Chapter 515: Five Expressions of Gratitude to the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws

"All living beings?" The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws paused.

As he stared in shock, an Old-Fashioned Computer suddenly materialized in front of Su Mu, its battered cooling fan spinning with a rusty creak.

"Xiao Yuan, open the world folder."

"Okay." On the computer screen, a little pixel figure bounced over and opened the world folder like she was unboxing a package.

"Open the character folder."

Xiao Yuan selected the character folder from the array of files. A dense cascade of names immediately popped up on the screen.

The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws sensed something was wrong and moved to stop him, but at that exact moment, the ten gods roared. The golden chains rattled madly, holding the Venerate firmly in place.

At the same time, Su Mu raised his eyes, a crystalline blue light flashing within them.

In the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws' vision, it was as if two brilliant, crystalline blue stars had appeared, momentarily dazzling him.

This successfully delayed him for a brief moment. Meanwhile, Su Mu's vast, boundless spiritual energy had already surged forth, pouring directly into the character folder.

An instant later, the controlled transcendents regained their clarity. The coldness on their faces slowly faded, melting away like a glacier.

Confusion, terror, and struggle—all sorts of expressions surfaced on their faces.

They looked at the golden chains binding their bodies in horror, and glancing around only made their souls tremble further.

Above the dome of the sky, six Great Webs of Law blotted out the sun, encompassing the world. Below the dome, hundreds of millions of Nightmare Creatures and beings of the Abyss Demigod Realm crowded the void.

"Leader! What's going on?!"

"Su Mu, are you alright?!"

The awakened members of the Seven Deadly Sins shouted one after another.

As everyone regained their senses, the hundreds of millions of golden chains spanning heaven and earth began to tremble. That was the collective struggle of all living beings.

Humanity was born free and refused to be controlled by anyone—even a god.

Faced with the awakened consciousness of all living beings and the counterattack from the minds of the gods, even someone as powerful as the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws found it hard to cope.

He was caught between shock and fury, filled with regret. For the first time, he utterly despised the inherent flaws of human nature.

He also finally understood the truth of the phrase: villains die from talking too much.

But in reality, talking less wouldn't have saved him anyway. While the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws had been laying out his schemes, Su Mu had been making his own. He was already prepared for everything.

Sending everyone from the Divine Dream World into Heaven earlier had been entirely to free up space for the consciousnesses of The Gods.

The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws appeared invincible, using the Great Web of Law he had spent years weaving to envelop the world. But that was exactly where his fatal flaw lay: it was too massive and bloated, leaving him riddled with vulnerabilities.

Roar!!

Suddenly, the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws let out a furious roar. Hundreds of millions of golden rays burst from his body as his figure expanded infinitely, transforming in the blink of an eye into a towering Golden Giant that supported heaven and earth.

The three thousand Stars of Law plummeted together, sinking into his colossal body and embedding themselves there to shine brilliantly. Countless golden chains connected to each star, hanging down to bind the living beings of the world.

Additionally, ten of the thickest golden chains shot straight up into the sky, restraining the ten gods on the cosmic dome.

This was the true body of the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws!

Revealing his true body finally allowed him to stabilize the situation slightly, preventing the living beings and The Gods from breaking free.

"In the end, living beings can never break free from my chains!" The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws' voice shook heaven and earth.

Su Mu smiled faintly. "It looks like you've bound all living beings, but in reality, all living beings are binding you."

The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws froze. He looked down and saw the hundreds of millions of chains crisscrossing his body. At the end of every single chain was a transcendent.

From his perspective, it seemed he had locked away all living beings. But from another angle, it looked more like the masses had pooled their strength to lock him down with hundreds of millions of chains.

Just who was restraining whom?

The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws quickly found the answer. The strong bind the weak; whoever was weaker was the one truly trapped.

"Hmph! So what if their consciousnesses have awakened? Their power merged with mine a long time ago. As long as I kill you, this will all be over!"

The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws struck. He reached out with a massive golden hand, snatching at Su Mu. In that instant, the giant hand eclipsed the entire sky.

His movements were incredibly sluggish, like a rusting machine. That was because the consciousnesses of the living beings and The Gods were actively rebelling inside him.

But the sluggishness didn't matter. Since the entire world was under his control, Su Mu simply had nowhere to run.

"Xuan Tian! You weren't my match back then, and now that I've fused with everything, you stand even less of a chance!"

Su Mu smiled and nodded. "You're right. I'm really no match for you. I'm willing to call you the strongest."

It was an honest evaluation. The current Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws was undoubtedly the strongest. In terms of pure power, absolutely no one in this world could rival him.

"However, I live by a certain principle, and that is... if you can't beat them, join them."

The moment his voice fell, Su Mu's figure suddenly vanished.

At the same time, within the Divine Law, a crystalline blue star slowly rose, standing side-by-side with the ten gods.

The sun-blotting golden hand froze in midair. The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws was also stunned. At this moment, as he looked around, he found himself truly invincible.

This invincibility didn't just refer to his overwhelming strength—it was quite literal. He... genuinely had no enemies left.

Because every single enemy had become one of his own.

"Xuan Tian, you..."

The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws was taken aback for a second before his expression drastically changed. "You're trying to possess me?!"

"Correct." Su Mu's voice echoed from inside the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws' body. "You've fused with the living beings and The Gods, and you hold the Creator's Authority. You already meet every condition to become the Creator. Since I can't defeat you, I'll just have to become you.

"Speaking of which, I really have to thank you.

"Thank you for willingly connecting the Divine Chains of Law to my body, giving me a bridge to invade.

"Thank you for suppressing The Gods all these years, keeping them in a deep slumber.

"Thank you for helping me gather the complete Xuantian Origin.

"Thank you for helping me take control of all living beings.

"And finally... thank you for everything you've done for me. Thank you."

Su Mu offered his sincere gratitude.

Those five expressions of sincere thanks instantly shattered the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws' composure. He never expected that, after fighting to the very end, Su Mu never had any intention of confronting him directly. Instead, he wanted to reap the rewards without lifting a finger and possess him!

Under normal circumstances, Su Mu's actions would be indistinguishable from suicide. Even as the God of Nightmares, voluntarily merging into the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws' body and entering his home turf meant certain death. But things were different now.

The Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws had been far too greedy, trying to encompass all of heaven and earth. The consciousnesses of all living beings and The Gods were already wreaking havoc inside his body. Now, with the addition of Su Mu, the God of Illusions, the Venerate could no longer suppress them.

What should have been an unprecedented war of gods had ultimately devolved into a battle of consciousness. It all came down to who would emerge victorious, seize control of this body, ascend to the absolute peak, and become... the new Creator!

In theory, anyone had a chance to become the Creator in this great battle. But in the end, only a god could win; a mortal's consciousness was simply too insignificant compared to the divine.