The instant the Chaos Giant Eye opened, the entire Temple of Finality began to collapse.
It was not the stone walls that shattered.
Space itself was vanishing.
The steps beneath everyone's feet turned to nothing layer by layer. The sealed worlds in the distance winked out one after another, and even time developed fractures.
[Floor Ten: Destruction.] [Rule: All existence must prove that it has meaning to continue existing.] [Those unable to do so will be devoured by Finality.]
The Chaos Giant Eye slowly turned.
A black ripple spread outward.
Qian Renxue's six wings were the first to begin dissipating. Golden feathers turned into motes of light and drifted down from her fingertips bit by bit.
Hu Liena's Nine-Tailed Fox Fire rapidly dimmed.
Cracks appeared in Shui Bing'er's Frost Domain.
The Broken Sword in Ning Qing's hand kept shortening.
The Life Divine Ring on Xiao Wu's chest flickered like a candle in the wind.
The Gate of the Other Shore behind Gu Changsheng let out an overwhelmed roar.
"This isn't an attack," Gu Changsheng said through gritted teeth.
"It's denying our existence."
The Chaos Giant Eye spoke in a low voice:
"The world will be destroyed. Godhood will be destroyed. Memories will be destroyed."
"If the end is nothingness, what meaning is there in living?"
"Give up."
"Returning to Finality is the most equal ending."
The black ripple spread again.
Qian Renxue's six wings completely dimmed.
She looked at her gradually transparent palms, then suddenly raised her Holy Sword and thrust it into the void.
"I don't need to exist forever."
The Holy Sword erupted with dazzling golden light.
"But the choices I once made cannot become meaningless simply because they will vanish in the future."
Golden Sword Light tore through the black ripple.
Hu Liena stepped forward,