An Utterly Unremarkable Grand Finale

On the outskirts of the Mo family's minor world.

After a brief moment of shock, the System came back to its senses.

It looked at Ye Shu and sneered coldly. “So what if you established a cause-and-effect connection with me? I’ve already obtained the destiny, and the final world has fallen into my hands as well.”

“I’m still the one who won this clash.”

“Is that so?”

Ye Shu gave a faint smile and suddenly took a step forward.

An invisible ripple spread out from beneath his foot, sweeping across the entire continent in an instant—far faster than the world’s collapse. Everyone present felt their vision blur. It was as if something had happened, yet also as if nothing had happened at all.

The world was still collapsing, and the continent was still caving in.

“What did he do?”

Zhao Xiong and Ao Kun exchanged bewildered looks.

Only the System suddenly let out a sharp, explosive shriek. It stared fixedly at Ye Shu and gritted its teeth. “What exactly did you do? It’s empty!”

“This world is empty!”

That was right. Just now, the System had discovered that although it had captured this world, the world itself was completely empty. It was hollow, possessing only an outer shell.

“I really did give you the world, yet you’re still unhappy.”

Ye Shu helplessly spread his hands, looking somewhat amused. “Sometimes, I have to admire Xiaobai’s wisdom. Creating a world from nothing is indeed extremely difficult, but moving one from one place to another is very simple.”

“Just like you lot.”

At the sight of Ye Shu’s faintly mocking gaze, the System’s expression turned extremely ugly. “You mean you moved this world somewhere else long ago?!”

“Actually, I can’t say that I moved it somewhere else.”

Ye Shu raised his right hand and lightly snapped his fingers.

Pop!

The scenery of the world suddenly changed.

The green mountains and clear waters remained. In the bustling central region, crowds streamed through the streets, while the cries of peddlers rose and fell one after another. Old men leaned against their doorways, basking in the sun. The line of collapse was right beside them, yet the people seemed completely unaware, as if they existed within another layer of space.

Everyone was stunned by the display.

“The world has always been here. By overlapping two identical worlds, it’s enough to create an illusion indistinguishable from reality,” Ye Shu said calmly.

“Though it may seem inconceivable, this is the truth.”

“What a fine trick—switching the cat for the prince.”

The System was so furious it felt as though it might grow a second lung. After traversing the parallel timelines for so many years, this was the first time it had been toyed with so thoroughly by the inhabitants of a world.

While they were speaking, the heavens and earth beneath their feet had already completely collapsed. Everyone now stood within a stretch of nothingness.

The System abruptly raised its head, deciding to make one final attempt.

“Since that’s the case, then let’s have a real fight! I refuse to believe that possessing the destiny of six worlds, I could lose to a mere Heaven’s Chosen like you!”

“Then let’s find out.”

Ye Shu held one hand behind his back and gave a slight wave with the other. Zhao Xiong and Ao Kun were immediately sent into the already stabilized minor world.

This battle was no longer something the two of them were qualified to watch.

As for Mo Yuan?

He had already been thrown into the primordial chaos, where he was disintegrating along with it.

Within a boundless void of primordial chaos, the absolute protagonists of the endless parallel timelines—the transmigrators—were about to determine the final victor in their battle against the System.

..............

At the same time, within the grand world inside the dantian.

White clouds drifted lazily beneath an azure sky that seemed eternal.

With a flash, Zhao Xiong and Ao Kun landed on a vast, boundless grassland. The plains stretched as far as the eye could see. In the distance stood a snow-capped peak that extended for thousands of miles, towering impossibly high and reaching impossibly far.

Meltwater flowed slowly down the snowy mountain, gathering into a winding river that cut across the grassland. Several brightly colored carp would leap from the stream from time to time, splashing up great arcs of crystalline water.

Even with their broad experience, the two men could not help but feel shaken.

“Is this a paradise?” Zhao Xiong murmured in disbelief.

This was practically the retirement home of his dreams. There were no annoying old fellows from his clan, nor any of those ridiculous disputes over this and that.

“What a fine place.”

Even Ao Kun could not help sighing in admiration.

The thoughts of the two old slackers were remarkably similar. If they could spend their remaining years here, it would be perfect.

Just as the two men were marveling at the beauty of the scenery, two familiar calls suddenly came from behind them.

“Father?”

“Father?”

Zhao Xiong and Ao Kun turned around. They saw Ao Xue, Zhao Zhixia, and many girls they had seen before—or had never seen before—standing in front of a small wooden house, looking at them in confusion.

“Zhixia?”

Zhao Xiong froze. Then he suddenly remembered that he had sent his entire family beyond the world’s boundaries. He hurried forward and asked with concern, “Are you all right? I thought…”

“We’re fine.”

Zhao Zhixia shook her head, still somewhat bewildered. “Everything suddenly flashed before my eyes, and then I arrived in this place. I don’t even know what it’s called.”

The women had all arrived here without the slightest warning.

After discussing the matter among themselves, they unanimously concluded that Ye Shu was behind it.

Zhao Zhixia looked at Zhao Xiong and hurriedly asked, “Dad, did you see Ye Shu? How is he now? Why didn’t he come here with you?”

“He…”

At the mention of Ye Shu, Zhao Xiong’s expression immediately grew solemn.

He sighed, his voice heavy. “Ye Shu is currently fighting some unknown entity beyond the universe. Ao Kun and I weren’t strong enough, so he sent us back first.”

“How could this happen…?”

The women’s faces instantly became grim.

“Dad, how likely do you think it is that Brother Ye will win?” Zhao Zhixia asked anxiously.

“This…”

For a moment, Zhao Xiong did not know how to answer.

According to that thing called the System, it had already devoured six worlds, while Ye Shu possessed only one. If they fought purely on strength, his chances of victory were likely extremely slim.

Seeing his expression, the women’s hearts sank.

“Great-grandpa…”

A small, exquisitely adorable little girl had also overheard their conversation. Sitting in Lin Heming’s arms, she lowered her head and asked dejectedly, “Is Daddy really not coming back?”

“Xiaoxue still hasn’t even seen Daddy…”

“Hehe, how could that be?”

Lin Heming smiled and gently stroked her little head. “Your father will definitely come back to find Xiaoxue.”

“Really?”

Ye Xiaoxue raised her head and looked at him in delight.

“Of course.” Lin Heming wore an utterly confident expression as he chuckled. “Because your father is the Lord of the World. How could the Lord of the World possibly lose?”

“Mm-hmm!”

Ye Xiaoxue nodded vigorously. Clenching her tiny fists, she looked up at the sky and silently prayed, “Daddy will definitely win. He has to win!”

“That’s right. He definitely will.”

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out beside everyone’s ears.

They all turned their heads in unison, only to see a figure dressed in white standing at the gate of the small wooden house’s courtyard. With a smile on his lips, he gazed warmly at Ye Xiaoxue.

“Ah! It’s Daddy!”

Although Ye Xiaoxue had never seen Ye Shu before, the bond of blood allowed her to recognize him at first glance.

She leaped down from the old man’s arms and ran toward him at full speed.

“Daddy! Daddy, pick me up!”

She ran toward him with her arms spread wide. Ye Shu obligingly opened his arms as well, ready to catch her at any moment.

However, just as Ye Xiaoxue was about to leap into her father’s embrace, a large foot wearing a pink embroidered shoe suddenly flew in from the side and kicked the little girl straight into the air. She tumbled across the ground several times before coming to a stop.

“Ugh... That hurts...”

Clutching her waist and grimacing in pain, Ye Xiaoxue sat up. The moment she looked up, she saw the culprit who had kicked her away.

It was none other than her dearest mother—Lin Qingxue!

“Mother, why...?”

Ye Xiaue looked at her usually gentle and dignified mother in bewilderment, her lips already trembling into a deeply aggrieved pout.

Lin Qingxue, however, was completely unmoved.

“Hmph!”

She let out a cold snort. “Trying to steal your man from your mother? Don’t you know anything about filial piety? When your father comes home, of course your mother gets to hug him first.”

“I raised you all these years, and you don’t even understand something so basic.”

With that, she opened her arms and threw herself into Ye Shu’s embrace. Feeling the arms she had not enjoyed for more than a decade, Lin Qingxue’s eyes filled with tears, and the longing she had held back finally burst forth.

She raised her head, her voice choked with emotion.

“Heartless Man, I’ve missed you so much all these years...”

“...”

Ye Shu glanced at Ye Xiaoxue, who was sitting on the ground looking utterly pitiful, then at Lin Qingxue, who was sobbing in his arms. After thinking for precisely 0.01 seconds, he still chose to hold the beauty in his embrace.

“Don’t cry,” he said.

“From today onward, you won’t have to be afraid anymore.”

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After returning to the grand world within his dantian, Ye Shu comforted each and every person who had been worried about him—including the two little daughters who had been deprived of their childhood.

“So, Daddy, how did you win?” Ye Xiaoxue asked, tugging on Ye Shu’s hand with a face full of curiosity. “Grandpa Zhao said that the bad guy swallowed six worlds, but Daddy only had one.”

“Isn’t six bigger than one?”

Hearing this question, Ye Shu burst out laughing.

He picked up Ye Xiaoxue and gazed toward the distant snow-capped mountains before slowly speaking:

“Then Daddy will tell Xiaoxue a story about the Nine Tailed Beasts.”

“Once upon a time, a very, very long time ago, there were nine tailed beasts...”