Above The Sky

Chapter 2192: Final Chapter: Above the Sky, The Road Straight Toward the Beyond

In the vacuum, countless phantoms appeared, then became increasingly real.

Aether was converging, boundless and endless, like an ever-expanding universe, transforming in an instant into a vast nebula. Silver-blue brilliance shimmered within the infinite nebula, condensing into one distinct human figure after another, each different yet remarkably the same.

Each one was a different Ian.

Each one was the same Ian.

With Ian’s thoughts, all of them began to be guided from the past and future histories because they were part of the cycle and infinite. All the ’Ians’, when summoned, understood the significance of it all at that very moment.

"So this is the final moment?"

"Perhaps not the final, maybe I’ll fail again, but this time, it’s the closest to the ’end’."

"Haha, The End! It’s the first time I’ve seen it so closely!"

"Finally, I’ve found the answer."

"How interesting."

Some sighed, some marveled, some regretted seeing this scene only at the last moment, while others curiously gazed at the immense darkness and then smiled.

It was a view almost all Ians had never seen.

Therefore, they watched. Therefore, they gathered.

Therefore, they came to this place.

To witness the [end].

"Come on."

[Let us end all this.]

In the vacuum, Ian lifted the Sutton Black Hole Seal in his hand, and all Ians lifted their hands, drew swords, clenched fists.

Old men. Children. Kings. Poets.

Betrayers. Bearers. Reformers. Destroyers.

Those who step forward resolutely. Those filled with hatred for the past. Those reluctantly leaving. Those looking forward to the future.

One.

One after another.

Because unfulfilled.

Because unwilling to give up.

Because refusing to surrender.

Because never admitting defeat.

Thus, [Ian] again and again revolved within the cycle, reincarnating in endless space-time!

Starting from an untraceably distant beginning, paving the path with his own blood and bones, with the world’s calamity fire and the ashes of destiny.

Until now!

Until this [end traveled to the farthest is brought into being]!

Everyone made up their minds.

The brilliance rose from the shadows of Endless Ian, all the light converged, heading towards the black hole in Ian’s hand; in a breath, it expanded and contracted, continuously growing yet collapsing to become smaller in the next instant.

Violent space-time distortions began spreading centered on Ian, a sensation both scorching and dazzling began to rise.

It was a black hole — even a black hole capable of absorbing light, now dazzling beyond compare under the endless aether light, like a silver sun!

[Cradle’s Demise] halted its progress.

It stopped.

The darkness turned around, gazing at the endless light; this scene was like the shadow cast looking back to its origin.

Just like the Star God and The End.

The brilliance of Endless Ian flowed into the black hole seal; tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of different civilization trajectories, different blazing flares, different historical processes, and conclusions all converged into it.

The End paused. At this moment, in its judgment mechanism, though standing before it was merely one person, he shone far more brilliantly than the future of a distant resplendent civilization.

No. It cannot be said that way.

Because the civilization is precisely what nurtured such a brilliant individual!

Therefore, The End hesitated, began ’questioning’ its judgment. At the moment when Ian had already left Terra independently, should it let Ian merge into The End first, or should Terra’s civilization be consumed by The End?

It did not have the time to think, nor the capacity to ponder. The End only made decisions.

And Ian made his judgment before it.

Not enough.

Summoning Endless Ian, inputting their civilization information and past experiences into the black hole for preservation, is indeed a way to increase the black hole seal’s information, but other Ians have all ’ended’. Though strong, they have no ’future’.

The cost he paid was still not large enough—not a sacrifice, but not enough ’investment’!

Hence, behind Ian once more appeared exceedingly complex geometric outlines, infinite and minute collectives forming ever-changing geometries behind him, while the Cross Star Crown made of starlight also appeared before his forehead in the clear nihility light.

"Pioneer Space! Guiding Star!"

Without any hesitation, Ian directly immersed his Aether True Body and Heart Light Body in it!

Yes, the Guiding Star harbored almost all immortality of generations of Ian; without the Guiding Star, the next generation might not grow as smoothly and would lack many hints along the Path of the Dao.

But.

So what?

—He had failed tens of thousands of times, so he didn’t mind losing another ten thousand times!

"The present me, even with a sliver of Aether, is far stronger than the accumulated tens of thousands of immortalities from the past."

"But the Guiding Star is different. What it represents is my future."

"And the Pioneer Space is my present, my foundation, my everything—the answer I’ve sought all my life."

"But what of it?"

At that moment, the black hole seal rendered completely non-black — pure aether penetrated the event horizon, uniting the black hole seal with its internal space-time distortion layer, laying the ’singularity’ bare in the external space-time!