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

"After all, the destruction and end contained within the Seed of Time are essentially of the same origin as your authority. When this fragment merges into your heart, its complex laws of time and space will completely shatter the shackles of your human body."

"To weave a neural network for you that truly belongs to the ancient rulers, and to infuse you with the foundation to crush Zogra."

The girl tilted her head slightly, looking into Gu Xu's eyes: "At that time, you will no longer be a human who has wielded the power of the past, you... will be the past itself."

The sentence echoed on the empty, silent platform, carrying a chilling sense of grandeur.

Gu Xu fell silent.

To be honest, he could tell that the girl in front of him wasn't lying.

After all, the abyss within him was frantically sending him signals of safety and longing.

That kind of bond of shared roots cannot be faked.

It's unclear whether these lunatics genuinely want to witness the end or are deliberately deceiving him to achieve some ulterior motive.

But at least he knew that if he were to confront the true form of the false god with his current strength...

There's a high chance it's really a bit risky.

In the distance, the crimson veil that shrouded the Dark Star System continued to expand outward at an alarming rate. Zogra's true form, the ancient god hidden deep within the veil, was greedily devouring the life of the entire star system.

Time no longer allowed him any further testing or hesitation.

Even if it's a strong medicine, he has to swallow it.

"What should I do?"

Thinking of this, Gu Xu didn't look at the elders who were already terrified, but instead focused his gaze on the firefly-shaped mirror.

Upon hearing Gu Xu's answer, a look of wild joy flashed in the white-haired girl's eyes once again.

It was as if she, or the Fools' Court, had been waiting for this day, for this moment, for far too long.

"It's very simple, my lord."

The girl bowed slightly, her voice tinged with a near-sacrificial tremor: "All you need to do is reach out and grasp it, and the rest... this seed, and the great authority within you, will complete this coronation ceremony on their own."

Upon hearing the girl's answer, Gu Xu nodded without any hesitation.

He immediately raised his right hand slowly, toward the singularity fragment that was powerful enough to destroy most of the universe.

He grabbed it firmly.

As his palm drew closer, the surrounding space began to crack and shatter.

Click—click—

At this moment, it was as if an invisible pane of glass was being gradually crushed.

Amidst the horrified gazes of Rigley, Duran, and the others, Gu Xu's fingertips touched the Seed of Time.

There was no earth-shattering explosion as expected, nor any cataclysmic spatial turbulence.

The moment Gu Xu's fingertips touched it.

The luminous mirror, radiating a deep, dark glow, instantly transformed into a pool of silvery-white liquid light, flowing effortlessly into Gu Xu's skin through his fingertips.

Followed by.

Gu Xu's pupils suddenly contracted.

boom--!!!

An indescribable aura of terror, centered on Gu Xu, swept wildly in all directions like the first shockwave at the beginning of the universe.

Just when Gu Xu thought that trying to merge with this thing would inevitably cause him the same kind of intense pain as merging with other ancient powers, he was about to...

But suddenly I realized that what I thought was actually the opposite of what happened.

Yes, there was no severe pain or rejection.

Moreover, everything in the world seemed to fall into absolute silence at this moment.

In other words, everything in the universe, including time itself, completely ceased to function the moment the Seed of Time merged into the body.

It was a wonderful experience that is hard to describe in words.

The next moment, the scene in front of Gu Xu began to distort like a canvas being stretched.

A mysterious white-haired girl.

The metal platform of the Feathered Spirit Hub, the frozen fleet, the stagnant blood-red curtain—all tangible matter faded in the blink of an eye.

They transformed into colorful ribbons of light, stretching wildly into the endless depths of the starry sky.

Watching these rapidly receding bands of shimmering light.

Gu Xu felt an extremely strong sense of déjà vu.

He remembered.

Back in the Silver Moon Secret Realm on Blue Star, in that ice-blue jade palace, when he activated the Loom of Destiny, attempting to explore the connection between himself and the Silver Moon Queen, the world looked just like this.

However, at that time he only managed to glimpse the tip of the iceberg of the threads of fate.

Now, as the band of light continues to stretch, he feels his consciousness being elevated infinitely.

It not only broke free from this human body, but also from the Starfall Divine Realm where the Feathered Spirit Hub is located, and from the dimensional blockade imposed by the false god Zogra.

Even... it has broken away from the current orderly universe that is in operation.

When all the bands of light finally converged into an infinitely small singularity and then vanished with a roar.

Gu Xu found himself back in that familiar place.

That was the ultimate darkness.

There is no up, down, left, or right; no gravity or air; no concept of past or future.

This is the "outside" of the ordered universe.

Gu Xu was like an invisible bystander without a physical form, quietly floating in this absolute nothingness.

He was no stranger to this state; he had been in this perspective during the illusion of the Silver Moon Palace.

I witnessed the fall of that perfect giant who traversed galaxies.

But this time, things seem a little different.

In the boundless darkness, a tiny, extremely faint light suddenly appeared without warning.

The light was initially only the size of a firefly, but in an instant, it expanded rapidly at a speed beyond the limits of human comprehension.

The light tore through the darkness, creating a vast space in the void.

Immediately afterwards, the enormous giant, so massive it was beyond measure, reappeared in Gu Xu's field of vision.

He remains perfect.

The enormous wings on its back radiated a divine glow, and the thick tentacles between the gaps exuded an ultimate sense of power.

At this moment, Gu Xu saw things more clearly and felt them more acutely than before.

He saw that the giant's flawless face was expressionless, but with a slight thought, his enormous hand gently flicked through the air.

As the giant moved, countless stardust began to gather in the space that was stretched open by the light.

Under Gu Xu's gaze, the star was ignited, and the planets coalesced in their orbits.

The scale of time is drastically compressed here.

He saw a blue planet where the first single-celled organisms emerged from the ocean. He saw those carbon-based life forms crawl onto land, learn to use fire, establish primitive tribes, and subsequently develop a brilliant technological civilization.

They eventually broke free of their home planet and established a vast empire spanning dozens of star systems.