290: Chapter 291 Body Transforms into Singularity, Stepping into Divine Interpretation

Deep inside the Earth Fiend Cave, Lin Qi was completely unaware of everything happening in the outside world.

All of his attention was focused on the core compass in front of him, which was over a person's height.

This thing was a relic of the ancient era and the energy hub of the entire Earth Fiend Cave.

It was like a "signal amplifier," constantly drawing the most primitive and pure essence from deeper dimensions of the world.

Previously, Lin Qi had only used the high-concentration environment it created for Cultivate.

Now, what he wanted to do was to... "eat" it as well.

If outsiders knew about this idea, they would probably think he was insane.

This was a relic of the ancient era, a strategic-level treasure containing energy so vast it could burst a fourth-turn expert.

Absorbing it directly?

What was the difference between that and sleeping while hugging a nuclear bomb?

But since Lin Qi dared to think this way, he naturally had his reasons for confidence.

His current Physical Body, tempered by a massive amount of medicinal herbs and primitive source matter, had already become powerful to an inconceivable degree.

More importantly, he had mastered the ability of "Source Matter Reconstruction."

He was no longer passively "absorbing" energy like before; instead, he could actively and precisely "dismantle" and "reassemble" it.

It was like before, when he could only swallow food whole, and eating too much would cause indigestion.

Now, he had a super shredder and an intelligent nutritional balancer; no matter how much food came in, he could perfectly decompose and utilize it.

"Let's begin."

Lin Qi took a deep breath, extended his hands, and pressed them directly onto the cold core compass.

Hum—

An indescribably terrifying torrent of energy surged frantically into his body through his arms.

In that instant, Lin Qi felt as if he were being hit by ten thousand high-speed trains simultaneously.

Every cell in his body, from his skin to his bone marrow, let out a groan of being overwhelmed.

Meridians snapped inch by inch, internal organs shifted instantly, and even his proud "Silver Bone Golden Body" began to show fine cracks.

Anyone else would have died in this very second.

Dead as dead can be.

But Lin Qi's consciousness was clearer than ever before.

The intense pain did not make him lose consciousness; instead, it stimulated his Mental Energy to be highly focused.

"Five Elements Law, Suppress!"

The five internal organs in his body instantly erupted with brilliant light—green, red, yellow, white, and black. The five-colored divine light flowed, forcibly constructing a stable circular force field within his body, temporarily suppressing the rampaging energy.

"Source Matter Reconstruction, Deconstruct!"

His will transformed into an indestructible sharp sword, ruthlessly stabbing into the core of the energy torrent.

What he had to do was not to resist or to guide.

But to "deconstruct"!

To dismantle this energy, vast enough to destroy heaven and earth, from its most fundamental level into the most primitive and basic "code."

This process was extremely dangerous.

His consciousness was like a surfer in a billion-ton tsunami whipped up by data and energy, searching for the core "eye of the wave."

If he found it, he could ride the tsunami.

If he missed it, he would be instantly torn to pieces.

Time lost its meaning at this moment.

Lin Qi's body was constantly collapsing and reconstructing.

One second, his arm turned into dust.

The next second, supported by the massive energy, it grew back again.

His skin was sometimes withered like tree bark and sometimes plump like a baby's.

He sat cross-legged before the compass, his body undergoing round after round of destruction and rebirth.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Maybe it was one day, maybe three.

The light emitted by the core compass gradually dimmed.

And Lin Qi's body stopped collapsing.

The cracks on his body's surface had completely healed, and his skin took on a Chaos color that was neither metal nor jade.

His breathing became extremely long; with every inhalation, the essence in the entire cave formed a visible vortex that he sucked into his body.

Every exhalation carried a rhythm that made the very space tremble.

His eyes remained closed.

But his "vision" had already penetrated the cave, the earth's crust, and Tianhai City, seeing higher and further places.

He "saw" cold satellites orbiting in fixed paths outside the atmosphere.

He "saw" the data panels of countless people in the city flashing—Rank, attributes, skills... like labels stuck to everyone's Soul.

He "saw" the other side of the world, the Eastern Rift Zone, where twisted spatial rifts looked like hideous scars on the earth.

He also "saw"...

In the core of one of the deepest rifts, a blurry figure was sitting cross-legged on an altar made of bones and metal.

Around that figure swirled an aura of old and decaying Laws that was completely out of place in this world.

Most importantly, Lin Qi felt a familiar "rhythm" from that figure.

Seven seconds once.

In sync with the heartbeat of the world.

But it was also somewhat different.

The world's heartbeat was peaceful, natural, and the Foundation for the growth of all things.

But that person's heartbeat was twisted and greedy, like a tumor parasitizing the world's heart, frantically stealing the world's life force.

"So... you are here."

Lin Qi's consciousness let out a silent sigh.

He finally understood what that mysterious person was doing.

He wasn't "utilizing" the world's rules; he was "tampering" with them!

He was trying to use his own "heartbeat" to overwrite the world's "heartbeat."

He wanted to turn this world into his own "private server"!

And himself—this Transmigration traveler with the max-level memories of the "martial arts era," this "anomaly" who could also touch the world's underlying code—was the best "server patch" in that person's eyes.

As long as he devoured him, he could complete his "code library" and thoroughly master this world.

Having understood everything, Lin Qi instead calmed down.

He knew why his final door hinge was stuck.

Because he had always been "conforming" to the rules of this world, "reading" them, and "understanding" them.

But he forgot that he, Lin Qi, was never someone who followed the rules.

The Dao he wanted to walk was not to be the "administrator" of this world.

What he wanted to do was to become the world "itself"!

"My world, my rules."

Lin Qi's consciousness retracted from the infinite heights.

He no longer cared about anything in the outside world.

All his final power was retracted into himself.

The Five Elements cycle within his body began to accelerate.

Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal...

This cycle was no longer a simple flow of energy.

Every cycle was like the creation of a new world.

Metal represented his indestructible martial will.

Wood represented his infinite life vitality.

Water represented his Dao Heart that embraced all things.

Fire represented his overbearing dominance that burned everything.

Earth represented his Physical Body that carried all things.

The Five Elements are the world.

The Physical Body is the furnace.

When this cycle reached a certain extreme threshold.

Lin Qi's body disappeared.

No, it didn't disappear.

Instead, it turned into a "point."

An infinitely small, yet infinitely large "point."

A "Singularity" of all Laws, all matter, and all energy.

Then, this point... exploded.

Boom!

An indescribable roar exploded deep in his Soul.

There was no shockwave, no light, and no heat.

There was only an absolute "nothingness."

Then, in the center of "nothingness," "existence" was born.

Lin Qi's body reappeared.

He was still sitting there, his posture unchanged.

But his entire aura was completely different.

If before he was a peerless divine weapon drawn from its scabbard, showing all its sharpness.

Then now, he was the world... where that divine weapon resided.

He opened his eyes.

What kind of eyes were those?

There was no joy, no sorrow, no anger, and no killing intent.

Only a peacefulness that embraced all things.

Like the Universe, like the deep sea.

He stood up, and the moment he did, the core compass turned into flying ash.

All of its energy and Laws had been completely absorbed by Lin Qi.

Lin Qi looked at his hands.

Then, he said softly.

"Today, I enter the God-like Realm."