He paused: "Those two brothers also broke through the shackles of the rules."

The man raised his hand, and in the crisscrossing sunlight appeared the shattered wreckage.

It was the wreckage of a spacecraft.

"Just one step away."

The man’s voice was hoarse, yet so calm: "Just one step away."

In the end, they still couldn’t board the spaceship from the future.

Nor did they escape the prison called destiny.

A destructive divine punishment descended, breaking their wings.

Their blood splattered on the desolate ground.

"Before dying, the primordial Qilin Venerable awakened." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Gu Jianlin said softly: "However... even though the Qilin masters the Power of Life and Death, at least the soul or corpse must be preserved to resurrect someone. Furthermore, without the Eternal Fruit or Eternal Bone, even if she could resurrect you, it would be nothing more than a walking corpse; she had no other way."

The man bent down, gently caressing the girl’s golden mask.

"So she gifted that power to me."

He actually laughed: "It was a bold attempt, even though I was created by her as a puppet to deceive the Primordial, I was ultimately not the one chosen by this planet. The Supreme Power was originally a curse, and it was by no means something that could be bestowed upon others. Yet at that moment, she surpassed the limits of the Ancient Supreme."

Gu Jianlin couldn’t help but be moved.

He thought of many things.

Humans can erupt with extraordinary power in the moments of their loved ones’ impending deaths.

Let alone an Ancient Supreme.

"I should have turned to dust the instant I bore that power, yet I happened to see her disappear into the desolate universe, dissipating like smoke. By coincidence, at that moment... I also broke through my own limits. That planet, at last, responded to my despair and anger, and I felt the mighty force of the planet merge into my body."

The man seemed to laugh, yet also seemed to cry: "I saw a towering Black Qilin roaring in the universe, I felt the power of life and death circulating within me, I saw the distant past and the endless future, I gained insight into the deepest secrets of the universe. In the final moments of life and death, I kept her with me."

He embraced the golden coffin, as if holding the obliterated past in his arms.

"She remained... by my side."

The answer finally revealed.

No wonder the people of the Qilin Mother Star are called sinners.

No wonder the Qilin Clan spends their entire lives atoning, whether in life or after death.

The first awakening of the Divine Ruins might have been an attempt to resurrect Lian.

Why did the Qilin Venerable like to look at the sea? Because their first meeting was at sea.

The third layer of the Qilin Immortal Palace was not a tomb built for himself.

It was Lian’s resting place.

Those Qilin Clan members buried here were her burial goods.

Like an immortal army guarding her peace.

It is because of this past that the Qilin Venerable became a paradox that should not exist, breaking through the restraints with sorrow and anger, and the first thing after escaping the cage was to descend upon the Divine Race.

He roared, he bellowed.

Tearing apart the Primordial’s schemes and lies completely.

The You Ying God ultimately died at his hands.

The anger of the Black Qilin, once ignited, never extinguishes, destined to burn eternally across heaven and earth...until the end of time.

"This is the answer you wanted to know."

The man rose, turned around, and gazed at the boy in front of him, his golden eyes suddenly brightened: "You are my Inheritor, and also her Inheritor. This is our grudge against the Primordial, it should never have implicated you."

At this moment he didn’t seem like that furious and mad Black Supreme.

As if transformed into the longing of eons.

"No."

Gu Jianlin remained silent for a long time, then placed his hand on his chest and bowed deeply.

"To inherit this hatred... is an honor I don’t deserve."