Baby with Daoist Monarch System

His "Universal" Sword Intent has lost its effect here!

Because there is simply no "form" here for him to dominate!

His "Reincarnation" Sword Intent also loses its meaning here!

Because there is simply no "cycle" here for him to sever!

Resilience, Silence, Battle, Life

All will, all understanding, appear so pale and feeble in the face of this absolute void!

"Is this the void?"

Xu Ran’s consciousness, for the first time, felt fear!

A kind of ultimate fear, stemming from the instinct of life, against "non-existence"!

He felt his consciousness was slowly dissipating!

As if it were to completely merge into this eternal void!

Just as his consciousness was about to be completely engulfed

Buzz!

The deepest part of his sea of consciousness, the fissured sealed area, suddenly erupted with an even more dazzling golden light!

The golden light carried an indescribable majesty and anger!

As if some supreme existence had been provoked by this "void"!

The golden light penetrated the cracks, shining upon Xu Ran’s dissipating consciousness!

"I!"

An ancient will suddenly awakened!

Not Xu Ran’s own will, but the will of the "I" from the depth of the seal!

This will carried an innate pride!

An undeniable presence!

"Even the void cannot extinguish me!"

Rumble!

The brilliant golden light suddenly expanded outward!

In this absolute void, it forcefully carved out a domain belonging to "I"!

In this domain, Xu Ran’s consciousness instantly stabilized!

He felt his "existence" once again!

Not relying on external laws, not relying on coordinates of time and space, but solely because of the existence of "I"!

"The void is not the end"

Xu Ran’s eyes flashed with golden light, a reflection of the will from the depth of the seal!

"The void is the origin of ’existence’!"

"The womb before all forms are born!"

"The nurturing bed of all possibilities!"

"But"

Xu Ran’s gaze suddenly turned sharp!

"It is also the antithesis of ’I’!"

"The existence of ’I’ is a negation of the void!"

An even fiercer, more dominant will soared into the sky!

If "Universal" is domination, "Reincarnation" is severance

Then, in the face of this ultimate "void"

The choice of Xu Ran (or rather, the awakened will within him) was

Suppression!

With the existence of "I", suppress this absolute void!

Make the void submit to "I"!

Slash!

The seventh sword shadow suddenly condensed!

It was a sword engulfed in golden flames!

The flame was no ordinary fire, but the fire of will! The fire of existence!

The aura it emitted was neither creation nor destruction, but absolute suppression!

As if once this sword appears, even the eternal void must retreat three steps! Must bow down in submission!

"Sword of Suppression of Nothingness!"

Xu Ran felt this seventh Sword Intent, only to find his very soul trembling!

This power was too strong!

So strong it made even him feel palpitations!

And the seal deep within his sea of consciousness, at this moment, began to crack, with fissures spreading like a web!

More golden light flowed out as if it were tangible!

The vast, ancient, supreme aura was nearly bursting out of his sea of consciousness!

"Suppression of the void?!"

Yu Kong’s voice was no longer shocked, but utterly filled with despair!

He looked at the sword shadow burning with the golden flame of existence, his body uncontrollably trembling!

"It’s over... all over..."

"What... what on earth are you?!"

"What kind of monster is sealed within your sea of consciousness?"

Yu Kong’s voice carried a sobbing tone.

He felt he was witnessing the birth of a taboo!

A monster capable of overturning the very understanding of the cosmos was rising!

Dominate the universal forms!

Sever the reincarnation!

Suppress the void!

This... this is simply not the power a cultivator should possess! Not the path they should walk!

This... this is...

Yu Kong dared not think further!

He only knew that the young man before him had already embarked on an irreversibly forbidden path!

And the end of this path could either be unprecedented glory!

Or eternal destruction!

"Still... two more swords..." Xu Ran’s voice carried a strange hoarseness.

That was the reflection of his own will’s initial fusion with the will deep within the seal.

His gaze became even more profound, even more majestic!

As if some ancient entity that had slept for endless ages was now gazing at the world through his eyes!

Yu Kong looked at Xu Ran at this moment, and there was only one thought in his mind: escape!

The farther he could get from this monster, the better!

But he couldn’t escape!

He was the guide and Guardian of this Sword Tomb.

He had to witness the final outcome!

No matter how terrifying that outcome might be!

Taking a deep breath, Yu Kong used all his strength, his voice dryly uttering three words: "Eighth Sword, ’Destiny’!"

Destiny!

These words seemed to carry the weight of fate!

More elusive than Reincarnation, more ubiquitous than Nothingness!

Was it the thread of cause and effect? Was it the ordination from somewhere beyond? Or was it a script penned by the strong?

Hum!

The eighth section on the Sword Ring lit up!

The light was no longer a single color but countless threads shimmering with different lusters!

These threads, densely packed and crisscrossed, seemed to weave into a giant Net that covered the entire Cosmos!

And Xu Ran found himself on this Net!

Countless threads connected his past, present, and future!

He saw it!

If he hadn’t met Mo Yuan, he might have become an ordinary village Hunter, marrying a wife and having children in a mundane life.

If he had failed in the sect’s grand competition, he might have been stripped of his cultivation, expelled from the mountain gate, reduced to a mortal.

If he hadn’t entered this Sword Tomb.

Countless possible "fates" unfolded before him like a painting!

At the same time, he also saw countless possibilities for the future!

Some ascended to the pinnacle, overseeing all realms!

Some fell halfway, becoming skeletal remains!

Some stayed with a cherished companion, only to be ultimately separated by the heavens!

Some fought for the Guardian, bleeding to the last drop!

These future scenes were so vivid! So enticing! Yet so cruel!

What shocked him even more was

he discovered that regardless of the future, it seemed to point to one final conclusion!

Complete fusion with that "entity" deep within his consciousness!

Then.

Facing a cosmic catastrophe that sweeps across countless realms and endless time!

It seemed as if this was his destiny!

No matter how he chose or struggled, he couldn’t escape!

"Is this my fate?"

Xu Ran’s heart sank.

An unprecedented sense of powerlessness welled up inside him.

If everything was already determined, then what was the significance of his perseverance, his struggle, his sword?

Could it be that everything he had done before was just struggling on the chessboard of fate?

No!

Just when this feeling of powerlessness was about to consume his will

that "entity" deep within his consciousness roared once again!

It was an extreme anger against being "arranged"!

"My fate is in my hands, not the heavens!"

Boom!

The seventh Sword of Suppression of Nothingness suddenly erupted in brilliant golden light!

The will of Suppression of Nothingness at that moment transformed into a sharp edge severing all bindings!

"Destiny? Nonsense!"

"Who dares to dictate my fate?!"

Xu Ran’s (or rather, "his") will, like a peerless Divine Soldier unsheathed, revealed its sharpness!

No matter the thread of cause and effect!

No matter the ordained fate!

No matter the impending cosmic catastrophe!

Where my will points, there is my path!

Where my sword edge aims, there is my road!

If fate blocks me, I will defy the heavens!

If destiny binds me, I will sever fate!

Screech!

The shadow of the eighth sword coalesced into form!

It was an extremely simple, even plain sword!

Bereft of any ornate decorations, lacking any unusual sheen.

Yet...

It emitted an edge that pierced through all illusions, severed all bindings, ignoring all Laws!

This edge caused the Net of Destiny covering the Cosmos to tremble violently! As if it could be severed at any moment!

"Sword of Destiny Severing!"

Xu Ran felt this eighth Sword Intent, his thoughts becoming clear!

What nonsense destiny! What nonsense ordination!

The fate of Xu Ran is solely in his own hands!

His sword will cleave through all obstacles!

With the condensation of this eighth Sword Intent

Snap! Boom!

The seal deep within his consciousness finally shattered completely!

Endless golden light surged forth like a deluge breaking through a dam!