"This star shall be the primordial ancestor star, the beginning of all things, from which everything arises," Yi Tianxing said, gazing at the star with a complex expression in his eyes.
"Time-Space River."
After a moment of contemplation, he spoke again.
Instantly, a Time-Space River appeared over the primordial ancestor star. The entire river wrapped around the star. Normally flowing forward, the river now, under an invisible will, began to reverse, flowing crazily backward.
Scene after scene unfolded in the heavens and earth, as if someone were rowing upstream through time, crossing temporal currents.
One could see the endless battles of Eternal Night and Eternal, the fierce struggles of all races across the multiverse, the epic clashes between dragons, phoenixes, and qilins, and the painstaking rise of Great Yi from humble beginnings. Each scene stirred profound emotions.
Unconsciously, time traveled back to the great cataclysm at the beginning of the multiverse merger.
It was Earth.
The world fractured.
The apocalypse descended.
Then, it rewound to three days before the apocalypse.
Everything was peaceful: skyscrapers, bustling streets, neon lights, and people flowing like rivers; cars and carriages moved like dragons.
"Sever time and space, origins of all things!!"
Yi Tianxing raised his hand and grasped the Time-Space River.
Immediately, a scene of Earth belonging to that timeline was forcibly pulled from the river and placed onto the primordial ancestor star.
The once empty star instantly transformed into Earth: towering buildings, flowing rivers, vast oceans, and billions of people appeared as if transported directly from the past.
The Time-Space River was severed.
Yi Tianxing's gaze fixed on a concealed area of the star. Underground, a large building housed numerous people dressed in white. Two figures caught his attention.
"Everything as it was… perfect!!"
With a wave of his hand, the primordial ancestor star became a streak of light, piercing through the firmament and disappearing into boundless chaos, concealed and unseen from then on.
…
Eternal forces began to retreat. One by one, the Eternal Arks broke through the sky, entering chaos.
The Wumu Vessel, Myriad Demon City, Mechanical God City, Zixiao Palace, Fenglei City—all broke through the firmament, stepping into chaos.
Xuanhuang Immortal City took one last glance at Buzhou Mountain, then followed into the void.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Pangu watched the survivors depart. His eyes glimmered with determination. Every step he took shattered the void.
Boom!
Arriving before Gui Xu, Pangu stepped firmly onto it, his feet planting twenty-four lotus flowers to stabilize the collapse.
He gripped the Pangu Axe and gazed across the ruined world. A shadow of sorrow crossed his eyes. Raising the massive axe, he swung across the heavens.
Crack!!
Dazzling axe light swept across the sky like a massive blade. Stars shattered, laws collapsed, and all things disintegrated. Endless laws were destroyed, and the heavens and earth fractured like glass. Chaos pressed from above, Gui Xu churned below.
Pangu stood atop Gui Xu, stretching his hands to support boundless chaos.
"I come to destroy the world, yet also to bring creation to an end."
"The sea of suffering is boundless, the Dao is useless… then the Dao is unnecessary."
"Heaven and Earth without Dao, blessings to all beings—may all reach the other shore."
He looked across the world and slowly spoke.
The Pangu Axe vanished, suspended at the edge of the heavens. Its light flickered, breaking chaos, carving a new world, fulfilling the mission of world-opening, repeating endlessly.
Pangu stood as the eternal pillar of heaven and earth.
Day by day, his body grew.
The world was reborn through destruction. Shattered laws gave rise to vast oceans. Countless corpses of beings slowly formed islands and lands scattered across the seas. Wild storms raged in disorder.
Beneath Pangu, Gui Xu spread into an endless ocean, carrying immortal obsessions into its depths. Beyond the world, within chaos,
Yi Tianxing watched the shattered world from Xuanhuang Immortal City.
He watched Pangu standing as the eternal pillar.
Silent.
Countless survivors in the chaos stood in silence as well.
"Pangu's great love," Yi Tianxing sighed.
"Pangu's great love," many powerful beings echoed, bowing from afar.
Pangu had long been able to transcend. As the child of the Dao, whether opening the world or destroying it, upon completion he would become an True Eternal Dao sovereign. Yet he chose to recreate the world, standing in the sea of suffering, securing a future for heaven and earth.
Heaven and Earth without Dao, blessings to all beings.
What he created would be the other shore for all living beings.
"Fellow cultivators, Eternal Night has fled into chaos. The Eternal Night Demon Ancestor has been severely defeated by Pangu. Now is the perfect moment to end Eternal Night completely. Enter my Eternal Country. Conquer Eternal Night—blood shall not cease, and battle will never end."
Yi Tianxing withdrew his gaze. His work was done.
This era was the final battle. This world no longer belonged to Eternal nor Eternal Night—it belonged solely to the other shore of all beings.
"Indeed, Eternal Night must not be allowed to survive. They think hiding in chaos ensures safety? They dream. But they must ask if I allow it."
The Wumu Vessel shone with boundless bloodlight. Having absorbed the blood of countless demons, it was dyed red, radiating eternal light. Wumu cast a glance at the world, then raised countless heavenly tablets that fell toward it, before plunging into the depths of chaos.
"May the other shore endure."
Many remaining powerful beings glanced backward. With a wave, they left behind relics and legacies. Some cast down scripture; some, immortal swords; others, hidden abodes.
Yi Tianxing saw this and extended his hand, drawing forth a white jade book. Four characters appeared on its cover: "Treatise on Observing Humanity". He casually tossed it into the world.
"May heaven and earth be without Dao, and blessings fall upon all beings!!"
Yi Tianxing looked at Buzhou Mountain. The future belonged to them. The fledgling had grown; now it would soar.
Xuanhuang Immortal City transformed into the Eternal Country, heading into the depths of chaos, tracing the remnants of Eternal Night, crossing it completely.
(End of the novel)