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Chapter 359 Trouble, this will be a forbidden move from now on.

In the stillness of space and time, the two forces began to merge.

Creation and destruction, like two golden dragons chasing and tearing at each other, swirled and collided between the two Shuen's palms. Each contact unleashed terrifying energy powerful enough to crack the dimension itself.

"Not enough. 2"

The two Shurns whispered at the same time.

Two kinds of primordial divine fire might be able to forcibly burn these fragments of time, but that would be too brutal and not thorough enough.

Just now, the massive amount of time energy absorbed from Father Kang's Throne of Time gave Xiu En the most superficial but also the most intuitive understanding of the law of time.

He learned that time can be stretched, compressed, or paused.

Therefore, it should also be able to burn.

A wisp of Gengxin metal energy, representing slaughter and ending, overflowed from Xiu En's fingertips and merged into the two intertwined divine flames!

Then, to Barina's astonishment, he saw a circle of green light.

That was the light of will that he knew all too well, shining from Xiu En and pouring into that ball of energy!

"This belongs to Hal!"

"That's not all."

The overload alarms on Victor's body went off in a cacophony.

"Multiple emotional spectrum energy responses detected! Anger, hope, pity, love—my God, what exactly is hidden inside him?"

The integration continues!

The Flame of the Golden Crow, the Origin of the Sun, the Metal Qi of Geng and Xin, the Law of Time, the Power of the Emotional Spectrum —

All these conflicting yet common forces from different universes and systems were ultimately brought together in a perfect balance by the divine will of Xiu En!

All the light vanished in an instant.

The terrifying energy finally condensed between the two Xiuen's palms into a spear that was only a little over a meter long, with a warm, white jade-like color, golden cloud patterns flowing across its surface, and a slightly dark light flashing at its tip.

It looks ordinary and harmless, and even has a touch of sacred beauty.

But the moment Lucifer saw the spear of light, a look of fear appeared in his eyes, which had seen through countless lies and desires.

He sensed something far more terrifying from that spear of light, something that transcended creation and destruction.

That is nothing.

It is the ultimate nothingness, which completely reduces everything that exists to nothingness. This nothingness is clearly something that Xiu En created by referencing the Black Death Emperor, but its power far surpasses that of the Black Death Emperor.

The two Xiuens looked at the artwork in their hands and, in the same tone, offered their final eulogy to the artist before them.

"Your art is nothingness."2

They both let go of each other's hands at the same time.

The white jade-colored spear of light drifted toward the fragment of Kang that was floating in the air.

Time had no effect on the light spear, as if it did not exist in this spacetime at all.

Then, the spear tip touched the largest fragment containing Kang's eye.

The fragment of time that was touched simply vanished.

This fragment of Kahn has been erased from the very root of the concept of existence.

It was as if it had never existed.

Then came the second piece, and the third piece —

One by one, the white jade spear erased the three-dimensional painting called Eternal Shattering.

After all the fragments disappeared into the void, the white jade spear also completed its mission, turning into specks of light and vanishing without a trace.

The watchmaker Kang, who thought himself a conqueror of eternal art, along with all traces of his existence and the concept his name represented, was permanently erased from this timeline.

Apart from Xiu En and his group, no one would remember that he ever existed.

Barry stared at the empty void and felt his throat go dry.

"Vic, did you record it?"

"It was recorded, but my processor can't analyze anything that just happened. All the analysis results are either errors or non-existent."

Victor shook his head.

"My eyes also tell me that nothing happened there just now."

Barry rubbed his eyes, a look of lingering fear on his face.

"But my Speed ​​Force senses tell me that a universe was just born there, and then it was destroyed?"

He looked at Xiu En, as if he had forgotten something.

"Hey, Shum, I take back what I said earlier. Your reinforcements didn't just arrive in time! You practically rode on God himself to open the door for us!"

After a silent cleaning, looking at the empty void, the two Xiuens simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the ground beneath their feet, composed of countless gears, began to crack!

With the core pillar of watchmaker Kang being conceptually erased, this dimensional space, which relied entirely on his personal will and power to maintain itself, also ushered in its inevitable fate.

The world is about to collapse.

Countless gears broke off and crashed into the pendulum further away, triggering a chain reaction of explosions. Deep, bottomless spatial rifts spread outwards.

"Oh dear, looks like we're going to be buried here."

Lucifer looked around, his face showing no sign of tension, but rather an appreciation for the apocalyptic landscape.

"Shuen!"

Barry and Victor immediately came to Shum's side, looking nervous.

"Shut up, Lucifer!"

The two Xiuens spoke impatiently at the same time.

They looked at this shattered world that was about to return to chaos, and sighed.

"I knew I shouldn't have gone for such a high stakes."

Despite their complaints, their actions continued. Xiu En stretched out his hand, and the fire in his palm ignited once more, this time transforming into the gentlest light.

He then used the immense amount of time energy he had just absorbed from Kang's throne, purified and transformed it with divine fire, and gave it back to the world.

"I hate fixing things."

Along with this complaint, a soft golden light rapidly spread. The shattering gears ceased their breaking, the massive spatial rift was slowly smoothed out, and the entire dimensional space was re-stabilized under a more stable set of laws.

However, the moment the world was repaired, something even more unbelievable happened!

With the complete disappearance of the time-stasis law that Kang had imposed on all things, his vast collection in this world was finally freed!

An alien warship with a wingspan of over a thousand meters appeared above them! Its cannons instantly charged and locked onto Xiu En and the others below.

"Where is this?! The Arbiter, Third Fleet of the Kree Empire! We are on a blockade mission against Xandar! Who are you?!"

A furious roar came from the warship's public communication channel.

"roar--!"

On the other side, a giant space worm with a body length of over fifty meters and six eyes also broke free from the void. It swung its huge tail and looked around blankly. Then, it took the intense energy emanating from Xiu En as food and opened its blood-red maw!

Following that, a floating sky garden, a fully armed centaur cavalry, a singing and dancing robot circus, and even a casino asteroid with half of its interior removed—

Hundreds and thousands of collections with different styles and from different timelines, which were regarded as works of art by watchmaker Kang and had been frozen in time, all came to life at the same time!

What they had in common was that their memories were stuck just a second before they were collected, but the problem was that they had forgotten Kang. Therefore, they believed that Xiu En and his group had forcibly kidnapped them from their own world to this godforsaken place!

Suddenly, the whole world turned into a surprise party.

"Drop your weapons! You are surrounded!"

The centaur cavalry leader drew back his energy longbow.

"Zzzzz! (Translation: Who are you? Want to join our performance?)"

A clown from a robot circus, riding a unicycle, throws a cream pie that explodes.

The Kree Empire's warships did not hesitate to fire a powerful plasma main cannon!

"My God!"

Barry was going completely crazy.

"What is all this nonsense?!"

Xiu En's clone casually waved his hand, and a golden light barrier easily blocked the plasma cannon. Then, both the main body and the clone showed expressions of headache.

"Little Flower!"

With a sense of utter despair, Xiu En began an internal communication with the sunflower on his shoulder.

"I take back what I said before, I will never use that white jade spear move again."

A sunflower leaf brushed against Xiu En's cheek, and her voice echoed in his mind: "Now you know you regret it? You made such a big scene this time? Demolition is fun for a while, but cleaning up the mess is a nightmare, don't you understand?"

"Yes, yes, you're right. So what do we do now?"

"What else can you do? You have to clean up your own mess. Do you really expect that devil watching from the sidelines to help you?"

Shuen's gaze shifted to Lucifer.

The King of Hell conjured up a luxurious armchair and a glass of red wine from who-knows-where, and sat leisurely in the center of the chaos, watching the Kree warships' cannon fire and the space worms' tails whipping around, a look of ecstasy on his face.

After noticing Xiu En's gaze, he even raised his glass in a gesture of respect, the meaning of which was clear: you guys are busy, don't worry about me, I'm enjoying the show.

There's no hope of getting him to work out.

Xiu En sighed again. He looked at the collection, which was eyeing him covetously and making a ruckus.

He scratched his head in frustration, then pleaded with Barry and Victor.

"Barry, Vic, it's your turn. Help me out and explain things to them."

Watching the two Shuen say those words almost simultaneously and then prepare to wash their hands of the matter, Barry Allen felt that half of his Speed ​​Force might have been wasted on mental exhaustion.

"Hey! Wait a minute! This isn't fair!"

He stood in front of the two Xiuens.

"There are at least several hundred races here! And a warship that looks anything but friendly! You want the two of us to explain things to them? How? With love? Or with Vic's sonic cannon as a translator?"

"That sounds like a good idea."

The two Xiuens spoke in unison and nodded simultaneously.

Barry felt like he was going crazy.

"Fine, fine, I give up. So what if there are a lot of people? Anyone can call in reinforcements."

After he finished speaking, behind the two Xiu En, one after another, figures dressed in black trench coats and golden armor, just like them, appeared one after another from the void, as if copied and pasted!

Ten, fifty, one hundred, five hundred —

In the blink of an eye, thousands of Xiu En filled this dimensional space to the brim! Some had their arms crossed, some were tossing gold coins, and some were munching on cookies they had pulled out from who-knows-where. Each of them wore the same expression of annoyance as they looked at the group of collectors who were completely dumbfounded.

These clones aren't very strong, but they're enough to handle this level of problem.

Lucifer, who was watching the spectacle, paused in mid-air with his wine glass in hand, before exclaiming sincerely in a dreamlike tone, "Oh, brilliant!"

"Alright, we have enough manpower now."

Xiu En gave orders to the dark mass of his own people behind him.

"Each person has their own target."

"Whether I appease them, pack them up and send them away, or beat them up and then reason with them, I want to make this place cleaner than Afu's kitchen within half an hour."

"Did you understand?"

"Received!" N

Thousands of voices responded in unison, with the same tone. Then, the peacekeeping force, composed of only Xiu En, split into thousands of groups and rushed toward their respective objectives.

Some of the Shurns flew up to the Kree warship and violently destroyed its main gun, then grabbed the commander by the collar and shook him wildly.

Some of the worms tied a knot in the giant space worm and began to study whether its flesh was suitable for grilling or sashimi.

Some of the Xiu'en joined the robot circus and won thunderous applause from the entire robot audience with their light-powered juggling skills.

Watching the farce gradually subside, Xiu En finally felt a sense of peace.

He contacted the command center of Ximu Realm again.

Bruce's holographic image appeared almost instantly.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Bruce sounded somewhat surprised. In his plan, at this time, Hugh and the others should have already embarked on their journey home.

"It's nothing, just a minor after-sales issue, but it's been resolved."

Hugh replied, changing the subject to avoid Bruce pressing him for an answer.

"On your end, I just heard some interesting broadcasts. It seems like it's not just my stage that's having such a lively performance?"

Did you hear that?

Bruce wasn't surprised. He nodded and said calmly.

"Yes, the first phase of Project Sunday was very successful."

"We have dispersed almost all of the Kangzhi Council's mobile forces. According to my latest assessment, in the next 24 to 48 hours, their main fleet will be completely bogged down on dozens of different battlefields, unable to carry out any effective regrouping and support."

"In other words, we emptied Kang's hometown?"

"That's one way to understand it."

Bruce admitted.

"All the feints are for one ultimate purpose. The bigger the commotion we create, the more vulnerable our center becomes. And now the best time to infiltrate has arrived."

Xiu En immediately understood.

"Are Loki and the others about to make their move?"

"Yes. I have synchronized all the real-time updates of the battlefield with Loki and Sylvie. They will take advantage of the golden window of opportunity when the internal communication and command systems of the Council of Kang are in disarray to infiltrate the City of Time, the origin of all Kang variants."

"sounds good."

Xiu En nodded.

"So is there anything else I can help you with? Or can I go back now and wait for Afu to cook dinner?"

I suggest you cancel your dinner plans for now.

Bruce said he pulled up another encrypted file with the highest priority.

"Loki and Sylvie are in charge of infiltration and location, which is crucial. But based on my analysis of the data left behind by that benevolent Kang variant, the outer perimeter of the Time City is guarded by an ancient variant known as the God-King Kang."

"He almost never leaves his throne, nor does he participate in any of the Council's conquests. His sole purpose in existence is to be the last gatekeeper of the City of Time. His power is unfathomable, and he is hostile to any non-Konian existence."

"Loki and his men can fool the outer guards, but they absolutely cannot fool him. In other words, before they complete their mission, we need someone, or a small team, to hold off God-King Kang head-on and create opportunities for them."

Shuen understood what Bruce meant.

"Any better news?" Shum asked.

Bruce nodded.

"Yes, according to the data, this Shen Jun Kang and the watchmaker you just dealt with share a high degree of aesthetic consistency. He is also an artist."

"This is really not good news."

As Shuen listened to Bruce's final words, he developed a physical aversion to the word "artist." This group of artists were all disgusting.

"understood."

Xiu En replied with one sentence and then cut off the communication.

He turned around and looked at the battlefield, which was gradually returning to order. Countless versions of himself were outwitting and outmaneuvering the bizarre and wonderful collectibles, while Barry and Victor dutifully acted as translators and mediators.

Lucifer, meanwhile, sat leisurely on his sofa, sipping his wine and watching the whole scene with relish. He even raised a friendly toast to a centaur knight who had tried to harass him with a mental attack, after which the unfortunate knight foamed at the mouth and passed out.

"Hey, you're here to watch the show."

Xiu En's voice sounded behind him.

Lucifer took a sip of his drink.

"What? My dear Sun God, do your peacekeeping forces really need the professional guidance of an advisor like me?"

"No. I just came to let you know we need to go to the next film set."

Lucifer raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh? So soon? Can't you let me appreciate this hard-won peace for a moment? Look at that space worm, it seems to have already learned to tie its tail into a bow."

"I don't have time to admire the bow."

Xiu En stepped forward and grabbed Lucifer's wrist, almost spilling the red wine.

"Hey! Watch out! This is the first sin from the thirteenth level of hell!"

Lucifer finally couldn't keep up the act any longer and complained in dissatisfaction.

"Don't get my clothes dirty!"

"Then stop talking nonsense."

Xiuen grabbed his wrist and forcibly pulled him up from the sofa.

"I'm gone."

"Hey! Hey! Xiu En!"

Seeing that Shuen was really going to drag Lucifer away by force, Barry quickly transformed into a streak of red light and rushed over.

"You're leaving already? What are we going to do here?"

He pointed to the thousands of Shuen clones still engaged in diplomatic negotiations, and the collections that remained vigilant.

"They'll handle it, don't worry."

Before anyone knew it, two more of Shuen's clones appeared beside Barry, patted him on the shoulder, and answered in unison.

Barry.

Victor's voice came from behind him.

"Let them go. I think they have more important things to do."

Steelbone had vaguely guessed what was going on from the previous conversation. He walked up to Xiu En's main body and nodded solemnly to him.

"Thank you all this time. Take care on your journey."

"It's nothing."

Xiu En smiled at him.

"Next time you encounter something like this, remember to call for help immediately, don't try to handle it all by yourself."

After saying that, he grabbed Lucifer, who was still grumbling about being rude, barbaric, and lacking any noble spirit, and tore open another spatial rift portal with his bare hands, then plunged into it.

The crack closed behind them.

"Can----"

Barry and Victor were left alone, staring at the thousands of Shuen clones and the still noisy collection, exchanging speechless glances and bitter smiles.

Shortly afterward, Shum and Lucifer stepped out of the portal.

This is the final destination for all the fragmented timelines that have been cut off and have nowhere else to go.

This place is completely different from the world of precise clockwork. Here, it is a truly eternal gray, with an endless, hazy void. Countless stone gears, long since ceased to turn, float silently in this grayness. Some remnants of what appear to be gnawed worlds, like isolated islands, are scattered in various corners of the void.

Time seems to lose its meaning here. Sometimes it's as fast as lightning, letting you see a stone crumble before your eyes in an instant. Other times it's as slow as a snail, allowing you to clearly see the trajectory of a speck of dust as it floats.

"oh----"

Even the well-traveled Lucifer couldn't help but sigh in amazement upon seeing this sight.

"What a huge, empty, and utterly lifeless junkyard. I'm starting to feel a little sorry for the so-called God-King Kang. Guarding this pile of junk every day, even an immortal being would probably go insane."

As they surveyed this area, at the edge of the gray void, a floating city, haphazardly constructed from countless buildings of different styles, hovered there.

That is the City of Time and Space.

The place of origin for all Kang variants.

At the very top of the City of Time and Space, a throne faces the endless void.

A figure sat regally on the throne.

He was dressed in a gray robe that resembled that of an ancient scholar, with a hood obscuring his face and making it impossible to see his features.

He sat there motionless, as if he had been sitting there for billions of years. He eternally watched over this graveyard of time, filled with death and endings.

He is Immortus, the God-King Kang. The gatekeeper of the City of Time and Space, the ultimate observer of all stories.

The moment Shuon and Lucifer appeared, his head, hidden in the shadow of his hood, seemed to twitch slightly.