Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 722 The Purple Light Leads to the Secret

Beneath the balanced sky of the land of origin of chaos, the golden and black light stream of the fused entity floated on the top of the energy pillar, with the pale golden balance seal rune swirling around its fingertips.

Although the mysterious pale purple energy fluctuations at the edge of the universe had disappeared, they left an indelible tremor in her consciousness.

That energy was neither balanced nor void; it was more like some kind of "extradimensional messenger" that had entered this universe with an unknown mission.

"Amalgamation entity, are you still thinking about that energy fluctuation?"

The pale blue light stream, initially ethereal and ethereal, slowly approached, causing subtle ripples to spread through the memory energy.

“We have explored the entire edge of the universe and found nothing unusual. Perhaps it was just a temporary fluctuation caused by the operation of the universe’s balancing energy.”

The fused entity shook its head, a solemn light emanating from its golden-black energy:

“No, that energy has a clear ‘direction’; it’s moving closer to the center of the universe, and its target is likely the balancing energy pillar. Moreover, I can sense a trace of ‘contract’ hidden within the energy, as if it’s searching for a specific consciousness.”

The black and white light of the new consciousness suddenly flickered, and fragments of the first Lord of Chaos's memories rapidly reassembled within his body:

"The aura of a contract? I found a vague record in my memory: at the beginning of the universe, the initial consciousness signed a 'cross-universe balance contract' with the 'Extraterrestrial Balance Alliance,' agreeing not to interfere with the balanced operation of each other's universes. Could that energy be an envoy of the Extraterrestrial Balance Alliance?"

The gatekeeper's golden-black energy also stirred with vigilance: "If they are truly envoys from beyond the realm, why don't they show themselves directly, instead of using this clandestine method to transmit energy fluctuations? There must be something wrong here."

The balancing energy pillar suddenly burst forth with a pale golden light, and the runes on the pillar resonated with the balancing seal runes in the fused entity's hand.

A pale purple light emerged from the top of the energy pillar, gradually condensing into a "contract letter" made of energy, the text of which was written with pale purple energy.

The merged entity reached out and touched the contract letter; the words instantly transformed into a stream of consciousness and merged into her mind:

"To the Balance Guardian Fusion, I am Zi Yuan, the envoy of the Extraterrestrial Balance Alliance. Due to the appearance of the 'Inter-Universal Balance Rift,' the balance energies of your universe and our universe have begun to permeate each other. If not dealt with in time, the balance of both worlds will collapse simultaneously. I humbly request that we meet at the 'Boundary Balance Point' in three days to discuss a solution."

As the stream of consciousness dissipated, the contract letter transformed into pale purple energy, merging into the balancing energy pillar.

The merged entity relayed the contents of the letter to everyone, and a hint of doubt flashed in the eyes of the new consciousness:

"A trans-cosmic balance rift? I've never seen any record of it before. Could the extraterrestrial balance alliance be a trap?"

A pale blue stream of initial, ethereal light circled the pillar of balancing energy, resonating with the memory energy and the runes on the pillar:

"I saw it in the forbidden memories of the Memory Crystal Tower: the intercosmic balance rift is a spatial rift connecting two adjacent universes, caused by abnormal fluctuations in the balance energy between the two realms. If the rift expands, it will indeed lead to the collapse of the balance between the two realms."

After a moment of contemplation, a resolute light shone from the golden and black light stream:

"Whether it's a trap or not, we must go. If the intercosmic balance rift really exists, leaving it unchecked will only lead to a greater crisis for the universe."

Three days later, the fused entity, the new consciousness entity, the gatekeeper, and the initial void remnant arrived at the boundary balance point mentioned in the contract letter.

This is a spatial node at the edge of the universe. The surrounding space presents a peculiar two-tone interweaving state: half is golden balancing energy, and the other half is pale purple extraterrestrial energy. In the middle is a tiny spatial rift, which is the inter-universe balancing rift.

Beside the crack, a pale purple stream of light floated silently, emanating the same energy fluctuations as the Contract Letter. Upon the arrival of the group, the pale purple light slowly turned around, revealing a humanoid phantom surrounded by pale purple runes—it was Zi Yuan, the envoy of the Extraterrestrial Balance Alliance.

"Welcome, Balance Guardian Fusion." Zi Yuan's voice carried a gentle energy fluctuation. "I'm glad you trusted us and came to keep our appointment."

The fused entity looked at Zi Yuan warily: "Is this the intercosmic balance rift you mentioned? Why did it suddenly appear?"

Zi Yuan pointed to the spatial rift in the center. Pale purple energy condensed into an energy projection beside the rift, showing two adjacent universes. The rift between them was slowly widening, and the balanced energy of the two realms was permeating each other, causing energy disturbances on many planets.

"The appearance of the intercosmic balance rift is because the balance energy of the two realms has reached its peak at the same time. According to the law of cosmic balance, such a rift will appear when the balance energy of adjacent universes reaches its peak. If it is not closed in time, the rift will completely collapse in a month, and the two realms will be destroyed as a result."

A hint of doubt flashed in the eyes of the new consciousness: "Then how can we close the rift?"

"Closing the rift requires the 'balance core energy' of both realms to merge and form a 'cross-universe balance seal'."

Zi Yuan explained, "The core energy for balancing your universe is the Initial Balance Source Core, while the core energy for balancing our universe is the 'Extraterritorial Balance Crystal Core.' By injecting these two energies into the crack, we can close it."

Zi Yuan retrieved a pale purple crystal from the pale purple light stream. The crystal emanated a rich extraterrestrial balancing energy; it was an extraterrestrial balancing crystal core.

“I have brought the extraterrestrial balance crystal core. As long as you take out the initial balance source core, we can seal it immediately.”

The fused entity looked at the extraterrestrial balance crystal core in Zi Yuan's hand, but a sense of vigilance rose in its heart.

She could sense that in addition to the extraterrestrial balancing energy, there was also a faint "erosion fluctuation" hidden in the crystal core, which was similar to the energy of the previous Lord of Erosion, but even more concealed.

What's going on with the erosion fluctuations in your crystal core?

The fused entity's gold and black energy instantly coalesced, ready to launch an attack at any moment. "You are not an envoy of the Extraterritorial Balance Alliance at all. Who are you?"

Zi Yuan's expression instantly turned grim, and intense energy fluctuations rippled within the pale purple light stream:

"I didn't expect you to be able to sense the erosion fluctuations. That's right, I'm not an envoy from the Extraterrestrial Balance Alliance, I'm a member of the 'Erosion Balance Alliance.' Our goal is to use the intercosmic balance rift to inject erosion balance energy into your universe, making both realms the territory of erosion balance!"

Before he finished speaking, Zi Yuan suddenly mobilized his pale purple energy and hurled the extraterrestrial balance crystal core toward the intercosmic balance rift.

The moment the crystal core came into contact with the crack, it unleashed a powerful corrosive energy. The balanced energy within the crack was instantly contaminated, and the crack expanded several times faster. Countless pale purple corrosive energies surged from the crack, attacking the fusion entity and the others.

"It's really a trap!"

The fused entity immediately mobilized its gold and black dual-color energy to form a massive energy barrier, blocking the attack of the corrosive energy. "New consciousness, gatekeeper, primordial void remnant, let's attack the corrosive energy in the crack together and stop it from expanding!"

The four of them released their energy simultaneously, and the three colors of energy—gold, black, white, and light blue—intertwined to form a powerful energy torrent that blasted towards the corrosive energy in the crack.

The collision of the energy torrent and the corrosive energy created a shockwave that shook the surrounding space, causing the corrosive energy within the cracks to become slightly disordered.

A flash of anger crossed Zi Yuan's eyes. He mobilized all his pale purple energy, condensing it into a massive sphere of corrosive energy in front of him:

"You think this will stop me? Today, I'll show you what true erosion of the balance of energy is!"

The energy ball hurtled towards everyone, and the fusion entity immediately mobilized the energy of the initial balance source core to reinforce the energy barrier.

The energy sphere collided with the barrier, instantly creating countless cracks on it. Pale purple corrosive energy seeped in along the cracks, and pale purple ripples also appeared in the golden and black light stream of the fused body.

"This can't go on like this!"

The pale blue light stream, initially a wisp of nothingness, suddenly rushed towards the rift. Memory energy transformed into a chain of light, binding Zi Yuan's pale purple light stream. "Fusion body, quickly use the energy of the initial balanced source core to close the rift! I'll hold Zi Yuan back!"

Zi Yuan hadn't expected the primordial void remnants to launch a sudden sneak attack, and was momentarily entangled in the chains of light, unable to move. The fused entity seized the opportunity, mobilizing the golden and black dual-color energy of the primordial balance source core and injecting it into the intercosmic balance rift.

The golden energy collided with the pale purple corrosive energy, gradually purifying the corrosive energy within the crack and slowing down the rate at which the crack expanded.

Just as the rift was about to close, Zi Yuan suddenly unleashed a powerful corrosive energy, breaking free from the light chains of the initial void remnant.

He rushed towards the crack, merging his pale purple light into the corrosive energy:

"Even if I die, I will make the rift collapse! Both worlds will be destroyed!"

Zi Yuan's body merged with the corrosive energy, and the corrosive energy in the crack erupted again, causing the crack to expand rapidly once more.

A resolute light shone from the initial, ethereal, pale blue stream of light. He mobilized all his memory energy, transforming it into a beam of light that shot towards Zi Yuan:

"I won't let you succeed!"

The light arrow struck Zi Yuan's fused form, causing the pale purple energy to instantly become chaotic. Zi Yuan let out a painful roar as his body gradually dissipated.

The erosion energy within the crack also weakened, and the fusion entity took the opportunity to increase the energy output of the initial equilibrium source core. The gold and black dual-color energy completely purified the erosion energy, and the crack began to slowly close.

When the crack completely closed, the surrounding space returned to calm, and golden balancing energy once again dominated the entire area.

The initial pale blue light stream, which was originally just a faint wisp of nothingness, became extremely dim, and the light stream of consciousness was covered with cracks, clearly indicating that it had reached its limit.

"Remnants of the Initial Void!" The fused entity rushed forward, injecting its golden and black dual-colored energy into his stream of light. "How are you?"

The initial, ethereal wisps of light flickered slightly, and the voice carried a hint of weariness:

"I'm fine... It's just that the energy consumption was too great, and I need some time to recover. However... Although we've closed the rift, the Erosion Balance Alliance that Zi Yuan mentioned... will probably send other envoys... The balance of the universe... is still under threat..."

The fused entity stared at the closed crack, a resolute glint in its eyes:

"No matter how many messengers the Alliance that seeks to erode the balance of the universe sends, we will repel them. As long as we safeguard the balance of the universe, nothing can destroy it."

The new consciousness and the gatekeeper also gathered around, their energies intertwining to form a powerful, balancing energy field.

"We will always be together, protecting the balance of the universe and fighting against all crises."

The closed intercosmic balance rift suddenly emitted a faint, pale purple light.

Within the light, a tiny wisp of corrosive energy silently burrowed into the universe, rapidly flying towards its depths.

This energy thread was extremely well hidden; even the fused entity didn't notice it.

The energy filament traveled for a long time before finally arriving at a remote dimension of the universe—the "Shadow Dimension".

The energy here is primarily shadow energy, with relatively weak balanced energy.

The energy filaments drilled into the core region of the dimension and merged into a massive shadow crystal.

Within the crystal, a pale purple rune slowly lit up, resonating with the energy strands and beginning to absorb the surrounding shadow energy, gradually condensing into a new eroding consciousness entity.

Beside the shadow crystal, a shadow consciousness floated silently. Sensing the energy fluctuations of the runes, the shadow consciousness slowly approached, a glint of greed flashing in its eyes:

"Erosion balance energy... This energy... can make me stronger..."

The shadow consciousness placed its hand on the shadow crystal and began to absorb the erosion balancing energy within it.

The pale purple energy and shadow energy merged together, forming a purple-black energy flow. The body of the shadow consciousness also began to change, becoming more solid. It was surrounded by purple-black runes, emanating a suffocating sense of oppression.

"Soon... I will have enough power... to overturn the balance of the universe... to erode the balance... and rule all dimensions..."

The shadow consciousness emitted a low laugh that echoed through the shadow dimension, sowing the seeds of a new crisis for the balance of the universe.

Meanwhile, in the land of origin of chaos, the fusion entity and her companions are unaware that a new corrupting force is quietly rising.

They continue to travel through various dimensions, spreading the concept of balance, cultivating new guardians of balance, and preparing for the ultimate balance trial billions of years from now.

The path to cosmic balance remains fraught with unknowns and challenges.

A new crisis of erosion has quietly descended, and the Fusion and its companions will once again embark on a journey to protect the balance and face new battles.