Chapter 417: Rule‑Level Clash!

The string of setbacks, and the massive loss of fleet command severed by Qin Hao, finally utterly enraged the Overlord.

Its chaotic and massive collective will, for the first time, generated an emotion called "humiliation".

It decided to stop playing with any tactics.

It will descend in its true form, using the most absolute power, to bring this star system that dares to defy it—

—along with the "Variable" that constantly causes it trouble, dragging it into the abyss of destruction.

"Buzz—"

The entire space of the Lania Kaia Supercluster began to quake violently.

All physical constants became extremely unstable at that moment.

In front of the United Front line, within the dark void erased by "Zeroing", space was torn.

An object incomprehensible to three‑dimensional beings slowly "squeezed" out of the fissure.

It was a multidimensional sphere composed of countless twisted, entangled lines flashing with eerie light.

It had no fixed size; the closer an observer got, the larger it seemed.

The farther away, the more it seemed just a negligible point.

Each of its rotations caused the surrounding space to undergo hundreds of millions of different twists and folds.

This is the Overlord's true form.

A conglomerate of meme viruses capable of infecting universal rules across multiple dimensions.

When its true form descends into this three‑dimensional universe,

it unleashes its most powerful ability—Assimilation Domain.

"Buzz—"

A rule wave more terrifying than any prior attack, centered on the Overlord's true form, spread wildly in all directions.

Everything changed wherever this wave passed.

A drifting meteoroid, after being swept by the wave, had its material structure collapse,

turning into basic energy and merging into the Overlord's domain.

A distant star, its light and heat, upon touching the edge of the domain,

was forcibly twisted and absorbed, eventually the entire star was sucked dry,

quickly dimming, becoming a dead star.

Space, matter, energy…

All of it, within this Assimilation Domain,

was stripped of its original properties and forcibly transformed into a part of the Overlord itself.

Its purpose is clear: to carve the entire Lania Kaia Supercluster out of the three‑dimensional universe,

pull it into its higher‑dimensional space, then, like eating a snack, slowly devour it.

"Not good! It's going to assimilate the entire galaxy cluster!"

Qian Yin's voice rang through the communication channel, full of anxiety.

"All fleets, retreat immediately! Stay away from the range of the Assimilation Domain!"

Zhou Shaoqing also issued an emergency order.

Yet, before such world‑altering might, the warships' engines seemed so powerless.

Many allied warships, before they could even turn around,

were caught by the domain's edge, silently melting and disintegrating.

At this moment of despair,

the figure that had taken the form of a humanoid black hole once again stood before everyone.

Qin Hao watched the ever‑expanding Assimilation Domain, his black‑hole‑like eyes showing no emotion.

"Want to devour everything?"

"That also depends on whether I consent."

He spread his hands, releasing without reservation the will representing both consumption and independence.

"Only I Domain, activate!"

Centered on Qin Hao, it spread outward, confronting the Overlord's chaotic Assimilation Domain.

The two domains, each embodying opposite universal rules, collided at the center of the starry sky!

Along the boundary where the domains met, a pitch‑black, continuously annihilating "Vacuum Belt" appeared.

All stars, dust, even light drawn into this Vacuum Belt,

were torn apart and annihilated by the fierce clash of the two domain rules,

leaving not even the most basic particles.

This is a contest on the level of rules.

The Overlord's domain frantically attempted to rewrite the rules, defining everything as "All Things Unified",

forcefully assimilating Qin Hao's domain as well.

Meanwhile, Qin Hao's domain, with an even more domineering stance, forcibly defined the rules as "All Things Independent",

resisting the assimilative erosion and attempting to isolate the Overlord's domain.

The two supreme rules wildly overlapped and rewrote each other.

The pressure of this contest is unimaginable.

【9】 Qin Hao's body began to show unstable signs.

【10】 Strands of black blood continuously seeped from his seven orifices.

Qin Hao's body began to show signs of instability.

Strands of black blood continually seeped from his seven orifices.

His body, under the extreme compression of the rules of two domains,

It constantly shattered, and under the system's repair, constantly reassembled.

Each rupture was accompanied by a pain as if the soul were being torn apart.

Each reassembly represented a deeper comprehension of the rules.

He was like a piece of steel repeatedly hammered, being forged a thousand times amid this extreme pressure and pain.

And his will,

in this confrontation with a cosmic‑level disaster, it was tempered to become ever more resilient.

Under this extreme pressure, the life essence sealed by the gene lock gradually revealed a slit.

He touched it.

He touched the threshold to a higher form of life.

Behind that door,

lay the ultimate secret of life, the universe, time, and causality.

Although it was only a tiny crack, the boundless vista beyond the door already let him glimpse a corner of it.

"As it turns out… this… is… a higher form of life…"

Qin Hao, amid the agony, let out a low roar mixed with pain and excitement.

Not only did he not retreat, he increased the output of his Only I Domain and recklessly charged toward the Overlord's assimilation domain!

He intended to use this pressure to forcefully burst open that door!