Everywhere the torrent passed, the twelve starlights of the Star Track Battle Group melted instantly, like snow thrown into boiling water.

The dark red giant hands and countless maws of the Three Cardinals of World Purification collided with the torrent, without even a chance to struggle.

They were completely dispersed and purified by the self-will contained within that torrent—the newly awakened will of the billions of living beings in the Emerald Sea!

But this was not the end.

The torrent of laws did not attack anyone; instead... it rushed toward every corner of the Emerald Sea.

It flowed past Panshi Island in the west, through Firefly Bay in the east, past Broken Shell Island, Sighing Cliff, the Forgotten Corridor, the Edge of the Fallen Void, Cuiluo Bay, Star Chart Island...

It flowed past every island that had been lit, was being lit, or had yet to be lit.

Wherever it passed, the dark red corrosion network melted rapidly, like morning mist meeting the blazing sun.

Those corrupted souls were awakened by the'self' will contained within the torrent.

As for the souls that had not yet been corrupted, under the baptism of this torrent, an immune mechanism against corrosion naturally grew in the depths of their souls.

And on the thirty-six node islands, those newly sprouted Starfire Seeds, upon contact with the torrent of laws,

Burst into bloom!

They were no longer mere seedlings, but... thirty-six massive pillars of starfire light connecting heaven and earth!

These pillars resonated and connected with each other, weaving across the sky of the Emerald Sea into a network of starfire that covered the entire sea region—

The Web of Conviction!

Looking at everything before him, for the first time, a look of... fear appeared on the face beneath the Lion Star Guard's helmet.

It was not fear of power, but fear of a certain inevitability.

He finally understood why the higher-ups of the Star Track Battle Group were so obsessed with seizing the emperors imprint—it was not a simple struggle for authority, but... the omen of a changing era!

“She isn't fighting... she is... rewriting the laws!”

Before the final consciousness of the Three Cardinals of World Purification dissipated in the torrent of laws, they let out an unwilling roar:

“The seed of world purification... will not end... the Star Lord... will return...”

Bai Cheng stood at the source of the torrent of laws, the scene of the entire Emerald Sea's rebirth reflected in her silver eyes.

She slowly raised her hand, and toward the void, toward this sea region she had walked through, fought for, and protected, she softly declared:

“These star track—”

“Are recast today.”

The billions of islands in the Emerald Sea lit up with a faint glow simultaneously.

It was the light of souls awakening, the light of conviction reigniting, the... dawn of a new era.

And deep within the distant sea of stars, certain ancient existences slowly opened their eyes.

“The path of the emperor... finally, someone... has reached this step.”

The moment the torrent of laws pierced through the Emerald Sea, Bai Cheng clearly felt a certain threshold that had lain deep in her soul, once seemingly unreachable, shatter.

The path of the emperor—this long journey that began with a tiny spark of starfire and underwent the tempering of blood and fire—finally reached its ultimate crossing at this moment.

The phantom of the gate of gui xu behind her solidified completely; it was no longer a projection, but had transformed into a physical manifestation of the laws.

The gates stood ten thousand feet high, their entire form flowing with dark-golden runes of the Gui Xu origin; within the gates was no longer an abyss of nothingness, but a reflection of the magnificent landscape of the Emerald Sea after its star track were recast.

Billions of islands were connected like stars by the silver-white network of conviction, and thirty-six pillars of starfire light pierced through the sky and sea, like pillars of law supporting a new world.

Bai Cheng suspended in the void, her silver hair completely dyed dark-gold, and the trajectories of the flowing star rivers in her eyes had completely solidified, turning into eternal imprints of law.

The emperors imprint on her forehead no longer burned, but had withdrawn into a dark-golden crystal as deep as the universe, as if it contained the authority over the birth and death of the entire sea of stars.

Her aura was no longer powerful.

Because 'powerful' still belonged to a category that could be measured and countered.

At this moment, she had merged into one with the law network of the Emerald Sea.

Every gesture was the pulse of the star track; every thought was the echo of the convictions of billions of living beings.

“Emperor...”

On the battlefield, the surviving warriors of the Freedom Allied Army murmured softly, involuntarily kneeling down.

It was not submission, but the soul's instinctive worship of the newborn source of laws of this sea region.

The Lion Star Guard's hand, gripping his spear, was trembling.

He had never felt the chasm between realms so clearly.

The existence before him was no longer an opponent he could evaluate with combat power.

That was a walking law, a living authority, the... new master of the Emerald Sea.

“Retreat!” the Lion Star Guard ordered, almost roaring.

The Twelve Star Guards did not hesitate to turn into starlight, tearing through the void in an attempt to escape far away.

But Bai Cheng only glanced at them.

No movement, no energy fluctuations.

Yet those twelve streaks of light suddenly froze in mid-air, as if they had hit an invisible wall of law.

Immediately afterward, the starlight around them began to disintegrate and flow backward uncontrollably.

It was not being devoured, but being re-ordered.

All foreign imprints belonging to the Star Track Battle Group and the empowerment of the Star Lord's authority were being forcibly stripped and rejected by the Emerald Sea's newborn law network!

“No—!” the Lion Star Guard roared, his spear exploding into countless starlight fragments as he tried to detonate himself to open a passage.

However, before the fragments could scatter, they had already turned into the most primal starlight, drifting and merging into the night sky of the Emerald Sea, becoming a few faint but eternal stars in the newborn star track.

The Twelve Star Guards were all formatted as part of the Emerald Sea's laws, losing all battle group imprints and individual will, becoming unconscious guardian spirits within these star track.

Bai Cheng did not pay attention to their end.

Her gaze turned beyond the Emerald Sea, toward those ancient gazes that had just awakened deep in the sea of stars.

“The recasting of the Emerald Sea's star track is complete.”

Her voice was calm, yet it penetrated the endless void, echoing clearly in the consciousness of those existences,

“This sea region ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ is henceforth governed by me. Past grudges and external covetousness shall all be settled today.”

Silence.

Several obscure mental fluctuations came from deep in the sea of stars—some scrutinizing, some wary, and some with cold killing intent.

But in the end, all the intentions slowly withdrew.

The declaration of a new Emperor meant that the Emerald Sea had been upgraded from ownerless star track to a territory with a master; forced intervention would trigger a sovereign war under the Star Sea Convention, a cost far exceeding the benefits.

Enforcement Officers? Seeds of world purification?

Before the Emperor's authority, those were merely parasites attached to decaying star track.

With the recasting of the Emerald Sea's laws, all remaining corrosion nodes and dark red energy were being purified and reorganized at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into basic nutrients for the newborn network.

Bai Cheng slowly landed, stepping onto the newborn starlight-remnant ground of Tianxuan Reef.

Beneath her feet were no longer pale, lifeless remains, but living law rock layers flowing with warm starlight, every inch echoing her breath.

“Miss...”

The figures of Zi Yuan, Qingniao, Lu Duo, and Yu Nian flew over from a distance, their faces filled with unspeakable excitement and realization.