Chapter 174: The Stars Blossom

Time flowed swiftly.

For Gune, it was three hundred and sixty years.

For the Cthulhu creatures outside, it was merely one hundred and twenty years.

Yet even a hundred and twenty years was a very short time for Cthulhu beings.

And in this period of one hundred and twenty years, neither long nor short,

extraordinary changes took place in the Ancient God Mountain, Holy Haigar, and even the entire cosmic starry sky.

First,

in the thirtieth year of the outside world during Gune's secluded cultivation,

the Qiyuan biological channel entered numerous transcendent worlds for the second time.

This time,

many Erosource biological paths entered.

At the same time, a certain number of Qiyuan organisms also entered.

Unlike the previous time when the channels randomly blossomed within many transcendent worlds,

this second entry

saw those beings act with great caution.

All channels were completely concealed.

The information Gune received was that channels would only open under the guidance of Qiyuan organisms or powerful Erosource beings.

Since the Oya Continent had neither Qiyuan nor Erosource organisms, Gune did not need to worry about his transcendent world being invaded.

It was said that the origin organisms entering this time were all at the divine level.

Then, in the eightieth year of Gune's cultivation,

strange channels blossomed once more.

Even Gune, cultivating in the Time Corridor, could sense the commotion of those eerie and concealed channels opening outside.

It felt as if, beneath a calm sleep, one bizarre channel after another emerged.

Then strange substances surged forth and promptly vanished.

Even the exact locations of the channels were hard to grasp.

But what could be confirmed was

that this time, there were very, very many incoming organisms.

Just in the regions where Gune sensed peculiar fluctuations in Holy Haigar, there were over eight hundred.

And that was only near the Emoko Ancient God Mountain—over eight hundred.

Across all of Holy Haigar, there were probably tens of thousands.

Without a doubt, these Qiyuan mimetic organisms were extremely numerous.

The Qiyuan demons, Qiyuan insectoids, and Qiyuan machines of the past had all been as vast as seas and tides.

And this time, the Qiyuan mimetic organisms were no different.

Yet Gune understood

that this was not the final wave.

Only when the Cthulhu creatures began to awaken one after another

would the true large-scale arrival of Qiyuan organisms occur.

And that would be the true beginning of the calamity.

Gune continued his quiet cultivation,

letting those Qiyuan mimetic organisms run rampant within the Emoko Ancient God Mountain.

Compared to the emergence of those Qiyuan beings, Gune's own growth in strength was clearly more important.

Unbeknownst to him, the three hundred and sixty years of secluded cultivation in the Time Corridor were drawing to a close.

…

On this day!

In the midst of cultivation,

Gune sensed something.

He then looked toward the starry sky.

There, where the stars had been sparse,

a single star now blazed forth with brilliant light,

its brightness tens or even hundreds of times greater than before.

"The stars have reached their proper positions; the Cthulhu creatures should awaken," Gune murmured softly.

With the blossoming of that one star,

the entire starry sky seemed affected.

A second!

A third!

A tenth!

A hundredth!

Tens of thousands, densely packed stars, all burst forth with dazzling radiance.

For a moment, the entire pitch-dark starry sky, under the light of countless stars, became as bright as day.

…

As the starlight blossomed,

the night was illuminated.

At that moment, in all the transcendent worlds across the cosmic starry sky,

whether in day or night, or at the distant borders of the universe,

all creatures looked up at the sky and the night.

The stars, in this turbulent time, shone with the only radiance of their lives,

a brilliance enough to light up the entire starry sky.

When the stars reach their proper positions,

the great beings shall awaken.

This was a legend that circulated in all transcendent worlds across the boundless universe.

Everyone knew what it meant.

…

In the ancient forest,

all the Afuro elves knelt around the altar, their faces devout and solemn.

They chanted in unison the unspeakable true names.

…

In the depths of the Abyss World,

where light could not penetrate,

when the stars blossomed with indescribable light,

all demonic beings, or half-demons, and those lowly creatures with demon blood

felt their blood boil and burn.

They roared in unison, howling at the starry sky.

It was excitement and frenzy.

They knew their kin had arrived; their era had come.

…

At the same time, Gune also felt

that deep within his blood sea, a multitude of Blood Dream Elves were prostrating on the ground, tremblingly calling out the true name of the Nightmare Dominator,

hoping the Nightmare Dominator would give them guidance.

Sensing the surging faith power,

Gune smiled.

"I didn't expect my Blood Dream World to be affected as well."

Then, a single thought from Gune spread out.

These Blood Dream Elves were still weak; the strongest were only at the second level of Divine Envoy.

Their existence was enough to maintain the operation of the Blood Dream World.

As he sensed, Gune narrowed his eyes and looked at the world around him.

In the calm space, in the strange depths of dimensions, in places Gune could not determine,

one channel after another tore open.

Strange and bizarre vast amounts of matter gushed out like a geyser, spraying wildly.

At the same time, one bizarre and grotesque Qiyuan organism after another began to pass through those strange channels.

After appearing, these Qiyuan organisms immediately vanished.

"Indeed…"

Gune shook his head lightly.

"Just as those elders like Andru said, when these strange beings arrive, we Cthulhu creatures cannot even effectively grasp where they come from."

"Fortunately, I have seen a little of this on the former Erosource beings."

Then, Gune focused his mind on those gushing strange substances.

"Very peculiar substances. Even when I spoke with Andru before, he said that these substances are highly harmful to Cthulhu creatures."

"However…"

"Very, very long ago, I fought at the entrance of the channel and had already been contaminated by these substances."

"Then I also reincarnated. Not only do these substances fail to harm me,"

"but even…"

Gune waved his hand lightly.

"These substances can be used by me; I just don't know their specific function."

"Once I find a means to control these substances and energies, I can study them."

After sensing for a moment,

Gune raised his head and looked toward the deepest part of the starry sky.

There, one terrifying aura after another, enough to shake the spirit, spread out.

The stars had already reached their proper positions.

Thus, those terrifying existences that had slept for endless ages were about to awaken.

When the calamity passed, they fell into slumber.

Upon their awakening,

what they saw was a new calamity.

A calamity that would determine whether they could sleep again.