# 260
Chapter 260
The Greatest Miracle
Cangnan City.
Rows of low, old houses crumbled like sand, dissolving into golden motes that scattered in every direction. Streets wedged between skyscrapers rapidly receded; solid asphalt vanished, replaced by muddy soil.
Streetlamps, greenery, billboards, cafés, noodle shops, wedding boutiques, Peace Bridge, the agency…
Golden particles surged like a torrent, whirling through the air, rising higher until they vanished without a trace.
Everything burst like a dream bubble.
“Mom, Mom…”
On the vanishing street, a seven- or eight-year-old girl stared blankly at the scene before her. In front of her, a woman looked down at her own body in terror.
She, too, was disappearing.
“What’s happening, what is this?” the woman murmured.
She jerked her head up at her daughter; when she saw the girl’s body wasn’t turning to gold, relief flashed in her eyes.
Deep within her pupils, some sealed memory seemed to unlock…
So that’s how it is…
She staggered to her feet—her entire right half already gone—and stepped to the child. The corners of her mouth lifted; her left hand gently stroked the girl’s head.
“Tiantian, Mommy’s time is up… These ten years, the happiest thing for me was having you. From now on, you’ll have to face the days alone.”
She looked to the sky, a look of release in her eyes.
“The miracle… has finally ended.”
Scenes like this played out in every corner of Cangnan City.
Countless people watched in horror as family and friends faded beside them, panic filling their eyes.
Yet those who were vanishing finally showed relief, as if remembering everything at last, smiling as they bade farewell.
Ninety percent of Cangnan City’s population was disappearing…
…
Boom—!!
A wine cup met a thunderbolt; the shockwave ripped outward, shattering the earth for miles!
Master Chen sat in his carriage, about to strike again, when he sensed something and his face changed drastically!
“Master, Master!” The page’s voice rang from outside, frantic. “The city— the city… it’s vanishing!”
Master Chen’s expression was awful. He sighed, helplessness in his eyes.
“This day… has still come.”
“Master, what’s happening?” the page asked. “Why? Have the gods struck the city again?”
“No.” Master Chen drew a slow breath. “It’s simply because this city… should never have existed in the first place.”
“Shouldn’t exist?”
“Do you know why the divine war broke out ten years ago?”
“Wasn’t it for the 【Shiva’s Grudge】?”
“Yes, but not entirely.” Master Chen’s voice was calm. “Ten years ago, the Greek king of gods, Zeus, peered into fate and prophesied that an unprecedented blasphemer would be born—precisely in Great Xia’s Cangnan City.
To erase him early, Zeus sent Mother Earth Gaia, along with some Norse evil gods, to assault Great Xia’s borders.
【Shiva’s Grudge】 was part of their plan—the weapon meant to kill the blasphemer.”
Master Chen went on: “Cangnan was only a small inland city. With five human Apex fighters holding the line, the enemy couldn’t break through, so they resorted to 【Shiva’s Grudge】…”
The page’s eyes widened in shock. “You mean—”
“Exactly.” Fury burned in Master Chen’s eyes. “Gaia, once she held 【Shiva’s Grudge】, expended her power to write a single name on the parchment…
Cangnan City.”
“They used 【Shiva’s Grudge】 to wipe a city off the map?!”
“To kill an unborn blasphemer, they erased an entire city. The moment that name was written, Cangnan was scrubbed from the world—gone without a pebble, a speck of dust, a drop of blood left. A city and its million souls… obliterated.”
The page’s mouth hung open. “But… the city is right here!”
“It endures because of Lin Qiye.” Master Chen closed his eyes.
“When Cangnan was erased, only one person survived—Lin Qiye, seven years old. No one knows how he escaped 【Shiva’s Grudge】, but in that old house we later found fragments of three divine artifacts: a silver bracelet, a shattered crystal orb, and a strange ring. Buried beneath the floor, they formed a mysterious array—perhaps that saved him. Who left them remains unknown.”
“Even if Lin Qiye lived, how did the city return?”
“After Cangnan’s annihilation, the archangel Michael—divine serial 003—chose the lone survivor as his proxy: Lin Qiye. He passed on his God’s Ruins and poured an immense tide of divine power into the boy’s subconscious.
Then an ultra-large God’s Ruins unfolded, covering the entire city.
That was… 【Mortal Divine Realm】.”
Master Chen paused. “Carrying 【Mortal Divine Realm】, Lin Qiye became a walking terminal. Unconsciously, he used that mental energy to rebuild Cangnan and resurrect its erased citizens… In short, he rebooted the whole city.
Though he never realized it, he constantly sustains the city with 【Mortal Divine Realm】; he is its soul. The city exists… only because of him.
Michael’s power could maintain the realm for ten years. After that, dust returns to dust. Even without this incident, the city would have faded in half a month.
These ten years were enough for many things, for every resident here is alive.
They can work, live, leave Cangnan for elsewhere—branded by 【Mortal Divine Realm】, they persist as long as the realm does.
Though once erased, within 【Mortal Divine Realm】 they could marry, bear children—and those children are independent of the realm. Even when it ends, their offspring will survive.
These ten years were ten years of bloodlines continuing.”
The page was stunned. “【Mortal Divine Realm】… has such an overpowering ability?!”
Master Chen shut his eyes. “If we give each of the top ten God’s Ruins a label, then serial 008 【Shiva’s Grudge】 stands for destruction, while serial 003 【Mortal Divine Realm】…
stands for miracle.
This city, these ten years—are the greatest miracle that ever existed, born solely because of Lin Qiye!”