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He narrowed his eyes and said, "You really should have just shut up and stayed silent."
*Fool. The heavens yield to no man. What gave you the strength to transcend? What granted you the cultivation you possess now?*
"My will. And my path." John stepped forward, approaching the light. "Definitely not you." At the sa ti, his power swelled out, the black hole erging behind him to devour the light.
*You dare to defy the heavens completely? No, to attempt to subjugate it?*
"An existence like yourself that seeks only control. One that denies the will of beings to go beyond the mortal coil... One that kills all who dare to challenge your might and led to this mindless slaughter." John narrowed his eyes. "And one who dared to declare the death of my kind and hard-working wife." He raised his left hand, a gun slowly forming. "There's no need for you."
*Fool. This is why your 'Earth' remains so weak! With no guiding hand, mortals will continue to remain ignorant and feeble!*
A wave of domineering might. The weight of the Heavens themselves.
It was blocked- No, seized. Drawn in by John's black hole.
The formless core of light fluctuated, as if shuddering in shock. *Impossible!*
"If the Heavens refuse to play by their own rules... Then mortals have no need of them."
*Preposterous! You dare go against existence itself?!*
John narrowed his eyes. "Begone."
A gunshot. And then the sound of shattering glass.
The core of light cracked, slowly fading away. At the sa ti, a voice echoed out. No longer high and mighty, but like an old man's.
"What power... To surpass my own, a being born from the will of existence itself... So this is a true transcendent..."
John didn't respond. Instead, he kept his eyes narrowed, focused. Just in case there was a second form, like most boss fights.
Fortunately...
"Damn that naless one... It seems he wasn't spouting nonsense..."
Like that, the Heaven's Mandate, the will of the Three Realms itself... it perished.
But because of that, the Three Realms would as well. Without a being sustaining its laws and authority, it would quickly collapse.
At least, that's what would ordinarily happen. But...
"Trying a kamikaze at the end, huh?" John smirked. "Unfortunately for you... that won't work on ."
Accumulation. The path that John walked that allowed him to acquire all in existence. To obtain everything regardless of qualification. A path that accepted any and everything that John desired.
And now...
"You're mine."
-----AI|IA-----
Back in the Three Realms proper.
A furious and bloody battle waged on. But just as it reached the peak...
"Hm?"
The Celestial Jade Emperor noticed it first. "The Heavens...?"
Sun Wukong noticed it next. "Dammit! So that guy really was just holding bac- Guhaw?!"
Son Goku appeared in front of the monkey king and smashed him back into the ground.
And then a voice spread out. One with the weight of the Heavens themselves.
*The path to transcend is sealed. Those who dare to attempt supplanting my control will be destroyed. If you seek more than immortality, venture out to the void and look for your own fortune. These realms... are mine. And as for those who rebelled against ...*
Screams of shock. Cultivators- No, not just them. Even Eternal Emperors and primordial demons were stripped of their powers, swiftly ground away into dust as ti resud its natural course and their souls were sent into the stream of reincarnation.
*Think harder in your next life.*
People gritting their teeth in reluctant acquiescence.
Others kneeling to the ground and accepting their fate.
Watching it all, the Celestial Jade Emperor shook his head.
And as he did, he heard a ssage.
*I'll give the mandate back to you for a bit to settle things here, Pops. When things calm down though, co visit, okay? I think you're in for a pleasant surprise.*
Like that, John's presence vanished and the spatial rift sealed.
The Celestial Jade Emperor laughed. "Pops, was it? As disrespectful as ever. Then again, for one to turn their nose at the Heavens themselves, I suppose that is to be expected."
After that, he narrowed his eyes, feeling the familiar Will of the Heavens within his grasp.
And then he looked to the monkey king. "Sun Wukong. You ntioned wanting to fight personally, correct?"
Son Goku stepped back, bowing his head to the Celestial Jade Emperor.
The Emperor bowed his head back to Son Goku and then looked to the monkey king, walking forward. "Very well. Let us fight."
-----AI|IA-----
John watched everything unfolding in the Three Realms and then nodded, seeing that it was taken care of.
Well, not completely. He still needed to thank those three for standing beside his father-in-law and supporting John's decision to go with Yue instead of them.
But that was a later issue.
For now...
John turned back to peer through the void. There, a faint blue star shimred, lit up for his return by that plane of existence's overseer.
He looked at the being and then nodded.
The naless being nodded back and then ushered John forward.
As he returned back to Earth, John muttered, "Thanks. Won't happen again."
The voice muttered back. "Just take care of your family. No matter what, they should co first."
John smiled.
The presence vanished.
And then John reappeared in the room at the top of the hotel in Walt World. And from the clock on the wall, it seed to be 6 AM. Ti pulled forward by a few hours.
Everything was back to normal. The damage from Yue's tribulation and the interference by the Realm Source had been fixed.
But that didn't an that it was erased.
Kai stared at John, frowning. "So... Friend. Care to explain?"
John started to nod, but then he frowned back and narrowed his eyes. "Yes. Friend... Would you also care to explain why you were with my wife and daughter this entire ti and didn't give a phone call?"
Kai coughed.
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