Duality of Shadows-Chapter 1002: Grand Moment

Alm and Bruno huffed, searching for a future vision related to the queen during her time in the World of the Higher Heavens. Fortunately, future visions weren’t limited to just a few minutes like past visions.

If they thought of something not too specific and pointed in a certain direction, the system would send a prediction. This could come as a premonitory feeling, sometimes accompanied by images. However, these were only predictions, and from the moment they saw them, things could already change completely.

As soon as they confirmed it...

The whale’s eyes widened, and a cold sweat ran down their souls. Instantly, they had a premonitory feeling. Stunned, they realized: it was the feeling of the end... death was just a few steps away.

Then a single, quick image appeared for only a few seconds.

The winged woman floated before an ethereal monolith thousands of meters high. The entire monolith was covered in heavenly runes, with white lightning sparks snaking between them, connecting everything.

Suddenly, the queen became enveloped in a dark aura, part black, part blood-red. It only lasted a second before she opened her eyes, and a pure white power surged through her body, scattering the nefarious aura completely.

The image lasted two seconds and disappeared...

Alm and Bruno stood tense, thinking carefully. That dark and scarlet aura was none other than the queen’s celestial karma. She had killed so many people and caused so much harm that her karma was dense enough for the Heaven’s Will to subtly manipulate it.

The Heaven’s Will had used it to cloud her senses... it was like a blood vessel in a body. The queen could make a lot of "blood" flow through the vessel and even dilate it to get even more. Karma was used to fill this vessel covertly, giving the impression that it couldn’t handle much more "blood."

Since advancing to the Sovereign of Eternal Chaos Realm, she should have been able to completely control the heavenly laws with the power of Omega. But she felt like something was still missing. Her ignorance of the true meaning of her power, along with the actions of the Heaven’s Will, contributed to that.

According to the Heaven’s Will, after fully mastering the third item of primordial chaos, her power would increase so much that she’d clearly sense her true capabilities. That would be the end.

But... Alm and Bruno clearly saw the queen realizing this and forcibly removing her karma to release her power.

’How...’ Bruno murmured but stopped midway, knowing the answer.

The queen was an entity who had reached the ultimate peak more than a hundred million years ago. Alm and Bruno hadn’t even lived 0.1% of that time.

She didn’t know about Omega or the Birth-Law and had only a rudimentary understanding of the Origin-Law. Yet, even without that knowledge, a cultivator at her level would have refined senses. In other words, the queen could be many things, but she wasn’t a fool.

Alm and Bruno knew that absolutely all basic laws and most things originated from the Birth-Law. Living so long, interacting with and studying the laws, and being a complete fragment of Omega, the queen would undoubtedly notice that connection.

It was infinitely easier to comprehend the Birth-Law than the Origin-Law. She had mastery over both, and with so much of the Birth-Law to study and practice, it wasn’t surprising that she’d eventually achieve greater understanding. The problem was that she managed to do it right now...

’Damn it, we definitely have a hand in this,’ Alm muttered seriously.

Even though the queen reached a higher level of understanding of the Birth-Law, removing her karma immediately wasn’t done by luck. She did it intentionally because that kind of karma had caught her attention before.

Why would she care about it? Because of them. Alm and Bruno’s previous body had manipulated all the karma the queen generated in her universe, triggering abnormal power and causing total collapse.

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This had surprised the queen, leading her to better study karma and eventually focus on her own. In other words, without knowing it, they had given the queen a clue to carefully sense her karma and study it.

Now, standing before the Primordial Column, she manipulated the Birth-Law and ran some tests... then realized prematurely that her karma was hiding her true power.

It was just a guess, but Alm and Bruno felt this was very close to the truth. They had indeed contributed significantly to this.

’It’s still the future,’ Bruno muttered. ’She must be in deep meditation right now, which is why she doesn’t care about her divinities dying. In a short time, that will probably happen. We need to act...’

Bruno paused, considering the possibilities. How to stop it? They could sneak in and attack with everything they had while the queen was in meditation, using elemental calamity and their strongest strike. But they were certain they’d only manage to injure her at best.

After that, they’d be out of energy and resources. She’d sense the opportunity and hunt them down. Even if they escaped, destroying the Primordial Columns wouldn’t be easy afterward. And if they found a way, the queen would counterattack, leaving their chances of survival slim.

Stopping her reflection was essential, but they still had to destroy the Primordial Columns. Otherwise, the outcome would be the same in no time. The Heaven’s Will had made it clear—if they didn’t destroy the columns in these few days, there would be no turning back.

’We have no options,’ Alm said coldly. ’We can only count on the future. We need to hit her with everything and stall until she’s forced to leave this place. Destroying the columns comes second. Then we’ll have to come up with something. Letting her discover her power and fully master the heavenly laws would be the complete end...’

*Buzz...*

At that moment, Alm swallowed his words as he felt a hum from the heavenly laws. It was something only they, with their celestial souls, could perceive. A subtle shift: a premonition from the heavenly laws, signaling that something monumental was about to erupt.

Currently, they were on the largest island, where the queen was. They had saved this place for last since it was the most likely spot for the queen to react.

’Fuck, no way...’ Bruno muttered in disbelief.

The future vision was just that—a vision. It could change with even the slightest interference, and there was no clarity on how far ahead the predicted events would happen.

Whatever the reason, Alm and Bruno knew time had run out. Stopping her was no longer an option; the vision they had seen just moments ago was already unfolding.

Immediately, they felt the queen’s power filling the heavenly laws. It infiltrated every inch and corner of the universes and the underworld.

It happened extremely fast. Ordinary people naturally didn’t notice it at first, but the heavenly laws reacted.

The entire underworld and universes vibrated in sync. A furious force surged forth, and galaxy-sized arcs of lightning covered every space.

The heavenly laws amassed all the strength they had, holding back nothing. Their very survival was at stake—every rule was thrown aside. All forms of life felt their souls and bodies freeze in the face of such overwhelming power.

It didn’t last long. Celestial lightning tore through time and space, heading straight for the World of the Higher Heavens and the queen. She didn’t even open her eyes—she just smiled and waved it off like it was nothing.

Everything exploded into runes that scattered around her. No one could change or stop her grand moment.

In mere seconds, her fusion with all the heavenly laws became increasingly intense.

At that moment, every living being felt a hum coming from the heavenly laws. It didn’t sound in their ears but resonated directly within their souls. It was as if an egg had just cracked open. That fluctuation struck their hearts and minds. Even trees and grass somehow sensed it.

A new life had just broken free from its shell—a new world was on the verge of emerging. A supreme ruler was taking complete control of the heavenly laws.

All forms of life slowly began to realize that something was changing in the world. This wasn’t just a premonition. The queen was dominating rune by rune of the heavenly laws at an unbelievable speed. Soon, she would completely govern everything.

**Buzz!**

Threads of golden light and breathtaking visual phenomena appeared across all universes. Even the underworld, which had always been dark, began to glow with radiant gold.

At that very moment, the whale stood frozen, sensing it all. Alm and Bruno had already fused back into a single entity. The feeling of solid, inevitable death could no longer even be called a premonition.

They had no chance to act... and now everything seemed lost.

But in his eyes, there was only a vile, unshakable resolve.

"Bitch... let’s see who wins."