A Silent Gift

Chu Hang stood motionless amid the ruins.

Jean had gained control of the Phoenix Force, and golden-red flames flowed around her. But something felt wrong to Chu Hang.

Something inside him was burning.

It was not pain in his flesh. The searing ache came from deep within his genes. When he had helped Jean build the cycle, he had used ten laws and activated Ability Amplification.

But that was not the problem.

The problem was the Phoenix Force he had copied.

Chu Hang looked at his right hand. Golden-red flames rose from his palm, carrying the same Multiversal-level energy signature as the power within Jean.

But he could not control it.

Jean's Phoenix Force had its source's approval and was held in check by a perfect cycle. The power Chu Hang had copied was a wild beast, rampaging through his body.

This clone could only withstand power up to High Skyfather-level.

The Phoenix Force far exceeded that limit.

Chu Hang could feel his Law Domain tearing apart. The blue crystal pillar of the Law of Space cracked. The green river of the Law of Time boiled, and the black mist of the Law of Death began to run wild.

He closed his eyes and tried to absorb it with the Devouring Law.

It was no use. The moment the Devouring Law touched the Phoenix Force, it was scorched back.

This was not a difference in quantity. It was power of a different order.

The Phoenix Force embodied creation and destruction, the foundation of the Multiverse. His Devouring Law was strong, but he had only copied it from the Celestials. It had not yet fully merged with the Greed Concept.

If they kept clashing, he would die.

Sweat beaded on Chu Hang's forehead.

The pain inside him worsened, like red-hot wires