CHAPTER 760: 699 FINAL SCENE 7

Black Sea.

In an unknown area, two people in their Giant Spirit Form stood amidst a vast ocean of purple petals.

The Divine Flower Garment on Li Chengyi still shimmered with the blinding gold light from the recent fusion with The First Generation.

The completion of the Unique Flower caused his entire form to undergo another transformation.

Crooked, ferocious golden horns sprouted from his shoulders and head, and countless golden crystals spread out from the crevices of the armor.

The cloak on his back turned pure white with black edges, and at the center, a large golden semicircular arc lit up with a fluorescent glow.

In the void behind them, amidst the countless purple petals of the sea, the Disk of Evil Flower had completely turned into pure gold, with forty-eight different colored Divine Flower Positions densely packed at its center.

Four concentric circles, each with twelve Divine Flower Positions, slowly rotated at their own pace from the inside out.

Some rotated counterclockwise, others clockwise, each representing the individual powers and types of the Divine Flower Generals.

"Disciple, what are you hesitating for?"

Tian Xuanzi’s appearance remained the same as always, kind and benevolent, with no sign of malice in his expression.

But Li Chengyi, now combined with the Unique Flower and carrying the Source of Evil, could clearly feel the overwhelming Evil Thoughts that assaulted him.

Greed.

An uncontrollable, colossal greed!

It was a horrifying greed that seemed capable of engulfing and eroding the entire known domain of the Black Sea.

This is...

’The malevolence of the Genesis Ancient Tree...’ Li Chengyi thought, now completely understanding.

Behind Tian Ju Pavilion, the Four Elders of Heaven’s Harvest were essentially one entity with four faces; Tian Xuanzi was also Tian Qingzi and Tian Hong Tianyan.

They, as one being, chose to merge to achieve Transcendence from their limits.

"Do not fear," Tian Xuanzi extended his hand with a smile.

"You are different from them. You... are my disciple from Tian Ju Pavilion... After I transcend the limits, I will revive everything anew..."

He edged closer, flying closer.

"I know your aspirations, your longings. You don’t harbor that many ambitions; you simply wish to live the life you desire. With me taking on everything above, you can live any life you want."

"....." Li Chengyi remained silent.

As the other approached, warnings and reminders in his mind began to vibrate frantically.

"Come..." Tian Xuanzi reached out his hand, countless golden branches sprouted from behind him, spreading out like tentacles, slowly enveloping Li Chengyi.

"I will protect you all, and once I transcend the limits, I will achieve the eternal, undying state of the Unique..." The smile on Tian Xuanzi’s face grew more intense.

His hand drew ever closer to Li Chengyi.

Click.

A crisp sound.

His hand was grabbed.

Li Chengyi raised his right arm, grabbing Tian Xuanzi’s arm with precise and powerful grip.

"I have never forgotten, nor have I ever failed to cherish, the kindness my master has shown me,"

The colorful fluorescence in his eyes grew more dazzling.

"But, as of now,"

Li Chengyi lifted his head, looking directly into the eyes of the being from the Black Sea’s zenith he once could only look up to.

"The one with a higher probability to achieve what lies beyond those limits should be me, shouldn’t it?"

With his brainpower computations, especially after merging with the consciousness power of The First Generation Yong Ling, his calculations had reached an incredibly exaggerated level; the past, present, and future, all things in the world, were within his thoughts, as countless threads emerged distinctly clear.

Even if faced with complex problems, he only needed to accelerate his mind locally to forcefully resolve them with time.

That is the terror of being Omniscient, as well as the omnipotence of the pinnacle of Omnireasoning.

In this Black Sea, aside from the unknown, nothing could remain hidden from the pinnacle of Omnireasoning.

Thus, in an instant, he calculated that once he handed over the remnants of the Unique Heaven, the other party would definitely seize his Unique Flower and Unique Light with absolute force to increase the chances of breaking through the limits.

"Disciple... do you not trust your master?" Tian Xuanzi raised an eyebrow, his smile growing cold.

"Master..." Countless possibilities flashed through Li Chengyi’s mind, "You’re probably not here just for the last piece of the Unique Heaven, are you...?"

Source of Evil!!

The First Generation originally sought to use the Source of Evil to achieve Transcendence. The Unique Flower and Unique Light were utilised to stabilize one’s power during the breakthrough.

Known and unknown are mutually consumable and transformable, hence the more and stronger the known forces, the greater the success rate of merging the unknown and breaking through the limits will be.

"Or is it for the Source of Evil?" Although Li Chengyi phrased it as a question, his tone was assertive.

Tian Xuanzi fell silent, then heaved a sigh.

"The power of the Unique represents the extreme of the known. It is the ultimate end of the path of the known. To possess such power means that our will, too, has reached the fullest state of the known. But..."

"To break through the limits is to grasp the unknown. To master both the known and unknown, it certainly cannot rely solely on us, who originate from the known," he continued.

Li Chengyi listened quietly.

At this moment, in the entire known region of the Black Sea, only the two of them remained, deciding the fate of all known domains in the future.

Therefore, they were unconcerned about this little time.

"So, an idea occurred to me. Since the known can produce such an ultimate entity as the Unique, what about the unknown? Could there be a corresponding state or entity in the unknown?"

Tian Xuanzi continued.

In his eyes glittered countless starlights like cosmic dust, each speck representing a vast and uncharted blind spot.

Those were the substances of the Black Sea that he had just devoured into his body.

"The so-called unknown actually comprises two parts."

"First, the part that has not yet been cognized. And second, the part that cannot be cognized at all."

"As for the Source of Evil, The First Generation relied on the Source of Evil." Tian Xuanzi’s gaze fell upon Li Chengyi.

"It belongs to that which cannot be cognized."

"The essence of cognition is nothing more than reflecting everything external into our hearts and transforming it into a different form of information to be preserved." Li Chengyi spoke out.

"If it cannot be cognized, it means the unknown cannot be reflected, cannot be felt. Then, even if we possess the Unique Power, what use would it have?"

He could not comprehend how to cross the supposed transcendence, the supposed limit.

"The unknown truly cannot be reflected. You’ve chosen your words very well," Tian Xuanzi said with approval, nodding his head.

"Regardless of the form of cognition, the prerequisite is memory, and at its core, memory is the internally stored information within living beings in various tangible forms.

Any information, fundamentally, corresponds to actual matter and energy, like your human brains, where initially, the synaptic connections of brain cells and neurons come together. Without neural activity, there would be no memory."

Li Chengyi nodded.

"So today’s unknown cannot reflect all that exists in reality, and as such, cannot be cognized. What then can you use to achieve transcendence?"

"Indeed... I once thought that what cannot be reflected, for us, simply does not exist." Tian Xuanzi sighed, "But... later on, the Source of Evil appeared."

"It cannot be reflected, indeed cannot be cognized. But its emergence continuously turns the surrounding known into new unknowns... and initially, it attached itself to something as fragile as flowers, just as you and The First Generation acquired the Flower Language Technique.

Your Flower Language Techniques are different because they all originate from the actual transformation of the Source of Evil and are not fixed or eternal.

This is the key point; it allows the Omniscient to use a feasible method to manipulate the unknown..."

He paused for a moment.

"I really, really want to know what lies beyond that limit."

"I will go and see for you, Teacher," said Li Chengyi indifferently.

"That won’t do..." Tian Xuanzi laughed. "At our level, just by the thought, no information of all existence can be hidden. With the mere intent, all known physical entities will be altered at will under the influence of infinite energy, regardless of time, space, or mass and quality."

He spread his hands, and suddenly, a black vortex emerged in his palm.

In the vortex, countless nebulae formed; within them appeared innumerable stars, followed by countless planets.

Then came the planets’ destruction, the stars’ quieting, the nebulae contracting, and finally, compressing into a single point and disappearing into emptiness.

"You see, the creation and destruction of a world happen in between our thoughts."

"Such a universe has long lost its charm to us," Tian Xuanzi declared. "The so-called known has become a massive prison for us..."

"If that is so, why not weaken yourself, reduce to a commoner? Falling into degradation, wouldn’t the joy be greater?" Li Chengyi suddenly asked.

"...How do you know I haven’t tried that?" Tian Xuanzi laughed.

"As an old being, I turned into the infinite, eventually transforming from my original form into four major states, undergoing countless journeys in between."

"I still don’t understand. If the unknown cannot be cognized, then even if it influences other entities, we shouldn’t be able to detect it.

And by that principle, anything that can be discovered by us should not be derived from the unknown."

Li Chengyi frowned.

"It is incomprehensible; the transformation of the unknown into the known is characterized by its unpredictability, incomprehensibility, and absence of logic," Tian Xuanzi nodded and explained.

"We, the Omniscient, hold all information of everything. Any sudden change is well within our grasp. But the unknown is different. They are an added increment. And as I mentioned before. We, the Omniscient, can also transform the unknown, but only the parts that are not cognized can be changed.

In fact, the crucial point is that the parts that cannot be cognized, even if we have full understanding, cannot be transformed."

"But the Source of Evil can be transformed?" Li Chengyi realized.

"Good that you understand," Tian Xuanzi nodded with a smile. "Now... hand it over to me. The final piece of the puzzle..."

Once more, he opened his hands towards Li Chengyi.

"How about this, Master? Give to your disciple the Unique Light that you have gathered, and let me attempt transcendence and witness what lies beyond the limit," Li Chengyi said placidly.

"Hehehe..." Tian Xuanzi laughed. "It seems that we are indeed destined to confront each other eventually..."

"Actually, I have never been a person with ambitions," Li Chengyi suddenly sighed.

"From being initially tugged from obscurity, to subsequently being relentlessly threatened by the Black Sea; then constantly manipulated by The First Generation, and now..."

"I am just an ordinary person, why then..."

His face beneath the armor began to twist slowly.

"Why must all of you push me..."

"My wish is simple..."

"I just want to live..."

"To live simply, without regrets or threats, to live quietly..."

In that moment, the concepts embodied by The First Generation’s Unique Flower, Unique Light, and the Colossal Beast representing Eternal Vitality, all fused into Li Chengyi’s immense and terrifying consciousness.

All their powers were connected by a single common characteristic.

That was... to live.