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Chapter 576, Section 590: My Way!
Chapter 589

"The destiny of flame is to be extinguished."

"The meaning of existence is to return to nothingness."

"This is the truth of the universe, the only 'Great Way'."

"And I am the embodiment of the 'Great Dao'!"

boom! ! !
As its last thought faded, the entire Epoch Graveyard erupted into chaos!

The endless darkness transformed into a tangible ocean, unleashing towering waves!
Every drop of "seawater" is a collection of the despair of all living beings when the universe is heading towards death!
Every wave is the final, unwilling cry of all civilizations at the end of an era!
This dark ocean slammed down on Xu Ran, the only "outsider"!
This is neither an attack of power nor an crushing of laws.

This is a kind of... erasure from the very foundation of "existence"!
It wants to tell Xu Ran that your existence is a mistake!

Your will is futile!
Your hopes are laughable!
Give up, wallow in despair, return to the right path!
Return to where you belong, to that eternal... nothingness!
Faced with this terrifying blow, which could instantly shatter even the most resolute Dao heart, turning them into nothingness.

Xu Ran simply shook his head slightly.

"you are wrong."

He spoke, his voice not loud, yet it was like an invincible sword, instantly piercing through the layers of despair and wailing.

"The meaning of existence is not to return to nothingness."

"But rather, it is so that... flowers may bloom in the void."

The moment the words fell.

He loosened his grip on his right hand.

The crystal-clear seed, which seemed to contain a complete world, floated quietly in his palm.

It is beautiful, radiating a soft and warm light.

That was Yao's last act of tenderness, left to this world.

"You said that the destiny of flames is to be extinguished."

Xu Ran's gaze pierced through the endless darkness, meeting those giant, scarlet eyes.

"But did you know that after the flames go out, they leave behind... embers?"

"You said that the meaning of existence is to return to nothingness."

"But have you ever seen how, even on the most barren ruins, new life can bloom?"

Om-!
The seed in his palm trembled slightly.

A faint, almost negligible glimmer of life-giving light emerged from the seed.

That light was so tiny.

Compared to this boundless darkness and those two crimson blood moons, it was like a candle flame in a raging storm, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

however……

It doesn't.

When the dark tide, powerful enough to erase everything, crashed against this glimmer of light.

An unbelievable scene unfolded.

The darkness receded.

Like a tide encountering a red-hot branding iron, it hissed and retreated frantically.

The despair and misfortune that could have corrupted everything melted away like ice and snow the moment they came into contact with this glimmer of light, purified and soothed.

"This...this is..."

For the first time, that grand and cold will showed a slight fluctuation.

A slight... fluctuation called "astonishment".

"Life...originates..."

"No...no...this is not just the origin of life...it also contains...'hope'? 'protection'? 'love'?"

"These...boring and ridiculous...emotions?"

It cannot be understood.

In its perception, these are the most vulnerable and easily defeated things of living beings.

It is its favorite and most adept "nutrient" for devouring and polluting.

But why...

Why is it that the light emanating from this seed, formed from the purest "emotions" and "life," can actually suppress its power?
This does not conform to "truth"!
This goes against the "Great Way"!
"Nothing is beyond comprehension."

Xu Ran's voice rang out again.

He carried the seed, step by step, facing the receding tide of darkness, and walked forward.

With each step he took, a void beneath his feet would be illuminated by that soft light.

In the darkness, the first blade of grass broke through the void of "soil" and grew tenaciously.

Then came the second one, the third one...

In the blink of an eye, a lush green meadow spread out from Xu Ran in this graveyard of the era!
On the grass, clusters of pure white wildflowers quietly bloom.

They sway gently in the eternal darkness, exuding a refreshing fragrance.

A clear stream appeared out of nowhere, flowing gently. What was reflected in the stream was not the two scarlet blood moons, but a... azure sky.

Xu Ran stood in the center of this "oasis" that appeared out of nowhere, yet was undeniably real.

He looked up and saw the growing rage and astonishment in those huge, scarlet eyes.

He smiled.

That was the first genuine smile he had ever shown since returning here.

"You don't understand because from the moment you were born, you only had 'yourself'."

"You devour the universe, destroy eras, and reduce everything to 'nothingness.' You think you have everything, but in reality, you have nothing."

"You have no past because you have swallowed all memories."

"You have no future because you have cut off all possibilities."

“You don’t even have a ‘now’ because you are in a void where even time doesn’t exist.”

“You are just a… pathetic wretch imprisoned in the concept of ‘the end’.”

Xu Ran's voice was calm and clear.

Each word was like a heavy hammer, slamming into the core of that terrifying will!

"Roar--!!!"

A roar that shook the entire Epoch Graveyard exploded with a deafening roar!

That was no longer the aloof indifference of superiors, but the madness of being hit where it hurts, and being enraged by shame!

"Ant! What do you know!"

"Do you think you can defeat me with this ridiculous game of 'life'?!"

"I am the end of all things! The end of all cause and effect!"

"Before me, all new life is meaningless!"

Rumble!
The two crimson blood moons began to spin wildly! A devouring power, ten thousand times, even a hundred thousand times more terrifying than before, erupted from them!
This time, it no longer tries to erase Xu Ran's "concept".

It will completely devour this "oasis" that dares to flourish in its territory, along with Xu Ran and that seed!

It wants to make this ignorant ant understand that in the face of absolute "nothingness," any "existence" is original sin!

Click!Click!
The newly sprouted grass began to show huge cracks.

The clear stream dried up instantly.

The pure white flowers began to wither.

The "world" that was stretched out by the light of the seed began to tremble violently under this extreme devouring power, as if it would collapse at any moment!
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Xu Ran's body also began to become unstable.

His white robes fluttered in the wind.

On his skin, signs of assimilation into nothingness began to appear.

However, his gaze remained unwavering.

He simply looked down and gently glanced at the seed in his palm, its light rapidly dimming.

"Yao".

He called that name softly.

"Just watch."

“Look at me, how I can help you, for our former home, in this eternal darkness…”

"Plant one, and spring will come."

The words fell.

He slowly pressed the seed against his chest.

The instant the seed touched his body.

Om-! ! !
A beam of light that pierced through the past, present, and future suddenly shot into the sky from Xu Ran's body!

That light was no longer gentle, but... domineering!

It is filled with supreme will!
If the light emitted by the seeds before was "protection" and "new life", then...

At this moment, the light emanating from Xu Ran himself is "opening up" and "judgment"!
“I say, this place must have the four seasons and all things growing!”

Xu Ran's voice transformed into a supreme charter that became law, imprinted on every inch of the void of this epochal graveyard!
boom!
The light, centered on him, spread wildly in all directions!

Wherever the light passes.

Withered flowers bloom again, and they bloom even more beautifully than before!

The dried-up stream transformed into a rushing river, and the rivers converged to eventually form a vast, boundless blue ocean!

The cracked earth healed rapidly and continued to expand outward, with majestic mountains rising from the ground!

The sky appeared!

The sun and moon have appeared!

The stars have appeared!

Wind, frost, rain, snow, thunder, and lightning also appeared!
A complete world, possessing a perfect ecological cycle and a supreme law and order...

In just a few breaths, in this epochal graveyard that represents "end" and "death," Xu Ran forcibly created it!

This newborn world, like a heart, began to beat strongly and powerfully within this void of corpses!
With each pulse, boundless vitality bursts forth, transforming more darkness and nothingness into soil and nutrients for the world!

"No...impossible!!!"

For the first time, the emotion called "fear" was revealed in those giant, scarlet eyes!

Its power, capable of devouring everything, was actually bounced back by an even more unreasonable and domineering force when it collided with the barrier of this new world!

That is... the power of the world!
It is a prototype of a universe, created by Xu Ran's "Dao" and uniquely his own!
"In my domain... creation begins..."

"Who...who are you?!"

It finally felt fear.

It has seen destroyers, it has seen guardians, it has seen madmen who have stolen its authority.

But it had never seen a creator like Xu Ran before!
A madman who dares to paint the colors of "life" on the face of "death"!
Xu Ran did not answer its question.

He simply stood quietly in the center of that new world, feeling its power and becoming one with it.

He could sense that Yao's seed had completely merged with his soul.

She transformed into the "earth" of this world, bearing all things.

He, on the other hand, became the "sky" of this world, defining everything.

Heaven and earth are united as one.

Life and death intertwine here.

This is his true "way"!
It is neither simply light nor simply judgment.

Instead, it is on the ruins that a new... cycle of reincarnation is built...
"Now, do you understand?"

Xu Ran slowly raised his hand and pointed to the pair of giant, scarlet eyes that were trembling violently with fear.

"I came here not to destroy you."

His voice resounded throughout the newborn world, and also echoed in that dark void that was being constantly devoured.

"I have come to... enlighten you."

May you, too, become the first ray of nourishment in this spring.

The moment the words fell, it was as if billions of invisible thunderclaps exploded in this land of endings!
"nutrient?!"

For the first time, that vast, cold, and unchanging will roared with extreme rage and... a hint of absurdity!

It is the end! It is the return to nothingness! It is the ultimate destiny of all existence!
From the day it was born, it devoured one era after another that was heading towards its demise, turning countless immortals, transcendent beings, and even those "creators" who thought they could create the world into a part of itself, into a meaningless echo in this graveyard of eras.

It is the supreme "principle" and the inviolable "way".

But today, a being as insignificant as dust, a "variable" that doesn't even qualify as a child of the era, dares to stand before it and call it... nourishment?!

This is no longer a provocation, but a complete...blasphemy against the very foundation of its existence!
"You...are...looking for...death!"

Each word, each thought, seemed to carry the weight of an ancient universe, crashing down on the new world that Xu Ran had created!

Rumble——!
Those two crimson blood moons were no longer eyes; they began to collapse and rotate, transforming into two bottomless black holes that devoured everything!

That is the embodiment of the power of "ending," the ultimate form of the concept of "nothingness"!
It's no longer the kind of wave that tried to erase concepts, but the purest, most primal, and most irrational... devouring!
It wants to drag this world that dares to bloom with life in front of it, along with the laughable sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, grass and trees, and that ignorant white-clad man, into absolute "nothingness," to prove in the most thorough way who is the only truth in this chaotic sea!
However, faced with this terrifying suction force that could instantly return any world to its origin, Xu Ran simply stood there quietly.

The world beneath his feet, the nascent universe he and Yao had built together, was not absorbed; instead, it seemed to take root in the deeper reaches of nothingness, becoming increasingly stable.

Above the world barrier, mysterious and unpredictable runes flowed, forming the supreme order woven from Xu Ran's "Dao" and Yao's "Life." They transformed into an invisible giant net, isolating all devouring power from the outside.

"I told you, you don't understand."

Xu Ran's voice echoed calmly in his own world, spreading to every inch of the land and making all living things feel an absolute confidence from the creator.

"What you call 'devouring' is nothing more than turning 'existence' into 'non-existence'."

“But my way is to give birth to ‘existence’ from ‘nothingness’.”

(End of this chapter)