Outside the Green Lantern Universe, all the high-ranking beings watching this place were getting impatient.
Although time meant nothing to them, the wait had been rather long!
According to the definition of those three-dimensional beings, three years have passed since they sealed off this universe.
Over the course of three years, the rate of the universe's collapse seemed to slow down, as if it had been put on slow motion.
The Long River of Death that swept across the entire universe was largely dissolved by that outsider, and now the two forces have reached a point of near equilibrium, playing a game of chess with each other.
The only difference from before is that the relentless pursuit and Death Essence have begun to give way, and she has started fighting against Xu Xuanpin.
The black mud giant, devoid of facial features and formed only from filthy black mud into a basic human shape, exuded an aura of death and punched away the golden giant beside him.
Countless streams of death energy surged upwards, but were instantly dissolved by the seven-colored light emanating from its body.
Incidentally, a giant foot radiating seven-colored light kicked him, sending him flying and Oblivion the deathly aura around him.
Although he was being attacked, the Dark Giant was actually laughing, simply because his opponent was getting weaker and weaker.
Haha! You can't do anything to me!
You're getting weaker and weaker!
Death Essence mocked and relentlessly attacked, while Xu Xuanpin remained silent, only launching counterattacks.
Two colossal giants clashed in a chaotic battle across the universe, their spilled power annihilating galaxies one after another.
Battles between God should theoretically have moved beyond hand-to-hand combat, but both sides were exceptions.
Neither of them can overwhelm the other with their own rules and power; they can only weaken each other through direct collision.
Overall, what started as Xu Xuanpin pursuing the Death Essence has now devolved into a brawl between the two.
Even the giant representing Xu Xuanpin, due to the burning of his divine body, seems to be at a disadvantage, now focusing more on defense than offense, constantly battling the Death Essence.
The situation is not optimistic!
Standing on the other side of the universe, Xu Xiao was busy flying away, his Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena between his brows never stopping, while he himself was constantly drawing on the World Power to make some minor adjustments.
It is precisely because this universe is collapsing that the will of the universe itself has lost control of the universe, allowing Xu Xiao to adjust the world without having control over it.
Although it required extracting the essence of the Small Chiliocosm he controlled as a price, Xu Xiao felt it was worthwhile.
"Once I complete this, I will truly possess the qualities of immortality. Even if my clone takes this step first, it doesn't matter!!"
Even though the beneficiary was his own alter ego, Xu Xuanpin, Xu Xiao still did his best.
As for whether Xu Xuanpin would take that step again and use her power beyond the multiverse to seize the consciousness of the original body, Xu Xiao was not worried at all.
Brothers may quarrel within the walls, but they unite against external threats!
This is his own true spiritual incarnation, essentially himself on a different path; helping Him is helping yourself.
"I'm not that short-sighted, and neither is He!"
Xu Xiao had enough confidence in himself to believe that such a thing would never happen.
World-Crossing Gate appeared in his mind, continuously channeling a mysterious power into Xu Xiao's body.
This power allows Xu Xiao, a mere mortal or even Demigod, to wield the power of Creator God, freely shaping and editing the underlying rules of the world.
Of course, by now, Xu Xiao has already drained two worlds, both of which are emotional worlds without extraordinary powers, such as the world of "Chuang Guandong" and "Courtyard House". Xu Xiao still feels a little heartache.
Every world, even without extraordinary power, has billions of living beings who can provide him with a great deal of faith, and there may even be some super geniuses who can be exceptionally recruited into his ranks.
But he drained the World Power, causing the entire world to completely collapse and vanish into the Sea of Worlds.
"However, all the effort was worthwhile; this is the final step!"
The World Power in Xu Xiao's hand radiated its might, completing the modification of the last rule of the Green Lantern Origin Universe.
The entire Green Lantern Universe, which was on the verge of collapse, instantly returned to normal and began to enter a state of annihilation.
"It's time!"
Xu Xuanpin was locked in a fierce battle with the Death Essence, revealed a triumphant smile, and then blasted the Death Essence to the edge of the universe with a single blow.
What do you want to do?
"Wrong!!!"
The Death Essence sensed something was wrong the instant it was blasted away, struggling to return from the edge of the universe to Xu Xuanpin's side and continue to entangle her.
Unfortunately, Xu Xuanpin did not give Him that chance.
After temporarily blasting Him away with a punch, Xu Xuanpin chose to disperse her own rules without any hesitation.
The already dimmed divine body instantly exploded, disintegrating into countless fragments of rules that plunged into the soon-to-be-annihilated universe.
Even the most essential divine essence of the rule-based God flew out of its body, emitting a dazzling seven-colored light, before instantly disintegrating into brilliant specks of light that scattered into the universe.
"Self-collapse!! Abandoning the Great Dao!"
"Has this guy gone mad? How could he suddenly give up on himself?"
"Did he suddenly give up? Was his previous desperate efforts just an act?"
Death Essence stared blankly at this scene, completely baffled as to why Xu Xuanpin acting this way.
But He soon noticed that this collapsing universe seemed to have some strange new rules.
Without Xu Xuanpin to contend with, the universe, which should have been filled with death, now possessed a strange vitality.
It is said to be life, yet it is also extremely ephemeral; it is said to be fantasy, yet it undeniably reveals vitality.
"What exactly is going on?"
The Death Essence is bewildering; it seems that all the changes in the universe only began after Xu Xuanpin disintegrated her own Great Dao.
It's as if a chemical formula with a pre-designed reaction program has suddenly been modified by adding a crucial catalyst, and the laws of the entire universe begin to change.
"Thank you for your persistence, but this place is no longer where I should stay."
Xu Xiao chuckled softly and spoke gently to the Death Essence.
"You're not dead? Aren't you His avatar? Why do you still exist even though He has collapsed from the Great Dao?"
The Death Essence looked at Xu Xiao. All along, they had regarded Xu Xuanpin, who was about to break through the multiverse level, as their main body, and paid no attention to this 'avatar' who was at most at the level of a new god.
"Haha, of course I exist, and you've got one thing wrong. He's an avatar; I am the real one."
Xu Xiao smiled and shook his head. Then a large blue door opened behind him, and he turned and stepped inside.