"Penglaiji Ryn, watch closely. I might only use this move once, and never again..."
From the moment he stepped onto the top of the tower, Ryn was prepared to burn his bridges.
From the moment he transformed into Tianqi-Ryn, a strange, chaotic sphere had been floating above his left hand.
Kiana didn't know what Ryn was planning to do, nor did she know what that chaotic sphere was.
But none of that mattered anymore.
Ryn's long hair swayed without a breeze as he slowly raised his left hand. He held the chaotic sphere level with his chest, aiming it at Kiana.
"I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. No, that is not enough.
The time has come. Below the abyss of the void, on the day when the treasures of man devour the tyrant of the heavens, the conqueror is dragged into the depths with no escape:
Love, from its awful throne of patient power in the wise heart, from the agony sublime of its slumbering reconciliation, from the slippery, steep, and freezing anguish of the crags of pain, springs, and with its healing wings will make the world its own.
To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite;
To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;
To defy Power, which seems omnipotent;
To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates
From its own wreck the thing it contemplates;
Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent;
This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be
Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free;
This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory.
The time has come, this is the day that will devour the tyrant of the heavens.
Kiana, no, Herrscher of Finality! Witness the stars that subvert the laws of physics and rewrite the world!"
The chaotic sphere rapidly shrank and collapsed, disappearing. The instant the sphere vanished, the entire world fell silent and still.
Kiana now understood why Ryn hadn't used that sphere until this moment...
Because it wasn't a weapon! It was a massive star compressed to the size of a volleyball!!!
A stellar-mass black hole that subverted the laws of physics and broke through the dimensions was now completely unleashed in Ryn's hands.
Everything within the Imaginary Space created by Penglaiji Ryn, even the Imaginary Space itself, was instantly pulled in, collapsing and being devoured by the black hole's immense gravity.
Even devouring the Imaginary Space wasn't enough. After leaving the Imaginary Space...
The black hole's powerful gravitational waves instantly warped the space-time of the entire solar system, swallowing the sun in an instant.
The solar system, now without its sun, didn't need to worry about entering an ice age, because every star in the solar system was instantly devoured by the black hole.
The black hole, having consumed the solar system, continued to grow and expand, its powerful gravity pulling in stars from beyond...
If the entire solar system couldn't escape, what about the Herrscher of Finality, who was closest to the black hole?
No matter how strong the Honkai was, it was ultimately a phenomenon caused by Honkai energy, and Honkai energy... was just another form of energy from another dimension existing in the present world.
The space of the entire solar system was torn apart by the black hole's gravitational waves, and Honkai energy was no exception.
Kiana's form could barely be maintained in the face of the stellar-mass black hole. Her body was continuously torn and stretched by the black hole's gravity, leaving no part of her intact. Only the faint existence of particles constantly trying to reassemble into a human form proved that she was still alive.
Although this world was now indistinguishable from the real world, it was ultimately a world created by Penglaiji Ryn's Stigmata. The moment the black hole appeared, the entire world was affected by it, and Penglaiji Ryn was no exception...
Although Ryn protected her from the black hole's gravitational pull, the moment the world shattered, Penglaiji Ryn's body broke apart like a shattered mirror.
"Ryn!! What have you done!!!"
Penglaiji Ryn angrily grabbed Ryn by the collar.
"Seele! Bronya! Yiselian! Himeko and the others... You destroyed the Earth!! You even destroyed the solar system!!"
"That's why I said this move is cool, and can only be used once..." Ryn said, feeling a bit guilty and not daring to look at Penglaiji Ryn.
"I'll fucking kill you!"
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(I'm fried, I got carried away writing this, and now I have no idea what to do next... Don't take it too seriously, because the author's brain was offline when writing this.)
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"Ahem... how should I put this! Tianqi's personality must have influenced me a bit... She spends all day talking about composing a symphony of destruction, thinking about destroying everything... so now that I've fused with her power, my desire for destruction is a bit strong...
But don't worry, if I dared to use this move, I was definitely fully prepared!"
Ryn patted his chest, signaling for Penglaiji Ryn to calm down.
But Penglaiji Ryn didn't want to talk to Ryn at all right now. She passed through a portal to where Earth used to be, wanting to search for Bronya and the others.
Since Penglaiji Ryn didn't want to listen, Ryn didn't bother explaining further. As long as the plan succeeded, none of this would be a problem.
Ryn raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The spin frequency of the fully bloomed stellar-mass black hole instantly changed, and the spatial dimensions being pulled by its gravitational waves also changed simultaneously.
Time was infinitely stretched at this moment.
Ryn flew to Kiana's side, eliminating the black hole's effect on her.
Freed from its constraints, Kiana, being the source of the Honkai herself, instantly regenerated her entire body from a single Honkai particle.
But it was clear that Kiana's anger was no less than Penglaiji Ryn's.
Just as she was about to ask Ryn why he did it, why he destroyed everything...
Ryn smiled at her and extended his hand. "Kiana, you can hit me or yell at me later, whatever you want. But right now, I need you to do me a favor, a favor that only you can help me with."
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Earth was gone...
Penglaiji Ryn looked at the Tower of Finality, which had been torn apart by the black hole, leaving only ruined pillars. A wave of sorrow washed over her.
"Why... after everyone sacrificed so much... why destroy it all..."
Penglaiji Ryn didn't bother wiping the tears from her eyes as she flew towards the fragments of the Tower of Finality.
The prophecy of the world's destruction had come true in another way... but Penglaiji Ryn didn't believe that Ryn would kill Bronya and the others. If he could protect her, he must have protected them too!
Tears streamed through the silent universe, turning into translucent crystals that floated in space after leaving Penglaiji Ryn's Honkai field.
When she could clearly see the scene inside the fragments of the Tower of Finality, Penglaiji Ryn suddenly stopped crying.
Because there was nothing here but Kukulkan's corpse. The last glimmer of hope in her heart was extinguished. With a grief greater than death, Penglaiji Ryn could no longer cry...
But then, the spark of hope reignited, because...
"You damn hammer! I'm not dead!"
Kukulkan's telepathic voice rang in Penglaiji Ryn's mind.
"Kukulkan, you're okay! What about everyone else? Are they still alive?"
"Everyone's fine too. Boss Ryn had me swallow them all beforehand. They're all inside my body right now. They can't come out yet because there's no oxygen in space.
I'll give you my body's coordinates. Try to open a portal and take Sin Mal away. Now that the black hole has appeared, Ryn's plan is about to begin. Take Sin Mal and go. Ryn needs you and Sin Mal!"