Ten minutes before the collapse of the Royal Court.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” Su Fu looked solemnly at the Royal Court Cub before her.
She never expected it to have such a self-destructive idea. Â
The response from the Royal Court’s consciousness was still joyful and excited, as if it wasn’t the one facing destruction in the next moment.
It said, “Mother, I have slept for far too long…  So long that the world has changed, and when I awaken, everything is different.  This place… is no longer my home.” Â
Hearing this, Su Fu sighed silently and lowered her eyes.
Deep down, she had her suspicions. Â
This map was the ruins of the Norse Pantheon’s Giant King’s Court.
Although the Anomaly could recreate the former glory and conjure the most beautiful dreams on the ruins, it could never deceive the Court’s own consciousness. Â
In fact, from the moment the Court awoke, it had already realized this was not its home.
The vast icefield it had loved eternally, blanketed in pure white snow, had long since vanished.
What wonderful times those were!
The north wind howling, snow swirling, giants treading heavily on thick snow, laughter booming like thunder.
They brushed the frost and snow off its body with their huge palms, affectionately calling it the guardian, their beloved king.
It had seen countless giants strolling between the broad corridors, watched the great braziers burn with eternal flames.
It had seen children chasing and playing between its pillars, heard the warm stories travelers told on their way home.
It once thought it could stand forever, through centuries and millennia, with those giant companions always by its side.
But…
The Court said nothing, only gazing wistfully at its mottled dome, its faded murals, cracked pillars, shaky foundations, and the throne long abandoned by giants…
This seemingly still-standing eternal Royal Court was, beneath layers of illusion, already a ruin of broken walls and fragments.
Even the once-unquenchable flames had dwindled to a handful of cold ashes.
No more warm touches, no more resting figures—everything had changed.
Yet it remembered every giant who had lived here: the old man who loved to decorate its stone pillars with antlers, the girl who often sang to it, the children who painted the frost on its body into cute animal shapes…
Those giants were the flesh and blood of the Court, its true companions.
And now, those illusory “Frost Giants” were nothing but a band of thieves trying to usurp its home!
They wore the giants’ appearance but lacked their souls, and their mere existence desecrated every inch of this land.
If it became a tool in the thieves’ hands, an accomplice to their evil, it would never forgive itself.
The eternally bright figures buried deep in its memory—the true giants who guarded this sacred ground with their lives.
The wisdom and glory passed down through generations, the heroic tales told by firelight, the laughter and songs that had warmed it for centuries…
All of these were treasures belonging to the real giants.
These shameless thieves wouldn’t steal a single bit.
“Mother,” the Court’s voice suddenly became joyful and relieved, like the first light of dawn on the icefield, “I’m glad you woke me. I have never been so clear-headed, never so sure of what I must do. So please, help me… Mother.” Â
Let it take its last dignity and pride, carry those eternally beautiful memories, and sleep forever.
At least in its final moments, it would guard these precious memories with its own hands, instead of watching them be desecrated.
“You will understand me, won’t you?”
Understand?
It was the same feeling she had when she first saw Qingqiu.
“Royal Court…”
Su Fu whispered softly, words choking in her throat, finally dissolving into a sigh carried by the wind.
What did she want to say?
Sorry?
Sorry for making you face this cruel truth? Â
Stay?
Stay in this false dream, at least a little longer? Â
Or… what if she hadn’t awakened your consciousness back then, letting you continue to sleep in ignorance—would you have lived a little longer?
But if you exist without consciousness, can it still be called living?
She raised her hand, gently brushing the cold wall, as if she could feel the heartbeat beneath it, and a sudden, unspeakable ache welled up inside her.
Perhaps for the Royal Court, this was not destruction, but release.
It understood everything.
It once possessed the most real and brilliant everything—how could it be willing to drown in this false illusion? Â
So the last watcher, the scarred warrior, chose to end it all, no longer clinging to a miserable existence.
As if sensing her hesitation and reluctance, a gentle breeze brushed her cheek, and the Court’s tender consciousness came to her:
“Mother, don’t be sad for me. To meet you at the last moment of my life is truly wonderful.” Â
The towering pillars began to tremble, the dome overhead gradually cracked, but its voice remained gentle.
“You remind me of those happy times. Don’t be sad, I’m only returning to that truly eternal icefield. There, I will reunite with my giant friends…” Â
Stones started to fall, but carefully avoided her, swirling dust rising, she heard the Court’s gentle whisper:
“I will also be there, loving you forever… Mother.”
Its voice faded into the sobbing wind.
The next moment—
“Boom!” Â
Everything before Su Fu collapsed with a tremendous roar, the booming sounds shaking the heavens and earth.
The majestic dome fell with a thunderous crash, shattering into fragments that stirred a cloud of dust.
Massive stone pillars toppled one after another, crashing to the ground with overwhelming force. Â
Countless frost particles scattered like meteors, swirling like snow.
The entire Royal Court, once a divine miracle standing proud on the eternal icefield, disintegrated in that instant.
Amid the howling and rumbling, the Court chose to go out decisively and magnificently.
As if awakening after a thousand years of slumber, it unleashed one last roar:
“Damn thieves, all of you die!”
The collapsing pillars fell like divine punishment, smashing fiercely down on the Frost Giants who dared to steal the Court, crushing the panicked giants into powder.
Countless giant stones from the shattered dome rained down with unstoppable force, pulverizing those who tried to flee.
Yet in this apocalyptic scene, all destruction curiously bypassed Su Fu.
Fragments veered away the moment they were about to strike her, as if something had formed a perfect vacuum around her.
Only swirling dust fluttered at her sides, blurring her vision.
This scene was so gentle and heartbreaking to Su Fu.
Even in the last moments of life, even while madly destroying everything, amidst this grand devastation, the Court still protected her.
Just as it had said… “I will always protect you.”
Su Fu reached out, trying to grasp something, but only caught floating dust.
The Court’s coquettish voice seemed to echo beside her, still playing pranks as per its own command, then happily sharing its achievements with her.
In her memory, that grand and magnificent Royal Court still proudly stood on the eternal icefield, just like when she first saw it.
But…
“Boom!”
“Bang!”
The revenge began.
The Frost Giants trapped inside the Court frantically searched for an escape, only to find every exit sealed.
They went mad, smashing walls, trying to break out, causing entire walls to collapse and bury several giants on the spot.
Some even got crushed by falling giant pillars right at the gate, ground to pulp instantly.
From hundreds of meters above, huge stones fell precisely on every anomaly.
No flashy tricks, only the most primal and all-encompassing power crushing them.
The attacks came heavy and dense, determined to pulverize all thieves who dared desecrate this sacred place!
Countless boulders rained down like meteors, and the Frost Giants’ proud, sturdy bodies were no match.
In the end, their screams and wails faded into deathly silence.
The Royal Court used its own life to bury these thieves who tried to steal everything.
The candidates trapped there were no better off; the collapse was an all-around assault, sparing no one except Su Fu.
“Help! What’s going on?!”
“Why is this happening? Why is it collapsing?!”
“Crazy! It’s going to completely collapse!”
“Run! Don’t think about anything else!”
In the chaos, someone suddenly yelled hysterically at the sky: “Su Fu! Is this your doing again?! Bai Yu, Odinson, you so-called geniuses still can’t take her down, now you’re killing us all!” Â
The voice triggered more curses; people fled in panic, anger surging.
Facing being crushed alive, they couldn’t care about anything else; their eyes turned red with rage.
“It’s all your fault!”
“Because you wanted to deal with Su Fu, now look at us! Why are we all dying here?!”
“Yeah! Wait… Su Fu! I’m willing to pay! Please don’t kill me!”
“Yeah, Su Fu, we have no grudge with you; it’s Bai Yu and Odinson who want to mess with you. I’ll give you one million Contribution Points! No, two million! Please spare me!”
“I’ll give three million, but kill them all first!”
“Five million! Su Fu, just let me live! I’ll give you a million for every one more you kill!”
No response.
The thunderous collapse continued.
Seeing their pleas ignored, their faces instantly turned dark, begging turned to cursing.
“You bitch! How dare you toy with us?!”
“You lunatic! I curse you… ah!”
Before the words fell, a giant stone precisely smashed the curser, crushing him into pulp.
The others immediately fell silent in terror.
They realized with horror that those who cursed Su Fu were met with even more violent attacks.
The falling stones, pillars, and gates seemed to have eyes—anyone who cursed Su Fu was targeted.
Some tried hiding in corners but were buried alive by suddenly collapsing walls.
Some tried breaking walls but found the Court seemed to predict their moves, always sealing off every escape route beforehand.
Finally, someone trembled and whispered, “Th-this isn’t Su Fu controlling it…
“It’s the Royal Court… the Court is alive…”
They were not fighting a person but a living Royal Court determined to destroy everything.
Desperate cries rose and fell but were soon drowned out by the roaring collapse.
Meanwhile, Bai Yu dragged Chris as they frantically dodged through the collapsing ruins.
“Boom!” Â
Another hundred-meter-high pillar crashed down, shaking the ground so violently she almost lost her footing.
The air was thick with choking dust; everywhere she looked were falling boulders.
She had never been so miserable and terrified.
Her eardrums buzzed amidst the explosions, as if all the world’s sounds vanished except the earth-shattering roar.
This was a hundred- or thousand-meter hall collapsing, everything falling apart.
“Crazy! What the hell is Su Fu doing?!” Bai Yu gritted her teeth, fury burning in her heart. Â
Only now did she realize Su Fu never intended to have the Six Great Pantheons surround Odinson or rely on them to kill him.
She never trusted the Six Great Pantheons.
That madwoman had her own plan all along—she wanted to blow up the entire map, including everyone!
This was the Giant King’s Court!
Once those hundred-kilometer majestic buildings collapse, the resulting boulder flood could swallow all life.
No one considered such a scenario, but she…
Bai Yu’s voice trembled, “How dare she?”
“Quick, over here!” Chris suddenly grabbed her, narrowly avoiding a falling boulder. Â
In the split second of dodging, Bai Yu looked up through the cracks.
Beneath the shattered dome, the sunlight filtered through countless stones, breaking into golden beams outlining a vague human figure.
Amid the chaos high above, at the center of all the collapse and ruin, that person stood on a protruding platform.
It was oddly calm there.
Everything around was frantically falling, stones pouring down like rain, yet that spot remained untouched.
It was Su Fu.
Through the dust-filled air, Bai Yu stared fixedly at the figure on the platform.
Su Fu stood silently, seemingly indifferent to everything around her.
She slowly reached out, as if trying to grasp something invisible.
Bai Yu didn’t understand what she was doing but saw the Thunder Spear she had thrown slicing through the air.
Purple lightning danced on the spear’s body, emitting sharp whistles.
Where it passed, flying debris was cleaved open in a straight path; the thunder’s might swept away all obstacles.
“Exit…”
Bai Yu’s heart pounded violently.
Even if the entire Royal Court was collapsing, as long as this spear hit Su Fu, it would be over.
She knew it was almost wishful thinking, but at this moment… what if?
What if that spear could take her down? Â
Otherwise, she truly couldn’t think of how to defeat Su Fu.
She could only pin her hopes on this faint chance.
The spear grew closer and closer…
Just as the tip was about to touch Su Fu, a deafening roar suddenly echoed.
The sound was so immense, it seemed like the entire sky was shouting.
Bai Yu sharply raised her head; her pupils contracted.
Countless stones abruptly changed their falling trajectory, as if controlled by an invisible force, diving straight toward the Thunder Spear.
The scene was like the sky suddenly split open, countless meteors carrying devastating power precisely crashing toward the spear.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!  “
Lightning clashed with stones, producing deafening explosions.
The purple electric light jumped between stones but could no longer advance an inch.
The spear’s momentum was forcibly cut off, then it wildly fell.
‘The Royal Court was protecting… Su Fu.’
The thought barely crossed Bai Yu’s mind before she saw those diving stones heading straight for her!
“Chris!”
Her pupils contracted violently, her voice filled with unprecedented panic, her eyes reflecting an ever-growing shadow.
The boulders smashed down with unstoppable force, compressing the air into piercing whistles.
That was… the feeling of death.
She didn’t even have time to recall the spear, only managing to shout at the last moment.
“Whoosh! ”Â
A powerful force suddenly pulled her sideways.
Chris activated Teleportation just in time!
“Boom!” Â
As they vanished, countless boulders smashed down on Bai Yu’s original spot, stirring a cloud of dust and leveling it instantly.
When the dust settled, the falling spear was deeply embedded in the ruins, still trembling slightly, humming lowly—
But… no one retrieved it anymore.
Bai Yu abandoned her spear and fled.
Only by standing in the Giant King’s Court could one truly feel how terrifying this earth-shattering collapse was.
No escape, no retreat; all struggles were in vain.
This was absolute, magnificent power, a miracle once crafted by the giant race.
Under such might, humans were as insignificant as ants, as ephemeral as mayflies.
Amid the roaring, stones rained like meteors, fragments like dust—the former glory turned to ruins.
Until—
Everything fell silent.
The once majestic Royal Court had turned into rubble, only the whistling wind passed through the ruins.
In the wind and snow, no intruders dared come, no thieves dared occupy.
The Court chose eternal, peaceful slumber.
“Crack.” Â
A faint sound suddenly broke the silence.
Among the rubble, a pile of stones moved slightly, followed by louder rustling.
Amid the broken walls and ruins, a figure emerged.