That is, the cicada shedding its shell.

His mental strength was beyond recovery at that time, forever stuck on the edge of the disease, and because of his deep fusion with the source of the mist, it would be suppressed to the greatest extent.

Therefore, he was powerless to continue breaking through and could not absorb this source.

Therefore, Lu Ning used his pillar-level idealistic ability to split the current Lu Ning.

Lu Ning now possesses pure spiritual power and idealistic power. To prevent changes brought about by past memories, he has even completely sealed away all the memories he experienced in the mist, as if he had walked in the mist for two thousand years without ever encountering anything unusual.

Then, Lu Ning tore a small hole in the barrier.

He knew, of course, that once the barrier was torn open, it could not be fully restored, but it was the only way.

This small opening has become Lu Ning's path back to Earth.

Afterwards, Lu Ning grew up on Earth and no longer used the power of the Mist Origin to employ his idealistic abilities.

Even now, Lu Ning's divine power remains relatively pure.

This also fulfills the conditions for further advancement.

The final condition is that Lu Ning must devour the past.

The final step in Lu Ning's past plans was to use himself as nourishment to create the current Lu Ning's leap forward.

Once successful, Lu Ning, after his ascension, will be able to completely devour the origin of the mist.

If you fail, then all is lost.

Lu Ning and the past Lu Ning stared at each other for a long time, and a clear look suddenly appeared in the chaotic and crazy eyes of the past Lu Ning.

He looked at Lu Ning and smiled, "It seems our plan has been going smoothly so far."

Lu Ning nodded slightly: "After all, it's part of our plan."

Lu Ning had already reached the pillar level in the past, and his plans, made through his idealistic abilities and omnipotent divinity, were naturally easy to realize.

"Then let's begin. I'm almost at my limit after completing the last step." The clarity in Lu Ning's eyes was flickering, as if it might disappear at any moment.

Lu Ning nodded silently: "Okay."

In the past, Lu Ning would close his eyes and automatically burn his own spiritual power to purify it.

During this process, a portion of the soul that was originally integrated with the source of the mist was burned away and completely dissipated.

Lu Ning took a deep breath and began to absorb this gift from his past self.

The spiritual power bestowed upon him by his past self contained a remaining portion of the original source of idealistic power. After merging with Lu Ning's own instinctive idealistic power, Lu Ning felt as if he were now omnipotent.

He can do it if he wants to.

"Then let's leap forward," Lu Ning murmured.

The next moment, the mental crystal in Lu Ning's mind shattered completely.

Divine and spiritual power spread throughout his body like a storm.

And the divine strings were also spread out in this storm.

These divine strings symbolize the power of idealism, the power of omniscience and omnipotence, the power of time and space, and the power of life, destruction, flesh and blood, emotions, and so on.

After these divine strings broke free from the crystal, they merged into every cell and particle of Lu Ning.

Every atom that makes up Lu Ning's body is engraved with this divine string.

Lu Ning's spiritual power was no longer confined to His body, but sublimated and spread.

His spiritual power enveloped the entire mist, then broke free of the mist, entered the universe, and then enveloped the entire universe.

It even reached the chaotic space outside the universe.

Under Lu Ning's mental perception, the entire universe seemed to transform into strings, with strings vibrating at different frequencies forming the most basic particles, ultimately creating the universe.

At this moment, Lu Ning's body was like a new kind of universe, with the strings of divinity vibrating within him, forming string structures that eventually transformed into his physical form.

He is nothingness, He is existence, He is the only one, and He is everything.

When Lu Ning opened his eyes again, his gaze was gentle as he looked at the distorted and chaotic phantom. There was no longer any fear in his eyes; instead, there was a calm scrutiny.

He clearly sensed that this chaotic and distorted phantom originated from the universe, but some of its string structures underwent minute changes. These minute changes continued to expand and eventually transformed into a peculiar anomaly.

The string structure, symbolizing spiritual pollution, transforms into a mist that spreads, merges into all things, and ultimately corrupts everything.

For Lu Ning now, dealing with this is not difficult.

With a thought, He absorbed the chaotic divine strings within the phantom symbolizing corruption and disorder, restoring the disordered and abnormal string structure to its proper order.

The next instant, the fog vanished.

Everything around them fell silent and dark.

This is also the universe, only the dark side of the universe.

With another thought, Lu Ning appeared in the vacuum outside Earth.

He calmly glanced down.

All of humanity noticed the sudden disappearance of the mist, and the group of humans looked shocked and confused, seemingly unable to understand what had happened.

Meanwhile, Li Yang and the other deities also arrived in the sky and then headed towards various places shrouded in mist.

Once they were certain that the fog had completely disappeared, their expressions were a mixture of surprise and bewilderment.

Lu Ning could hear their conversation and they were all guessing whether he had done something.

Lu Ning simply smiled and didn't try to talk to them right away.

He is about to do something very important.

go home.

With his current strength, he can certainly go home.

However, if he goes home now, he will naturally prevent the mist from reappearing, and this timeline will collapse, and this universe will also perish.

Of course, he also has a way.

That is, to absorb this universe into his body.

With a thought, Lu Ning appeared in the chaos outside the universe.

His body expanded infinitely, eventually becoming larger than the universe.

He calmly watched the pearl in the ever-expanding chaos, then controlled the strings of the universe, slowly and steadily merging them with his body.

After the fusion, Lu Ning stood in the chaos and took a step forward.

squeak!

The glass door of the internet cafe opened, and the morning sun shone on the street and onto Lu Ning.

He glanced at the faintly glowing sun, smiled gently, and started walking towards home.