# 2033
Chapter 2033: The Hand of World Destruction
At this moment, in the dream universe.
"[Key to the Gate] is dead……"
Above the blood-red sea, Guan Zai and the others witnessed the disappearance of [Key to the Gate], and joy flickered in their eyes!
"[Chaos], [Key to the Gate], [Black Goat] are all dead…… we won!"
"Vice Captain An set up such an elaborate scheme!"
"Who would've thought that in the end, it would be [Nightfall] that saved the world……"
"At last, everything is settled."
Just as everyone fully relaxed, on the battlefield, Lin Qiye grabbed [Chaos]'s meatball, interrogating it about how to defeat Azathoth……
BOOM——!!
A red, eerie bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, nearly splitting the entire world in two!
Immediately afterward, boundless crimson poured out from that lightning crack, manic and violent aura spreading through this realm, quickly engulfing all the stars. Even the distant sky and sea were stained and assimilated.
"What is this??"
The group riding on the floating pixel board sensed the terrifying aura within that red light, their hearts一震.
At the same time, Lin Qiye frowned, looked up, his eyes revealing confusion and bewilderment…… as if something suppressed in the depths of his heart was about to break free.
"Hahahaha!!" [Chaos]'s meatball suddenly burst into laughter, "I told you! Lord Azathoth is invincible!! You think these hundreds of millions of cycles can restrain Him for how long? He's realized! He's awakening!! And you…… you're going to die!"
A sharp pain burst from within Lin Qiye's mind, as if tearing him apart. He painfully clutched his head, and [Chaos]'s meatball rolled to the ground!
Lin Qiye's eyes turned blood-red. He stared fixedly at this world corrupted by the red light, roaring to the void:
"AZATHOTH!!!"
Severed memories returned to Lin Qiye's mind. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation in the dream. He could sense Azathoth's consciousness gradually reviving, beginning its struggle and slaughter for control once more…… And now, this dream world could barely withstand their clash.
As that red light permeated the world, distant stars shattered one after another. The entire universe was collapsing toward Earth!
In the agony of his mind being torn apart, Lin Qiye's consciousness gradually blurred……
"Lord Azathoth! Great Lord Azathoth!! You are the great Ah——" [Chaos]'s meatball's shrill laughter hadn't finished when a figure burst out and kicked it like a ball into the horizon.
"It's too dangerous here! Quick! Carry him up, return to Great Xia first!"
Jinian, draped in a ragged cloak, wordlessly hoisted the painfully struggling Lin Qiye onto his shoulder. Endless pixels rapidly formed a vehicle that resembled both a bus and an airplane, carrying everyone roaring toward Great Xia!
"Qiye! Qiye!!" On the vehicle, the less injured Guan Zai shook Lin Qiye, but the latter's face was deathly pale, clutching his head in agony, completely unable to hear his calls.
"What's wrong with him?"
"I don't know…… Feels like he's been possessed?"
As they spoke, above them in the red sky, a massive black hand tore through the void, like it was forged from the starry vault itself, crashing down upon the vehicle with irresistible force!
This hand was truly enormous. Even when everyone looked up, they could only see a section of its fingertip. If one considered the scale of the universe, this palm was nearly five times the size of Earth!
The faces of everyone in the vehicle changed instantly, terror flickering in their eyes…… The pressure emanating from this palm had completely surpassed the realm of "Supreme." Even just a wisp of its leaked aura completely suppressed their divine power and spiritual energy!
As that world-destroying palm tore through the sky, everyone could even make out the intricate patterns on its surface. Just then, five streams of light shot up from the distance!
Nyx, Merlin, Bragi, Sun Wukong, and Gilgamesh—the five Supremes—joined forces, desperately trying to block that world-destroying hand.
The majestic divine might swept across the heavens. Despite the five Supremes giving their all, they could only delay that palm for a moment before spitting out a mouthful of blood and helplessly falling from the sky.
"His target is Qiye!" Guan Zai felt the killing intent locking onto Lin Qiye and immediately spoke.
Jinian clenched his teeth, pushing the vehicle's speed to its limit, yet they couldn't escape the range of that world-destroying palm…… Even if they were no longer on Earth, even if they flew several Earth distances away, they would still be caught in its wake.
Just as everyone was about to despair, the void above violently trembled. A spatial crack was forcibly opened, and a magnificent structure stood lofty above Earth. Endless spiritual energy surged forth!
The Eternal Heavenly Court!
Above the Eternal Heavenly Court, three figures struck simultaneously!
Lingbao Tianzun formed a single-handed Dao seal. A seal the diameter of Earth rapidly took shape in the universe. As his power madly poured into it, this seal became visibly more solid, yet compared to that world-destroying hand, it still fell far short.
"Eternity."
Jialan raised both hands. A strand of eternal power drifted from within her, wrapping around the seal's surface like a jade-white film.
Yolande took a deep breath. The Covenant power connected to the universe itself, holy radiance rippling from within him.
The next moment, he slowly spoke:
"All evils, retreat."
Another pristine white Covenant mark unfurled above the seal. Covenant, Eternity, and Seal overlapped as one, colliding with the descending world-destroying hand!
DONG——!!!
A terrifying shockwave swept through the universe outside Earth, dispersing that eerie red into a vacuum zone. Countless star remnants instantly annihilated, only Earth, protected behind them, remained intact.
Under the world-destroying hand's power, the three overlapping forces crumbled one after another. The three on the Eternal Heavenly Court simultaneously groaned, their faces pale as paper.
But at the same time, that world-destroying hand shattered into nothingness. Faintly, furious roars could be heard emanating from within.
"What that message said was right—this cycle indeed encountered an accident……" Lingbao Tianzun stared at the world-destroying attack reforming in the endless red, his expression grim.
"Qiye……" Jialan turned to look back, urgently searching for a certain figure, but by now the vehicle had already carried them away from this area, returning to Great Xia.
"Finding him won't help anyway. The Lin Qiye here is merely a projection of the true Lin Qiye from the higher-dimensional universe. The real battlefield isn't here…… Unless we ascend and enter that world, it will be difficult for us to help him much." Yolande said沉声.