The emerald-green Dreamvale Administrative Star spun as always, but at the edge of its atmosphere, in the docking zone, a blade-sharp cyan radiance tore through the dark starry sky and flooded the empty port with light.
Andrew Han struck out, shaking the cosmos.
It was as if all of outer space trembled.
With a single step in the void, he commanded life and death, sending a wave of sudden dread and terror through most of Dreamvale's population—like the onset of a cosmic catastrophe.
"White Nightmare."
"White Nightmare." "White Nightmare."
His cold voice, laced with immense energy, erupted into a shockwave forged from millions of converging starlights, surging into the starship like a tide of searing flame that instantly ignited everything within.
The sound traveled slowly, as it should have lagged behind.
Yet with the power of Starlight added, even an ordinary soundwave gained extraordinary force.
It was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves.
From afar, it was as if a meteor crashed into the ocean, churning up a raging sea.
Crackling, shattering sounds rang out without end; wherever the shockwave passed, it obliterated the starship’s outer hull and underlying structure.
Utter devastation!
Reduced to ashes!
The starship, once hailed as impregnable, was as fragile as paper before Andrew Han.
White Nightmare, still congratulating itself on its cunning, froze for a moment, its mood sinking as it stared through the soon-to-collapse, battered ship at Andrew Han, who stood upon the starry sky in his cyan robe: "How is this possible?"
It was simply incredulous.
Andrew Han had come prepared, choosing his moment to strike; he must have known White Nightmare’s location long before.
"I’ve been hiding here for a long time."
"Andrew Han of the Human Race just arrived, and instantly found my hiding place—what gives him that ability?" White Nightmare’s gelatinous body twisted, layer upon layer of dense rings, bristling with power and brewing untold terror.
It was puzzled, but not afraid.
It rampaged through the starfields, becoming a legendary symbol of darkness and disaster throughout the Dreamvale Administrative District, known among Starlight-tiers as the calamity ship.
In the endless starry sky, power is everything!
"Hmph."
"Just a mere Fourth-Order Starlight."
Faced with the overwhelming wave of sound, White Nightmare's pale single eye rotated twice, revealing first a trace of confused regret, then a sharp sneer—regret at being discovered and losing the chance to wait for a suitable warp engine.
As for its contempt, that was even simpler.
White Nightmare snorted coldly, utterly dismissing the weak soundwave: "Since I awakened self-awareness, I've slaughtered hundreds of billions of lives and wiped out a full seven life planets!"
At this moment, it was utterly unconcerned!
But in the next instant, the self-proclaimed terror White Nightmare froze, its pale eye wide with shock.
It was like an ancient creature trapped in amber—unable to speak or move, forced to watch as the giant luminous palm enveloped everything.
Above and below, only the giant palm reigned supreme!
Arriving ahead of the shockwave, the palm surged forward, slicing through the tide of sound; this unmatched hand burst forth at the very front edge of the wave!
Boom!
The enormous Starlight palm, every line and finger perfectly clear—crystalline, delicate, and brilliantly transparent—radiated an exquisite beauty.
The more dazzling it was, the more terrifying its power.
Bang!!!
The radiant palm descended like a heavenly seal, instantly seizing White Nightmare, wrenching it out of the ruined starship, and smashing it against the leading edge of the sound wave.
"Screee! Screee! Screee!"
White Nightmare emitted strange noises, seemingly unable to resist.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The luminous giant palm began to clench, all five fingers closing in, suppressing White Nightmare’s struggle—smashing it again and again into the frigid vacuum, sending out a million ripples.
At the same time, Andrew Han stepped forward.
His right foot landed in the starry sky, spawning a wildly expanding ring of condensed light. Riding the tide of energy, he drove a ferocious blow into White Nightmare’s body.
Boom!
White Nightmare’s milky gelatinous body was nearly punched through.
Andrew Han in his cyan robe, fierce and unstoppable, shook Dreamvale Star with his battle!
"Damn it!"
Finally forced to reveal its true body, White Nightmare’s fury boiled over, its pale eye shooting out black radiance.
With a hiss and a slash, hundreds or thousands of black beams scattered across outer space—each beam with the power to annihilate a mountain, tracing bizarre, curved trajectories, all aiming to kill Andrew Han in a single strike.
If this counterattack landed on a life planet, it alone could destroy an entire continent.
Yet—
Andrew Han simply folded his hands behind his back and took half a step forward!
The energy turbulence seemed to slow; the surrounding vacuum became a quagmire, all things stalled, only cyan Starlight illuminating the darkness!
His right toe tapped the starry sky, striking the mirror-like spreading wave of Starlight!
Centered on his cyan robe, the cyan radiance surged outward—like mountains and seas overturning, flooding everything, instantly swallowing the black beams.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Those beams were annihilated, reduced to dust. Only Andrew Han surged forward, his crystalline right fist trailing wind, thunder, and lightning, hammering White Nightmare at a furious pace.
It was like an ancient giant wielding a massive hammer, raining blows down from the starry sky.
"Die."
Andrew Han’s pupils blazed with killing intent—his strikes fierce and ruthless!
"Screee!"
White Nightmare let out a piercing cry.
It had once silently slain Fourth-Order Starlight-tier Lu Yang, yet now it was being ruthlessly beaten down by Andrew Han.
From start to finish, White Nightmare was on the defensive; only the lingering trails of Andrew’s punches remained in the starry sky, marking how he knocked White Nightmare clear out of Dreamvale Star’s gravitational field.
Such ferocious light punches—no gaps, no chance to escape. When the cyan Starlight flared, power was born, fists fell, and the starry sky erupted in a storm that left White Nightmare gasping for breath.
"Andrew Han!"
White Nightmare roared in fury: "Are you seeking death? I simply didn’t want a life-or-death struggle with you!"
Boom!
Before its voice could reach him, Andrew Han appeared before White Nightmare, chopping down with a blade-like palm!
Fourth-Order Starlight erupted in full!
Sharpness, intensity, and weight—three qualities fused in the blade’s radiance—easily pierced White Nightmare’s milky gelatinous body, making it tremble all over.
In an instant, its gelatinous body swelled madly, as if White Nightmare was trying to rise up.
A terror unleashed!
White Nightmare went berserk!
Just as it was about to rise, Andrew Han flipped his left palm and pressed down, crushing White Nightmare’s ferocious momentum.
Rip! Crush!
The giant palm lifted, tearing apart two masses of milky gelatin—pieces of White Nightmare’s body—then Andrew Han crushed them to dust!
Meanwhile—
Watching the ever-changing, ferocious battle through interstellar monitoring devices, countless Starlight-tiers gazed at their screens and up at the starry sky, all utterly shocked.
They could hardly believe it.
The unknown mutant lifeform White Nightmare, which had terrorized the starfields, created disasters, and lurked within starships to instill fear in all, was now powerless against Andrew Han!
Was White Nightmare weak?
Absolutely not!
Its infamous reputation alone made the Starlight-tiers of Dreamvale Administrative District tremble, forcing them to gather at Dreamvale Administrative Star in search of a fleeting sense of safety.
Some Starlight-tiers even left Dreamvale, abandoning their homes.
But the White Nightmare, viewed as a monstrous scourge and the very symbol of death, was utterly no match for Andrew Han—forced to retreat into outer space, unleashing shrill, inaudible howls.
"This is the true strength of Lord Andrew Han!"
"No wonder Lord Andrew Han has been so relaxed and carefree lately... We thought he was being careless, but now we see he simply never considered White Nightmare a threat." The Starlight-tiers couldn't help but exclaim in awe.
What they saw as terror was nothing to Andrew Han!
Nearby—
Rain Mu and An Sunya's faces changed dramatically.
They had speculated endlessly about Andrew Han’s strength, raising their expectations ever higher, convinced they could face it calmly. But witnessing this scene, their hearts were swept up in a hurricane.
If that palm had struck them, not even bones would remain.
"Lord Andrew Han from Chenhe Palace."
An Sunya stared in amazement, her body tingling with numbness even across the vast distance.
As for the two young Starlight-tiers among the four, they were already dumbstruck, their minds blank—only now did they grasp the true gulf between themselves and Andrew Han: not a small gap, but a chasm as wide as the sky and earth.
At that moment—
A sudden mutation—White Nightmare transformed!
"Andrew Han!"
"I’ll devour you bit by bit, so you can taste true pain, true terror!"
Its voice twisted into a snarl as its milky gelatinous body collapsed inward, shrinking several degrees. Its pale eye flooded with crimson veins, and its aura surged madly, instantly breaking through to a new tier.
Fifth-Order Creation Light!
At this moment, White Nightmare had ascended to Fifth-Order Creation Light!
Though it forced the breakthrough and harmed its foundation, for now, White Nightmare was a genuine Fifth-Order Creation Light lifeform. Every Starlight-tier on Dreamvale Star felt a chill run down their spines, as if plunged into an abyss.
"This is bad."
Everyone’s faces turned ashen.
But in the dark starry sky, Andrew Han remained expressionless, only the hint of a calm smile at his lips... Was Fifth-Order Creation Light really that strong?