Between heaven and earth, only Lu Yu and a mass of constantly churning gray-black mist remained.
The mist stopped churning, stretched and distorted, transforming into a hazy humanoid figure and landed on the black fog.
Lu Yu gazed at the "Supreme Being," and in his eyes, the hazy humanoid figure changed forms continuously, and the joys, sorrows, anger, and grievances of all things in heaven and earth... were vividly portrayed on its body.
It seemed to be the aggregate of all the thoughts and desires of all living beings in this world, representing the wishes of every living being.
Ultimately, the form of the "Supreme Being" ceased to change, and a twisted face filled with all expressions appeared before Lu Yu.
That face was his own face.
The corners of the mouth were slightly raised, full of pride, representing "joy," "happiness," "cheerful."
The face was stiff, making the smile seem particularly mournful, depressed, which was both sadness and resentment.
The eyes were wide open, filled with fury, with a hint of resentment mixed in, that was both anger and hatred.
...
Seeing the "Supreme Being," Lu Yu's facial expression involuntarily changed, mimicking it.
Lu Yu immediately noticed the change within himself and hurriedly averted his gaze.
It was surprising to Lu Yu that just that brief exchange of glances almost caught him off guard.
Lu Yu raised his hand and struck, throwing a punch towards the "Supreme Being" based on instinct, this punch seemed ordinary, yet it contained the power of the entire world.
One punch fell into the macrocosm world, creating another chaotic battlefield in time and space.
However, Lu Yu missed.
His fist passed through the body of the "Supreme Being," shattering the space-time behind it, turning it into a piece of chaos.
The "Supreme Being" before him seemed to be a mere shadow, not existing at all.
Lu Yu's power couldn't touch it.
No power could touch it.
All Lu Yu could do was feel its presence here.
Besides that, he couldn't do anything to interfere.
"No wonder great sages and figures like the Demon Emperor never chose to fight against it, as there was simply no possibility of battle." Lu Yu understood in his heart.
What he saw as the "Supreme Being" and "Final Catastrophe" was ultimately just a thought of his.
Because he believed the "Supreme Being" and "Final Catastrophe" existed, the "Supreme Being" descended upon reality.
The true sacrifice was not the Supreme Demon Monster Saint Ancestor, and the reason for the "Supreme Being's" arrival was not due to the summoning of the Supreme Demon Monster Saint Ancestor.
When Lu Yu appeared here, it was already destined; the "Supreme Being" would inevitably descend upon reality sooner or later.
The key was that after Lu Yu obtained all the world's privileges, he thought he could confront the "Supreme Being," and then the "Supreme Being" descended upon the world.
Lu Yu realized this too late.
In a certain sense, if he believed the "Supreme Being" and "Final Catastrophe" never existed,
The Final Catastrophe would never arrive.
Summoning a god is easy, sending it away is difficult.
Once the Final Catastrophe arrives, even if Lu Yu erases the thoughts in his mind, the Supreme Being would not disappear.
It has already appeared, becoming an established fact, and no longer needs Lu Yu to provide a "fulcrum."
No matter if Lu Yu believes it or not, it exists here.
This is an unsolvable puzzle.
When Lu Yu understood the meaning of the "Supreme Being," the Supreme Being had already appeared.
Before the Supreme Being appeared, he was unable to perceive its significance.
No one else could tell him the meaning of the "Supreme Being," for as long as someone understands its meaning, it is bound to exist.
No matter if that person is Lu Yu or anyone else.
Lu Yu displayed a bitter smile, looking up at the "Supreme Being," he laughed wryly, "The final boss actually originated from a thought of mine!"
Of course, Lu Yu also understood that no matter who generated this thought, it made no difference.
It just happened to be him.
Lu Yu's thought was not the source of all this, only the spark igniting the fuse.
The "Supreme Being" is a monster formed from the condensing of countless beings' "thoughts," Lu Yu is just one among them.
After pondering a lot, in Lu Yu's mind, only a moment had passed.
Lu Yu looked up at the "Supreme Being," his figure dissipating into the river of time.
Unable to confront it directly, he could only follow his initial plan.
Initially, he was not aware of the meaning of the "Supreme Being," only purely wanting to obtain the power of the entire world to combat and triumph over the Final Catastrophe.
During his exchanges with the Immortal Demon Lord, Lu Yu gradually modified his original plan, which became his ultimate means to deal with the "Final Catastrophe."
Looking at the disappearing Lu Yu, the Supreme Being's expression remained unchanged.
Blackness began to spread from its feet across the entire river of time, wherever blackness reached, the world lost vitality, even time seemed to lose its meaning, halting progress.
It turned into an illusory world, where in this world, everyone's wishes could be fulfilled.
All things would sink into their imagined world, rendering everything meaningless.
The entire world became a gray expanse.
...
Where did Lu Yu go?
He disappeared from this world.
At some unknown point, a surging golden river appeared in the world, this was a new river of time.
...
In the early formation of Lu Yu's microcosm, a branch diverged from the original river of time.
In discussions with the Immortal Demon Lord, Lu Yu reached a conclusion—only by clearing the entire river of time could the Final Catastrophe end.
This mission, no one could accomplish.
It defied the most fundamental laws of the world.
Cause leads to effect.
All things have pasts, origins.
Even Lu Yu, who held the power of two universes, could not erase all past.
This was not a problem that strength could solve, but rather that such a possibility did not exist.
Unless this world never existed.
Lu Yu envisioned another path.
He stood at the source of the microcosm's flow of time, severing the connection between the microcosm and the macrocosm's river of time.
One person took control of the river of time, burying the past eternal times.
All living beings in the macrocosm world had long been transferred to the microcosm, with all memories and traces related to demons wiped clean.
All beings knew only one thing: that a secret war involving the entire populace took place, forever buried in history, never to be mentioned.
The specific details were known to no one.
The new world had no past, no demons, only one person at the end of time.
On the banks of the severed river of time, the past Lu Yu smiled while looking at the other side, seeing a future full of hope.
He knew he would forever seal away the past.
The current Lu Yu, looking at his past self, his "thoughts" had been severed, with no connection to the past.
The only thing he understood was that he would stay at the source of the river of time, guarding it eternally, unpolluted by the "unknown force" from the other side.
Representing the microcosm world's river of time, with the development of all things, the growth of all creatures, surging toward an infinitely bright future.
The past macrocosm world's river of time, in the "Final Catastrophe," ultimately came to an obscure ending, disappearing into darkness.
Henceforth, there was only one river of time left in the world.
At the moment of the macrocosm world's river of time vanishing, Lu Yu stood at the source of the river of time, as if seeing countless submerged, dim rivers of time.
They all disappeared into that invisible darkness.
...
In a new world, at a certain high school.
Lu Yu sat in the classroom, turned around, excitedly said to the classmate behind, "I'll tell you a secret, in '99, I participated in a secret war that couldn't be mentioned, it was a war involving everyone, then I was just six, captured an octopus alien with my family's broom..."
"Stop bragging, back then I was five and even operated a Gundam, gave the bud-monster a hell of a beating!" A tablemate boasted right away.
Lu Yu, not convinced, replied, "I even transformed into light, became Ultraman, definitely more impressive than you..."
