The moment the phantom of the bronze door coalesced into substance within the Yaoguang starlight, the *Scripture of Atonement* inscribed on the surface of the Soul-Burial Coffin spontaneously ignited. The ashes of the scripture pages condensed into 36,000 chains of erosion-script, the tips of which ensnared the severed palm of the Star God’s remains. Suddenly, the hollow eye sockets of the remains erupted with starlight, the brilliance piercing the Nine Heavens to illuminate the mottled war reliefs on the bronze door—the Heaven-Rending Claw of the Celestial Fox Ancestor was depicted piercing the core of a dying star.
The female infant trod upon the scripture ashes, the Star Mark on her Military Tally surging upward to defy the heavens. As the tally's light touched the door, Primordial Era gale-winds erupted from the gaps—the bronze debris carried within the wind condensed into Jiuyi Star-Devouring Locusts, their sound as they gnawed upon the starlight perfectly synchronized with the tremors of the Soul-Burial Coffin.
"The gate harbors star-falls... the locusts devour time..."
Chapter 291