All Realms and Worlds: The Lost Home

Above the sky, the black and red demonic flames collided violently with the bright white holy light.

The power of the World-Destroying Demon Spear and the Holy Judgment intertwined to form a giant energy vortex. The space at the center of the vortex collapsed into a pitch-black abyss, where rubble, flesh, and even light were mercilessly swallowed up.

The shockwave swept wildly in all directions from the vortex, instantly leveling half of the houses in the capital, completely breaking the city walls, and sending the defending soldiers and demon soldiers flying for miles, already lifeless when they landed.

Karen and the others clung desperately behind a broken boulder, the aftershocks of holy light and demonic energy relentlessly assaulting their defenses. Their armor cracked, blood seeped from their mouths, and even opening their eyes was extremely difficult.

Just then, something unexpected happened.

Within the energy vortex, a faint golden light suddenly appeared. This light was neither Xue Ji's divine power nor Yue Gui's demonic energy, but rather carried a profound sense of ethereal light that permeated the heavens and earth.

It is the will of the world!

The invisible will that had enveloped Karen for years, subtly guiding him to integrate into this world, was now completely thrown into chaos by Xue Ji's rage and Yue Gui's death-defying attack.

The pale golden light twisted and intertwined, sometimes being devoured by demonic flames, sometimes suppressed by holy light, and finally transformed into countless tiny specks of light, rushing toward Karen's direction.

"Ugh—!"

Karen suddenly let out a painful groan as countless streams of information flooded into his mind, assaulting his consciousness.

A chaotic scene, fragmented sounds, and a faint yet clear anchor point of consciousness exploded in his mind.

That's the aura of Wei Yu!

It is the information anchor point of the remnant soul of the Sentinel from Earth, which is possessed by the Divine Spear of Yuegui!

"Returning Home... Transmigrator... Snow Princess's Alteration..."

As fragmented thoughts reached him, Karen's pupils constricted, and the words Yuki had once spoken to him flashed through his mind.

"Karen, I heard your prayer. You were tired of living aimlessly and longed to achieve something great, so I brought you here."

"Once you come into this world, you can only try to fit in; you can never go back to where you came from."

"Be a hero of this world and protect all living beings, and you will have unprecedented glory."

Lies! It's all lies!

Karen trembled, not from fear, but from extreme anger.

He was an orphan of the earth, without a car or a house, with an average career, but he was never lonely. The old man at the corner store would always give him steamed buns, his childhood friends would stay up all night playing games with him, and his colleagues would give him a ride home if he worked late.

He yearned to achieve something great, not for the so-called glory of this other world, but simply to prove those who cared about him right.

But Yukihime used a false "wish" to trap him in this war-torn world and turn him into a pawn in the fight against his own people!

He could have gone back! He could have returned to his hometown, which, though ordinary, was full of warmth!

"Snow Princess—!"

Karen suddenly looked up, her eyes bloodshot, and her holy light surged without warning, more intense than ever before.

He raised the Hero's Sword in his hand, and under the influence of the chaotic world's will, the blade gleamed with the same luster as the pale golden light.

"You lied to me!"

A roar shook the heavens and earth, drowning out the booming of colliding energy. The magic within Karen's body frantically merged with the fragments of the world's will, pouring entirely into the Hero's Sword.

"The Holy Sword!"

With a loud shout, a giant light sword hundreds of meters long burst forth from the sword. The light sword was crystal clear, with a faint golden light of the world's will swirling around its edges. It carried a world-destroying power and slashed fiercely at Xue Ji's phantom!

This attack, imbued with all of Karen's anger and power, also stirred the chaotic will of the world, moving so fast that even Yuki couldn't react in time.

"boom--!"

The giant lightsaber slammed heavily into the back of the Snow Princess's phantom. The power of holy light and the world's will erupted instantly, causing the Snow Princess's phantom to tremble violently. The shimmering white holy light dissipated wildly, and a huge crack appeared on its back.

The entire room fell silent.

Yue Gui, who was adjusting his breathing, suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with astonishment, which then turned into intense ecstasy.

The grief and indignation in that roar, the obsession with "returning home," and the power that stirred the will of the world...

They are compatriots!

Karen, like him, was a time traveler from that homeland!

Yue Gui gripped the divine spear tightly, and black and red demonic energy surged once more. Even though his body was weakened, a long-lost light rekindled in his eyes. After a century of solitude, he was no longer alone in fighting this hypocritical world!

Sabella, Doron, Allen, and the others stood there dumbfounded, their weapons nearly falling from their hands.

The hero actually made a move on the goddess?

The Demon King's army and the remaining defenders also stopped fighting, and everyone's eyes were focused on the sky, their faces full of disbelief.

The phantom of Yukihime slowly turned around, the cracks on her back continued to spread, and the holy light dimmed by more than half, but did not completely dissipate.

She wasn't seriously injured by Karen, but she was thoroughly enraged by this sudden betrayal.

In those exquisitely beautiful eyes, all holiness and majesty had faded, leaving only overwhelming ferocity and madness.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!"

Yukihime's voice was shrill and piercing, filled with a tearing rage, echoing throughout the entire capital: "You damned bastards!"

The holy light surrounding her began to twist wildly, no longer pure white, but tinged with an eerie pale purple. Violent energy continuously overflowed from her body, causing the surrounding space to tremble violently.

"I saved you from despair and death! You all! You all betrayed me!"

Xue Ji's gaze swept over Yue Gui, her eyes filled with boundless hatred: "From Luo! To you, Yue Gui!"

She then glared at Karen, her voice filled with obsessive rage: "Now we have to add you to the list, you damned Karen! You all deserve to die!"

"I tried my best to treat you well! I gave you strength! I gave you status! I helped you escape that life that was worse than that of pigs and dogs!"

"And what about you? All you think about is returning to that damned hometown where even getting enough to eat was a struggle, a place full of mediocrity!!!"

"ah--!"

Xue Ji let out a mournful roar, and the pale purple holy light around her exploded completely, forming a giant energy storm that swept across the heavens and earth.

The land of the capital began to collapse madly, the sky was dyed an eerie purple-white, countless spatial rifts spread in the storm, and even the faint light of the chaotic world will was suppressed by this violent force.

"This is..." Yue Gui's expression was solemn, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.

He could clearly sense that this power had long surpassed the realm of ordinary goddesses.

The phantom of Yukihime continued to expand in the storm, eventually transforming into a giant figure thousands of meters tall, surrounded by purple-white holy light. Behind her were no longer wings, but countless twisted threads of world rules.

Her presence is connected to every inch of this land and every breath of air.

Karen was shocked and instantly understood the truth.

She is not the goddess Yukihime at all.

Or rather, she shouldn't be called a goddess—she is the very will of this world!

"So that's how it is..." Yue Gui murmured to himself, his eyes filled with realization and coldness. "The betrayal a hundred years ago wasn't orchestrated by the goddess and the nobles at all, but rather by the will of your world controlling everything!"

The World's Will manifested as Yukihime, her icy gaze sweeping over Yuegui and Karen, her voice carrying an undeniable authority and madness: "I am the ruler of this world! You are all pawns I have chosen! Anyone who dares to defy my will will pay the price!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xue Ji raised her hand and waved it. Countless giant blades of purple and white holy light condensed from the storm and shot towards Yue Gui and Karen at the same time.

Wherever the giant blade passed, space shattered completely, and even energy was annihilated. Its power was several times more terrifying than the previous Divine Judgment.

"Watch out!" Karen shouted, swinging the Hero's Sword once more, conjuring a giant light shield that blocked her path.

Yue Gui dared not be careless. He swung his divine spear horizontally, and black and red demonic flames condensed into a demonic wall, standing side by side with Karen's light shield.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The holy light blade slammed into the light shield and the magic wall one after another, with violent explosions rising and falling. The light shield was covered with cracks, and the magic wall was constantly melting away.

Karen and Yue Gui were both thrown back by the shockwave, spitting out blood and growing weaker.

"Karen!" Yue Gui looked at Karen, his tone urgent, "She is the will of the world, controlling the rules of this world. A direct confrontation is no match for her!"

Karen nodded, a resolute glint in her eyes: "I know! But we have no way out! She's kept us trapped for so long; today we must tear down her disguise!"

The two exchanged a glance, and without saying a word, they reached a tacit understanding.

Karen's body surged with holy light, and the Warrior's Sword shone brilliantly. Countless holy light arrows shot towards Yuki, restraining her movements.

As Yue Gui's feet surged with demonic energy, his figure moved like a ghost towards Xue Ji, his divine spear, wreathed in black and red demonic flames, aimed straight at Xue Ji's brow—the core of the world's will.

"Overestimating yourself!" Xue Ji snorted coldly, raised her hand and waved, a purple-white holy light shield blocking in front of her.

"clang!"

The divine spear pierced the shield, producing a piercing metallic clang. The demonic flames burned wildly, yet could only leave a shallow mark on the shield.

Xueji raised her hand and clenched it, instantly freezing the holy light arrow that Karen had shot in mid-air before turning into energy fragments and dissipating.

She suddenly raised her hand, and a giant pillar of holy light burst forth from her palm, hurtling towards Yue Gui.

"Watch out, Yue Gui!" Karen leaped into the air, her Hero's Sword unleashing a blade of light to block the pillar of light.

"boom!"

The light blade collided with the light beam, and Karen was thrown backward, crashing heavily to the ground. Her armor shattered, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yue Gui retreated, spinning the divine spear in his hand, condensing it into a giant demonic spear shadow, and once again stabbed towards Xue Ji's brow.

Xue Ji's eyes turned cold, and the threads of world rules around her surged wildly, binding Yue Gui's body and imprisoning him in mid-air.

"Ugh—!" Yue Gui struggled desperately, his demonic energy erupting wildly, but he couldn't break free from the binding threads of the rules. The threads tightened continuously, making his bones crack, and blackish-red blood flowed down the threads.

"Guangdong return!" Karen struggled to her feet, wanting to rush over to help, but was blocked by a giant blade of holy light.

"Take care of yourself first!" Xue Ji's voice was icy as countless giant blades of holy light shot towards Karen, blocking all his escape routes.

Karen gritted his teeth, wielding the Warrior's Sword rapidly. The light blade clashed repeatedly with the holy light greatsword, sparks flying everywhere. His arm was numb from the impact, and the wound continued to widen.

Sabella finally reacted, gripping the broken holy sword tightly. Holy light surged around her as she charged towards Karen: "Captain Karen, I'm here to help you!"

Doron and Allen immediately followed suit. Doron swung his giant axe, cleaving through the incoming fragments of holy light, while Allen unleashed a wide-range ice spell, freezing the surrounding threads of law to buy Karen time.

"Useless!" Xue Ji snorted coldly, raised her hand and waved it, and countless purple and white holy lights emerged from the ground and shot towards Sabella and the other two.

The three men's expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly cast defensive spells, but these were easily broken by the holy light. They were all blasted away and seriously injured.

Xue Ji's gaze fell once more on the imprisoned Yue Gui, her eyes filled with a crazed killing intent: "Yue Gui, a hundred years ago I spared your life so you would see reality clearly and obediently become my pawn. Since you remain obstinate, then vanish completely!"

As the threads of the rules tightened, Yue Gui's aura grew weaker and weaker, and the demonic flames on the divine spear gradually dimmed.

Just then, a resolute glint flashed in Karen's eyes. He slammed the Hero's Sword into the ground, and the holy light around him frantically merged with the remaining fragments of the world's will within his body.

"In the name of heroism, I summon fragments of the world's will, and with the support of my fellow countrymen, I break the shackles of the rules!"

Karen let out a loud shout, and the energy within his body exploded completely. A faint golden light of the world's will overflowed from his body, echoing the information anchor point of Wei Yu in the Yuegui Divine Spear.

"Buzz—!"

Suddenly, the divine spear trembled violently, and the black and red demonic flames intertwined with the pale golden light, forming a giant energy wave that blasted towards the rule threads that imprisoned Yue Gui.

"Snap!"

The rule-breaking silk thread snapped instantly, and Yue Gui seized the opportunity to break free of his restraints, flying backward and landing next to Karen.

The two stood side by side, both severely injured and weak, yet their eyes were resolute, and their energies resonated with each other, forming a black and white energy barrier.

"Fellow countryman, it's been a long time." Yue Gui looked at Karen, a bittersweet yet relieved smile playing on his lips.

Karen nodded, her eyes filled with determination: "Together, let's break free from her control!"

Yukihime stared at the two standing side by side, her anger almost tangible: "Stubborn to the end! Since that's how it is, I'll eliminate you both and choose new pawns!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xue Ji formed hand seals, and the purple-white holy light around her surged wildly. The entire capital city began to tremble violently, and countless threads of rules emerged from the ground, intertwining and condensing into a giant holy light hammer.

The giant hammer, covered in runes of world rules, radiated a world-destroying power as it slammed down towards Karen and Yuegui.

"Secret Technique: Heaven-Splitting!"

"The Sacred Sword - Breakthrough!"

Karen and Yuegui shouted simultaneously, their powers merging once more. The black and red demonic flames intertwined with the shimmering white holy light and the faint golden light of the world's will, forming a giant energy blade that met the Holy Light Hammer head-on.

"boom--!"

The collision of the two ultimate forces caused the entire world to tremble violently. The sky collapsed completely, the earth cracked, and countless magma spewed out from the ground, turning the royal capital into a purgatory.

Karen and Yue Gui were thrown heavily to the ground by the shockwave, spitting out large amounts of blood. Their consciousness began to blur, but they still gripped their weapons tightly.

Yukihime's giant figure trembled slightly, and most of the Holy Light Hammer dissipated. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, which then turned into deeper anger.

Two severely injured transmigrators were actually able to shake her power of rules?

"Impossible! I am the ruler of the world! No one can shake my position!"

Xue Ji raised her hand again, and the threads of rules around her surged wildly. This time, she was going to use all her power to completely annihilate Karen and Yue Gui.

Just then, Wei Yu's remnant soul within the Yuegui Divine Spear, through the power of the Sentinel, deciphered the core of the world's will and suddenly unleashed a powerful wave of consciousness.

A faint thought entered Karen and Yuegui's minds, and their pupils contracted sharply.

It turns out that Yukihime's core power wasn't actually in this royal capital!

Xue Ji sensed Wei Yu's fluctuations in consciousness, a hint of killing intent flashing in her eyes: "A cowardly remnant soul hiding its head and tail, how dare it speak out!"

She raised her hand and waved, sending a beam of purple-white holy light towards Yue Gui's divine spear, intending to completely obliterate Wei Yu's remnant soul.

"Stop her!" Karen shouted, struggling to her feet. She swung the Sword of the Warrior once more, conjuring a final blade of light to block the divine spear.

Yue Gui reacted immediately, swinging his divine spear horizontally, his demonic flames condensing into a shield, standing shoulder to shoulder with Karen's light blade to block the holy light.

"Bang!"

The holy light struck the light blade and the magic shield, blasting the two away again and causing them to fall into a coma.

The aftershocks of the holy light shot towards the divine spear, causing Wei Yu's remnant soul to tremble violently and nearly dissipate.

Xueji looked at the unconscious Karen and Yuegui, her eyes filled with icy killing intent: "The game should end now."

She slowly raised her hand, and a giant pillar of holy light condensed and blasted towards the two unconscious people.

At this critical moment, a white figure suddenly appeared in front of Karen and Yue Gui.

It's Sabella!

She gripped the broken holy sword tightly, her body radiating holy light, and the power of her bloodline erupted completely. A faint phantom of the Goddess of Light appeared behind her—it was Luo's aura!

"Don't hurt them!" Sabella roared, raising her holy sword and conjuring a final shield of holy light.

Seeing the aura of Luo emanating from Sabella, Xueji's eyes flashed with even stronger killing intent: "Luo's bastard, you dare to stand in my way? Die together!"

The pillar of holy light crashed down, slamming into Sabella's shield.

"Snap!"

The shield instantly cracked, and Sabella spat out a mouthful of blood, her body swaying precariously, yet she still stood firmly in front of the two.

She knew that she was no match for Yukihime.

But she couldn't let Karen and Yue Gui die.

They are the hope to uncover Yuki's conspiracy and the only clue to finding her mother, Lo.

Yukihime looked at Sabella, who was putting up a stubborn resistance, and a hint of mockery flashed in her eyes: "A futile struggle."

She increased her power, and the strength of the holy light pillar increased once again. The cracks in the shield continued to spread, and it was about to shatter completely.

Just then, a strong surge of demonic energy suddenly emanated from outside the capital.

Are they reinforcements from the Demon King's army? Or has another powerful figure arrived?

Yukihime frowned slightly, turned her head to look outside the capital, and a hint of vigilance flashed in her eyes.

Sabella seized this brief opening and, with her last ounce of strength, pushed Karen and Yuegui aside into a spatial rift—a temporary passage leading out of the capital, left over from the previous battle.

"Hurry up!"

Karen and Yuegui's bodies were swept into a spatial rift and disappeared from the capital.

Yukihime realized what was happening, her eyes blazing with fury: "Stop right there!"

She raised her hand and waved it, sending countless giant blades of holy light shooting toward the spatial rift, but they only struck the void, and the spatial rift closed instantly.

"Ah—!" Yukihime let out a shrill roar, and the violent energy erupted once again, completely leveling the entire capital.

She looked at Sabella, her eyes filled with icy killing intent: "Since we can't catch them, then use your life to atone for Luo's sins!"

Sabella collapsed to the ground, barely breathing, yet her eyes remained fixed on Yuki, showing no fear whatsoever.

In an unknown region outside the capital, Karen and Yuegui fell unconscious from a spatial rift. The faint roars of demons echoed around them, and a familiar aura was rapidly approaching.