Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

For the first time, cracks appeared on the phantom's body.

This crack was not the kind of small wound that could heal; it was a deep, irreparable crack that stretched from the shoulder all the way to the waist.

Golden light surged from the crack, flowing like blood.

He looked down at the cracks, then looked up at Lin Yu.

In those golden eyes, a true emotion finally appeared—neither anger nor fear, but surprise.

A pure, soul-deep surprise.

"This is... the power of the Void Realm?" His voice trembled, no longer that of a calm, emotionless deity. "You actually possess the power of the Void Realm? That's a power even I, in my prime, couldn't reach..."

His body began to crumble. Golden light surged from the cracks, transforming into countless specks of light that scattered.

His arms were gone, his legs were gone, his torso was gone, leaving only a head and a pair of eyes that were growing dimmer.

But He was laughing.

That smile contained relief, contentment, and a hint of something else that was hard to define.

"So that's how it is... So that's how it is..." His voice grew softer and softer, more and more distant, as if it came from another world. "I have waited for millions of years, and finally I have found... someone who can inherit my power..."

He looked at Lin Yu, and in his eyes, the last glimmer of light flickered.

"Mortal, you have passed. Remember, the power of 'control' is not for dominating others, but for protecting what you cherish. I did not understand this in my lifetime, which is why I perished. I hope you can go further than I have."

His head also began to dissipate.

The points of light converged and coalesced into a golden scepter in the center of the star platform.

The scepter was covered with intricate runes, and a gem that emitted starlight was set at the top.

The phantom's final voice echoed through the Star Platform: "May you use my power to protect everything you wish to protect."

Then, He vanished completely.

The Star Platform returned to calm.

The frozen time, space, and body all returned to normal.

The starlight began to flow again, and the points of light began to float again.

Only the golden scepter in the center of the star platform proved that everything just now was not an illusion.

Yan Shuang stood there, looking around blankly.

She had no idea what had just happened.

She only remembers suddenly being unable to move, and then suddenly being able to move again.

That period in between felt like it had been cut out of my memory.

"What... just happened?" she murmured.

Lin Yu did not answer.

He stepped forward and picked up the scepter.

The moment he got his hands on it, a massive influx of information flooded his mind, like a rushing river carrying millions of years of memories, pouring into his soul.

He witnessed the birth of nebulae, the fall of gods, the end of one era, and the beginning of another.

He saw a sovereign who ruled over all things, who, in the final moments of his life, condensed all his power into a scepter, awaiting a destined person.

[Scepter of Domination - Divine Artifact]

[Formed from the remnants of divine power of the fallen "God of Domination". The holder will receive the blessing of the Law of "Control".]

[Effect 1: Mastery of Laws. The holder can manipulate fundamental laws such as time, space, and causality to a limited extent. Limited to three uses per day. Each use lasts no more than ten seconds.]

[Effect 2: Domineering Pressure. Unleashes a divine-level pressure, suppressing all surrounding enemies. Range: 1000 meters. Duration: 30 seconds. Cooldown: 10 minutes. The suppression effect decreases based on the enemy's strength.]

[Effect 3: Divine Power Shield. Unfolds a shield formed from divine power, absorbing all damage. The shield value is equal to 500% of the holder's maximum health. Duration: 60 seconds. Cooldown: 30 minutes.]

[Effect 4: Power of Inheritance. The holder can borrow a portion of the power of the God of Domination, increasing all attributes by 1000%. Duration: 10 minutes. Cooldown: 24 hours. Requires three days of rest after use.]

[Note: This artifact must be bound to a user. Once bound, it cannot be traded, dropped, or damaged. Binding signifies ownership; others cannot use it.]

Lin Yu remained silent after seeing the results.

All attributes increased by 1000%.

A tenfold increase.

And the duration is ten minutes.

If used properly, this thing can change the course of a war.

Not to mention the "law control"—manipulating time, space, and cause and effect, three times a day, ten seconds each time.

Ten seconds might be nothing to an ordinary person, but it's enough for him.

He glanced again at the gem at the top of the scepter.

Inside the gem, a miniature nebula was slowly rotating, exactly the same as the nebula he had seen when he entered.

Then he bit his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the scepter.

The moment the blood droplet landed on the gem, golden light exploded, like a small sun exploding on the star platform.

The light was so bright that Yan Shuang had to close her eyes.

When she opened her eyes again, the scepter was gone.

A golden scepter mark appeared on Lin Yu's palm, emitting a faint glow.

He clenched his fist, and the mark disappeared into his skin.

But he could sense it was there, like a sleeping heart, ready to be awakened at any moment.

Yan Shuang stood behind, watching all of this, completely stunned.

She opened her mouth, then closed it again, then opened it again, finally managing to utter only one sentence: "A divine artifact...it really is a divine artifact..."

She took a deep breath, and her gaze toward Lin Yu had turned into one of awe.

It is not reverence for power, but reverence for destiny.

She had just witnessed history—a mortal receiving a scepter from a fallen god, inheriting the legacy of an era.

She didn't know what this meant, but she knew that from today onwards, Lin Yu would be different from before.

Something had appeared on him; it was hard to say or explain, but it was definitely there.

Lin Yu turned to look at her, her expression calm, as if everything that had just happened was a natural arrangement of fate: "The Starry Mystic Realm has been explored. Let's go."

Yan Shuang paused for a moment, then nodded: "Oh... okay..."

She followed him out of the star platform. When she reached the edge, she couldn't help but look back.

The starry sky was slowly dissipating; the crystalline celestial bodies dimmed one by one, and the starlight went out one by one.

It was as if someone was turning off the lights, one after another.

The last trace of the deity vanished into nothingness with the scepter recognizing its master.

The Star Observatory has disappeared.

The nebula disappeared.

The corridor disappeared.

They stood in a void, with a collapsing secret realm behind them and the portal they had come from in front of them.

Yan Shuang suddenly realized that what she had just witnessed was not just the acquisition of a divine artifact.

She witnessed the end of one era and the beginning of another.

She looked at Lin Yu's back; the black-haired youth was stepping into the portal, his steps as calm as when he came.

She quickly followed.

Behind me, the last starlight went out.

The entire secret realm was utterly reduced to nothingness.