The Grand Finale

"Th-this…" Looking at Li Congxin, who remained utterly composed, the Transcendent Gods were collectively shaken speechless. "You… you clearly refined the seventh Infinity Stone and gained the power of Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance. How could you possibly have become this powerful? We investigated this universe’s history beforehand. The power of Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance, was absolutely nowhere near as strong as what you’ve displayed. Absolutely not!"

As the final note fell, Li Congxin had completed his transformation.

Hearing the Transcendent Gods mutter in disbelief, he could not help laughing. "Having me refine the final Infinity Stone and become the complete heir of Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance—that was your ultimate plan, wasn’t it?"

The Transcendent Gods immediately developed a bad feeling.

At that moment, Li Congxin casually beckoned, and a crystal-clear Infinity Stone radiating a milky-white light appeared in his palm.

Li Congxin calmly said, "This seventh Infinity Stone is called the Self. It contains neither any energy nor laws from the universe, but the self-awareness of Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance."

"Tens of millions of years ago, Nemesis foresaw that the multiverse would one day face an unprecedented calamity, but she was powerless to stop it. Although she controlled all the rules, including power, space, reality, soul, time, and mind, she lacked the strength to transcend those rules. Thus, she chose suicide, leaving her power to whoever might one day surpass that limit."

"And that person is me!"

"However, the origin of my power actually doesn’t come from the Infinity Stones. At the very least, they aren’t the primary core." After a brief pause, Li Congxin said solemnly, "Only by perfectly mastering my true power core and combining it with the power of the six Infinity Stones can one reach the strongest level in the multiverse—the true Omniversal Level, no weaker than O-A-A!"

After hearing Li Congxin’s words, the thousands of Transcendent Gods let out a collective sigh. "So you knew everything from the very beginning."

"No!" Li Congxin shook his head slightly. "I only advanced to the Omniversal Level just now. How could I have known everything in advance? You should know that, to prevent future generations from following her old path, Nemesis even hid her seventh Infinity Stone extremely well when she resurrected herself. Even the Living Tribunal and I couldn’t perceive its existence."

"I don’t know how you learned this secret, but you used clumsy methods to pass the information to Tony and the others." Li Congxin spoke at length to the Transcendent Gods, openly disdainful. "You kept putting pressure on me. First the Celestials died, then Galactus, then the Living Tribunal. One unit of measurement for the multiverse after another died, enough to leave anyone gasping for breath. Even the Phoenix failed to escape your clutches."

"On one hand, you secretly guided Tony and the others into believing that obtaining the seventh Infinity Stone would further increase my power, giving us a chance to turn defeat into victory. On the other hand, you used your methods to pass the same message to Tony Stark of the 1610 Parallel Universe, making him willingly cooperate with Doctor Strange’s surgery and allowing them to obtain the seventh Infinity Stone."

"Of course, I only learned the specific process by which they obtained the Infinity Stone just now."

Every member of the Transcendent Gods remained silent, sinking into complete silence, because everything Li Congxin had said was exactly their plan, without a single discrepancy!

"Actually, you handled all those matters skillfully, but if one thought carefully, there were still clues to follow."

"For example, why did you block only my perception when challenging the gods? What exactly were you afraid of? Were you afraid of me after I refined the six Infinity Stones? No! What you feared was that I would break through in the middle of battle, as I have now. What could make you afraid was me advancing to the Omniversal Level without needing the seventh Infinity Stone!"

"Then there’s the matter of the seventh Infinity Stone. Even I never saw the cause and effect behind it, yet Tony and the others somehow grasped the crucial information. No matter how I think about it, that’s strange. I suppose their acting behind my back was also prompted by some hint you unintentionally left behind?"

"But you had no choice. If you had revealed this information to me beforehand, I would easily have discovered the flaw while searching for the Stone. Compared to me, ordinary people like them, who couldn’t touch this level, were much easier to deceive."

"Of everything in your plan, the most ingenious move was your timing for launching the general attack. You came far too suddenly, leaving no time for anyone to think it through. Before we even exchanged blows, you used your words to provoke me, hoping I would break through in battle by refining the seventh Infinity Stone." Li Congxin gently shook his head. "If not for certain special circumstances, I might not have discovered your conspiracy in time. Once I truly refined the final Infinity Stone, everything would have been too late…"

The special circumstance Li Congxin referred to was, of course, the old man’s instruction before he left.

Li Congxin’s foundation had never been the Infinity Stones. It was his God-Tier BGM System!

That very sentence had allowed Li Congxin to retain his rationality on the battlefield despite the extreme urgency, preventing him from rushing to refine the final Infinity Stone and enabling him to see through the Transcendent Gods’ true conspiracy. He had then used the multiverse livestream to accumulate enough Impression Points, borrowing the BGM effect of Maharajah’s Incredible Adventure to completely refine that indescribable power and make it part of himself, advancing to the Omniversal Level!

The current Li Congxin had become a supreme existence no weaker than O-A-A!

"So I turned your scheme against you. After accumulating enough energy, I pretended to be refining the Self Stone so that you wouldn’t panic too much. That way, you would stay here to deal with me instead of attacking the people I cared about and interrupting my breakthrough."

"That’s enough." Li Congxin waved his hand and spoke to the Transcendent Gods before him, giving them the final words they would ever hear. "I’ve already explained all the key points to you. You can now die in peace." After a slight pause, he calmly spoke another sentence, one that sounded like a judgment: "Transcendent Gods, be destroyed!"

"No!"

Amid their unwilling roars, the thousands of Transcendent Gods before Li Congxin, along with their other clansmen hidden in other Parallel Universes and even Hyperdimensional Space, all turned into dust like Thanos destroyed by a snap and vanished completely.

With another casual gesture, he gathered the Transcendent God power scattered across various locations and casually stored it in his private space. He decided to use that divine power to forge a group of the finest guardians for Earth…

With a thought, Li Congxin shut down the multiverse livestream. Then, one after another, the Cosmic Deities killed by the Transcendent Gods were resurrected in the Living Tribunal’s residence within Hyperdimensional Space, including the Phoenix, who had died unexpectedly. As for Dormammu…

His existence was not essential. Although the universe needed a balanced opposition between light and darkness, Dormammu was not the only one capable of controlling the Dark Dimension. For example, Dormammu’s sister, Omal, was a good candidate. As for who would inherit Dormammu’s position, they could fight it out among themselves. Li Congxin could not be bothered to interfere.

Returning once more to the sky above Avengers Base, Li Congxin felt his spirits lift as a chilly wind blew past.

After advancing to the Omniversal Level, he could ignore any kind of damage and still enjoy every sensation available to ordinary people.

With a satisfied smile tugging at the corner of his lips, Li Congxin headed straight down toward Avengers Base.

Hill, Ava, Daisy, Wanda, Wanda…

I’m back!

Celebrations after a victory were naturally indispensable. Early the next morning, Li Congxin brought Bucky, who had been hiding in Wakanda, to find Tony.

Tony glanced at Li Congxin, then at Bucky, whose face was full of shame. The smile on Tony’s face immediately vanished. "You want me to make peace with him? Impossible. Just as my dead parents can never come back to life, I can never forgive what he did, even if he was brainwashed and controlled by Hydra and had no choice at the time."

Li Congxin merely smiled at that. "Who says the dead can’t be resurrected?"

The End of the Book