NOVEL NEXT Chapter 680: Between Reality and Illusion
Sounds like a mystical riddle, right?
But it’s actually not hard to grasp.
It’s pretty much what Young Master Sang guessed.
“So?”
Young Master Sang shrugged: “You’re saying that going through reincarnation is about searching for this rule?”
“And have you found it?”
“Aren’t you the one who should be asked if you found it?” First Deity/Demon shrugged back.
Young Master Sang paused for a moment and then chuckled in disbelief: “If I were that awesome and had already found this rule, combining it with the omniscient power I’d awakened, wouldn’t I already be creating a universe?”
The First Deity/Demon just smiled and stayed silent, looking at him.
Young Master Sang froze for a moment, his expression gradually turning peculiar.
“Wait… are you saying…”
“Actually, every creator creates their own world in various ways.”
The First Deity/Demon walked over to Young Master Sang and patted his shoulder: “Even games are one of those ways.”
“I really like the name ‘Rebellious Immortal Sect.’ It sounds like a very interesting world.”
“Hope so.”
“You’ll take good care of it, right?”
As he spoke, the First Deity/Demon gradually transformed into particles of golden light.
“Wait, wait!”
Young Master Sang hurriedly asked: “You still haven’t answered me!”
“Didn’t I say that?”
“Whether there’s a rule belonging to humans or not, you shouldn’t ask me, you should ask yourself.”
The last words left by the fading First Deity/Demon came with a deeply meaningful smile.
“And when you ask me whether you should resurrect your mother, I knew.”
“You’ve already found it.”
As soon as those words fell,
A thunderous explosion of golden light particles surged into Young Master Sang’s body.
His eyes were instantly bathed in gold, with memories of billions of years flooding back.
The golden storm lasted a full incense stick’s time.
When it finally quieted down, Young Master Sang was standing silently in place.
After a long moment, he suddenly smiled.
“…Hey.”
“Would you look at that.”
“So obvious.”
It turned out this answer was so clear.
It turned out this rule was so close to him.
There really wasn’t any distinction between falsehood and truth.
What I saw and heard became reality.
The world of the previous life was real.
This Abyss Realm was real.
Even ‘Rebellious Immortal Sect’ was real.
…Mother, was naturally also real.
Initially thinking this rule belonging to humans would be a treasure at the end, he didn’t expect to have possessed it from the very start.
Thinking about it, it actually made sense. Throughout this journey, he had met so many people, so many things, transitioning from a mere prison interrogator to the master of the Abyss Realm, and it was not through the force of omniscience.
It was all because he, as a weak human, made his way here step by step by connecting with others, emotions, and bonds.
He walked through the lines of right and wrong, through the struggles for power and wealth, and through the differences between humans and demons.
He reached a world where everyone lived in harmony and joy.
This wasn’t something omniscience could achieve. Nor could it be done by any Primordial Deity or Demon.
Only humans, truly real people like them could accomplish it.
And he.
Had already done it.
“Phew…”
Stretching lazily,
When Young Master Sang opened his eyes again, he found himself in a familiar room.
Bright candle lamps, a table piled high with documents and case files, and dense paperwork on the communication device.
Not to mention the two little gluttons sneaking candy under the table.
“I knew it, leaving the final BOSS for last was the right call.”
“…You really caught up with me.” Young Master Sang chuckled to himself.
“Huh? What are you talking about?” Si Jingzhu curiously poked her head out from under the table.
On the other side, Nian Nian raised her head suspiciously: “Did you… already?”
Young Master Sang said nothing but picked up both beautiful girls in his arms.
“小馋猫, are you full yet?”
Nian Nian blushed and huffed: “What? Didn’t you tell us to eat?”
“Actually… I’m still not full.” Si Jingzhu shyly smiled.
“Well then.”
Young Master Sang grinned: “Tonight, let’s make sure you eat your fill!”
“Wait a minute! You said you were working overtime! Will you even have time to fill out the final BOSS data?”
“Don’t worry,” Young Master Sang chuckled.
“In a few days, he will enter the game himself.”
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A month later. Outside the realms.
The current universe was no longer what Young Master Sang had seen with his avatar.
It was all void chaos and pure dark annihilation.
Within the endless destruction, Ancestral Cang slowly opened his eyes.
His pupils were as deep as ink, as if they were black holes. Everything gazing into them would be sucked into the abyss of destruction.
“…Ninety-nine percent.”
Ancestral Cang murmured: “Ninety-nine percent of the universe has been utterly destroyed.”
“Now, it’s finally time.”
The corners of his mouth curled slightly as he took a step forward.
In the next moment, a gentle light orb appeared before him.
Inside the light orb, a continent was wrapped, where the citizens lived in peace and harmony today.
Completely contrasting with the universe that had been completely obliterated outside.
“Abyss Realm…”
“Long time no see.” Ancestral Cang cruelly smiled.
He slowly reached out and forcefully pinched in the darkness.
The gentle light screen was instantly deformed under endless darkness, rapidly forming cracks in an incredibly short time.
In just a breath, the light screen shattered.
Endless darkness permeated the entire continent, as the power of annihilation instantly swallowed everything within the light screen like a flood.
Ancestral Cang still wore that cruel smile, cackling: “Young Master Sang.”
“Now, let’s see how you continue to be a turtle!”
Sure enough.
Soon, several light points rose from the continent.
Ancestral Cang calmly waited with a smile because he knew these people were all familiar faces.
Omniscience and Omnipotence, Nian Nian and Yan Rouwan.
Master of the Sword Flower Palace, Gu Yingmian.
The National Guru of the Holy Kingdom, Li Shanyan.
The Demon Clan Leader of the Demon Domain, Long Xiao.
And Yu Xia, Xu Yourong, Qin Xiuyuan. All familiar faces.
Back when he first descended into the Abyss Realm,
It was these supposedly weak human so-called Great Ascension cultivators who had come to stop him.
But this time was different.
This time, he had no intention of sparing their lives.
As the light points soared, Ancestral Cang grinned wickedly as he searched for the one person he was most looking forward to.
Finally.
One light point rose to the highest point, slowly revealing Young Master Sang’s face.
He silently gazed at Ancestral Cang in the distance, his expression as calm as ever.
“桑，折。”
Ancestral Cang’s voice dripped with malice: “Do you know how long I’ve waited for this day?”
“Today.”
“I shall return all the humiliation I’ve suffered, back to you.”
“A hundredfold, a thousandfold!” His eyes flickered with madness, grinning like a madman.
Young Master Sang calmly glanced at him.
Then.
He slowly turned around.
“Level 95 main storyline area — Annihilation Abyss is about to open.”
“Please make preparations, players.”
Ancestral Cang: “?”
What the heck?
What is he talking about?