It's 6 PM now.
At this time, Auntie should have prepared dinner, but Ah Jin hasn't finished his homework yet. Little Black Toad is lying on the balcony, lazily basking in the sunset.
The autumn wind swept across the empty earth, blowing up a handful of fine sand that drifted into the air.
There was nothing here but deathly silence.
"No, it can't be like this..." Lin Qiye stood there, muttering to himself.
In that instant, every detail of his life here over the past ten years flashed rapidly through his mind, drifting away into the distance with that handful of fine sand…
He ran forward like a madman, digging through the soil with his hands, trying to find any trace of their existence.
His eyes were bloodshot, and tears streamed down his face, dripping onto the ground beneath him. In a daze, he seemed to have returned to that rainy night.
He knelt before the low house, promising to return ten years later... to his home.
But now, the person is gone, where is home?
The Night Watch, mystery, gods, mist... everything seemed to have lost its meaning, because in his eyes, his world had collapsed.
The outside world is none of his concern.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he stopped abruptly, and a golden divine aura opened up from him, enveloping the open space.
If he was able to revive everyone in this city using the [Mortal Divine Realm] ten years ago, then why can't he revive his family now?
He still has a large amount of divine power remaining in his body, enough to sustain the entire Cangnan City for half a month!
He can use miracles to revive lost miracles.
Golden light gathered around him, slowly approaching the open space. A blinding light flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes as he pushed the [Mortal Divine Realm] to its limit…
But he failed.
Because he couldn't find any remaining traces of his aunt and Ah Jin's souls.
The soul carries all of a person's memories and personality. Without a soul, even if Lin Qiye reshapes their bodies, they are just empty shells.
This is the medium through which he resurrected everyone. The reason he was able to revive all the residents ten years ago was precisely because the opening of the [Mortal God Realm] occurred right after the annihilation of Cangnan City, thus preserving all their souls.
But now... without a soul, he cannot revive it.
It's not impossible for the [Mortal Divine Realm] to reshape their souls out of thin air; after all, it's only a "miracle" if it can accomplish anything that's unreasonable in the world. However, the divine power remaining in Lin Qiye's body is not enough to reshape even one soul.
"Why...where is the soul? Where did the soul go?" Lin Qiye stood there blankly, golden light flashing around him, his bloodshot eyes filled with confusion.
Even if the [Mortal Realm] disappears and Cangnan is destroyed, their souls should still be there!
Not only could he not find the souls of his aunt and Ah Jin, but he couldn't even find the soul of Little Black Toad. In this vast city of Cangnan, not a single soul remained.
Has someone taken it away? Or has it already disappeared?
The golden light surrounding Lin Qiye gradually dissipated. He stood before the open space and slowly clenched his fists...
Extreme grief! Heart-wrenching pain! Unprecedented anger! Intense negative emotions filled his mind, almost overwhelming him completely.
His bloodshot eyes stared at the nothingness beneath his feet, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Just then, Merlin's phantom appeared behind Lin Qiye. He silently watched Lin Qiye's back, a hint of bitterness in his eyes.
"Mind magic, [calming the mind and calming the spirit]."
"Mind magic, [the Spell of Weakening Affection]."
"Mind magic, [locking the heart and sealing thoughts]."
Three consecutive white magic circles enveloped Lin Qiye's body, and only then did his emotions gradually stabilize. Under the suppression of the triple mental magic, Lin Qiye felt his turbulent thoughts recede like the tide, and his dazed consciousness returned.
"Thank you, Lord Merlin," Lin Qiye said, taking a deep breath.
He turned to look at the distant sky, his eyes gleaming.
Now, he can't even bring his own family back to life...
So, there's only one thing he can do left.
Lin Qiye slowly stood up, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, drew the straight sword beside him, and his eyes burst forth with endless killing intent!
"Loki—!!!"
Several kilometers away, a straight sword stuck diagonally on the roof suddenly trembled, shot into the sky, and flew into Lin Qiye's hand!
A burst of golden light erupted around him, and in the next moment, he pierced through space and arrived at the edge of Cangnan City.
He gripped two swords, his eyes gleaming with golden light, his killing intent soaring to the heavens.
He couldn't bring his aunt and Ah Jin back to life...
But he can slay gods!
...
On the outskirts of Cangnan City.
Loki looked at the now deathly silent Cangnan, a sinister smile appearing on his lips, and sneered:
"Yes... this is how this city should be. Brilliant miracles will eventually perish; this is the destiny of all things... So what if the gods of Great Xia return? You... can do nothing."
Loki glanced at the city with disdain, then turned and pointed at nothingness, about to teleport away.
His smile suddenly froze on his face.
The spatial fluctuations at his fingertips grew stronger, but no matter how hard he tried, he was unable to break through the space here.
"Locked up?" Loki's smile faded, his expression turning serious. "They won't let me leave, yet no god has come to kill me? What are they trying to do?"
Just as he was deep in thought, a figure suddenly broke through the void and appeared before him.
He was a young man wearing a dark blue robe, wielding two swords. His silver-white hair fluttered in the wind, and his golden eyes were like a pair of burning furnaces, dazzling and blinding.
"It's you?" Loki was slightly taken aback when he saw the newcomer, then narrowed his eyes as if he had thought of something. "So that's how it is... They want me to be their whetstone?"
"Ridiculous..."
Lin Qiye didn't speak; he simply stared into Loki's eyes and walked forward step by step.
Suddenly, Loki frowned.
"Why do they value you so much? Could it be... that you are the person prophesied to be?" Loki's expression changed slightly. He carefully examined Lin Qiye for a moment, then shook his head to himself.
"No, impossible... The person in the prophecy should have been wiped out along with Cangnan City long ago, how could he possibly be alive now?"
"I don't care what you're saying..." Lin Qiye's deep blue robe fluttered without wind, and a golden divine aura outlined his body, as if the divine power contained within him was boiling.
"You must perish with this city!"
Thump—!
Golden ripples exploded outwards from Lin Qiye, and within this [Mortal Divine Realm], a miracle was brewing!
This is a miracle that can make "immeasurable" and the God of War enlightened!
Lin Qiye's aura rose steadily, and on this dark and empty land, he was as dazzling as a sun.
He stomped his feet on the ground, wielding two swords, and arrived in front of Loki in the blink of an eye. At the same time, more than a dozen massive magic circles opened up in the sky and earth, and terrifying magical waves rippled out!
The destruction of Cangnan, the disappearance of Aunt... all of this was because ten years ago, during that divine war, Gaia and Loki wrote that name on [Shiva's Lament].
Gaia is too far from Lin Qiye, and even with Lin Qiye's current strength, he might not be able to defeat her.
But Loki was right in front of Lin Qiye.
Loki sensed the terrifying power emanating from Lin Qiye, and his expression changed slightly. "Michael's remaining divine power... You think you can kill me with that?"
Loki snorted coldly, and the divine power of the God of Mischief descended upon the earth!