Duality of Shadows-Chapter 966: Will And Resentment

**BOOM!**

An apocalyptic explosion reverberated across the universe. But at the same time, the whale didn’t waste the opportunity. The last elemental calamity was unleashed in full force. It was all or nothing—he couldn’t afford to miss this small window of opportunity.

**RUMBLE!!!**

The queen’s entire universe lost its color, its sound, and every perceptible element of the senses. All living beings felt plunged into a complete, dark void.

Several minutes passed before the souls seemed allowed to return to their bodies. But… their bodies remained frozen, unable to respond even if they wanted to. Everyone lay motionless, trapped in a strange state.

However, this wasn’t the direct result of the attack. In their mental seas, a domain rune pulsed intensely. Soon, every living being in that universe felt as if a demon were squeezing their hearts in a sadistic grip… but this demon had golden eyes.

In a void of space, a distortion appeared like a gaping mouth. From within it, a blood-covered figure emerged: the queen. Her face was twisted, and she coughed violently as more and more blood poured out.

Her body appeared intact, without a single visible scratch. But… internally, the attack had shaken her celestial soul and disrupted her meridians, causing a violent backlash of energy.

"You must be so eager… I’ll deal with you nice and slow..." she snarled, gritting her teeth in utmost fury.

Although her power remained intact, the entire universe was sealed. Meanwhile, the shadow of the Tree of Chaos appeared increasingly ethereal. The avatar of the will of the heavens was nearing its end.

She realized this and looked ahead. That’s when she spotted the round figure of the whale floating, eyes closed. Suddenly, he opened them.

In that instant, all the remaining gray power twisted and surged. On his fists, two tattoos gleamed with unprecedented intensity. He stared at the queen and flashed a wicked smile.

With a simple wave of his hand, the queen felt something terribly wrong, though she couldn’t pinpoint what it was. Within seconds, she realized too late: all the laws and even the primordial light of her universe had weakened significantly.

"What the hell..." She stopped mid-sentence, watching as the whale pulsed with pure Yin and Yang light.

Before his eyes, a green screen appeared:

[The Pillar of Primordial Chaos is at its peak.]

The queen, stunned, felt the changes in her universe. The highest-level laws she had stolen from countless other universes to nurture her own had been completely stripped away.

He hadn’t just attacked the primordial light of the universe; he’d also stolen a large portion of it. Within the primordial light was encoded the foundation of these high-level laws—like a program—and through it, the heavenly laws provided energy and instructions for these laws to manifest.

Not only had he stolen them, but he had also devoured all the accumulated energy of the universe.

The queen’s eyes widened. But that wasn’t all. She abruptly turned in one direction and realized that the sacred temple, where her heroes had been building a replacement for the Alpenglow planet, had vanished. Practically all the best resources of that universe were concentrated there, but now everything was gone.

The whale exhaled dryly. He had managed to create enough of an opening in the queen to steal all of this from her universe. Now, his celestial body and soul were at the absolute peak of their power.

At this moment, he had truly reached the apex of his potential. However, they could no longer use the elemental calamity, and the avatar’s power had run out. His allies could still supply the origin laws for another attack, but it would be a third weaker than the previous one. Perhaps it wouldn’t even cause substantial damage to the queen.

He stared at the queen, knowing she had noticed the changes. Yet a daring smile emerged on his face.

’Did she find what she was looking for?’ the whale pondered swiftly.

Even at his peak and with all resources at his disposal, he had absolutely no confidence in defeating her. Everything they’d done was simply to buy time for her to find what she’d been seeking from the start.

This was their only chance. She was cautious and knew how dangerous they were. She’d still been caught off guard by their power; even so, she hadn’t wanted to use 100% of her strength to crush them. That meant an opportunity for something far greater had arisen for her—something so valuable it was worth the risk of letting them go all out.

Of course, she had absolute confidence that they couldn’t escape. But he, with little hope, had simply played along with her game, praying for a miracle.

"Hahaha, excellent." She laughed, excited, and waved her hand. Her crown pulsed.

In that moment, every living being within her universe felt their souls being seized.

*"Your queen desires to receive everything you possess."*

Her voice echoed in their minds. Every living being had a mark in their mental seas, which she activated. In the next second, life energy, mental energy, soul energy, cultivation… everything, absolutely everything, was ripped from them.

Quickly, the whale felt a change in the universe and narrowed his eyes. A vast, sinister, dark sea began rising in all directions, entirely composed of the Yin of death.

They recognized that feeling well and immediately understood what had happened. Turning to the queen, they felt an unfathomable power surging within her.

Countless lives, from the entire universe, had simply been consumed by her.

"What’s the matter? I seem to remember you doing the same thing in the past, right? Power is power. The weak are weak. In the end, they were quite useful to me and can vanish with pride." Her sinister voice echoed.

The whale took a deep breath. Indeed, they couldn’t judge her. But the difference was that, clearly, she didn’t need to do this. She already had enough power to defeat them, yet she chose to act this way purely out of caprice. The reason for this...

She waved her hand, and suddenly all her golden energy expanded, far denser and more powerful than before. The whale snorted as a powerful aura radiated from him, enveloping and shielding him. He seemed like a blazing flame in the middle of a golden sea so dense that nothing else around could be seen.

Even so, he could feel all her movements. The queen waved again, and in a corner of the universe, the space distorted and opened a channel.

She flapped her wings, moved to the channel, and reached inside, pulling something out. A spear emerged, completely devoid of energy and life.

"Hahaha, very good! You and everyone in this place have contributed immensely."

She laughed maniacally as the whale felt the fluctuations of the Void Beast Spear. It was no longer in its calamity form and emitted no laws or energy. The queen had easily invaded its structure and fully dominated it.

She had gone to great lengths to create laws similar to the three items of primordial chaos and used her heroes to try to master them little by little. But even if she succeeded, she would only be able to wield one-third of their power. Just that alone, in her hands, was terrifying—practically unbeatable. After all, her crown was the same.

Now, with the whale’s help—who possessed an equivalent level of power—combined with hers and everyone else in that universe, the spear, which had been tied to the heavenly laws, was completely disconnected and turned into something void. This was an infinite gain for her, allowing her to dominate the spear entirely without resistance.

Even using all her power, she could never have achieved such a feat alone. But with their combined strength, they reached the threshold necessary to sever the item from the laws. That’s precisely why she chose to push the whale little by little; she had sensed he could help her. After all, the moment he arrived, there was no way to escape, so... why not try?

The whale swallowed hard. Then, the queen grabbed the Void Spear, and her aura shifted. Mixed with the golden glow, the law of the void now emanated from the spear.

Thanks to that assistance, it was that simple: she grabbed the spear and could already use its law and power. She could never have dreamed of achieving something like that on her own. Now, many doors opened for her thanks to that law. The River of Reincarnations, for instance... she could invade that place and, later, the world of the dead, expanding her territory even further.

She pointed the spear at the whale. If it had already been impossible to face her before, now, with two terrifying items in her hands, it was unthinkable.

He let out a heavy sigh. There was no way he could have guessed exactly what she was planning since they lacked knowledge and experience with that level of power. He had tried to play her game, hoping for some opportunity to arise. But... now that everything had unfolded, that opportunity no longer existed.

"Frustrated? Did you think you could escape somehow?" Her mocking voice echoed dryly in the universe, now utterly dead and empty. "Foolish boy, I’ve lived thousands of times longer than you. Do you think I didn’t notice your intentions? Well, it’s truly over now. You’re no longer of use to me."

The whale merely nodded, then felt that Vorion, too, had no strength left to fight. They had used him to make Eclipsing Divinity as powerful as possible, causing damage even greater than Liumi’s.

At that moment, his tattoos pulsed like stars. Every trace of bloodline and power was activated.

Even in his internal universe, no matter how much they drained from it, it wouldn’t boost their power much. They were indestructible, and the queen couldn’t kill them. Perhaps they could seal off the entrance to the internal universe with that power.

It wouldn’t last long, but maybe, with those two items of primordial chaos, those people could find a way to escape. It seemed unrealistic, but it was all they could do.

Fides was summoned, and they pointed their immense blade at that hateful figure: "You just look like a pathetic, lonely wretch. You never stop talking. Come on already; my promise to take your head still stands."

She scoffed dryly... it was at that moment she noticed something different.

Small black threads, almost imperceptible, were coming from all directions in the universe, slowly connecting to the whale.

"Haha, using something from your past? You refined that universe with their Yin of death, didn’t you? Do you think something so low-level can help you?" she said, but at that moment, she noticed the whale’s expression subtly shift. She was surprised; he really hadn’t noticed that before.

Then, at that instant, the whale felt the energy. It was so weak compared to his current power that he hadn’t even noticed its presence before. But this energy was superior to what they had obtained in the past when refining that universe. After all, the queen’s universe was hundreds of times larger, with far more people, all incomparably stronger.

It lasted just a second... then the whale felt something else flowing through that Yin.

’What the hell... wait, is this the will and resentment of the people? They’re trying to send that to me?’ he thought, astonished.

He, the sinister villain who had killed more than he could count... though, compared to the number of deaths the queen had caused here, she surpassed him. Yet those people hadn’t just died; their souls had been utterly destroyed by her.

They were weak and completely annihilated—they shouldn’t have been able to leave any will behind. That was something reserved only for immortals. So... what was this, then?

’Karma...’ the whale reflected amidst his thoughts. ’It’s her karma with them. They want revenge so badly, there are so many of them, that the heavenly laws couldn’t contain the fragments, allowing them to unite. They can only send us their Yin of death and use the dark karma connected between them and the queen.’

As these thoughts consumed him, lasting mere two seconds, the queen scoffed indifferently, saying:

"In the end, this was far less interesting than I expected. Since this has become so boring, I’ll end it once and for all."

**RUMBLE!**

She moved, not giving any time or chance for further thoughts. This time, her full cultivation was unleashed, causing the entire world to tremble. It was clear: she was determined to end everything and capture him.

The whale took a deep breath. ’Was this the opportunity?’

The queen pierced through space with her spear, a hundred thousand miles away. In three seconds, she would finish him off.

The whale, however, thought quickly. What could they do in that situation? In their current state, they had already surpassed their previous level... until, suddenly, the answer came.

Two seconds...

Within the internal universe, floating in the dark void, a pair of eyes slowly opened.

In what way had he become superior to before? Just in power? Yes, certainly. But in that villainous body, blood, death, hatred, and the karma of an entire universe had been continuously poured in for thousands of years and persisted to this day. The souls weren’t destroyed, and the connection to them remained, creating his aura.

Dealing with dark karma, with the will for revenge and the hatred of people, was inherent to that body. After all, that was a type of energy that constantly flowed over him. Even without a soul occupying it at the moment, the body still radiated those energies without ceasing.

One second...

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The queen, with a cold and emotionless expression, as if crushing a mere ant, was now three hundred miles away.

Then the whale nodded, gathering all his power to concentrate, in one go, the Yin of death from that universe. At the same time, the purest celestial karma, along with all the hatred and resentment of the people, began moving in perfect harmony toward him.

The queen noticed. After all, this karma was directly tied to her. But... what could he actually do with it?

**PIERCE!**

The spear mercilessly pierced the whale’s chest. Yet, even if she wanted to, he simply wouldn’t die.

As the spear still impaled his body, a shadowy figure emerged from the void, wearing a chilling smile.

"Oh?"

**KBOOM!!!**

At that moment, in the underworld, everyone who resided there—even in such a vast and unfathomable place—felt a massive disturbance and tremor.

The most powerful turned toward a specific direction. In that spot, there was a massive black hole that housed the largest and most magnificent universe. Suddenly, it collapsed into itself... and vanished.