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Chapter 346 Final Chapter: World Ascension

The sky was deathly silent.

The pitch-black vortex, now shrunk to less than a thousand meters, hung high in the sky, slowly rotating as if devouring all light.

Deep within the vortex, three indescribable, terrifying pressures were gathering—these were the auras of the eighth rank, surpassing the seventh-order "Dao Origin Realm" and truly touching the realm of immortality!

"Click".

A soft sound, like an eggshell breaking, came from the core of the vortex.

Immediately afterwards—

"BOOM—!!!"

The earth and sky shook violently!

At that moment, the entire Earth's atmosphere churned like boiling water! A violent energy storm swept across the globe, with ocean waves reaching thousands of meters high and mountains groaning under the immense pressure!

Its sheer power caused terrifying natural disasters, forcing even seventh-tier experts to intervene.

All the seventh-tier experts, including Zhang Shundao, looked solemn and dignified as they watched the three monsters slowly descend from the depths of the vortex.

The first one resembled a twisted nebula aggregate, with countless dark golden tentacles dancing wildly in the void, each tentacle radiating a sharp aura capable of tearing through space.

The second creature resembled a giant, silvery-white serpent, over ten thousand meters long, with nine pairs of crystal wings that flapped slowly, each vibration causing ripples in spacetime.

The first two beasts exuded the power of the early stage of the eighth rank, while the third one had even reached the middle stage of the eighth rank.

It has a humanoid silhouette, wears armor woven from star fragments, wields a giant sword burning with purple flames, and is surrounded by nine slowly rotating planetary phantoms, each phantom representing a complete law of power!

Three eighth-tier exotic beasts descended simultaneously!

They seemed to lack intelligence, possessing only pure instinct and a destructive desire. Their scarlet eyes reflected the azure world below, and... the tiny white figure before that world.

The overwhelming pressure swept across heaven and earth, causing the laws of nature to submit. At this moment, all living beings on Earth felt a tremor originating from their very life instincts!

All the seventh-tier powerhouses in the world turned pale and had dry throats.

"Eighth tier...three heads!"

"The aura of one of them... is even more terrifying than the other two combined!"

"Shangguan Yun...can he win?"

Despair is spreading.

Shangguan Che and Murong Xue were filled with worry, and they even wanted to persuade Shangguan Yun to retreat.

Shangguan Jin also sent a telepathic message to Shangguan Yun.

Even if the world were destroyed, they would not want their loved ones to be harmed.

however--

The white figure in the sky smiled.

Having addressed the concerns of his parents and older brother, Shangguan Yun stood in mid-air, his white casual clothes fluttering in the raging energy storm. He looked at the three eighth-tier beasts radiating world-destroying pressure, his eyes gleaming with...excitement.

"It's finally here," he murmured to himself, "the final...experience pack."

Even when he was only at the early stage of the eighth rank, he was not afraid of these three beasts, which were at most at the middle stage of the eighth rank. Now that he is at the late stage of the eighth rank, these three big guys are, in his eyes, the final gift of the world's calamity.

As if enraged by his "disrespect", the three eighth-level beasts simultaneously let out a deafening roar!

Dark gold tentacles tore through the void, transforming into billions of death rays that intertwined into a net!

The crystal wings vibrated wildly, and a time-space labyrinth instantly took shape, ready to banish the enemy to eternity!

The purple flame giant sword was slowly raised, and the power of nine laws condensed at the tip of the sword into a singularity of destruction!

The three eighth-tier beasts launched an attack simultaneously!

This is a devastating blow that could kill any mid-stage eighth-tier cultivator; it is a destructive torrent that condenses the ultimate power of the world's ascension tribulation!

Faced with all this, Shangguan Yun simply raised his right hand slowly.

He spread his five fingers and then softly uttered two words—

"Return to the Ruins".

The sound was not loud, yet it was like the words of a creator god, resounding throughout the heavens and earth.

"Buzz—!!!"

Centered on him, the space within a radius of ten thousand miles suddenly collapsed!

Those billions of dark golden rays, upon entering the collapsing domain, vanished silently, like light entering a black hole.

The time-space labyrinth trembled violently as soon as it took shape, its crystal structure shattering inch by inch and turning into countless points of light.

The trajectory of the giant flaming sword, which embodied nine laws, suddenly froze, and the purple flames on its blade flickered wildly, like a candle burning in the wind.

The three eighth-tier beasts simultaneously let out instinctive roars of shock and anger. Their massive bodies began to slide uncontrollably toward the center of the collapse, like ships falling into a whirlpool!

"Roar--!!!"

The mid-stage eighth-tier Law Devourer struggled frantically, the nine illusory planets around it exploding simultaneously, the immense power of law attempting to push open the collapsing domain—

But it was no use.

In front of Shangguan Yun, the resistance of a mid-stage eighth-order cultivator was like a child pushing a mountain.

"ended."

Shangguan Yun spoke calmly, his right hand's five fingers completely closed.

"puff."

A sound so faint it was almost inaudible.

Then--

A deathly silence.

In the sky, the three eighth-tier alien beasts, exuding an aura of world destruction, vanished.

Not even a trace of residual energy or a fluctuation of laws remained.

It's like using an eraser to wipe away three ink dots on the drawing paper.

Neat.

Billions of eyes around the world stare blankly at the sky.

Gazing at that white figure standing in mid-air.

Looking at him... he casually "wiped out" three eighth-tier alien beasts that were capable of destroying the world.

One second... two seconds...

"Is...it over?" A man spoke to the camera, his voice dry and hoarse, like sandpaper scraping.

“Well…it seems so…” His partner also had a blank expression.

Then--

"We won...we won!!!"

The deafening cheers erupted like a volcano that had been suppressed for millions of years!

From the ruins of the West to the streets of China... every corner of the world erupted in hysterical jubilation at this moment!

People embraced and wept, knelt and kowtowed, and roared to the sky!

The apocalypse is over!

The catastrophe is over!

Humans survived!

And what brought all this to be was that figure in the sky... like a god!

"Shangguan Yun! Shangguan Yun! Shangguan Yun!"

It's unclear who first shouted that name, but then, a deafening roar echoed across the globe!

At this moment, he was no longer the student council president of Shuchiin Academy, no longer a prodigy of China; he was—the savior! A true god among men! The one and only whom the entire world shared the faith in!

The campus forum at Shuchiin University has gone completely mad.

"Long live the president!!!"

"I knew it! The president is invincible!"

"From today onwards, Chairman Shangguan is my god! I'll fight anyone who opposes me!"

"Shinomiya-senpai! I'm bowing down in complete submission! You're going to be the Empress from now on!"

Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai embraced and wept in the courtyard, Tohru excitedly spun Kanna around in her arms, and Ai Haibara quietly breathed a sigh of relief, a faint smile playing on her lips.

Shangguan Che's eyes widened in disbelief. He couldn't believe that these three seemingly invincible eighth-tier beasts, which even he felt could crush into mincemeat with a single kick once he broke through to the late seventh tier, were actually killed instantly.

"Just what level has this kid reached?"

Not only him, but other seventh-tier powerhouses in the world also found it hard to believe.

But they knew that after today, the world would welcome its only invincible powerhouse.

……

In the sky.

Shangguan Yun stood in mid-air, closing his eyes to feel the surging power within his body.

A torrent of energy, as vast as a galaxy, surged into his limbs and bones, reaching the very source of his life!

The bottleneck of the late stage of the eighth rank was easily torn apart like paper under the impact of this power!

Peak of the eighth rank!

His cultivation level soared all the way up, eventually stopping at the threshold of the eighth-order peak!

Just one step away from touching that legendary Ninth-Order Eternal Realm!

Shangguan Yun slowly opened his eyes, his gaze revealing the birth and death of the universe, the rotation of stars, as if containing the secrets of the entire world.

He felt the vast, star-like power within his body, but his brows furrowed slightly.

"Peak of the eighth rank..." he muttered to himself, a hint of frustration flashing in his eyes.

Despite having killed so many sixth and seventh-tier beasts before, plus these three eighth-tier beasts, he still couldn't break through to the ninth tier.

Moreover, at this rate, even if a dozen more mid-stage eighth-tier beasts came, it might not be enough to help him break through.

Could it be that... the ninth rank is truly just a theoretical realm? And no one can actually reach it?

Just as this thought flashed through his mind—

"Om-"

The spatial rift in the sky suddenly trembled violently!

It is neither expansion nor contraction.

Instead, it... dissipated.

Like a sand painting blown away by the wind, the spatial rift that stretched across the sky and brought endless calamities began to collapse, disintegrate, and dissolve rapidly from the edge inwards!

at the same time--

A warm, vast golden light, brimming with boundless vitality and blessings, slowly descended from the core of the dissipating crack!

The light enveloped the entire Earth like a celestial curtain, and wherever it passed, scorched earth was reborn, ruins were restored, the wounded were healed, and all things were revived!

The city destroyed by the monsters was restored to its original state under the golden light, with the broken walls and ruins automatically rebuilding and the shattered streets returning to their original state, even stronger and more beautiful than before!

No matter how severe the injuries, the injured people healed rapidly in the golden light, their severed limbs regenerated, and their diseases subsided!

Withered grass and trees sprouted anew, clear springs gushed forth from dried-up riverbeds, and the polluted air became fresh...

The entire Earth seemed to have undergone a sacred baptism!

"This is... feedback from the very origin of the world!"

Zhang Shundao suddenly stood up, his old eyes flashing with an unprecedented brilliance, "The catastrophe has passed, the world has been upgraded! This is a blessing from heaven and earth!"