Tonight, Alice joins the hunt.

And more support followed—from Ba, Olga Marie, Roman, Hinako Akuta, Leonardo da Vinci, Ishtar—and not only them, but even the survivors on the ten lands, whether human, animal, plant, or whatever else alive, all had a little magic flowing into her body, becoming part of her almost infinite energy cycle to propel her forward.

"Let's do it together."

Countless tiny things come together to form one. One infinity causes the scales to tip slightly.

The next moment, the Ten Primal Elements were dragged out of the Tree of Life diagram!

Tiamat, burdened with the Seventh Reality, let out a piercing scream, and the ten continents, centered on her, reformed into a complete sphere. The next moment, Flora slammed her fist down on the large red button beside her!

"go!"

Along the abyss, Earth, under Flora's protection, vanished into the outer void, a realm already at the end of the universe. And with the complete detachment of the ten fundamental elements of the Tree of Life, the power provided by the Tree itself ceased to exist!

"No, no, I still have—"

"In the name of Eve, I deny your right to Adam." — A voice suddenly rang out. It was Yuzuriha Inori, who had left the battlefield when Luo Yinglong made his move. Why she had the personhood of Eve will not be explained here. — And with her declaration, the authority that was about to operate on Adam failed for a moment!

His limbs were completely torn apart by Sesshouin Kiara and sealed into a hidden void. His torso was then disintegrated under Zheng Zha's blade, shattered by Ex and Zhao Yingkong respectively. Following closely behind, Yuzuriha Inori, delivering the final blow, reached out before the many true gods and seized half of the disintegrating Pure Heart Light—

Her aura surged, and she took that crucial step. Like a lady attending a ball, she vanished without a trace as she made a gesture of respect towards the gods.

She left, and the next time they met would be on the battlefield where the final battle was fought.

While she was seizing half of the Purifying Heart Light, Logando, who was controlling the Divine Relic Giant, also seized another piece of spoils under Patchouli's cover—he unhesitatingly stuffed the remaining half of the Purifying Heart Light into the giant's mouth, and immediately afterward, seventeen or eighteen pairs of scattered wings suddenly extended from behind the Divine Relic!

He seemed to have lost control, but Patchouli casually shoved him back into a secret place where he could calm down.

In this process, no true god actually paid attention to them—they were just scraps that only those below the fourth level needed. Their purpose was to obtain the last glimmer of light that remained in Adam's heart after he had been deprived of the light of purification!

That was the true light of Adam's own heart!

Chu Xuan did not make a move.

Alice Margot Royd did not intervene.

The power of the true gods has now fallen, and this time they will utterly annihilate him—

[The final step.]

Chapter 100, Part 1: The Battle of Heaven - Awakening

A long, long time ago.

In despair, a man named Adam entered the God Realm. The moment he came into contact with everything, he regained his fighting spirit.

He wanted to defeat his nemesis, the man named Chu Xuan. He knew the Reincarnation World was an opportunity, and he also knew that Chu Xuan would eventually join the Main God Space. If he wanted to surpass him, he needed to accumulate enough resources before they met.

So he led his reincarnation squad through the first battle with ease. But upon passing the captain's trial and learning of the Celestial Team's existence, he abandoned them without hesitation. He needed to build the strongest team, and the Supreme God's captain selection criteria could greatly help him.

However, only two people caught his eye. Both were Easterners; one named Luo Yinglong, and the other Song Tian. He knew who Luo Yinglong was; he had heard of this man's name back in the Origin World and considered him one of his potential recruitment targets. However, he ultimately chose to give up on him in the Origin World because he knew that this man's heart was overflowing with an arrogant disdain for everything.

Chu Xuan might be able to control him, because arrogance is meaningless to Chu Xuan. And if someone could control Chu Xuan, they could probably also make Luo Yinglong obedient—Adam knew that such a person would definitely appear, because Chu Xuan had no emotions, no ambition, no desires, and no rivals—Chu Xuan didn't care about power, but Adam was different.

He needed to gain power and control the entire Reincarnation Squad in order to accumulate resources and smoothly mobilize all resources when encountering Chu Xuan. To this end, he severely damaged Luo Yinglong's confidence, suppressed him, discouraged him, and made this winged dragon merely operate his own force without actively interfering with the team's decision-making.

His plan was successful, but he still needed help. So he turned his attention to another person, and through his contact with Song Tian, ​​he achieved a result that pleased him.

He discovered that Song Tian was... an incredibly pure person. So pure, almost unbelievably so. Only after meeting Song Tian did he understand why he, who had established a comprehensive talent database back in the Source World, knew nothing about Song Tian. Because, in some ways, Song Tian was even more like a machine than Chu Xuan!

If Chu Xuan is a supercomputer without a goal, then Song Tian is a specialized tool programmed with only one function. In Song Tian's perception, the only thing of value in the entire world is the knife in his hand.

He was a madman born for the sword, knowing nothing but wielding it, caring about nothing but wielding it. If he hadn't desperately entered the Main God Space due to a dead end, he would likely have quickly become a top-tier swordsman, known only to a select few in a narrow field. Perhaps—a master chef?

Ha, it doesn't matter. Adam didn't care about Song Tian's past—although he had already thoroughly investigated and recorded all of Song Tian's past experiences—he only knew that he had a very high opinion of Song Tian. Because a martial artist who has nothing but a sword is himself the easiest sword to wield.

So Adam made a covenant with Song Tian.

"I will take you to the ends of the earth, I will lead you to the pinnacle of the sword path you seek. And when the appointed moment arrives, you will have to pay the price." — At the end of a certain cycle of reincarnation, Adam stated his conditions when he was alone with Song Tian.

"What do I need to pay for this?"—Song Tian didn't ask him how he would fulfill his promise. He simply gazed at the setting sun at the end of the world and inquired about the price.

"What do you have to offer?" Adam retorted.

Ah, indeed, what else can a person who has nothing but a knife give up?

Then Song Tian smiled. This cold and aloof man, stepping into the world of reincarnation, perhaps smiled for the first time since birth. And perhaps, this was also the last time.

And now...

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"The appointed moment has arrived, Song Tian." A whisper emerged from that glimmer of light that was about to be annihilated by the power of the true gods.

The next moment, a knife shot out from the huge spatial bubble that Xilin had used to imprison Song Tian!

A simple knife, a flawless knife.

Inside the spatial bubble, Song Tian's form vanished in an instant!

There was nothing else besides the sword. So, the moment the sword detached from its physical form, the being named Song Tian essentially became that thrown sword!

The knife, having shrunk to the point of being unusable in the current cosmic timeline, bypassed all the powers that were about to descend and landed in Adam's hand, emerging from the point of light.

Although the ten fundamental elements are missing, the tree diagram still exists. Even if only fragments remain, it can still provide Adam with some protection and intervention power!

Then, he swung his sword upwards.

Then, the shadows dissipated, and Zhao Yingkong was forced out of her true form and transformed into human form—the spatial bubble, embodied by Xilin, caught her precisely. And the instant she touched the interior of the spatial bubble, the trillions of faceless Valkyries within it disintegrated into necrotic bloodstains the moment their power vanished!

The flesh and blood structure of the Outer Canon Bodhisattva completely disintegrated, and the five gems behind Exusiai also became unstable. And the instant Zheng Zha's greatsword clashed head-on with it, its true dragon form began to fade away!

Inside the Great Library, Patchouli silently turned dozens of pages of the Power Book in her hand—she reached out, and a beam of light shot out from afar, stabilizing the fading signs of dragonification on Zheng Zha's body.

"Song Tian refined himself into a top-tier innate weapon of civilization, a spiritual treasure. Its wielder possesses power, and the essence of this power is to revert all 'non-humanoid' enhancements back to their original form."

"I have cracked its surface-level operation; all I need to do is attach a shell of the 'humanoid human' concept to my own exterior. However, doing so would passively increase the tree diagram's interference with me, and there's a possibility of hidden traps—"

"Ha! I'll leave that to you, Norege!" Zheng Zha laughed loudly, letting the radiance emanating from the Great Library shield him from the power of Adam's sword. Even before the conversation began, he had already unleashed the primordial chaos once more, despite the lingering interference of the tree diagram!

The Ten Primal Elements have been destroyed, and the tree diagram now only contains suspended energy paths that cannot even provide the power to control the enemy. Furthermore, with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation already destroyed, the interference force exerted by this broken tree diagram is utterly insignificant to him, whose essence is that of a true god!

"Creation of Heaven and Earth - Ultimate!" The Blade of Creation slashed down once more, directly blasting Adam from the primordial crown at the very top of the tree diagram to the basal plate in the middle!

And then the second strike came down—

There was no sound, no collision. The struggle between powers had little energy left to propagate and create sound or light in this nearly empty expanse of space. The result of the struggle was that Adam was forced to fall from the central base, plummeting straight to the 'Kingdom' at the very bottom of the Tree of Life!

A very simple response, a brutal Zheng Zha-style approach. Since this tattered tree of life is your last resort, then tear you out of this tree of life that is connected to you, and after that, kill you!

This is... something Zheng Zha would definitely do at this time.

“Don’t even think about it…” Adam raised the spiritual treasure longsword that Song Tian had transformed into, and once again activated the remnants of the tree diagram to unleash its interference power. It was almost about to crush the rank disguise that Patchouli had placed on Zheng Zha. Inside the Great Library, Patchouli frowned slightly.

—Something seems off?

She adjusted the effects of her power support, attaching a real-time self-destruct trigger switch to Zheng Zha's 'mortal' status. Immediately following, the third strike shattered all of Adam's defensive techniques—techniques that, in Zheng Zha's perception, were ultimately futile!

Adam fell from the empty 'kingdom' at the very bottom of the tree diagram. The shattered tree diagram and he became two separate structures. His pupils contracted sharply, and the fragment of the tree diagram that had intended to capture and imprison Zheng Zha as a sacrifice only touched upon a profound futility!

At the last moment, Patchouli destroyed the disguise of Zheng Zha's status. Since he no longer possessed the status of a 'humanoid being,' the 'human completion' ritual naturally lost its special effect against the true god!

As Lingbao slipped from Adam's grasp, Zheng Zha's third strike simultaneously severed the arm containing Adam's sword-wielding hand the instant Adam fell from the 'Kingdom'. Then—

"It's over, Adam." The fourth strike landed, easily bypassing Adam's futile attempts to parry, now devoid of any external support, and anchoring itself to the most essential spark of light in his heart.

All observable variables no longer exist; theoretically, this strike marks the end.

but……

"You cannot strike me."

With a whisper, the fourth slash of annihilation passed right through Adam's glimmer of light, like a phantom. Zheng Zha turned around in astonishment, but his fifth, spinning slash still failed to hit the light that housed Adam!

This is... another kind of power!?

What the hell?! Is power so worthless these days? And why didn't he use it before?!

"I want to thank you, Zheng Zha." Adam's form was reforged from the light, and the magical sword that Song Tian had transformed into once again fell into his hands. His presence increased dramatically in an instant, not by borrowing external objects, rituals, or treasures, but by possessing this level of power on his own—and this power quickly became equal to Zheng Zha's!

Patchouli flipped the scroll of power from the first page to the last page—

"This is the power of words, the authority to forcibly define the rules of the universe on a large scale—he has been a true god from the very beginning!?"

“Ah, you’re right, Star Knowing Heaven. Long before this war began, I was a true god.” Adam smiled, ignoring Zheng Zha’s attack and stepping straight to the bottom of the tree diagram. “Those of the same level cannot stop me. And I thank you for allowing me to break free from the tree diagram’s shackles once again after activating it.”

"After all, I need to climb the stairs, which is impossible when you are part of the stairs yourself!"

The next moment, the original substance, patterns, and miscellaneous structures on the tree diagram disintegrated the instant his feet touched it. Only a single straight line remained, from bottom to top, a simple line leading from below the 'Kingdom' to above the 'Crown,' pointing to the Path of the Fire Sword, composed of the triple rings of 'Void,' 'Light,' and 'Boundless Light'!

Luo Yinglong was right; he had lied to him.

Luo Yinglong wasn't the only one concealing his abilities; Adam was too. He had already become a true god before the war in the lunar world even began, and only now was he truly using his unique powers and strength for the first time!

He never cared about human completion from the beginning; instead, he wanted to use this tree diagram as a ladder to reach the 'heaven'!

When Zheng Zha and Patchouli's final obstacles were blocked by his absolute resistance tortoise shell power, he had already reached the pinnacle of the Fire Sword Path and unleashed a powerful slash at the triple rings!

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How can one defeat an enemy who makes no mistakes? How can one defeat a target who is not misled or deceived, who is practically the embodiment of wisdom itself?

Adam had been pondering this problem, but he wouldn't consider the possibility of Chu Xuan making a mistake or falling into a trap. That would not only be an insult to Chu Xuan, but also an insult to himself. When he conceived a solution by treating Chu Xuan as the enemy, he first set three preconditions for his plan.

—Chu Xuan will never be misled.

—Chu Xuan is absolutely able to see through all my plans.

—Chu Xuan is absolutely capable of devising a solution before an irreversible trend takes hold.

He knew he had missed his best opportunity, because, given the three prerequisites mentioned above, his only chance of victory was to overwhelm Chu Xuan with sheer overwhelming power while he was still in the Source World, before Chu Xuan even realized he existed. Once he entered Chu Xuan's field of vision, all his pretense and cover would be rendered useless.

So how can I beat him? Is there really a way to beat him?

Yes. And there's more than one.

The first approach is still to build up momentum, using the inherent characteristics of the reincarnation world to lower the team's evaluation, preparing to unleash overwhelming power at a crucial moment to completely crush them—this is unlikely to result in a major victory, but a small one is possible. If one can arrive at the Fourth High School ahead of everyone else and initiate a team battle with Chu Xuan, then it would be a matter of using brute force to overcome wits. Although crude, it is not necessarily impossible.

However, Adam discovered that his potential in combat was relatively limited. When he came into contact with Alice's remains from the Demon Team and learned of the existence of clones Zheng Zha and Alice, he knew the situation had become even more dire—he realized he had no chance against Zheng Zha, and Alice… he doubted he could either. While his intelligence far surpassed Zheng Zha's, it was only slightly superior against Alice. This meant that no matter which Chu Xuan he faced, he would be subject to the machinations of at least one strategist not far inferior to himself.

Brute force is no longer an option.

Using intelligence is even less hopeful.

However, his contact with the replica of Alice's remnants led him to some speculations. He realized that the fifth order might not be the end of the multiverse. And when he arrived at the Sage's Ruins and obtained the Tree of Life diagram, the Sages' speculations about the sixth order allowed him to deduce even more truths.

He guessed the origin of the reincarnators, guessed the mastermind behind the main god, and with the help of some treasures in the ruins of the saint, he even observed the blood-red river flowing between the multiverse for the first time.

More importantly, he understood the essence of destiny.