Black Sea.

In an unknown region, two Juling-state beings stood amidst a vast ocean of purple petals.

The Flower God Armor on Li Cheng颐 was still radiating the dazzling golden light from its recent fusion with the First Generation.

The completion of the Unique Flower had brought about new changes in his entire form.

Twisted, ferocious golden horns sprouted from his shoulders and head, and countless golden crystals spread out from the gaps in his armor.

The cape behind him had turned pure white with black edges, and a huge golden semicircle at its center glowed with a fluorescent light.

In the void behind him, amidst the countless purple petals, the enormous Wheel of Evil Flowers had completely transformed into pure gold, with a dense array of forty-eight different colored Flower God Seats appearing in its center.

A total of four concentric circles nested one inside the other, and the twelve Flower God Seats in each circle rotated slowly at their own pace.

Some rotated counterclockwise, others clockwise, each representing the strength, weakness, and differentiation of individual abilities among the Flower God Generals.

"Disciple, what are you hesitating about?"

Tian Xuanzi’s face was as kind and benevolent as ever, showing no sign of malicious intent.

But Li Cheng颐, having synthesized the Unique Flower and bearing the Source of Evil, could clearly sense the overwhelming malice emanating from him.

Greed.

An immense, unrestrained greed!

A terrifying greed that seemed capable of engulfing and corroding the entire known region of the Black Sea.

This was…

'The malice of the Genesis Ancient Tree,' Li Cheng頤 realized.

Behind the Heavenly Gathering Pavilion, the Four Elders of Sky Gathering were essentially four faces of the same entity—Tian Xuanzi, Tian Qingzi, Tian Hong, and Tian Yan.

Their main body had chosen to merge into one to transcend the boundaries.

"Don't be afraid," Tian Xuanzi said with a smile, reaching out his hand.

"You are different from them. You are a disciple of my Heavenly Gathering Pavilion… After I transcend the boundaries, I will revive everything."

He approached, flying closer.

"I know your aspirations, your desires. You don't have so much ambition, you just want to live the life you want. With me holding everything up above, you can live any life you desire."

"…" Li Cheng颐 remained silent.

As his opponent approached, the warnings and alerts in his mind vibrated madly.

"Come," Tian Xuanzi said, his hand outstretched, as countless golden branches from behind him rapidly spread out like tentacles, gradually enveloping Li Cheng颐.

"I will protect you all. When I surpass the boundaries and achieve eternal, immortal uniqueness…" Tian Xuanzi’s smile grew even wider.

His hand drew closer and closer to Li Cheng颐.

*Pa.*

A crisp sound.

His hand was caught.

Li Cheng頤 raised his right arm, his grip precise and powerful, seizing Tian Xuanzi’s arm.

"Disciple has never forgotten or disregarded Master's kindness."

The colorful fluorescent light in his eyes grew even more dazzling.

"But, as it stands now…"

Li Cheng頤 raised his head, looking directly at this apex existence of the Black Sea, whom he had once only been able to look up to.

"Shouldn't I have a better chance of achieving above the boundary?"

His mental calculations at this moment, after merging with the consciousness of the First Generation Yongling, had reached an unbelievably exaggerated height. Past, present, and future—all things were within his grasp. Countless threads emerged clearly and naturally within a single thought.

Even if there were troublesome problems, he could forcefully solve them with time by locally accelerating his mind.

This was the terror of omniscient knowledge, and also the all-encompassing power of the peak of All-Reasoning.

This Black Sea, aside from the unknown, had nothing that could be hidden from the peak of All-Reasoning.

Therefore, in an instant, he calculated that once he handed over the fragment of the Unique Sky, the other party would definitely use absolute power to seize his own Unique Flower and Unique Light in order to increase the chances of breaking through the boundary.

"Disciple… you don't trust your teacher?" Tian Xuanzi raised an eyebrow, the smile on his face fading.

"Master…" Countless possibilities flashed through Li Cheng頤’s mind. "You are probably not just here for the last piece of the Unique Sky, are you?"

The Source of Evil!!

Back then, the First Generation wanted to transcend by relying on the Source of Evil. The Unique Flower and Unique Light were both used to add stability to oneself when breaking through.

The unknown and the known could devour and transform each other, so the more known power one had, the stronger it was, the greater the chance of success when merging with the unknown and breaking through the boundary.

"But for the Source of Evil?" Although Li Cheng頤’s words were phrased as a question, his tone was certain.

Tian Xuanzi was silent, then sighed.

"The power of the Unique represents the ultimate of the known. It is the final end of the road of the known. Mastering such power represents that our wills have also reached the most perfect state of the known. But…"

"Breaking through the boundary is to master the unknown. Simultaneously mastering the known and the unknown is inevitably impossible by relying solely on us, who originate from the known."

Li Cheng頤 listened quietly.

At this moment, in the entire known region of the Black Sea, only the two of them remained, deciding the future fate of all known regions.

Therefore, they were not concerned about this bit of time.

"So, I came up with an idea. Since the known can give birth to such an extreme as the Unique, then what about the unknown? Does the unknown also have corresponding similar existences or realms?"

Tian Xuanzi continued.

His eyes held countless starlight motes flickering, each point of starlight being a vast dead-angle star system.

All of that was Black Sea material that he had just devoured into his body.

"The so-called unknown actually contains two parts."

"First, the part that has not yet been recognized. And second, the part that cannot be recognized at all."

"And the Source of Evil, the Source of Evil that the First Generation relied on," Tian Xuanzi's gaze fell on Li Cheng颐.

"Is that part that cannot be recognized."

"The essence of cognition is nothing more than reflecting everything from the outside world into our hearts and transforming it into another form of information for storage," Li Cheng頤 said.

"Since it cannot be recognized, it means that the unknown cannot be reflected and cannot be felt. Then what can you use to transcend, even if you possess the power of the Unique?"

He could not understand how to cross the so-called transcendence, the so-called boundary.

"The unknown indeed cannot be reflected. You use that word very well," Tian Xuanzi nodded in approval.

"Regardless of any form of cognition, the prerequisite is memory, and the essence of memory is information stored within organisms in various actually existing ways.

Any information essentially has actually corresponding matter and energy, just like you humans, initially inside the brain, the combination of brain cell neuron synapses—without brain nerves, there is no way to talk about memory."

Li Cheng頤 nodded.

"Then the unknown cannot reflect all existing things in reality today, so naturally it cannot be recognized. What can you use to transcend?"

"Yes… I once also thought that what cannot be reflected does not exist for us," Tian Xuanzi sighed, "But later, the Source of Evil appeared."

"It cannot be reflected, and it is indeed impossible to recognize. But its appearance can constantly and safely transform the surrounding known into new unknowns… and initially attached to fragile things like flowers, just like you and the First Generation obtaining Flower Language.

Your Flower Languages are different because they are all actually transformed from the Source of Evil and are not fixed and eternally unchanging.

This is the most crucial point. It can allow All-Knowing to manipulate the unknown using some feasible method."

He paused.

"I really, really want to know, what exactly is above that boundary?"

"I will go see it for you, Teacher," Li Cheng颐 said lightly.

"That won't do," Tian Xuanzi smiled. "At our level, as long as we think about it, the information of all existence cannot be hidden. As long as we will it, all known entities will be arbitrarily changed under the action of infinite energy, regardless of time, regardless of space, regardless of quantity or quality."

He opened his hand, and a black vortex suddenly appeared in his palm.

Countless nebulae emerged from the vortex, and countless stars appeared in the nebulae, followed by countless planets.

Then the planets were destroyed, the stars went cold, the nebulae contracted, and returned to a single point, disappearing completely.

"You see, the birth and death of a world is only between our thoughts."

"Such things have long ceased to amuse us," Tian Xuanzi said. "The so-called known has long become a huge prison for us."

"If that's the case, why not weaken yourself and degrade to a mortal? Wouldn't the pleasure experienced by sinking down be greater?" Li Cheng颐 suddenly said.

"…How do you know I haven't done that?" Tian Xuanzi laughed.

"This old man transformed into infinity, eventually turning from the main body into four forms, and experienced countless journeys along the way."

"I still don't understand. Since the unknown cannot be recognized, then even if it affects all other things, we shouldn't be able to discover it.

And according to this principle, that is to say, anything that can be discovered by us should not be something involved in the derivation of the unknown."

Li Cheng颐 frowned.

"The greatest characteristic of the incomprehensible, unknown transformed into known is that it is unpredictable, incomprehensible, and without logic," Tian Xuanzi nodded.

"We are all-knowing, mastering all information of all things, and we can know any sudden increase or decrease in parts like the back of our hand. But the unknown is different. They are extra parts that have grown out. And as I said before, we All-Reasoning can actually also transform the unknown, but that part is the unknown that can be transformed.

In fact, the most crucial thing is the part that cannot be recognized, even our All-Reasoning cannot transform it."

"But the Source of Evil can transform it?" Li Cheng頤 understood.

"It's good that you understand," Tian Xuanzi nodded with a smile. "Now… give it to me. The final puzzle."

He opened his hand again, facing Li Cheng頤.

"Why doesn't Master give the Unique Sky you have collected to Disciple, and let Disciple try to transcend and witness the scenery above the boundary? How about it?"

Li Cheng颐 said lightly.

"Hehehe…" Tian Xuanzi laughed, "It seems that we will ultimately have to fight."

"Disciple has always been a person without ambition," Li Cheng頤 suddenly sighed.

"From the initial dead-angle pulling, to the subsequent encroaching threat of the Black Sea, and then the constant calculations of the First Generation, and now…"

"I am clearly just an ordinary person, why…"

The face under his mask slowly twisted.

"Why do you all have to force me?"

"My wish is very simple."

"Just want to live."

"Want to live simply, without regrets, without danger or threats, quietly."

In that instant, the First Generation's Unique Flower and Unique Light, and the giant beast concept representing eternal life, were all completely integrated into Li Cheng颐's immense and terrifying consciousness.

All their powers were connected by a common characteristic point.

That was… to live.

(End of Chapter)