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

Flame Princess gritted her teeth and once again ignited her divinity.

The golden chaotic flames stubbornly resisted the oppressive force of "the end".

She is a newly ascended deity, the highest level of existence besides Lu Yuan.

She knew that if even she gave up, then it would all be over.

"Lu Yuan... that bastard, he must have another trick up his sleeve!" Yan Ji said to herself. "He won't just let us die like this!"

As if to confirm her idea.

Just as the singularity in the sky was about to fully take shape, and the true form of the End was about to descend.

A golden light suddenly appeared on the eastern horizon.

That's not the sun.

That light was billions of times more dazzling than the sun.

Its appearance was so abrupt, yet so natural.

Wherever the light reached, the suffocating pressure of "ending" melted away like ice and snow.

The gray, chaotic sky was tinged with a warm gold.

The raging crystal forest below has stopped growing and is even slowly turning back into azure seawater.

The whole world seemed to have been put on pause.

Everyone stared blankly at the golden light.

They saw a figure, bathed in golden light, walking step by step from the sea toward the battlefield.

He was wearing a very ordinary tank top and shorts, with flip-flops on his feet, and his face still had a hint of sleepiness on his face.

He looked like the boy next door who had just come out of a seaside holiday cottage and was about to have breakfast.

But with each step he took, this seemingly harmless figure seemed to restore a semblance of "order" to the world.

The chaotic laws began to subside.

The violent energy began to become docile.

Upon sensing his aura, those ferocious and terrifying chaotic creatures reacted as if they had encountered their natural enemy, letting out terrified howls, trembling, and even beginning to kill each other.

"Lu... Yuan..."

Yan Ji looked at the figure and murmured his name.

She felt her heart pounding faster than ever before.

He is back.

In the most desperate moment, it returned like a god.

At the command center, Su Lie, Qian Sen, and others also witnessed this scene via satellite.

They opened their mouths wide, unable to utter a single word.

They could not comprehend the scene before them.

The man did nothing; he was just taking a walk.

But the world stopped collapsing because of his "walk".

"A miracle..." Qian Sen's lips trembled, and he could only utter these two words in the end.

"You...finally...came out..."

From that dark singularity in the sky came the cold and furious voice of the End.

It could sense that Lu Yuan's aura had undergone a tremendous change.

No longer the mortal who needed to rely on cleverness and external forces to deal with it.

The current Lu Yuan exudes an aura that is of the same origin as itself, yet completely opposite.

That is... the aura of "chaos"!

"There's no way around it, your house is too noisy, I have to come out."

Lu Yuan stretched, yawned, and looked at the black dot in the sky with a look of disgust.

"I said, you're the true form of the End? You look like a lump of coal, you're so ugly!"

The End: "..."

For the first time, it felt its will to "end" waver.

Not because of fear, but because of... anger!

This mortal dared to... say I'm ugly?!

"Mortal! You... are... courting death!"

The End was utterly enraged.

The dark singularity in the sky suddenly burst forth with endless divine light of "returning to zero," like a black sun, threatening to drag the entire world into eternal nothingness.

The members of the "League of Gods" once again felt that terrifying "annihilation" power; their bodies even began to become transparent.

However, Lu Yuan just pursed his lips impatiently.

He raised his right hand, pointed it at the sky, and snapped his fingers lightly.

"Smack."

A crisp sound.

Then, nothing happened.

No.

wrong.

Something did happen, but the change was beyond everyone's comprehension.

The endless black light that burst forth in the sky suddenly turned a corner in mid-air.

Instead of shooting towards the ground, they all surged towards Lu Yuan in unison, like swallows returning to their nests.

No, to be more precise, it surged towards Lu Yuan's back.

Behind Lu Yuan, a gigantic, slowly rotating illusory "Tai Chi diagram" appeared out of nowhere.

Half of it is pitch black, representing "yin" and "end".

Half of it is as brilliant as gold, representing "yang" and "creation".

All the "zeroing" divine light that erupted at the end was easily absorbed and assimilated by the dark half the moment it came into contact with the Tai Chi diagram, and then transformed into pure "creation" power in the golden half.

Golden rays of light rained down from the Tai Chi diagram.

The light rain fell on Yan Ji and the others, instantly healing all their injuries and the rules corrupted by chaos, making them even stronger than before.

As the light rain fell upon the earth, the laws that had been distorted by chaos began to rapidly return to normal.

The crystal jungle has transformed into a vast expanse of blue waves.

The liquefied mountains have solidified again, becoming even more majestic than before.

The collapsed atmosphere was instantly reassembled, becoming even purer than before.

It only lasted for a moment.

A global catastrophe was averted by Lu Yuan in a way that was almost like "turning waste into treasure," and he did it with ease.

Furthermore, it also conveniently gave the entire Earth a "version upgrade".

Everyone was stunned.

Yan Ji, Gu Tianye, Xiang Batian... They stared blankly at the slowly rotating, majestic Chaos Taiji diagram behind Lu Yuan, feeling their worldviews being completely shattered and then reshaped.

They finally understood.

Lu Yuan was no longer someone they could understand.

He has truly entered the realm of "God".

A true... creator god who can define "rules" and control "chaos"!

"No...it's impossible...you...what did you do to my power?!"

Finally, the sky let out a scream of extreme terror.

It cannot understand.

My own power of "returning to zero" is one of the ultimate laws of the universe, so why... why was it so easily transformed by this mortal?

"What did you do?"

Lu Yuan turned around, looked at the huge Tai Chi diagram behind him, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just feel that it's a waste to use your power solely for destruction."

"So, I added a 'recycling and reuse' function to it."

Lu Yuan pointed to the golden half of the Tai Chi diagram and said with a smile:

"See, the effect is pretty good, isn't it?"

"Now, it's called 'environmental protection'."

"Environmental friendly?"

The will of the end has fallen into unprecedented chaos.

It has lived for countless ages and devoured countless civilizations, and this is the first time I have heard such an outrageous vocabulary.

His own power of "zeroing," which represents one of the ultimate laws of the universe, was actually defined by this mortal as... "environmental protection"?

This is an insult far greater than simply erasing it!

"Mortal! You... have completely... enraged... me!"

The wrath of the end nearly set chaos itself ablaze.

The dark singularity in the sky began to expand and contract violently, and a "final" power, purer and more primal than before, was brewing within it.

It will spare no effort to completely "reset" this mortal who has blasphemed it!

"Oh? Are you angry?" Lu Yuan picked at his ear, looking nonchalant. "Don't rush me, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Pointing to the enormous chaotic Tai Chi diagram behind him, like a child showing off his new toy, he enthusiastically introduced it:

"Look, you're responsible for 'destruction' and 'resetting,' which falls under the 'hazardous waste' disposal stage of waste sorting."

As he spoke, he pointed to the golden half of the Tai Chi symbol.

"Then I'm responsible for recycling and reusing the 'energy' you've processed, which is part of the 'recyclable material' reproduction process."

"One gathers and one releases, one destroys and one creates, yin and yang cycle, life goes on endlessly."

Lu Yuan spread his hands and smiled like a shrewd businessman.

"Look at us, we're a match made in heaven! A perfect, sustainable, closed-loop system for the universe has been born!"

"I've decided, our group will be called... the 'Cosmic Environmental Protection Duo'!"

"puff--"

At the command center, Qian Sen spat a mouthful of blood onto the screen.

He wasn't injured by the pressure of the End; he was... internally injured from being so angry at Lu Yuan's words.

Sacred... solemn... the final battle that will determine the life and death of human civilization...

How come it becomes "garbage sorting" and "environmental protection combination" in your mouth?

You call that world-destroying demon god who can instantly annihilate S-class star envoys and destroy the world your "partner"?

Qian Sen felt that his scientific views, worldview, and philosophy of life had been smashed to pieces by Lu Yuan with a sledgehammer at this moment.

Su Lie also had a look of bewilderment, neither laughing nor crying.

He realized that he had never really understood Lu Yuan.

This young man's way of thinking and his thought process are completely on a different wavelength from normal people.

Perhaps only a "madman" like this could create such a "miracle" in such a desperate situation.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"

The sky finally let out a hysterical roar.

It felt its will was being driven mad by this mortal.

Without further ado, it unleashed all the power it had been building up in an instant!

This time, it's no longer the "zeroing" divine light.

Instead, it was a... pure "nothingness".

A state of "nothingness" that is more complete than the vacuum of the universe, more complete than absolute zero.

That "nothingness" spread out from the singularity, and wherever it passed, space, time, light, laws... everything was completely "erased," as if they had never existed.

This is the most fundamental power of the end times—[The End of All Things, Absolute Nothingness]!

It aims to return this world, whose rules have been forcibly "defined" by Lu Yuan, to its most primitive, chaotic state, devoid of any concept!

Faced with this "absolute nothingness" that could make even the gods despair, Lu Yuan's smile remained unchanged.

"Oh? You even want to erase 'existence' itself? That's interesting."

Instead of retreating, he reached out with great interest and actively embraced the spreading "nothingness".

"Lu Yuan! Watch out!"

Yan Ji and the others gasped in shock.

They could sense that the power contained within that "nothingness" was something they could not comprehend or resist.

However, the next second, something happened that made everyone's eyes nearly pop out.

The moment Lu Yuan's fingers touched that "absolute nothingness".

"Sizzle—"

A soft crackling sound, similar to the crackling of electric current.

That terrifying "nothingness" was blocked by Lu Yuan's fingers, just like a flood hitting a dam!

It could not move forward even an inch!

"This...how is this possible?!"

For the first time, the Will of the End emitted a wave that truly represented "fear".

Its strongest primal power... was actually ineffective against this mortal?!

"Nothing is impossible."

Lu Yuan looked at the "nothingness" surging wildly at his fingertips but unable to advance an inch, and said calmly.

"Your power, in essence, is 'deletion'."

"And my power, in essence, is 'creation'."

"Deletion cannot delete the 'creator' itself."

Lu Yuan raised his head, looked at the dark singularity in the sky, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

"Because the 'creator' is the source of the 'rules.' You, a program living within the rules, what makes you think you can delete me, the 'programmer'?"

These words, like a thunderclap from the heavens, resounded within the will of the end.

It finally understood.

It and Lu Yuan are no longer on the same level.

It is still thinking about how to "use" the rules and how to "destroy" the rules.

And Lu Yuan has already begun... "writing" the rules.

"Alright, the game is over."

Lu Yuan withdrew his hand, seemingly having lost interest in the end.

"I was hoping to play some 'environmental protection games' with you, but you're too fragile. You keep flipping the table, it's no fun."

He looked at that dark singularity in the sky as if it were a ripe fruit.

"Your 'Zeroing' power is a pretty good 'plugin' for me. Now, it's time to... uninstall it."

The voice just fell.

The chaotic Taiji diagram behind Lu Yuan suddenly shone brightly!

The golden half, representing "Yang" and "creation," suddenly expanded, like a vast, golden net that blotted out the sky, enveloping the dark singularity in the heavens.

"No! You can't do that!"

Finally, a desperate roar was uttered.

It sensed that its "origin" was being forcibly "stripped away" by that golden net!

Lu Yuan actually wanted to treat this "end" itself as a "part" and forcibly remove it from this universe!

This will terrify it even more than killing it!

"Why not?" Lu Yuan asked matter-of-factly. "Your 'plugin' has too many bugs, its performance is unstable, and it always tries to take over and delete my files. Why would I keep you? Of course, I'll take it apart, rework it, and turn it into a 'one-click cleanup' tool that I can use easily."

"You...you...devil!"

With his last ounce of strength, he uttered a venomous curse.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Lu Yuan grinned and clenched his right fist.

"receive!"

The golden net tightened instantly!

"ah--!"

A heart-wrenching, unwilling scream echoed through the sky, then abruptly ceased.

The dark singularity in the sky, radiating endless terror, was forcibly "pulled" out of space by the golden net, and then transformed into a beam of black light, disappearing into the chaotic Taiji diagram behind Lu Yuan.

The dark half of the Tai Chi symbol, after absorbing the origin of the end, became even more profound and pure.

And the sky cleared up again.

The gray chaos disappeared.

Instead, there was a clear blue sky and warm sunshine.

A catastrophe that swept the globe and even threatened the universe itself has just ended...

It ended so... calmly and peacefully.

The whole world fell into an eerie silence.