Capítulo 1934: Chapter 1935: Light at the End of the Road

The smile carried a hint of self-mockery, but only Su Zhedian understood its true flavor.

The long-haired man, unaware of Su Zhedian’s strange expression, wore a perpetually grim face. While resisting the assault of the six paths of Heavenly Thunder, he muttered to himself.

“Impossible. How would the Supreme Immortal Emperor care about you ants? Even I have never been afforded more than a glance by those supreme beings. Impossible, absolutely impossible…”

Listening to these words, Su Zhedian chuckled softly and looked pityingly at the long-haired man before him.

“Do you still not understand? Although you are the core of this realm, in their eyes, you are nothing more than an unremarkable existence within the star-sea of Myriad Heavens and Worlds. But… we are different. Haven’t you always wondered why I insist on connecting the two realms? Always thinking I intended to use this bridge to invade this world?”

“Isn’t that the case?”

The long-haired man widened his eyes and spoke excitedly. To him, it seemed evident that Su Zhedian’s action was a grand scheme to invade his world.

“Of course not. We are currently teetering on the edge of survival. Connecting the two realms was merely a precaution, hoping we might find a sliver of hope in the worst-case scenario. But now it seems that all of this has little meaning left.”

Su Zhedian spoke calmly, but his heart was filled with infinite melancholy. He looked up at the six paths of Heavenly Thunder falling from the sky, understanding that what he had done had lost most of its meaning at this point.

“Have the people in the heavens already discovered this place?”

A cold voice arose from the side, as Long Xuan and Feng Jie Yu arrived at the scene.

Su Zhedian glanced at him, then said, “Injured?”

“Good, I thought you were one of those unwilling to accept the fact of their failure. As it turns out, your magnanimity is greater than I expected.”

“I have lost, more than once, and I have lost willingly and convincingly.”

Though Long Xuan didn’t specify who, everyone present knew it was Ye Qingci.

Losing isn’t frightening; what is frightening is being unable to accept one’s failures and learn anything of value from them. Clearly, Long Xuan hadn’t become such a person.

He hadn’t turned into someone like Yang Chengyin of years past.

“Yes, the downfall of six paths of Heavenly Thunder indicates that some Immortal Emperors have taken note of this place. Although they haven’t acted directly, if we truly choose to take refuge here in the end, it will surely lead to new clearings, or even a new Age of Dharma Decline.”

“Age of Dharma Decline?”

The mention of the term immediately furrowed the brow of the long-haired man, indicating he understood its significance. This realization connected all the clues he had together.

“I see. No wonder you would go to such lengths, but according to you, if the Immortal Emperor has already cast his gaze here, doesn’t that mean…”

“Over these ten-odd years, people have begun to flourish here. They originally grew depending on this realm. Now that attention has landed here, if I withdraw that sword and sever the connection between the realms, it only takes a fleeting thought from those lofty beings for this realm to usher in the Age of Dharma Decline belonging to you.”

“You…”

“Why get agitated?”

Su Zhedian smiled at the furious long-haired man and said, “Isn’t this what you chose for yourself? How does it feel to be hoisted by one’s own petard?”

The long-haired man’s face turned ashen; if not for dealing with the incessant downpour of six paths of Heavenly Thunder, he would have long sought a life-and-death struggle with Su Zhedian.

He now understood that everything was futile. At this point, he and Su Zhedian were already grasshoppers on the same string—there might not be shared prosperity, but sharing the same fate of ruin was inevitable.

“Such an important matter, why didn’t you say so earlier?”

The long-haired man, with a casual wave of his hand, covered a hundred miles with a vast, transparent light shield, preventing the six paths of Heavenly Thunder from falling within.

“If I had mentioned it earlier, would you have believed me?”

Su Zhedian said with a bitter smile, glancing up at the six paths of Heavenly Thunder.

“Before witnessing these six paths of Heavenly Thunder fall, would you ever believe we were marked for destruction by those lofty beings? Moreover, without seeing those two causing such phenomena, how could you believe in the possibility of us finding a sliver of hope amidst this despair?”

The long-haired man trembled slightly, then slowly turned to look toward the location where Su Chengyu and Yu Yanshu were, a strange expression on his face, and after a long time, he finally spoke.

“Are they the trump card you hope to use to weather this great calamity?”

“I don’t like using the word ‘trump card’. Not a trump card, but they should be called hope.”

After speaking, Su Zhedian’s gaze finally fell toward where Su Chengyu was.

“In his body, my father harbored even greater hope than I did. At that time, I didn’t understand, nor did I comprehend it, much worried about how this little one, still in swaddling clothes, could bear such a colossal burden. But reality proved me wrong back then. This child is far more resilient than I thought. And what surprised me even more was that my father, who almost never miscalculated in his life, was finally wrong this time.”

“Zhedian…”

Feng Jie Yu looked at the surging emotions within Su Zhedian with concern.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine. Today’s main characters won’t be me, but them.”

Su Zhedian stated calmly, his emotions gradually settling down.

“After all, making this guy believe we have the potential to resist the Age of Dharma Decline, obviously, I can’t achieve that.”

“If not you, then he can?”

The long-haired man furrowed his brows, still doubting whether Su Chengyu, the one in the Hollow Void Realm, could accomplish anything meaningful.

Su Zhedian smiled slightly, refraining from answering, simply looking on.

The next second, immense golden light shot skyward. As it reached the long-haired man’s barrier, it stalled for a moment before shattering it completely, roaring directly toward the six paths of Heavenly Thunder!

Bang!

Amidst the massive sound, the continuous fall of the six paths of Heavenly Thunder finally halted for a moment, and within the golden light, the form of the Wasteland Battle Halberd soared upwards.

Without anyone wielding it, it began to gather force. Within just an instant, that earth-shattering aura had already gathered completely, aimed directly at the six paths of Heavenly Thunder!

The golden avatars of the War Axe braced themselves against the Heavenly Thunder, constantly dissipated by its strikes, yet rapidly reforming mid-air.

Facing the overwhelmingly powerful World-Ending Thunder, the myriad of Wasteland Battle Halberds stood in equal contest against it in the sky.

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