Chapter 415

Chu Wangshu's expression was blank, tears welling up in her eyes. Intense sorrow and regret seemed to be sawing through her heart with sharp blades. Her soul withered, her dying heart shattered, and due to the degeneration of the Magical Girl, the last line of defense collapsed with this major blow.

The Lantern Gem, hidden and sealed away by twelve interwoven sequences, gradually dimmed, extinguished, wavered, developed cracks, and sped toward its own destruction.

Chu Wangshu could not forgive herself. An overwhelming grief engulfed everything, numbing her emotions. She gazed at the sky, looking at her father, Holding Laevateinn, which was as blazing as the sun and filled with murderous intent, and seemed so unfamiliar.

At that moment, the roar of something collapsing suddenly stopped, plunging into a frozen silence.

In a daze, the dream and reality overlapped.

"So, it turns out I'm the one who killed my Dad."

Chu Wangshu seemed not to hear. She removed the floating crown, grasped the spikes in her hand, and let them sink into her flesh and pierce her bones. Crimson blood dripped and flowed, turning into blades that hovered around her.

Incredibly, I didn't feel any pain at all.

This subtle doubt, along with the blood dripping down from high above, seemed to grow infinitely larger.

The girl looked up, her pupils glazed over.

High in the sky, the Savior, who had never been harmed by the disaster, was now like a mortal being, with bright red blood overflowing from a hole that had inexplicably appeared in his palm.

The murderous intent faded from Chu Yuanqing's golden eyes, replaced by a gentle, warm light. She looked at her aching daughter, ignoring the wounds that had appeared alongside her, silently bearing the pain robbed of her by the other, and softly promised in a smile:

"Xiao Shu, don't be afraid."

"You and everyone else will be fine. Just leave it to me."

Chu Wangshu guessed what was going on, and tears welled up in her eyes. She shook her head vigorously, wanting to say something, but was interrupted by the other person.

Chu Yuanqing extended his finger and smiled:

"Remember the game we played when we were kids? Hide-and-Seek."

"Xiao Shu always hides very well, and this time is no exception. Just keep hiding until Dad finds you."

Chu Wangshu pursed her lips and stubbornly wiped away her tears.

In an instant, the withered flower of her heart bloomed again, and all the turmoil in her soul miraculously ceased. She could not forgive the sunflower, but she could not forgive even more the cowardice of choosing to give up, escape, and cry.

So...

We cannot give up; we must not let things go as they wish.

The little girl looked at her Dad, understood what he meant, forced a bright smile, and agreed:

"I'll hide it well."

As soon as she finished speaking, the intelligence and gentleness in her eyes vanished, and she deliberately curled up her consciousness, lurking in a deep slumber. No matter how the marks of the disaster swarm surged or how the twelve sequences were intertwined, she remained completely still.

The smile on Chu Yuanqing's lips vanished. She lowered her eyes and watched her daughter's crystal tears fall to the ground and shatter into pieces, like an emotionless killing machine. With a crash, the Laevateinn in her hand fell to the ground.

In the next instant, the sunflower and the ruins were engulfed in flames.

Chu Yuanqing, at the cost of her own injury, took away the pain that her daughter should have borne. Her slender body was burned to ashes, but she was reborn from the ashes. On her exquisite face, which was now porcelain white and intact, her expression was calm, and her eyes held an unbreakable obsession.

"You madman, you idiot, you're incomprehensible! You've lost your [immortality], so why do you keep killing yourself for such a ridiculous reason?"

As the sunflower fled, it questioned the motive, unable to comprehend it at all.

In those three breaths, Chu Yuanqing destroyed this physical body millions of times. By choosing to bear Chu Wangshu's pain at this cost, she was essentially killing herself the same number of times.

Even those who cannot feel pain are terrified by this disaster.

Furthermore, as Chu Yuanqing's enemy, He knew more about Chu Yuanqing's abilities and background than his friends and relatives such as Charlotte, Chu Wangshu, and Tang Liuli, including... the secret of [immortality].

This blessing, which was practically a bug, truly disappeared after she reversed the Worldline and entered the corrected New Era.

In other words, if the Light of the Soul were to dim even for a moment, it could be truly killed by the mythological concepts embodied by Laevateinn, which is simply insane.

Chu Yuanqing's long eyelashes drooped, and the gilded light in her eyes was mixed with a void that devoured emotions. She looked at the sunflower that had absorbed three more Disaster God, counted the time left, and did not answer.

What a boring question.

Whether or not she possesses [immortality], what she wants to do, what she is doing, and what she is doing will not change.

Her thoughts drifted away, and as yet another handful of memories extinguished in the darkness, the consciousness in her eyes grew even thinner. She swung the Laevateinn sword from her hand, and the decaying mythological concepts burned away. The echoes of the annihilation of heaven and earth swept across the Milky Way, and the final end gradually approached in the void.

Volume 1: 389. Chu Yuanqing's [Sange], even death could not stop her. (5K2)

Time passed, and a full 30 seconds had elapsed since the [Pure White] collapsed.

All the global calamities, Calamity Species, and Calamity Beasts were suppressing and dispersing for a moment, obeying the will of the calamities, returning to their most primal state, flowing back into Chu Wangshu's body, and after 31 seconds, they had basically all returned to their places.

The girl resides in the depths of space, with a massive black tide constantly following her, forging a throne larger than any planet. The golden light in her eyes has faded, replaced by an extreme array of vibrant colors. The crown atop her head is adorned with interwoven thorns and Full Bloom, its gleaming gems filling every hole, representing the thirteen Disaster God who have returned.

At this point, the vast majority of the calamities had successfully inhabited Chu Wangshu's body. Using this vessel as an anchor point, homeland, and furnace, they integrated the thirteen Disaster God sequences. With every breath, they were merging and evolving, building the perfect prototype of the Supreme Lord.

In a little while, this framework will be completed.

At that time, even Chu Yuanqing, at the height of his power during the Spring and Autumn Period, would be unable to contend with the ultimate sublimation that transcends the past disasters.

At this moment, the colorful crystals representing the twelve sequences that hovered behind "Chu Wangshu" rapidly activated and grew like unfolded wings after the return of the Disaster God body. They covered an area measured in light-years, enveloped the sun's radiance, and wantonly devoured the power of stars and the universe.

Unfortunately, this magnificent scene, in which the entire planet was shrouded in darkness and the Earth-Moon system teetered on the brink of collapse, was quickly melted away by the falling Laevateinn.

Like a crimson meteor shattering the barriers, it unleashed a magnificent cosmic storm, engulfing the horde and bringing about its destruction.

Chu Wangshu's expression was calm, seemingly indifferent. Her gaze swept past the flames, fixed on the approaching Savior as if looking at a corpse, and she calmly said:

"You've forgotten who you are, haven't you?"

The whispers of the disaster victims were shattered in the torrent that swept across the stars.

Chu Yuanqing lowered his eyes to look at the scenery he had created with his own hands, remaining silent.

The fighting continues.

This is a battlefield that no one can enter. Neither the Countermeasures Bureau nor Charlotte, Xie Qingyu, Xie Qingxuan, Tang Liuli, and Kiriwake Yayoi, who were severely injured by the disaster swarm, could come to the universe.

Furthermore, people may not even be able to sort out their thoughts and understand the current situation in a mere 30 seconds.

Currently, several Aether Satellite monitoring the battlefield from outer space are also collapsing amidst the aftermath of several offensive and defensive battles.

The disaster area is getting stronger.

If Laevateinn's basic attack could kill the opponent once before, now it would take at least two, three, or four times, or even the use of Martial God Skill.

This is also why they are willing to stay in deep space and fight Chu Yuanqing. Staying on the planet can limit the opponent's output, but it is not possible to further wear him down.

The light of the Savior's gathered Light of the Soul is the final sunset, the last afterglow, the final brilliance. With this, she returns to her former glory, and with this, she fights against the curse of the Mother Sea and against the devouring of nothingness.

In other words, she was constantly consuming her Light of the Soul and becoming weaker every moment.

With the thirteen Disaster God back in their positions, constantly in a state of sublimation, and in every Planck time, surpassing themselves and seizing infinite power, Sunflower is confident in its ability to contend with them and make them burn out the Light of the Soul ahead of time!

Thus, in the 32nd second after the collapse of [Pure White], this perfect vessel, gathering the power of the calamity, burned with a magnificent divinity that reflected the Sea of Truth and radiated across the Cosmic Dimensions. After breaking free from the blockade, it chose to confront this Savior head-on for the first time.

At the 33rd second, thirteen powers sublimated and merged, reversing the entropy of the universe, aiming to turn the Earth-Moon system into a wisp of foam in the vast universe, thereby forcibly opening the Sea of Stars and devouring the concept of stars hidden within it.

At the 34th second, Chu Yuanqing put down Laevateinn. Her pure white hair fluttered, her dim golden eyes looked down at the disaster horde, and her slender fingertips moved in the vacuum. The extreme pure blackness seemed to envelop the world like bubbles, and the power to shake the universe returned to its origin.

The disaster victims fell silent in utter shock.

This Savior didn't use Laevateinn, didn't use Martial God Skill, didn't use blessings or the power of the Disaster God. In fact, you could say she did nothing at all, because this was... the power of nothingness!!!

"Impossible, how did you do that?"

"Why are you able to resist the erosion of the Mother Sea even though you are not the Supreme Lord? Why do you dare to use this power? Why are you still alive after using it?"

The sunflower was incredulous and terrified. At this moment, it had gained a profound understanding of these mortal emotions, and its information-recording intelligence was overloaded.

The calamity can die a million times over by Laevateinn, by Martial God Skill, or by any other means, but it can never die even once at the hands of [Void].

Because it is one of the origins of the Mother Sea, it is interdependent with existence, encompassing infinite dimensions and multiple planes, and can be considered the ultimate concept that stands in opposition to all life. It is not something that can be challenged by ordinary authority.

The Disaster Group is a race closer to the Shadows of Many Realms, lacking true intellect and emotion.

In fact, they cannot even be called a true race; it would be more reasonable to call them a phenomenon or a calamity. Naturally, they would not fear or embrace death.

Even so, they still feel... fear in the face of nothingness.

So, before the 35-second mark was even up, Sunflower chose to retreat tactically, fleeing back to the planet's surface. This was utterly ineffective; how was Chu Yuanqing's action any different from cheating?

Chu Yuanqing's mind was sometimes blank and sometimes chaotic. She was simply following her obsession, like a ghost chasing after the other person, so she naturally couldn't answer the disaster group's questions.

But without a doubt, this is still a boring question for her.

--The closer one gets to the Sea of Truth, the more one understands Sea of Truth.

Similarly, the same applies to [nothingness].

Chu Yuanqing was devoured by the [Void] for 17 years, and she also embraced the [Void] for 17 years. In the present moment, with her memory becoming increasingly blank, her self becoming increasingly incomplete, and her soul becoming increasingly flimsy, the two have become so confused that they are indistinguishable.

For ordinary people, the only outcome would be utter destruction.

But for the Savior, even after losing most of his memories, still harbors an obsession to save the world and kill the hordes of calamities, [nothingness] is something that can be used as long as it can avert all the tragedies and bring happiness to his daughter.

He is neither worthy of reverence nor worthy of fear.

Since the [Void] can devour her, she can naturally use the Light of the Soul to seize the power to fight against the calamity by using the [Void] that devours her.

Chu Yuanqing did not consciously do this; she did it almost naturally, just as she had naturally progressed, sublimated, and reached the complete realm in the past, achieving oneness with heaven and man, transcending both inner and outer mental images, and comprehending the Martial God Skill.

Just as the disaster group understands, this Savior who has reversed the past, future, and present of countless worlds possesses the potential to become an exception.

Even when swallowed by the [Void] and targeted by the Mother Sea, this potential did not dim; it still shone like a constellation, protecting humanity.

At 36 seconds, Chu Yuanqing retrieved Laevateinn, and the disaster horde felt slightly relieved and continued their escape.

At the 37th second, the thirteen Disaster God powers initially merged, constructing a stable framework. They began to absorb excess sequence genes, using Chu Wangshu as a container. The calamity swarm, like water freezing into ice, surpassed its previous limits and became dozens of times stronger.

At the 38th second, the swarm locked onto Astrid, directly corrected the possibility, rewrote history, instantly destroyed the [Planetarium] and the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters, obtained the key made by the other side, and ventured deep into the Stellar Core, attempting to pry open the entrance to the Sea of Stars.

At the 39th second, death occurred, and the reforged history was reversed by the power of [Tathagata].

At the 40-second mark, he survived and continued his escape.

At the 41st second, he died, but all the Disaster God power on Chu Yuanqing flowed backward and returned to the Calamity under the corrective force, allowing the prototype of the Supreme Lord to be formed, fearless of all enemies.

At the 42nd second, Chu Yuanqing's intuition sensed danger. Through her combat instincts, when she killed the swarm for the 17,947th time, she incorporated [Void] into her Martial God Skill, knocking the swarm down into its sublimated state. The thirteen sequences collapsed again, and the framework was forced to be rebuilt.

50 seconds, 61 seconds, 69 seconds...

Escape, escape, an endless escape.

The only hope for the disaster group to defeat Chu Yuanqing was to use Chu Wangshu's cheat code. However, once the opponent could use the power of [Void], its absurdity was like using administrator privileges to physically block cheat codes, cutting off all possibilities of direct confrontation.

But what's even more terrifying is...

Chu Yuanqing has begun to use Laevateinn again to seize the power to devour the Disaster God!

It's important to understand that the reason the Mother Sea's corrective power stripped Chu Yuanqing of the Disaster God power was not because it "favored" the disaster group, but rather to restore the correct history and relatively smooth out the chaos caused by the reversal of infinite possibilities.

It's a very simple principle.

--Chu Yuanqing possesses all the powers of the Disaster God.

--The entire disaster group has arrived.

These two things cannot happen simultaneously; it's a classic paradox.

Therefore, all the illusions we experienced in the past, and the recent return of power, are the Sea of Truth correcting this paradox.

But things are different now.

The Disaster God power within Chu Yuanqing has completely flowed back, and the paradox between her and the disaster horde no longer exists. Even if she were to reclaim it, the corrective power of the Sea of Truth would no longer intervene.

When the "biased" buff is gone, and she reclaims all the Disaster God powers, it signifies the complete collapse and annihilation of the calamity horde!

The horde's desire to escape was even stronger; they wished Chu Yuanqing would be immediately swallowed up by the [nothingness].

Unfortunately, Chu Yuanqing's endurance far exceeded the expectations of the disaster swarm. In their judgment, the opponent would last at most 30 seconds before being completely swallowed by [Void]. This was even an overestimation, taking a miracle into account.

But even after the 70th second, and even after the swarm was stripped of the three Disaster God sequences—[King of Salt], [Old Testament], and [Tathagata]—and a massive amount of calamity genes, the opponent still couldn't die.

Fortunately...

"It's over."

The brilliance in Chu Yuanqing's eyes faded, replaced by emptiness amidst the gilded hue. Dark cracks crawled from his iris to the corners of his eyes, and the blankness in his memory was finally swallowed up in that instant.

Chu Yuanqing, Chu Yuanqing, Charlotte, Yayoi, Xiao Xuan, and Liuli —their experiences over the past 17 years, and even her daughter whom she could never let go of, were all stripped away and obliterated by the curse, leaving only a lonely and desolate echo.

At this moment, just as the disaster group declared, the Savior who had transformed into flames countless times, who had forced himself to live by the power of "immortality" time and time again, and who could continue to fight even with the disintegration of his personality, had forgotten everything in a daze and become an empty shell.

Who am I? Where am I? Why am I fighting?

She didn't know, didn't understand, couldn't comprehend; even her thoughts lost their meaning. Nothingness embraced her, completely swallowing up her remaining thoughts, soul, and body.