Stronger with Crimson Modifier

The Cause and Effect Karmic Force above his head showed no signs of increasing.

It seemed as long as he didn’t actively destroy the world, the Cause and Effect Karmic Force wouldn’t grow.

At this thought, his colossal serpentine body flashed with light and reverted to his human form.

The aura that had been surging from his body also dropped rapidly.

With a single step, he appeared outside the sun.

Hu Qi looked down at the dim sun below and considered for a moment.

Then, he opened his palm, and a ball of golden light emerged.

Contained within that light was the authority and world origin he had devoured from this realm.

With a flick of his wrist, he tossed the golden light into the sun below.

Instantly, the cracks on the sun’s surface healed rapidly. Its dim light brightened once more, radiating a sliver of Vitality.

After doing all this, he clearly saw the dense Cause and Effect Karmic Force above his head abruptly decrease by about one-tenth.

’It actually works!’

A strange glint flashed through Hu Qi’s eyes.

Destroying a world generated Cause and Effect Karmic Force. Conversely, saving a world on the brink of destruction would naturally increase one’s ’Merit’.

Of course, this so-called ’Merit’ was just a metaphor; whether it truly existed was another matter entirely.

Now, this world had regained its lost origin and authority.

Before long, a new world will would be born.

However, this didn’t mean the world was now safe and sound.

Although its lifespan had been extended, it had lost the Sun Core Stone, so it naturally no longer had the possibility of continuing its Reincarnation.

It wouldn’t be destroyed immediately, but its ultimate fate was still to perish.

Of course, this process would be exceedingly long.

For the living beings in this world, this was undoubtedly the best possible outcome.

If the world were to begin its Reincarnation,

they would all have to die.

But now, with the great sun reignited, the world no longer had to fall into darkness. They, and their descendants, could live for a very long time.

As for this world,

Hu Qi had no intention of taking it into his Pocket World.

The reason was simple: his Pocket World couldn’t contain it.

Although his Pocket World had expanded as his strength increased, it would still struggle to bear a world of this magnitude.

More importantly, this world had been marked by that unknown existence.

Taking it into the Pocket World within his body would be tantamount to exposing himself to that unknown existence’s sight.

The possibility was minuscule, but he couldn’t afford not to guard against it.

Thinking this, Hu Qi took one last look at this world.

His gaze seemed to pierce an infinite distance, landing on a certain figure on Iron Rock Star.

’But who can say what the future holds? If a True God could be born, it might not be impossible to change this world’s fated doom...’

Hu Qi let out a soft laugh.

As his words faded, his figure rapidly dissolved, and he departed from this world.

...

「Iron Rock Star.」

Because of the sun’s Mutation,

Zhao Ying, who was hiding with everyone else in an underground air-raid shelter, seemed to sense something.

Her gaze swept around her.

In that instant,

she felt as if an extremely terrifying gaze had landed upon her.

But after looking around, she found nothing out of the ordinary.

This made her frown slightly.

Just then,

she heard a commotion from up ahead.

"The sun... the sun seems to be back to normal!"

...

「A certain region of the Bottomless Realm.」

Hu Qi’s figure abruptly appeared, stepping out of the void.

Immediately after, the Twisted Light enveloped him like a strange veil.

In an instant,

it completely concealed his aura and figure.

Then, he turned and sped back in the direction he came from.

Along the way,

although he didn’t encounter another attack from a Fisherman,

he ran into something else.

It was a white mist that rolled in like a turbulent tide. Upon closer inspection, the mist was revealed to be composed of countless particles, each emitting a faint fluorescent glow.

Each particle seemed to possess a life of its own.

They clustered and swirled together, exuding an indescribably bizarre aura.

Everything in their path fell into a dead silence; even the worlds within the Bottomless Realm were not spared.

Fortunately, these things were not very fast, and they vanished not long after appearing.

Witnessing this, Hu Qi didn’t hesitate or linger for a moment.

The phenomena within the Bottomless Realm were simply too strange and unpredictable. Even with his newly enhanced strength, he was certain he stood no chance if he were to rashly confront those unknown, terrifying existences.

He had only just ventured into the fringe of the Bottomless Realm. Now, moving at full speed,

it wasn’t long before he reached the edge of the Bottomless Realm.

As he passed through the boundary, which was like a thick curtain, the surrounding scenery changed abruptly.

Although the view before him was still shrouded in darkness, it was completely different from the dead silence of the Bottomless Realm.

Specks of green soul-light drifted in the darkness like a field of stars.

They flickered erratically, some bright, some dim.

Only then did Hu Qi finally have a moment to turn his attention to himself.