320: Sea of ​​Colors

In Li Dong's palm, the 'key of Gluttony' he had just acquired was undergoing a drastic transformation.

The pitch-black that had previously devoured everything was now being replaced by an endless, circulating green vitality.

Under the Law of Attunement, the distorted concept of 'Gluttony' was forcibly reshaped.

No longer was it endless consumption and void, but rather the 'Energy Cycle' that drives the metabolism of the entire Universe!

As the key transformed, the entire Land of Gluttony trembled. The Lord of Gluttony, formed from the pure concept of 'devouring', let out an unwilling wail, its massive body collapsing inch by inch, turning into the purest matter and energy, nourishing this void world that it had gnawed to depletion.

The earth was reborn, and mountains rose again.

A healthy ecosystem began to sprout and evolve at a visible speed.

The sixth key was obtained.

It shone with a brilliant, unceasing light.

"The last key."

The The Chess Player's voice echoed in Li Dong's mind, this time with an unprecedented solemnity.

"The Sea of Lust."

"There, Absolute Equilibrium pushed life's most primal urges to another extreme. Not procreation, not union, but an eternal, hollow, false sensory pleasure. It drains the life force of all beings to maintain the most extravagant 'Stasis'."

Li Dong spread his palm.

The Greed of creation, the Wrath of defiance, the Sloth of accumulation, the Pride of transcendence, the Envy of competition, the Gluttony of circulation.

The six keys floated up, and six redefined, vibrant concepts clashed with a roar!

The space in front of them didn't tear; it melted.

A colorful vortex, exquisitely beautiful yet emanating endless temptation, appeared out of thin air.

Li Dong stepped in.

Om—

The world was terrifyingly quiet.

Before him was an boundless azure ocean, its warm waters reaching his ankles, so comfortable that it made one want to lie down there.

On the surface of the sea, countless bizarre islands floated, each one showcasing illusions of ultimate pleasure. Handsome men and beautiful women, fine wines and delicacies, divine Sharp Weapons, supreme authority... all the desires you could imagine and those you couldn't, were materialized here, within reach.

Countless beings were immersed in it, their faces bearing the same dazed and hollow smile, their bodies unknowingly becoming shriveled and transparent.

Their life force was being gently extracted by this ocean.

This was the Sea of Lust.

The gentlest tomb, constructed from ultimate pleasure.

The moment Li Dong stepped in, an irresistible power of enchantment surged from all directions, rushing straight into the depths of his Soul.

Before his eyes was no longer the ocean, but the warmest haven in his memories.

Deceased loved ones smiled at him, past regrets were perfectly mended, and the deepest longing in his heart transformed into a perfect figure, opening her arms to him.

"Stay..."

"Everything you desire is here..."

"Why fight? Why move forward? The end of bliss is right before your eyes."

The voice was so gentle it could melt steel.

Li Dong was expressionless.

He extended a finger and gently touched the perfect figure's brow.

Attunement.

He didn't dispel the illusion but injected a simple, pure Variable into it.

"Then what?"

The perfect smile on the figure's face stiffened for the first time.

"Forever... forever together."

"Just together? Don't you want to create a future of our own? Don't you want to see our Bloodline continue? Don't you want to build a home and watch it grow and change little by little?"

Every question from Li Dong was like a sharp knife, piercing into the rigid program set by Absolute Equilibrium.

The daze and temptation in the figure's eyes were instantly replaced by an unprecedented confusion and longing.

Her perfect smile vanished, replaced by a genuine bewilderment, belonging to 'life'.

"Future... home..."

She murmured, her body beginning to destabilize, and finally, with a 'bang', she turned into a mass of the purest emotional foam, dissipating into the air.

But the concept of 'Lust' she represented was completely rewritten by Li Dong.

It was twisted from false 'possessive pleasure' to 'creative emotional connection'!

Boom!

The entire Sea of Lust boiled violently because of this seemingly insignificant change!

"How dare you—!!!"

A shriek, full of extreme enchantment yet carrying boundless rage, echoed from the center of the ocean.

The Lord of Lust was enraged!

How dare he defile this purest, most perfect land of ultimate bliss!

Splash!

The sea churned, and tens of thousands of 'succubi', formed from the pure concept of 'Lust', rose from the water. They possessed the most perfect bodies in the world, the most alluring faces, and excelled at all forms of mental seduction and illusion attacks.

A legion of succubi, overwhelming in number, surged towards Li Dong.

Li Dong didn't even look, walking straight towards the center of the ocean.

The succubi surrounded him in layers, using every means to tempt and attack him.

But Li Dong's Attunement will had already spread.

Wherever he passed, the programmed smiles on all the succubi's faces turned into genuine confusion.

"Why are we tempting him?"

"Is it just to make him fall?"

"What after falling?"

"I want... I want to chat with him."

"I want to know his story."

"I want... to see the outside world with him."

One Variable after another was ignited within the succubus legion. They no longer attacked but followed behind Li Dong, like a group of children who had just gained self-awareness, curiously observing the man who had rewritten their existence.

Li Dong moved forward, unimpeded.

Finally, he reached the core of the Sea of Lust.

A massive vortex composed of countless illusions and emotional foam.

In the center of the vortex, a figure slowly emerged.

It had no fixed form; when you looked at It, It was the most perfect image in your heart. Its beauty transcended gender, race, and all definitions. It was, in itself, the conceptual manifestation of 'ultimate beauty' and 'ultimate temptation'.

The Lord of Lust.

In Its perfectly illusory chest, a key, continuously emitting a pink glow and drawing the life force of the entire world, was slowly pulsating.

The key of Lust!

"Why resist?"

The Lord of Lust's voice resonated directly in Li Dong's Soul, accompanied by a lazy, puzzled sigh.

"What's wrong with happiness?"

"Embracing desire and indulging in it is the ultimate meaning of life. Everything you do is merely adding needless pain and struggle to the world."

Li Dong stopped.

"You are wrong."

His voice was calm, yet it contained the power to overturn this ocean.

"What you call 'happiness' is anesthesia."

"What you call 'desire' is depletion."

"True desire is not for indulgence, but for procreation! It is for creation! It is for connecting two independent individuals into a brand new future!"

The Lord of Lust smiled, and the entire ocean rippled with waves of happiness because of Its laughter.

"Procreation? Creation? How primitive, how low-level an urge. Look at me, I am eternal beauty, eternal happiness. As long as you unite with me, you can have all of this. Come, abandon your ridiculous struggle, and become a part of me."

The ultimate temptation descended.

The power of the entire Sea of Lust converged upon the Lord of Lust, transforming into an irresistible will, intending to completely assimilate Li Dong.

Li Dong also smiled.

He raised his right hand high.

"Your so-called 'beauty' is a reflection in water, shattered with a touch."

"And the 'beauty' I pursue is the spark that two Souls strike when they collide, the first cry that echoes through the Universe when new life is born, the brilliant epic of civilization's continuation!"

"Your Lust is the poison of death!"

"My Lust is the hymn of life!"

Attunement!

This time, Li Dong held nothing back.

He transformed all his understanding of 'life', 'evolution', and 'emotions', along with the six reshaped grand concepts of Greed, Wrath, Sloth, Pride, Envy, and Gluttony, into a beam of creation light, fiercely striking the key in the Lord of Lust's chest!

He wanted to complete the final step.

Collecting the seven keys was not for destruction, but for—Rebirth!