[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-above-destiny":3,"chapter-above-destiny-above-destiny-chapter-21":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Above the Heavenly Fate",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2225706,4117,"Chapter 21: From Hell to Heaven! (Thanks to Mo Yunyi for the Alliance Leader)","above-destiny-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>Everything within sight was bathed in a crystalline, wondrous radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twilight sun, split by the prism-like crystals, shattered into countless dazzling shards of warm yellow and orange. From the intricate shifts of light, indigo flowed out, emerald wound silently, azure transformed into waves, and dark purple rippled like the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the act of breathing was forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world was twisted, reshaped, and transformed into this incomparable, magnificent spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold, brilliant, and cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this indescribable beauty, the most primitive, archaic, and solemn chill emerged; there was no warmth left to speak of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was no longer a realm for mortals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Domain?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the Yacheng Anquan Bureau have a second Awakened who had reached the Boundary of Heaven and Man?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was that temporary team leader who had been parachuted into the North Mountain squad and ostracized by the Bureau's cold violence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he underestimated her after all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, this feeling...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a split second of rapid thought, realization dawned on Lawrence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dyeing the world, turning it into a barrier and a dead end, such a matrix... it's you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared wide-eyed at that indifferent face. The once beautiful features were now devoid of blood, and the calm eyes held no ripples. Only the corners of her mouth, curled ever so slightly as if by hallucination, seemed like a masterpiece carved by a divine hand, interpreting the shifting joys and sorrows of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if she had become a deity in a sanctuary, looking down with arrogance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain, desire, and sorrow of the human world could no longer shake her in the slightest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—[Minerva]!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How nostalgic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen sighed softly and raised her hand: \"It has been a long time since anyone dared to call me that to my face...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that instant of change, without any warning, Wen Wen’s figure was already within arm's reach!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her right hand clenched into a fist and struck out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystalline phantom light enveloped it, making that hand look like an artwork carved from crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, with just one punch, the vast Domain trembled and roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of shattering was incessant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, Lawrence’s hands, tentacles, and even the bones of his upper body were completely shattered, his flesh and blood exploding outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the howling wind, scarlet blood and fragments of flesh fell continuously from the cracked skeleton, flying out like enchanting, fluttering flags!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, on that shattered face, a smile appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So mocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, hahahaha, couldn't the Heaven and Man kill you? How could the Federation let you live? Your bounty is much higher than mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless wriggling worms, like blood vessels, rapidly regenerated from the skeleton, weaving together to form a sinister and eerie face—it was Lawrence’s true visage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after being instantly devastated, followers of the [Vortex] were known for their terrifying vitality and recovery; they had countless ways to save their lives. Even if ground into powder, for an Awakened like Lawrence who had reached the Rebirth stage years ago, as long as his parasites survived, reconstructing his body was a matter of moments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more importantly, even Lawrence himself found it hard to believe...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen had become weaker!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the woman before him had made him feel a chill to his bones before the Domain expanded, after the Domain covered the area, her threat level had plummeted to merely troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How ridiculous, Minerva. The dignified Executioner of the Rift, the Mad Dog Butcher, have you really become so soft-hearted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't believe it, suspecting some trick or conspiracy, and questioned: \"You spent so much effort just to save the lives of those consumables?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, within the coverage of Minerva’s Domain, all life—every ordinary person who had fainted in Keats Hospital, every innocent person caught in the crossfire—was frozen within crystals, isolated from the erosion and influence of Vortex-Planting Arts, even if they were unconscious or on the brink of death...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed to have stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All states were forcibly fixed at the moment the crystal covered them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the freezing realm of the [Wasteland] Dao could be so exaggeratedly applied to everyone? Even for Minerva, this was too much!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen moved forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her response was another iron fist capable of crushing a building head-on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure matter, pure power, thunder and wind erupted from her five fingers, rotating and striking out, moving forward with irresistible force, punching a massive hole through Lawrence’s regenerated body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To deal with you, this is enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vortex represents life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wasteland represents eternal, unchanging matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crystallization ability combined with the top-tier matrix of the Wasteland Dao—Minerva—created this invincible power in head-on combat, and even a terrifying defense that surpassed those of the same rank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one with a brain would try to hard-clash with those humanoid fortresses that could turn their entire bodies into metal at a moment's notice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pity, though, that this was only relative...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was once an unreachable cliff standing against the sky was now just a thick, hard high wall. Even if it remained troublesome, it lacked the majestic spirit and the peerless, terrifying pressure of something that existed alongside the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weak, too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if her power retained its original height, her mind had become soft and messy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Wasteland Dao needs the human heart the least!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, a crisp cracking sound rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the crystal light, cracks appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viscous blood slowly seeped from the wound on her abdomen, drop by drop, hitting the ground with a hiss, blooming into sharp and cold crystal flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am curious—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence raised his regenerated limbs. Between the dancing tentacles, a blade hidden in a blind spot finally extended from the flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eerie blade was pitch black, with patterns faintly appearing in the reflection of the crystal light, only to vanish instantly into the gloom, making its outline hard to discern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the licking of his long tongue, the alienated blood fell onto his tongue tip. Tasting the heat and stinging pain, Lawrence grinned: \"The 'Heavenly Work: Nightfall,' known for piercing the world's iron walls—compared to Minerva’s defense, which is stronger?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shrill whistling sound cut off abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From between her closed fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the shattered crystal light, blood seeped out, but the fresh blood quickly transformed into crystals harder than steel, spreading, interlocking, and shackling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A piece of broken scrap iron?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen asked, \"Is this your trump card?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her other fist, just like that, was raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that, a frenzy capable of shaking the entire hospital was unleashed. Crystals proliferating from the earth erupted like waves, spreading outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just one punch, a hurricane was stirred up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood splattered, flesh fragments sprayed. Lawrence, hit head-on by the punch, had turned into a broken, withered skeleton. Yet, in the skeleton's eye sockets, ferocious flames still surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filled with ecstasy and joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blocked it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, hahahahahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right in front of Minerva’s fist was his outstretched palm, now only half a skeleton remaining. But on the bone, new flesh and tissue were rapidly proliferating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was completely different from the fragile mortal body of the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a complex structure that surpassed all scales and tendons in the mortal world, and even more solemn was the sweet, scarlet glow surging within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brilliant and dazzling, like red light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just this one drop, merged into the body, instantly recreated a shell capable of contending head-on with Minerva!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have succeeded! I have succeeded!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence laughed wildly. The flesh on his back expanded, tentacles extended, like arms opening wide, reaching toward the branches hanging down from the giant tree in the sky, clenching, connecting, and extracting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greedily sucking on this miraculous nectar, the glorious result squeezed out from countless deaths and sufferings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among mortal things, that which reaches the greatness of all phenomena is the Dragon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He piously chanted the ancient poems passed down within the Dragon Sacrifice Society, intoxicated by this beautiful transformation: \"Destruction and disaster are His breath; pain and despair are His blood!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, dragon blood had come from hell, and the transformation had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would evolve, he would ascend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would be reborn from dragon blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst his wild laughter, Lawrence felt the transformation of the Vortex-Planting Arts strangely pause for an instant, but it quickly returned to normal, as if it were a hallucination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only amidst the countless roots of the giant tree, the little finger of the sleeping Ji Jue moved imperceptibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a spasm in a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A futile struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he had suddenly fallen into the deep sea, unable to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst an unprecedented cold and suffocation, Ji Jue fell into a nightmare with no end in sight, drifting with the current, falling into the deeper depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as the eye could see, there was only scarlet; listening, the sound echoing in his mind was wailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if thousands of people were crying at once, sorrowful shouts, futile roars, struggling, and finally, tiredly letting go, just like that, falling into the abyss, never to return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What remained were only bones and tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those tears gathered into an ocean, the tide rising high, and in the tide of crying, everything was swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why kill me, why?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a trance, it seemed someone was pulling his collar, questioning him with all their might: \"I'm just a worker, I've only been here for a few months! I'm innocent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before Ji Jue could answer, the phantom seemed to dissipate, replaced by a tired and disheveled man, covered in coal dust, pounding on the door in front of him, \"Where's the money? Where's my money? Boss, didn't you say you'd pay me today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The iron door stood tall, no one responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're all liars, you're all lying to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man, at his wit's end, cried sorrowfully, raising a hammer, \"I'll fight you to the death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smashed the door open, and gunshots rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything came to an abrupt end, and the illusion dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue heard the familiar beeping, the smell of disinfectant lingering at the tip of his nose. He looked back blankly and saw the dirty hospital room, and the withered woman on the hospital bed, her hair all gone, revealing wrinkled skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat something, eat a little more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man accompanying her held up a rice bowl, his beard stubbly, smiling ingratiatingly: \"You have chemotherapy this afternoon, eat something to keep your spirits up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn't eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could barely lift her hand anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen to me, let's stop the treatment, let's go home, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the long silence, she said softly, \"This illness, it costs too much money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man froze in place, the hand holding the bowl suspended in the air, but his spine gradually hunched, as if bent by something invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the last sound before the tears fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, it was a torrential rain. In the blurred world, there was only wailing. The woman on the ground rolled, hugging the child's thigh, begging with tears streaming down her face: \"Stop taking it! Don't take it anymore! Just consider it Mom begging you, once you get hooked on this thing, your whole life is ruined!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A club came down, drowning out the sound of the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world spun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In another closed room, wailing and moaning came from the bed. A naked woman, her face covered in blood, was pulled by her hair and smashed against the wall, then silently endured one slap after another, one punch after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let the tattooed man ravage her roughly until the man had his fill, pulled out his belt, and yanked her face up from the ground: \"Bitch, does it feel good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In cowering fear, that familiar face twitched, struggling to squeeze out a smile: \"Brother Yang, you're so fierce, I like it so much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though blood was slowly flowing from the corner of her eye, the smile was so sweet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if joyful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, please, please don't hit me anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the very end, she didn't have the courage to say those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue closed his eyes, not wanting to look anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those noisy sounds kept entering his ears, until finally, they all turned into a hoarse and muddy sound, like a prayer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great Merciful Buddha and Bodhisattva, please save this child, save her... This disciple has heavy karma, I deserve to sink into the eight sufferings and endure the Avici Hell. But she is still young, she hasn't even been to school...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the Buddha statue, the old man’s tears streamed down, and just like that, he kowtowed forcefully, praying hoarsely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Repeating it over and over, never daring to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides praying, he had no other way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the gods and Buddhas did not respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the hoarse prayer, like a sob, gradually ceased in the dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stop it, I beg you all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue covered his ears, but it was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More sounds, more images, those memories, scenes, and nightmares poured into his consciousness and head continuously. He wanted to scream and cry, but he couldn't make a sound amidst the countless wails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still falling, toward the deeper depths of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until finally, a dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was finally over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he thought so, until flames ignited from the ruins and wreckage, spreading and illuminating the outline of hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the scorched earth, flames leaped. A wind carrying sulfur and ash rose, blowing away the black smoke that covered the sky, revealing the scorching red night sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stars twisted and wound like melted glass, dripping a wisp of dim light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, reflecting the decadent world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what it looked like after the disaster had swept through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nightmare reappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of shattering, the echo of collapse, the harsh friction of twisting steel, and the distant, ethereal singing—coming from the flames, the singing was hoarse and broken, yet so gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten years ago, the Tide Flame Disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue finally understood that he had come to the deepest part of hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A place that belonged to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the broken, cracked earth, the tracks had already turned red and melted. The carriages that had derailed rolled on the scorched earth, scattering bones, and finally falling into the ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames spread between the broken seats, thick smoke billowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the fragments and scorched earth, there were still people wailing, struggling, wanting to crawl out of the flames, and finally, being annihilated in the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...The sun sets, the night arrives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the broken carriage, someone was singing a lullaby softly, the gentle singing echoing in the flames and thick smoke: \"Close your eyes quickly, let sweet dreams embrace you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue froze in place, staring blankly at the half-broken door in front of him, but didn't dare to push it open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to turn and run, but had nowhere to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The stars shine, the bright moon rises.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The singing sang softly: \"Look at the afterglow of the sunset, I will accompany you, wait for you to wake up, I won't go anywhere... wait for you to wake up, let good dreams accompany you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broken door fell from the flames, and the tragic scene inside the carriage was reflected in Ji Jue’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in hell, someone was singing, bathed in flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knelt on the ground, holding the unconscious child, putting the only gas mask on his face. She wrapped him in a fireproof blanket, using her own embrace to block all the gaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, she smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, burning in the flames, she sang, gradually losing her breath. Only the hoarse singing echoed in the child’s dreams, over and over, accompanying him, as if it would continue into eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she had never been far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue stumbled forward, letting the flames burn him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking toward the end of the dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the final outcome left by that great disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cursed ones, Awakened, miracles of life... Ji Jue didn't understand what those guys were babbling about at all. He didn't get it, and they were all wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person who should have survived back then wasn't me, right, Mom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue stared at her appearance and asked softly: \"I was the lucky one who wasn't supposed to be on the survivor list.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten years ago, on this train that would never reach its destination, there was a child named Ji Jue who should have died in the disaster and returned to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But someone swapped him out of hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue slowly reached out, wanting to touch her cheek, but his fingers stopped in mid-air, not daring to move forward. He was afraid she would turn into a bubble that would shatter at a touch, leaving no trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only tears could not help but fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I miss you, Mom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered, \"I really do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silence, no one responded, but the sound of the flames burning suddenly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the singing remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The singing echoed in hell, over and over, gradually becoming clear, like the tide, slowly rising, firm and unwavering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the end of the singing, a high-pitched whistle suddenly sounded again!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness was pierced, the scorched earth vanished, the flames disappeared in the howling wind, the nightmare was torn apart, easily ground into fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Responding to his call, the dream that had accompanied him for ten years rose from the deepest part of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swallowing everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if time had reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gentle sunset glow spilled in from the window. Amidst the sound of the train hitting the tracks, Ji Jue woke up from the nightmare, staring blankly at everything familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he had returned to before the disaster, he was still on that train rushing forward, embraced by those warm memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You look so sad, Ji Jue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone stroked his cheek gently, her eyes tender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue looked at her, opened his mouth to speak several times, but in the end, couldn't help but lower his head, dodging her gaze: \"I'm just... a little tired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then get some rest, it's okay to sleep a little longer.\" She rubbed Ji Jue’s hair: \"If something is too hard, you should also learn to give up appropriately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, can you hug me?\" Ji Jue pleaded softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't hesitate, opened her arms, and hugged the child she hadn't seen for ten years. Even though she was so slender and thin, being hugged by her felt so safe, as if there was nothing to be afraid of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole world couldn't hurt him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue closed his eyes, and his tense body relaxed. Just like that, listening to her humming, feeling her warmth and breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dream was so long, as if it had no end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he opened his eyes again and gripped the ticking watch on his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you leaving?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue looked at her: \"There are still some things I must do, although it's very difficult... but don't worry, I'll handle it, just like in the past, nothing can stop me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goodbye, Mom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath and said his final farewell: \"I might... never be able to come back again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A light laugh rang out, as if looking at a child who was worrying for no reason, even though it was such a simple matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then keep moving forward, don't look back again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled, cupping the boy’s cheeks: \"I will watch over you, no matter where you go, no matter what path you take. I will miss you, just as you miss me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, she hugged him one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She left a gentle kiss on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, she watched Ji Jue turn and leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue walked a few steps forward, unable to help wanting to look back again, but didn't dare, until he heard the voice behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ji Jue!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the sunset glow, she called his name and waved: \"Do your best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue nodded forcefully, wiped away his tears, turned around, and pushed open the door at the end of the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying goodbye to everything in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The train seemed to have gone far away, disappearing, just like that distant dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue fell into the scarlet deep sea again, cold, suffocating, painful, but so familiar. This time, he was no longer afraid or terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, he raised his head, staring at the countless echoes of humble pain and despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey! Can you hear me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue took a deep breath and shouted with all his might: \"I'm right here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, the scarlet ocean surged, agitated, as if boiling. Countless streams of scarlet anger flowed toward him, wanting to tear apart this foreign object that didn't belong here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come out with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue reached out his hand, making an invitation to those departed obsessions: \"I will avenge you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the scarlet fell into a dead silence, as if frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wailing and crying stopped abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if countless eyes were looking over from the dead world, staring at the boy in front of them, disturbing each other, fighting, stirring up an unprecedented turbulence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it turned into blood-stained palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbing his hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contract was concluded here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, the ocean gathered from infinite pain and despair split from the center!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The torrent surged, swallowing Ji Jue. Infinite pain, like mountains, supported him, rising toward the mortal world, toward that world that didn't belong to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Ji Jue opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the eerie giant tree, he stared at the sky covered in scarlet, the collapsed and broken hospital, the countless crystal pillars rising from the ground, and the countless wriggling flesh scattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure turned into a monster, swinging its tentacles, laughing hysterically, gradually expanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as the eye could see, the world had turned into hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wasn't afraid of hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had long since crawled out of hell, been given the most precious treasure in the world, he was going to live well, he was going to make a difference. From that day on, every day, Ji Jue’s life had been like heaven!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time for retribution had come!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out his hand...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the fierce battle, Lawrence’s expression suddenly stalled, once again feeling the cutoff of the dragon blood supply!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't want to split the chapter, so I'll just combine them. First day of the month, please give me monthly tickets ahhhhh!!!! ===== CHAPTER 53 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",3803,"2026-06-17T22:07:39.404Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","37ebe1e0427f588183dfeae12c94551a02260343785c163eb5b7ba44f5c819b2","above-destiny-chapter-22","above-destiny-chapter-20",461,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabove-the-heavenly-fate-cover.jpg"]