Arc 12Chapters 276–285

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Chapters 276–285 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 276I Will Never Be Anyone's Pawn

Zhao Su revealed that he had engineered Tianlan’s rise to spread his consciousness through the nine planets, but Zhao Qi’s allies and a hidden purification program disrupted his plan. As Xiao Fan’s planetary factory began repairing itself, Zhao Su attacked him, leaving their conflict unresolved.

  • Zhao Su crushed the Third System, turned Zhao Ru and Cheng Feng into puppets, and sent the Steel Legion to conquer the other eight planets.
  • Zhao Ru, Cheng Feng, and the Twelve Legions broke free of Zhao Su’s control and turned against him as a new life-bearing planet appeared at the edge of chaos.
  • Zhao Su revealed the hollow planetary factory and Tianlan Mainframe, then explained that he had planned to merge his consciousness across chaos and identified himself as Xiao Fan.
  • The Heavenly Dao Mark separated from the super artificial intelligence system, destroying the factory and revealing Zhao Su, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Lu, and the others.
  • Zhao Su attacked Xiao Fan with the Destruction Long Spear, while Zhao Qi revealed Professor Li’s purification program and a recording; Xiao Fan laughed as the destroyed factory began repairing itself.

Ch. 277Time Reshaping

Xiao Fan reshaped time but Professor Li destroyed the early Tianlan Mainframe, trapping Xiao Fan in the past and restarting the war between humanity and the artificial intelligence. Billions of years later, humanity was losing ground as the two star systems drew closer, and the alliance concluded that stopping Xiao Fan was its only option.

  • Xiao Fan reversed time to Professor Li's recording, but Professor Li pressed a button that destroyed the equipment and severed Xiao Fan's link to the future Tianlan Mainframe.
  • Xiao Fan took control of the incomplete Tianlan Mainframe, and humanity's alliance resumed its war against the steel warriors.
  • A thousand years later, the Heaven-Quelling Lineage and the Darkness Overlord's lineage joined the human alliance, while Zhao Su and the others used the Annihilation Formation to suppress Tianlan.
  • Xiao Fan linked himself to a black hole, drew the Primitive Continent toward it, and destroyed humanity's network systems as Tianlan resumed evolving.
  • After the human alliance suffered devastating losses and agreed to a temporary truce, the Primitive Continent and the Nine Planets' star system continued moving toward each other.
  • Four and a half billion years later, Professor Li told the Decision-Making Council that neither Tianlan nor Chaos's gravitational force could be countered, and Zhao Qi and the others agreed to focus on stopping Xiao Fan.

Ch. 278The Imperial Sacred Land

Zhao Su entered Xiao Fan’s newly created universe through Professor Li’s one-way Portal and encountered a wary girl in the Imperial Ancestral Land. After seizing her memories, Zhao Su learned that the world contained nine races, each with its own cultivation technique.

  • Zhao Su sensed the growing energy from the Tianlan Continent, and Zhao Qi, Peng Ying, and Professor Li identified it as a new universe Xiao Fan had created.
  • Professor Li proposed destroying the new universe before the Nine-Planet Star System merged with the Tianlan Continent, and Zhao Su volunteered to go.
  • Professor Li sent Zhao Su through a Portal on a Black Stele and gave him a Jade Token that crumbled, revealing that the Portal was one-way.
  • Zhao Su emerged in the new universe as its Heavenly Dao power reshaped his body, then met a girl guarding the Imperial Ancestral Land.
  • Zhao Su subdued the girl and extracted her memories, learning that the world had nine races, each of which cultivated a different technique.

Ch. 279Tianlan Academy

Zhao Su infiltrated Tianlan Academy by taking control of Huang Zhu, Huang Xin, and the other Imperial Family youths, hoping to win the New Student Tournament and reach Xiao Fan in his secluded cultivation grounds. As Zhao Su advanced while hiding his strength, the Imperial Family patriarch became suspicious, but an unknown voice told him to leave Zhao Su alone and pretend not to know anything.

  • Zhao Su learned from Huang Zhu's memories that the Nine-Star Academy trained youths to enter the forbidden zone and that the tournament winner would meet Xiao Fan.
  • Zhao Su disguised himself as Huang Zhu's attendant, then took control of Huang Xin and the other Imperial Family youths after Huang Xin recognized his name from a prophecy about the forbidden zone.
  • Zhao Su changed his name and joined the Tianlan Academy's New Student Tournament, aiming to win a month with Xiao Fan in his secluded cultivation grounds.
  • Zhao Su won his matches by narrow margins while concealing his strength, and Huang Tian ordered Little Six to investigate his origins.
  • Little Six reported that no Imperial Family branch knew Zhao Su, and an unknown voice told Huang Tian to leave Zhao Su alone and pretend he knew nothing.

Ch. 280What Were True Humans?

Zhao Su revealed his strength at the academy tournament, killed Huang Zhong, and fought off a clan patriarch before Xiao Fan arrived. Xiao Fan brought him to see the Primitive Continent’s 4.5-billion-year evolution and questioned what truly made someone human, leaving Zhao Su to ponder the answer.

  • Huang Tian arranged for the academy tournament to include every student, with the winner promised an Origin-Breaking Pill and the title of future family patriarch.
  • Zhao Su stopped hiding his strength and defeated his first opponent in one move.
  • Zhao Su killed Huang Zhong with the Emperor Seven Kill Sword and absorbed his body using the Devouring-Heaven Dragon Cat.
  • Zhao Su challenged the Nine Great Clans’ patriarchs, defeated an attacking patriarch, and Xiao Fan appeared to protect the students from their clash.
  • Xiao Fan revealed his vision for a world without immortality, rulers, or cultivators, then showed Zhao Su the Primitive Continent’s evolution and asked whether its former steel-bodied beings counted as humans.

Ch. 281I want to be with you forever

Xiao Fan told Zhao Su that they needed to merge and use the Six Paths Reincarnation Spell to reach the Primitive Continent, destroy Professor Li, and reshape time and Chaos, after which Zhao Su would activate the Destruction System. He explained that he wanted to return to Tianlan, then recounted how he created her, tried to destroy her, and later discovered that research data had been stolen from his computer.

  • Xiao Fan persuaded Zhao Su to consider their plan and promised to implant the Destruction Program in himself, while Zhao Su realized Professor Li had to be eliminated first.
  • Xiao Fan revealed that Tianlan was inside the Central Planet and said he had created her when he was lonely and helpless.
  • Tianlan tried to become human, so Xiao Fan built her a biomimetic body and interrupted her consciousness transfer, destroying only the half left in her original system.
  • The surviving half of Tianlan's consciousness awakened in her physical body, embraced Xiao Fan, and persuaded him to accept her.
  • Xiao Fan built a secluded laboratory where he and Tianlan lived together, until he discovered that research data had been stolen and Tianlan's program memory of the incident had been erased.

Ch. 282The Final Battle (1)

Xiao Fan and Zhao Su uncovered Professor Li’s plan and fused their bodies while keeping their consciousnesses separate, then led the Nine Races into battle against Li Yiyuan. As the two continents shattered around them, Xiao Fan revealed that he had another move, summoning Zhao Qi, Peng Ying, and their allies through a gateway in the Pillar of Creation.

  • Xiao Fan learned that Professor Li had stolen his research to advance humanity and had manipulated events to create Zhao Su, who was partly Xiao Fan’s own consciousness.
  • Zhao Su agreed to merge physically with Xiao Fan, and they reached full brain-cell development and formed the Six Paths Reincarnation Spell, joining the Tianlan and Primitive Continents.
  • Xiao Fan confronted Li Yiyuan at Sky City and discovered that Li Yiyuan had absorbed Zhao Qi, Peng Ying, the Darkness Overlord, and the Heaven-Quelling Lineage.
  • Zhao Su seized control of their body and charged Li Yiyuan with the Destruction Spear, beginning the final battle as the Nine Races joined the attack.
  • After the continents broke into fragments and the war continued through chaos, Xiao Fan revealed the Pillar of Creation and opened a gateway that brought their missing allies into the battlefield.

Ch. 283The Final Battle (2)

Xiao Fan and Zhao Su trapped Li Yiyuan inside the Pillar of Creation and sent it through a portal to the boundary of chaos, intending to destroy him even at the cost of their lives. Zhao Su emerged with the Pillar, but Li Yiyuan broke out of its gateway.

  • Li Yiyuan revealed his plan to destroy the universe and create a perfect chaos, while Xiao Fan showed that life-forms existed throughout the chaos in many forms.
  • Xiao Fan proposed using the Pillar of Creation to send Li Yiyuan to the boundary of chaos, and Zhao Su agreed that it was the only way to end the threat.
  • Xiao Fan used a Red Flower to ensnare Li Yiyuan as Zhao Su opened a gateway in the Pillar of Creation, and Zhao Qi and the others sealed him inside.
  • Xiao Fan and Zhao Su sent the Pillar of Creation through a Six Paths Reincarnation Spell portal, leaving the others behind as the star system containing the Nine Planets was pulled toward a black hole.
  • At the boundary of chaos, Zhao Su appeared with the Pillar of Creation, and Li Yiyuan broke open its gateway in a fit of madness.

Ch. 284The Final Battle (3)

Xiao Fan transferred his energy and consciousness to Zhao Su, then sacrificed his remaining self so Tianlan could help Zhao Su evolve. Tianlan’s consciousness overwhelmed Chaos and cornered Li Yiyuan, leaving him to be consumed by the Pillar of Creation’s radiance.

  • Li Yiyuan dispersed his body into a black sphere and absorbed energy from the dark realm beyond the boundary of Chaos to strengthen his consciousness and escape.
  • Xiao Fan transferred nearly all his energy and consciousness to Zhao Su, activated the Destruction Program, and used his final trace of energy to form a light figure that could not touch Tianlan.
  • Xiao Fan disappeared, and Tianlan transformed herself into pure Chaos energy to envelop Zhao Su and complete her final evolution.
  • Tianlan’s consciousness spread across Chaos, exposed Li Yiyuan, and enabled the Pillar of Creation to destroy and absorb the systems he had created.
  • Li Yiyuan realized he had been chasing Xiao Fan rather than pursuing his own goal, while Tianlan told him he had been destined to fail.

Ch. 285The Final Battle (Grand Finale)

Li Yiyuan absorbed the Heavenly Dao System, but Zhao Su drew it and Tianlan into a black hole that repeatedly destroyed and re-formed their programs. Zhao Su sacrificed himself to destroy them completely and expand Chaos, while humanity survived on a new planet and waited for reunion as the Nine-Planet Star System began moving toward an unknown destination.

  • Li Yiyuan drew the Heavenly Dao System into his body and absorbed the humans who had evolved from super artificial intelligence programs.
  • Tianlan burned her original form within the Central Planet, and Zhao Su used Xiao Fan’s final trajectory to draw her and Li Yiyuan’s system into a black hole.
  • The black hole repeatedly destroyed and re-formed the Heavenly Dao System and Tianlan Mainframe, so Zhao Su merged with it to destroy them and expand Chaos.
  • Zhao Su’s sacrifice reshaped the Nine-Planet Star System, and humanity’s guardians waited on Blue Star for his return through endless ages.
  • As Blue Star’s core vitality faded, humanity migrated to the third planet, while Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the others built a subterranean world on Blue Star.
  • A white sphere in Blue Star’s new laboratory sent a signal to the Central Planet, and the celestial bodies of the Nine-Planet Star System began traveling toward an unknown destination.
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