The Martial World in Our Hearts (Grand Finale)

At this moment, the demon Sovereign Chunqiu seemed to have become the protagonist. Spring and autumn, thriving and withering. Chaos silenced into oblivion! The power of time rippled across the years. Li Hao merely connected the four quarters, continuously funneling primal chaos energy into Chunqiu to let her sustain her strength. Space trembled; time flowed. Opposite her, Tianfang was ecstatic. *This is the result I wanted.* *This is the absolute balance I seek!* *The interweaving of time and space!* As long as the clash continued, he believed he could definitely forge absolute space-time. He definitely could! Space was formless, and time was formless. Yet at this moment, as the two forces continually intersected and collided, a transformation seemed to occur. The entire expanse of primal chaos appeared to vanish before their eyes. Under the collision of space and time, Chunqiu and Tianfang felt as though they had stepped into another realm entirely. Utterly silent! Tianfang's frenzy grew even wilder! Just like this! This was only the beginning. He believed that once pushed to the absolute extreme, it would unceasingly open up boundless space and boundless time! That was the goal he had pursued all along! Yet soon... his brow furrowed slightly. Within his body, spatial power erupted continuously, yet opposite him, Chunqiu seemed to be struggling. The power of time appeared somewhat diminished. "Chunqiu! No, Li Hao!" Tianfang suddenly roared, "You take the lead! Chunqiu has never cultivated time, and her Dao of Withering and Thriving is not the Dao of Time! She cannot unleash the true might of time at all... You do it!" He seemed driven mad. He felt Chunqiu's power—the power of time—gradually waning. He had seen hope in the emerging absolute space-time, even if it had only been a faint shadow. Yet now... this absolute, static space-time seemed to be dissipating. The primal chaos that had vanished seemed to reappear. He saw Black Panther, he saw Yuan Shuo in the distance, and he saw countless worlds. This shouldn't be happening! None of this was supposed to go this way. Perhaps only with Li Hao in control could there be a true battle capable of unleashing the full power of time to collide with space and forge absolute space-time. Unwilling to accept this, Tianfang roared in rage, "Li Hao!" At this moment, nothing remained of his former calm. His spatial power surged ever stronger, as if trying to leap beyond this heaven and earth, growing increasingly frantic: "I waited for you all this time, and is Chunqiu all I get?" Chunqiu was actually quite innocent in this. The other party looked down on her. He thought her control over time was far inferior to Li Hao's, unable to produce the result he desired. But... she was truly giving it her all. At this moment, myriad Sovereigns seemed to encircle Chunqiu. Li Hao was among them. The Human King, Emperor Yu, and Li Hao stood at three positions, controlling the might of the myriad Sovereigns and the power of time, channeling it ceaselessly into Chunqiu's body so she could sustain the fierce battle. Li Hao remained silent. Right now, he was merely watching—watching that steadily weakening power of time. At the beginning, the power of time had indeed been immense. Yet now, even he felt a sense of powerlessness. It wasn't that he was holding back on purpose, but that time... was truly waning. Between Li Hao's brows, the Time Star surfaced once more, and a surge of temporal power gushed forth again. At this moment, time itself seemed scrambled. Scenes and images flashed across Li Hao's eyes. He seemed to see many people, see the battles from many years ago, see the Neo-Martial era, see Silver Moon, see the myriad worlds... The clash continued! Like two balls of fire, they collided ceaselessly in the endless void. He didn't care in the slightest about what Tianfang was saying. At this moment, Li Hao seemed detached from it all, pondering something. Suddenly, through the temporal conduit, he transmitted his voice: "Human King, in your eyes, what exactly is time?" "Hm?" The Human King was in the middle of channeling energy when the words caught him slightly off guard. Whether him, Li Hao, or Su Yu, though all three shared a common origin, they had hardly ever discussed their individual perceptions of the Great Dao, and they generally avoided talking about time altogether. Now, hearing Li Hao suddenly ask him what time was at such a critical juncture... For a moment, the Human King was dazed. Only after a long while did he reply, "Time... is life." Li Hao froze. The Human King seemed to be reminiscing. He smiled, an expression appearing on his face that differed from his usual demeanor: "To me, time is living life. It's the trajectory of a human life: birth, old age, sickness, and death. It's marrying and having children, studying hard, family harmony, happiness and fulfillment..." At this moment, the myriad Sovereigns were all listening. All of them were somewhat dazed. In their eyes, the Human King was domineering, arrogant, and outrageously brazen. Yet now, the Human King was saying... in his eyes, time was merely this: the trivialities of daily life, the mundane matters of the mortal realm. The Human King sighed with emotion again: "Time is just these things: having a mischievous little sister, having parents who love you, having teachers who indulge you, having friends you get along with, having companions to struggle alongside... That is time. It recorded my growth, recorded my successes, my failures, and was ultimately etched into my memory to become part of my life until I die." Li Hao remained silent. After a moment, he asked again, "Su Yu, what do you think time is?" Su Yu smiled. "Time... is an annoying thing!" Li Hao chuckled. *Are you scolding me? Or do you truly think that?* Su Yu gave a laugh, shedding his refined facade as well as any desperate madness. At this moment, he grew somewhat reflective: "Time might be a piece of meat—braised pork belly! Time might be sleeping in... sleeping until you wake up naturally. Time might be the inheritance of a culture, the inheritance of a civilization..." Many things surfaced in his mind as well. He thought of the braised pork belly his father used to cook, and suddenly craved a taste of it. He thought of how comfortable it had been to sleep soundly and carefree after defeating Demon Flame. He smiled. "Time is enjoying that brief moment of serenity, peace, and freedom after overcoming adversity!" Having said that, he turned the question back: "Li Hao, what is time in your eyes?" Li Hao fell silent. Many memories surfaced in his mind. What was time? In these limited years, what was truly worth yearning for...? Thinking of these things, he looked into the distance at the fractured chaos source and said softly, "Perhaps, just as you two said, time should actually be a form of joy. I miss the years when I was ignorant and naive... I miss the ease when my parents were still around. I miss running and playing with my good friends... and I miss the joy when I first achieved something in martial arts..." He did not miss the moments of slaughtering across the lands after growing strong. From the moment he gained power, it had been a path of slaughter. Slaughtering his way out of Silver Moon, slaughtering into Heavenly Star, slaughtering across the four quarters, slaughtering into the chaos universe... from start to finish, spent entirely in killing. Some of it was active, some passive. Drifting with the current, utterly helpless. Thinking of something, he suddenly said, "Perhaps time is actually a kind of ordinariness. Human King, do you remember what Zhan—or rather, Zhan's projection—did at the very last moment?" The Human King was startled, then nodded. "I remember. He returned to his hometown and listened to the sounds of reading echoing across the land. Afterward... he went home, lay down, read a book, and accompanied by the reading voices... drifted into nonexistence." Li Hao sighed softly. Zhan was dead. Truly dead. At this moment, he was certain of it. He had always harbored doubts, but today, he was certain. Looking back on everything he had witnessed back then, Zhan... had ultimately returned to the ordinary. And Zhan was the progenitor of the Dao of Time. Time... Zhan had never actually abandoned it. He had found the true Dao of Time, hadn't he? Fading away amidst the ordinary. Years, memories, beauty. At this moment, he seemed to understand why the temporal power erupting from him felt... gradually weakening. He seemed to perceive something. *This is not my time, nor is it Zhan's. Perhaps this is merely what Zhan discarded. This does not belong to his time. This is a Dao, a Great Dao, not time. Time is not like this.* Meanwhile, the Human King and Su Yu were also pondering something. The three looked at each other, conversing wordlessly. It was as if they were turning thoughts over in their minds. Perhaps, spurred by Li Hao's words, all three had realized something. Only Chunqiu remained wholly focused on battling Tianfang with everything she had. The power within the three was also steadily depleting. Li Hao exhaled. "Gentlemen, when it comes to true time, I imagine... we all have some thoughts now?" The Human King smiled. "To be shamelessly frank, I understood it years ago! Of course, it wasn't as clear back then as it is now. Over all these years, I've seen through it and understood it long ago! Li Hao, the only one who truly hadn't seen through it was probably you. You were the only one still bound by time!" Su Yu chuckled as well. "I don't understand quite as much, and I can't brag like Senior Human King, but right now, I do understand a bit of what Li Hao means." Li Hao didn't elaborate on that. Pondering for a moment, he continued, "So to speak, time has actually been beside us all along. I had some insights before, but never as clear as today. Therefore... true time is not like this! I want to... forge true time and thoroughly defeat Tianfang. Are you two willing to help?" With that, he suddenly added, "No, everyone—Sovereigns present here, are you willing to help?" Everyone was stunned. What did he mean? How could they help? Li Hao smiled. "No need to worry about Chunqiu; she won't die that quickly... We just need to keep channeling energy. While Chunqiu fights the great battle, let's all go into the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena to play a bit!" At those words, everyone was dumbfounded! What kind of moment was this? This was the decisive battle between Chunqiu and Tianfang, the crossroads of everyone's fate, and you're... saying what now? Li Hao paid no heed. At this moment, a world seemed to manifest inside Chunqiu's body, and conduits appeared before everyone's eyes. "Come on in!" "By the way, don't bring your energy in. Even if you do, bring very little, lest Fellow Daoist Chunqiu gets killed..." Everyone stood completely petrified! Yet at this moment, the Human King and Su Yu entered one after the other. Seeing this, the others felt a headache coming on, but considering that these three weren't afraid... what the hell did the rest of them have to fear? The next instant, the spiritual souls of Sovereigns merged into it one after another. Their Great Dao power, however, remained outside. Meanwhile, Sovereign Chunqiu was still fiercely battling Tianfang. Tianfang, like a madman, continued roaring frantically. As for Chunqiu... she had a splitting headache. "Li Hao! What do we do?" No response. She roared again in her heart, "Human King, are you there?" "Su Yu, where are you?" *Are you dead?* She was nearly exasperated to tears! *Why isn't anyone answering me?* Right now, she sensed that their spiritual souls seemed to have weakened considerably, but she genuinely had no time to inspect closely. The Great Dao power was still being continuously channeled to her, yet the more she fought, the weaker she became. If this went on... she would definitely lose! *Li Hao, you bastard, why aren't you answering me?* She was terrified! Without Li Hao commanding, she felt she was certainly no match for Tianfang. Why did these bastards make her take the helm? Why? ... Inside the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena. A desolate expanse. Li Hao turned his head to look at the Human King. "When mental power materializes, it ultimately turns into substance, right?" The Human King nodded. "So your Mowu, your internal world, can actually exist for real." The Human King nodded again. Li Hao looked toward Su Yu next. "Your sea of consciousness encompasses your myriad worlds, so... when you walked out of the myriad worlds, you actually took the myriad worlds into your sea of consciousness!" Su Yu also nodded slightly. Li Hao understood. Behind them, the Sovereigns were all perplexed. Li Hao turned to the crowd and suddenly asked, "Everyone, do you think you were happier during your ordinary days, or happier later on when you became kings and ancestors?" For a moment, no one could give a definitive answer. Li Hao smiled. "I want to... open a primal chaos here, a primal chaos of the spirit. I want to... make this primal chaos entirely ordinary! No longer establishing a system of myriad Daos, no longer establishing a cultivation system, letting time return to the ordinary!" Everyone was stunned, and then utterly shocked. Li Hao looked at the Human King and Emperor Yu. "What do you two think?" The Human King chuckled. "I guessed you'd have this in mind. I have no objections. Time and years were originally ordinary, ultimately returning to reality, returning to life! Birth, old age, sickness, and death need not be demanded otherwise. A hundred years is living life, and ten thousand years... is merely existing!" "Back in the Neo-Martial era, I once thought of... eradicating martial arts across the world!" The Human King said with some nostalgia, "If I hadn't discovered worlds outside primal chaos, that Neo-Martial still faced crises, I think... I probably would have carried it through, ultimately turning Neo-Martial ordinary!" Su Yu smiled as well. "Returning to the ordinary might truly be the essence of time. For Zhan to leave that way, I think he must have completely understood all this at the very end! The so-called absolute space-time Tianfang pursues, in my view... is fundamentally much the same! In essence, what everyone pursues isn't so different." Li Hao also nodded. "Therefore... I want to resurrect everyone I want to resurrect! Recreate my Silver Moon World, let everyone reappear, let everything return to the ordinary, let the entire primal chaos return to the ordinary... Humans, demons, conflicts, hegemony... let whatever should exist, exist. Perhaps some might not agree with me, but that doesn't matter... I don't demand that everyone agree!" Li Hao looked at Su Yu and the others, smiling. "Then I... want to rebuild primal chaos here, a new primal chaos, built with intent, built with spirit... to ultimately overwrite primal chaos and let time... return completely!" The few exchanged glances and nodded. At this moment, the Human King showed a rare smile. "Fine by me. In fact, I'd rather have things quiet, so I have more time to accompany certain people—my lover, my friends, my brothers..." With a wave of his hand, a city materialized within the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena. That was... the city of Mowu. At this moment, countless phantoms seemed to emerge, all of them Neo-Martial experts, though none possessed any consciousness. The Human King didn't mind. Looking at the others, he laughed, "Do you want to be my next-door neighbors, or... would you rather stay far away? If we stay far apart now, we might never get the chance to drop by for a visit later, perhaps never seeing each other again in this lifetime! Of course, if we're next-door neighbors... we can join in on the fun." Su Yu was the first to laugh. "Being your neighbor? Human King... won't you come knocking on our door out of boredom and pick fights every other day?" The Human King scoffed. "Am I that bored? Besides, once we reach that stage, what's the point of fighting? I'm a man of culture; I convince people with reason!" Su Yu laughed. Li Hao smiled as well. "Let's be neighbors! If we're too far, we might truly never have the chance to meet again in an entire lifetime. Let's forge it first; as for the people... once Tianfang is defeated, we can trace back the source of primal chaos!" Both of them nodded. At this moment, the other Sovereigns looked at one another. Someone couldn't help asking, "Do the three Dao Sovereigns mean... eradicating the Dao?" A chill ran down their spines! How could it be like this! Li Hao shook his head. "It isn't eradicating the Dao, merely restoring primal chaos to its primordial state. The Dao can still be comprehended—in the heart! The martial world remains, and the years return to the ordinary..." The Human King grinned. "Why speak so subtly? Broadly speaking, you're right. Time is ordinary, including the absolute space-time Tianfang pursues. In my eyes, what he pursues in the end is merely an ordinary life!" He seemed to have guessed Tianfang's ultimate pursuit; absolute space-time was nothing more than the ordinary. "Here, forge primal chaos with spirit! Forge worlds with intent! While primal chaos is fully plunging into oblivion, project it outward, thoroughly silencing the myriad Daos. The source is shattered; right now, whoever you want to revive, you actually have a chance..." The Human King said with a chuckle, "What Li Hao thinks is also what I think, and what every person who has stood at the peak thinks! Endless strife and turmoil in primal chaos all stem from being un-ordinary! Perhaps this move cannot resolve all conflict permanently, but in my view... the next time might be countless eras later. By then, both you and I will have died long ago, so why care?" Having said that, he added, "Actually, you all have no choice. Don't choose this... and only... death awaits!" He looked at the crowd. Li Hao nodded as well. "We are no match for Tianfang! Even combining everyone's strength, we cannot match him. The only way is to reduce the entire primal chaos to the ordinary, making everyone an ordinary person..." At this point, he smiled, his grin suddenly turning somewhat wild and brazen: "There are tens of thousands of us, and only one of him... When that time comes... one punch per person, and we can beat him until he calls everyone Daddy and Mommy!" Everyone was stunned. The Human King chuckled mischievously, "Call me Grandpa!" "..." Everyone was speechless. *At a time like this, you're still cracking jokes?* A Sovereign asked hesitantly, "Do the three Dao Sovereigns mean that only by making primal chaos ordinary can we... slay Tianfang?" Li Hao sighed. "Not necessarily kill him... of course, we'll see when the time comes! But this is the only path. I cannot defeat him; the time I command is merely a Great Dao, but it's not strong enough. Right now, it cannot rival Tianfang! Chunqiu might hold out a little longer, but... not for much longer!" At this moment, everyone understood Li Hao's meaning. Either wait for death. Or listen to him, reduce the entire primal chaos to the ordinary, thoroughly silence the myriad Daos so that they no longer exist. When that time came, everyone would lose their Great Dao power, including Tianfang! At that point, it wouldn't be about strength, but... numbers! Whoever had more people would win. With tens of thousands of people, each spitting once could drown Tianfang. Li Hao said no more. Before him, a small city materialized out of thin air—Silver City. Every building was lifelike. In everyone's eyes, it was merely a tiny model, but soon, this model began expanding, spreading outward. Familiar cities and familiar places gradually took shape, steadily bordering the nearby Neo-Martial realm. Emperor Yu also laughed softly. With a wave of his hand, divine characters descended onto the earth, and buildings rose out of nothing. Seeing this, and recalling what Li Hao had said... they had no other choice. Even if some felt reluctant... they could only take action now. Across the land, cities suddenly rose from the ground; some weren't even cities, but wilderness, deserts, lakes... Everyone was forging their own world, forging their ideal realm. Perhaps they wouldn't succeed, but they knew they could only trust Li Hao and the others. They had no choice! Just then, Li Hao thought of something. A Great Dao surfaced beneath his feet, and suddenly, hundreds of millions of living beings seemed to perceive something. Li Hao smiled. "Everyone, perhaps... you can sense the will of all living beings! The world isn't one person's world, and primal chaos isn't one person's primal chaos. Only when everyone participates does it truly have meaning! Of course, we don't have to listen to everything; this is perhaps... the only privilege we should have after cultivating to this day..." The Sovereigns looked at one another, and after a moment, merged their wills into it, feeling the intent of all living beings. In that instant, countless worlds and countless creatures across this deathly silent primal chaos seemed to sense something. *Return primal chaos... to the ordinary?* In that split second... countless beings erupted in jubilation! Throughout today's battle, they had been terrified, anxious, despairing... All because everything had spun completely out of control. The entire world had seemed on the verge of total collapse, leaving them in utter despair. Yet now, whether what they sensed was true or false, they seemed to see hope. In an instant, countless consciousnesses surged outward along the path of the martial world, along that will of despair, and along the heart gate. All the Sovereigns quietly sensed it. Some sensed their own worlds, others sensed different worlds, continually making adjustments. Li Hao was also feeling it all, continuing to delineate his Silver Moon. Beside him, both the Human King and Emperor Yu were building their respective worlds with great care. At this moment, they were pious and earnest. The Human King was no longer cavalier, and Emperor Yu no longer feigned refinement. Tearing off their hypocritical masks, everyone was doing what they truly wished to do. ... Outside. Chunqiu was about to go completely insane. A tremendous boom sent her coughing blood and flying backward. Opposite her, Tianfang appeared completely crazed, roaring, "Why? Chunqiu, you cannot unleash the power of time at all! Time could never be this frail! You useless thing, your time has disappointed me!" *It shouldn't be like this!* *It definitely isn't like this.* *This isn't time.* *I knew Zhan, I met him, I talked with him. The time he spoke of was immensely powerful, unimaginably so!* *I believed him!* *Truly believed him.* *Over all these countless years, time in my eyes has been peerless. That was why... I feared Zhan's resurrection, because I feared I wouldn't be his match. That was why I wanted Li Hao to wield it, so that even if time were invincible, I could still win!* *Yet now?* The time wielded by Chunqiu disappointed him to the extreme. Chunqiu was furious as well: "Old bastard, haven't you raged enough? You're strong, so whatever you say goes, but this is what time is like!" Bullying people was one thing, but bullying a demon was too much! Time was already immensely powerful; she was just weaker than him. What more did he want? Did she have to kill him for it to count as powerful? If she could kill him, she would have done so long ago! *You old coot, you're infuriating me to death!* "No, that's not right..." Tianfang shook his head frantically. "It definitely isn't like this. Back then, Zhan said that time was peerlessly powerful, that even space had no room to resist before time!" He muttered to himself, recalling the past. "No, that's not right either. He said both time and space... would ultimately exist... which means both time and space would be very strong. Yes, so absolute space-time is the most powerful, most eternal existence..." Chunqiu cursed inwardly! *Lunatic!* *Zhan was a sixth-tier Sovereign; you took everything he said seriously?* *If he told you to die, would you actually go die?* It was bad enough that this old fellow was crazy, but the main problem was—he was genuinely strong. And what on earth was Li Hao doing? Not a peep, not a reply. The Great Dao power was still there, but it was slowly waning. If this went on... she truly wouldn't be able to hold out! Just as she was on the verge of despair, Li Hao's voice suddenly rang in her ear: "I almost forgot about you, Chunqiu. What does your ideal City of Chunqiu look like?" "What the hell?" Chunqiu nearly burst with rage! *What kind of nonsense is this?* *Damn it, we're in the middle of a battle!* *Fighting an old monster of primal chaos!* *I'm putting my life on the line for you all, about to be beaten to pieces, and what the hell are you doing right now?* In her rage, she ignored him. Yet Li Hao was like an annoying fly: "Chunqiu, speak quickly. You're a contributor too; I'm not someone who forgets people. Tell me, what should your Chunqiu clan, your Chunqiu realm, be like? At least give a general requirement..." "Li Hao!" Chunqiu's furious roar shook the heavens and earth. Right now, she was angrier than Tianfang. *Have you truly gone mad?* *I'm fighting!* *I'm facing Tianfang!* *Give me some ideas on how to deal with him; that's what matters...* "By the way, telling me will help take down Tianfang..." *Fuck your mother!* *Do I look like an idiot?* Chunqiu cursed madly in her heart! *So if I just say a few words, we can kill Tianfang? You wouldn't even dare trick a child like that!* Yet Li Hao kept asking. Pushed beyond her limits, she snapped. Fine, you've given up, haven't you? Then I won't care either! "Whatever... As long as my Chunqiu clan can gain intelligence, live a bit longer, be like other people and other living beings with wisdom... anything goes, alright?" "No problem! Understood, a pretty simple request... By the way, do you want to be my neighbor?" "Get lost!" Chunqiu erupted in fury! *Screw you!* *Neighbor my ass! If you die, I wouldn't even want to die beside you.* *Too infuriating for a demon!* At this moment, Chunqiu stopped caring. If she died, she died; none of these fellows cared about living, so why should she? The Chunqiu cicada clan naturally had short lifespans. Living through a single spring and autumn was considered longevity. How long had she lived already? What about them? Bah! If anyone was going to regret this, it was them. She certainly wouldn't! At this moment, she huffed coldly, "Old Ghost Tianfang, I'm going to slaughter you! You two-million-year-old fossil, go to hell!" She completely threw caution to the wind! *To hell with all of you!* At worst, she'd fight until she fell. She wasn't the only one dying anyway. Boom! Great Dao power surged frantically. Now, she cared nothing for a war of attrition, erupting with everything she had, fighting for as long as she could! ... Inside the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena. Li Hao laughed. A massive city materialized out of thin air, shifting toward the myriad worlds. Su Yu looked back, and Li Hao smiled. "Chunqiu is a little girl, and so is your myriad worlds' Lan Tian... Chunqiu has countless clones, and so does Lan Tian... I think making her your neighbor is quite fitting." "..." Su Yu stared at him, speechless. *Sending every freak and monster over to my side—is that appropriate?* Li Hao said with a relaxed smile, "Once everything returns to the ordinary, she probably won't be too perverted. Besides, Chunqiu isn't the sharpest tool in the shed; she won't be much trouble for you." "Why not put her near Silver Moon?" Li Hao smiled. "Silver Moon is full of normal people; not many perverts. Whether Neo-Martial or the myriad worlds, far too many people cultivate avatar Daos..." "Are you saying Silver Moon has no perverts?" The Human King turned his head, sneering, "In your Silver Moon, aren't you the biggest pervert of all?" "..." Li Hao felt slightly annoyed, but quickly recovered his smile. "Senior might not know, but I was never that kind of person. What I told everyone that day was no lie. Back then, I was an inspector in the Inspectorate, what you might call a police officer or constable... I helped many people and received countless pennants. Unfortunately, the great war broke out and burned them all. Now... only one remains!" Sighing with regret, he manifested a pennant inscribed with the words: *Delighting in Helping Others, Embracing Great Compassion.* *Presented to: Inspector Li Hao of the Inspectorate.* When this pennant appeared, everyone froze. This... actually looked genuine, worn and tattered, and even stained with some blood. *Did someone truly give this guy a pennant?* Both the Human King and Su Yu were startled. *Even this works?* *Where did he swindle that from?* Seeing everyone looking over, Li Hao smiled. "Forced by life, that's all. Otherwise, who would willingly be the villain? 'Demon Sword Li Hao' was merely a rumor in the martial world. Far too many people have received my favors..." With that, he placed the pennant into the Silver Moon World. He said softly, "Keep it as a memento. Back then, such pennants could pile into a mountain; now, only this one is left." The Human King shot him a glance. *Go fool a ghost!* Even that single one was likely obtained through trickery. Su Yu, however, suddenly burst out laughing. Li Hao looked toward him, and Su Yu cleared his throat. "Nothing, nothing... it's just... this blood looks like it sprayed on after someone died... By the looks of it, someone was killed near this pennant back then. Could the person who gave the pennant have been killed by Senior Time?" "Hm?" Li Hao frowned. "How could you measure your senior with such dirty thoughts?" Su Yu shrugged, smiling without answering. *Just a guess!* *Generally speaking, my guesses are rarely wrong.* *It's very likely the case!* The Human King thought of this as well and laughed, no longer paying Li Hao any mind. Meanwhile, the other Sovereigns were calmed by the trio's composure, feeling much more at ease. Seeing the three laughing and chatting at a time like this made everyone feel vastly reassured. Li Hao asked again, "By the way, if returning to the ordinary succeeds, what do you two plan to do in the future?" The Human King chuckled. "Haven't decided yet. Be a teacher? A school principal? Or just find a small island to live out my retirement? Or maybe... give speeches?" He grinned mischievously. "Alright, actually I have an idea... be a landlord, a debt collector. The IOUs in my hands are piled high as a mountain. If returning to the ordinary succeeds, I'll go collect debts one by one while traveling around. That might... have its own special charm!" Li Hao couldn't help but laugh. Su Yu smiled and said, "I'll probably open a civilization research institute to gather the culture, knowledge, and heritage of all civilizations... Daos might disappear, but civilization won't; it will only shine more brilliantly with time!" Li Hao nodded. The two looked at him. Li Hao thought for a moment and chuckled. "I want to be a martial master!" The two paused. Li Hao smiled. "A martial master doesn't have to be like today's martial masters. Or maybe... open a martial arts hall? Building physical fitness isn't bad either. My Five Animals Art is quite formidable; the Five Animals Art was originally meant for strengthening the body, not necessarily for killing..." He grew somewhat nostalgic. "Perhaps I'd also like to finish my studies, or continue being an inspector, guarding the peace of a region? I don't know, haven't decided yet. Days like that might be very happy, very comfortable... The martial world can remain in our hearts. A dream of the martial world isn't so bad either..." The three discussed and shared their thoughts. The path of the martial world was too exhausting. And this was not the martial world they had pursued. Right now, the Human King was thinking of a warm hearth with a wife and children, keeping a cat, walking a dog, and traveling everywhere to collect debts, chuckling to himself at the thought. Su Yu was thinking of collecting the civilizations of myriad races... no, now it should be collecting the civilizations of primal chaos; that would certainly be interesting. Who said the Dao could only be used for slaughter? All three wore smiles, bubbling from their hearts and radiating outward. Influenced by them, the other Sovereigns also began conversing in low voices. The murmurs grew lively. "What are you going to do later? If we really become ordinary, what will you do?" "I want to be an actor!" "What's an actor?" "A theatrical player, understand? I know this word—that's what it means, right?" "Bullshit, what theatrical player... fine, you're not wrong, acting out legends that actually happened, making them into movies. This primal chaos has far too many things worth filming. Legends... never fade!" "Sounds good!" "What about you?" "I want to be a bandit!" "What?" "A mountain chieftain, understand? Where I'm from, there are plenty of mountains. Being a mountain chieftain is comfortable as hell; sometimes watching them made me envious..." "No ambition. This king wants to become the King of All Beasts... Later I'll gather some demon beasts, dragons and phoenixes alike, to serve as my lackeys..." "You've got some nerve..." "What's there to fear? Once ordinary, dragons and phoenixes will just be ordinary creatures, probably no bigger than pheasants!" "..." Everyone suddenly laughed, chatting away as they built their own homes. Perhaps there was still some lingering reluctance, some hesitation. Yet when the three supreme powerhouses were discussing how things would be after returning to the ordinary... even the reluctant had to let go of their misgivings. Perhaps... returning to the ordinary was the better way out. They talked amongst themselves, seeming to forget the strife and troubles of the outside world. At this moment, the living beings of primal chaos seemed to be listening to all of this as well. Smiles surfaced on the faces of some, as if... seeing the light of the future. At this moment, even though heaven and earth were still trembling, mountains collapsing, the earth splitting, and worlds plunging into oblivion... Smiles appeared on their faces. So these supreme powerhouses were mortals after all. Ordinary mortals! Yet why... did listening to this bring a sense of envy, anticipation, and longing? At this moment, all living beings knew. Perhaps only the two still fighting outside remained unaware; the entire primal chaos seemed to hear their discussion: primal chaos returning to the ordinary! In this instant, boundless will surged madly into these worlds forged of spirit, as if everyone was filled with anticipation. Li Hao smiled! He had opened the heart gate, connecting the despair of all beings, allowing them to participate as well. Even if they couldn't alter their destiny, at least they had the right to know where their destiny was headed. The result... at this moment, the living beings of primal chaos—if not all, at least over ninety percent—supported it. They supported the decision everyone had made. Return to the ordinary! Let time, let primal chaos, let everything return to the ordinary. Countless wills merged into the illusory worlds forged by those powerhouses. At this moment, those living beings were filled with hope. Perhaps they couldn't decide the specific details, but at least they knew where the future was going. *We... know!* *We are also about to witness all of this: witness the curtain falling on the myriad Daos of primal chaos, witness time returning to the ordinary.* *We know that once, there was a group of people who stood atop the pinnacle of primal chaos.* *In the end, all walked toward the ordinary.* *Perhaps many years later, new generations won't believe it, but so what?* *All miracles, all legends might completely vanish into the long river of history with the passage of time, but this generation of ours, this generation of living beings, witnessed it all!* *Witnessed myths, legends, and... decided our own future and destiny!* *Even if we aren't the leaders, at least we are no longer kept in the dark.* At this moment, within the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena, boundless will flooded in madly. ... Outside. Tianfang suddenly froze, as if sensing something. Stepping on Chunqiu, he looked around. The entire primal chaos had already fallen into oblivion, devoid of the source of life. Yet at this moment... a peculiar ripple seemed to sweep across! He felt it, experienced it, and a trace of bewilderment appeared in his eyes. What was this? He actually couldn't identify it! Anticipation? Hope? Longing? What on earth was this? "Li Hao, what are you doing now? Do you not dare face me?" Tianfang roared! *What have you done?* Why did the entire primal chaos seem to come alive again? He looked into the distance at the shattered primal chaos source, showing a look of confusion. That primal chaos source... had been shattered beyond repair, its Great Dao power and life force almost entirely drained. Yet right now... there seemed to be... faint ripples. A feeling as if it were coming back to life! Why was this happening? He felt uneasy and confused. His foot pressed down on Chunqiu with excruciating pain. Chunqiu let out a shrill screech, countless powers of oblivion surfacing on her body, spreading along his leg. Chunqiu fled instantly, exasperated: "You're finished! Li Hao and the others are figuring out a way to slaughter you... Tianfang, you old lunatic, you're dead!" Tianfang's face darkened. He looked at Chunqiu. "Summon Li Hao out!" "Where are your clones?" "Where... on earth are they?" Those people seemed to have simply vanished, yet Chunqiu ought to be able to summon them out; after all, they were inside her clones. "Keep dreaming!" Chunqiu sneered, fleeing in an instant. "Just wait to die!" She was merely venting harsh words. Right now, she was utterly no match for Tianfang, and absolute space-time couldn't manifest at all. Tianfang was clearly exasperated. If the fight continued, she would truly be beaten to death. All around, boundless peculiar power continued to ripple outward. Tianfang sensed it quietly, his expression shifting erratically. *Li Hao—it must be their doing.* All around, countless living beings seemed to see something, hear something, yet he alone could not sense it. Why? Why was it like this? What on earth were they trying to do? He caught up to Chunqiu in an instant. Perhaps only by thoroughly destroying Chunqiu would they appear. *Li Hao, I don't believe you can keep hiding like this!* ... Inside the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena. At this moment, an unimaginably vast world—a new primal chaos—manifested. Bright and resplendent! At this moment, it seemed to come alive. Civilization emerged. Countless cities stood, varied in style: cities of the demon race, wilderness styles, desert styles, ancient styles, modern styles... Every kind of architecture existed. Some were connected, some scattered across different regions, some worlds nestled against worlds, some cities linked to cities... Expanse upon expanse! At this moment, boundless will flooded into that illusory primal chaos, beginning to stabilize it. Li Hao revealed a radiant smile! He didn't know whether this would succeed, nor did he know whether his comprehension of the Dao and of time was correct. Perhaps only Zhan could give him the answer. Yet Zhan was already dead, dying amidst the ordinary. Perhaps... only by trying could he know. At this moment, the other Sovereigns were extremely anxious. Outside, violent tremors seemed to shake the void. A Sovereign asked uneasily, "Can an illusory primal chaos truly... overwrite the original primal chaos and turn everything... ordinary?" Originally, they might have been somewhat reluctant. Yet sensing Tianfang's terrifying might and Chunqiu's precarious state, they... all grew fearful. If it didn't succeed, everyone might die. A bad life was better than a good death! Becoming ordinary was better than dying, wasn't it? "I don't know." Li Hao shook his head. "No one knows if it can work, but I believe the living beings of primal chaos are all endorsing it, all agreeing. The Dao was cultivated by living beings in the first place! The power of will, in my view, will definitely be stronger than physically existing Great Dao power!" "As for space... space is also where we survive. It belongs to everyone, not to any single person. When everything turns ordinary, space will no longer belong exclusively to one person! This space, this place of survival, belongs to all of us..." Li Hao smiled. "As long as we all firmly believe together, I trust... it will succeed!" Hearing his words, the Sovereigns said no more. Li Hao exhaled. "Let's go, time to head out! Tianfang—is the absolute space-time in his eyes truly stronger than the primal chaos of this moment?" With that, Li Hao stepped out first. The others followed one after another. ... "Li Hao!" Tianfang was still roaring when his gaze suddenly shifted. Phantoms materialized, and in an instant, Li Hao appeared before his eyes. Sovereign Chunqiu, covered in blood and laden with injuries, looked upon the emerging group with deep resentment and gloom. *Finally out!* *You bastards, if you hadn't come out, I would have been beaten to death by Tianfang!* Li Hao took a deep breath and spoke: "Tianfang, do you know what I was doing?" Tianfang halted, not immediately moving to strike Li Hao down, but looking at him instead. Li Hao smiled. "At this moment, in all of primal chaos, perhaps... you are the only one who doesn't know. Do you know why?" Tianfang stared at him coldly. "Because... you have never known despair!" Tianfang's heart stirred. He said in a deep voice, "You mean... you did something through your heart gate, through your road of despair?" "Yes." *So that's it!* Tianfang frowned. "All of this is meaningless! Do you think these mortals can help you with anything? You're drawing upon the power of will, aren't you? Is it of any use? Space-time is the strongest power! Only time can defeat me!" "I know!" Li Hao appeared entirely calm and composed, hands clasped behind his back. "Then how do you know that time has nothing to do with will, nothing to do with all living beings?" Tianfang's brow furrowed slightly. Li Hao smiled. "You believe your space is invincible, yet I believe your space... is not truly invincible. Tianfang, you've always wanted to collide and produce absolute space-time. I shall fulfill your wish and employ the true power of time. Are you... willing to try it?" "True time?" Tianfang was stunned, staring at him. What did he mean? "The previous power of time..." "That was merely external!" Li Hao shook his head. "That was not time—at least, not time in my eyes! I do not consider that the power of time; perhaps it counts as a power of retrospection, a power of surfacing memories, a power of illusion... In my eyes, that does not count as time!" *That wasn't time?* Roaring explosions seemed to detonate in Tianfang's mind! Impossible! How could that be? Tianfang looked at Li Hao, growing increasingly frantic: "You're saying that wasn't time, that you've cultivated the true power of time?" "Yes." "I want to see it!" Unwilling to accept this, he refused to believe it: "That was the time Zhan left behind; how could it not be? Li Hao, are you more talented than Zhan? I don't believe it! You're merely trying to intimidate me!" "There is no need for intimidation!" Li Hao shook his head. "Having reached this stage, do I still need to scare you? Completely unnecessary! Today, a victor must be decided between you and me. At this point, any intimidation is merely a joke!" Tianfang looked at him in disbelief, and after a long silence, said in a low voice, "I want to see... what true time really is!" He wanted to see it! He refused to believe that the power of time he had believed in for so long was false. That was impossible. That power was peerlessly mighty; in his eyes, it was merely that Chunqiu didn't know how to use it, which was why it had been so weak. How could it not be real? At this moment, the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena manifested. Tianfang's brow furrowed instantly! He recognized this thing. *Are you joking? This is time?* Li Hao looked at him and suddenly reached out. In the distance, the fractured primal chaos source suddenly floated up and descended into the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena. Tianfang did not stop him; that primal chaos source was already useless. Devoid of Great Dao power and life force, it was merely trash. Li Hao taking it mattered nothing to him. He merely wanted to see... what time truly was. The shattered primal chaos source suddenly absorbed countless wills at this moment, merging into the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena. Within the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena, the primal chaos formed from countless worlds seemed to see light. The primal chaos source gradually rotated, and the originally cracked source suddenly split into two. One yin and one yang, one bright and one dark. Like the sun and the moon, or the light of yin and yang. Light and darkness began to interweave. The entire illusory primal chaos began undergoing transformations. As countless wills merged into it, countless beings endorsed this world, this primal chaos. At this moment, Li Hao held the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena, seeming to perceive something. Right now, he seemed to understand how the primal chaos source had originally formed. This thing didn't seem to have been created by man; or rather, it was... what everyone, what all living beings had anticipated, born of the previous era. They had anticipated the emergence of the Great Dao. And so, today's primal chaos had come into being? He didn't know if that was true, but he felt that the entire Myriad Heavens Dao Arena was truly endowed with life at this moment. Tianfang sensed some of it as well. His gaze shifted continuously. He didn't move or interfere. He merely wanted to witness the time Li Hao spoke of. At this moment, he even felt some anticipation. Looking at the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena, he licked his lips and smiled. "Seems... somewhat interesting!" Li Hao seemed to have revived the primal chaos source! And seemed to have changed something. Was there truly another power of time? "Come!" Beside him, countless spatial powers churned violently and began gathering. An incomparably formidable aura surged forth once more, shaking heaven and earth across all directions. Yet at this moment, the surrounding world seemed to come alive. Countless worlds and countless living beings looked up! Every face was filled with anticipation and longing. *Returning to the ordinary... can succeed!* Time would ultimately triumph over space. Li Hao exhaled. In his hand, a sword appeared—a black longsword. A surge of desire flowed into the Myriad Heavens Dao Arena. There was no need to deliberately suppress anything; only with desire was there drive. The entire Myriad Heavens Dao Arena seemed to transform into a peculiar power at this moment, pouring into the longsword, causing it to vibrate ever more intensely. "Tianfang... today, Li Hao is no match for you. Alone, I am not your equal, but right now, I am not alone..." "Cut the crap!" Tianfang barked angrily, "I don't care about that! Li Hao, you know I don't care about any of that. You know what I want—I want an answer, a result!" At this moment, a formless sword manifested before him, countless spatial powers pouring into it. He was excited, agitated, crazed; he truly felt a sense of threat! Far greater than the threat Chunqiu had posed before—much, much greater! Perhaps Zhan's time truly hadn't been right. Or perhaps Li Hao's time was stronger. And this was what he had longed for. Wasn't it? "Come!" Tianfang let out a shrill roar, raising his arm. In this instant, he gathered virtually all his strength, his blood vitality burning in frenzy, his hair standing on end in fury! Li Hao's long hair fluttered in the wind. The entire primal chaos fell deathly silent. Everyone was waiting for the outcome. Li Hao smiled faintly, made his move, swung his sword, and struck down! In a flash, an entire primal chaos seemed to descend upon heaven and earth. Countless worlds, like phantoms, drifted instantly toward all directions and toward countless worlds, fusing seamlessly with their will. At this moment, the entire primal chaos suddenly trembled violently. Countless worlds rapidly began converging! Quaking! Turbulence! Countless Great Dao powers suddenly extinguished and vanished at this moment. In the sky, a sun and a bright moon seemed to appear. All Great Dao power rapidly dissipated, swallowed, annihilated, drained away. The Great Dao power within everyone's bodies drained madly, fusing with those worlds to build an illusory world that had just been forged. Opposite him, the formless sword in Tianfang's hand struck forward, only to suddenly begin fracturing. It was as if all Great Dao power had been ground away in an instant! Tianfang was dumbfounded, looking at Li Hao in utter stupor. *Impossible, this is impossible, how could it be like this?* *I am invincible in primal chaos!* *Why... is my Great Dao power, my spatial power, draining away madly?* "Li Hao! You cheated!" He roared in fury, "Time and time again I yielded to you, time and time again I waited for you, only to see true time once, to see absolute space-time once! Why did you lie to me..." The longsword descended from the heavens! As if cleaving open the entire primal chaos, as if shattering all darkness. Tianfang stood disheveled, his eyes filled with despair. Why was it like this? Spatial power was peerlessly mighty; how could it be no match for this peculiar force? This wasn't time... *Time isn't like this!* *What else could surpass the power of time?* Despair! When despair erupted, he froze. A doorway seemed to surface in his heart, certain things seeming to emerge, as if... at this moment, he heard something. Return to the ordinary! In this split second, he knew what this peculiar power truly was! Returning to the ordinary! Time returning to the ordinary? He stared blankly at Li Hao, stared blankly at everyone, dazed and bewildered... "Impossible... It can't be... Li Hao... you lied to me..." In his mind, that scene from a million years ago surfaced. That day, in Tianfang, he had met someone. That day, they had discussed the Dao across the heavens, putting forward the concept of absolute space-time. That day, Zhan had said absolute space-time might indeed be possible, but later added that on the day absolute space-time appeared, perhaps everything would come to an end. What had Zhan truly meant that day? Was the time he spoke of his own time? He had always believed Zhan was running away, unwilling to face him, unwilling to face the collapse of primal chaos. Yet today... he seemed to understand somewhat. Zhan... had returned to the ordinary. He hadn't committed suicide! He had merely... died a natural death. Tianfang stared blankly at Li Hao. At this moment, the entire primal chaos trembled violently as countless Great Dao powers continuously collapsed into oblivion! Li Hao, taking advantage of this moment, reached out and grasped. A peculiar primal chaos source power surfaced between heaven and earth. Suddenly ignoring Tianfang, he gave chase directly toward it! He chased toward primal chaos! At this moment, Li Hao seemed wild with joy. He charged madly toward a world in the distance—a tiny world, not very large, a small city! Behind him, Black Panther gave chase at top speed. Yuan Shuo stumbled, laughing as he frantically pursued as well! Meanwhile, the Human King grinned broadly, soaring toward that distant Neo-Martial realm. His steps stumbled slightly, yet he was bursting with joy; he saw it—he saw countless Neo-Martial people beginning to revive in that land of Neo-Martial. Su Yu also flew toward the myriad worlds with a smile, the Great Dao power on his body extinguishing and dissipating. "Let's go!" At this moment, a Sovereign laughed boisterously: "If we don't go now, once all our Great Dao power is extinguished, we'll fall and splatter to death! Hahaha... returning to the ordinary succeeded... Hahaha... my world, here I come!" A crowd of Sovereigns flew frantically in all directions. At this moment, only two remained motionless. Tianfang watched in a daze, while Chunqiu was completely bewildered. What happened? With just a single clash of swords, primal chaos seemed to undergo a drastic transformation! "Li Hao... what happened?" She roared at the top of her lungs, "My power is draining madly! Li Hao, Tianfang is still alive! Li Hao... where are you going?" *What are you doing!* *Where are you all going?* *The battle isn't over yet! Tianfang is still alive, yet my power is being swallowed madly by a formless force, plunging into oblivion!* *Li Hao, you bastard!* Ahead, Tianfang stumbled, looking down at the countless worlds below rapidly reorganizing! He watched blankly, his hair disheveled, the spatial power on his body draining madly. Looking at all this, he muttered, "What on earth is absolute space-time? Is it like this? Who can tell me... is this... absolute space-time?" This heaven and earth had changed. This primal chaos was undergoing drastic transformation. The Great Dao was plunging into oblivion. Everything had changed. Hundreds of millions upon billions of living beings seemed to be cheering, roaring, leaping for joy! They had survived! Opposite him, Chunqiu couldn't care less. Feeling the boundless energy within her body scattering madly, she quickly ran in the direction Li Hao and the others had gone. She seemed to see... a world. A world of her own! The realm of Chunqiu! She seemed to hear countless cicadas chirping. She sprinted toward that place, cursing as she went: *I don't know what happened, why have you all gone mad?* *Has the entire primal chaos gone mad?* In the endless void. Tianfang stared blankly below, watching those worlds, watching countless living beings leaping with joy, appearing... genuinely happy. Why was it like this? Invincible power and endless lifespan—weren't those what you pursued? At this moment, he collapsed, letting his power scatter, letting the pulling force drag him downward. He looked up at the sky, looking at that primal chaos source like the sun and moon, seeming... to see Zhan. Was that encounter a million years ago meant to be today's conclusion? *Zhan, you died... while I lived.* *Yet I... seem about to die as well.* *Today marks my two million years of life. Perhaps I am the longest-lived person in all of primal chaos.* ... At this moment, Li Hao flew madly toward a city. His power was scattering. He didn't care! He was ecstatic, thrilled beyond measure. *I feel it, I feel it... that familiar aura.* "Dad, Mom... Xiaoyuan... and everyone..." He shouted madly, roaring at the top of his lungs, as if he had returned to those years past! At this moment, in Silver City. On a roadway, a middle-aged man and woman looked around in bewilderment, hearing the deafening shouts and cheers nearby, utterly confused. What happened? Has everyone gone mad? And... we were in a car accident; how are we unhurt? The couple looked at each other, thoroughly bewildered. Not far away, a youth, trembling with fear, was also bewildered. *I... didn't I die?* *What about A-Hao?* *How is he?* He looked up, only to hear countless cheers shaking the heavens! "Silver Moon King!" "Silver Moon King!" "..." *Silver Moon King?* *Isn't it the Heavenly Star Calendar right now?* *Where did a Silver Moon King come from?* No one's memories had been erased. Everyone had heard, seen, and felt it, including the people of Silver Moon. They knew that their king had won! At this moment, some people seemed to appear beside them. Some were bewildered, some fearful, some anxious... Some were cheering madly, some utterly at a loss. Some roared toward the sky, while others... saw figures that had once been incomparably mighty falling from the sky, tumbling down! Utterly disheveled! In Silver City, several people looked at the sky. The middle-aged couple stared blankly upward, the man muttering, "Wife, people... are falling from the sky!" "Nonsense..." The woman had a headache from the noise, but couldn't help looking up as well. At that glance, she froze. Figures seemed to be plummeting from the sky, and vaguely, she seemed to see a familiar face! *Why does he look so much like my son?* "Dad, Mom!" "Xiaoyuan!" The roar echoed far and wide. At this moment, the shouting seemed to pause as countless Silver Moon people turned to look in one direction. In the sky, powerhouses were falling. The strength that had once swept all before it seemed to have vanished entirely today. A dog spun circles in the sky, completely dizzy! An old man fell from the heavens and slammed into the ground with a bang. Rubbing his old waist, he cried out in pain: *Damn it, that hurts!* *Did it have to be like this?* *A bit too ruthless! Aside from our physical bodies being slightly stronger, nothing seems left. This disciple of mine is way too ruthless!* With a thunderous crash! Li Hao slammed into the ground. Grinning broadly, he looked at the middle-aged couple in the distance, then waved frantically at a youth further away, shouting, "Xiaoyuan, I'm here!" Having shouted, he looked up at the stunned middle-aged couple, grinning foolishly and radiantly. "Dad, Mom... I'm here!" The middle-aged couple stared in utter disbelief, watching their son fall from the sky. How could he fall from the sky? And not die from the fall! "Woof, woof, woof!" A black dog clutched Li Hao's leg with both paws, refusing to let go, terrified that Li Hao would abandon it. Not far away, a woman dressed in black saw her black clothes turn red. She looked toward the middle-aged couple, then toward Li Hao. Just as Li Hao was still immersed in wild joy, she suddenly spoke: "Dad, Mom... I'm Li Hao's fiancée..." Li Hao froze, looking toward her. The woman turned and walked away. "I'm going home first. Wait for me to come find you; you won't get away!" Li Hao was completely flabbergasted! "Lin Hongyu, it's already an era without the Dao! I'm nobody anymore!" Li Hao roared, "You're ten years older than me! I never thought of marrying you... This is a new era, a new era!" No one paid him any heed. Dressed in red, Lin Hongyu walked away gracefully. *I will come find you!* *Even if... the era has changed.* The middle-aged couple grew even more bewildered. What was going on? They didn't understand, except... it seemed... their son was actually... engaged to someone? How did they not know? Not far away, the terrified youth rushed over, grabbing Li Hao anxiously: "A-Hao, someone wants to kill you..." At this moment, he couldn't even care about the earth-shattering changes. Li Hao grinned, patting his shoulder heavily, laughing: "I know. They're dead, all dead, killed by me..." Smack! The middle-aged man slapped Li Hao on the head, scolding in a low voice, "Talking nonsense! Killing people is against the law... don't spout nonsense!" That long-lost feeling filled Li Hao with immense joy! "This dog... is quite plump. Why is it clinging to you?" "Our family doesn't allow dogs... A-Hao, you can't keep a dog, stray dogs are dirty... Huh, it's actually pretty clean..." At this moment, the couple even forgot the upheaval around them, simply looking at Li Hao with smiles. They felt as though they had died in a collision, yet somehow seemed to have come back to life. How strange! Not far away. The martial masters who had fallen from the sky watched this scene and smiled. Hou Xiaochen, holding Jade Rakshasa's hand, waved to Li Hao, then turned and walked away. Southern Fist shrugged, chuckled, sprang to his feet, and laughed boisterously: "In the Silver Moon martial arts world, our legend will always endure!" Yuan Shuo looked at the woman beside him and smiled gently, stroking his beard: "I've been slow my entire life, but thankfully... in the end, I didn't miss you!" Jade Light Sword looked at him shyly. Glancing around to ensure no one was looking, she pinched him, her face blushing. Yuan Shuo laughed heartily, taking her hand as he turned to leave: "Li Hao... remember to return to the academy later to finish your studies..." Li Hao turned back, grinning. The couple was even more bewildered! Who was that again? Never seen them before! "Does the martial world still exist?" At this moment, someone sighed with emotion. "Marquis, until we meet again!" With that, he laughed heartily, leaped into the air, and soared away. Qian Wuliang's laughter echoed from afar: "This is the last time I call you Marquis... Today, I am Qian Wuliang—my future holds boundless prospects!" Martial masters waved goodbye to Li Hao one after another! After this departure, perhaps they would meet again, or perhaps they never would. Li Hao waved his arms, wearing a heartfelt smile as he bade them farewell one by one. Great Dao power was still draining away madly. In this era, Great Dao power would completely vanish. Perhaps they would be the very last generation of martial masters. Once they died, there would be no more martial arts in this era. Yet... it seemed pretty nice all the same. "A new era, a new world, Silver Moon!" At this moment, roaring shouts echoed once more. Far away, even louder cries reverberated across the lands. "Peerless Human King!" One wave after another actually carried over from the distance. The next moment, from even farther away, a world-shaking shout rang out: "Peerless Emperor Yu!" A moment later, Silver Moon fell silent. Instantly, an even more thunderous roar erupted. "Peerless Demon Sword!" Heaven and earth resounded with wave upon wave of cheers! "Have they all gone crazy?" The middle-aged couple covered their ears, finding it unbelievable. *Has everyone gone mad?* *Is there not a single normal person left?* *The entire world has lost its mind, hasn't it?* ... In a distant land. Upon a desolate desert, an old man with disheveled hair felt the passage of time. He kept his eyes open, looking at the sky, listening to the rising and falling cheers. Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on his face. A whisper drifted away with the wind. "Time... returns to the ordinary..." "Is my absolute space-time... right here?" Life was gradually reaching its end. *Li Hao, even if you didn't kill me, I wouldn't have lived much longer.* *Yet I... don't seem to have that many regrets.* *I thought I would have many regrets.* *It seems... there are none.* The wind swept up dust and sand. Countless yellow grains gradually covered the old man. The old man slowly closed his eyes. *The sky is so bright!* *These cheers seem to be sending me off.* *I lived for two million years. Today, I depart.* Tianfang closed his eyes, a faint smile gradually appearing on his face. *I've lived long enough.* Yellow sand swept across, veiling everything.