Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

Within the void battlefield, the seven-colored light slowly receded.

Lin Xiao hovered in place, the omniscient defense matrix around him flickering like breathing, making him appear as if he were the very rules of nature.

Zhuanlun, Fentian, Yanhuang, Cangxuan, and Hongmeng all had ashen faces. Their combined attack, which they had just fought with all their might, hadn't even managed to touch the hem of Lin Xiao's clothes!

"This is the strength of the number one..."

Yan Huang muttered to himself, the Five Elements Halo spinning uneasily above his head: "Our attack... in his eyes is as flawed as a child waving a stick."

The raging flames of destruction surged across the surface of the armor, but were no longer as violent as before: "He saw through everything... no, not just saw through, he could create near-perfect countermeasures in an instant!"

"Now."

Lin Xiao took a step forward, and with just this one action, all five people involuntarily took a half step back.

"It's my turn."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiao's figure vanished.

It's not teleportation, nor acceleration, but rather a temporary disappearance from the conceptual level of existence, while simultaneously redefining one's position.

When he reappeared, he was already standing in front of the Wheel of Reincarnation Staff.

"Your cycle of reincarnation is very ingenious, with the six gates corresponding to six different weaknesses of the soul."

Lin Xiao extended his right index finger and gently touched the Reincarnation Rune at the top of the staff.

"But your cycle of reincarnation has a fatal flaw—it requires the premise that the soul has a weakness."

"Of course, this could very well be because you're only at the sixth rank yet. Perhaps your Reincarnation Talent won't be fully perfected until you reach the seventh rank!"

The wheel's pupils contracted sharply as it tried to pull back its staff, only to find itself completely unable to move.

It wasn't that he was bound, but rather that his very thought of taking back the staff was being interfered with by some unseen force!

"I have seen true reincarnation."

Lin Xiao said calmly, "That is a complete cycle. The beginning is the end. Life and death, suffering and joy, good and evil, cause and effect, all flow endlessly within it."

"And your reincarnation..."

A silvery-white light shone from his fingertips: "It's just a poor imitation of the soul."

The moment the silver light entered the staff, the six gates behind the wheel trembled simultaneously!

What descended upon the gates of Heaven was no longer purifying thunder, but murky thunderclouds.

What emerges from the gates of humanity is no longer the descent into depravity, but a clear and wise understanding.

The murderous intent of the Asuras turns to peace, the bestiality of the Animals transforms into reason, the hunger of the Hungry Ghosts turns into satisfaction, and the torture of the Hell Gate turns into liberation!

The nature of the power of the six gates has been completely reversed!

The wheel let out a piercing scream as the staff flew from his hand and crumbled in mid-air.

He knelt in mid-air, his hands covering his head, the power of reincarnation raging wildly within his body.

The reversed power of the Six Paths is damaging his soul structure from within!

"First……"

The wheel struggled to lift its head, its eyes bloodshot: "What exactly are you...?"

Lin Xiao did not answer, but turned to look at Fentian.

Burning Heaven had been gathering its power for some time, its destructive force coalescing into two pitch-black singularities in its fists: "I will not be like the Wheel of Reincarnation! Double Destruction Singularities - Intersecting Annihilation!"

Two singularities were launched simultaneously, tracing bizarre trajectories in the air.

They do not attack in a straight line, but move forward in intersecting spiral trajectories. Each intersection triggers a tiny spatial annihilation, creating a chain reaction!

This type of attack has almost no discernible trajectory because the path changes randomly at every instant!

"A good idea."

Lin Xiao surprisingly nodded in approval: "Using chaos theory to conceal the attack trajectory makes it difficult for the omniscient rules to predict."

He raised his left hand, palm up.

"But your destructive power is still essentially an orderly collapse. Chaos is just the surface; the underlying rules of collapse still follow certain fundamental laws."

Countless tiny, seven-colored dots of light appeared in Lin Xiao's palm, and these dots quickly combined to form a three-dimensional mathematical model.

That is precisely the internal rule structure diagram of the dual destruction singularity of the Heavenly Blaze!

"Omniscient Rule - In-depth Analysis Completed"

"Manifesting all things, creating a reversal field of disintegration."

"Integration of all things, force field coverage."

The seven-colored light spots suddenly spread out, transforming into an invisible force field that enveloped the two destructive singularities.

The next moment, a shocking scene unfolded.

The two destructive singularities did not explode; instead, they began to move in opposite directions!

They trace back from the state of annihilation to the state of condensation, then back to the state of energy, and finally back to the most basic concept of rules!

The whole process is like rewinding an explosion movie, peeling away the layers of destructive power to reveal the truth!

"No...this is impossible!"

Fen Tian's eyes widened as his power of destruction was being forcibly analyzed and cracked!

Lin Xiao clenched his right hand, and the restored concept of the rules of destruction re-condensed in his palm, transforming into a dark red crystal.

"Destruction itself is not the goal; it is merely a process. Your understanding of destruction is still too superficial."

He tossed the crystal at Fentian: "Here you go! Now you'll truly understand what real destruction is."

Of course, Lin Xiao had already secretly projected several of these using his talent.

The moment the crystal pierced Fentian's chest, Fentian's entire body trembled violently.

He sensed that his destructive talent was undergoing some kind of fundamental change.

It is no longer simple destruction, but contains a deeper meaning of destruction and then construction, end and rebirth!

But this epiphany did not bring about an increase in power; instead, it led to chaos in the rules.

The conflict between the old and new concepts of destruction within him temporarily rendered him unable to fight!

"Third place."

Lin Xiao had already appeared in front of Yan Huang.

Yan Huang was already on high alert, the Five Elements Aura rapidly rotating around him, forming layers of mutually reinforcing and restraining defensive nets: "Lin Xiao, I know you understand the Five Elements, but the Way of the Five Elements is profound and complex, not something you can..."

"Metal governs killing and destruction, wood governs growth and development, water governs downward flow, fire governs upward movement, and earth governs harvest."

Lin Xiao interrupted Yan Huang: "This is the symbolism of the Five Elements. The essence of the Five Elements refers to the five basic states of matter and the laws governing their transformation."

He extended his right hand, and his five fingers shone with five different colors of light: gold, green, blue, red, and yellow.

"You have only grasped the form, but have not touched the essence."

Five-colored light shot out from Lin Xiao's fingertips, but it was not an attack; instead, it merged into Yan Huang's Five Elements Aura.

Yan Huang's expression changed drastically. He felt his control over the power of the five elements being overwritten!

It wasn't that he was stripped of his power, but rather that a higher level of Five Elements rules forcibly intervened, upgrading his Five Elements Aura to a level he couldn't comprehend!

The Five Elements Aura began to evolve on its own.

Gold is no longer just a metal, but a symbol of all ordered solid structures.

Wood is no longer just a plant, but the embodiment of all growth and evolution systems.

Water represents flow and transmission, fire represents transformation and leap, and earth represents bearing and stability.

The theory of the Five Elements is not as simple as it seems.

"This...this is..."

Yan Huang's eyes widened as his consciousness was forcibly pulled into a vast world of rules.

There, he saw how the fire in a star's core transforms into the heavy element metal, how the earth in a nebula gives birth to the planetary wood, and how water in the evaporation of a black hole transmits information...

A wealth of information, a wealth of profound rules!

Yan Huang immediately clutched his head and cried out in pain, blood seeping from his seven orifices.

His brain is currently unable to process such a massive flow of rule information, and his Five Elements talent has become a burden, trapping his consciousness in the abyss of rules!

"Fourth place."

Lin Xiao turned to Cang Xuan.

Cangxuan's golden armor shone brightly, with immortal runes flowing like liquid on its surface: "It's useless, Lin Xiao."

"My immortality is built upon the concept of existence, and existence itself cannot be denied. Even if you temporarily diminish my sense of existence, as long as the logic of 'I think, therefore I am' holds true, I will never truly disappear."

"you're right."

Lin Xiao surprisingly nodded in agreement: "Existence is a fundamental logic that cannot be denied at its core, but you can consider another question—"

He slowly raised his right hand, palm facing Cang Xuan.

"What if your concept itself is temporarily replaced?"

A seven-colored light surged from Lin Xiao's palm, but it was not an attack; rather, it was an extremely strange fluctuation of rules.

Cang Xuan suddenly felt dizzy.

who am I?

I am Cang Xuan, the leader of the Immortal Sacred Domain, and the possessor of an SSS-level Immortal Talent...

No, that's not right.

I am... I am a stone that has been floating in the void for billions of years.

No, I am a star, burning my own life.

No, I am...

Countless versions of myself were clashing wildly within Cangxuan's consciousness! Each version of myself possessed complete memories and logic, and each version of myself firmly believed that I was the only real one!

Lin Xiao did not erase Cang Xuan's existence, but instead temporarily gave him countless identities.

The Immortal Talent is still in operation, but what it needs to maintain now is the existence of countless conflicting identities!

This is like a computer running countless conflicting programs at the same time; the system quickly crashes!

"Aaaaah—!" Cracks appeared in Cangxuan's golden armor, and his immortal runes flickered between life and death.

His immortal talent is being devoured by the contradictions in his own logic!

"The last one."

Lin Xiao finally looked at Hong Meng.

At this moment, the madness on Hong Meng's face had faded, replaced by deep vigilance: "You've cracked everyone's abilities... defeated them using their most effective methods. So, how do you plan to deal with my Chaos?"

"Chaos is the source of order, and also the end of order."

Lin Xiao calmly said, "It is both disorder and contains the highest level of order—an order that transcends the scope of human understanding."

He clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and the rule of all things returning to their source was in full operation.

"I don't need to unravel chaos, I just need to—"

"Find certainty within chaos."

Seven-colored light surged from Lin Xiao's body, transforming into countless streams of light that pierced into the primordial chaos.

This time, instead of trying to make chaos orderly, Liuguang sought out certain patterns within the chaos that would remain unchanged no matter how things changed.

Even in absolute disorder, there exist absolute invariants—this is one of the cornerstones of mathematics and physics.

Lin Xiao's omniscient rules, combined with his analytical ability of the return of all phenomena to their source, are extracting these chaotic invariants from the primordial chaos realm!

"You are...extracting the essence of chaos?!" Hong Meng's expression changed drastically.

The realm of chaos is beginning to collapse, not because it is being assimilated by order, but because its core chaotic nature is being stripped away.

It's like pulling out the main thread from a tangled mess that never gets knotted no matter how it's twisted; the rest of the thread naturally unravels.

Hongmeng tried to stop it, but found that his control over the chaos was rapidly weakening.

The extracted chaotic invariants seem to have a higher priority, overriding his original control over chaos!

"Chaos is not a tool for creating disorder."

Lin Xiao said softly.

"It is the primordial state of the universe at its birth, the origin of all things. To regard it as a means of destruction is the greatest misunderstanding of it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hongmeng's chaotic domain completely dissipated.

It wasn't that it was dispersed, but rather that after the core chaos was extracted, the remaining disordered energy naturally lost its cohesiveness.

Thus, the five SSS-level Tier 6 survivors—

Zhuanlun knelt on the ground, the power of reincarnation clashing and raging within his body.

Fentian sat cross-legged, his mind in turmoil as he pondered the old and new concepts of destruction.

Yan Huang bled from all seven orifices, his consciousness trapped in the abyss of rules.

Cangxuan's golden armor was covered in cracks, and his immortal talent backfired due to logical contradictions.

The primordial chaos realm dissipated, and control over chaos was temporarily stripped away.

All five people have temporarily lost their ability to fight.

All of this, from the moment Lin Xiao made his move to the end, took less than five minutes.

In the void, the powerful figures who were secretly observing fell into a deathly silence.

"This...this is really a battle between sixth-tier beings?"

The Wood Soul Domain Celestial Venerable muttered to himself, even with his seventh-level knowledge, he had never seen such an overwhelming battle.

The Golden King hovered not far away, a complex light flashing in his eyes beneath his golden mask: "His growth rate... is too fast. This control over the rules has already touched the threshold of the seventh rank!"

The pure sea of ​​clouds that the Yun Yin Clan Chief had transformed into rippled slightly: "No, it's not just touching, it's already surpassing! What he currently lacks is only energy accumulation and a breakthrough in rank. His understanding of the rules... is already no less than the seventh rank."

And there are many more observers hidden in the shadows, those from other forces in the misty world, or the divine thoughts of certain independent powerhouses.

In their shock, they quickly relayed information about the battle back to their respective factions.

"A monster has appeared among the survivors."

"The threat level of the Eternal Alliance must be reassessed."

"His ability... is very similar to that of the legendary..."

Various divine thoughts intertwined in the void, but no one dared to reveal themselves easily.

At that very moment—

From the depths of the void, a will that freezes the soul slowly descends.

That wasn't divine thought, nor a projection, but a real, tangible existence approaching!

Space began to distort, the flow of time became disordered, and the rules trembled before this will.

Countless fine cracks appeared in the void, which was the spatial collapse caused by a higher-dimensional being forcibly squeezing into the current dimension!

A figure slowly emerged from the crack.

He wore a gray-white robe, which was devoid of any patterns, yet seemed to contain the very essence of the universe's birth and death.

His face was shrouded in a flowing mist, revealing only a pair of deep, star-like eyes.

Eighth Rank!

The true eighth-tier powerhouse has descended!

"Lin Xiao".

The voice resounded directly into the depths of everyone's souls, devoid of any emotion, yet it sent a chill down the spines of every sixth-tier expert present.

"You're great. Even better than I imagined."

The figure in the grey-white robe slowly raised his right hand, a constantly shifting mist appearing in his palm: "But the game ends here. The God of Mist needs your abilities. Join our Dark Eclipse Order, or..."

"Or what?"

Another voice interrupted the gray-white figure.

The King of Gold stepped out, and with each step he took, a golden wishing coin appeared in the void.

The gold coin spun, radiating a warm and resolute light that largely neutralized the oppressive feeling emanating from the gray-white figure.

"You bastards from the Dark Eclipse Order, you've crossed the line."

The Golden King's voice was utterly calm: "According to the rules, an eighth-rank official is not allowed to directly attack a sixth-rank official or below. Do you intend to break the rules?"

"And... don't forget, this rule originated from the depths of the Misty World!"

The greyish-white figure known as the Dark Eclipse Order slowly turned its head, its starry eyes locking onto the Golden King: "Gold, you're going to stop me? You were hiding perfectly well in the Golden Soul Domain, and now you actually..."

"If you're going to break the rules, then of course I'll stop you."

The King of Gold raised his hand, and countless wishing coins gathered behind him, forming a huge golden statue.

"Would you like to give it a try? To ignite an eighth-tier war before the God of Mist completes his ascension?"

"Through the large amount of wishing coins I've gathered, I've vaguely discerned your intentions, but are you really going to start harvesting now?"

Dark Erosion fell silent.

The atmosphere in the void had become extremely tense.

The standoff between the two eighth-tier powerhouses caused the entire spatial structure of the battlefield to groan in agony.

The light of distant stars began to distort, as if this star field might be stripped away from the universe at any moment.

After a long while, the eighth-rank member of the Dark Corruption Cult slowly withdrew his right hand, and the mist in his palm dissipated.

"You're right, now is not the time."

His voice remained indifferent.

"The ascension of the Mist God is the primary task, and we must avoid any conflict that might interfere with this process. However... next time, it won't be so simple. At that time, the entire universe will fall under the rule of the Mist God!"

His gaze swept over the five survivors who had lost their fighting ability on the battlefield, then over the six people, including Zhuge Duo, who had just escaped from their predicament in the distance, and finally landed on Lin Xiao.

"Lin Xiao, you're lucky. If it weren't for the needs of the bigger picture, you would surely be dead today!"

The King of Gold scoffed, "Anyone can talk big, but when it comes to a real fight, you might not be able to kill him in front of me!"

The eighth-ranking member of the Dark Eclipse Cult did not refute, but merely gave Lin Xiao a deep look: "Cherish the time you have left. Once the God of Mist completes his ascension, all of you who survived back then will be swallowed by the mist!"

He turned around, his grey-white robe creating a ripple in the air.

But just before he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Fentian and the others who were kneeling on the ground.

"As for you..."

The voice of this eighth-ranked individual finally carried a trace of emotion—undisguised anger.

"Although you have insulted me, I will let you go this time since you are still useful."

He raised his hand and waved it, and five gray-white rays of light shot into the bodies of the five people in the Wheel of Reincarnation.

The karmic conflict within the Wheel of Reincarnation was forcibly suppressed, the old and new concepts of destruction of the Burning Heaven were temporarily separated, the Flame Emperor's consciousness was pulled back from the abyss of rules, the contradictions in the immortal logic of the Azure Profound were smoothed out, and the Primordial Chaos Control was restored.

"Remember, your lives were given to you by the God of Mist. When the time comes, you will naturally understand what to do!"

After saying this, the eighth-rank figure completely disappeared into the void rift.

The suffocating pressure of the eighth-order power dissipated.

Only then did everyone present breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is it... over?"

PPSh wiped imaginary cold sweat from his forehead: "That guy just now, was he the eighth-tier mastermind behind this operation?"

"Ignore him, he's just an ordinary eighth-tier player."

The King of Gold retrieved the wishing coin, his voice tinged with weariness: "However, because he is most skilled in erosion and corruption, he is the main executor of the expansion of the Mist World."

Lin Xiao looked at the King of Gold: "Thank you, King of Gold."

"No need to thank me, this is for my own good too!"

The King of Gold waved his hand: "Boy, now I understand. You might just be the last hope for this universe!"

"Perhaps... one day you really will be able to break through the barrier imposed by the misty world!"

He paused, then looked at Lin Xiao with admiration in his eyes: "And you really gave me a surprise, kid. One against five, and you completely defeated five SSS-level sixth-tier fighters... I doubt even I could have done that back in the day!"

Lin Xiao shook his head slightly: "It's just a trick; my abilities happen to be able to counter them."

"restraint?"

The King of Gold chuckled: "That's called a complete annihilation! But..."

His tone turned serious: "Those last words weren't a threat. Once the God of Mist completes his ascension, all the rules will be rewritten. At that time, all living beings in the universe will be transformed into nourishment by him!"

Lin Xiao was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I understand. So before that, I must become stronger."

"No! You don't understand. The God of Mist is getting anxious, as if someone far more terrifying than himself is threatening him!"

The King of Gold's solemn words caused the surrounding atmosphere to freeze instantly.

Even the Heavenly Venerable of the Wood Soul Domain looked extremely solemn.

Although the King of Gold has only just emerged from the Golden Soul Domain, his rank is already high enough that he has a much greater understanding of the Mist World than anyone else.

"Kid, for my own sake, I can shield you from any threat at the eighth rank or below. However, you still need to improve your strength much faster!"

Lin Xiao's lips twitched, and he said somewhat speechlessly, "Big brother, I've only been in the Misty World for a little over half a year. Going from level zero to level six in half a year... I don't think that's slow at all..."

Lin Xiao's words made everyone pause in surprise, only then did they realize that Lin Xiao's strength had improved rapidly.

The King of Gold scratched his head, hesitated, and finally sighed without saying anything.

In the distance, the five members of the Wheel of Reincarnation had barely managed to stand up.

Their gazes toward Lin Xiao were incredibly complex, containing frustration, apprehension, confusion, and a barely perceptible hint of... awe and apprehension.

But they still looked at the misty world with disdain.

They admired Lin Xiao's combat prowess, and his status as number one was well-deserved.

"Hmph! The noisy fog! We've already said our goal is just to be number one, yet they're still so arrogant!" The group felt a certain disgust for the eighth-rank member of the Dark Eclipse Cult who had left.

But when they exchanged glances, they all noticed something unusual in each other's eyes.

Lin Xiao didn't kill them because he believed they would still be useful someday.

The seven people's expressions shifted slightly. After glancing at Lin Xiao, they ultimately said nothing more, each tearing open their own space and turning to leave, returning to their own territories.