We agreed to set sail, so you'd become the ruler of the deep sea?

Chapter 525 [The Dominator] (The Finale)

"Oops!"

Xia En's expression changed drastically.

He tried to get away, but found himself unable to move.

The black crystals, as if alive, were spreading from his arm to his entire body!

"Finally... I've got you..."

The voice of 【秽司命】 was smug.

"Now... let me see your... [Law of Domination]..."

Xia En felt a cold force invade his body, heading straight for his sea of ​​consciousness.

The five runes trembled violently, but were suppressed by the black crystal, and their light gradually dimmed.

At this moment, the situation has undoubtedly reached its most dangerous point.

In that critical moment, Shane suddenly remembered Lyra's words—

"The key lies in... sacrifice..."

He closed his eyes and made a startling decision.

"Since you want my laws..."

A resolute smile curled at the corners of Xia En's lips.

"Then take them all!"

He deliberately relinquished control over the five runes, allowing the power of [Foul Fate] to envelop them.

The black humanoid was overjoyed and began to devour it greedily.

However, just as it was about to succeed—

The five runes suddenly exploded simultaneously!

"boom--!"

An unprecedented energy storm erupted within Xia En's body, with five colors of light—gray, silver, black, blue, and purple—intertwining to form a pillar of light reaching the heavens!

"No! This is... a trap?!"

The black humanoid tried to retreat in terror, but it was too late.

The violent energy tore it apart completely, and the surrounding space began to collapse as well!
Xia En's figure was swallowed by the light, and his consciousness gradually blurred.

In his final moments of lucidity, he saw a strange vision—

The five fragments of the rune reassembled in the energy storm, gradually coalescing into a brand new, iridescent rune.

[The Rune of the End]!
At the same time, the black pollution on the surface of the Chaos Stele was also purified.

The stone tablet shattered with a crash, revealing a jet-black rune at its core—

Chaos Runes!
The two runes attracted each other and eventually disappeared into Shane's body.

His consciousness sank completely into darkness...

……

……

When Shane woke up again, he found himself floating in nothingness.

There was no light, no sound, and not even a concept of time.

"This is where?"

He tried to move, but couldn't feel his body.

Just then, a seven-colored light shone in the darkness.

Leila's figure reappeared, but this time it was more solid than before.

"Shane, you succeeded."

she said with a smile.

"Success? But [Hui Si Ming]..."

"You destroyed one of His important avatars and preserved the power of the Chaos Stele."

Leila explained softly.

"More importantly, you have grasped the true meaning of [Domination] - sometimes, you must give up something in order to gain true power."

Only then did Xia En notice that the five runes that originally existed in his body had disappeared.

In its place is a seven-colored [End Rune], and the [Chaos Rune] that I just obtained.

"What about the other runes?"

"They did not disappear; they simply merged into a higher level of existence."

Laila reached out and gently touched Shane's forehead.

"Now, it's time to complete the final steps."

A brilliant seven-colored light shone brightly, and Xia En felt his consciousness being pulled into a higher dimension—

Here, he saw the entirety of the [Secret Sea].

Countless [Secret Realms] floated in the void sea like starlight, while further away, a dark shadow was slowly approaching.

The Black Disaster!
"This is the threat we face..."

Xia En was shocked.

"Yes."

Leila stood beside him.

"But you have also seen the true power of the [Law of Domination]."

She pointed to the invisible connections between those [secret realms].

“Every connection is a choice, a possibility.”

"And the duty of the [Dominator] is to maintain the balance of these choices."

Xia En seemed to understand: "So, the [Dominator] doesn't control everything, but rather..."

"It is not about protecting the possibility itself."

Leila continued his words.

"Now, are you ready? To become the true [Master]?"

Xia En took a deep breath and nodded firmly.

"I'm ready."

Leila smiled with satisfaction, her figure gradually merging with Shane's.

“Remember, Shane…”

Her voice echoed in my mind.

"No matter what happens, stick to your choice..."

A burst of seven-colored light erupted, and Xia En felt his existence being completely reconstructed.

Then, he saw once again the vast, magnificent, and indescribable Great Law.

Unlike the previous instances where only a few marks could be left on the Great Law.

This time, Xia En had a premonition—

He is able to truly control, even dominate, this law!

next moment.

A bright blue eye opened upon the Great Law.

That being was none other than the Eye of the Secret Sea, which had been by Xia En's side since the very beginning of his transmigration!
The pupils of the Eye of the Secret Sea are as deep as the starry sky, reflecting Xia En's figure.

"We've finally come this far, Shane."

Its voice is no longer mechanically cold, but carries a certain ancient and distant rhythm, as if thousands of voices are whispering at the same time.

Xia En stared at it, a complex mix of emotions welling up inside him.

"What...are you?"

The Eye of the Secret Sea flickered slightly, and the surrounding Great Laws rippled in response.

"I am an observer, a recorder, and a guide."

"I have existed since the birth of the [Secret Sea], witnessing the rise and fall of countless civilizations and recording every forgotten piece of history."

"And you, Xia En, are the only being in all of history to have touched upon the true meaning of [Domination]."

After a moment of silence, Xia En asked, "Then, what exactly is the [Black Calamity]? And why is the [Foul Fate] so obsessed with the law of devouring?"

The pupils of the [Eye of the Secret Sea] contracted slightly, and countless fragmented images appeared in the surrounding void—

The stars faded, the secret realm collapsed, and creatures wailed in the darkness…

"The Black Calamity is the final cycle of the Secret Sea."

"When the laws become unbalanced and the Great Law can no longer be maintained, everything will return to nothingness and then be reborn."

"【The Filthy Fate】 is not simply a destroyer, but a survivor of the last 【Black Calamity】. Fearing the end would come again, it attempts to devour all laws and become the sole 【Dominator】, thus prolonging its existence in a distorted way."

Xia En was startled.

"So, His purpose is not destruction, but... a twisted form of salvation?"

“That’s right,” the Eye of the Secret Sea whispered. “But such a ruler would only plunge the Secret Sea into eternal decay.”

Xia En took a deep breath, his gaze resolute.

"Therefore, I only have one choice—"

"End the cycle, restore balance."

The light of the Eye of the Secret Sea shone brightly, and the surrounding Great Laws began to resonate. Seven-colored streams of light surrounded Shane, as if responding to his will.

"The final step, Shane." "Inscribe your will into the [Great Law]."

Xia En closed his eyes, completely opening his consciousness and merging with the [End Rune] and [Chaos Rune].

His presence seemed to transform into a beam of light, piercing through the endless void and reaching the core of the Great Law.

There, he saw all the possibilities of the [Secret Sea]—

Past, present, future—countless branches, countless choices.

And he will be the one who decides everything.

"I, Xia En, in the name of the [Dominator]—"

"Announcing the end of the end, announcing the breaking of the cycle."

"This is my law!"

boom--!
The Great Law trembled violently, and a new mark emerged upon it—

It was a rune interwoven with seven colors of light, symbolizing the will of the [Dominator], and also symbolizing a new beginning.

……

……

【Sea of ​​Stars】

The filthy apostles and fleet under the command of [Hui Si Ming] are flooding into this [Secret Realm] like a tidal wave.

Wherever the tide passes, it swallows up and pollutes everything.

Only the Tower of All Laws stands firm like a reef in the ocean waves.

Even so, the increasingly dim runes on the tower and the constant deaths of the secret cultivators all indicate...

They can't hold on much longer.

"Report! The eastern defense line has collapsed!"

"The Seventh Fleet has been completely annihilated!"

"Those monsters are breaking through to the final stage—"

Amidst the blaring alarms, chaos erupted in the central control room of the Tower of All Laws.

Leon, the master of the Tower of All Laws, watched as the defensive nodes on the holographic star map kept going out, his aged fingers digging deeply into his palms.

Suddenly, the entire star field froze.

The artillery fire that was being fired solidified into a band of light, scattered metal fragments hovered in mid-air, and even the ferocious expression of the corrupted apostle was frozen on its face.

A force beyond comprehension swept across the battlefield, causing a strange tremor in everyone's heart.

"This is."

Lyon looked up, trembling, and saw that the polluted starry sky had suddenly cracked open, creating a gap that stretched across the heavens.

Seven-colored light cascaded down like a waterfall, melting away the filthy secret power wherever it touched.

In the center of the light, a figure slowly walked out.

He was wearing his familiar captain's uniform, but the hem of his shirt transformed into flowing starlight.

His left eye pulsed with chaotic black, his right eye settled with the gray of the end, and a seven-colored rune appeared faintly between his brows.

When he took his first step, time, which had been frozen, began to flow again;
The second step involves landing, and the shattered space automatically repairs itself.
As the third step was taken, the fallen soldiers sat up in a daze.

"That is……"

Everyone inside the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws stared wide-eyed.

"One of the candidates for [Dominator], Xia En?"

Lyon muttered to himself, "No, he has become the true [Master]."

"Moreover, he is unlike any other [Dominator] in the past."

The young captain did not answer.

He simply raised his hand, and those menacing black warships vanished silently into the starlight, like pencil drawings erased by an eraser.

The corrupt apostles let out mournful howls as their bodies disintegrated into the most primal particles of secret power.

The entire [Sea of ​​Stars] resonated, with the stars twinkling at a specific frequency, as if playing a symphony to welcome the ruler.

"impossible!"

From the wreckage of a giant warship, one of [Hui Siming's] clones struggled to crawl out.

"How could you possibly have complete control over the Great Law!"

Xia En finally spoke, his voice carrying the echo of millions.

"Because I finally understand that domination is not about control, but about acceptance."

He reached out and grasped, and the clone of [Hui Si Ming] suddenly convulsed violently.

The black, corrosive outer shell peeled away, revealing a faint wisp of silver light inside—the very source of the devoured [Law of Time].

"Look, even in the deepest darkness, there is still light that has not been extinguished."

With a flick of his fingertips, a silver light leaped into his palm like a swimming fish.

"This is the true appearance of the [Secret Sea]."

As he moved, all the corrupted laws of power on the battlefield began to flow backward.

Where the black tide receded, a rainbow of colors flowed across the land, withered Star Spirit Flowers bloomed anew, and shattered fragments of the secret realm automatically returned to their places.

Faced with this power, the corruption of [Hui Si Ming] appears so vulnerable!
"Do not--!"

From the distant void came the angry and unwilling roar of [Hui Siming].

"Shane! You think this is the end of it?!"

"As long as the [Secret Sea] exists, the [Black Calamity] will never disappear!"

Xia En stared into the depths of the void, his gaze piercing through countless dimensions, directly looking at the origin of [Hui Si Ming].

His voice was calm yet firm: "You're right, the [Black Calamity] will not disappear."

"But it will no longer be a cycle of destruction."

Seven-colored light flowed around Xia En, and the [End Rune] and [Chaos Rune] shone brightly, outlining mysterious trajectories in the void.

"I will reshape the Great Law, making the end the beginning of new life."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire [Secret Sea] trembled!
Countless creatures in the secret realms looked up at the sky and saw enormous, seven-colored runes appearing above the starry firmament. The power of the laws, like a spring breeze and gentle rain, nourished every inch of the land.

[Hui Siming] let out a resentful roar, and the black tide launched a frantic counterattack, but vanished the moment it touched the seven-colored light.

“No! That’s impossible!”

Xia En said nothing more, but simply raised his hand slightly.

A pure, seven-colored beam of light pierced through the void, reaching the core of [Hui Si Ming].

The distorted darkness struggled and twisted within the light, until finally—

Like a bubble bursting.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no devastating impact.

The existence of [Hui Siming] was thus completely erased, as if it had never existed.

Further away, the Black Calamity, which was about to sweep through several Secret Realms, was actually slowly receding away.

Hidden in the deepest darkness of the [Secret Sea].

The Black Calamity has not disappeared, but in this era, it will be sealed away by Shane in a place unknown to anyone.

There was silence on the battlefield.

Everyone held their breath, gazing at the godlike figure in the starry sky.

However, Xia En disappeared from everyone's sight.

When he reappeared, he was on the deck of the Black Swan.

The crew members stared in shock as the "Black Calamity" faded into the distance.

"Captain...did you succeed?"

Joey murmured in disbelief.

Xia En smiled slightly, his gaze sweeping over each crew member.

"No, we succeeded."

He raised his hand, and a seven-colored rune appeared in his palm, radiating a soft yet powerful light.

"The threat of the Black Calamity has been eliminated, but the journey through the Secret Sea is far from over."

"As the [Dominator], I will maintain the balance and protect every possibility."

"And you—"

"Would you like to continue walking with me?"

The crew members exchanged glances, then all smiled.

"Of course, Captain!"

Carles started the engine, and the sails of the Black Swan billowed in the breeze.

"So--"

Xia En gazed at the boundless sea of ​​stars, a smile playing on his lips.

"start sailing!"

The Black Swan transformed into a streak of light and sailed off in a new direction.

And in the vast depths of the [Secret Sea], the [Eye of the Secret Sea] silently watches over everything, its pupils reflecting infinite possibilities.

(End of the book)

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