And in this cold and maddening transformation, does Xu Ran's original consciousness still have any remnants?
No one knows.
Perhaps it has been completely obliterated, becoming part of the vessel. Perhaps it has been compressed to the deepest recesses, waiting for some unknown opportunity.
The trials of the Fifth Space have no end, only the path to becoming stronger.
...
Southern Celestial Star Cosmos rim, Abandoned Star Domain.
In the depths of the Withered Star's core, the gigantic blood pool still churns, the evil array continues to operate.
However, the youth at the center of the blood pool has vanished. In his place, there is a pulsating mass of grey light.
It resembles a heart, each pulse emitting a strong suction that extracts the remaining source of the Withered Star, and the chaotic energy pervading the Abandoned Star Domain, converting it into pure grey origin, which is then delivered through some mysterious conduit, toward a distant dark void.
