Chapter 4225: The Cycle Never Ends (Grand Finale)

The sky was filled with booming, swirling dark clouds; as the elemental power gradually faded, raindrops fell, quickly changing from sparse drops to a torrential downpour.

Su Xiao and the Supreme Being stood a hundred meters apart in midair, neither making the first move, but their auras locked firmly onto each other—any slight opening from either side would bring about utter, irreversible defeat.

Two afterimages flashed out, weapons clashing with a boom—this was the giant-sized Su Xiao, several hundred meters tall, and the Supreme Being, or rather, their powerful soul forms, with two soul blades meeting.

Crack crack crack~

The soul blade in the Supreme Being's towering soul form began to show cracks, with a sharp snap it shattered, and the soul blade, trailing wisps of black-blue smoke, came slashing down.

Meanwhile, below, the Supreme Being's surging golden aura that had been spreading outward stalled, as a crimson, violent, invasive blood energy pressed down; at first glance, Su Xiao and the Supreme Being's auras would make one instinctively think the Supreme Being was the righteous side.

This notion was, of course, mistaken—though~, Su Xiao, well, could hardly be called virtuous either.

An afterimage flickered through the spreading crimson blood mist; the Supreme Being, just breaking free from the daze caused by damage to his soul form, saw a long blade lunging straight at him.

With a clang! The long blade met the lightning blade, and the surging world-thunder made Su Xiao shatter several fate cores—this was still thanks to his previously high resistance to world-thunder, so in this battle the Supreme Being hardly used world-thunder at all.

At the moment the slashing power erupted, the pouring rain falling from above instantly vaporized, and the huge swirling dark clouds in the sky vanished instantly, revealing slash marks across the peak of the Star Realm.

On the dueling platform, the Supreme Being had just blocked Su Xiao's charging slash when slash marks appeared on his chest and shoulders—these were Su Xiao's limit-breaking ultimate slash, which also convinced the Supreme Being that giving this law-destroyer any chance in close combat would mean certain defeat.

"Retreat."

The Supreme Being seemed to issue a silent command—not to Su Xiao, but to the Star Realm, to make this fact come true; in the next second, the distance between Su Xiao and the Supreme Being suddenly widened.

Su Xiao felt the world-rejection sensation he had experienced when first entering a mission world, but now this feeling was intensified a millionfold or more.

An object appeared in the Supreme Being's hand—a bone ring; the moment it appeared, Su Xiao immediately felt a resonance of power.

"Banish."

A low hum sounded, and behind Su Xiao a chaotic vortex appeared, seeking to banish him.

Su Xiao raised his long blade and slashed downward in the void, instantly dispelling the two Star Realm concepts of "Retreat" and "Banish," which eased the pressure he bore.

The battle now became clear: as soon as close combat began, it would be Su Xiao's advantage; continuing to be pressured at mid-range would mean his certain defeat, his life force steadily dropping, while the entire Star Realm came under the Supreme Being's dominion.

"Ultimate Blade·Sever Realm."

A fierce slashing power erupted from the Dragon-Slicing Flash pointed diagonally at the ground; Su Xiao shot out an afterimage, space shattering horrifically along the path as he lunged at the Supreme Being—just as he reached midway, the Supreme Being raised his hand, his disheveled hair flying up, a hint of golden light appearing in his eyes.

"Ultimate Blade·Bai Ye."

Clang!!

The crisp sound of a perfect block suddenly appeared, accompanied by splatters of flying blood—Su Xiao's charging slash was interrupted, because he himself suddenly appeared and directly delivered a "Ultimate Blade·Bai Ye" slash to himself.

This was clearly his own self from not long ago in this battle, dragged here by the Supreme Being's temporal domination, who then immediately gave himself a slash—one can only say this temporal control is simply unbelievable.

Crimson light points appeared, initially a single dot flashing into a cross-shaped starlight, then this crimson suddenly spread out.

Amid the booming roar, the layers of defense around the Supreme Being shattered; one layer, marked with lightning patterns, was especially tough, but under the impact of the crimson blood energy it too broke—just as the crimson blood energy was about to engulf the Supreme Being, it suddenly contracted, compressing into a crimson cross of light.

"Ultimate·Crimson Devourer."

When the crimson cross of light was no longer blinding, one could see it was the vast maw of a colossal blood beast, with crimson blood smoke, compressed to the thickness of a finger, blasting out.

Boom! Puff! Boom!

The Supreme Being's multi-layered defenses were instantly shattered; just as it was about to strike his head, he raised one hand to meet the crimson ray, wielding the Star Realm's most primal power in his hand, continuously nullifying the ray's might, emitting booming tremors, and at this moment the crimson light enveloped the entire Star Realm.

Even several eons later, records of the Crimson Firmament would remain, and this is also the main reason why, in the current great eon, the bloodline system formally rose to prominence.

The crimson ray gradually thinned, finally dissipating into the air; on the circular dueling platform, Su Xiao's aura was not exactly calm, while opposite him the Supreme Being stood relaxed and carefree—of course, from a rear viewpoint, this one's left hand bore exposed, mangled pale-gold bone, his powerful regeneration suppressed by the crimson at the wound site.

"Ultimate Blade……"

Boom!

A heavy pressure crashed down on Su Xiao, causing the circular combat arena beneath him to be covered in cracks—this was the weight of the entire Star Realm crashing down on him under the Supreme Being's dominion.

Boom!!

Like a pressure of black-tinged gravity, it slammed into Su Xiao again; not only that, after this second impact the pressure began to pour down continuously, making Su Xiao, who had been slightly bent, nearly drop to one knee.

"You still… have no qualifications."

The Supreme Being, robes and hair flying in the wind, spoke for the first time in battle; the one who single-handedly governed the Star Realm began pressing down with his left hand, making the weight of the Star Realm he bore even heavier, even causing large cracks to appear on the Star Realm's peak—these were not spatial rifts, but signs that the Star Realm's peak was on the verge of collapse.

To be precise, the Supreme Being now governed not only the weight of the entire Star Realm, but also the karmic weight of all its beings.

The cracks on the platform beneath his feet grew denser; Su Xiao looked at the Supreme Being, the red light at the center of his pupils growing increasingly piercing—there was no sign of impending death, but rather he had truly entered, after a long absence, the final stage of a deathmatch.

Crack crack, crack crack~

Su Xiao stepped forward step by step, more cracks appearing on the platform under his feet; in the next instant, the spot where he stood exploded with a tremendous sound of shattering space, he arrived before the Supreme Being, and every space he stepped on along the way emitted a tremendous cracking sound.

"Realm of No Self·Azure Shadow King."

Su Xiao's long blade suddenly burst forth with black blade-flame—this was not blade-flame, but the overly intense Azure Shadow King energy undergoing a qualitative change, scorching through whatever it touched, thus appearing as black blade-flame; this slash gathered all of Su Xiao's past power, where even a casual swing was a ultimate move.

With a spatial explosion, the Supreme Being suddenly jumped back to where he had been a dozen seconds prior; what made his pupils contract was that the power of time had actually been slashed and shattered, he was forcibly dragged back to his original position by this slash.

Clang!!

The black blade met the lightning blade, and the Supreme Being immediately broke through a downward-moving air current, which crashed heavily onto the circular combat platform, sending crystal fragments flying; the instant he landed, he would have risen to float, but who would have thought—the law-destroyer was already before him, crimson blood energy searing several blood marks onto the Supreme Being's body.

"Realm of No Self·Azure Shadow King!"

The Dragon-Slicing Flash once again became the black blade; this strike, any existence—note, any! any existence—cannot evade, only hard-block, for as this slash is unleashed, the slash has not yet arrived, but its power has already pierced the enemy's karma; no matter how the enemy moves, when the slash lands a moment later, they will be dragged back.

The simpler the ability, the more unstoppable it becomes when developed to the extreme, and Su Xiao, from the first rank to the peak, has always been honing this power-slash.

The black blade struck the lightning blade, and the Supreme Being's loose robes became tattered, large amounts of blood scattering out; he staggered back several large steps, having not been in such a sorry state for so long that he ignored his bodily injuries and made a motion to raise his hand……

"Realm of No Self·Azure Shadow King."

The black blade came in for the third time; this time, the Supreme Being's eyes lost their dignified fury, and as a fellow peak cultivator, he could not comprehend how such a level of ability could be used three times in a row.

Pfft!!

The black blade slashed down, and the Supreme Being's entire left arm was severed; his lightning blade bore faint Star Realm light, and this strike severed the law-destroyer's soul form—without a soul form, the "Heart-Soul Technique" is incomplete, and the technique's power will sharply diminish.

A black blade slashing toward his face made the Supreme Being, who had looked down upon all beings from the azure heavens, become cut down to his former strongest self; at this moment, he even felt a slight clarity from the erosion of time.

"Star Realm·Dominion."

Dong~

The star realm spreads outward, centered on the supreme being.

"Ultimate Realm·Star Realm."

Two "Star Realm Stasis" abilities of the same origin but different systems suddenly collided, with a crack, the entire star realm stilled—not as expected, mutually canceling, but "Ultimate Realm·Star Realm" and "Star Realm·Dominion" suppressing each other, accompanied by the clashing blades in their hands, this duel reached its peak.

With a crack, a certain rule of the star realm shattered; at the top of this star realm, the bell tower that had stood year-round, its large clock hand always pointing to 12 to indicate "now," began to retreat in this clash.

Amidst the spatiotemporal chaos, the two blades pressed against each other, centered on Su Xiao and the supreme being, a massive spatiotemporal vortex appeared around them, rotating counterclockwise, the collapsed earth at the star realm's summit rapidly recovered, and as the vortex's speed increased, everything around began to flow backward.

From the current Third Era, it reversed to the Second Era, then the First Era, in an instant tracing back to the Abyssal Era, and finally, it simply reversed by a full era's span; when the spatiotemporal vortex suddenly stopped, the star realm had returned to its original form—this is how the star realm first took shape in the utter darkness of chaos below and the bright light above, the beginning of all things.

The surrounding spatiotemporal vortex dissipated, and the clashing auras of the two erupted; a crimson blood-energy beast formed, violently biting at the four-armed tall phantom.

"Realm of No Self·Azure Shadow King."

As their auras clashed, Su Xiao's black blade in hand had already slashed down, causing the supreme being to show a hint of astonishment in his eyes—this god who stood at the peak was finally utterly shattered in divinity.

Boom!!

The black blade struck the lightning blade; the crystal earth beneath the supreme being's feet shattered, he turned into a afterimage and blasted into the star realm below, the terrifying force of his backward flight shattered each gradually forming world, and finally he crashed heavily into the bottom of darkness, this boundless star realm bottom, like a black ocean.

An afterimage landed ahead, vanishing upon impact; that blade, already nicked in several places, the black blade came slashing, but compared to the lightning blade rapidly turning into a serrated edge, the Dragon-Slaying Flash was in good condition.

The blade trembled and hummed; the various conceptual rule powers of the star realm, wielded by the supreme being, but these once-unsolvable top-tier powers, now in the combination of one person and one blade, changed from unsolvable to slayable.

One slash shattered the "Elemental Concept" of the initial star realm; Su Xiao clearly felt the initial star realm he was in suddenly rupture, under the strike of "Realm of No Self·Azure Shadow King," the star realm……could also be slain.

The long blade slashed into the supreme being's side neck; just as the blade was about to continue cutting, the supreme being's large hand pressed onto Su Xiao's face, a tremendous boom, Su Xiao flew backward, the supreme being staggered a few steps sideways.

Fighting to this point, both sides had fully utilized soul, physique, conceptual rules, causal existence, core abilities, even reversing spacetime to bring them to the initial star realm, and being equals, in this dark bottom where time flow is unclear, they battled for an unknown duration, both nearing their limits.

Drip, drip~

Su Xiao's chin blood dripped onto the dark liquid beneath his feet; he stared intently at the supreme being, this battle, win or lose, had been fought to satisfaction—such a peak battle, he would experience only once in this life.

And opposite, the supreme being stared at Su Xiao, already convinced that devouring this extinction-lawyer's causal fate would allow him to recover what he had lost long ago.

Suddenly, the darkness and light of the initial star realm were plundered and imbued onto the supreme being's lightning blade in hand.

Compared to the supreme being's power to dominate the star realm, Su Xiao had no temporary burst of power; from beginning to end, he lacked that ability, he only had his own strength, thus his flesh began to wither and dry, in a short time, aside from his sword-gripping right arm, his whole body showed a tough emaciation—this was him concentrating all his bodily energy onto this one blade.

"Star Realm·Absolute Dominion."

"Realm of No Self·Eternal Night."

Both sides turned into golden strong light and black cutting lines, intersecting and passing through each other.

Clang!!!

Everything stilled in this slash; the dark star realm, golden luminous embers scattering, and the black cutting line that left a black trace—all seemed like an eternal scroll, but as the canvas, the initial star realm could not withstand it, and with a boom, shattered.

The supreme being holding the lightning blade, a burning black-flame slash across his chest, he raised his hand, glanced at the weapon about to shatter in his hand, while behind him lay the fallen extinction-lawyer, blood spreading beneath him.

At this moment, the supreme being awoke, he turned to look at the extinction-lawyer fallen in the blood pool, then said:

"You made me awaken; I will continue to guard the star realm, after all, it is my possession……"

The supreme being's words had just reached this point when the extinction-lawyer in the blood pool stood up.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~

As Su Xiao stepped forward, the blood flowing from his body had already advanced ahead, forming a blood pool, so he was stepping on his own blood as he advanced.

The supreme being watched this treading of his own blood pool, eyes glowing red, behind him a blood-energy-formed, ever-changing, ruthless, ferocious laughing blood beast apparition, the background behind it seeming like a mountain of corpses and sea of blood; for a moment, the supreme being genuinely felt this was something more evil, ferocious, and violent than "Ancient Original Sin," "Chaos Calamity," or "Primeval Evil Omen."

Clang!

The long blade and lightning blade clashed; the supreme being immediately discovered that this extinction-lawyer's current power was actually superior to his by a margin.

With a bang, the supreme being was forced to kneel on one knee, layer upon layer of ripples surged in the dark depths, the star-law staff just about to emit a beam was entangled by masses of spirit-shadow threads.

Click-clack, click-clack~

More cracks appeared on the lightning blade; Su Xiao's current state was clearly slightly better than the supreme being's, and it was precisely this slight edge that decided the battle's outcome.

With a crack, the lightning blade shattered; almost simultaneously, Su Xiao delivered a straight kick.

The supreme being immediately flew backward a distance, leaving a trail of large gold-red blood beads; after Su Xiao's straight kick, his shattered right shin and foot were quickly replaced by a rapidly spreading combat prosthetic, the crystal right foot stepped onto the dark bottom.

At this point, looking back, one would find Su Xiao had over half his body seemingly replaced by Song Crystal, step by step approaching the supreme being, he thrust down with a blade, but was blocked by the supreme being with one hand, his palm holding the last fragments of star realm power he could still command.

The blade tip gradually shattered the star realm power in his palm; finally, the long blade pierced through, one blade thrust into the supreme being's skull, time seemed to freeze at this moment.

"Blade Way Blade·Time."

Why didn't Su Xiao use "Ultimate Blade"? Because he had no remaining stamina or bodily energy to support the "Ultimate Blade" system's abilities; instead, the old "Blade Way Blade" series, low in consumption, though its power far inferior to "Ultimate Blade."

The impact of the time attribute spread; time is also years, the supreme being fell from guardian to dark ruler due to the erosion of years, while Su Xiao's this blade "Blade Way Blade·Time" purely belongs to kicking the cripple's lame leg.

What is a technique master? Naturally, it is delivering a lethal blow to the enemy's weakness.

The supreme being pierced through the skull by one blade was not yet dead; to speak of combat ability, Su Xiao is stronger, but to speak of perfect omnipotence, it must be the supreme being, and perfect omnipotence naturally includes recovery power—he only needs to hold on for a few seconds without dying to recover quickly and ultimately win, but now, this "Time" blade became the last straw that broke his back.

At this moment, the spacetime-reversing power, lacking one of its components, could no longer be maintained; a spacetime vortex appeared, spacetime restored its original order, Su Xiao and the supreme being returned to the summit of the star realm in the Third Era, standing on the hundred-meter-diameter dueling platform.

With a boom, the supreme being's flesh and blood exploded, his bones seeming to have their own consciousness, beginning to break free from this body—these are actually the supreme causal fate the supreme being had devoured; essentially, supreme causal fate can be devoured, but cannot be fully absorbed and digested.

After successive bone explosions, various bones flew everywhere, soon turning to powder, leaving only the supreme being's skull, seemingly scrutinizing Su Xiao, then coldly said:

"Don't……get lost……"

As the supreme being's voice fell, Su Xiao slashed past, the supreme being's skull turned to powder and scattered; he never shows mercy in battle, let alone against the ultimate strong enemy.

Just after slaying the supreme being, Su Xiao's vision went black, he nearly collapsed into eternal sleep, a potion appeared in his hand, which he crushed, his injuries recovered somewhat, at least no longer seeing waves of darkness before his eyes.

Holding the long blade diagonally pointing to the ground, bare-chested, his body covered in wounds, over half his body replaced by Song Crystal, Su Xiao flung the black-blue smoke from the blade, the long blade slowly returned to its sheath.

The supreme being, already slain!

The peak, already climbed!

The causal fate of the Original Sin Guardians was plundered to the "Peak Position"; this is the causal price Su Xiao paid to reach the peak, to him, this is not a price.

Su Xiao did not shout in venting; he merely slightly raised his head to gaze at the sky, the scenery along the way was beautiful, and the peak's scenery, even more so.

Several massive Original Sin auras vaguely appeared in the chaos mist outside the star realm; Su Xiao knew the peak would not be lonely, but given his current state, he should first return to the Reincarnation Paradise; later, with time, he can collect these "Ancient Original Sins" one by one.

On a barren plain in the void, elemental scholars looked up at the sky; on his face covered in cracks, a few traces of relieved smile appeared, then he suddenly shattered.

As for his identity, he is closely related to the Supreme Being; to be precise, the Elemental Scholar is essentially the emotional part of the Supreme Being that has been washed away by time, and because the Supreme Being is too powerful, this part has formed an independent entity.

Therefore, the Elemental Scholar needs to reincarnate into a spellcaster's body, as they share the same origin, and no one understands better than the Elemental Scholar how terrifying and dangerous the eroded true self is.

……

When the teleportation sensation faded, Su Xiao had returned to his exclusive room, while Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, Am, Bahar, Benny, and Jila were already waiting there; the treatment privilege was activated, and it is worth mentioning that this treatment was the free highest-tier treatment privilege obtained during the Abyssal War.

Leaning on the single sofa, Su Xiao surprisingly discovered that killing the Supreme Being actually came with a kill notification and rewards.

【You have killed the Supreme Being.】

【You have obtained the exclusive privilege: Samsara Transcendence.】

【Samsara Transcendence (Exclusive Privilege): This privilege has the following functions:

You can retain all your current privileges while transforming your "Samsara Seal" into a "Personal Seal," which possesses all your current privileges and gains additional privilege abilities; you can return to Samsara Paradise at any time and freely enter and exit Samsara Paradise, but you will no longer be summoned or execute any tasks, and you will no longer be a hunter under Samsara Paradise; you will become the "Star Realm Guardian" certified by Samsara Paradise.

You can designate a target to become a contractor recruited by Samsara Paradise, which will give this recruit an initial trial, and based on their situation, make them a contractor or hunter.

Since you are the "Star Realm Guardian" certified by Samsara Paradise, your cause-and-effect fate will be inscribed on Samsara Paradise's "Initial Base," and in this case, you will be exempt from the erosion caused by the long passage of time.】

Without hesitation, Su Xiao transformed his "Samsara Seal" into a "Personal Seal."

……

In the certification area of the Void Tree, the people who were originally watching the battle here now stared blankly at the pitch-black large screen; just moments ago, they suddenly had their vision go dark and successfully "fell into dreamland."

When they gradually woke up, they discovered the battle had already ended, and they were all dazed about who won or lost, having watched the battle safely in the certification area, only to be affected and fall unconscious—this is truly embarrassing, as everyone present is a person of standing, so they all tacitly pretended nothing happened.

Those with thin skin immediately left, while those with thick skin were already discussing with friends who exactly won.

The brigade leader sitting on the bench stood up; he certainly did not faint, clearly knowing who won and who lost, having won the Abyssal War, and since the Star Realm will not be dominated by the Supreme Being, the brigade leader could be said to be at ease in mind and body, just as he was considering where to go relax and vacation recently, a figure stopped behind him.

"Oh? What a coincidence."

Taylor spoke, her eyes clearly saying, "Old lady searched everywhere and finally found you; if you dare say it's not a coincidence, old lady will definitely make you look bad."

……

Initiate Paradise, Trading Market Inside.

Three figures sat behind a stall, with ore piled on the stall; the pink-haired girl sitting there was not honest, swaying her body left and right, while the white-furred pajama-wearing Moon Disciple yawned beside her, and Haomei tilted her head back gulping beer gulgulgul; the Initiate Three Sisters successfully survived the Abyssal War, and their strength naturally skyrocketed.

Haomei belched out alcohol fumes, somewhat wistfully saying: "You guys say, we three have this kind of strength now, yet we still go mining—isn't that a bit embarrassing? We should do what strong people should do."

"?"

Morel looked at Haomei in bewilderment, as if asking, how could you have such an idea, and then she asked: "When identifying ore, if a top-grade ore appears, are you happy?"

"Of course!" Haomei looked at Morel in surprise, as if wondering why the other would ask such an obvious question.

"So happiness is all that matters—where did you get this strong-person burden? You must have drunk too much."

Morel's words gave Haomei an epiphany; ultimately, the Initiate Three Sisters agreed: happiness is all that matters.

……

Abyss, near the Giant Hall.

After a thunderous sneeze, the Abyssal Dragon let out a resonant snort; having successfully clung to life, it prepared to sleep for a few hundred years before going out again, when at this moment, a tall figure approached—this figure was bare-chested, full skin crimson, hair wildly disheveled behind, aura like a beast; indeed, it was the Crimson Beast·Di Luo.

The Abyssal Dragon's gaze was unfriendly; it naturally recognized this beast family's fourth position, but after a moment of mutual stare, the tense atmosphere gradually dissipated, and upon confirming the gaze, both were experts exceptionally skilled at clinging to life.

On the Abyssal Dragon's dragon face and Di Luo's beast face, both had a somewhat comical suppressed laughter with upturned mouth corners; after confirming the gaze, they were worthy comrades to plot together.

No one expected that the two shameless powerhouses of the Fourth Epoch of Chìzhà had already formed an alliance in the Third Epoch; as for why they didn't rise in the Third Epoch? They had tried earlier, but the result was being cleaned up inside and out by the contemporary Dharma-Destroyers, to the point of heartfelt conviction.

……

Third-Stage World·Dark Blood Continent, this is a world enduring constant warfare.

Long-term warfare has given this small town endless wounds and scars; in a broken wooden house, a hunched old man's figure shrank inside the drafty grass mat on the shaky wooden bed; after he waved his hand aimlessly struggling, the fire of life extinguished.

After a brief calm, the emaciated, short old man on the wooden bed suddenly opened his eyes, his murky dark-yellow pupils flashing for a moment; he sat up and let out a sly, slightly lewd laugh; Caesar is a restless fellow, so his new adventure has begun.

However, this reincarnation, whether in ability ceiling or operational limit, is not comparable to his former low-ranking days; therefore, Caesar will no longer have the collaborators he once had, his dear friend has always been only one.

But this does not hinder Caesar from diving into the new adventure, starting from a Third-Stage World, a new adventure.

……

The clash of the two strongest caused a certain degree of damage to the Star Realm, but the extreme balance of Abyss and elemental forces gradually smoothed out this damage, and many high-level worlds, due to the perfect balance of Abyss/elemental, began to experience a surge in resource volume; a brand-new and prosperous Third Epoch is thus destined to begin.

Myriad Races Realm, a restaurant not open to the outside.

Actually, this restaurant's "excellent location selection" level is such that even if the owner opened it to the public, after customers tasted the top chef's cooking once, they would agonizingly fail to find the place again when they wanted to return.

In a small alley, Su Xiao, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, Am, Bahar, and Benny were all looking at the map in Su Xiao's hand; as for Jila, she was occupying territory on the Wind Sea Continent—that's her hobby.

The Dawn Team members in the alley remained silent; Su Xiao had even slain the Supreme Being, yet he still failed to find the other's restaurant despite having the address given in the summer report; from a certain perspective, this is also a kind of "concept technique" ability.

After turning the corner, the bright sunlight shone in, and a signless restaurant came into view; entering the restaurant, one could vaguely see Xia busy in the back kitchen; after Su Xiao and the others sat down, Xia came out from the back kitchen holding a bowl of beef noodles—this looks ordinary, yet it is one of her signature dishes; yet for some reason, Su Xiao felt today's bowl of noodles……was off.

"Try my new dish."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiao silently pushed the bowl of noodles in front of him to Am; Am froze, scanning the beloved friends and relatives present, and each one was either whistling at the ceiling or seemingly lost in thought.

Shortly after, a scream from Am echoed in Xia's restaurant.

……

Two months after the decisive battle.

In the distant Chaos Mist, vast and strange existences lurked here; the former Supreme Being had already died, letting these long-silent ones stir restlessly; they are the source of disaster, the beginning of calamity, they are the "Ancient Original Sin."

Above the peak of the Star Realm, a figure resembling black-blue smoke constituted sat in the void; her eyes opened, and as she disappeared, a newly crowned peak powerhouse appeared.

The visitor's gaze swept over the vast existences in the Chaos Mist; after a moment, these vast existences returned to lurk in the Chaos Mist.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the peak of the Star Realm, gazing into the distant Chaos Mist; he knew the "Ancient Original Sin" would not remain silent forever, but this makes it more interesting—having these extraplanar existences, the peak position is never lonely.

He looked toward the boundary between Abyss and Elemental, where the two perfectly interconvert yet remain distinct; but he was certain that in a few epochs, this balance will eventually be broken, because the intelligent races of the Star Realm will have their own desires, purposes, dreams, etc., but this is the operating law of the Star Realm—forcibly changing all this will only bring about evil consequences.

Su Xiao never intended to dominate the Star Realm, for he knows that everything grows endlessly and everything also cycles without cease.

(End of Book)