I can receive unlimited protection; my parents handed me over to the state.

After Lu Yuan rushed into the rift, he found himself in a world entirely composed of nothingness and chaos. There was no light, no sound, and even the concepts of time and space became blurred. He felt as if he were in the primordial state at the beginning of the universe, before everything had been formed.

"Mortal...you...should not...set foot...here..." The voice of the end came from all directions. It had no fixed form; it was the void itself.

Lu Yuan ignored it, knowing that the End was trying to crush his will with conceptual pressure. He gripped the "Stone of Zero" tightly in his hand; the faint light emanating from the stone was the only color in this void, and his only reliance against the End.

"Stop talking nonsense." Lu Yuan snorted coldly. "Since you've led me here, then stop hiding. Where is your true form? I don't have time to play hide-and-seek with you."

"The true form?" The voice of the End carried a hint of mockery. "I... am... the true form... I... am... the... end... of everything... and also... the... beginning... of everything..."

Lu Yuan frowned. He knew that Zhongyan was trying to confuse him with this philosophical language, plunging him into endless contemplation and self-doubt. But he had no interest in playing these word games.

"Don't give me that crap." Lu Yuan scoffed. "In my eyes, you're just a huge piece of 'material' waiting to be broken down. You think just because you don't have a physical form, I can't do anything to you?"

A thought flashed through his mind: "Divine Realm - Analysis of All Things!"

His divine sense instantly expanded, attempting to analyze the essence of this void. He discovered that the End truly had no fixed entity; it was a conceptual aggregate composed of countless "zeroing" rules. It could reduce all existence to nothingness, and even the rules themselves were not exempt.

"This is a bit tricky..." Lu Yuan muttered to himself. He knew that if he attacked the End directly with the power of rules, he would likely be backfired by the opponent's "zeroing" rule, causing his own power of rules to be erased.

"Since we can't attack directly, then... let's fundamentally change your 'definition'!" A glint of light flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes.

He stretched out his hands and grabbed at the void.

"Rule rewriting with anchoring!"

An invisible force erupted from Lu Yuan, as he forcefully injected his understanding of "existence" and his definition of "matter" into this void. He wanted to forcibly create the concepts of "existence" and "matter" in this world that had no concepts whatsoever.

"No...impossible!" For the first time, a hint of panic crept into the End's voice. "Mortal...you...are...changing...my...essence!"

Lu Yuan sneered. He knew he had done the right thing. While the power of the End was immense, it also had weaknesses. It relied on the concepts of "nothingness" and "chaos." Once these concepts were altered, its power would be limited.

With the injection of Lu Yuan's "Existence Anchoring" rule, this void world began to tremble violently. The previously blurred space and time began to become clear. Some faint points of light began to flicker in the void; these were the concepts of "matter" that Lu Yuan forcibly created.

"Concrete it!" Lu Yuan roared, unleashing all the divine power within him to forcefully push forward the process of "existence anchoring." He wanted to create a "battlefield" in this void, one capable of bearing "existence"!

"Stop...him!" The End's voice became sharp and angry. It felt its power being weakened, and its home ground being forcibly changed by Lu Yuan.

Countless black rays of light, composed of pure "zeroing" rules, shot out from the void, like billions of venomous snakes, coiling towards Lu Yuan. These rays not only attempted to erase Lu Yuan's existence but also tried to sever his connection with this void and expel him.

"Trying to kick me out?" Lu Yuan scoffed. "Not so easy!"

The "Stone of Zero" in his hand erupted once more, its light forming a transparent shield that blocked the "Zeroing" rays. At the same time, Lu Yuan also incorporated the power of the Gaia Core he had just absorbed into it.

"Life force, create for me!"

He infused the "life" principle into the "stone of zeroing," making it no longer simply "zeroing out," but rather "a new life born from zeroing out." This is Lu Yuan's completely new understanding and application of the "zeroing out" principle.

"No...no..." The End's voice was filled with terror. It had never imagined that this mortal could turn its power around and even incorporate the rules of "life." This completely overturned its understanding of existence.

As the rules of "life" were injected, the "Stone of Zero" burst forth with dazzling light, instantly engulfing the black rays. While those rays were being "reset to zero" within the stone, they were forcibly transformed into new "matter" concepts by the rules of "life," and then injected back into this void.

"Boom—!"

The void trembled violently once more. The previously blurry scene began to become clear. Lu Yuan saw that tiny "planet" had begun to appear around him. They were composed of pure "matter" concepts, and although they were only the size of grains of sand, they were real.

"You...you...are...creating...the world?" The voice of the End was filled with disbelief.

"Creating a world? It's not that exaggerated." Lu Yuan panted heavily, knowing that everything he was doing was consuming a huge amount of his divine power. But his eyes were filled with fanatical excitement. "I'm just... defining a 'cage' for you!"

He intends to forcibly create a "universe" in this void, a "universe" under his control, and then trap the End within it.

"Impossible... You... are... a mortal..." The voice of the End grew weak, but still carried a trace of resentment, "You... cannot... control... the void..."

"So what if I'm just a mortal?" Lu Yuan sneered. "I told you, I'm a blacksmith. A blacksmith who can forge even nothingness into 'materials'!"

He continued to infuse divine power, propelling the process of "anchoring existence." He wanted to completely "materialize" this nothingness, depriving the End of its "nothingness" environment upon which it depended for survival.

on the ground.

While volcanoes and earthquakes have ceased globally, new anomalies have begun to emerge.

"Report! Large-scale mutations have occurred in global vegetation! A large number of aggressive plants have been detected in the Amazon rainforest!"

"Report! Marine life has mutated! A deep-sea monster has begun to surface and attack ships!"

"Report! Numerous spatial rifts have appeared around the world! Unknown creatures are emerging from these rifts!"

The command center was thrown into chaos once again.

"Dean Qian Sen! What...what's going on?!" Su Lie asked anxiously. "Didn't they say Lu Yuan lured that thing away? Why is the surface even more chaotic now?!"

Qian Sen stared at the constantly flashing red alert on the screen, his face turning deathly pale.

"I understand..." his voice trembled, "This is Gaia's... counterattack!"

"A counterattack?" Oppenheimer was taken aback.

"That's right!" Qian Sen took a deep breath. "Although Lu Yuan stripped Gaia of its core, Gaia's true form is still deeply bound to Earth! Now, without the guidance of its core, it's like a giant creature whose central nervous system has been severed, struggling unconsciously and chaotically!"

Everyone gasped. Although Lu Yuan had lured away the End, Gaia's struggle had plunged the Earth into an even greater crisis!

"Then... what should we do?!" Su Lie asked.

"We have no choice but to... tough it out!" Qian Sen gritted his teeth. "Lu Yuan anticipated this situation when he was up there! He had Yan Ji and the 'League of Gods' handle these 'complications'!"

on the Pacific.

Yan Ji stood atop the Xuanwu, her eyes filled with solemnity as she watched the mutated marine life and spatial rifts continuously emerging around her. She could sense that while these creatures were powerful, they lacked unified command, appearing chaotic and disorderly.

"Is this what Lu Yuan meant by 'complications'?" Yan Ji murmured to herself.

"Attention, everyone!" Flame Princess abruptly raised the [Phoenix Cry] divine sword in her hand, its tip pointing straight ahead. "'The Legion of Gods,' heed my command!"

"Eliminate all mutated creatures! Seal all spatial rifts! We cannot allow these things to pollute our home!"

"Yes!" the members of the God's Legion responded in unison, their eyes filled with fervent fighting spirit.

Gu Tianye transformed into a colossal beast, swallowing several deep-sea monsters whole. Xiang Batian wielded his giant axe, cleaving a deep-sea warship attempting to cross a spatial rift in two. Ye Cang moved with ghostly speed, weaving between spatial rifts and slaying all the unknown creatures that tried to invade. Mu Bingli and Lin Ziling joined forces to construct a massive ice-sealing array, completely freezing the mutated creatures in a section of the sea.

"Boss, you have to come back soon!" Yan Ji prayed silently as she looked at the chaotic battlefield. She knew that although these "complications" were powerful, as long as Lu Yuan was still there, they could hold on.

However, what she didn't know was that Lu Yuan was now facing "final zeroing," which was countless times more terrifying than "complications."

Lu Yuan was forcibly creating "existence" in the void, and his body had reached its limit. He could feel his divine power being rapidly drained, and his soul was under immense pressure.

"It's almost there...almost there..." Lu Yuan gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot. He saw that the tiny "planet" around him had begun to stabilize, and some simple concepts of "matter" were beginning to form.

He knew that he had successfully carved out a "battlefield" of his own in this void.

"Mortal...you...think...that...this...can...trapped...me...?" The voice of the End rang out again, but it no longer carried the previous mockery; instead, it was tinged with...madness.

"Can't trap it?" Lu Yuan sneered. "That's not necessarily true. I told you, I'm a blacksmith. A blacksmith who can forge even nothingness into a 'cage'!"

He stomped his foot, and the "planet" he had forcibly created beneath his feet instantly unleashed a powerful gravitational force, rapidly attracting the surrounding "matter" and forming a massive "gravitational field."

"Come on, end!" Lu Yuan roared, "Let me see how long you, this 'zeroed-out' monster, can last!"

He knew he was now engaged in a conceptual tug-of-war with the end. He would use "existence" to fight against "nothingness," and "creation" to fight against "return to zero." This was a high-stakes gamble!

In the void of the End, Lu Yuan forcibly anchored "existence" with his divine power, creating a battlefield constructed from the concept of "matter." This near-creational act consumed a tremendous amount of his divine power, but the effect was equally astonishing. The "zeroing" power of the End was greatly restricted, making it impossible to erase Lu Yuan's existence at will.

"Mortal...you...have angered...the End..." The End's voice became low and angry, as it sensed that its home ground was being gradually eroded by Lu Yuan.

"So what if I anger you?" Lu Yuan sneered. "You like 'resetting' things, don't you? Then let me 'reset' you!"

With a sudden wave of his hand, the "planet" he had created beneath his feet instantly erupted with a powerful "gravitational field," forcibly "attracting" the surrounding void matter composed of the "zeroing" rule, then compressing and solidifying it, transforming it into a new concept of "existence."

This is a tactic of using the opponent's own methods against them. Lu Yuan uses the "zeroing" rule of the end, combined with his own "existence anchoring" and "matter assimilation", to reverse the "zeroing" of the nothingness of the end and transform it into his own "materials".

"No...impossible!" The voice of the End was filled with disbelief. It had never imagined that its power would be used in this way by a mortal.

However, just as Lu Yuan was going all out to try to completely "materialize" the End.

"Buzz—!"

A faint yet exceptionally clear fluctuation suddenly resounded deep within Lu Yuan's soul.

It's "zero"!

"Lu Yuan...you...you've been targeted..." Zero's voice was ethereal yet urgent, echoing directly in Lu Yuan's mind. "The Void...the Hunters...they...are here..."

Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that the "Void Hunters" Zero mentioned were even more terrifying beings than Baal and Gaia. They fed on information and rules and were the most powerful predators in the universe.

"How could they have arrived so quickly?!" Lu Yuan thought anxiously. He knew that the fluctuations in the rules of his battle with the End would inevitably attract these monsters. But he hadn't expected it to happen so fast.

"Your... 'Divine Realm'... is too dazzling..." Zero's voice carried a hint of helplessness, "Like... the sun in the night... they... cannot... be ignored..."

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth. He knew that "zero" was telling the truth. Everything he was doing now was a confrontation with the most primal rules, and this level of rule fluctuation could not be hidden at all.

"They...are...approaching..." Zero's voice grew more urgent, "Their...target...is...you...and...the...'divine seed' within you!"

Lu Yuan's heart sank. He knew that the "Void Hunters'" target was his "Seed of Godhood," the source of all his power. Once they set their sights on him, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"What should I do?!" Lu Yuan asked himself. He knew that "Zero" had a deeper understanding of these monsters.

"You...must...end...the battle...as soon as possible..." Zero's voice was somewhat broken, "The Void...hunters...they...will...corrode...everything...they...will...devour...your...rules..."

Lu Yuan took a deep breath. He knew he couldn't delay any longer. He had to completely eliminate the End before the Void Hunters arrived.

"The end! I don't have time to play with you anymore!" Lu Yuan roared, unleashing all the divine power within him. He no longer pursued the refined "materialization," but instead directly and brutally "compressed" and "solidified" it.

"Rule stripping and forced compression!"

He stretched out his hands and slammed them together in this void! He wanted to forcibly compress the entire void, along with the essence of the End, into a single entity!

"No...it's impossible!" The voice of the End was filled with fear and despair. "You...you...are...destroying...my...existence!"

Lu Yuan ignored him; his eyes were filled only with fervent fighting spirit. He knew this was his only option.

As Lu Yuan clasped his hands together, this void world began to shrink violently. The once vast and boundless space was forcibly compressed into a single point. The entity of the End struggled fiercely within it, releasing countless rays of "Zeroing" light in an attempt to stop Lu Yuan. However, the "Zeroing Stone" in Lu Yuan's hands erupted with dazzling light, completely neutralizing all the rays.

"Solidify!" Lu Yuan roared again, pouring all the power of the rules within his body into it, forcibly compressing the body of the End into a physical entity.

"boom--!"

A deafening roar erupted from the void. It wasn't a sound, but a violent collision of concepts. The entire void instantly collapsed, turning into countless points of light, which Lu Yuan then forcibly condensed into a... sphere.

A black sphere, only the size of a fist, composed of pure "nothingness" and the rule of "zeroing out." It contains no matter, yet it exudes a terrifying aura of "zeroing out," as if it could reduce everything to nothingness.

"Is this... the true form of the End?" Lu Yuan gasped for breath. He could feel his divine power almost completely drained, and his body had reached its limit. But his eyes were filled with excitement.

He succeeded! He actually turned a conceptual "end" into a physical entity!

He stretched out his right hand and grasped the black sphere in his hand. He could feel that the sphere contained endless "zeroing" rules. If he could thoroughly analyze and master it, he would gain ultimate control over the "zeroing" rules.

"Lu Yuan... quickly... leave... here..." Zero's voice rang out again, but it had become extremely weak. "They... have... arrived..."