The colossal Ark, stretching over a hundred kilometers, radiated an overwhelming divine might, hurtling toward Lin Luo with unstoppable force. It was clear that Chuyin was truly enraged and held absolutely nothing back.

Lin Luo felt an almost desperate urge to weep. That damned vixen, Yao Yao, making him undertake such an unrewarding task. Not only was it troublesome, but now he had to face enmity from the Host—how would he ever win back those Favorability points?

The first thing to arrive was the Timeline. This Timeline differed slightly from the one generally known to the public.

The public's Timeline was merely an invisible river of time; people knew of its existence but could not touch or sense it, and no power could harm it. However, the Timeline Chuyin had condensed using the six Light Orbs was a physical sacred treasure created by manipulating the flow of time, which could also be termed a Time Detachment Device.

Its primary function was to fix a target at a specific temporal point, detaching it from the caster's own Timeline. This was different from time stoppage, as an object affected by the Time Detachment Device did not stop time; rather, it would forever be unable to reach the Timeline Chuyin occupied. In terms of realm, this was superior to stopping time.

Once caught, both parties would move on separate Timelines. This was precisely why Chuyin could completely nullify the Destruction Shattering Sword using it.

As the Time Detachment Device closed in on Lin Luo, he felt the flow of his own time beginning to grow chaotic. Chuyin’s image in his eyes grew increasingly blurry. He sensed imminent danger, immediately condensing the Destruction Killing Sword and bringing it down in a single strike.

Boom!

A sound like muffled thunder erupted. The Time Detachment Device was not destroyed, but the temporal isolation field it projected was incinerated a moment sooner. The Peak Throne was, after all, merely a defensive skill, its offensive power not immense. But the Destruction Killing Sword, wielded by Lin Luo himself, possessed an intensity easily exceeding a whole tier higher. Whether intangible or tangible, anything with a reason for existence carried the possibility of being annihilated.

Immediately following that, the Time Detachment Device was also sequentially destroyed, dissolving into six Light Orbs that flew back into Chuyin’s hands. But it wasn't over, because in that fleeting instant, the Ark had already charged in.

The Ark, spanning over a hundred kilometers, possessed immense physical impact force alone, not to mention the mysterious power it carried. Though Lin Luo instantly manifested the Creation Rule to block, the moment the impact struck, he felt enormous pressure, his body repeatedly forced backward in retreat.

The might of this mysterious Ark was several times stronger than the impact of a planet.

“Cannon Fire Roar!”

Chuyin cried out sharply on the stage. A massive cannon turret suddenly appeared atop the Ark, aimed directly at Lin Luo, and a beam of pitch-black light roared forth.

Bad!

Lin Luo's expression immediately changed, for that was a Law Weapon!

Boom! Constrained by the Ark, Lin Luo had no room to dodge and took the full force of the strike. When the dark smoke dissipated, Lin Luo had transformed from a youth of seventeen or eighteen into a young boy of eleven or twelve, and even the power in his body had significantly drained.

He had truly been careless. Lin Luo now genuinely felt like dying. He had assumed Chuyin had exhausted her trump cards, but she had hidden such a killer move. Fortunately, he had witnessed a time-based Law Weapon not long ago and had some understanding. Coupled with the fact that the Law Weapon on this Ark seemed incomplete, otherwise, he might not have turned into a young boy but straight into an infant.

“Here, take it back!” After firing its shot, the Ark’s power paused momentarily. Lin Luo seized the opportunity, forcefully lifted it, and hurled it toward Chuyin.

Moving with lightning speed, it sparked against the void.

“Stop!” Chuyin had absolute control over the Ark, and such velocity was halted by her mere command. She then raised her hand toward Lin Luo. “Ram again!”

By this time, the body previously affected by the Law of Time had restored its normal flow under the ceaseless surge of the Creation Rule. However, Lin Luo dared not be careless again. Before the Ark could crash into him, the kilometer-long Destruction Killing Sword cleaved down heavily.

“Absolute Home Turf!”

Chuyin was clearly not easy to handle either. As she spoke, the stage beneath her feet suddenly materialized behind Lin Luo, forcibly enveloping him.

Lin Luo was instantly beset from front and back.

From his previous observations, Lin Luo had understood that confronting the Absolute Home Turf required external attacks; direct physical contact would lead to severe complications. The mysterious Ark was the same, capable of directly binding the physical body.

“Eternal Seal Barrier!”

Lin Luo extended his left hand, twirling his index finger in the void. Instantly, a massive white halo enveloped the Absolute Home Turf, completely sealing it within an absolute defensive barrier created by the Creation Rule. As of now, he didn't believe any expert below the Heavenly Tier could breach it, although he could only create one, and it could only target non-living entities.

While eliminating the threat of the Absolute Home Turf, Lin Luo’s Destruction Killing Sword had already cleaved the Ark in half. But regrettably, this Ark possessed the Law of Time; the moment it split in two, a strange light flashed, and the damaged sections instantly repaired themselves.

However, using that brief interval, Lin Luo charged toward Chuyin.

Meanwhile, the battle between the Dark King and the Evil King was raging fiercely, even surpassing the intensity of Lin Luo and Chuyin’s fight in sheer momentum.

Every roar of the Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragon could generate violent tremors, shattering the void and shaking the universe.

The hundred-meter-long Heavenly Dragons encircled the Evil King, launching fatal assaults.

“Just this level? You’re still far too weak to deal with me!” The Evil King’s face still held that proud arrogance. The discernible aura of the Disorder Rule formed visible, tangible blades, which, while repelling the Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragons, also bore down upon the Dark King herself.

“That may not be true!” The Dark King swept her slender hand, unleashing a sheet of brilliant golden light that not only blocked the encroachment of the power of Disorder but also counter-attacked.

Though the Dark King possessed the Book of Beast Seizing, in essence, she was a user of the Order Rule. Order, by definition, meant normal natural laws like the sun rising and setting, trees growing from the soil, and water flowing downhill. The Dark King mastering this Rule aligned with the world’s trajectory, allowing her to draw boundless power from the world.

Conversely, the Disorder Rule mastered by the Evil King was the destruction of natural laws—for instance, altering the growth patterns of life, disrupting the principles of planetary rotation, returning everything to chaos, from which she drew her strength.

Their abilities formed a perfect contrast.

These two forces, which should have been formless, became substantial in their hands, colliding violently. Clearly, both had infused their respective Rules to the utmost degree.

Under the clash of Disorder and Order, any expert whose power reached a certain threshold could witness that everything around them alternately operated under systematic rules or devolved into utter chaos. Even space and time fluctuated violently under this impact, consequently threatening the survival of living beings.

Whether it was Lin Luo, Yakumo Yukari, or Chuyin Kasuga, or even the Dark King and the Evil King, everyone’s abilities were different, yet fundamentally, their powers adhered to the same principle: Presence and Absence (Being and Non-being).

Though their paths diverged, all power ultimately converged into two forms: Being and Non-being.

Having reached the Quasi-Heavenly Tier, they had slightly touched upon this realm. Of course, this "touch" was merely a drop in the ocean. To truly reach and master the state of "Being and Non-being" required a very, very long journey. Nevertheless, even so, traces of "Being and Non-being" manifested in them.

The benefit derived from these traces was energy absorption. As long as the expenditure wasn't overly drastic, they could receive sufficient sustenance from their respective "worlds" without eating or drinking, possessing inexhaustible energy and, coupled with it, long life.

This was why they showed no signs of fatigue even after fighting this long, nor had they sustained any injuries—a testament to the formidable nature of their life force and power.

“Damn it! This can’t go on,” Lin Luo encountered immense obstacles in his fight with Chuyin, as she had completely transformed into a 'Doraemon,' constantly pulling out various treasures from her pockets, all possessing strange and unpredictable abilities. No matter how confident he was in his own power, he dared not clash head-on with these items; one wrong move could lead to a complete catastrophe.

More importantly, he couldn't afford to strike Chuyin harshly.

Merely stopping her from taking revenge had resulted in this treatment. If he accidentally injured her or completely destroyed her treasures, winning back that Favorability would become infinitely harder.

At a time like this, a few reinforcements would be ideal, Lin Luo mused inwardly.

Although Lin Luo’s fantasies had always been brutally shattered by reality, this time, perhaps as compensation, his fantasy actually came true.

Just as both sides were locked in an inseparable, fierce struggle, a clear, cool voice suddenly echoed.

“God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and you became light.” The sound originated from above the Evil King and the Dark King, emanating from a gentle halo of light. As the voice faded, the halo transformed into a blonde beauty whose exquisitely stunning features were as cold as an iceberg. A rain of light scattered from her hands, enveloping both the Dark King and the Evil King.

Caught off guard, their faces changed drastically as they realized their bodies were dissolving into faint light?!

“What a remarkable scene. No wonder they urged me to hurry.”

Simultaneously, a light appeared from another direction. Slightly different, this was an extremely imposing and resounding bolt of lightning, releasing undeniable might, crackling audibly. Within that light was a girl with tea-colored long hair.

“Xiao Ke!”

“Mikoto!”

Seeing these two, Lin Luo couldn't conceal his joy, for they were the Fourth Demon King, Lin Xiaoke, and Misaka Mikoto!

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