Above the blood-red sea, countless Karma Threads extended from Destiny Monk's body, flowing along his palm into Lin Qiye's body.
As Destiny Monk's heart finally stopped beating, his lifeless flesh split into countless chaotic strands of karma, rapidly contracting into a sphere of light that floated silently in Lin Qiye's palm...
Forbidden Ruins Sequence 007, Destined Buddha, Fruit of Predestination.
"...You've worked hard."
Lin Qiye murmured to himself as he looked at the karmic sphere in his palm.
Although Lin Qiye had never approved of some of Destiny Monk's methods, and the two had often clashed over them... Destiny Monk had, after all, been created by Lin Qiye himself. Without him, Lin Qiye alone could never have brought this game of chess to this point.
He and Destiny were like the light and darkness on one side of a chessboard—a pair of comrades who did not agree with each other, yet had always steadfastly entrusted their backs to one another.
Now, everything that was Destiny had returned to its original form. It was as though that cold and ruthless chess player had never existed at all.
On this shattered chessboard, only Lin Qiye remained in the end, all alone.
As Lin Qiye slowly clenched his hand, the Fruit of Predestination completely merged into his body. Cause and effect rapidly fused, and a powerful, mysterious law swiftly took shape within him!
His aura began to surge wildly!
Lin Qiye's soul was no longer the one from back then, incapable of bearing both "cause" and "effect" at once. Tempered by the Miracle Law and the Dark Law, his soul had become incomparably resilient. As the Karma Law came into being, his realm instantly broke through the barrier of the Human Apex and returned to the Lord God Realm!
At the same time,