169: Cultivation...it turns out to be so simple.

The golden light spots drifting all over the sky were fragments of the will of the "End Dominator".

They should have been the unquestionable supreme iron Law of this "cage" world, terrifying rules capable of "erasing" all concepts.

But at this moment, before that black-and-white figure, they were like snow meeting its nemesis, silently... annihilating.

Su Qingyue's cold eyes, which had been filled with endless despair, now held only endless... shock!

She stared blankly at the man slowly withdrawing his finger, the Lin Ye she had spent every day with, yet seemed to have never truly seen clearly.

"No... Impossible..."

"This... What kind of power is this?!"

A vast will, filled with endless fear and madness, roared wildly in the Void Realm of Chaos like a wounded beast!

That was the "End Dominator"!

It was it, the true entity that had slept for billions of years, relying on "harvesting" the Origin power of the myriad realms to linger on...

It could not understand!

Why did its "End" will, capable of "erasing" all concepts... fail?!

Why was it shattered by a single finger from an ant... that wasn't even a "Dominator"?!

"Who... exactly... are you?!"

Its vast voice, filled with endless majesty and violence, for the first time, carried a trace... of an emotion it should never have possessed!

—Fear!

"Who am I?"

Lin Ye spoke slowly. The voice was calm, devoid of any emotional color, yet it resonated like a final decree throughout the entire "Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain"!

"I am a person... who has come to collect a debt."

"Collect... a debt?!" The will of the "End Dominator" trembled violently!

"That's right."

Lin Ye slowly raised his right hand.

That fair, slender palm, which seemed to contain not a shred of power.

Then, pointing towards the "Myriad Gods Hall" that stood at the end of the continent, seemingly representing supreme authority and order.

Pointing towards the Chaos Void Realm hidden behind the palace, which had long been shrouded in endless fear.

Gently, he pointed a finger.

"You have trapped them... for too long."

"So..."

In his eyes of "Void Realm", calm without a ripple, flashed a trace of cold indifference... like a god looking down upon ants.

—"It is time to pay it back."

Before his voice had even faded!

Boom—!!!

A "Transcendence" will, indescribable in words and seemingly towering above all Laws of this "cage" world, suddenly erupted from his thin body!

It was the "Great Liberation", the only path deduced by the "Chaos God-Demon" lineage, exhausting the wisdom of billions of living beings!

"Crackle—!!!"

In that instant!

The entire "Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain", this vast world that imprisoned billions of living beings, that canopy which had been brilliant, woven from countless "river of laws"...

Was as if wiped away by an invisible giant hand belonging to "Creation"!

The "river of laws", which had been indestructible, began to "melt" crazily from the center, like snow scorched by the blazing sun!

The "Myriad Gods Hall", which had been filled with holiness and majesty, couldn't even last a single breath, and like a sand sculpture weathered by the wind, with a "bang", it collapsed!

"No... No!!!"

"My... My Origin! My... 'Order'!!!"

From within the collapsing Chaos of the Void Realm, the "End Dominator" let out a shrill scream filled with endless fear and despair!

He discovered with horror that the "cage" he relied on for survival, the "hypocritical order" he had barely maintained over billions of years by "harvesting" the Origin power of the myriad realms...

Was crumbling to pieces under that man's casual flick of a finger!!!

His "Dominator" body, which had decayed and fallen for billions of years, could not even offer the slightest resistance before that unstoppable "Transcendence" will!

He could only watch helplessly as his massive, black-hole-like body "dissipated" bit by bit!

"So... this... is 'Transcendence'..."

In the very last moment before being completely swallowed by the endless "Void Realm", a trace of... relief appeared in his pale golden eyes, which had been filled with endless violence and hunger?

"Heh... That's fine..."

"This damned... 'cage'..."

"I... have had enough of staying here..."

Boom!!!

That arrogant "End Dominator", who had ruled this Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain for billions of years, along with the "cage" he built upon lies and betrayal...

Under Lin Ye's calm gaze, completely... turned into nothingness.

The gray, oppressive, and despair-filled canopy shattered inch by inch like a broken eggshell!

Replacing it was a... truly vast and boundless... sea of Chaos stars!

Those billions of "lower planes" that had been bound like bubbles by the "cage"... those billions upon billions of living beings who had been struggling like ants within those "bubbles"...

At this moment, they all seemed to have broken free from the invisible shackles that had bound them for billions of years!

They were free!!!

On the original site of the "Sea of Fallen Demons", the grim bone mountain that had long since collapsed halfway slowly turned into the most basic particles, dissipating into this reborn sea of Chaos stars.

Only two figures remained, floating quietly.

The moment the "End Dominator" was completely annihilated, Lin Ye's "Transcendence AFK System" completed its final mission.

Finally, it turned into golden light spots all over the sky, like tired birds returning to the forest, merging into Lin Ye's flesh, blood, and Divine Soul.

Indistinguishable... from each other.

Lin Ye slowly closed his eyes.

He could clearly feel that the "Transcendence AFK System" that had accompanied him all the way, witnessing him step by step from a humble servant to the pinnacle of the myriad realms... had disappeared.

Or rather, it... continued to exist in another, more perfect way.

It was no longer an external object.

It was Lin Ye.

Lin Ye was it!

Perfection. Freedom.

Su Qingyue looked blankly at the vast sea of stars before her, filled with endless vitality and... the unknown.

The "cage" that had bound the billions of living beings of the myriad realms had really... shattered.

The "End Dominator", who was high above and viewed all living things as "livestock", had really... fallen.

She slowly turned her head and looked at the man beside her, who was still floating quietly in the Void Realm with his eyes closed.

He was still him.

Lin Ye, the terrifying Divine Might on him that was enough to make all Laws submit, slowly receded like the tide.

He seemed to have turned back into that... thin, weak boy in the Outer Sect of the Qingyun Sect.

His eyes were still as... clear as ever.

He looked at her, and a smile... warm as the spring breeze, curled up on his face.

The smile was so clean, and so... dazzling.

It even made the newly reborn sea of Chaos stars... pale in comparison.

Su Qingyue watched blankly.

She looked at his face, familiar yet seemingly containing endless vicissitudes.

She looked at his eyes, calm yet seemingly reflecting the birth and destruction of the heavens.

On her beautiful face, frozen for ten thousand years, a stunning smile slowly bloomed, enough to make all flowers pale in comparison.

Captivating all living beings.

"Is it over?"

She asked softly, with a hint of... tenderness.

"Hmm."

Lin Ye nodded calmly and reached out his warm palm.

Su Qingyue did not hesitate at all and placed her cold, soft, boneless, slender hand into his palm.

Fingers interlaced.

Lin Ye held her hand, and the two floated side by side in this vast sea of stars filled with endless vitality and the unknown.

He looked back at the direction of the "Tiannan World" that had long since disappeared into the depths of the Chaos, and a trace of... nostalgia flashed in his pitch-black eyes.

Then, he smiled.

The smile was so relaxed, and so... relieved.

He whispered to himself, his voice seeming to carry a hint of sigh, and also a hint of... relieved banter.

"Cultivated for so long..."

"It turns out..."

"...Was it this simple?"