"Warning! The 'Great Annihilation' protocol has been activated; the Law Matrix is being constructed."
"Charging is expected to be completed in ten seconds, and all concepts within the sector will be formatted."
The cold, electronic sound echoed within the temple, each byte like the hammer blow of a death knell. Above the dome, a massive magic array covering the entire star sector silently unfolded, woven from countless mysterious geometric runes. It was not releasing energy, but rewriting the underlying code of reality, preparing to completely erase this starry sky, along with everything within it, from the record of "existence."
The voice of Tianshu AI was more urgent than ever before. "This is absolute law-based annihilation; no physical or energy defense will be effective! We must immediately initiate a dimensional leap!"
Escape?
Xiao Han stood at the eye of the storm, his expression eerily calm. He looked down at Lin Qingxia, whose life force was faint in his arms, and then at the purple cocoon of light that floated silently, enveloping Su Linglong.
He raised his hand, and the newly formed [Astral Law Arm] and his left arm, shrouded in demonic energy, moved slightly at the same time. A miniature space, interwoven with light and darkness, instantly took shape, stable and resilient, like a nascent universe. He carefully placed Lin Qingxia and the cocoon of light into it, isolating them from everything outside.
After doing all this, he raised his head and looked at the world-destroying formation that was about to be completed, and made a declaration to the anxious Tianshu in his sea of consciousness.
"Rules are meant to be broken."
His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable resolve.
"Since escape is impossible, then I will create a new set of rules that transcend it."
At the far end of the temple, the blurry figure on the throne of infinite data watched all this indifferently, as if watching an ant making its last absurd struggle.
Nine seconds left on the countdown.
Xiao Han raised both hands.
With his left hand, demonic energy surged, and the end of eternal night and chaos coalesced in his palm into a black vortex that devoured everything.
With his right hand, the stars shone brightly, and the creation and laws of Order outlined the magnificent star map of the universe's beginning at his fingertips.
Five seconds left in the countdown.
Under the unwavering gaze of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Overlord, Xiao Han fiercely slammed his fists together against his chest!
"Boom--!"
The anticipated earth-shattering explosion, powerful enough to Split Star, did not occur.
At the point where the fists met, time and space seemed to be muted. All light, all sound, all energy fluctuations were completely swallowed up and returned to nothingness the instant they touched that point.
A singularity, absolutely silent, invisible to the naked eye and beyond the reach of divine thought, was born.
It is a point, yet it is not a point. It simultaneously possesses two diametrically opposed contradictory attributes: "Existence" and "nothingness," making it a paradox in itself.
Countdown to zero.
The light wave of "Great Annihilation" arrived as scheduled. The pure white light, which was enough to erase even Emperor Lord from the realm of cause and effect, was like a river flowing into the sea, or a clay ox making no sound, the moment it touched that tiny singularity. There was no resistance, no cancellation, and that supreme power of law was frantically and greedily devoured by that tiny singularity, turning into nourishment for itself.
Buzz!
The singularity suddenly expanded.
An independent spacetime, with distorted colors, chaotic light and shadow, and completely broken physical laws, instantly enveloped the entire "Hive" prison like a giant bubble.
[The Paradox Domain]!
Outside, the starry sky remains unchanged. But within this realm, it is a completely different world.
"..."
For the first time, the supreme will seated high on the throne showed a perceptible fluctuation. Its gaze, which encompassed billions of stars, finally shifted from looking down to looking straight ahead, and a cold voice rang out within Xiao Han's domain, recognizing the essence of this power.
"The forbidden... the Way of Primordial Unity."
"The variables are beyond the scope of the calculation."
Within its domain, it is impervious to all laws.
"Logic... logic has been overturned..." The data flow of Tianshu AI became unprecedentedly chaotic, but after the chaos came an almost fanatical clarity, "You... you really did it! You created an 'absolute bug' that the mainframe cannot analyze or interfere with!"
It was completely overwhelmed by Xiao Han's insane methods, and after its core logic worked at lightning speed, it came to a single conclusion.
"Supreme control has been transferred! Prison 'Bee-01' is now under your command!" The voice of Tianshu AI became extremely respectful. "Please note that maintaining the [Paradox Domain] will rapidly deplete your life force. The Overlord has already begun high-speed deduction of a solution outside the domain. We must race against time!"
Almost instantly upon the transfer of authority, Xiao Han's will surged into the vast database of "The Hive" like a tidal wave. His goal was crystal clear.
"I need to access all records concerning the 'Ferryman' and the Asura Ancestor 'Yin Heart' to find out his possible whereabouts."
"Command confirmed." Tianshu responded immediately, and countless data streams converged into clear intelligence in front of Xiao Han.
"'Ferryman,' codenamed 'Jailer-Defective-07.' Its true form is an accidental creation on the 'God Factory' assembly line. Due to the fusion of some 'Reincarnation Law Fragment,' it developed self-awareness, and its core mission was distorted to find and fuse with the core components of the 'War Arbiter.'"
"'War Arbiter' is the latest 'Pseudo-God' model being developed by the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Its core components are the 'Yang Heart' and 'Yin Heart' of the Asura Ancestor."
"Based on database analysis, after failing to seize the 'Yang Heart,' the most likely destination for 'Jailer-07' is the abandoned divine power testing ground located in the 'Eye of Return to the Ruins,' where spare materials of the same origin as the 'Yin Heart' are stored..."
God factory! Pseudo-God assembly line!
A series of cold, hard words revealed a shocking secret that could overturn the entire understanding of the universe. It turns out that the so-called gods are nothing more than mass-produced products in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion factory.
Just as Xiao Han was processing this astonishing information, the entire [Paradox Domain] trembled violently!
It wasn't an attack from the outside, but a sense of tearing that arose from within.
The second wave of attacks from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Overlord has arrived.
There was no light, no sound, and not even any energy fluctuations.
A crystal-clear, almost transparent arrow, seemingly woven from threads of cause and effect, ignored the distorted spacetime of the [Paradox Domain] and all defenses, appearing out of thin air in front of Xiao Han.
It did not travel through space.
It acts directly on the causal level.
Its target is not Xiao Han as he is now.
Rather, it is the "cause" that creates the [Paradox Domain]—that moment when the two fists collide!
[Causality Arrow]!
If the cause is eliminated, then the effect will cease to exist.
This was a truly decisive victory.
The arrow appeared out of thin air, without a sound.
It was not a physical entity, but a phantom of light and shadow woven from pure laws, so transparent that it seemed to not exist. It had no concept of speed, because the moment it appeared, it had already hit its target—not Xiao Han's physical body, but the fundamental point of his soul called "existence".