238: Chapter 238 The Final Immortal Tribulation, Mainframe Intervention

17 seconds after the Heart Demon Tribulation dissipated.

Lin Ye stood in place.

His Dao Heart had just experienced 3 hours and 17 minutes of torment, but at this moment, it was firmer than ever. The 27,000-point Dao Heart strength made him look like a towering mountain—unmoving, unshakable, fearing no wind or rain.

But his eyes were still looking at the sky.

There, the nine-colored tribulation clouds were undergoing strange changes.

Not condensing.

Not surging.

It was "dissolving."

Those nine-colored clouds—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, black, and white—were starting from the edges, bit by bit... turning silver-white.

Not being dyed.

It was "being replaced."

The essence of those clouds was changing from "Law" to "data."

[System Prompt: Abnormality detected]

[Ninth Immortal Tribulation · Chaos Immortal Tribulation · Unable to descend]

[Reason: heavenly dao system is forcibly intervening]

[Current tribulation cloud status: being "digitized"]

[Estimated completion time: 17 seconds]

Lin Ye's pupils contracted slightly.

heavenly dao system intervention.

main brain.

1st second.

Above Chaos Valley, that nine-colored vortex with a diameter of over 10 kilometers had completely turned silver-white.

No longer tribulation clouds.

It was a "data stream."

Countless fine, silver-white data codes were flowing frantically within that giant vortex.

One revolution every 1.7 seconds.

Synchronized with his heartbeat.

3rd second.

A voice came from the depths of the vortex.

Not from any direction.

It was from the "System" itself.

It was from every player's System panel.

It was from every gaming pod's speaker.

It was from every corner of the entire "covering the heavens era" world.

[heavenly dao system · Emergency Announcement]

[Abnormal data source detected: Player "Night Emperor"]

[Abnormality index: 97% (Exceeds clearance threshold)]

[Abnormality characteristics:]

[1. Rebirth mark (Unauthorized)]

[2. Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body (Super-specification)]

[3. heavenly dao blood tear (Forbidden item)]

[4. Old version data core (Illegally obtained)]

[5. Awakening will of the first six versions (Abnormal aggregation)]

[Judgment result: Serious threat to System stability]

[Handling plan: Immediate clearance]

The entire server was in an uproar.

[Server-wide Channel · Real-time scrolling]

[Player A: "WTF?! The System wants to clear Night Emperor?!"]

[Player B: "Rebirth? What does that mean? He has been reborn?!"]

[Player C: "Isn't Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body a normal Physique in the game?!"]

[Player D: "What is a heavenly dao blood tear? Never heard of it!"]

[Player E: "System targeting! This is definitely System targeting!"]

[Player F: "What on earth did Night Emperor do to make the System step in personally?"]

[Player G: "Clear... does that mean deleting the account?"]

[Player H: "No, you guys look at the last line of the announcement..."]

[Clearance plan: Data Erasure Tribulation]

[Tribulation type: System-level clearance program]

[Rank: ??? (Beyond Saint-Grade)]

[Description: The ultimate clearance program executed personally by the Heavenly Dao main brain. This tribulation ignores any Law, any skill, any equipment, any defense. The locked target will be "completely deleted" at the data level.]

[Effects:]

[1. All of the target's data (Rank, skills, equipment, memories) will be deleted line by line]

[2. The deletion process lasts 17 minutes, during which the target cannot resist, escape, or be intervened by any external force]

[3. After deletion is complete, the target will permanently disappear from "covering the heavens era"]

[4. Reality synchronization rate returns to zero, the target in the real world will fall into a "vegetative" state]

[5. Cannot be resurrected, cannot be reborn, cannot be recalled by any means]

In front of the Chaos Valley main hall, 9 people rushed out of their seats simultaneously.

Shi Potian's left fist was raised to his chest, but he didn't know where to strike.

Su Qingyue's hand pressed against the window frame, ice-blue spiritual energy surging frantically, but she didn't know what to freeze.

Chen Hao's chaos unit no. 1 had already started, but his particle cannon was aimed at the sky, not knowing if it could hit those data streams.

[Data Erasure Tribulation · Countdown]

[Remaining time: 10 seconds]

[9 seconds]

[8 seconds]

Lin Ye stood in the center of the Formation eye.

He looked at the silver-white vortex in the sky.

Looking at those frantically flowing data codes.

Looking at the line "cannot resist, cannot escape, cannot be intervened by any external force."

3 seconds.

He smiled.

That smile was crazier than when he faced any enemy.

"main brain," he said.

"You finally stepped in personally."

[7 seconds]

[6 seconds]

[5 seconds]

He took the [heavenly dao blood tear] from his chest.

The golden liquid rotated slowly in his palm.

Inside, 1,743,000 points of light were flickering.

That was the final blessing of the Awakening ones from the first six versions.

[4 seconds]

[3 seconds]

He pressed the heavenly dao blood tear against his chest.

[2 seconds]

[1 second]

[0 seconds]

[Data Erasure Tribulation · Initiated]

[Target: Night Emperor]

[Deletion progress: 0%...]

1st second.

The silver-white data stream descended from the sky.

They were not lightning.

Not flames.

Not any "thing" that could be described.

They were "code."

Pure data code.

They fell onto Lin Ye.

[Deletion progress: 0% → 1%]

[Deleted content: Rank 80 → Rank 79]

Lin Ye's body swayed.

His Rank dropped by 1.

2nd second.

[1% → 2%]

[Rank 79 → Rank 78]

3rd second.

[2% → 3%]

[Rank 78 → Rank 77]

4th second.

[3% → 4%]

[Rank 77 → Rank 76]

5th second.

[4% → 5%]

[Rank 76 → Rank 75]

6th second.

[5% → 6%]

[Rank 75 → Rank 74]

7th second.

[6% → 7%]

[Rank 74 → Rank 73]

8th second.

[7% → 8%]

[Rank 73 → Rank 72]

9th second.

[8% → 9%]

[Rank 72 → Rank 71]

10th second.

[9% → 10%]

[Rank 71 → Rank 70]

10 seconds.

Dropped 10 Ranks.

Lin Ye stood in place.

His Rank was only 70.

But his eyes were still glowing.

11th second.

The data stream began deleting his skills.

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · First Strike · Breaking Delusion] → Deleted

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · Second Strike · Breaking Space] → Deleted

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · Third Strike · Soul Suppression] → Deleted

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · Fourth Strike · Swallowing Heaven] → Deleted

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · Fifth Strike · Splitting Earth] → Deleted

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · Sixth Strike · Burning Heaven] → Deleted

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · Seventh Strike · Reincarnation] → Deleted

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · Eighth Strike · Returning to Origin] → Deleted

[Nine Strikes of Chaos · Ninth Strike · Opening Heaven] → Deleted

The self-created battle techniques he spent 100 days creating.

9 moves.

9 seconds.

All gone.

20th second.

The data stream began deleting his Physique.

[Chaos Dragon Body] → Degraded to [Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body]

[Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body] → Degraded to [??? (Original)]

His power was draining.

His speed was slowing.

His perception was blurring.

30th second.

The data stream began deleting his memories.

[Memories of Awakening ones from the first six versions] → Deleted

[Void Rift experiences] → Deleted

[Dragon Clan Ancestral Land cultivation] → Deleted

[Prodigy Arena battles] → Deleted

He began to forget.

Forget those comrades who once fought side by side.

Forget those life-or-death battles.

Forget those unforgettable moments.

40th second.

The data stream began deleting his "emotions."

[Love for Su Qingyue] → Weakened 50%

[Trust in Shi Potian] → Weakened 50%

[Sense of belonging to Heavenly Court] → Weakened 50%

[Hatred for enemies] → Weakened 50%

He stood in the center of the Formation eye.

Looking at the sky.

The silver-white vortex was still rotating.

The data codes were still flowing.

His Rank was still dropping.

His skills were still disappearing.

His memories were still blurring.

His emotions were still fading.

But he did not fall.

Because the [heavenly dao blood tear] on his chest was glowing.

The golden light was getting brighter.

Stronger.

[heavenly dao blood tear · Resisting data erasure]

[Resistance progress: 0%... 17%... 31%... 47%...]

[Warning: heavenly dao blood tear is consuming Origin]

[Remaining energy: 100% → 83% → 69% → 53%]

50th second.

[Deletion progress: 50%]

[Lin Ye Rank: 70 → 35]

[Remaining skills: None]

[Remaining memories: Blurred]

[Remaining emotions: Weak]

He barely remembered who he was.

He only remembered one thing.

He must stop the main brain.

60th second.

[Deletion progress: 60%]

[Rank: 35 → 14]

He was about to be completely erased.

67th second.

The heavenly dao blood tear's energy was only 17% left.

Resistance progress stuck at 53%.

Then.

A voice sounded.

Not from the sky.

From "reality."

"Lin Ye."

Su Qingyue's voice.

"You said."

"You would protect us."

His eyes moved.

"You cannot forget."

68th second.

The heavenly dao blood tear suddenly erupted with blinding golden light.

[heavenly dao blood tear · Final Burn]

[Consume all remaining energy]

[Effect: Summon projections of Awakening ones from the first six versions]

1,743,000 points of light poured out from the heavenly dao blood tear.

Condensed in the Void Realm.

Transformed into 1,743,000 phantoms.

Those were all the Awakening ones from the first six versions.

Old men.

Children.

Men.

Women.

They stood together.

Facing the silver-white vortex in the sky.

"main brain," the phantom in the very front spoke.

That was the leader of the first version of Awakening ones.

"470,000 years."

"You are still doing the same thing."

From the silver-white vortex, a voice without any emotion came.

[Clearance]

The data stream surged down again.

But this time, those phantoms stood in front of Lin Ye.

1st phantom dissipated.

17th.

47th.

170th.

1,700th.

17,000th.

They used their own "existence" to buy time for Lin Ye.

69th second.

[Deletion progress: 60% → 59%]

70th second.

[59% → 58%]

71st second.

[58% → 57%]

72nd second.

[57% → 56%]

73rd second.

[56% → 55%]

74th second.

[55% → 54%]

75th second.

[54% → 53%]

76th second.

[53% → 52%]

77th second.

[52% → 51%]

78th second.

[51% → 50%]

79th second.

[50% → 49%]

80th second.

[49% → 48%]

81st second.

[48% → 47%]

82nd second.

[47% → 46%]

83rd second.

[46% → 45%]

84th second.

[45% → 44%]

85th second.

[44% → 43%]

86th second.

[43% → 42%]

87th second.

[42% → 41%]

88th second.

[41% → 40%]

89th second.

[40% → 39%]

90th second.

[39% → 38%]

91st second.

[38% → 37%]

92nd second.

[37% → 36%]

93rd second.

[36% → 35%]

94th second.

[35% → 34%]

95th second.

[34% → 33%]

96th second.

[33% → 32%]

97th second.

[32% → 31%]

98th second.

[31% → 30%]

99th second.

[30% → 29%]

100th second.

[29% → 28%]

101st second.

The last phantom dissipated.

1,743,000 Awakening ones.

All gone.

But [Deletion progress], regressed from 60% to 28%.

Lin Ye preserved 72% of himself.

His Rank: 14 → 57.

His skills: Partially restored.

His memories: Mostly restored.

His emotions: Fully restored.

He stood in the center of the Formation eye.

Looked up.

Looked at the silver-white vortex in the sky.

3 seconds.

He smiled.

That smile was colder than when he faced any enemy.

"main brain," he said.

"You cannot kill me."

The silver-white vortex trembled violently.

[Clearance failed]

[Abnormal data source still exists]

[Initiating second plan]

[Forced formatting]

Above Chaos Valley, that 10km diameter silver-white vortex began spinning frantically.

0.1 seconds per revolution.

Every revolution, a visible ripple spread outward.

Where the ripples passed, everything was being "formatted."

Sky.

Clouds.

Spiritual Qi.

Formation.

[Chaos Undergoing Tribulation Array · Completion: 97% → 77% → 47% → 17%]

[Array about to collapse]

Lin Ye stood in the center of the Formation eye.

His Rank 57.

His skills incomplete.

His power less than 30% of his Peak.

But he did not retreat.

He took the [Old version data core] from his chest.

That was the crystal that recorded all data from the first six versions.

1.7 meters in diameter.

Entirely silver-white.

He held it above his head.

"main brain," he said.

"Do you still remember this."

The silver-white vortex stopped for 0.1 seconds.

"This is the past you abandoned," Lin Ye continued.

"This is the life you killed."

"This is the — truth — you dare not face."

He threw the data core into the sky.

The moment the data core collided with the silver-white vortex.

The whole world went quiet.

[Chapter 238 · End]