I choose option one!

[Destiny] has arrived.

With the help of the [Deception] artifacts, this [Nothingness] Dominion escaped early and arrived before his Believer before the end of the Trials.

With a mere blink of His eyes, a howling, Nothingness wind Cheng Shi the bewildered Cheng Shi behind Him. Standing protectively before the Believer, He looked at [Deception] with a gaze as cold as an abyss.

This is your last chance, go back to your own world!

"My dear sister, your coldness terrifies me."

[Deception] Her eyes sparkled and swirled, showing no sign of fear. She sized up the freed Twin Gods and said mockingly:

"A defeated opponent refuses to admit defeat and runs to someone else's door to bark and howl. What, in this world, is it that whoever shouts the loudest is stronger?"

If that's the case, I have reason to suspect you're engaging in Faith discrimination, discrimination...

[Silence] that cannot speak.

Hehe~

By pushing [Silence] towards my side like this, aren't you afraid we'll unite and rebel against you?

What was that saying again?

Destiny is something to be defied!

"Yes, I think that makes a lot of sense."

[Destiny]'s tone grew even colder. "[Silence] has long been in cahoots with you. You two are in cahoots, so what's the point of this act?"

[Deception] Eyes darting around, laughing:

"I don't want to hear that. Even if you've wronged me, at least I can still argue my way out of it."

But you're putting such a huge accusation on [Silence]' s head... Can a mute person speak?

You still say you're not discriminating?

"... You're changing the subject, what are you plotting now!"

[Destiny] suddenly erupted with boundless [Destiny] power. The violent Divine Power swept around the Cheng Shi, crushing all the frozen Giggle and Mock around it, and dragging the two gods and one person on the scene back into the Void.

The Void is His domain; Giggle and Mock are not.

Even so, He was not confident of defeating [Deception], because He knew that there was more than one god behind [Deception].

But at this time, the world was peaceful and the Cosmos An Ning. No deity turned its attention to this place. The controversy over the fate of [Nothingness] seemed to have become an internal matter of [Nothingness], with only the two deities of [Nothingness] participating.

[Deception] Still laughing and joking as usual:

"Of course I'm waiting for you to make a move. What, are you scared of being beaten up?"

Then why not take action?

Don't you believe in fighting more than reasoning?

Are you afraid of being locked up again by me Giggle and Mock, watching helplessly as I take your Believer away, [Destiny]?

How can we tolerate this?

I can't stand even a little bit.

[Destiny] has a fiery temper that ignites easily, and even though He knows this move is a provocation from [Deception], He still went along with it.

[Nothingness] will eventually face a battle, and there can only be one outcome.

He understood this principle well, so when He acted, He displayed His full Divine Authority and exerted His full power!

A whirlwind of Nothingness, resembling a giant hand, enveloped the two gods layer upon layer. Then, misfortune and Change spread in unison, transforming into chains that dragged the encircled battlefield directly into an endless Abyss of Nothingness.

Cheng Shi felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and the two identical pairs of eyes vanished, leaving only the mockery and Indifference echoing in the Void.

"Oh, even at this point, you still haven't forgotten to bury the battlefield to prevent accidental injury to your Believer."

How thoughtful of you! Should I thank you for protecting my Predestination so well?

"Predestination it doesn't belong to you or me, it belongs only to this Starry Sky!" A cold roar echoed from the Nothingness void.

"Of course I know he belongs to this Starry Sky, but there is an even larger Starry Sky above this Starry Sky!"

But once I've locked you up, and then taken him away, when he appears in that Starry Sky, his identity will have a new meaning.

Rest assured, I will make your Predestination a true Predestination.

"With me here, you can't take him away!"

"Then it's not up to you to decide."

"Boom--"

A sudden, deafening roar echoed through the Void, and the darkness that stretched as far as the eye could see collapsed.

The battlefield, cast into the depths of Nothingness, was flung back by an invisible force. The chains, intertwined with misfortune and Change, seemed to have gained their own consciousness and were disintegrating on their own.

They actually sided with [Deception], betraying the [Destiny] that controlled them.

How is that possible!?

Before long, the chains of Divine Authority dissipated, the Starry Eyes reappeared, and the giant hand formed from the Nothingness gale was pried open one by one by the giant hand formed from the endless Chaos Yellow Mist. Then, the Starry Tome of Knowledge Scripture, densely packed with countless laws and Truth, fell down, suppressing those cold eyes in the Void!

[The Deception] won, and won incredibly easily.

The spiral in his eyes even followed the same swirling rhythm as before the battle began, never changing. Only the stars in his eyes seemed to have lost their brightness; the once glittering stars had quietly dimmed, and not a single one remained shining.

But in the midst of a terrifying Storm Nothingness, no one noticed this, and Cheng Shi was already numb with shock as the Deception succeeded once again.

He looked at his two Lord of Grace, only to see that Starry Tome of Knowledge had [Destiny] by the throat, rendering it speechless, while [Deception] looked back at Cheng Shi with a mocking gaze and sneered:

"For the sake of the Clown's trust in his Lord of Grace, I'll give you a choice."

First, the Clown continues to believe in his Lord of Grace, becoming the [Nothingness] Subgod all, Fool's Game, and then leaves this world with his Lord of Grace to save the True Universe.

Second, the Clown betrays his Lord of Grace, choosing to stay and embrace his Predestination, and then dies with the world in the misfortune of [Destiny].

Hehe~

I know you're full of clever ideas, but you have no other choice but to take these two.

This is not a lie. It's your choice now: embrace fear or reject it, Clown.

"..."

Cheng Shi snapped out of his daze and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"Choose?

Do I still have a choice?

You've schemed and plotted for so long, and now you control everything. Even the only thing that could resist you— Destiny —has been suppressed. What's the point of me, a Mortals powerless to resist, choosing or not choosing?

"Does the Clown... necessarily have to be tormented like this?"

"The Clown's only purpose is to be fooled; that is his Destiny, unless he is no longer the Clown and no longer gets fooled."

Alright, enough chit-chat, make your choice.

Cheng Shi shook his head. "I won't choose. Just kill me."

[Deception] He scoffed:

"I've said it before, no matter how many tricks the Clown has up his sleeve, it's useless. You only have two paths."

Want to die peacefully here?

"Ha, even if that Old Bones came, he wouldn't have the final say."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi frowned slightly.

[Deception] After gaining control of the situation, instead of forcibly taking you away or killing you, they present you with a strange choice. What does this mean?

This humiliation was completely unnecessary. What was He even doing?

Does becoming a true Sacrifice require voluntarily agreeing to something?

If that's the case, then there's still a chance!

It seemed he had regained Chip.

Cheng Shi suddenly perked up, lowered his head slightly, and said with a glint in his eyes:

"What if I don't choose?"

"Good question. As punishment for your repeated attempts to find loopholes, I will erase all Memory of this world from you, so that you will never find spiritual sustenance or solace again."

You will not die, but you cannot live either. You will be trapped in Nothingness, caught in an eternal choice, until you make your decision.

Of course, to ensure the integrity of the Sacrifice, I will not turn you into a puppet or a shell of Despair. I will preserve your desires, hide your goodness, and bury your evil until you make your choice, and then I will reinfuse these things into you.

However, I need to remind you that time is not infinite. The later you make your choice, the more worlds will be destroyed because of you.

You gave up the hope of giving life to the True Universe and chose to live a life of self-destruction, so you must bear this sin and guilt.

For the sake of our past relationship as master and servant, this is the best I can do.

Hehe~

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Shi made his choice.

I choose one!