Legacy of Source Definition

The face at the center of the vortex turned toward Lin Ye. The Nullifier's voice rang out simultaneously from the Definition Systems of every civilization:

"Lord of Ashes. You left the Definition Core. You made the Definition System lose its stabilizer."

Three hundred seventy million civilizations simultaneously sensed their own definitions trembling—being locked down.

Lin Ye stood before all civilizations, thirty million stars revolving steadily. "You came. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Waiting to die?"

"Waiting for you to witness how the Ember Era will disappoint you."

The first wave of negation struck—not at Lin Ye, but at the weakest civilization behind him. The Nullifier was testing whether he could protect everyone.

The strike stopped one light-second away from that civilization. The light in Lin Ye's palm became a thread of definition, one end connected to his heart, the other to the negation strike itself. He was redefining the meaning of "negation."

"Negation is not erasure. Negation is a choice."

The negation strike turned into a faint light and fell upon that weak civilization's homeworld. Every one of its members had the same dream—seeing the possibility of being negated, then seeing Lin Ye standing before them.

The leader of that civilization spoke through the Resonance Network. "We were remembered."

The Nullifier's vortex stopped spinning. "How did you do that?"

Lin Ye took a step forward. Thirty million stars burned—not dying out, but transforming into an entirely new definition: "Unyielding."

"Source Definition left me an inheritance. Your weakness."

The Nullifier's vortex began spinning faster—not to attack, but to defend.

"You cannot negate something that has already been negated once and still exists. Because that would mean you must negate yourself."

Lin Ye raised both hands, and light shot toward the vortex—not an attack, but a display. A