The ending's restoration was coming.

The Ghost Mother was delighted. "Then do you want to meet her? Do you want to go and ask her yourself?"

Ye Jiang: "."

The Ghost Mother exclaimed excitedly, "Want it? Want it?"

The Ghost Mother's attacks intensified, and her speed changed from the playful attacks of before; she was completely excited. Ye Jiang was almost hit several times.

On the ground, a huge black hole appeared beneath the youth's feet. The black hole continued to expand, growing larger and larger, as if it were pressing an entire dark abyss under its feet.

"Then do you want to see my true form?" A soft voice asked. Ye Jiang stopped dodging, and her already blurred hair began to flutter, blocking all of the Ghost Mother's attacks. The sensation of the roots touching her made the Ghost Mother pause. All her roots stopped, and she looked at the other side with surprise and uncertainty. Her hair fell back, and she saw Ye Jiang's face.

Her face was blurred, as if she were disappearing.

"Do you want to?" the question rang out again.

On the ground, the black hole suddenly stopped expanding, and a rare look of surprise appeared on the young man's face.

Do you want to?

The sound became faint and indistinct, as if mixed with the sound of the wind.

As soon as he finished speaking, the monster with dark red hair disappeared.

There was no unusual movement in the space; it wasn't a spatial ability, it simply disappeared.

Suddenly, a piece of the Ghost Mother's body fell off, as if it had been ripped apart by something.

Ghost Mother:!!!

This is the first piece.

Then came the second piece, the third piece, the fourth piece...

Countless chunks of black smoke tore through her body, falling like rain, as if her very being had been fatally poisoned and corroded.

But there was no poison, only wind. As the wind blew, her enormous body fell piece by piece.

Ghost Mother: "!!!"

This is...

This is...

She wanted to move, but she couldn't; she was being restrained.

An unseen pressure bound her here.

She knows this.

She knows this.

All the monsters know this.

This is an invisible monster--

"Sky"!

It does not exist, yet it is everywhere.

Becoming one with the sky, the wind flowing in the air and the clouds drifting by are all imbued with consciousness.

"Sky"!

The supreme being in the Monster Realm, the most unique monster in the Monster Realm, "Sky," has no physical form.

Only then did the Ghost Mother finally reveal a hint of fear.

The Ghost Mother, who feeds on monsters, humans, and the Polluted, and who considers herself a gourmet, has now become a fish on a chopping board.

And what determined her fate was...

"Sky".

Hasn't the "Sky" already disappeared?

Haven't I already become incredibly powerful?

Over a hundred years ago, the Ghost Mother entered a city and devoured millions of humans. After she was satiated, she found herself different. What was that feeling? It was as if something that had been suppressing her had disappeared. At that moment, she had a feeling that there was no being more powerful than her in this world. The Mud Monster was not stronger than her, nor was the Slaughter God of the Monster Realm.

This is how it should be, but why... why do I still feel so terrified right now? Why do I feel so insignificant?

Was the power she felt all just an illusion?

The Ghost Mother's body fell piece by piece, and she screamed. Suddenly, the wind in front of her took shape, and a dark red figure appeared before her, its blood-red eyes as dark as night. It stared at her coldly.

The Ghost Mother's scream caught in her throat, her expression strange.

"You... you..."

She couldn't form complete sentences.

"Want to see more?" the dark red figure asked her.

The Ghost Mother: "..."

She was probably the first monster to witness the "Sky," she thought absently.

But witnessing the "Sky" comes at a price.

She was unwilling to accept it!

This shouldn't be! She's so powerful! She should be the strongest! A voice deep within her told her this, but why... why, when facing the "Sky," was she still... so weak?

"Sky"!

Before she could utter her final scream, the Ghost Mother was sliced to pieces by the wind.

Ye Jiang stared indifferently at the death of the high-level monster. Once it was completely dead, her eyes suddenly flickered. Ah, the Ghost Mother hadn't answered who she had eaten from the Polluted, and now she couldn't answer.

Ye Jiang: "..."

The gentle glint in her eyes broke the aloofness she exuded.

She landed back on the ground with a blank expression, while the young man watched her from the ground.

She spoke before the young man, her face serious and earnest, saying, "I am weak, but I don't feel as weak as you think."

She said this, but her eyes were somewhat unfocused.

She felt a little dizzy, as if she would turn into a wisp of wind or a cloud and disappear in the next second.

A hand gently supported her; the young man supported her.

"... You're really... too willful."

The young man's sigh rang in her ears.

As he sighed, a strange glint flashed in the young man's eyes.

"Sky"...

Is it possible to restore it to that extent?

Chapter 165, the revised ending, is coming.

Xiao Pei, her eyes bloodshot, sat bolt upright. What greeted her eyes wasn't a dilapidated garden, nor the terrifying form of a monster. The scene before her was equally desolate, but there was no monster's oppressive aura, no brain- Pollution. It was reassuring, causing her to momentarily disorient. Where was she...?

"Boss."

A voice sounded from behind her, carrying a hint of dejection and languor. It was Ye Jiang's voice. Right, how is Ye Jiang? She was so close to the Ghost Mother!

All her memories from before she fell into a coma flooded back. Xiao Pei endured the headache and turned around urgently. In her line of sight, Ye Jiang was sitting casually against the dusty wall, one leg crossed and the other stretched out, her mouth puffing out as she ate a lollipop.

What a leisurely scene... completely different from what Xiao Pei had imagined.

The female warrior from the Ability Control Bureau was stunned once again.

With a ripping sound, Ye Jiang snapped the lollipop wrapper.

"Are you alright!" Xiao Pei suddenly snapped back to reality and asked loudly. The person holding the candy wrapper looked up and glanced at her, then looked to the side. Xiao Pei followed her gaze and noticed that there were rows of people lying next to her. They were citizens found by the Ability Control Bureau, as well as Ming Chun and Ming Xia. They had actually returned to the Ability Control Bureau's foothold in the illusion!

What happened?

Where is the Ghost Mother?

Xiao Pei pondered, clearly feeling her mind sluggish. Otherwise, a sharp-witted executive from the Ability Control Bureau wouldn't need an outsider's reminder to notice her surroundings; this was a consequence of Pollution.

Xiao Pei's mind was working very slowly.

She glanced at Ye Jiang, who was sitting against the wall, mechanically stood up, and swayed as she walked over to the citizen lying on the ground and the Ming Chun Ming Xia sisters. She checked their physical condition, and they were all in good condition. Their pulses were strong, their eyeballs were only slightly red under their eyelids, and there was not much residual Pollution. They had obviously been treated. Xiao Pei could only think of one person who had treated them.

Xiao Pei looked at Ye Jiang.

Ye Jiang puffed out her cheeks, played with a candy wrapper in her hand, and drooped her eyes listlessly.

The lollipop she was eating Ye Yanran in the illusion. Things in an illusion are incredibly real, but ultimately they are still fake.

Ignoring the gazes directed at her, Ye Jiang lowered her eyes, appearing languid.

Because of excessive use of force.

She was indeed weakened; merely using her true form to kill the Ghost Mother had exhausted her. Afterward, she even gave the outsiders a simple treatment and protected their consciousness, which had almost been shattered.

The female warrior from the Ability Control Bureau kept her eyes fixed on Ye Jiang, her thirst for knowledge palpable. Ye Jiang, with a lollipop in her mouth, gave her a vague and cursory explanation. "The Ghost Mother is dead."

Xiao Pei's pupils dilated in shock. The Ghost Mother was dead?

Xiao Pei had seen the Ghost Mother's true form up close, and her heart was still pounding from that moment of perception, still overwhelmed by its insurmountable power. She also realized that the poison of a mere Polluted girl was far from enough to kill the Ghost Mother.

So, how did the Ghost Mother die?

Xiao Pei's gaze shifted and landed beside Ye Jiang, where a silent and aloof young man stood. Xiao Pei kept telling herself not to look in that direction, but she couldn't help herself.

Was it him?

Is this a human shield that's hard to understand?

or--

Xiao Pei's gaze returned to Ye Jiang.

Or is it her?

A friendly figure not listed in the Bureau of the Ability Control Bureau's files...

monster.

Xiao Pei looked at Ye Jiang's black pupils and black hair. Ye Jiang's hair was not long and was casually tied in a small bun. Many stray hairs fell across her pale face.

Upon closer inspection, the legendary Healer's face is incredibly delicate, with every feature so refined it's as if it were modeled. If it weren't for her pale skin and the shadows under her eyes adding a touch of imperfection to her face, she would truly bear a striking resemblance to the inhuman Monster No. 0.

Xiao Pei still remembered the other person's dark red hair and blood-red eyes; she... was definitely not human.

but...

She was a friend I had known for a long time.

She saved herself and humanity on multiple occasions.

Even the fact that he and the other humans on this land could still breathe normally at this moment was thanks to the other's treatment.

"Thank you," Xiao Pei said in a hoarse voice.

Ye Jiang raised her eyes slightly. "Boss."

"What?" Xiao Pei's heart softened completely at this moment; even her usually hardened heart softened.

Ye Jiang looked at her, then lowered her eyes. "When you get back, have the Ability Control Bureau settle my medical expenses."

Xiao Pei: "..."

In an instant, the female warrior hardened up again.

It was the same familiar Waiter.

Despite her seemingly cold and aloof Xiao Pei was actually in a very good mood.