Esper X Family – Chapter 685 – The Moment of Apotheosis

“White Catty has advanced to S-rank? That’s amazing!”

Xia Lian’s exclamation snapped everyone back to their senses.

Standard Tu Sheng, who had been spectating from the rear with Parallel Tu Sheng, both let out a soft chuckle.

“This is the inevitable outcome.”

Ye Yao’s base mental power was unquestionably the most substantial.

Even though her base mental power still ranked among the lowest here, no one dared to underestimate that figure which had just reached five thousand.

It was undoubtedly a massive dividing line.

It was common knowledge that once an Esper reached S-rank, their ability would receive a strengthening.

A world-destroying ability was already powerful enough, and after being reinforced, no one could even begin to fathom its strength.

Meanwhile, Lou Wei was concerned about one thing in particular.

That was whether Ye Yao had found a permanent solution.

If high mental power still posed a risk of losing control, then Ye Yao could still potentially destroy the world, turning human civilization or the Watcher civilization into Vengeful Spirits.

Whether for the greater good or personal reasons, these responsible adults didn’t want Ye Yao to bear such a sin.

Ye Yao felt the caring gazes coming from behind her.

“It’s alright. There will be no more risk of losing control. The karma of world destruction ends with my generation. From this moment on, I am the Will of Heaven!”

The girl’s resolute tone was like a reassuring pill.

It felt as though a child had finally grown up.

The heavy stone that had been hanging over everyone’s hearts finally fell. Even Lou Wei could barely suppress the upward curve of his lips.

At a moment like this, no matter how serious one usually was, how could they possibly not smile?

Fu Qi laughed heartily, more joyfully than he had ever laughed before.

“Haha! I knew it! I knew you could do it!”

The Countermeasure Bureau’s all-in gamble had paid off!

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Whether in career or family, this was undoubtedly the ultimate fulfillment!

Even if he had never married or had a daughter of his own, it no longer mattered.

Fu Qi could completely regard Ye Yao as his own daughter!

Ye Yao was infected by the emotions of the crowd, and she herself was thoroughly delighted, paying no attention at all to the super-patchwork monstrosity that was poised to strike.

“Let’s put the celebrations aside for now. Let me clean up the last mess. This is also something I must face.”

Ye Yao stepped forward, and in the next instant, she appeared before the colossal stitched monster.

It seemed somewhat inappropriate to call it a Vengeful Spirit anymore.

It should be called the King of Vengeance instead.

All the threads of cause and effect had converged together, integrating into an aggregate of the final remnants.

The King of Vengeance before them was unimaginably enormous, far exceeding the scale of a star, and contained a multitude of elements.

At a glance, mechanical parts, flesh, gases, liquids, and other forms were all jumbled together, like the ultimate outcome of countless physical civilizations colliding.

Ye Yao appeared infinitesimally small before it, like an insignificant speck of cosmic dust.

“VENGEANCE! KNEEL! REPENT! DIE!!!”

An immense wave of resentment surged into Ye Yao’s mind like a tidal wave, like an inevitable judgment.

Ye Yao’s expression remained unchanged, unaffected in the slightest. There was only a faint trace of pity in her eyes.

She hadn’t lost her humanity after replacing the Will of Heaven.

Faced with civilizations that had suffered undeserved calamities, Ye Yao could still feel a shred of sympathy.

But that didn’t mean she would accept the sanction of this mindless abomination.

There was only one thing Ye Yao could do: bury it forever.

Before that, she carefully examined the body of this King of Vengeance, as if committing the features of each civilization on its body to memory.

She also took the opportunity to probe its true nature.

“One hundred percent immunity?”

Indeed. Over the long period of accumulation by Xing Lan, the fused product of countless Vengeful Spirits had achieved complete immunity to mental power.

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In other words, it was entirely impervious to mental power attacks and influences.

Even against her family going all out just moments ago, it would likely emerge unscathed.

One hundred percent damage reduction could even ignore minimum damage. Even if Ye Yao possessed astronomically high mental power, it would still be extremely difficult to deal with it.

In opposing the world-destroying ability, the Vengeful Spirit had undoubtedly evolved to its peak.

This infuriatingly broken mechanic was clearly the natural enemy of【Fission】.

“Impressive. But unfortunately, it’s too late.”

Ye Yao didn’t even want to engage in a great battle with the King of Vengeance, just as humans never bothered to compete with ants.

“Infinite Fission!”

With a single thought, Ye Yao’s silver hair instantly transformed into a sacred flowing river of light, accompanied by an imperceptible sense of distortion.

At that moment, two shadows seemed to appear behind her.

The figures of Ye Yao, Ye Tong, and Ye Ge seemed to overlap.

Ye Yao opened her eyes wide, radiant with brilliance.

Her stats had already undergone earth-shattering changes.

Ye Yao generously allowed Sen Tong to transmit the information of her Apotheosis back to Bluestar.

At that moment, the bloodthirsty audience on Blue Star all witnessed something that shattered their understanding.

All the attributes presented by Sen Tong began to change at breakneck speed.

Mental power, as well as strength, stamina, and agility, were skyrocketing at a visible rate!

Eight digits, twelve digits, fifteen digits…

The numbers kept stretching without any sign of stopping!

The speed at which the numbers jumped far surpassed everyone’s comprehension.

No one could tell when those digits would finally stabilize.

Until the ever-changing string of numbers turned into garbled code, then into a uniform row of question marks.

The true stat panel finally froze into a shocking image—

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【Ability: Fission (Apotheosis)

Mental Power: ???

Strength: ???

Stamina: ???

Agility: ???】

“Scared to tears!”

“Peed my pants!”

“Heavens! Lord Ye Yao! It can’t even be displayed!”

“The stat panel has collapsed!”

When the value expanded infinitely, it had already transcended the concept of “mental power”.

At this moment, Ye Yao was, in a certain sense, the embodiment of the Will of Heaven, no different from the sovereign of the world.

The universe itself seemed to hold its breath.

The expansion of Ye Yao’s mental power rapidly caught up with the expansion of the universe.

The hazy purple of a nebula’s birth, the abyssal blue at the edge of a black hole’s event horizon, the blazing gold of a star’s burning core…

The vast array of colors were not static but swirled like living things deep within her pupils.

Her form didn’t swell, yet she gave the illusion of filling every corner of the universe.

It wasn’t an increase in volume but, abstractly speaking, the infinite extension of “existence” itself!

The King of Vengeance’s star-surpassing colossal body suddenly appeared utterly ridiculous before her!

Without a doubt! She had ascended to godhood!

Yet within this supreme divinity, Ye Yao’s eyes still retained a warmth that belonged to humanity.

“I bear the karma of world destruction, and I also bear the responsibility of redemption.”

Under Ye Yao’s will, the once unimaginably immense King of Vengeance shrank at a visible rate, cradled in the hands of the small yet great Ye Yao.

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At this moment, the tables had completely turned.

The Vengeful Spirit’s ultimate evolution to one hundred percent immunity could no longer counter Ye Yao.

Since this was a rule, Ye Yao was naturally capable of surpassing it.

That was also the choice of the Will of Heaven.

She, Ye Yao, could do whatever she want!

The girl lowered her head, gazing at the struggling King of Vengeance in her palm, her eyes filled only with pity and regret.

“I’m sorry. And now, rest in peace.”

Ye Yao clasped her hands together, as if offering a final prayer.

The King of Vengeance perished in silence.

Gone in the blink of an eye!

In the girl’s perception, all the evil cause and effect stemming from Xing Lan had vanished, and【Cause and Effect MAX】had fulfilled its ultimate purpose.

Throughout it all, there was no earth-shattering battle, only an omnipotent god naturally putting an end to a vicious cycle that had entangled countless realms.

Ye Yao remained in the void with her hands clasped together, and no one disturbed her.

Sen Tong transmitted this supremely divine scene back to Bluestar, where everyone was swayed by the atmosphere and joined in the prayer.

Lou Wei and Xiao Jing exchanged a glance from behind, both seeing the relief in each other’s eyes:

Our child has become our sky.

“That’s wonderful, Lou Wei.”

“Mm. Xiao Jing, you’ve worked hard all this time.”

Author Note

The next chapter will be the end!

Text: Look closer, idiot