In the old room.
The rusty faucet dripped water droplets one by one.
Li Chen gripped his teacup tightly, staring at the man before him, and asked, "Then why didn't you seize that Forbidden Authority yourself, but instead gave it to me? You created this King's Power, so why...?"
Li Chen stood up and walked into the light that flickered with the false sun. His body was slowly dissipating, but very slowly.
There's still time; this memory might last a while longer.
He said calmly, "It's not that I don't want to master it, but that I've already tried."
"You should know my fate now; I've become one of those Eerie Monsters, and am now completely sealed within that final door."
Li Chen frowned and asked, "Then why am I able to control it?"
"Even if you're a god, how could I, a mere mortal, possibly succeed?"
He wasn't without self-awareness; if even a god couldn't do it, how could he possibly control this power, let alone become that Forbidden God?
Li Chen laughed, covering his face with his hands as he laughed.
If you can't do it, then who can?
"Does this mean I, a monster, am supposed to become Lord of Taboo?"
"In this broken world, anyone can say they can't do it, but you can't."
Your Fate, your fate, is in your own hands.
"The invasion of the Black Mist, the spying of the ancient gods, the world beyond the universe—your current Earth is merely a sacrifice. If you want to preserve all of this, you must keep moving forward, keep advancing."
"What's holding you back isn't the enemy outside the walls of the real world, nor the unseen future."
You have to take control of all of this yourself!
Li Chen opened his mouth, his eyes lowered slightly, as if he was thinking.
Knowing all this now feels somewhat unreal.
It turns out that the Earth he lived on was invaded and decayed by Black Mist, and perhaps it was all caused by himself or the man in front of him.
He wanted to become God, a supreme God, in order to drive away the Black Mist.
This road is difficult, incredibly difficult.
Even the God before us was devoured because of the Forbidden, which speaks volumes.
Li Chen raised his head and looked at Li Chen, asking, "Is God truly the end?"
Li Chen's lower body had completely darkened. He shook his head slightly and said...
What do you consider the end point?
Some people are born strong, some are born into wealth; they are born at the very end of their lives, reaching the pinnacle that ordinary people only dream of.
"I'm just a slightly stronger human being, I've never even ventured into the universe, and now I've fallen to this state, tell me, what is the end?"
"This world has always been like this; there is no end. The universe, the Earth, and humanity are all the same, always following the Dark Forest Law."
When your life is threatened, would you not fight back?
Hearing his words, an unnamed fire seemed to ignite in Li Chen's eyes.
Yes, it seems my own life is already in danger.
Why did he want to give up on this extremely difficult path?
Now that he has embarked on a path with no end in sight and no light to guide him, he has no choice but to either wait to be captured by the Evil Cult or become a puppet of Human Race's current hope.
Then let's embark on this path where there is no hope.
Go down a dead-end road!
This was his own choice!
Li Chen looked at his still somewhat immature self, as if recalling memories that once belonged to him.
He was unwilling to entrust everything to his reincarnated self, but there was no other way.
This world needs a God, and it also needs someone who can drive all dangers out of the universe.
He had failed before.
But now he believes he will succeed.
Click~ Click~
A shattering sound rang out, and the dilapidated hut began to crumble, cracks appearing in the walls.
Li Chen looked at the man in front of him and asked, "Are you leaving?"
Li Chen's entire body was utterly ethereal, shimmering in the illusory sunlight. A trace of lingering affection flashed in his eyes as he spoke.
"Yes, we have to go."
"In the end, it's just a fragment of a memory that was left behind."
"..."
Li Chen remained silent...
She watched, bit by bit, as the man before her turned into starlight and vanished.
This time he received far too much information.
Through the man in front of her... no, I should say her past, she learned many secrets.
I finally understand how those Black Mists came into this world, but it all seems so unbelievable.
The light vanished completely.
His body returned to its origin, into the Life Door.
Li Chen clenched his fist, and something seemed to have appeared in his eyes.
That's a choice you make about your future.
I've been lost for so long, influenced by Evil Cults, by the Human Race, and by everything around me.
Li Chen was constantly making a choice.
This time, he didn't want to choose again, because he already knew his path, or perhaps he had already embarked on this path of no return.
To become the God of this world, the Lord of Taboos, and to trample everything under one's feet.
Li Chen walked through the darkness, his eyes growing brighter. A series of shattering sounds echoed around him as he murmured, "I'll go see what you haven't seen."
Outside world.
On the Heart Lake.
The crowd was still discussing it.
In the sky above the Secret Realm, cracks began to shatter little by little.
Click~ Click~
The sound was like a mirror shattering.
Mu Hen narrowed his eyes and looked at the sky, saying, "Holy crap, could it be that the Secret Realm has collapsed?"
The sky resembled a spider web that was being unfurled.
Su Zhe, oblivious to the danger, replied, "How could that be? Maybe they sent people from outside to rescue us!"
A solemn expression appeared in the eyes of the Daoist Family Saint Son not far away, and he thought to himself...
Why so fast?
"Could it be that an uncontrollable factor has emerged?"
At this moment, Li Chen, who had been hovering on the water without making a sound, opened his eyes and looked at the still broken sky. The wing engraved on his right hand slowly opened.
A drop of the Forbidden Substance dripped from his fingertip.
The entire Heart Lake, which should have been clear and transparent.
It quickly began to turn black from beneath him, and in an instant, the entire lake was dyed.
Not far away, the Daoist Family Saint Son narrowed his eyes slightly, seemingly deep in thought.
The Su Family Saint Son frowned and looked at the man; even he sensed an unusual danger.
That's not simple. What exactly did this person discuss with those people from the Strange Pavilion back then?
And why use the word "body"?
Li Chen stood up, holding a black umbrella in his hand, exuding an eerie aura, and spoke calmly.
"It's time to go out."
"Let me see what's going on outside."
His figure vanished in an instant.
In the next appearance, they arrived at that sky, a sky that seemed to stretch endlessly. The broken cracks instantly gave Li Chen his bearings.
Li Chen stood in the void, muttering, "Forbidden power, even Gods can be corrupted by it."
"How can we resist such Secret Realm?"