Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

Jiang Jiu's hand paused slightly.

Then there was another sound.

thump.

Jiang Jiu took a few steps back.

The core hovered in mid-air, slowly rotating in front of him. With each rotation, it grew larger, and the grayish-white fragments peeled off its surface and drifted into the void.

One lap, two laps...

Then, step by step, you acquire the outline of a planet.

[Topa: !]

[Hanabi:! 】

March 7th: !

[Yun Li: That's...that's...]

【Spirit Sand: The Rebirth of a Planet...?】

Jingyuan: No...

[Yao Guang: It exists.]

That is not rebirth after destruction.

It was a miracle born from nothingness, a new existence emerging from despair after breaking free from nothingness.

"The seed died, and then it sprouted."

"It doesn't even know whether the world has sprouted or not."

"Does every freshman have to die once?"

"Aha, I don't think so."

"If the end of destruction is the beginning of new life... then what about nothingness?"

[Hanabi: Exist! ! ! 】

[Fireworks: The end of nothingness is existence!!!]

[Fireworks: Ascend to Godhood! Ascend to Godhood!!! I knew it! That joke wasn't just for show! A seed can only sprout when it dies, and a planet can only be reborn when it's swallowed by nothingness! Jiang Jiu, you yourself are that seed, and you're finally going to sprout!!]

[March 7th: He personally verified its existence! What else could this be but a premonition of godhood? This must be a premonition of godhood!]

[Silver Wolf: So he retrieved what the Void had swallowed from the Void?]

[Qingque: Is existence the end of nothingness...?]

[Qingque: The joke circulating in the universe is actually true? If this proposition holds true, then the underlying logic of the entire universe needs to be rewritten! Theoretically, everything swallowed by nothingness can be salvaged by existence?]

[Fu Xuan: Not everything swallowed by the void can be salvaged. He entered the void, grasped its core, and then pulled it out of the void.]

[Jingyuan: Bring it back.]

[Flying Sky: The Triumph of Existence! With the Imperial Bow above, the Immortal Ship witnessed the birth of a Star God! Not through destruction, not through cycles, but by snatching it from the hands of nothingness!]

[Yanqing: This fate is just too cool!]

[Jing Yuan: Yan Qing, talk less and observe more. At the moment the Star God ascends, mortals will see as much as they can; this is an opportunity.]

[Yun Li: But General Jing Yuan, Jiang Jiu hasn't ascended to godhood yet! He only revived a planet, does that count as godhood?]

[Yao Guang: Not yet, but soon.]

[ScrewGumm: Who would have thought that the answer to something that has puzzled everyone for so many years would be so simple?]

[The Black Tower: The immortal Dragon Ancestor once roamed the primordial chaos, questioning the existence of "being." Who could have imagined that "being" itself resided in the deepest recesses of nothingness?]

Nihilism negates everything, negates existence, negates meaning, negates all traces of having lived, laughed, cried, and loved, erasing them one by one from the world.

In the end, what will be left?

The self-destructer walks the path of nothingness, using their own life and their own will to constantly prove themselves to nothingness...

Its own, its "existence".

Nothingness itself exists.

If nothingness doesn't exist, then what is nothingness?

Just as everyone expected, Jiang Jiu softly uttered the answer they had been waiting for.

"So, is the end of nothingness... existence?"

[Star: He finally said it! "The end of nothingness is existence." I've been waiting for this sentence for an entire sky, no, for several days, no, from the very first line until now.]

[March 7th: What a huge detour!]

[March 7th: From the Iron Tomb to the Wise One, from the Star Gods' battle to the collapse of the universe, from Aha's joke to this resurrected planet, in the end, all we got was this one sentence—such a calm sentence.]

[Danheng: That's enough.]

[Fireworks: When others ascend to godhood, there should at least be extraordinary celestial phenomena or a grand spectacle, right? But him, all he does is a single person, a tiny stone that has just come to life, and a casual, self-assured question and answer. What kind of godhood ceremony is this?]

[Qingque: What's his current state? Has he ascended to godhood? Has he become a star god? Why do I feel like he's still hesitating? He's already on the path of destiny, why isn't he going in?]

Fu Xuan: Not yet.

[Fu Xuan: You can think of him as someone who has acquired all of Xi Lian's memories.]

[Fu Xuan: He can choose to give up, or he can choose to ascend to godhood.]

[Topa: Do you remember the initial problems with this line?]

[Topa: This is a doomed end, a... a path to certain death.]

Therefore, no one can change it.

No matter what changes are made to the past, no matter who is killed or who is saved, it will not affect the predetermined ending.

The matters between the Star Gods are destined to be resolved only by the Star Gods themselves.

so.......

Jiang Jiu closed his eyes for a couple of seconds, then slowly opened them again.

"Oh, I see..."

"It's truly remarkable that so many star gods indulge in my foolishness, and even the learned Venerable One, upon discovering that he couldn't convince me, was willing to risk his life to show him..."

[Fireworks: This is really ridiculous.]

[Topa: It's rare that I don't want to deny you, Hanabi.]

[Yao Guang: Getting to this point has truly been difficult. So many star gods have helped Jiang Jiu, and every hint they gave was meant to help him reach this stage.]

[The Robin: Perhaps it is precisely because the deadlock is already set that they spare no effort in helping the only variable ascend to godhood.]

[Sunday: Perhaps we can look at it from a different perspective.]

[Sunday: This world is truly beyond saving. The universe has no choice but to appeal to the nascent "existence" to awaken it and elevate it to godhood.]

[March 7th: Upon closer inspection, quite a few star gods have lent a helping hand along the way.]

[March 7th: Aha needs no introduction, the Guardian Star God Amber King, the Hunting Star God Lan, the Destroyer Star God Nanuk, the Harmonious Star God Hipe, the Memory Star God Fuli, the Abundant Star God Pharmacist, the Wise Star God Master of Knowledge...]

[Star: You've forgotten the most, most, most, most important one, the Void Star God IX.]

[Qingque:........]

[Qingque: You guys should have kept quiet until you counted. Now that I've counted, I realize that it seems like every single active Star God has actually offered their assistance?!]

[Fu Xuan: It seems all the star gods are guiding him, reminding him, helping him, hinting at him, and even martyring him.]

[Feixiao: So... is it almost over?]

Thus, the stars and rivers revolved, and the mountains and rivers changed.

The timeline was reset, and Jiang Jiu restarted the fourth timeline.

The scene before my eyes flickered.

The scene before me became clear again; the scene I was about to enter was a narrow passage between fates.

Jiang Jiu stood before Bo Shizun at this moment, surrounded by an empty space, yet surging with an indescribable power of destiny.

He raised his hand, looked at the Star God of Wisdom, and asked one last question.

"The all-knowing being, I ask you a question."

"—What is divinity?"

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[Qingque: I...I'm a little nervous.]

[Fu Xuan: It's not like you're ascending to godhood, why are you so nervous?]

[Qingque: I'm just... a little surprised... I've been looking forward to this moment all along, but now that it's actually here, I feel a bit incredulous.]

[Jingyuan: It really wasn't easy.]

[Fireworks; It's such a serious moment, but I still can't help but chime in. If you couldn't resist, just pretend you didn't see this.]

[Fireworks: You just killed someone, and now you're asking Him questions? Doesn't Jiang Jiu feel embarrassed?]

[Yao Guang: It's highly likely that the learned and knowledgeable one also went to his death willingly. As long as the final answer can be obtained, nothing else matters.]

[Fireworks: This is the true curiosity of the intellectual destiny.]

[Fireworks: Sacrificing myself in search of a solution.]

[Topa: So, divinity... what does it mean? Does it mean losing humanity?]

[Xi Lian: People believe that divinity is flawless humanity, and humanity is flawed divinity?]

There are many different opinions on this question, and everyone has their own answer. Naturally, the Venerable Master Boshi did not answer this question.

It's not that we can't, it's that we don't need to.

He does not need to answer what divinity is for a star god.