Published at 13th of November 2026 12:06 pm

Chapter 4678: A Gesture Of Peace

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When Rui was done, he heaved a deep breath, letting his grip on Divine Mother o-o-o-o go, who opened her eyes for what she remembered to be the first time since his battle with her.

"You!" Her pincers clashed against each other. "You. Dare. Imprison. My. Body?!"

She began with the same words, not recollecting that she had uttered those very words just a few minutes prior. Rui nodded with satisfaction, realizing that it had worked. Even as the Divine Mother lashed out at him, not realizing her situation, he observed his handiwork.

’It’s perfect,’ he mused. ’No traces of mind manipulation at all. And she doesn’t suspect a single thing. Even if she opens up her mind to the mental experts of her civilization, they won’t find a thing and will only conclude that I didn’t have the opportunity to manipulate her mind when she was frozen in time.’

And that would be the end of that. He had succeeded in his objective. He interrupted her angry tirade of clicks and her vain attempts at breaking free from his grip, transmitting to her the method to achieve Transcendent impunity so that she could transfer her consciousness to a new body.

In the past, he would have vomited blood at the thought of voluntarily sharing the method with the enemy, but the undesirable factions of the arakai were already familiar with the method. Divine Mother o-o-o-o was dumbfounded by his offering. She didn’t even know that he had Transcendent impunity, since she had been frozen in time before the arakai learned of that ability, making her that much more suspicious of it.

"Much has happened since I captured you," Rui told her, breaking down the events of the past half year.

The Divine Mother never stopped resisting, constantly struggling against the overwhelming prison of water that he created with his Martialverse, but she listened nonetheless. The events he described were shocking, too shocking for her to believe.

That he had killed eleven divine Mothers since her made her laugh with rage. There was no way she would believe such an absurd claim, yet she could sense that he was sincere about it. He explained how the arakai had managed to get their hands on the method to Transcendent impunity, and how they had learned of her existence. That he was using her as a bargaining chip and a gesture of goodwill.

All of this was truly shocking, but none nearly as shocking as the method for Transcendent impunity that he had shared with her.

"You have a minute left before your Verse depowers, so I will need to you understand and replicate the method quickly, thankfully you have me and I can help."

Rui had never imagined that he would be releasing Divine Mother o-o-o-o and even helping her with Transcendent impunity. But life always found a way to surprise one. He helped her recreate a new body and transfer her new consciousness to it.

"This..." The Divine Mother murmured in a stunned tone of voice, gazing at her new hands. "This. Actually. Worked."

Rui simply studied the Divine Mother as she studied her new vessel after her old one disappeared. Her Webverse had gone completely inactive after the consciousness transfer, for her phenomenological stamina was completely depleted.

She eventually tore her eyes away from her hands, focusing on him with great hostility and wariness. She truly couldn’t imagine her enemy making it as far as he had after their battle and being able to negotiate with the arakai despite the power gap.

"Are. You. Truly. Going. To. Let. Me. Go?"

"Yes," Rui replied with a nod. "A deal is a deal. I intend to make peace with arakai civilization, and returning you is the bare minimum to achieve that."

The Divine Mother regarded him with suspicion, but ultimately broadly believed his tales. She would have the opportunity to verify them. Besides, it didn’t make sense for him to do all of this if he wasn’t telling the truth. There was nothing to be gained by such an elaborate set-up.

"Are. You... Not. Afraid. That. I’ll. Sabotage. Your. Peace. Attempt?" she glowered, seriously considering that option. She didn’t want to let this alien civilization that had kidnapped and imprisoned get off the hook that easily.

"You can try, but it will not work," Rui calmly replied. "One weak Divine Mother can’t change the direction of Arakai Web Civilization."

She made the arakai equivalent of a scowl, her six eyes bearing into him like laser beams. Yet, they didn’t so much as faze Rui.

The transfer occurred soon enough after Rui contacted the Pluralist Faction. A wormhole opened at the edge of human civilization, where Rui promptly took the captured hostage and handed her over to Divine Mother ooo—o-, who came to personally receive the prisoner of war herself.

Though the two of them were familiar with each other, they still pretended to be very distant from each other. O-o-o-o scowled at the sight of the leader of the Pluralist Faction, but didn’t say a word. Her fate was out of her hands, and she didn’t want to risk dying by being insolent when she was very powerless.

Much to her chagrin, the Divine Mothers accompanying the leader skimmed through her mind, looking for anomalies. The process lasted several minutes, during which Rui hid his nervousness well.

"No. Issues," the Divine Mother confirmed, much to Rui’s relief.

"We have confirmed the return of the Divine Mother prisoner of war, Emperor Rui," Divine Mother ooo—o- spoke in a serious and formal tone of voice. "As such, we will withdraw the Web of War that has invaded your territory. May this exchange become the basis of peace between the arakai and the humans."

She eventually returned through the portal with the procured Divine Mother, leading Rui to ponder the current circumstances he was in. The return of the Divine Mother would undoubtedly make it easier for more neutral Divine Mothers to accept the proposition of peace, and he could only hope that ooo—o- would do her job.

In the meantime, he had other civilizations to spread Transcendent impunity to.

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