

His entire existence was transformed into the simple yet cruel cycle of "crush! coalesce! advance!"

His will was undergoing an unprecedented transformation within this purgatory-like layer of starlight.

The fragments of will are no longer grains of sand, but gradually transform into tiny specks of stardust, radiating an immortal glow.

Countless specks of dust, under the pressure of destruction and the yearning for rebirth, are struggling, slowly, to gather into a dazzling galaxy!

He seemed to be one step closer to that 'Universe's Strongest Talent Star,' which radiated endless starlight deep within the dark layer.

That heavy starlight is still an insurmountable chasm, but above that chasm, a path paved with will crystal cores, full of thorns and destruction, is being carved out little by little by him in the most tragic way!
(End of this chapter)