Light from the ground confronted the dark, heavy, malevolent energy in the sky.

Meng Ruji grasped Mu Sui’s hand and stepped out from behind him, standing shoulder to shoulder as they looked up at Mo Yi in the sky.

“Qianshan Jun.”

Mo Yi’s voice remained the same, but Meng Ruji no longer felt that tremendous pressure.

Before them, the light emanating from this formation’s core of the Thousand Mountains Formation curved slightly, like a barrier protecting them. The light was gentle and warm, as if the earth’s living beings were truly sheltering them.

“Stripped of your divine status, you gained human weakness.” Mo Yi said, “I was wrong. You became human, and humans are all the same.”

As her words fell, the malevolent energy around Mo Yi transformed into black lightning flickering among the clouds. Suddenly, one bolt struck down, hitting a formation core below. That formation core’s light disappeared, then recondensed and continued pointing toward the sky.

“Meng Ruji.” Mu Sui gazed intently at Mo Yi in the sky, but spoke softly to Meng Ruji, “Perhaps I truly am a lost wanderer. Even now, I find it hard to judge whether what I’m doing is right or wrong, whether I’ll have regrets or remorse when thinking of this moment in the future…”

Meng Ruji interlaced her fingers with his as she too looked at the sky filled with rolling malevolent energy. This scene truly seemed like the end times had arrived, yet Meng Ruji’s expression wasn’t as panicked as when she had been searching for Mu Sui earlier.

“What of it?” Meng Ruji said, “She’s not wrong—humans are all the same, and I’m no different. Unable to foresee the future, we don’t know if our current choices are right or wrong, good or bad. But… what harm is there in being wrong?”

Meng Ruji turned to study Mu Sui’s profile, smiling gently:

“Humans must die, and all things will eventually meet their end. You and I are but mayflies dwelling between heaven and earth. What is there to fear?” She tightened her grip on Mu Sui’s hand. “Journeying through this transient world, without shame in the present, without regret in this moment… this is already the best humans can achieve.”

Hearing this, Mu Sui was silent for a long while, then suddenly smiled. He lowered his head, murmuring: “Ruji… this life is indeed like a temporary dwelling, knowing death yet seeking life…”

Meng Ruji felt that the hand she held was also tightly gripped in return.

Looking at him, Meng Ruji saw that when Mu Sui raised his head again, his expression was clear and bright, like the sky after rain.

In the air, Mo Yi manipulated the malevolent energy to condense heavenly thunder, continuously striking at the formations on the ground.

Mu Sui’s free hand lifted slightly, his fingertips moving subtly like a puppeteer controlling marionettes. He manipulated the ground formations, making the light become solid matter that cleaved through the malevolent energy in the air.

For a moment, it seemed only roaring black dragons and rising silver dragons from the earth were locked in frenzied combat throughout heaven and earth.

The crisscrossing spiritual energy caused vegetation to break and fall, leaving chaos between mountains and rivers.

“Very well.” Mo Yi’s cold voice seemed to reach across the world. “Our battle can also fulfill my wish.”

Meng Ruji looked at everything being destroyed, knowing they couldn’t let this endless fighting continue. She looked at Mo Yi in the sky, mobilizing what little spiritual energy remained in her body and pointing it toward Mo Yi.

In the chaos of heaven and earth’s battle, amidst the grand Thousand Mountains Formation and the world-destroying malevolent energy, a tiny glimmer flew from Meng Ruji’s fingertip toward the sky.

The spiritual energy formed a spherical barrier, as if trying to trap Mo Yi within it.

But without that Creation Power Inner Core, her strength naturally couldn’t match a god’s.

The barrier was as fragile as a candy wrapper, quickly shattered, with malevolent energy even attacking in Meng Ruji’s direction!

But before Mu Sui could act, spiritual energy struck out from behind Meng Ruji. Though unable to disperse the malevolent energy, it was enough to deflect its direction.

Meng Ruji turned to see Qing Rao struggling to prop herself up, standing behind Meng Ruji: “Master, I’ll protect you.”

A true guardian.

Meng Ruji smiled, then steadied herself, telling Mu Sui: “You entangle her in battle, try not to let malevolent energy fall to the ground. Force her attack range to the minimum, and I’ll use barriers to trap her within.”

Mu Sui frowned slightly: “Without the Inner Core’s power, you can’t contain her.”

“We have to try. Help me first.”

Without further words or need for eye contact, Mu Sui’s fingertips turned, the ground formation blazed with light, and the battlefield between silver and black dragons was forced into mid-air.

Meng Ruji acted again. This time, the weak light didn’t directly form a fragile spherical barrier in the air, but condensed an arc fragment of the spherical barrier. The fragment’s light was brighter than the previous spherical barrier, more concentrated in technique, and therefore harder. The malevolent energy couldn’t easily shatter the barrier.

Meng Ruji struggled to maintain this fragment, but with her strength alone, she couldn’t condense a sufficiently “hard” barrier. Her arm trembled slightly, just when she was about to give up, suddenly an equally brilliant light shot from an extreme distance!

The light condensed into a new fragment beside Meng Ruji’s barrier fragment, the fragments connecting and gathering in the sky.

Meng Ruji’s heart stirred as she saw that the light came from Hengxu Mountain’s direction.

“It’s Shang Lan!” Qing Rao said joyfully, “Shang Lan understood what you wanted to do!”

As her words fell, another beam of light came from the horizon.

From Lushan’s direction.

Then the fourth, the fifth… countless beams of light came from all directions, the fragments formed by condensed light gradually creating a hemisphere in the sky.

The fragments’ light sparkled intermittently, like countless strangers in the distance exerting all their strength, determined to patch and mend this broken world to completion.

This day, like that day in Zhuliu City, like the past Meng Ruji had seen in her dreams, like all those days when crises came.

There were always those who refused to give up.

Using the will of all beings to break the deadlock.

Meng Ruji’s eyes reddened as she poured spiritual energy recklessly into the sky.

Mu Sui also clenched his teeth, his finger joints controlling the Thousand Mountains Formation stiff enough to crack audibly, his fingertips cut bloody by spiritual energy, blood seeping out and staining his hands crimson.

Everyone knew this was the final battle with the Human God.

Victory or defeat, life or death, would be decided in this moment.

Mo Yi naturally knew this too.

Standing in the air, she had to use malevolent energy to fight Mu Sui’s Thousand Mountains Formation while also trying to shatter the continuously condensing barrier fragments.

But no matter how many fragments she shattered, new techniques always came from directions she couldn’t distinguish, advancing one after another to repair the spherical barrier.

These countless “ants” were like building a wall, brick by brick, stacking “stones” before her.

The weakness, selfishness, ugliness, and darkness of those people she despised and scorned seemed to disappear at this moment. They were tenacious, mutually supportive, and brave enough to exhaust everything they had to oppose her.

As the long wind blew, Mo Yi once again felt as if raindrops were falling from the sky, yet she was clearly above the sky itself.

She withdrew her hand from the surrounding malevolent energy and touched her cheek.

Once again…

She touched warm tears on her face.

Why was she crying? she didn’t understand herself.

But at this moment, the malevolent energy around her had been forced to shrink within this spherical barrier.

Fragments continued stacking endlessly. Above her head, just a few more pieces would completely seal this spherical barrier.

And it was at this moment that Mo Yi knew this was when the spherical barrier was most vulnerable, because as the barrier took shape, more malevolent energy was also sealed within.

The force of malevolent energy rampaging within the spherical seal grew stronger. She only needed to direct all the malevolent energy toward this sole opening, and the spherical barrier would shatter from there. She would continue fighting with Mu Sui’s Thousand Mountains Formation until the entire world was torn apart by them.

She raised her hand, malevolent energy gathering in her palm according to her will. She looked at the increasingly small opening above, and when only the last fragment remained to complete the spherical barrier, all the malevolent energy struck toward that breakthrough point.

But as the malevolent energy struggled like a wild beast, about to roar out from the barrier, a heavenly light suddenly fell from the sky’s edge like a bizarre dream, carrying the brilliant radiance of seven-colored glass, sealing the spherical barrier completely.

The final gap was tightly plugged. All the malevolent energy struck the fragment, but it didn’t shatter. The seven-colored radiance on it disappeared, and immediately after, all the malevolent energy was blocked within the spherical barrier.

Mo Yi looked at that fragment, frowning slightly.

At this moment, a black figure fell out from within that fragment.

He wore robes of ink black, had the fairest skin, falling from the air with wind and warmth, rushing toward her…

Mo Yi’s eyes widened, looking at the approaching figure with some astonishment, then he somehow allowed him to embrace her.

Wide sleeves enveloped her with great wind sounds.

Slender fingers held her head, pressing her into his embrace.

She was the one who wanted to destroy the world, yet someone embraced her protectively.

“Mo Yi…” Mo Li’s voice was mournful as he told her, “Stop crying…”

He said, “I’ve come to accompany you.”

Mo Yi stood stunned for a long while before feeling something moist against her palm. Turning her head, she discovered that her body had unknowingly raised her hand to return Mo Li’s embrace that fell from heaven.

At this moment, she released Mo Li and turned slightly to the side, her gaze falling on the blood in her palm.

It was Mo Li’s blood.

He had rushed here from the Realm of No Return, using his life to become that brilliant fragment. The malevolent energy that struck him earlier was enough to destroy both his spirit and soul.

His ink-black robes showed no blood, only revealing it upon touch.

Mo Li’s body seemed unable to support itself any longer. As his form slid downward, Mo Yi almost instinctively caught him, holding him in her arms.

Mo Li seemed to have something to say, but blood poured out as soon as he opened his mouth.

Mo Yi’s white clothes were instantly stained crimson.

Looking at Mo Li, emotions she hadn’t felt for years became turbulent at this moment. The heart in her chest that seemed to have died after becoming a god once again felt pain.

“You see…” Mo Li said, “I didn’t die alone and old. Everyone in the world is watching—they’re all attending my funeral…”

Mo Yi’s whole body trembled, tears falling like rain, each drop landing on Mo Li’s face.

“Although… It’s not using your method. But I also…”

His voice grew smaller and smaller. To hear his words clearly, Mo Yi bent her body. In the next instant, a needle thrust toward Mo Yi’s throat.

“Stopped you…”

The needle tip was blocked by Mo Yi’s skin, as if striking a hard stone wall.

Her divine body wouldn’t be easily pierced.

But looking into Mo Li’s eyes, she saw laughter in his brows, still seeming like the youth who first met her, fearless and bold, promising to break her fate…

Mo Yi’s lips moved. She closed her eyes, allowing his fingertip’s “little trick” to pierce into her throat.

With her vital point broken, the malevolent energy around Mo Yi immediately dispersed.

Mo Li, in her arms, stopped breathing with a smile. Mo Yi looked up, through the spherical barrier, seeing the world after the malevolent energy dispersed. Behind dark clouds, the first ray of heavenly light fell, illuminating her face.

She left no final words, her form simply dissipating with Mo Li under the heavenly light.

The Human God vanished, malevolent energy completely scattered.

Meng Ruji looked at the crystal-clear spherical barrier in the sky, finally withdrawing her technique and lowering her hand.

Immediately after, techniques from all directions slowly withdrew, and the barrier built by everyone gradually dissipated.

Mu Sui waved his hand, summoning the Inner Core back out from the ground formation. The moment the Inner Core was removed, the “beacon fires” on distant mountains gradually extinguished.

Meng Ruji looked into the distance, seeing bright sunlight. If not for the broken earth below, who would know what this world had just experienced…

She turned to look at the Inner Core in Mu Sui’s palm.

“Mo Li once said this Inner Core was condensed by Mo Yi, hoping that one day it could stop her from sliding into fate’s abyss.” Meng Ruji glanced at Mu Sui. “We did half, Mo Li did the other half.”

Because she hoped Mo Li would come to stop her…

“Without dying alone and old, he achieved his heart’s desire. Roughly speaking, he also fulfilled his old friend’s wish…”

Meng Ruji laughed lightly at the sky: “The old fellow’s luck wasn’t too bad.”

A long wind passed, as if in response.

Meng Ruji closed her eyes, steadied her mind, and then looked at Mu Sui beside her.

Mu Sui held the Inner Core, gazing at the vast rivers and mountains before them. In the wind, Meng Ruji saw emptiness and melancholy in his eyes.

The Human God was arguably the last deity. From now on, this world would truly have no more gods.

Mu Sui, he…

“Qianshan Jun.” Meng Ruji called to him, seeming to shatter his thoughts. He turned to look at Meng Ruji.

Meng Ruji said seriously, “Next, after Mo Li’s seventh day passes, we’ll hold the wedding feast.”

Mu Sui was stunned.

Meng Ruji continued: “You didn’t give me one in Zhuliu City. Now that we’re on my territory, I’ll arrange it for you. After that’s done, we’ll investigate the case. Those who conspired against the heavenly gods back then, whoever’s still alive, we’ll settle accounts with them one by one. I’ll accompany you for revenge. Grievances have their source, debts have their master—don’t drag innocent people and all living beings into harm.”

Meng Ruji patted Mu Sui’s shoulder: “By then, we husband and wife will be a Demon Lord who’s regained her peak and a Dark God from the abyss!”

Mu Sui lowered his head slightly, unable to suppress a chuckle.

Meng Ruji raised an eyebrow: “What? Do you have objections to this marriage?”

Mu Sui didn’t answer directly, handing the Inner Core to Meng Ruji.

Meng Ruji’s eyebrow arched as she looked at Mu Sui: “Creation Power can activate your Thousand Mountains Formation. With it and this formation, you’d have both key and lock—you could rely on strength to become a god again in this world. You’re just returning it to me like this?”

“The Thousand Mountains Formation is mine, the Creation Power is yours.” Mu Sui also raised an eyebrow at Meng Ruji. Between husband and wife, assets are split equally. Do you object to this rule?”

This time, it was Meng Ruji who was stunned.

After thinking for a moment, Meng Ruji took the Inner Core from his hand.

“What a loss. Your Zhuliu City isn’t even in the mortal realm, while my Hengxu Mountain exists.” Meng Ruji complained while turning to help Qing Rao up behind them, continuing to haggle: “In the future, you’ll have to go out and work to earn big money.”

“Working won’t earn big money.”

“I don’t care. I’ll help you get revenge, and you help me make money. Mutual benefit is the only way we can have a long future together, husband.”

Mu Sui had nothing to say.

Qing Rao, helped up by Meng Ruji, was somewhat trembling—whether from being beaten too much by Mu Sui or intimidated, she carefully glanced at Mu Sui, then quietly asked Meng Ruji: “That… will Master’s husband also be taking charge of Hengxu Mountain in the future?”

Meng Ruji patted Qing Rao: “In seven days, we’ll hold the wedding feast and announce it to the world!”

After she spoke, Mu Sui also turned to glance at Qing Rao.

Qing Rao immediately nodded vigorously: “We’ll do it! A grand celebration!”

On the eighth day after the Human God’s chaos ended, Hengxu Mountain’s Demon Lord finally truly ascended to the position of “Demon Lord,” and on the same day, she married a mysterious person of unknown origin.

Legend says that person was a deity from the abyss. He rarely left Hengxu Mountain, but was always secretly watching over the mortal realm.

Main Story Complete!