Chapter 212: Ascending the Stairs

At the crucial moment when this fragile, newly born divine fire was about to be completely ignited and my personality was about to undergo an essential leap—

In the sky, the huge shadows that had been looking down indifferently showed clear emotional fluctuations for the first time.

It was no longer a look he gave to a stubborn stone, but rather a look as if he saw an ant stealing fire, with a hint of...offended, cold anger.

He seemed to finally realize that I, a tiny being, was not just trying to linger on, but was boldly trying to replace Him and achieve my own divine position in His kingdom.

Thus, He no longer merely radiates pressure.

A ray of light of nothingness condensed to the extreme, as if it penetrated time and space, ignoring all defenses, shot towards me silently from the huge shadow!

Wherever it passes, it does not leave destruction, but rather complete "falsehood".

Space, time, energy, matter, and even concepts have all become false things.

This attack transcends the level of power and goes straight to existence itself!

And I was at my most vulnerable, most distracted moment of transformation! The newly born divine fire was fading, and the newly integrated power system was on the verge of collapse!

The shadow of death is clearer than ever!

I opened my eyes angrily and stared at the existence in the void.

I will never give up!!!

The instinct for survival and overwhelming hatred supported me, and I actually resisted the mental shock from Gali.

However, relying solely on his tense will, he still couldn't hold on for too long.

At that billionth of a second, when the light of nothingness that could wipe out existence was about to touch me and the newly born divine fire was about to be completely extinguished—

A huge, warm, and incomparably tenacious torrent of power crossed the barriers of space and poured into the core of my will that was about to collapse!

It was not pure energy, but a condensation of new faith, prayers and sacrifices.

There are countless familiar or unfamiliar voices, converging into the final wave:

"We are the 'Sword of Dawn', and we stand by Lord Xingqiong's side..."

"Mystic Shield wishes to stand with Lord Xingqiong..."

"We are the 'Eyes of Perseverance'. We are willing to stand firm with Lord Xingqiong until the end..."

Finally, those voices merged into one sentence: "Lord Xingqiong! Please listen to our voices!"

“Define truth by our faith!”

It's the Abnormal Investigation Bureau.

In the desperate situation when the end of the world was approaching, instead of collapsing, they transformed all their fear, hope and trust into the purest prayers, which passed through the false barriers and arrived at my side!

"I'm a member of the Dawn Sword of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau, I'm Xingqiong Jun, and I'm... Ji Ling!"

This enlightenment was like the last spark, thrown into the divine fire that was about to go out.

Boom——!!!

A transformation that cannot be described in words is completed here.

The light of nothingness that was powerful enough to annihilate existence, when it touched my body, was as if it hit an absolute "definition" - it was forcibly "defined" as "non-existence"!

The light disappeared silently, as if it had never appeared.

I slowly "stood" up.

But the "I" at this moment is no longer limited to the physical body.

My perception extends infinitely, beyond sight and hearing.

I can "see" the regular cables that make up the world. Some are strong, while others are constantly breaking and twisting under the power of Gali.

I can "hear" the wailing and restlessness of the world's underlying consciousness; I can "feel" the emotions of countless living beings like colorful sparks, flickering in the desperate darkness.

My form is no longer a fixed body of flesh and blood, but is changing freely between a human form and a halo that is constantly flowing and interwoven with clear cloud patterns and brilliant starlight.

The Miao Dao had long since disappeared, but the cloud and thunder patterns on it had been completely activated, transforming into runes that surrounded me, like a star ring surrounding a main star, resonating with me as one.

I am "Lord of the Starry Sky." I control the boundary between "illusion" and "reality," defining the meaning of "existence" and "nothingness."

I raised my hand made of light and will, and gently brushed it towards the surging tide of countless mirror monsters in front of me.

"This place is empty and nothing but dust."

What you say is what you will be punished by.

There was no earth-shattering explosion. The terrifying frenzy was like being erased by an invisible eraser, instantly reduced to the most primitive particles and dissipated without a trace. The shattered earth, enveloped by my power, briefly regained stability and "reality."

The huge shadow in the sky condensed slightly, and its cold anger became more obvious.

He could sense that the nature of the being before him had completely changed, from a troublesome insect to a competitor trying to compete with him for authority in the same realm.

However, becoming a true God did not bring any joy.

For in this new, transcendental vision, I saw something more terrifying and irresistible than Gali's awakening—

The whole world is "dying".

It's not because of some evil god, but because of the world itself.

The invisible "rules" that should run through the heaven and earth but are violated are breaking and decaying on their own.

The "foundation" that supports the world is uttering its final wail and is heading towards extinction.

A cold and absolute "self-destruction" mechanism is emerging from the bottom of the world, like the final instruction of a program, and begins to cover everything!

This was the first time I felt the cycle of "Zhou Tian" so intuitively.

It's not a disaster, it's formatting.

It is a complete restart of the world's will for its own survival!

The awakening of the old gods may have accelerated this process, or may have been just one of the accompanying phenomena of this process, but it is definitely not the root cause.

Even if I possess the power of a true God at this moment, in front of this grand reincarnation mechanism that sweeps the entire world, I am still as small as a sand castle trying to block a tsunami.

I realized more clearly than before that maybe I could defeat Gali, maybe I could use the power of faith to survive in this reincarnation, but I could not stop the "Zhou Tian", I could not protect this world, I could not protect all living beings, and even... I could not protect my believers.

At this moment, I had no physical body, but I felt a sense of powerlessness far deeper than when I faced Gali, gripping the core of my consciousness.

Buzz...!!!

A vibration that is completely different from Gali's pressure and different from any energy fluctuation, sounded simultaneously from all directions, from the past and future, and from the depths of the origin of every existence!

In the sky, behind the cracks torn by Gali, the rolling illusory chaos began to be stained by a pure, lifeless gray!

Wherever this gray and white color reaches, everything is not distorted or destroyed, but loses all color, all meaning, all attributes of "existence", and returns to absolute "nothingness" and "extinction"!

Even the shadow in the void completely melted away in fear.

He had just seized Gali's authority, and without the support of his believers, he had to force his way down against the barrier of cosmic rules. He was already at the end of his strength, and this time he was completely doomed.

Because of Gali's forced arrival and the previous struggle, "Zhou Tian's" pace became faster.

This is the real end of the world, I thought.