The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

Gu Xu saw his future self slowly rising into the air.

The black-robed youth clasped his hands together, and endless dark matter surged wildly from his broken body, perfectly intertwining with the power of the servants of calamity.

These forces formed an extremely thick black shield in the sky, powerful enough to rival the vision of higher dimensions.

Collisions in higher dimensions involve no fancy techniques; it's pure energy crushing.

The purplish-black beam of light shot out from the giant eye.

With the will to erase everything, it crashed down with a deafening roar.

The giant stone statue's massive body did not shatter into stone the moment it came into contact with the beam of light.

Instead of even having a chance to struggle, they were instantly turned into dust.

Immediately afterwards, the powder was completely annihilated in the blinding purple light.

The flock of ravens crashed into the pillar of light one after another, trying to fill the gaps with their bodies and block this destructive force, but they were vaporized the moment they made contact.

The headless horseman and his horse were swallowed by the light.

He may have been a powerful calamity before, but he seems so insignificant in the face of this dimensional attack.

The enormous guillotine didn't even reach the edge of the giant eye before it melted away in the intense light.

But the young man in black robes did not retreat even a step.

He stood rooted to the spot, his hands raised, and black mist poured out from his body, forming a deathly black barrier.

This is the power he gained by mortgaging his future; it is the only bargaining chip he has to withstand the sanctions of higher dimensions.

The beam of light struck the barrier, producing a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

The surface of the barrier rippled violently, and each time it neutralized a fraction of the force, it consumed an enormous amount of calamity's essence.

This is an extremely brutal war of attrition.

While frantically drawing blood from the ancient brain, Gu Xu also kept his eyes fixed on the area above.

He saw that the black-robed youth's body was undergoing changes.

The edges of the already tattered black robe began to become transparent.

The blood-stained bandages wrapped around his face broke off one by one, drifting away in the wind and revealing the equally ethereal skin beneath.

His very existence is being constantly weakened by this terrifying collision.

He never belonged to this time and space.

Its arrival across the long river of time already violates the fundamental logic of the universe.

Now we have to forcibly confront this level of higher-dimensional existence.

The price paid was unimaginable to ordinary people.

"Faster, faster!"

Gu Xu roared inwardly.

His eyes were so wide they looked like they were about to burst.

The old heart within him was like an overloaded generator, pumping wildly.

With each throbbing, a massive amount of calamity power is squeezed out and poured into the tentacles through the veins.

More than a dozen thick tentacles, like enraged giant pythons, frantically attacked the Old Brain.

The mouths on the tentacles opened wide, revealing rows of fine, sharp teeth, as they devoured the energy that radiated divine light.

Each bite takes away a large chunk of dark purple flesh.

The silent lament of the old brain echoed in Gu Xu's mind.

It was a scream that struck straight to the soul, carrying the resentment and fear of a false god's impending doom.

Its health bar was decreasing rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Thirty million.

Ten million.

Two million.

The suction force of the tentacles had reached an extremely terrifying level, and the resistance of the Old Brain was becoming weaker and weaker.

The celestial phenomena surrounding it began to dissipate.

When the last drop of blood was drained, this enormous galactic brain suddenly stopped all fluctuations.

All the eyeballs closed at the same time, and then the mountain-sized body began to collapse from the inside.

The dark green liquid and dark purple energy mixed together and compressed rapidly toward the center.

The entire process was completely silent, exuding an eerie stillness.

There was no deafening explosion, only the muffled sound of a balloon being popped.

The giant ball of flesh disappeared.

Where it originally stood, all the remains are gone.

All that remained was a crystalline object, no bigger than a basketball, suspended in mid-air.

It was the core of a brain tissue, its surface shimmering with a deep, dark purple light.

It exudes the purest divine aura.

A crisp system notification sounded in my mind.

[Ding! Core source material detected! Causality match: 100%!]

[Mission Objective 2: Kill the False God - Completed!]

[A divine remnant has been detected that can be devoured. Devour immediately?]

The blood-red system notification text flashed before Gu Xu's eyes.

Every word carries a fatal allure.

Gu Xu did not hesitate at all; his eyes were filled with fervor.

"Swallow it!!!"

The moment the core was swallowed, Gu Xu felt an extremely cold sensation rush up his throat and straight to his head.

This aura was different from any previous absorption; it did not immediately transform into power, but instead went straight to the depths of consciousness.

This feeling is a hundred times stronger than when I merged with the Heart of the Past last time.

That time it was a physical tearing apart, replacing the human heart with the engine of God; this time, it is a reshaping of the soul and consciousness, forcibly elevating mortal cognition to the dimension of the old ruler.

Holy crap!

Gu Xu suddenly clutched his head, his knees buckled, and he collapsed to his knees on the black earth.

pain.

An indescribable, excruciating pain exploded in his mind.

It's as if someone took a high-speed rotating electric drill, forcefully drilled open his skull, and then poured in a massive amount of information from the entire universe.

His vision instantly lost sight of reality.

He saw countless fine lines.

These lines are colorful, some as thick as hemp ropes, others as thin as hair. They intertwine in the endless void, forming a giant net that covers the entire world and encompasses all dimensions.

This is a timeline, a trajectory of fate, a concrete manifestation of cause and effect.

He witnessed scenes from the past, and those long-forgotten histories were replayed before his eyes.

He saw it now, and everyone's fate was struggling along this line.

He also saw countless possible futures, some glorious and brilliant, others desolate and impoverished.

He saw those lines suddenly break at a certain point, triggering the destruction of a world.

Then, mysteriously, it reconnected at another node, giving birth to a new miracle.

The amount of information is so vast that it could overwhelm the brain of any normal person in an instant.

Under the impact of this massive flow of information, Gu Xu began to bleed from his seven orifices.

Dark red blood dripped down his cheeks and onto the ground.

His entire body was spasming uncontrollably.

But he still clenched his teeth tightly, his gums were bitten raw, and his mouth was full of the taste of blood.

He refused to lose consciousness, enduring the pain even as his soul was being torn apart.

Gu Xu knew very well that this was a necessary process to integrate the old puzzle pieces; to wear the crown, one must bear its weight.