Simultaneous Travel: Becoming a Legend in the Heavens.

Chapter 579 Myriad Worlds (End of Volume)
The dark, deep night forced back the light of the golden tree, which grew wildly. The eerie blue flames, like drops of ink in clear water, began to spread wildly as soon as they landed, eroding the border at an alarming speed.

The new "world" exists between illusion and reality, sharing the same elements as the border region, yet it is more like a different development, with possible branches crossing the river of time and overlapping with this place.

Luke's brown eyes turned iron black as he observed from a higher-dimensional perspective, tearing away the false illusions and pointing out the eight "Kings of the Night" who were constantly being born due to changing possibilities within the "Night".

And the "night" itself!
He certainly knew what the phenomenon before him was. Based on the background of the border region, the derivative work "The Night Descends" tells the story of another world after the "night" descends, which contains countless possibilities, after the shattered war.

Prell is the "protagonist" of the borderlands, the "faded one" of the chosen ones. She was supposed to end all the demigods, collect the Great Runes, kill the gods, and become the "King of Elden". However, she went astray under Luke's influence.

When the story falls apart, the protagonist, who has not yet completed the main mission, loses his meaning. However, Lu Ke did not expect that after the "game" ended, a new "game" would appear, attempting to overwrite the border area that had already "failed".

"Cosmic Wonders Game Company... That's interesting."

Luke whispered, “It can directly influence the fusion of the ‘world’ and the collision of possibilities. Even gods cannot do this. It might be possible for the ‘supreme will’.”

However, this level of surprise was not enough to astound him.

Lu Ke squinted his eyes and made a biting motion between his lips and teeth.

click-

The rapidly expanding "night" suddenly had a piece missing, about one-eighth of the area. The missing part showed a crescent-shaped mark, just like... a human tooth mark.

The night's extension came to a standstill.

As if possessing self-awareness, the "night" felt intense fear after being devoured without any resistance. Instead of expanding, it began to hesitantly and slowly search inward.

"It tastes good."

Luke's eyes lit up as he sensed a mixture of concepts such as "world," "time," "space," "fate," "desire," and "cause and effect" from the "night" he had just eaten.

Although its size is still insufficient, its quality is not too low, and it is still somewhat beneficial to him, something that neither the local gods nor the external gods of the border region can do.

Lu Ke licked his lips, revealing neat, white teeth in a smile. Around him appeared a murky liquid and an abstract object resembling a stomach.

…………

In a strange space.

Luke, whose body was radiating faint golden light, felt the "world" appear before him with unparalleled clarity, showing everything in the border region.

He saw Rataen slowly waking up, looking with delight at his completely healed body and his beloved horse beside him, continuing the victory celebration. He saw "Valkyrie" Malenia open her eyes from the roots of the sacred tree and look at Millison, who had been half-sent to the sacred tree. He saw Nokron, the "Eternal City," finally appear in the world after being struck by the re-flowing meteor.

They also witnessed a four-armed blue-skinned monster taking advantage of the chaos to steal the "Godslayer Knife" hidden in Nokron, disarming the two fingers that controlled her, and heading to the stars without any hesitation.

Bang!

Lani, who had just left the border area and hadn't even had a chance to appreciate the beauty of the starry sky, suddenly felt a heavy slap on her buttocks. Startled, she looked around warily, but found nothing.

Lu Ke smiled, his consciousness extending beyond the boundary to the surrounding void, the distant starry sky, and other "worlds" even further away...

The universe no longer held anything back from him.

Various "laws" appeared in his perception, as well as all sorts of deities, beings larger than planets, serpents originating from mountains and lakes, beings entirely in shadow, writhing like stagnant water, and black mist formed by the aggregation of billions of living beings...

Various deities roam the starry sky in all sorts of bizarre forms, some strong and some weak. The weak are even weaker than the "Goddess of Corruption" who has been revived in Marlenia and is not yet fully liberated, while the powerful, even if not in their own territory, are still far superior to deities like Marika who spread laws throughout the entire territory.

But after sensing Luke's unbridled perception, all the gods scattered like startled birds, desperately fleeing to more distant and unexplorable lands.

Only one deity remained calmly in place.

His form is so vast that it surpasses imagination; the clustered nebulae are his tentacles, the pulsating galaxy is his ever-changing heart, and the colors unseen by humankind are transformed into incredible messages. At the very top is an indescribable vortex, which is the "eye" formed by crushed stars being wrapped in the dark galaxy.

Supreme will.

As expected of the most powerful deity, its sheer size would likely engulf weaker deities upon approaching it.

The "eyes" gazed at Lu Ke from afar, exchanging countless messages across the barriers of time and space, a wavering appearing in their pupils.

Through that human skin, He saw a mass heavier than the entire universe, countless star clusters swirling around, sometimes separating and sometimes merging, the one formed after all things collapsed, and the beginning and end of all things, including His birth and His end.

The next second, the universe dimmed for a moment.

The "eye" formed by the galaxy disappeared from its original location.

Like other deities, the "Supreme Will" also ran away.

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Border area.

Luke pondered how to incorporate the entire world into his body, devour all the gods, including the supreme will, and take himself a step closer to true "transcendence."

However, this process will take a considerable amount of time, so it's better to wait until all the current matters are resolved before proceeding slowly...

He slowly opened his eyes. The original space had collapsed, and the group returned to the room behind the royal audience platform. Marika and Melina were staring at him nervously, seemingly worried that something might have happened to him. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he was alright.

“It’s astonishing that you…you can so easily alter the ‘Golden Law’ and make it change according to your will.”

Marika's eyes still held a hint of astonishment. She had assumed that an external deity had intruded and, under Melina's guidance, had coincidentally fulfilled her wish. She never expected that Luke could actually do such a thing.

Although it is still the "Golden Law" on the surface, as the deity who once controlled this law, she can still feel that the current "law" is based on Luke's will, including the fact that the essence of the Golden Tree has been tampered with, becoming something she cannot even imagine.

Once a "supreme will" leaves, does a new "supreme will" arrive?
Marika gave a bitter smile, feeling that this outcome made all the sacrifices she had made seem meaningless.

"Rest assured, my laws are free."

Seeing through Marika's thoughts, Luke explained with a smile.

"It doesn't matter what you want to believe in or what you want to do, as long as you are willing to pay the price. The 'gift' will refuse to resist its existence from the bottom of its heart, but will only maintain the basic operation of the world."

Melina walked over to Luke, took his hand, smiled at Marika, and spoke with a hint of pride in her voice.

“You’ve just regained consciousness and don’t know my Faded One. This guy is the kind of person who only likes to enjoy the privileges and hates to fulfill the responsibilities.”

"As long as his orders are executed perfectly and his wild ideas are satisfied, that's enough. Troublesome matters will be left to others."

That's how it was back in Stoneville. Melina handled all the things that the real city lord should have done, while Luke himself caused trouble everywhere, contributing a whole bunch of complaint letters to her.

Marika's expression froze on her face, which was even more beautiful than her daughter's. She seemed surprised that such a powerful deity was so lazy... no, so easygoing.

However, this does indeed bring real benefits to the border areas.

If a powerful, inactive deity were to rule the borderlands, not only would freedom be granted, but security would also be guaranteed, making it the best possible outcome.

Thinking of this, a relieved smile appeared on Marika's face, and her gaze toward Luke became more respectful and gentle. However, she noticed that Luke's gaze did not seem to meet hers, but was slightly lowered.

Lu Ke: (゜一゜)
Marika: (-_)?
Marika lowered her head slightly, looking at her enormous, half-hidden treasure chest with a sudden realization. She hesitated for a few seconds, then looked at Luke's face and physique, pondered for a moment, and finally smiled.
"Although Lord Luke doesn't like handling political affairs, since you are now the god who rules the border region, there are still many things you need to know. As the previous generation of god, I need to complete the 'handover' with you."

Luke, without changing his expression, looked away from the huge treasure chest, coughed twice, and nodded solemnly.

“No problem, I will definitely come to learn from you when I have time. However, I have a bad memory and may forget things after a while. So I might have to come to learn from you a bit too often. I hope Queen Marika doesn’t mind?” Marika nodded gently: “Now that I have stepped down, I can only do my best to assist the new deity. You can come to me anytime if you have any questions.”

After agreeing to a private boxing match with the "Eternal Queen," Luke stroked his chin and turned to look at Melina.
"I'll be away for a while, but not long. I'll leave the border area to you. With Marika's help, it shouldn't be too difficult to manage."

"You want to leave the border area?" Melina frowned, looking puzzled.

The border region has returned to normal, the blessings have returned, and Mother "Eternal Queen" Marika has been resurrected. Everything is over now, so what is the point of thinking about going out now?
"I have a small task to do, and I might also see a few... friends."

Luke smiled and touched Melina's cheek, a strange look and a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

…………

Galid.

Half of him yawned listlessly, then rolled his eyes when he saw Luke suddenly appear in front of him.

"They're taking way too long! I was almost falling asleep waiting."

"I took a quick look at the scenery of this universe, which delayed me a bit."

Luke looked around and realized that the "concepts" of this area seemed to have been eaten once and had just recovered. He then looked down at the female knight Preel lying on the ground.

The girl's body was no different from what I remembered, and she was still wearing the half-body Rathian armor set that had been given to her, but her eyes were empty and she had lost her soul.

"Is Preel alright?"

“It’s alright, I already took protective measures in her soul… but it should be fine even without protective measures. The mutation did not harm her soul. Her soul had already returned a second before it appeared.”

After finishing his sentence, Banshen stretched, as if complaining, "Taking care of players who treat this place like a game is quite tiring, isn't it about time I went back?"

Lu Ke nodded: "Yes, thank you for your hard work."

Half of her body breathed a sigh of relief and slowly walked towards Lu Ke's main body. With each step, her image moved closer to the female body that had initially separated. When she reached Lu Ke, she was already a stunningly beautiful woman, radiant and elegant, in no way inferior to Marika, and perhaps even more so.

"I must say, you're really handsome!"

Half-Body shuddered after hearing this, his face showing vigilance: "I hope that the next time you separate me, it won't be because you're bored in your long life and want to try 'embracing yourself'."

"...Do you know that you have just ruined the words 'embrace yourself'?"

Luke pursed his lips, hugged her halfway, and slowly inserted her into his body, then looked at Preer's body.

Like Michaela, the place where the gods slumber, this is also a passage to another world. He had been there once before, but that time it was only a wisp of his soul.

What he is going to now is a soul that is countless times stronger than he was back then, a complete soul.

Luke took a deep breath, feeling a long-lost excitement for exploring the unknown, and grabbed Preer's arm.

He found himself once again in the familiar, narrow passage, his vision rising at an astonishing speed: the boundary, beyond the fog, the starry sky…

The rate of ascent is accelerating, getting faster and faster.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Ke saw the countless gods who had just been roaming the starry sky. Then his perspective rose again, passing through a barrier and revealing a new scene.

The speed at this point was unbelievable, to the point that even a god would miss it; the original split spirit could only catch a glimpse of it.

But now, Luke can see all the details clearly.

This is an infinitely vast space where scale and volume lose their meaning. The unit of measurement here is "the world," the guiding principle is "reason," and the only existing entities are "pipes."

The same "pipe" that Luke was in at that moment.

Lu Ke looked through the nearest "pipe" and saw that it led to a dark world illuminated by "fire," where the undead wandered, yearning for the light of "fire."

He frowned and chose another "pipe" to look at. This time, it was set in the Warring States period, a world where swords clashed. A slender "Sakura Dragon" was perched on a tree, cold and majestic.

In the next ancient and mysterious Temple of the Wedge, countless dreamlike demons lingered and roared, surging in like a tide, as if they would engulf the entire world in the next second.

The next one, a dazzling world of neon lights and vibrant colors, ascends a spiral staircase of hedonism, where super-dreams and cybernetic enhancements further blur the lines between humans and machines.

As a wave of familiar game names were about to be shouted out, Lu Ke's brows furrowed more and more, and he simply turned his gaze into the distance.

Lu Ke's gaze suddenly narrowed.

Thousands upon thousands of "pipes" traverse this space, but due to their infinite volume and the spacing measured on a "world" scale, they are not particularly noticeable.

But when there is an existence capable of seeing through all illusions, an existence capable of ignoring the gaps between "worlds," then it will be discovered...

Countless "worlds" are being pierced, connected, and invaded by countless pipes!

Lu Ke saw a familiar world within it—a world based on the nine realms of Norse mythology, and known for its freedom of choice with thousands of classes in the RPG game YGGDRASIL.
…………

pat!

The game pod door opened with a red error light, and the girl in the nutrient solution opened her eyes and crawled out, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"What the heck... why did I get disconnected while watching a CG?"

The girl lay back down, quite annoyed, and tried to re-enter the game, but all she saw was the message "Game is corrupted" accompanied by a red light.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?! My wife's still inside!"

The girl, unusually flustered, climbed out of the game pod again and picked up her phone to call the game company.

hiss - hiss -

The room light flickered, but the anxious girl didn't notice.

She opened her contacts and anxiously searched for the game company's phone number. Just as she was about to dial, a hand grabbed her wrist, stopping her.

"Wait a minute, now is not the time to look for them."

The familiar voice prevented the girl from screaming immediately. She stiffly turned her neck, and after seeing the person in front of her, she slowly opened her mouth wide.

The next second, a belated, earth-shattering scream echoed throughout the room.

"Aaaaaaaaaa!!!"

Lu Ke picked at his ears, but the noise didn't stop after he waited patiently. He could only sigh and shut the girl's mouth.

He bowed slightly, winked at the girl, and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Nice to meet you, my name is..."

“Lu Ke”.

(End of this chapter)