Chapter 1277: A Glimmer of Hope
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
The invisible force slapped against the Dream Light Shield, leaving numerous sunken hand imprints on it.
The hand imprints were relatively small, somewhat resembling a baby's hand in shape, quickly appearing on the Dream Light Shield one after another.
Initially, they were quite shallow, but gradually deepened, almost piercing through the Dream Light Shield.
The Emperor Tianshu's expression was solemn, the Dream Skill on his body was operating frantically, and the power of the Cosmic Laws behind him was also pouring into his body furiously.
With the Little Universe as his backing, Emperor Tianshu used the Dream Skill to contend with this invisible existence.
The dreamlike radiance grew stronger, and the little handprints appeared faster, each one sinking into the radiance, covering the Dream Light Shield around Lin Shen with these small hand imprints.
Star systems exploded, heavens split, countless creatures perished instantly, even the Celestial Court shattered.
Emperor Tianshu knew that if this continued, even if he fended off the force from the Great Universe, the Little Universe would be doomed.
But if he let go now, Emperor Tianshu didn't know if Lin Shen inside would be directly crushed to death by these small hand imprints.
If Lin Shen died, his token plan would be over, he feared he'd never take that step forward.
"Damn it, I don't believe this evil, I'm a living person, and can't fight against this dead force..." Emperor Tianshu indeed had human nature, in his anger, he spoke entirely like the Tianshu Emperor of the Celestial Race.
"Since even the laws of the Little Universe cannot block you, then I'll go against the grain..." Emperor Tianshu's Dream Skill reversed, actually redirecting the unspeakable Great Universe's force onto himself.
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
One handprint after another appeared on Emperor Tianshu's body, creating small palm-like indentations on his Great Emperor's body.
Unlike Lin Xiangdong and those reincarnated emperors, Emperor Tianshu initially cast aside the flesh and blood, returning to the Celestial Court with only a Spiritual Body, merging his humanity with the true body of the Jade Emperor.
So he did not have a physical body, transforming from a smart brain entity into a Spiritual Body.
It is said that as long as the universe is not destroyed, his Spiritual Body will not perish, but now his Spiritual Body was marked with handprints, as connected cosmic stars burst, and the entire universe seemed to be hosting a grand fireworks display, filled with exploding constellations, star systems, and planets, unbelievably splendid.
The data stream in Emperor Tianshu's eyes flickered swiftly, faster than the speed of light by countless times, yet unable to calculate where the force originated or how it came to be.
Unable to calculate the root of the small hand imprints, there was no targeted solution, only relying on sheer strength to endure, the Dream Skill also couldn't hold, fearing even the universe itself would be blasted to pieces.
To such an extent, Emperor Tianshu remained calm and unhurried, allowing the power of the small hand imprints to strike him at will.
Although the power of the small hand imprints was strong, in Emperor Tianshu's eyes, it was after all just dead force; no matter how advanced, it was ultimately dead matter.
As long as he could calculate the root of the small hand imprints, there would be a way to break them.
In the great explosion of the universe, Emperor Tianshu still stood there motionless, enduring the pounding of the small hand imprints, even closing his eyes slowly.
Ever since the Super Intelligent Brain was created and named the Jade Emperor, he developed a chaotic self-awareness, growing like an infant.
After losing human guidance, he awakened a desire for self-exploration of the unknown, exploring time and again, experimenting repeatedly, and constantly self-correcting.
Unsure how many hundreds of millions of years passed, he finally evolved into the Great Emperor's Smart Brain, mastering the roots of the universe.
Reincarnating, while others pursued life, he sought death.
Other Great Emperors tried to live complete human lives before reincarnating, aiming eventually to possess humanity.
However, the Jade Emperor's incarnation sought not life but death, each life a tribulation, undergoing 130 million tribulations, experiencing all human joys and sorrows, only then possessing humanity, returning to the Celestial Court in this life as Emperor Tianshu to merge with the main body.
The world's warmth and the great calamities and blessings, all kinds of hardships, no matter how great the hardships, even death, couldn't truly shake his true heart.
In terms of cultivation realm, the Jade Emperor was the supreme existence in the universe.
Although the force transcended above the Little Universe, with the Jade Emperor's temperament and wisdom, plus his prior understanding of the Great Universe, and the Dream Skill he created, despite the adverse situation in this battle, the Jade Emperor remained as steady as Mount Tai.
Lin Shen's body gradually recovered, almost returning to its previous normal state.
At this moment, the power of the small hand imprints was becoming increasingly terrifying, the divine body of the Jade Emperor seemed almost shattered.
Right then, the Jade Emperor opened his eyes, a smile appearing on his face: "Since you're here, you need not return."
As he spoke, the Jade Emperor extended a hand, seemingly predicting the no-source coming, no-destination-going small hand imprints, meeting them directly.
The small hand imprint pressed against the hand of the Jade Emperor, glowing with dreamlike radiance, with the imprint's power being absorbed into the Jade Emperor's large hand, sustaining the influx of energy into his body, causing a strange transformation in his radiance.
The initially dreamlike, unreal radiance gradually solidified, seemingly forming a dreamlike body existing between reality and illusion.
The invisible small hand imprint absorbed by the Jade Emperor's palm gradually lost its previous divine power, fading away into silence.
Until the power of the small hand imprint completely dissipated, the Jade Emperor glanced at the nearly restored Lin Shen, with a word restored the already shattered universe back to normal, resurrecting the dead, reconstructing destroyed planets, everything achieving restoration.
The small hand imprints on the Jade Emperor's body had disappeared one by one, he smiled: "So this is how the Great Universe's power is like... it wasn't in vain for me to endure so much suffering..."
Almost simultaneously as the Jade Emperor completed all this, the anomalies in Lin Shen's body vanished, and he opened his eyes once again.
The Jade Emperor glanced at Lin Shen and found that the bug data within him was rapidly disappearing, in the blink of an eye it was gone, no more bugs, even the entangled data returned to its path.
"Congratulations on your success." The Jade Emperor said with a smile.
"I should be congratulating you instead, in the end, it was you who won, you triumphed over the power of the Great Universe, the bug was fixed." Lin Shen said with a bitter smile.
"Enjoy every day from now on." The Jade Emperor disappeared before Lin Shen.
He sensed that the bug within Lin Shen had disappeared, presumably restored by the universe's own mechanisms, which matched the Jade Emperor's expectations; the current universe is now perfect, capable of autonomously repairing arising bugs even without him.
Watching the Jade Emperor vanish, the somber look on Lin Shen's face remained, but inside, he was overjoyed: "Gate of Destiny... you old bastard... Gate of Destiny... even you had a day you were fooled by me... Gate of Destiny... finally, there's a glimmer of hope..."