You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

[The Spirit Realm Will, the surviving final war and self-proclaimed most astute and cautious ruler of the universe, witnessed firsthand the unimaginable ultimate outburst of the Heart Demon God with its all-pervasive perception.]

At the same time, He also witnessed the abyss world rapidly collapsing amidst the dazzling light emanating from its interior, embarking on a horrifying process of destruction.

In the initial moment, what occupied the core of his will was not the sorrow of losing an ally, nor the relief of the destruction of the Loyal Heart Society, but a pure shock and disbelief.

The sheer power and decisiveness displayed by the Inner Demon God at the end completely overturned His understanding of the upper limit of power for an individual transcendent being.

[It is a terrifying phenomenon that comes at the cost of its very existence, a brief touch upon, and possibly even usurpation of, some of the fundamental authority of the universe.]

The abyss, that ancient world that had been entangled with Him for billions of years, had its core of will destroyed and its backbone of existence broken from within in such a short time. The impact of this sight was unparalleled.

However, this shock lasted only a fleeting moment.

[Immediately following, the will of the spirit realm reached a conclusion that instantly excited its core fluctuations.]

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, His own!

The greatest threat, the Demon God, has annihilated itself; the most troublesome rival, the Abyss, is collapsing; and Hell is now merely a name without substance.

In this moment of the universe, who can rival Him?

The headquarters of the Red Heart Society has been reduced to ashes; its remaining forces are no longer a threat.

[He, the will of the spirit world, will be the sole victor in this ultimate war that has lasted for tens of thousands of years and affected all the great worlds!]

The entire universe will be reshaped under His will; a new era of absolute order, dominated by the spiritual realm, seems within reach.

But this wave of joy didn't even last a moment.

The next moment, a chilling, bone-piercing sense of incongruity and burning pain, reaching the very foundation of His existence, suddenly pierced the deepest part of His intricately functioning will.

He immediately focused all his senses inward, and then a scene that silenced him appeared in his field of vision.

In the center of His sea of ​​will, a small cluster of silver flames had quietly begun to ignite!

The flame was small, yet it emanated a terrifying rhythm, identical in origin and essence to that of the final outburst of the Heart Demon God, a rhythm that could freeze even His sea of ​​will.

The immense power of the supreme spiritual rules!

This cluster of silver flames did not burn externally, but was directly rooted in His will itself.

At this very moment, fueled by His willpower and the structure of His rules, it is silently yet resolutely spreading and eroding!

Most importantly, this silver flame possesses an extremely terrifying ability to conceal and hide.

If He hadn't felt unbearable pain, He probably wouldn't have known that He had also been affected by the most powerful attack from the Heart Demon God.

But how could this be?

How is this possible?

[He clearly saw at the last moment that the ultimate splendor of the Heart Demon God was heading straight for the core of the abyss, so why was this power also tainted Him?]

But with its extraordinary computing power and profound understanding of the rules, it instantly understood the reason.

The final, unleashed burst of power from the Heart Demon God likely transcended conventional concepts of directionality and range, reaching a level based on association and conceptual understanding.

In the final three-way battle, the will of the spirit realm and the will of the abyss, in order to fight against the Heart Demon God, repeatedly intertwined their powers, coordinated their defenses, and even covered for each other.

[This frequency of attacks establishes an extremely tight temporary link at the level of rules and causality.] [The supreme mental power that the Heart Demon God indiscriminately unleashes, while prioritizing the destruction of primary targets, also resonates with these recently existing combat links and rules, much like the most lethal radiation or causal weapon.]

[Afterwards, a wisp of destructive spark was silently ejected or traced back into the sea of ​​will in the spirit realm.]

In other words, from the moment He chose to cooperate deeply with the Abyss and fight together against the Inner Demon God, they were already bound to the same sinking ship in the face of the ultimate counterattack launched by the Transcendent at the cost of their existence.

At this moment, the will of the spirit realm felt an indescribable sense of helplessness.

[Especially after realizing that both the will of the abyss and the will of hell had been destroyed by the inner demon god, he felt an ultimate fear of death.]

He never considered that he too would die!

He is the whole world!

[It is a vast world high above, where one enjoys eternal life!]

[Though the world changes and all living beings transform, and the universe evolves, He, as the great world, remains steadfast.]

[I had never considered death before, and even thought that destruction was insignificant.]

But when death truly came, He still wanted to refuse this final end.

[Therefore, He immediately mobilized His vast spiritual energy and supreme authority over the rules, attempting to extinguish and purify this dangerous silver flame.]

However, all attempts ended in failure.

Whether it's using the purest torrent of psionic energy to cleanse or the most complex chains of rules to seal and peel away the seal.

Even when it tried to sever or discard the tainted part of its will structure, the silver flame clung to it like a maggot, unable to budge it in the slightest. Instead, under its torment, the flame began to absorb its willpower as fuel at an even faster rate.

[It's getting worse!]

[The situation is getting worse!]

[In a very short time, the silver flames, starting as a tiny cluster, began to spread out into more and more minute tongues of fire towards the surrounding structures of will!]

[For a moment, endless regret and self-doubt overwhelmed the will of the spirit realm.]

He regretted it!

I regret being so foolish!

[When I witnessed the inner demon god recklessly condensing all its essence, about to unleash a final, suicidal attack, why didn't I act decisively and sever all connections at any cost?]

Or perhaps it's a matter of reclaiming all power?

At that time, I even actively advanced instead of retreating to a safe distance.

Why cling to the hope that you might get a bargain or alleviate some of the pressure, and stay put trying to tough it out?

[If I had run away decisively back then, given the unique concealment of the spirit world's rules and its precise manipulation of cause and effect, it would have been entirely possible to avoid that deadly spark that traced back along the battle link.]

But now, it's too late to say anything.

This silver flame, like the most malevolent curse, has taken deep root in the core of His will, and has begun to develop a bizarre symbiotic and corrosive relationship with the rules of the spirit realm itself.

[He could only watch helplessly as this silver destruction burned ever more fiercely within his very being.] (End of Chapter)