# 1898
Chapter 1898: Scattering Life
"Hmm?"
As soon as Lin Qiye stepped onto the Island, his brow furrowed. He looked up at the sky.
A ripple swept across the heavens, and the gray mist filling the air instantly dissolved without a trace. Under the clear sky, a few white clouds drifted leisurely, and the entire world suddenly opened up before him.
Lin Qiye's eyes flickered with confusion for a moment, then, as if having realized something, he clicked his tongue.
"The Second Covenant, is it? So that's what it was for? I thought you'd conjure up something extraordinary. It seems, Lin Qiye, you're not as impressive as I thought..."
He leisurely walked deeper into the Island.
A moment later, the silhouette of a factory appeared on the land. Before he could reach the factory's entrance, a black-clothed figure emerged扶着门框，缓步从中走出。
Seeing that person, Lin Qiye grinned.
"Oh? You came out on your own? I thought I'd have to go in there to kill you myself."
An Qingyu's body微躬，脸色苍白无比，他松开工厂的门框，踉跄向前走去，直到与工厂的距离有几百米，才缓缓停下身形。
接连损失两具分身，An Qingyu的灵魂也被撕裂了两次，前所未有的虚弱感充斥着他的脑海，现在还维持着清醒已经足够惊人。
Lin Qiye didn't expect he could still walk to this point.
"What drives you to grit your teeth and come all the way here in this state? The determination to send yourself to death? Or do you think you still have a chance to kill me?"
Lin Qiye bared his teeth. "Or maybe it's just that stubborn pride of yours?"
An Qingyu remained expressionless as his weak voice slowly sounded.
"I can't kill you... that doesn't mean I can only let you slaughter me... Even if I die, I want to stand before you... not kneel."
Lin Qiye's smile gradually faded. He narrowed his eyes to examine An Qingyu and said calmly, "I can't tell it from looking at you, but a fragile human like you actually has such spirit. If I weren't in a bad mood today, I might've let you off. After all, watching a tough guy like you fight your way back to Great Xia would be rather interesting.
So, your luck isn't very good."
"Maybe."
An Qingyu replied calmly.
Lin Qiye slowly walked to stand before An Qingyu. His towering figure blocked out all the sunlight, and his low voice unhurriedly sounded.
"So... have you prepared yourself for the death I've prepared for you? My dear An Qingyu?"
...
The Sea.
As the ripples swept across every corner of the earth, the mist was completely dispelled. This planet had returned to what it was like more than a hundred years ago, before the catastrophe descended... The only difference was that now it was covered in barren desolation and deathly silence.
The radiance of the Covenant faded from Lin Qiye's body. The second imprint completely vanished. Lin Qiye glanced at the single remaining imprint on his chest, then turned his gaze forward.
The Black Goat and several other gods of the Cthulhu Faction also seemed startled by the dispersal of the mist, but it didn't significantly affect them. After a brief pause, the dark pressing clouds continued advancing toward Lin Qiye.
"Hey hey hey! Weren't you supposed to deal with the Black Goat? Dispelling the mist doesn't help!" Jinian came to his senses and immediately spoke up.
There was no panic on Lin Qiye's face. He stared at the approaching dark clouds and tsunami, speaking calmly.
"If the First Covenant was the lifeline that reversed a certain-death situation... then the Second Covenant is the winning move I've prepared for humanity. If the mist doesn't dissipate, this place will forever remain the主场 of the Cthulhu Faction's mythology, and Great Xia will only be a caged beast..."
"Not... is this really the time for that? The Black Goat is already charging at us!" Jinian nervously complained.
Lin Qiye paused for a moment. "There's also a more important reason beyond that."
"What reason?"
"Only when the mist clears can living creatures be nurtured across this vast land..."
"Nurture living creatures? So what? Can they help us resist the Black Goat?"
Lin Qiye looked up. A golden streak slashed across the sky, shooting straight into the atmosphere!
Above the clear sky, the Seraph's avatar flapped its wings and had already reached outer space. The pair of golden and black eyes gazed down at the planet below. Except for Great Xia, all the land was barren, lifeless and oppressive.
He floated outside Earth, flipped his palm over. A pink orb of light appeared in his grasp.
Life Origin!
A golden domain expanded from within the Seraph's avatar. Terrifying divine power flowed like countless ribbons, pouring from his body into the Life Origin.
As massive amounts of divine power flooded in, the Life Origin erupted with dazzling light, flickering between sacred white and enchanting light pink, like a faulty lightbulb!
The Seraph's avatar gripped the Life Origin tightly. His fingers gradually closed around it, squeezing it with all his might. Veins bulged from his arms and neck, and terrifying power intertwined with dark energy around the Life Origin!
Under those异瞳 eyes that seemed to be burning, light and shadow surged wildly within his palm. The Life Origin began to deform like a squeezed balloon, expanding and contracting in localized areas!
BOOM—!!
With a thunderous roar, Lin Qiye crushed the Life Origin with his bare hands!
Countless fragments scattered in all directions, but they were all enveloped by darkness. The Seraph Lin Qiye lightly tapped his finger toward the Earth beneath his feet, and the countless fragments surged like a flood, falling toward the barren, lifeless Earth!
Fragments of life's origin drifted like dust, carried by a gentle breeze, sweeping across every corner of the Earth—land, sea, swamp, glacier...
These origin fragments drifted over forests, and withered trees rapidly regained vitality. They passed over ruined cities, and barren earth sprouted new shoots. They swept across silent seas, and countless fish fry were born with the waves...
At this moment, life was like a miracle, reborn in this world that had been dead and desolate for over a hundred years!
A gentle breeze of life brushed past Lin Qiye's ear. His voice continued.
"Natural creatures possess faith, and their rebirth will guide an ancient being who has drifted at the end of time for countless ages, leading them back to the direction of home..."
ROAR—!!!
The Cthulhu Faction god's roar shook the heavens. Massive waves churned, and its enormous body, like a mountain, charged toward Lin Qiye.
The dark mass of flesh and clouds blotted out the last ray of sunlight in this sky. Under the gaze of over a hundred scarlet pupils, a thick goat's hoof descended from the clouds, howling as it smashed toward Lin Qiye's face!
Bizarre and evil energy filled every corner between heaven and earth!
Lin Qiye stood firm on the churning waves. He looked up at the void, and a causal thread connecting to the far reaches of Infinity suddenly tensed!
A faint smile curved his lips. He gently bowed toward that emptiness.
"Junior Lin Qiye... respectfully welcomes the return of the Ancestral Gods!"
BOOM—!!!
The spacetime above the Black Goat collapsed on a massive scale. An ancient temple, ten times larger than its body, materialized out of thin air and came crashing down onto it. It slammed the creature into the depths of the churning sea from the sky!