Zeus laughed, a great hearty laugh, at the gate of the Netherworld. Not facing the gods, but looking at his "youngest child," he laughed wildly, a hearty laugh.

The laughter echoed through the Netherworld, as if the whole of Greece could hear it.

He was laughing wildly, He had lost, defeated by His own arrogance, defeated by His ignorance and foolishness.

But He still had a card to play!

Zeus pointed at Xue Dili, the aura of the King of Gods returned once again, and He said to Xue Dili, filled with the King of Gods' grandeur: "My child, we need not meet on the battlefield."

"Xediles, you are also my son, we are not enemies. In this new world, you will become the Holy Son, the only god in the mortal world! I will reign in Heaven, and you will reign in the mortal world, and together we will share the new world!"

Zeus extended His hand towards Xue Dili, and the Great Light Wheel slowly turned behind Him.

However, Xue Dili gave no response, he braced one hand against the rock wall, gasping continuously, as if he wanted to cough out his own lungs.

The Cursed Blood was overloaded...

Xue Dili could claim to be the one most familiar with the Cursed Blood apart from the Great Sage, but now, it seemed he was stepping into the same fate as the Great Sage...

In just this single day, he had used the Cursed Blood countless times, especially in the Nether River where he reshaped his shattered body and used his blood multiple times to attack Zeus.

He suspected that he only had one last opportunity to strike.

So, the last strike.

"Cursed Blood, full power!" Xue Dili shouted, all the blood in his body gathered onto the spear in his hand.

His body began to wither, his hair turned gray, his skin covered in wrinkles, his whole being began to degrade and age...

The final strike, with the suffering of 8 billion souls collected by the Great Sage!

"No, you are not my child, you are not even a Greek, you come from beyond the world! Then why, without enmity or grievance, why!" Zeus roared, seeing Xue Dili unleash the full power of the Cursed Blood, He finally understood everything.

Yet, it was too late!

"Why?" Xue Dili, withering, looked at Zeus and laughed, "I can't be bothered to explain, you're not worthy to hear it!"

"Buzz"

Time seemed to freeze, at that moment, the consciousness of the planet cast its gaze here and bestowed its blessing upon Xue Dili.

Zeus was stunned.

He saw, at that moment, Xue Dili's body was extremely weak, like a candle flickering in the wind, but his soul seemed to completely transcend in an instant.

While he was betrayed, facing the spear formed of converged blood.

In that moment, it was like that moment before.

In the final moment of life, Zeus seemed to recall leading his siblings to rebel against his tyrannical father Kronos thousands of years ago.

Back then, He had stood opposite, raising the Thunder Spear in hand, hurling it towards his already betrayed father.

The scene, the same as it had been thousands of years ago, playing out once more, only now He stood in the place of Kronos.

Zeus looked at Xue Dili, as if looking at His younger self, once youthful and high-spirited.

When had He become like this?

So utterly betrayed...

And opposite, Xue Dili finished the final step with the spear in his hand.

Pure white wings appeared behind him, seemingly embracing him, giving him Athena's final blessing.

"Son of man, destined to pierce the god!"

The blood spear transformed into a stream of light, directly facing Zeus.

In that moment, Zeus recalled his revolt against Kronos thousands of years ago, memory froze, Zeus was horrified to discover that it wasn't the mortal heroes who truly killed him, nor his own children and siblings, nor this hero Xediles!

What truly killed him was his younger self, once youthful and spirited!

The spear He hurled at Kronos as a youth struck himself millennia later.

The spear pierced through Zeus, through the distance between the Netherworld and the mortal world, through the planet's atmosphere, turning into a meteor flying towards the unknown depths of the cosmos.

On August 25, 1208 BC, the King of Gods Zeus, confirmed dead.

...

In the Consciousness Space, he seemed to return to that cliff, Xue Dili moved forward, once again meeting the Great Sage.

"Old fool..." Xue Dili murmured softly.

"You've grown," the Great Sage said with gratification, a droplet of blood appearing as he rotated the blood in his hand.

"Don't be sad, that Wise Man Yushua, who knows how long ago has long died, only a ghost remains, carrying his traces for the successors, barely surviving."

"This is my final gift to you, I added an 'Overclocking Module' and a 'Storage Module' to this device, the Overclocking Module will allow your consciousness to think dozens of times faster for a short duration, just like the special training that old Undead completed for you."

"And the Storage Module, I've placed all my knowledge inside. It will automatically unlock the corresponding knowledge once you reach the necessary level."

The Great Sage spoke incessantly, as if giving final instructions, paving the last road for Xue Dili.

"Why did the world choose me?" Xue Dili asked.

The Great Sage was silent for a long while, then sighed: "Perhaps, the world chooses the one most likely to succeed. You did well, but I failed the world's expectations."

The old man seemed to be reminiscing, Xue Dili saw the familiar image of a little mage in the Great Sage's memory, he received the world's protection and cry for help, but he failed.

The swarm escaped the Magic Array, unleashing a disaster that swept the entire planet.

In the end, it was still that scene repeated dozens of times, the little mage and the short-haired girl escaping their home planet, but in the end only the little mage got away.

"As for the source of my power, because I am the last 'Demon' in the cosmos," the Great Sage said, placing his hand on Xue Dili's shoulder,

"My race, known as 'Demons,' are natural magic elves, though it's a thing of the past now. Since the destruction of my home planet, I alone shoulder the souls of tens of billions of compatriots."

"This is my power source, and also my curse."

"And now, with the last Demon in the cosmos dead, his curse is lifted."

The old man's words left Xue Dili silent, he suddenly realized why that scene was his lifelong nightmare, because the Great Sage, like Xue Dili, was also chosen as the world's guardian, but he never completed the task, instead he fled...

Thus, the little mage died in that summer.

"By the way, those who saved me, they call themselves the 'Interstellar Corps,' if you are fortunate to meet them, tell them I'm completely dead now, they needn't contact me anymore."

"Sorry, child, the old man rambled on, I saw in your future you'll meet many companions, each with their own thoughts, perhaps each with their own motives."

"But every person you encounter, will die with the most passionate of dreams."

"Thank you, for choosing to walk the path I arranged for you."

Xue Dili looked at the Great Sage, at this moment the old man was almost transparent, just a shadow remained.

"Old fool, shall we meet again?" Xue Dili said.

"I can only walk this far, from this point on, the future is yours," the Great Sage smiled,

"Goodbye... no, farewell, my greatest student."

Xue Dili received the Cursed Blood, stepping over Yushua's body, moving forward.

And the Great Sage smiled, as if the heritage was complete, he turned his back on Xue Dili, walking away.

With each step, his body grew younger.

The white beard vanished, his white robe transformed into a little mage's robe, muscular frame returned to a frail body.

And with the final step, the Great Sage had completely turned into a thirteen or fourteen-year-old bespectacled little mage.

He opened the door, saw a short-haired girl outside waving with food, just as it was in his youthful summer.

"I'm here!" The little mage waved his arm to the girl, just like two hundred years ago.

He went up to hold the short-haired girl's hand, the two walked further and further away, the summer gradually faded, the flames consumed them, they turned into points of light, disappearing into the summer over two hundred years ago.

On August 25, 1208 BC, the last Demon confirmed dead.

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