Chapter 292

"God will surely forgive, and the supremely merciful Christ will grant eternal rest."

"—Amen."

Volume 8: The Free People and the Free World: 269: Alas, Qi Xing and Sasa are truly a pair of star-crossed lovers.

Although the final trial set by the King of Hell for Qi Xing and Samael took place in the Inner Realm he had independently created, where the inside and outside would not interfere with each other, in reality, the watching battle monks, golden-armored warriors, and the Valkyrie Jingo Rin could all see the scene inside the battlefield.

Otherwise, why would the King of Hell have them come over to watch?

They were, of course, very happy to watch the battle between Qi Xing and the condensed Eternal Wraiths, and to see Qi Xing's rapid growth in the Complete Realm during the fight.

—However, when it came to the matter of Samael, even the heroic soldiers under the King of Hell held quite different attitudes.

To those who had suffered for long ages under a flawed universe, the Dark Creator, Samael, was absolutely a terrifying existence.

But now, once they knew that such a "god" was actually nothing more than a foolish Sasa, those who had been hurt by her actions could easily turn their fear into anger and hatred… which was also a natural reaction.

There were also some warriors who even felt contempt for Samael.

—Just like that? By letting Venerable Leipu take nine moves for her, His Majesty the King of Hell would settle all her past foolishness and mistakes?

That's outrageous; it's letting her off too easily.

Only a very small number of warriors felt pity for Sasa. Others simply felt that the foolish Samael, the Dark Creator, was pitiful. If Samael's actions had been slightly different back then, could these tragedies have been avoided? —Many people thought so too.

Unfortunately, their number was still too small.

Finally, the nine moves passed, and the punishment for Samael was over… but Venerable Leipu decided to challenge the god, to withstand the "tenth move" personally executed by the King of Hell.

—The god was going to make a move personally!

All the warriors watching outside the battlefield world, even Jingo Rin herself, couldn't help but get goosebumps at this moment!

—Qi Xing! Why go to such lengths? Is it really necessary to do this much for Samael?!

But as a warrior, who wouldn't want to see a personal strike from the supreme powerhouse!

"God will surely forgive, and the supremely merciful Christ will grant eternal rest."

"—Amen."

And so they saw the Highest Heaven unfold before Qi Xing and Samael.

It was an indescribable color that humans could not depict, like a rainbow reflected by a rainbow, making words seem weak and powerless!

It was as if a geometer had used all their strength to draw a square with the same area as a circle, racking their brains but finding no way to do it!

If a thousand suns appeared in the sky at the same time, their light could not compare to this flowing light of creation. Infinite images permeated everything within the light. But the warriors watching from outside the battlefield could see neither the beginning, nor the end, nor even the middle.

—However, read the hit web novel "breaker of the inner world" in its entirety, a work by Eight-Tailed Cat, available at uu library. Qi Xing, who had once listened to her universe sing like a music box on Sasa's dark throne, now finally realized deeply that Sasa's universe was indeed just a rough imitation of the Song of Creation from the Upper Realm.

In this light, he saw the unity of all things in the entire universe, and he saw the connections between all atoms. He saw how all forces wrapped around time, how the mechanisms piercing through space-time were like silk threads, pushing causality, pushing the sun and other stars.

And what pushed all of this, what connected all of this, was merely a single thought.

That was love.

It was damn love!

The Supreme Eternal One rose from His white throne. His great and terrifying image made all worlds tremble.

Infinite power, infinite arms, the Eye of Omniscience, were all locked onto Qi Xing and Sasa.

He raised the golden spear.

The light of creation struck like an explosion, truly without any mercy.

Sasa's face even turned pale with fear.

Qi Xing… Qi Xing, however, did not turn pale with fear. At the critical moment, he instead calmed down and took out the silver coin of the [Dominator].

Why use a silver coin? Even the complete Samael had been shattered by the Jesus Fist; what use could a single [silver coin] have?

But Qi Xing did not think so.

God's light of creation rushed toward him and Sasa; in other words, it was a collision between worlds.

It was just God's infinitely large world colliding with Qi Xing and Sasa's "1" unit of a fake world… Normally, of course, the only result would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot and being easily crushed.

But regardless, a world was still a world. Using the [silver coin] of a [world] to clash against God's world, there was at least a possibility of holding on for one more moment.

"Boy Qi Xing, what do you wish for the new world? What will you nurture with your own hegemony?"

Using the blade as a shield against the spear tip, he withstood the oppressive golden light. This was the gnashing of world against world. It made the King of Hell laugh heartily and ask with anticipation.

"Stop talking nonsense at this point!"

Qi Xing gritted his teeth and retorted, "What I want is a world where good and evil are clearly distinguished—but with a standard more tolerant than yours, a world where even an idiot like foolish Sasa has a chance to be saved!"

"Leave the messy business of this universe to me and this foolish Sasa! You, God of the Upper Realm, just go back and retire!"

If Qi Xing were fighting only to save Sasa, only to save this foolish, useless demonic Creator God, then his actions, even at best, would be nothing more than a selfish love.

But since all sentient beings in this universe were manifestations of Sasa's thoughts, part of this foolish evil god's mind and ideas… then Qi Xing's current aspiration, his vow to save all the "idiots just like Sasa"—perhaps, could touch upon, just a little, the compassionate realm of gods and Buddhas.

…It's just that this hastily concocted compassion, of course, could only be half-baked.

Although Qi Xing propped up his own [world] to resist the light of creation, it was like a pebble facing a flood; he was almost immediately pressed, overwhelmed, and nearly crushed. His whole body seemed to evaporate like a bubble, and his eyeballs burst with blood.

[Ahhhhhhh!]

Under the scouring of this light, Sasa, whose divine body had transformed into a blade and was fighting alongside Qi Xing, naturally screamed in excruciating pain as well.

She deserved it.

But if this continued, Qi Xing would inevitably be crushed into pieces along with Sasa.

The half of the Eternal Wraiths that Qi Xing had burdened onto his shoulders finally expanded at this moment, helping Qi Xing resist this light of creation—but how could this possibly be useful? It was nothing more than throwing another stone into a flood.

Even with half of the Eternal Wraiths from all of humanity in this universe since ancient times, they would only be pressed to the ground and ground down by the god's radiance along with Sasa and Qi Xing.

[—Sorry! Qi Xing, I'm sorry!]

Finally, in extreme panic, Sasa began to wail in confusion inside the blade.

Qi Xing was not as exaggerated as her, but he couldn't help but retort: "What exactly are you apologizing for? Are you afraid of dying?"

[Sorry for dragging you into this, I'm sorry!]

…That sounded a bit more human.

Qi Xing did not know, however, that at the same time, the remaining half of the condensed Eternal Wraiths in the distance were watching them.

Outside the [Inner Realm], countless warriors of Heaven, and even Jingo Rin, were all watching from the outside.

They were just watching, saying nothing, although Jingo Rin had already clenched her fists.

However, some specks of light appeared out of thin air, like fireflies dancing in the dark night—slowly, they gathered toward Qi Xing, who was about to collapse.

Volume 8: The Free People and the Free World: 270: The One Who Wrestles with God

God.

What is God?

In the mouths of the Canaanites, God (EL) is "the one with great power"; the God (EL) in the mouths of the Ugaritians is "the one who makes laws"; the God (Deva) in the mouths of the ancient Indians is "the one who shines"; the God (Deus) in the mouths of the Romans is "the one who lives in the sky."

What can be considered a god?

The infinite light of creation, an endless torrent of light, struck toward Qi Xing and Sasa with a spear.

So strong.

So strong!

With such ultimate power, the final realm, how could Qi Xing resist?

How could he have the power to resist?

Think.

The [Dominator]'s silver coin and the [World] tarot card had bought time for Qi Xing and Sasa. He still had time; he had to quickly think of a way to overcome the [King of Hell]!

—But this method was certainly not something that could be thought of in five seconds.

Perhaps Qi Xing had thought too simply.

He had thought about how terrifying a theological god would be as an opponent, but he had indeed thought too simply.

God is not just a huge, powerful, immortal monster, but an eternal order, a justice greater than personal impulses. As the cause from which all things flow, and at the same time the one who can define what is correct, God is worthy of being called God.

No matter how he fought, Qi Xing would be defeated within five seconds. Because the [King of Hell] was simply too strong, and no matter how he fought back, it was useless; because the power of the [King of Hell] was the justice that punished Samael, a justice that was truly in accordance with the laws of Heaven, and therefore irresistible.

He… had indeed already lost. Defeated by this absolute power that spanned the ages and eternity…

…But if he had already lost, why were Qi Xing and Sasa still alive?

Why hadn't the golden light immediately blasted the devil, and the fellow who was colluding with her, into dust?

The answer was actually as simple as could be.

The most troublesome thing about a true God is that He is indeed damnably correct; how was Qi Xing supposed to win against Him?

The answer was actually the same as the last one.

—From some unknown point in time, some small specks of light generated out of thin air, some white radiance, emerged from behind Qi Xing and Sasa without warning.

The white light, carrying no heat, floated lightly in the air, countless rays of light fluttering like white snow. Each ray of light was smaller than a finger—yet they appeared one after another in countless numbers.

Those rays of light flickered slowly, drawing spiral lines, and poured onto Qi Xing and Sasa, who were clutching the [World] silver coin and resisting desperately.

Although the scene of the [King of Hell] blasting down the light of creation from the Highest Heaven and Qi Xing and Sasa resisting desperately was quite shocking, like a miracle of creation, these surrounding falling powdery snow of light seemed even more incredible.

Where exactly did this light come from?

The answer was actually quite, quite simple.

— — — — — — — — —

"Your Majesty doing this is somewhat inappropriate."

Outside the battlefield world, among the countless battle monks and golden-armored warriors watching the battle between the [King of Hell] and [Venerable Leipu], a golden-armored warrior suddenly spoke up.

He was the exorcist who was killed at the front desk last year while defending against the attack of [Black Spartacus] at the [Exorcism Association] headquarters in [Rome]. As a hero recognized by the [King of Hell], he was resurrected after death and was able to enter [Heaven].

"Satan certainly deserves to be blasted to dust, but [Master Leipu] is not an evil person. Rather, he is absolutely a heroic man."

"Do you want to blast the righteous person to dust along with Satan? This is inappropriate, Your Majesty."

"Of course it's inappropriate!"

Jingo Rin was also nearby and said decisively.

A small number of other warriors heard this, frowned, and showed a look of hesitation. Although not all, and it couldn't be all, they did indeed agree a little.

However, "If His Majesty wants to blast them to dust, it couldn't be wrong."

This was God's decision; He must have His supreme wisdom and His incredible considerations. How could there be any reason to oppose it?

"Father chose us, believing we are qualified warriors, because we are not mediocre people!"

Jingo Rin finally became furious, "If you originally thought Qi Xing deserved to die, deserved to be blasted to dust along with Satan, that would be fine; that would be a judgment from the heart. I wouldn't say anything."

"But if we enter [Heaven] and give up thinking, give up doubting, give up questioning, and just remain silent and blindly follow God, wouldn't we just become ignorant, mediocre masses again?"

"When you were alive, you once stood up and fought to protect others. You sacrificed your lives and were able to enter [Heaven]. Are you just doing this 'because the Bible says so'?"

For a moment, many warriors were speechless.

What was their God?

The spectators who believed that Qi Xing and Samael should be blasted to dust together didn't need to consider these things, and that was fine. They just needed to believe in what they believed.

But the warriors who sympathized with [Master Leipu], felt he shouldn't die; and even those who sympathized with Samael, felt she should have a chance to change—they truly had to reconsider this question.

Unknowingly, some small specks of light generated out of thin air, some white radiance, surged out from behind them.

…The same scene was not only happening around the battlefield.