Li Buren peered into it, attempting to see traces of the Dao Annihilation Calamity upon it.

Lord Hill Guardian had gazed upon the mountains and seas for more than a hundred epochs. Whether it was the mountains or the sea, he was already incomparably familiar with them. At this moment, with the help of his power, Li Buren truly sensed a faint trace of something familiar from the enormous character [Hunger] in the Immortal Ruins.

"Whether the previous Hunger Immortal died during the Dao Annihilation, or transformed themselves into a pillar to withstand the overwhelming calamity descending from the Immortal Realm, one thing is certain. They definitely came into close contact with the Dao Annihilation."

"Although their body died, their Dao remained. The current Hunger Immortal discovered the profound secret hidden here. The temptation of ascending to the Nameless Realm is simply too great. Therefore, she was willing to take the enormous risk. Unlike the other True Immortals, she did not flee, but instead remained here to comprehend the Dao."

"Actually, it cannot even be considered that dangerous."

"From the perspective of the outside world, the Immortal Realm has naturally been destroyed for a long time. But from the perspective of the Hunger Immortal, what she has experienced has probably not even amounted to a single day. Moreover, with the remnant of a Nameless True Immortal serving as a pillar here, if the Dao Annihilation Calamity truly erupted again, the Immortal Ruins might actually be somewhat safer than other places in this Star Sea."

"If it were me, I would make the same choice."

Li Buren reached his conclusion.

Although he was determined to help the Hunger Immortal attain the Nameless Realm, when it came to the Great Dao of Hunger, Li Buren had no intention of simply ignoring it as he had claimed.

A Dao capable of causing the flow of time around it to undergo drastic changes could absolutely not be associated with the word "weak."

Li Buren hid inside the house representing the path of the Great Dao of Hunger, watching the figure of the Hunger Immortal fill the interior, gradually occupying more and more of the space.

He carefully recorded the entire process.

"If my guess is correct, after the Hunger Immortal attains the Nameless realm, all these records of mine will cease to exist. It can be compared to the simulation deduction that was just in my mind. But there is still a slight difference. Even if I were to truly return to the true state, the simulation deduction would disappear along with its ultimate annihilation, and I would not remember it afterward."

"But here, with the Hunger Immortal..."

"If she dies, or if I go to my next life, and no one has yet attained the Great Dao of Hunger, these records will reappear."

"With both the remnants of the previous generation's Hunger Immortal and the complete process of the current Hunger Immortal's attainment of the Dao in hand, anyone who is not too lacking in aptitude will be able to directly attain the Nameless realm within a short period of time. It will not necessarily have to be this woman anymore."

Li Buren's heart remained calm as he meticulously recorded every detail.

Until the small house of the Great Dao of Hunger could no longer accommodate a second person.

A mysterious fluctuation suddenly arose between heaven and earth.

The second High Wall personally constructed by Li Buren collapsed without warning.

It was not because the Hunger Immortal had suddenly turned against him. Rather, it was the natural fluctuation caused by her ascension to the Nameless realm.

Although the High Wall replicated by Li Buren could withstand the Hunger Immortal while she was comprehending the Dao, it could no longer contend with an existence that had already attained the Nameless realm.

At the same time, Li Buren also sensed that a segment of memory in his mind had been inexplicably erased.

Yet his mission remained firmly engraved in his mind.

The abyssal and oceanic aura ahead reminded him that standing before him was a Nameless True Immortal.

His hunting target.

The process of attaining the Nameless realm had not yet ended, so it was not yet the best time to strike. Li Buren accumulated his strength, ready to deliver a single fatal blow at any moment.

Within the Darkest Star Sea, it was as if a gigantic meteorite had fallen from the heavens. The monstrous waves it raised swept outward in all directions. Before this vast force, nothing remaining in the star sea could maintain its stability through its own power alone.

Relic artifacts and remnant worlds were all swept into the torrent as easily as withered branches.

In the end, they crashed toward the boundary of the star sea, where the High Wall stood.

Boom, boom, boom!

The reverse suction force accumulated beneath the High Wall over ten thousand years served as a buffer. Quite a few relic artifacts and remnant worlds managed to halt their momentum in time.

Yet many others still slammed directly into the High Wall.

The phantom of Lord Hill Guardian stood like a towering dam, completely unmoving. All the relics were like eggs striking a rock, turning to dust upon impact.

Yet the High Wall did not tremble in the slightest.

It even firmly locked down the fluctuations brought about by the Nameless Hunger Immortal.

The High Wall's performance greatly reassured Li Buren.

The power of Lord Hill Guardian was indeed worthy of trust.

At the same time, amid the raging storm caused by the Hunger Immortal's attainment of the Nameless realm, Li Buren also noticed that deep beneath the Darkest Star Sea, within the depression where the "Shape of Living Beings" was located, something seemed to be changing at the same time.

With Li Buren's current strength, even an extremely faint disturbance could not escape his observation.

"It seems that, like me, it quietly recorded the fluctuation caused by the birth of the Nameless Hunger Immortal?"

This result surprised Li Buren somewhat.

However, there was still a difference between their methods of recording.

Li Buren had made a complete record of everything, whereas the Shape of Living Beings within the depression of the star sea had used the impact generated when the Nameless Hunger Immortal was born to rewrite itself to a certain degree.

It was like pressing one's finger firmly into sealing wax and leaving behind the fingerprint of a Nameless True Immortal. Information belonging to a Nameless True Immortal, which ordinarily could not be recorded, had thus been preserved.

Within the depression, the dark river of vitality that had remained silent for so long suddenly became turbulent due to the changes in the Shape of Living Beings.

It resonated from afar with the magnificent scene of the birth of a Nameless True Immortal in the star sea.

Almost all the stored vitality was extracted. At the center of the Shape of Living Beings pattern, a figure corresponding to the Hunger Immortal quietly emerged.

"The shadow of a Nameless Immortal."

"Interesting."

Li Buren's thoughts raced.

"According to what I investigated previously, this Shape of Living Beings was constructed by Xuantian King and ordered Xing Wuwei to build it."

"Although Xuantian King possessed unparalleled talent, when he disappeared, he was only at the Half-Immortal realm. He absolutely should not have possessed a method capable of imprinting the shadow of a Nameless True Immortal. Therefore, there is a very high possibility that the problem lies with Xing Wuwei."

"Already exhausted and almost reduced to a shattered soul, with only a broken mask remaining..."

"If Xing Wuwei were simply a native cultivator of the Xuanhuang Realm, with a cultivation level even inferior to Xuantian King, then there would absolutely be no possibility of him constructing such a Shape of Living Beings."

"But if we also consider that the Xuanhuang Realm was once an important location for lying in wait for [Truth], it is highly possible that a Nameless True Immortal's incarnation infiltrated it..."

"Then everything becomes perfectly reasonable."

"Among the Twelve Dharma Kings, how many of them are truly innocent?"

Li Buren's hunting target was the Nameless Hunger Immortal, so he temporarily shifted his gaze away from the Nameless shadow within the depression.

The ripples gradually subsided, and the disturbance was about to disappear.

How fortunate the Darkest Star Sea was to welcome the birth of a Nameless True Immortal.

But for her, it might also prove to be unfortunate.

Because at the instant the Hunger Immortal attained the Dao, she completely occupied the path of the Great Dao of Hunger. Thus, the remnant of the previous Hunger Immortal beneath her lost its original mystical properties and became nothing more than an ordinary object.

Upon the earth of the Immortal Ruins, the character [Hunger] first dimmed as if it had died.

Then, after a fleeting instant, it came back to life and manifested once again.

But it now had a new master, gradually returning to the body of the Hunger Immortal.

Boom, boom, boom!

Faint world-destroying roars seemed to come from beyond the heavens.

This was the erosion of the Dao Annihilation Calamity caused by the sudden disappearance of the Nameless remnant that had originally served as a supporting pillar.

It was like a hole slowly appearing in an unbreakable dam. Although the hole had not yet completely pierced through the dam, the waters outside had already surged toward it with overwhelming force.

If Li Buren returned the power he had borrowed from Lord Hill Guardian's phantom at this moment, then with the additional Primordial Origin Bone combined with the five phantoms of Lord Hill Guardian, he would be fully capable of resisting the assault of the Dao Annihilation Calamity.

But Li Buren did not act rashly.

He even resisted the force from Lord Hill Guardian's phantom attempting to reclaim its power.

He had never forgotten his hunting target.

He was waiting for the best moment to strike.

And the Hunger Immortal did not disappoint him.

Whether it was a responsibility inherited from the previous Hunger Immortal, or simply an instinctive reaction when disaster arrived, in the face of the surging tide of Dao Annihilation about to arrive, the Nameless Hunger Immortal casually released a portion of her own power as a temporary replacement.

At the same time, she transmitted her voice to Li Buren.

"Immortal Friend, leave quickly. This place can no longer be stayed in for long."

Even after attaining the Nameless realm, she still addressed Li Buren as Immortal Friend.

First, because Li Buren had helped her comprehend the Dao earlier and had shown her kindness. Second, because the strength Li Buren had displayed, although somewhat strange, was in reality no weaker than hers. Therefore, her attitude toward him was extremely friendly.

But the other party's next action was completely beyond her expectations.

This very “benefactor” of hers had changed his face in an instant!

Li Buren’s body first fell into a brief stillness, then suddenly exploded apart.

It transformed into a vast silver Dao net, using its full capacity to receive the power coming from the phantom of Lord Hill Guardian.

A roar even greater than that of the Dao Annihilation Tide rang out beside the Nameless Hunger Immortal’s ears.

Within the vast silver Dao net before her, she could vaguely see a towering figure standing with his hands behind his back.

It was as majestic as a mountain and as vast as the sea.

Even she, who had transformed herself into a Great Dao of Heaven and Earth after attaining the Dao, was merely like an ant living between mountains and seas when compared to him.

That figure bore some resemblance to her “benefactor.”

Yet he looked even more like the person from the ancient legends of the Immortal Realm...

That person.

“Lord Hill Guardian?!”

The Nameless Hunger Immortal’s mind and body were violently shaken, and she lost herself in shock for an instant.

At that very moment, the countless mountains and seas came crashing down upon her.

Only when the waves reached her body and the mountains loomed overhead did the Nameless Hunger Immortal recover from her shock.

She had no time to question why. Instinctively, she prepared to resist.

Even if the other party truly was that great figure who had once saved the Immortal Realm, she would never simply sit back and await death!

“Hungry.”

“I am so hungry...”

A deep, ghostly voice emerged amid the vast mountains and seas.

It seemed to come from the Hunger Immortal herself.

Yet it sounded even more like it came from some mysterious existence beyond the unseen Great Dao.

All the power that Li Buren had intended to use to imprison the Nameless Hunger Immortal was swallowed by her as food.

Facing the immense power of the mountains and seas, the Hunger Immortal remained completely unafraid.

She would devour the mountains and drink the seas, transforming everything in the world into nourishment for herself!

Like a gigantic vortex that devoured all things, the figure of the Nameless Hunger Immortal had already become indistinct.

Before this terrifying suction force, even Li Buren felt the Dao Net forming his body faintly beginning to distort.

The strength of the Hunger Immortal after attaining the Nameless Dao was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations.

But with this mere degree of strength, she actually wanted to rebel against Heaven...

The other body of Li Buren, seated on the taishi chair, slightly bowed toward the five phantoms of Lord Hill Guardian.

In the next instant, a small portion of power was once again drawn from the five phantoms.

This was the maximum amount Li Buren could borrow according to his calculations, under the prerequisite that the High Wall would not collapse beneath the pressure of the Dao Annihilation Calamity.

It was roughly equivalent to the power of two and a half Nameless True Immortals!

Thus, the immense force binding the Nameless Hunger Immortal from outside suddenly surged by more than double.

The mountains and seas that had originally seemed as vast as Heaven and Earth now appeared to be nothing more than tiny stones among the mountains and drops of water within the sea.

The expansion of the mountains and seas seemed to have neither end nor limit.

The momentum and determination with which she had originally intended to devour the mountains and drink the seas inevitably faltered upon discovering this terrifying reality.

The endless hunger within her was also almost completely filled.

More importantly...

The Dao Annihilation Calamity that she had previously been casually resisting, intending to leave soon, had also grown several times more oppressive.

With the two factors combined, she was actually rendered immobile for a time!

It even seemed that, having discovered her as a possible breakthrough point, the Dao Annihilation Calamity itself had developed a form of sentience and began converging upon her from all sides.

At this moment, the Dao Annihilation pressure she suffered was many times greater than that in other parts of this star sea!

It was not only the Hunger Immortal.

Li Buren also noticed this change in the battle.

The greater the pressure borne by the Hunger Immortal, the less pressure the phantom of Lord Hill Guardian needed to bear.

Therefore, he could borrow even more power.

He increased the pressure once again.

The power equivalent to three Nameless True Immortals suddenly erupted.

The Nameless Hunger Immortal, who had already been struggling beneath the threat of the Dao Annihilation Calamity, was now like a bird trapped in a cage, with no possibility of escape.

Li Buren’s Dao Net body transformed into countless ropes.

They bound the Hunger Immortal.

As they tightened and locked her down, they slowly “nailed” her to this starry sky.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

“No!”

“Lord Hill Guardian, please have mercy!”

Realizing his intention, the Hunger Immortal cried out in terror.

Using a Nameless True Immortal as a Celestial Pillar.

This was no secret in the Immortal Realm.

At least, the Hunger Immortal had known of this matter for a long time. In fact, during her cultivation years, she had personally witnessed the foundation of a Celestial Pillar being established.

She never imagined that she would have to face the same fate today.

Yet no matter how unwilling she was, there was nothing she could do to change this outcome.

The scene before the Nameless Hunger Immortal grew increasingly dark.

The countless stars, mountains, and seas could no longer be seen.

It was as though she were slowly sinking into the bottom of an endless sea.

All she could sense around her was eternal darkness and increasingly tremendous pressure.

...

The instant the body of the Nameless Hunger Immortal disappeared into the Darkest Star Sea.

A Nameless Celestial Pillar had been successfully nailed into this world by Li Buren.

However, sensing that the faint sound of the Dao Annihilation Calamity still continued without end, Li Buren decisively returned the power borrowed from the phantoms of Lord Hill Guardian.

The Primordial Origin Bone, the Hunger Immortal Celestial Pillar, and the five phantoms of Lord Hill Guardian.

The dam jointly formed by such immense powers was absolutely beyond what the current Dao Annihilation Calamity could overwhelm.

After making an attempt and discovering that it was destined to accomplish nothing, the surging tide suddenly retreated.

Li Buren inspected his own Dao Net Body.

Because of the approaching Dao Annihilation Tide, it had actually begun showing signs of directly becoming incorporeal.

Fortunately, the Dao Annihilation Tide did not last very long.

After several deep breaths, Li Buren had already recovered to normal.

“The Dao Annihilation Tide indeed has its rises and falls.”

“And it seems to have no discernible pattern.”

“Within the brief period when it discovers a weakness, it may suddenly become incomparably violent and overwhelming.”

“It is almost as if...”

“It possesses its own awareness of where to focus its main assault.”

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