Infinity, The Arcade Age

Buzz!

Violent energy surged into the sky, shooting straight up into the clouds and forming a massive pillar of light!

Centered around that blinding beam, the sky and earth began to change color as swirling storm clouds formed!

The sealed will of the Earth—was now completely unsealed!

And this time, the unsealing was far more thorough than in the original plot, which had been done hastily and incompletely.

However, Qin Ming hadn't prepared a perfect vessel for it—after all, he wasn't confident he could win in a direct fight.

So the Orochi revived now couldn't be considered a perfect resurrection.

As for the body Qin Ming had chosen as Orochi's vessel? This time, he hadn't picked Chris, the strongest among the Four Heavenly Kings and the one closest in power to Orochi.

No—he chose another of the Four Heavenly Kings: Shermie!

After altering Shermie's memories with his mental powers, Qin Ming was extremely curious to see how Orochi would behave if it possessed a woman, especially one whose memories had already been tampered with. Would it also be influenced?

Bathed in radiant light, Shermie's unconscious body slowly floated into the air as vast amounts of energy poured into her.

The process lasted over ten minutes, before Shermie—hovering in the brilliant glow—finally opened her eyes.

Her tight-fitting skirt disintegrated into ash, revealing her underlayer. Glowing solar patterns spread across her skin as she descended gracefully, floating above the ground and staring down at Qin Ming.

Those radiant eyes shimmered with a trace of confusion.

The next second, a layered, multi-tonal voice echoed:

"Kin…dred?"

Orochi—had revived!

Seeing Orochi come back to life—and in a female form, no less—Qin Ming grinned wickedly. He quickly pulled out his dino-themed sunglasses, slid them on… and just as quickly took them off.

Looking at the sunglasses—which even after being enhanced to legendary-grade still couldn't reveal her stats—he shook his head and put them away.

Then, raising his gaze to the floating Orochi, he casually shrugged.

"Sort of."

...

"You are not of this world… an intruder. Leave. You are not welcome here."

"Hey, hey, I helped bring you back! Is this how you greet someone after they resurrect you? That's just rude."

"I never asked for your help. You invaders… you parasitic thieves who plunder the world's energy—I don't care which space or faction you come from. Get the hell off my land!"

As Orochi spoke, energy surged from her entire body. Now fully possessed, her hair had turned pure white, rising and fluttering with power.

Qin Ming's smile slowly vanished. His expression grew serious.

"So… you do know about Nightmare Space!"

The so-called "major spaces" were, in essence, nothing more than organized bands of thieves.

They recruited cannon fodder from obscure small worlds, strengthened them, and then threw these "recruits" into various universes to cause havoc—all for the purpose of harvesting energy.

The more chaos the underlings caused, the more benefits these spaces reaped.

And as those spatial forces grew stronger, they eventually evolved from stealing in the shadows… to leading raids in broad daylight.

Every plane of existence has its own native guardians—for instance, Orochi in this world, or the gods of other realms.

They too rely on these planes to absorb energy and grow stronger.

The key difference is: one side preserves the world, keeping it running along its original trajectory, while the other destroys it, looting everything it can.

It's like the contrast between a shepherd and a bandit nomad—pure opposites, natural enemies.

Even before summoning Orochi, Qin Ming had already guessed that he was the true ruler of this world—the will born from within the plane itself.

And now it was confirmed. Moreover, this clearly wasn't Orochi's first awakening—he'd definitely encountered invaders before.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have told Qin Ming to scram on sight!

In truth, Orochi was already showing restraint. The only reason he hadn't attacked outright was because Qin Ming possessed massive energy reserves—including the Asura Wave, a force similar to Orochi's own.

Otherwise, Orochi wouldn't have wasted a single word. He would've opened with Sunlight Purge and erased him from existence.

But while Orochi didn't want a fight, that didn't mean Qin Ming felt the same.

Staring up at the hovering, graceful figure of Orochi, Qin Ming suddenly grinned.

"God of this world... I came as a guest, and I even helped you. Shouldn't you show a little hospitality?"

Orochi's pupils contracted.

"What do you want?"

"Oh, nothing much... just want to borrow a bit of your energy!"

"…I knew it. Damn thief!"

Buzz!

Orochi flew into a rage. Crossing both hands above his head, he activated his ultimate move—

Return All to Nothingness! Skill: CHAOS!

Sunlight Purge!

Blinding light descended from the sky like a tidal wave, blasting down in all directions without a single blind spot.

Everything touched by the light was instantly thrown into oblivion.

Not disintegrated. Not turned to ashes.

Just—gone.

It was like a hard format command had been executed. Whole buildings were erased. The earth itself was cleared. The area around Orochi now resembled a glitched-out map in a video game—utterly alien and eerie.

Directly struck by the attack, Qin Ming grunted as his body rapidly began to disintegrate into nothingness. He urgently activated his Asura Wave, reinforcing himself.

Two powers of equal rank clashed head-on—neither able to gain the upper hand.

Seeing Qin Ming actually resist his power, Orochi's brow furrowed and his eyes sharpened.

This wasn't Orochi's first resurrection. Nor his first time dealing with these damned invaders.

But it was his first time meeting one who could tank his divine might head-on.

Orochi functioned like a system administrator for this world. Every time he awakened, he would reset the timeline—returning the world to its starting point, letting it run its course once more.

Sometimes he'd awaken early, sometimes late. Sometimes not until decades passed.

This is what created the so-called multiple endings.

And just like him, there were many other planes—each with their own version of Orochi. These were parallel universes.

Some powerful world-wills could even fuse multiple versions of themselves, allowing one being to rule over countless identical planes.

That Buddha Qin Ming had run into before? He was one of them.

Now, watching his ultimate move fail to even scratch the enemy, Orochi's expression twisted into shock. For a moment, his face was blank.

An invader who couldn't be killed. Who even wielded power akin to his own…

This was a first.

Realizing something was wrong, Orochi prepared to unleash another wave of attacks. But just then—

Qin Ming, who had endured Sunlight Purge using the Asura Wave, suddenly exploded!

An endless blood mist surged forth, instantly dyeing the entire battlefield crimson!

(End of Chapter)