Chapter 1698: The Grand Finale (1)

Sang Mei!

When Ye Guan saw that familiar face, he was utterly stunned. He never expected that the Supreme Will would actually be Sang Mei!

How is this possible!?

It wasn't just Ye Guan, as even those standing around him frowned deeply. They were caught off guard as well.

As for those from the Origin Universe, they were confused.

The Supreme Will... knows Ye Guan?

Both Ye Guan and the Supreme Will radiated the same faith power that was identical in every aspect.

Everyone watching was utterly baffled.

Ye Guan looked at Sang Mei, who stood before him with a faint smile on her face, and asked, "You... are the Supreme Will?"

Sang Mei calmly replied, "That's what others call me. My real name is Sang Mei."

Ye Guan pressed on, asking, "So all of this... was your plan?"

Sang Mei smiled, "There's no such thing as a 'plan.' Come with me."

With that, she turned and walked away.

Ye Guan didn't move.

Sang Mei turned back and smiled gently. "Still afraid I'll hurt you?"

Ye Guan stared at her for a moment, and then he silently followed her along the Ascension Battles Road.

Countless experts exchanged glances.

What's going on?

No one had a clue.

Erya kept nibbling on her hawthorn candy, and her eyes were locked onto Sang Mei. Meanwhile, Little White had already reached into her pouch and gripped a massive, unknown hammer, ready to strike at any moment.

Once they were on the Ascension Battles Road, Sang Mei glanced at the silent Ye Guan and said with a smile, "I know you have some questions. And I'll be honest, when I first sought you out, it was to kill you."

Ye Guan asked, "Then why did you change your mind?"

Sang Mei replied, "Two reasons. First, you gave me hope."

"Hope?"

"Even at the bitterest end, you would never sacrifice all living beings."

"Then why did you restart the universe and destroy countless lives?"

Sang Mei smiled but didn't answer. Instead, she said, "Do you want to know the second reason?"

Ye Guan asked, "What is it?"

Sang Mei replied seriously, "Restraint."

Ye Guan was puzzled. "Restraint?"

Sang Mei nodded. "Use order to restrain order"[1]

Still confused, Ye Guan got no further answer. Sang Mei simply continued walking, and he followed her. Everyone around them watched in silence.

Those who had previously surrendered from the Origin Universe were getting anxious.

Damn... these two seem awfully close. Don't tell me we've made clowns out of ourselves?

On the Ascension Battles Road, Sang Mei looked down at the road and smiled. " I once told you I was having problems with my 'order,' do you still remember it? I didn't just mean the Divine Order, I meant all my Orders... I told you I am the source of all order. You may have forgotten it."

Ye Guan fell silent, recalling the past. Indeed, Sang Mei had once told him that.[2]

He also remembered what Aunt Qingqiu had said when she left. "There are some things you must experience yourself. I can't say too much..."

Looking back now, Qingqiu must have realized something even back then.

Sang Mei, as if reading his mind, smiled. "Your Aunt Qingqiu did notice something, but didn't tell you. You know why."

Ye Guan turned to her. "Earlier, you said order restrains order. Isn't that also the fusion of order?"

Sang Mei nodded. "Both restraint and fusion."

Ye Guan asked, "No matter how many people believe in me, you receive the same faith power, right?"

Sang Mei smiled. "Yes."

Ye Guan stared at her. "That was your real reason for seeking me out in the first place, wasn't it?"

Sang Mei smiled again, but didn't reply.

Ye Guan chuckled bitterly.

His greatest trump card was the faith of the masses. But now, whether one person or countless believe in him, Sang Mei would always share the exact same amount of faith power as him. Why?

It was all because he had trusted her and merged the Guanxuan Laws and Divine Laws.

Everyone around them watched Ye Guan and Sang Mei walk toward the end of the Ascension Battles Road. Many were confused.

Was there still going to be a battle or not?

The Great Daoist Brush Master looked at Ye Guan calmly, not surprised.

Soon, Sang Mei led Ye Guan to the end of the Ascension Battles Road. She turned to his clearly unhappy face and asked with a smile, "Feel like I tricked you?"

Ye Guan didn't hesitate. "Yes."

Sang Mei grinned. "You know, sometimes you're smart... sometimes, you're a bit dumb."

Ye Guan looked puzzled.

Suddenly, Sang Mei pointed to the Ascension Battles Road. "Do you think this is the Ascension Battles Road?"

Ye Guan asked, "What do you mean?"

She replied, "This isn't the true Ascension Battles Road. Let me show you the real one."

The real Ascension Battles Road?

Ye Guan grew even more confused.

Sang Mei lightly waved her hand at the end of the path, and a new path appeared before everyone.

It was within the Milky Way's Red Planet.

As Ye Guan and the others stared, puzzled, a terrifying presence suddenly surged from the Red Planet. An enormous hand reaching skyward, bursting through the planet's surface, and heading straight toward a blue planet...

Kaboom!

In the sky above the blue planet, a region exploded, and a colossal Great Dao descended, stretching across spacetime to merge with the Ascension Battles Road beneath Ye Guan and Sang Mei's feet.

Everyone was stunned.

Ye Guan was just as bewildered.

This brand-new Great Dao was bizarre. Once it was connected to their vast expanse, everyone felt an inexplicably surreal sensation, as if they were dreaming.

The Great Dao felt

real,

but why?

Everyone was puzzled.

Ye Guan turned to Sang Mei. "What... is this?"

Sang Mei gazed at the new Great Dao and whispered, "This is the true Ascension Battles Road, a road that leads to the real world."

Ye Guan was shaken. "The real world?"

Sang Mei nodded. "I truly am the Supreme Will, the end of all things in this universe, the source of all order. But do you know what lies beyond the end?"

She looked at Ye Guan and smiled. "The one who drew the circle."

Ye Guan's expression turned grave. "You mean... like an artist?"

Sang Mei nodded and looked to the end of the real Ascension Battles Road. "Yes. That is the beginning of all beginnings. He is the one who restarts the vast expanse over and over."

Ye Guan asked, "Why would he do that?"

Sang Mei answered, "To sacrifice all living beings and endlessly improve himself. To put it plainly—when the crops grow tall enough... It'll be time for a harvest."

Ye Guan was silent.

Sang Mei looked at the end of the real Great Dao. "If the masses truly want to control their own fate, they must deal with that author. Otherwise, it's just endless cycles, everything is predetermined, and their destiny is inescapable."

Sang Mei glanced at the mighty beings of the past eras. "Since ancient times, I've been waiting for the one who wouldn't become a dragon after slaying one.

Sadly, none came in those past eras, and it reached the point where I wanted to give up. Many became selfish once they became powerful enough, and they would belittle life.

"I had no hope until... someone told me about you. She said you could do it. I didn't believe her at first, and she said, 'If you don't believe in him, I'll stand on his side.' That made me curious enough to visit you myself. If you failed, I'd kill you early. If you succeeded..."

"Then it would be Order restraining Order," Sang Mei smiled.

Ye Guan asked, "Who was she?"

Sang Mei replied, "You know her. You called her 'Clan Leader Jing'. I call her Little Jing."

Clan Leader Jing!

Ye Guan was stunned. He remembered that old bet...

Sang Mei added, "She believed in you, but I had to see it myself. The first time I saw you—ah, right, your uncle was there too. And your aunt. They were strong and knew who I was, but they didn't stop me."

"Because this was the path I had chosen. They wanted me to walk it myself. After all, you weren't bullying the weak." Ye Guan looked at Sang Mei. "If I had failed your tests, you would have been my greatest enemy. Am I right?"

Sang Mei smiled. "No. You wouldn't be qualified to be my enemy."

Ye Guan paused, and then he revealed a bitter smile. Had he relied on his family and become the King of Relying on Others, he wouldn't even be worth her time.

"How about the Great Daoist Brush Master...?" Ye Guan glanced at the Great Daoist Brush Master.

The Great Daoist Brush Master looked at him, silent.

Sang Mei explained, "Your aunt and uncle knew his identity, too. To put it simply—he no longer wanted to be a puppet, so he chose to rebel."

Ye Guan understood.

Then Sang Mei said, "Remember the little gift and big gift I promised you?"

Ye Guan looked at her. Sang Mei extended her hand and smiled brightly. "Little swordsman, would you like to fight for all the living beings... together with me?"

Ye Guan looked at her for a moment, then reached out and took her hand. "Of course."

Sang Mei smiled and pulled him forward, onto the real Ascension Battles Road.

At that moment, Ye Guan's pupils shrank. He felt his fleshly body and sword intent rapidly dissolving!

What a terrifying power!

He had experienced this before inside

that

world.

Sang Mei smiled and said, "Beings of all worlds, lend me your strength."

Boom!

In an instant, endless faith power surged from heaven and earth, and Sang Mei's aura skyrocketed.

It was the combined faith of all sentient beings across all ages.

At the same time, Ye Guan's aura exploded. For every ounce of faith power Sang Mei received, he received them, too.

Ye Guan was dumbfounded. It wasn't just the faith power of the current vast expanse; he was receiving faith power from all eras and all the greatest cultivators.

What he was obtaining wasn't merely the faith power from the Origin Universe; it also included the faith power of top experts from all the past eras...

How strong was he now? He had no idea!

All he knew was that he genuinely felt invincible right now. No joke, this time, he really believed that he could go toe-to-toe with his father.

Although his faith power would be shared with Sang Mei, Sang Mei's faith power would also be shared with him. Neither of them would lose out.

Sang Mei lowered her head to look at the road beneath their feet. "To reach the real world, we must first cross this true Ascension Battles Road. However, those above won't allow those below to witness their so-called 'real' world.

"Hence, they left behind countless terrifying true Great Daos on this road. These so-called true Great Daos are the very Great Daos of that real world..."

Sang Mei turned to Ye Guan. "We need to join forces to suppress them and pave a brand-new path for all living beings."

Ye Guan nodded. "Alright."

Sang Mei smiled. "Together."

As she spoke, the two of them suddenly stepped forward. The moment they did, two terrifying waves of faith power surged out from within them, sweeping toward the true Ascension Battles Road.

To suppress the true Great Daos!

Below, the Great Daoist Brush Master stepped forward. He looked at everyone present and said, "Haven't you always wanted to reach the end of the Ascension Battles Road? Haven't you always wanted to break free from the shackles of your civilization? Haven't you always wanted to change your fate?"

With that, he turned toward the true Ascension Battles Road, and a savage glint flashed in his eyes as he roared, "Ascend the Ascension Battles Road!"

When his words fell, he charged forward without hesitation.

And below, every expert roared, "Ascend the Ascension Battles Road!"

All of them soared into the sky, flying toward the Ascension Battles Road.

1. See Chapter 1581 ☜

2. See Chapter 1627 ☜