Honkai Summoning.

Power—if you can really bring someone out of the City of Dragons, it's only because that person's faction has already fallen apart; a distinguished guest can't escape no matter what.

To this day, only one person has ever escaped the Dragon City, though he merely fled without bringing any princesses with him. He remains a renowned "adventurer" of Halkenia, and has even established his own small kingdom.

The "plundering" of a large number of heirs plunged Halkenia into a relatively chaotic situation. In this not-too-serious chaos, commoners who would otherwise never have had a chance to rise up found an opportunity to do so.

The lesser nobles, who were originally suppressed by the higher nobles, also found an opportunity to rise in status.

And the place where one can most easily "leap over the dragon gate" is the Dragon City that stands in Tristine, seemingly eternal and unyielding.

Even if the City of Demon Dragons is extremely dangerous, out of a thousand people who enter it, nine hundred and ninety-nine will never come out.

However, according to the only one who came out, the Demon Dragon Su Mo was not as dangerous as rumored, and could devour hundreds of people with a single bite.

On the contrary, this dragon seems to be simply following the rules of what a dragon in a fairy tale should do: capture the princess and wait for the arrival of the knight-errant who will defeat it.

And so, one moth after another flew towards the flame, seemingly never stopping.

"You haven't been involved in matters within the castle for a long time."

Henrietta stood beside Su Mo and asked, "In the past year or two, the actual administrator of the Dragon City has not been Su Mo, but her."

As the highest-ranking prisoner, Henrietta began to "help" Su Mo after realizing the reality.

If Su Mo's strength hadn't reached a point where any scheme would be meaningless, Henrietta could have easily sidelined him and launched a counterattack.

Clearly, the Louise sisters, including Henrietta, are very clever and continue to serve Su Mo wholeheartedly, conducting this "rehearsal".

"Hmm, it's almost done." Su Mo opened his closed eyes.

"Do you want to end this experiment?" Henrietta asked, her expression calm and indifferent. Only a faint remnant of the gentle princess she once was remained.

Over the years, she had witnessed far too much death, and not all of it was caused by Su Mo, but rather by the heroes, knights, and adventurers themselves.

Moths drawn to the flame are killing each other.

“Yes,” Su Mo said, “I’m leaving now, it’s almost time.”

"Respectfully seeing you off, my lord. We will wait here for your return." Henrietta bowed her head, but received no response for a long time. When she raised her head again, the black and gold throne was empty.

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Many years have passed since World War I, which shook almost every corner of the world.

For races with lifespans of only around one hundred years, such as humans, it was just a fleeting dream. Although not much time has passed, most people have forgotten this dream.

Originally, this was the "move" that Heaven used to fight Su Mo. Heaven had already died, and that battle, about the endless world, about the power of the primordial, etc., passed by like flowing water in the hearts and memories of ordinary people, leaving no memory.

But for other powerful individuals, it's not just a dream.

It was a real event, a matter of life and death for them.

Just like resource depletion, it's not something most people need to worry about, because many people will have already died long before the resources are depleted.

But if you could live for a thousand years, or even ten thousand years, then in order to survive, you would have to care about and be concerned about such things.

The Heavenly Dao cast Su Mo's existence into the entire endless world, and his homeland, Earth, also came into the sight of countless powerful beings.

Although there are no longer any powerful beings as strong as the Heavenly Dao or those who survived the collapse, there are still quite a few super beings slightly weaker in the endless world.

Some of these "geniuses" have grown to a level of strength no weaker than the group of super beings that Su Mo had completely wiped out.

These super-life forms are all paying attention to and permeating the Earth.

On the surface of the Earth, things seem to be developing peacefully as always, but the undercurrents beneath are extremely terrifying. Countless horrific beings hope to find that "Primordial Power." Even if they cannot break the cage called "Endless World," they must at least have a chance to survive the collapse.

Therefore, when Su Mo appeared, it was like a drop of water falling onto a red-hot iron, and the entire earth boiled up in an instant.

The gazes of countless terrifying beings were instantly fixed on Su Mo.

"Owner!"

"elder brother!"

"grown ups!"

Phil, Zero, Kayaba Akihiko, and Irisviel also sensed Su Mo's return immediately.

Before the final outcome of that great battle was determined, no one dared to take any risks to do anything to Earth or its inhabitants. Everyone was quietly waiting—waiting for Su Mo's return, or for his death.

"I am back."

Su Mo hovered in the air, looking down at the ground, and stretched out his hand, "Now, all of you get out of here!"

A terrifying power erupted from his palm, instantly engulfing the entire Earth.

Countless shrill screams echoed throughout the endless world.

This attack not only completely wiped out any arrangements left on Earth by those beings who coveted the primordial power, but also led them to the location of their true forms, severely injuring countless "people".

At that moment, they suddenly realized that Su Mo, who had mastered the power of the primordial, was far more powerful than they had imagined.

But what does it matter...? They have many, many "people," and those who have been found and severely injured are only a small fraction of them.

This is just the beginning.

The power of the primordial is the power of original sin. As long as one possesses it, there will always be people searching for Su Mo.

Even if the entire endless world collapses and is reborn, Su Mo will still be the target of countless people, just like reincarnation, which will never stop.

Unless Su Mo is willing to relinquish this power that should not be possessed by anyone or any being, or to open the door between the endless world and the outside world.

This is not a battle, it is a war, a long war that may never end.

A war between one person and countless powerful beings in an endless world.

The scales of victory tipped in Su Mo's favor from the very beginning, and the goddess of victory never showed him a smile.

Even though Su Mo seems so powerful, arrogant, and even invincible in the endless world right now.

"A bunch of ignorant fools. Since you want the power of the primordial, then... I'll give you that chance." Although he severely injured many people in an instant, Su Mo could still feel that many eyes were still on Earth and him—no, to be precise, his return attracted even more attention and stirred up an even bigger storm.

"But do you even have the qualifications?"

As he said this, the people around him and the Earth beneath his feet disappeared, and the starry world where Earth was located vanished abruptly.

The surroundings turned into nothingness, a complete void created after the self-destruction of the Pangu Axe.

Su Mo stretched out his hand in the void.

Flames surged in his hands, burning and surging wildly in the void, spreading in all directions.

Endless Primordial Fire!

The move that once annihilated even a being like the Heavenly Dao, which could survive the collapse of countless worlds, now seems to have no killing power whatsoever. In Su Mo's hands, it is as docile as a rabbit.

Some weaker super-lifeforms immediately shifted their gaze, as they didn't even have the ability to look directly at the endless primordial fire.

No wonder Su Mo mocked them earlier, questioning whether they were qualified to dabble in the power of the primordial.

The flames burned and gradually formed a tall tower, a tower made of flames.

At the base of the tower is a burning flame, which gradually solidifies upwards, taking on the shape of a real building. The top disappears directly into nothingness, seemingly ending there, yet also seemingly continuing forever, with no end in sight.

"Want the power of the primordial? Then come in. I'll be waiting for you at the top of the Endless Tower. If you can reach me and defeat me, I'll give you the power of the primordial."

Su Mo spoke, his body gradually retreating, directly merging into the tower that seemed to have no end in sight.

"Ha, you think we're going to do what you say? What kind of broken tower is this? Watch me crush it!" An arrogant voice rang out from the void. With this voice, two enormous hands, whose race was unclear, appeared and enveloped the endless tower.

Compared to these two hands, the originally massive tower suddenly appeared slender.

Before the hands could even get close to the endless tower, they began to shatter at an alarming rate, starting from the fingertips. The owner of the hands vanished into nothingness without even letting out a scream.

No power fluctuations emanated from the endless tower; only the flames at its base burned fiercely.

"It seems we have no choice but to follow his lead."

"Haha, thinking that building a tortoise shell can stop everyone? How naive."

Countless information fluctuations intertwined in this void, and many figures appeared in the void, entering the only open door at the bottom of the tower.

Once you enter, it seems to be an eternity; you never come out again.

However, the allure of primordial power, true immortality, and transcendence of the endless world still draws countless people like moths to a flame, plunging them towards this endless tower.

time……

Countless years have passed, and the endless world seems to have gradually declined from a vibrant state. Then one day, a world that should not have perished suddenly collapsed.

The signs of collapse are beginning to emerge.

Within the endless tower, Su Mo sat on the throne, looking at the center of his palm, where two spheres of starlight were slowly rotating.

Upon closer inspection, one will discover that these two "stars" are none other than Earth and the world of the gods from the past.

Phil leaned against Su Mo, idly playing with his hair, and said, "Brother, the number of people entering the tower has increased a lot recently, but unfortunately they are all useless and can't even get past the first ten floors."

"It's not as good as before. I remember there used to be people who could walk up to you."

"Because the collapse is imminent," Su Mo said. "For most creatures in the endless world, it is still an incredibly long time. Long enough that many races have perished and ceased to exist, the collapse will not even have truly begun."

"But for some super-living beings, this time is too short. They have no other choice."

"Hey, what are we going to do?" Phil asked excitedly.

"Do nothing." Su Mo clenched his outstretched hand, and the two worlds disappeared into his palm.

"That's so boring." Phil's fair little legs bounced around in mid-air. "Then, brother, I'll go play in other worlds."

"Mm." Su Mo nodded.

Phil chuckled, stood up, and disappeared from the room.

Su Mo leaned back slightly and closed his eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Mo opened his closed eyes again, a smile appearing on his face: "'Summoning' power... I wonder what kind of world this will take me to, but whatever the world, let's follow the old rules."

In some unknown world.

A young boy stared intently at the array diagram before him, thinking to himself, "Legend has it that if you summon a legendary creature, you can make it grant you any wish."

"This time, I will take my revenge! I will crush everything that stands in my way! I will become the master of this world!" As the light of the array grew brighter and brighter, and a hazy shadow began to appear, the boy could not contain his joy and couldn't help but look up and roar to the sky.

"Very well, you have summoned me. You must grant me one hundred wishes."

Su Mo's voice came from within the array diagram, instantly shattering the young man's lofty ambitions.

The boy suddenly recalled the taboo warning he had seen before.