Mo Qiong had given everything he had, not for himself, but for everyone.
Obtaining this power, like that of the ruler of the Endless Dimensions, was merely a means, not the goal.
If he had been alone, if he had been doing it only for himself, then whatever the unknown or certain death, he would have risked everything. If he succeeded, he would be invincible; if he failed, there would be no Mo Qiong left in the world.
However, it was not only himself that he had risked.
He carried the hopes of countless people on his shoulders—from the First Generation to the Second Generation... from Bolo to Kelon, and from Kelon to Mo Qiong.
What had been passed down from generation to generation was not only hope, but responsibility.
Countless people had been devoured by Ultimate Darkness. Under the pressure of annihilation, Master Gou had been able to make one final gamble against the Empress by erasing all his own memories.
It was precisely because of this responsibility that, at the end, the members had fought to survive while urging Adams to die.
Because dying was easy. Living was what was difficult.
That was why they had to give everything.
Mo Qiong's final strategy had not been solely for that minuscule third possibility.
He had wanted to raise his margin for error by every possible means, to the point of personally erasing his own son's consciousness.
The Fifth Element's reincarnation and possession naturally could not match the absolute isolation of a corpse, nor could it match the absolute defense and other properties possessed by a successful possessor.
But it did not need to compete with the corpse. When both Mo Qiong and the target he possessed were inside the corpse, the depth of the Immortal Soul only needed to