[You killed Phantylia for one reason alone: After plundering the Authority of Destruction from the Iron Tomb, your total control over Destruction's Authority settled at 49%.]
[To ensure Nanook's demise and seize the power of the Path of Destruction, you needed to raise your control over its Authority beyond 50%.]
[That mere 1% became the difference between life and death.]
[Phantylia, who deceived countless others in her lifetime, was ultimately fooled by a man—surrendering her body, her dignity, and finally, her life. The irony was supreme.]
[You seized the Authority of Destruction within her, and amid Nanook's furious roars, pushed your control past the 50% threshold.]
[But Authority alone was not enough. It was merely the "key." To wrest the power of Destruction from Nanook's grasp, you needed to truly understand the Path of Destruction.]
[Right now, it was as if a teacher had force-fed you knowledge. You memorized every formula, but to master the subject and become a true expert, you had to grind through endless problems—applying those formulas until their usage became second nature.]
[But you were in no hurry. You had patience, just as you had spent millennia laying the groundwork for the Xianzhou Alliance.]
[You returned to the Yaoqing's Divine Palace of the Abundance and began living like a hermit.]
[Your days became a monotonous cycle: eat, sleep, and engage in the Blissful Zen dual cultivation with beauties—on repeat.]
[This went on for two hundred years.]
[Then, through your channels, you obtained critical intelligence: A Propagation Emanator, suspected of carrying the remains of the Swarm King, had appeared in the ruins of the Darabell Star System.]
[You immediately emerged from seclusion and quietly left the palace, heading for Darabell.]
[The Darabell Star System was one of the first to be consumed by the Swarm Disaster. After Tayzzyronth, the Swarm King, was hammered to death by Qlipoth in three strikes, its brood scattered across the cosmos.]
[Though the Swarm King's death crippled their reproductive frenzy, the now-leaderless insects became one of the universe's greatest roaming calamities.]
[With the Antimatter Legion thoroughly crippled by your hand, many Trailblazers—including Jingliu—shifted focus to exterminating the rampaging Swarm.]
[As for why a Propagation Emanator would hide in such ruins… It made sense that some leaderless Swarm would instinctively return to their ancestral nests.]
[After several warp jumps, you finally arrived at Darabell's outskirts.]
[You advanced swiftly toward your target, passing planets gnawed into hollow husks by the Swarm, their surfaces riddled with gaping holes.]
[Inside some cavities, you even found traces of larval activity.]
[Your intel was correct—the scattered Swarm had indeed returned to their birthplace.]
[But soon, you noticed something odd: The cavities held only larvae. Adult Swarm were nearly absent, let alone full swarms.]
[Out hunting, perhaps?]
[You mused silently, slowing your pace out of caution. You captured a few larvae and began developing a toxin tailored for the Swarm.]
[As you progressed, you refined your research, leaving behind a trail of insect corpses in your wake.]
[After sacrificing millions of Swarm as test subjects, you finally formulated a specialized agent—a pheromone-like poison.]
[The Swarm communicated through pheromones. By tainting their chemical signals, your toxin spread like a plague, infecting and annihilating entire colonies.]
[Since it was designed specifically for the Swarm, even a Propagation Emanator would be affected.]
[You advanced, sowing death. Wherever you passed, Swarm corpses piled like dunes.]
[As you neared the ruins of Darabell Prime, you finally located the main swarm.]
[A sky-blotting horde, directed by a colossal insect, was besieging something.]
[Drawing closer, you couldn't help but laugh inwardly.]
[Well, well—what a coincidence!]
[The ones under siege were none other than Jingliu and a band of Trailblazers.]
(Jingliu's Perspective)
[Jingliu was having rotten luck. Intel suggested a massive Swarm gathering in this system—likely led by a Propagation Emanator, a Monarch.]
[To play it safe, she assembled a sizable team to purge the infestation.]
[At first, it went smoothly. They infiltrated deep into Darabell's ruins, encountering almost no resistance.]
[Then, disaster struck. The Swarm ambushed them—a tidal wave of chitin and claws.]
[This was a trap laid by the system's ruler: the Calamity-Breeding Monarch, a Propagation Emanator wielding a fragment of the Swarm King's remains.]
[That relic granted it a sliver of Tayzzyronth's power—including hyper-accelerated reproduction.]
[Even a Hunt Emanator like Jingliu could only despair against an endless tide.]
[She could bisect planets with a slash, freeze entire star systems at full power—but what did it matter?]
[Slay a hundred million Swarm, and a hundred million more would take their place.]
[Going all-out might clear the swarm temporarily, but afterward, she'd be helpless against the lurking Monarch.]
[As Jingliu hesitated, the Swarm suddenly shrieked—a piercing, panicked chorus.]
[The Calamity-Breeding Monarch, sensing danger, flared its wings and buzzed violently.]
[Before Jingliu could react, the Swarm began dying en masse. The Monarch turned to flee—]
[Only to be crushed instantly by a fist the size of a planet, splattering into pulp.]
[Its fluids gushed outward, drenching the ruins.]
[Leaderless, the swarm scattered—]
[Then, a storm of golden fists rained down, pulverizing the fleeing insects into paste.]
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