Chapter 602: There Has Never Been Transcendence!

"I've seen enough of this show!"

The illusion before him had held Shen Yu's attention for a few moments, but now he had seen enough; it was time to send the other party on their way.

Just at this moment, the vortex Mo Cheng had transformed into spun rapidly, as if breaking free from some kind of restraint, and surged outward.

Yet the surrounding mountains shifted, the stars twinkled in the sky, and the light of the sun and moon shrouded him, enclosing him directly within and giving him not the slightest chance to escape.

It was as if he were fighting against an entire world, as if this world itself were rejecting him and suppressing him.

The vortex shattered, the black hole vanished, and the somewhat disheveled Mo Cheng was revealed inside.

"Impossible!" Mountains can certainly move, but it is absolutely impossible for them to shift directly without a sound like this; even if one were stronger, it would still be impossible.

This is an Array, yet it doesn't look like an Array—what on earth is it!

In a trance, a figure seemed to appear before his eyes, a figure that haunted his dreams and soul, the person he had regretted losing his entire life.

The woman appeared before him just like that, smiling at him gently, the same smile as when he first saw her all those years ago. It was intoxicating, it was warm.

Watching her walk toward him step by step, drawing slowly closer, Mo Cheng's eyes were filled only with memories, and tears even welled up at the corners of his eyes.

He reached out a hand, seemingly wanting to touch her, as if afraid that the figure who had suddenly appeared was merely his own hallucination.

When this figure reached him, Mo Cheng opened his arms. It gave the impression that in the next moment, he would pull her into an embrace.

But when she also opened her arms to him, Mo Cheng suddenly thrust out a hand and swallowed the figure before him in one go.

At this moment, there was not a shred of the pain of yesteryear left in Mo Cheng; there was only coldness, only ruthlessness and heartlessness.

Then, his entire person retreated at high speed, an endless vortex sinking in to devour everything, while he himself remained silent, searching for the flaw revealed in this instant.

"Heh, so this is what you call deep affection? It's nothing more than this. Who exactly is your world meant to be seen by?"

In the illusion of the world before Mo Cheng, he had portrayed himself as a man of deep devotion; anyone who saw it would think he was a Seed of true love.

But what was the result? When the person he loved appeared before him, he didn't hesitate at all when it was time to strike, and there wasn't even a hint of shame on his face.

He spoke of loving her and being unable to let her go, but when it was time to plunge the knife in, he didn't hesitate in the slightest.

Sure enough, these old monsters who have lived for countless years have long since become cold-blooded; what feelings could possibly remain in their hearts?

"To think I actually took it seriously; what a waste of my sympathy. Bah!"

"Since that's the case, I'll just send you on your way!"

"There have been many who wanted me dead over the years; do you think you can succeed?" He scanned his surroundings with cold eyes, yet despite being trapped, he could not find a single flaw.

Even the phantom the other party had conjured just now, which he had destroyed, had not caused any fluctuations. How strange!

Just at this moment, a giant face, as if it were about to cover the sky, appeared from the heavens; it was the face of that young man from before.

What kind of method is this? Between the two of us, who is the old monster who has lived for countless years? Why is it he who is shocked and terrified?

He tried to use endless power to tear apart the face in the sky, only to find that even his own power seemed to have been infinitely weakened.

"I might have been worried about failing to kill you before, but now, killing you is like killing a dog!"

"This is the Mountain and River Map; you are trapped within the map, you cannot run!"

"What Mountain and River Map? If I want to leave, no one can stop me, no one!"

With a stomp of his foot, the space before Mo Cheng was torn, as if he were trying to force his way through, but the crack that had just appeared closed instantly, rendering all his efforts futile.

"How can this be? Just a moment ago, it clearly..."

"Clearly felt like you could tear through space?" Shen Yu smiled with disdain, looking at the other party mockingly, as if looking at a fool.

Everything here was controlled by him; every move the other party made was in his eyes, so how could it possibly be hidden from him? Just now, he had merely been giving him a glimmer of hope to toy with him.

"The various past experiences you went through in the illusion before you just now must have been flaws you intentionally revealed."

"You wanted to use this to attract others' attention, making them mistakenly believe that emotion is your greatest flaw. You let others try to target you using this flaw, but in reality, they would return empty-handed, and it would instead give you an opportunity."

"A very clever choice. But this is inside the Mountain and River Map. The moment you entered this map, you were already unable to escape."

Endless power came crashing down like a landslide; this was the power of ten thousand mountains and rivers, the power of the sun, moon, and stars—the power of an entire world.

If Mo Cheng could truly resist such power, he wouldn't have been so easily sucked into the map; clearly, he was incapable of doing so now.

Facing such terrifying power, Mo Cheng's expression changed drastically. His instinct for danger warned him frantically, as if a great terror had descended.

He wanted to mobilize the power of heaven and earth, to mobilize the surrounding Spirit Qi, only to find that apart from the power within his own body, he could mobilize nothing. Everything around him seemed to have been locked down.

The next moment, the power of the Mountain and River Map completely submerged Mo Cheng. He wanted to resist. He wanted to rely on his own strength to fight against this endless world.

Unfortunately, this resistance only lasted for a moment before being completely crushed; compared to heaven and earth, compared to the universe, a human body is, after all, insignificant.

Mo Cheng's body shattered bit by bit, and even his Mental Power seemed to be submerged by the tide. This was to leave him not even a scrap, to cut off all his hope.

Until the very last moment, Mo Cheng suddenly reached out his hand, wanting to grasp something, but in the end, he grasped nothing.

At this time, tears flowed from his eyes without him realizing it, and he reached out to wipe them away. Suddenly, Mo Cheng burst into loud laughter, as if in relief.

The reason he shed tears was not because of the despair of seeing no hope for survival, but simply because he felt sadness once again.

"I shed tears; I am actually capable of feeling sadness!"

"Hahaha, my emotions have returned, I am still the same me, but everything can never go back—it can never go back!"

Closing his eyes, he would welcome the end. But for him, this was not something unacceptable.

In fact, he had struggled in this World for so many years that he had long since grown tired of this day-after-day life of a walking corpse.

No emotions, no free thought; there was only unshakable logic, only cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness.

Having waited for so many years, he had finally reached this day, the day of complete liberation.

Until this very last moment, Mo Cheng looked at Shen Yu, his gaze the same as when they first met. It was as if he were looking at a junior, his eyes filled with appreciation.

"The Spiritual Qi Surge is about to begin; with your exceptional talent, you will surely become like me soon—no, you will surpass me. But one day, you too will become devoid of emotion, possessing only cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness!"

"Too many geniuses think they can be different, until in the end, they think they have succeeded, becoming confident, becoming arrogant."

"But in reality, they all failed, becoming one of those countless people. There is no transcendence; for so many years, there has never been any so-called true transcendence!"

Mo Cheng's body began to shatter, yet he seemed completely unaware of it, still looking at Shen Yu.

"If you do not wish to become like me, then die; only in death can you be liberated, only then can it all be over once and for all!"

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

"It's too late!" Mo Cheng wanted to speak, but in the end, his entire body rapidly dissipated in the air, leaving only his final words drifting in the surroundings.

"One day, you will understand what I am saying. I am very curious to know how you will choose when that time comes."