No......

Jiang Chen wasn't paying attention to the barrage of system notifications flooding his mind.

He didn't care about his newfound abilities, his rising power, or the changes in his body.

His eyes were fixed on one thing—her. His master. His heart pounded with the singular desire

to save her, to take away her suffering, no matter what it cost him.

His body was acting on sheer instinct, fueled by desperation and raw emotion.

His blood roared through his veins, his adrenaline surging to unnatural levels.

His mind wasn't thinking—it was reacting.

As the heat around him intensified, his Origin Flame Skin activated instinctively.

A deep crimson layer, resembling molten lava, coated his body, shielding him from the excruciating heat.

Yet, it wasn't enough. He could still feel the unbearable agony searing through his flesh.

So he activated Masochism, turning that pain into a twisted form of pleasure, dulling his suffering

so he could focus only on reaching her.

His mind screamed at him to do more, to push further. Induce Despair surged through him,

channeling the overwhelming despair he felt, sending it rippling through the realm, through the vortex,

through everything around him—including himself. His heart clenched as suffocating hopelessness consumed him.

His vision blurred, his chest ached as if being crushed under an immense weight.

"Ahh… ahhh... FUCKKKK!" Blood dripped from his eyes, his face contorted in agony.

Yet something inside him snapped. The despair should have broken him, but instead, it ignited something else—his will.

It didn't weaken him. It made him stronger. A surge of wild, untamed power erupted from within.

Absorption Domain flared to life, a green ring forming around him, pulling in the raw energies of the realm,

feeding him and the Asura Phantom that loomed behind him. The phantom burned with crimson flames, its presence

warping the very air around it. But it wasn't enough—not yet.

Jiang Chen growled, his rage reaching an explosive peak. Burning Rage ignited, and the lava-like layer over his

skin flared violently, spiraling flames consuming him like a living inferno. His entire body became a walking firestorm.

"RAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" His roar shook the heavens, the sheer fury within him distorting the space around him.

The Asura Phantom roared alongside him, a deep, guttural sound that sent shivers through the air.

The flames around Jiang Chen grew larger, swirling madly, morphing into an enormous, blinding sphere of fire.

He was no longer a man—he was a force of nature.

The phantom raised its arms. In its grasp, a massive spiritual staff materialized, pulsating with unimaginable energy.

It drew back, channeling a current of devastating force, before slamming the staff against the flaming sphere

Jiang Chen was encased in.

BOOOOOOOM!!!

The impact sent Jiang Chen rocketing forward like a meteor, a burning comet ripping through the vortex,

the searing heat of the fusion, the crushing force of the realm's energy. His body cracked under the pressure.

His flesh screamed. His bones groaned.

But he didn't stop.

The spiritual field protecting Zi Xia appeared before him. Without hesitation, he collided with it head-on.

CRACK!

The impact sent a deafening shockwave through the air. The flaming shell around him shattered like brittle glass.

The collision sent torrents of energy exploding outward, burning, scorching, consuming everything in its path.

Jiang Chen felt his skin split, his bones crack, his body break—but he kept pushing forward.

His teeth clenched so hard they might shatter. His fingers curled into trembling fists.

His eyes, bloodshot and burning, locked onto her motionless form within the barrier.

"No… just a little more…!"

The Asura Phantom leapt from the ground, towering over the battlefield like a vengeful god.

Its massive fists slammed into the spiritual field, sending spiderweb-like cracks running across it.

The roots of the phantom's back lashed out, burrowing into the energy field like insatiable leeches, draining it.

Jiang Chen poured everything into Absorption Domain, the green ring around him flaring wildly,

devouring the energy of the spiritual field.

CRACK!

CRACK!!

CRACK!!!

With a final, ear-shattering shatter, the spiritual field collapsed.

Jiang Chen, barely holding himself together, rushed forward.

His body was broken, his vision swam, his consciousness wavered—but his arms didn't falter as he caught

her burning, cracked body in his embrace.

His breath hitched. His trembling fingers reached for her face—her once radiant face, now marred by burns and deep cracks.

His vision blurred. His heart ached.

But then—

A deafening BOOM.

The fusion of the two cores in his abdomen completed, unleashing a force greater than anything before.

A power equal to tens of nuclear explosions erupted at point-blank range.

Zi Xia's fragile body—

Shattered.

Like delicate porcelain crushed by an unstoppable force.

Jiang Chen's arms, still holding her, trembled violently.

His fingers, which had just been reaching for her face, closed around nothing.

His mind refused to comprehend. His body refused to move.

His mouth opened, but no sound came out.

His eyes—wide, shaking, desperate—could only stare at the empty space where she had been just moments ago.

Then, the silence shattered.

"NO."

His voice cracked. His breath hitched. His body trembled.

"No… no, no, no, no, NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

His scream tore through the heavens, a sound filled with "grief, rage, agony".

The very world trembled beneath the weight of his sorrow. His heart, his soul—something inside him broke beyond repair.