# Chapter 3020: Redemption at Dawn
At that moment, the tens of thousands of stars above Jiang Fan's head directly exploded into creation!
Unmatched divine might of creation surged and converged into a torrent, and countless shadowy worlds merged together!
It formed an extraordinarily brilliant vault of ten thousand realms, transforming into a shield that lay horizontally before the Wuxian Great Wall!
Last time, Jiang Fan had only achieved a few hundred creation stars. But this time, his creation stars numbered ten thousand!
No one knew if that was all he had!
One could imagine how much stronger Jiang Fan was now compared to before!
This was exactly the big move Jiang Fan had been holding back!
Originally, it was prepared for after Jiangnan returned to mend the dreamlike reality, using this power to collect the final batch of matter. But now, he had to use it in advance!
Xun Zu's One Sword Eternal struck fiercely against Jiang Fan's Vault of Ten Thousand Realms!
This was the most顶级 collision in the starry sky realm, tearing the surrounding starry sky world apart like a cardboard box!
Yet even with such power, Jiang Fan still couldn't withstand Xun Zu's sword light!
Jiang Fan's creation stars were all unstable worlds, trapped in a cycle of creation!
They were two levels inferior to Xun Zu's Eternal World in terms of hierarchy, utterly unable to hold up!
The Eternal World was mature and complete!
If the sword light formed by its power of rules were so easy to block, that would be strange!
With each slash, dozens of creation stars were extinguished!
The Vault of Ten Thousand Realms was torn open with a huge gash, heading straight for the Wuxian Great Wall!
Jiang Fan's forehead veins bulged: "Creation Cycle • Erosion!"
At that moment, countless creation stars within the vault began to cycle endlessly. When one batch couldn't hold, another took its place, rotating back and forth!
They continuously eroded Xun Zu's sword light, the roar of rule collision echoing through the entire starry sky realm!
The One Sword Eternal was constantly worn away, while within the Vault of Ten Thousand Realms, cycles of creation stars were broken!
In the end, the sword still slashed through the Wuxian Great Wall. However, the sword light didn't extend far inward before being eroded away by the vault!
Mila and Lan held hands, biting their pearl-like teeth, activating Mi Lan Time and Space to restore the torn Wuxian Great Wall!
They looked at Jiang Fan's back with complex expressions!
Xiao Chuihuo remained silent as well!
A clear surge of anger rose in Xun Zu's eyes:
(ꐦ°᷄益°᷅) "Jiang Fan! Are you out of your mind? You've been fighting them for so long, always trying to break through the Wuxian Great Wall! Now I'm here to break the city, and you come to stop me? Are you sick?"
Jiang Fan's expression was rigid, squinting at Xun Zu:
"I, Jiang Fan, do what I do. Why should I listen to others' meddling? I'll do as I please! What business is it of yours?"
Xun Zu: !!!
"I didn't come to destroy you, and now you jump out seeking death? Fine, fine, fine!"
"Then I'll destroy you along with them! These immature, broken worlds are embarrassing to show off! No amount of quantity can make up for the gap in quality!"
"Today! I'll annihilate your myriad worlds, silence your stars, shatter the starry sky!"
A fierce edge also rose in Jiang Fan's eyes!
"Hah~ You haven't fully refined the Divine Burial Shackles yet, have you? The current you... can't do it!"
Mentioning this only made Xun Zu angrier!
"Can't do it, huh? Then I'll show you!"
"Great Collapse!"
A sword even fiercer than the Eternal Firmament slashed toward the Wuxian Great Wall again with earth-shattering might!
Within it surged the ultimate power of collapse!
Facing such an attack, Jiang Fan could only maintain the Vault of Ten Thousand Realms to resist!
But this time, it wouldn't be so easy to take!
The power of collapse within the sword light constantly affected Jiang Fan's creation cycle, causing his creation stars to collapse one after another!
His cycle was never as stable as Xiao Chuihuo's!
The resistance was even more difficult. At this moment, Xun Zu was truly strong. If Xiao Chuihuo had been the one standing up, the Blazing Red World would have been destroyed by now!
Xiao Chuihuo looked at Jiang Fan's struggling back with a complex expression:
"Jiang Fan..."
He had never seen such a conflicted person—stubborn and self-centered, always charging headfirst down whatever path he set for himself!
Indeed, Jiang Fan had caused much harm to the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance, killing many innocents. Yet now he jumped out to protect the Matter Alliance!
Both the demon that brings destruction and the angel that guards!
Jiang Fan squinted, his body constantly collapsing from the strain, yet he didn't retreat:
"Don't misunderstand! This is the way of life you chose yourselves. Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me, Jiang Fan! Now that the dreamlike reality isn't fixed yet, I just don't want Mila and Lan to die here!"
"Otherwise, everything I've done would be meaningless! I'm just doing this for myself! I'll still do what I need to do!"
"And... you forced me to come, didn't you?"
Xiao Chuihuo sighed:
"Say what you will..."
"A lossless creation cycle focuses on tracing back the evolution of the world, recording every detail of the process from the singularity's creation to the world's collapse. Furthermore..."
At that moment, Xiao Chuihuo directly taught on the spot, passing all his insights on the lossless creation cycle to Jiang Fan!
Although this would make Jiang Fan stronger and harder to deal with, at least it gave him a better chance to hold out for these few minutes!
With Jiang Fan's talent, as long as Xiao Chuihuo was willing to speak, he would be willing to learn!
The creation cycle of his tens of thousands of stars became more and more perfected. The power of the Vault of Ten Thousand Realms surged!
But it still couldn't block Xun Zu's slashes. Each time, the Wuxian Great Wall was torn open!
Xun Zu held nothing back, going all out. Sword light fell like raindrops, and Jiang Fan's vault was nearly shredded!
"You can't stop me!"
The situation at the Wuxian Great Wall was dire, but the situation in the Milky Way Star Domain was even worse!
Zhang San could barely hold on!
The scope of the isolated island shrank crazily, now reduced to a few hundred star systems!
Remember, the entire Milky Way Star Domain had over a hundred thousand star systems!
Now everyone was fighting desperately to defend the Celestial Palace Star System. Even the Milky Way, humanity's homeland, had been crushed by Xun Zu!
Thankfully, the Solar System was still in the Dimensional Star City and hadn't been brought out yet!
Zhang San's eyes were bloodshot. His will blurred, and his body grew faint as if it might dissipate at any moment!
There were too few causal threads around. Outside the black domain, except for the Milky Way Star Domain, everything was nothingness. The causal threads he could borrow were few!
Zhang San couldn't drain everyone's causal threads either, or they would cease to exist!
Under the bombardment of the apocalypse torrent, every second was agony for Zhang San!
He looked back dazedly at the dimensional crossing node that was now empty!
No matter what, please let it be in time!
Li Bing's eyes were fixed on the countdown of the dimensional crossing. Her hands and feet were ice-cold!
Hurry! Let time pass faster!
The two Eye Watchers saw this scene, completely alarmed. They exchanged glances, communicating silently!
The Big Eye Watcher stayed to watch, while the Small Eye Watcher clutched the Starry Sky History Book and vanished in a flash!
Clearly going to report!
Xun Zu's face was full of ferocity: "Struggling is futile! Destruction is your only end!"
"Die!"
...
In the Celestial Palace Starry Sky World, in front of the Magical Ship Star System within the Demon Pupil Star System!
Jiang Nan was drinking with Nian Hongyan and the others, toasting merrily. Even his burps were laced with Realm Source Energy!
He was immersed in the joy of coming home!
He was even thinking about how to greet everyone when he got back, what to say, how to tell them the fun things he'd experienced!
What surprise would Big Wolfie give him? How happy would Black God be to know about the cultivation world knowledge he brought back?
At this moment, Jiang Nan's heart was full of anticipation!
He was even a little nervous. Wasn't this what they meant by being shy of one's hometown?
But just as Jiang Nan was basking in the joy of returning home...
Above the Demon Pupil Star System, the Small Eye Watcher suddenly appeared!
He rushed over frantically, gesturing urgently to Jiang Nan in panic!
The smile on Jiang Nan's face froze, then darkened!
It could be said that the last person he wanted to see right now was the Watchers!
Because whenever they showed up, it meant something had happened in the Starry Sky World!
He had thought everything was going smoothly. Nothing had happened in thirty-plus years, so why now, just as he was about to return?
Jiang Nan's expression turned serious: "What happened? Take your time, don't rush!"
The Small Eye Watcher was frantic, gesturing wildly in front of Jiang Nan, describing the current situation in the Ten Thousand Races Starry Sky World!
Jiang Nan's heart immediately tightened!
Xun Zu had made his move after all? Trying to destroy the Milky Way Star Domain and cut off his way home?
He was even attacking the Wuxian Great Wall, and Jiang Fan went to stop him?
The Small Eye Watcher's gestures conveyed everything!
Jiang Nan's aura grew more and more dangerous!
If Xun Zu succeeded, wouldn't he be trapped forever in the Celestial Palace Starry Sky World, never to go home?
Damn! Damn it all!
"I want to go home! Now!"
"Does any of you have the ability to accelerate the flow of time?"
Jiang Nan could slow time, stop time, but he couldn't accelerate it!
Li Daoyan stood up: "I can envelop this area with my small world and accelerate time here. Let me..."
But before he could act, the Small Eye Watcher jumped out to stop him!
He shook his head frantically, making a forbidden gesture, and gestured rapidly!
Jiang Nan gritted his steel teeth: "No interference with the innate operation of the bridge, or it will break? We can only wait?"
The Small Eye Watcher nodded heavily!
They were the Watchers, the most familiar with dimensional crossings. Jiang Nan and the others' understanding was all speculation, not necessarily correct!
In this matter, Jiang Nan trusted them!
So no manual intervention?
"Can you take me back? Like how you freely traverse between two worlds?"
The Small Eye Watcher shook his head again. Impossible. Their life forms were different. Jiang Nan wasn't a Watcher, so this method wouldn't work for him!
Jiang Nan gritted his teeth: "Only wait? If the Ten Thousand Races Starry Sky World can't hold on, I won't be able to go back! I..."
There was another way: go into the Sea of Realm Sources to find the world bubble belonging to the Ten Thousand Races Starry Sky World!
Like bubbles in a boiling pot of water!
Return to the Ten Thousand Races Starry Sky World from a five-dimensional perspective!
But the problem was that the Sea of Realm Sources was constantly undergoing spatial inflation. The Ten Thousand Races Starry Sky World had only been born for over ten billion years, still in its infancy!
Even if he could find it, it would be at the bottom of the Sea of Realm Sources, a place Jiang Nan currently couldn't reach. He couldn't dive; the Sea of Realm Sources would crush him!
And with so many world bubbles, how would he find the right one? It would be like finding a needle in a haystack!
Don't end up not finding his home and losing himself instead. This method was simply unrealistic!
So he could only wait?
But how could he stay still?
Seeing Jiang Nan's gaze gradually turn dangerous, the Small Eye Watcher panicked. He knew that a frantic Jiang Nan would do anything!
The Small Eye Watcher quickly gestured!
The Big Eye Watcher was still watching on the other side. They could still hold out for now. There was a time difference between the two sides. You have to trust them!
You're doing your best, and the home side has their own perseverance!
You can do it, and they can too!
Even if not, the Big Eye Watcher would inform you immediately. Then you can find a way home from the Life Forbidden Zone!
Jiang Nan stood up with a dark expression. Wait?
The Eight Saints also realized that something had happened back home!
Nian Hongyan said worriedly, "Don't be too anxious. Being anxious won't help. Be prepared for everything and answer the expectations of that world!"
Yan Xing clenched his fist, his expression fierce: "Go back and beat them to a pulp!"
Li Daoyan patted Jiang Nan's shoulder: "It'll be fine!"
Everyone comforted Jiang Nan!
Jiang Nan squinted: "Xun Zu! You'd better not cut off this bridge. Otherwise, even if I have to search every world bubble in the Sea of Realm Sources and overturn the Life Forbidden Zone, I will find a way home, and then I'll personally cut you down!"
"Everyone, I'm off!"
At that moment, Jiang Nan did not linger. He returned directly to the Magical Ship Star and stood before the little house called "Little Nan's Home."
He just stood there, his eyes shining with golden light. His aura grew more and more oppressive and dangerous. The power of his will surged, even distorting time and space!
Jiang Nan would use this time to hide one slash!
And this slash was prepared for Xun Zu!
As time passed, Jiang Nan's aura grew dangerous to the extreme, even strong enough that people dared not look directly at him!
Li Daoyan's heart trembled even just glancing over!
And this time that felt like seconds, finally arrived at the moment before the dimensional crossing node!
Jiang Nan didn't know if the bridge between the two worlds had been destroyed, or if the home side had held out!
This moment had finally come!
And at that moment, Li Daoyan and the others stood up, looking at the Magical Ship Star and Jiang Nan's back with solemn expressions!
"All cultivators of the Great Yan Era, hear my command! Farewell to the Eternal Demon Lord!"
"May the Eternal Demon Lord have good fortune and strong martial luck!"
With one command, all cultivators in the entire cultivation world raised their life-bound flying swords!
Huge swords pierced the sky. The starry sky was filled with the sound of clanging swords. The scene was magnificent, the momentum earth-shattering!
The rolling sound waves echoed as all cultivators roared:
"Good fortune and strong martial luck!"
This was the farewell of the Celestial Palace Starry Sky World, their blessing to Jiang Nan!
Nian Hongyan clasped her hands together in prayer, gazing dreamily at Jiang Nan's back!
May you be safe!
Stay well, okay?
Jiang Nan waved without looking back!
The next moment, a unique spatial fluctuation came. The Magical Ship Star suddenly disappeared from before the Celestial Palace Starry Sky World, as if it had never existed...
...
In the Black Domain of the Ten Thousand Races Starry Sky World!
The Milky Way Star Domain no longer existed. All surrounding galaxies had been destroyed in the apocalypse torrent!
Even the Celestial Palace Star System was gone!
Only a small patch of space stubbornly remained—the space where the dimensional crossing node was!
Wang Youzhi, Yang Jian, and the others had already retreated to the Dimensional Gap. That small patch of space was like a tiny boat in a chaotic ocean, seemingly ready to be capsized at any moment!
It wasn't safe to stay there!
And in that tiny space, only Zhang San remained, struggling desperately!
Looking around, everywhere was the raging sea of rules, like the sky falling!
Yang Jian and everyone's hearts were in their throats, staring fixedly at that dimensional crossing space node!
The nonexistent ghost, you have to hold on!
Only a few seconds left!
Under these circumstances, besides praying for time to pass faster, there was nothing they could do!
And at this moment, in this last remaining space, Zhang San seemed to feel everyone's gaze on him!
Although Zhang San knew they were looking at this space, not at him, that was enough for him...
At the very end, he felt a sense of being watched, of being expected...
That was enough!
Zhang San's figure had become almost invisible, his body slowly becoming nothingness!
There were no more causal threads around to replenish his source!
He had held on until the end, even his own body was about to disappear!
Xun Zu's eyes widened: "You're done! Die!"
The apocalypse torrent raged even fiercer. Zhang San could hold on no longer!
At the last moment, he turned back, looking at the now-empty dimensional crossing node, his eyes full of hope!
The next moment, a spatial fluctuation came. A golden light bloomed from that dimensional crossing node!
The light was warm, like the rising sun...
The Magical Ship Star... had returned!
The world in Zhang San's eyes grew blurry. His consciousness faded. His body rapidly dissipated. He couldn't even see the Magical Ship Star clearly!
But at that moment, there was a smile on his face!
Dawn... had arrived!
I endured this darkest moment, held on until dawn, fulfilled my mission!
Basking in the light that poured down, Zhang San felt redeemed!
His wish had come true!
His consciousness grew hazy. His body fell backward, as if some invisible force was pulling him back!
No... regrets...
But at that moment, a warm, strong hand supported Zhang San's back, catching his falling body!
Even his rapidly dissipating form stopped!
This long-lost sensation of being touched made Zhang San start!
He didn't know how long it had been since he felt someone touching him!
Because he simply didn't exist!
He opened his blurry eyes. Under the light of dawn, Jiang Nan's figure appeared behind Zhang San, one hand supporting him!
Silver hair flying. Even after three hundred years, returning, he was still a youth!
Jiang Nan... was back!
Jiang Nan's golden eyes fell on Zhang San's face. Their gazes collided in the void!
"Third Brother... you've worked hard..."
"Leave the rest... to me..."
At that moment, Zhang San was stunned. The world blurred, and tears filled his eyes...
pS: Two-in-one, five-thousand-word chapter, won't split it. Enjoy~