OP Sister Chapter 460: Love And Sacrifice

Author's Note: Enjoy this extra long chapter!

Listen While Reading: Distant Bonds & Cut Down the False God & Where the Sword Takes You

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The Universal Computer’s mechanical tentacles, even as they burned under Lucifer’s Cosmic Soul Flames, surged downward, aiming for the planet’s crust.

With no one to defend it as both parties rushed toward the skies to confront her, she was free to finally act.

And yet… 

“What do you think you’re doing?” 

CLAAASH! 

“UNGH?!” 

The Universal Computer realized there was an unseen guardian within Bestia.

A powerful cosmic force slapped her gigantic mechanical tentacle away! 

“I’ve learned a lot from this little encounter… about this world, about its people… It has changed; it has surely changed a lot! I once gave up on this world. I once couldn’t care less about anything… but now, after eons… it seems the world has proven me wrong. These people…” 

The First Constellation of Murim, and also its First Venerable…

Her sleepy, annoyed, and lightless eyes, once filled with a lack of determination,

now glowed, brimming with hope. 

“These people, all of them… are worth my time. They’re also worth my efforts… As few as they are, they’re precious stars within this endless cosmos, which I feel I must protect, no matter what.” 

Her eyes blazed, the Ancient Dokkaebi, the last remaining member of her Primordial Species. 

“I shall protect this world and its people, even if it costs my life!” 

“Because…!” 

As she moved forward, her Aura exploded, resembling countless beasts of all colors and shapes, endlessly charging into the skies, clashing against dozens of mechanical tentacles. 

“I have finally found a purpose for my strength, for my life!” 

RUMBLE! 

As the skies and seas trembled, Anna, her mother, and her brother, alongside the demons, rushed into the skies as quickly as they could. 

“It’s now or never. We can’t waste this opportunity!” Anna said. “Let’s hurry!” 

“Yes!” the Heavenly Empress declared. “We’re finishing this now, once and for all!” 

“With the powers we’ve gained… we have to give it a try!” Song nodded. 

Their auras continued to intertwine. Although the black crow was gone, his spirit lived within them, fueling them with relentless, albeit slightly reckless, determination. 

For a moment, however, all three looked down, noticing an immensely powerful cosmic presence fighting the Void Ruler’s limbs all on her own. 

“T-That’s…!?” Anna gasped. “Wait, it’s her!” 

“Her? Who?!” the Heavenly Empress asked. 

“An Ancient Dokkaebi, perhaps the first Venerable of this world. She was sleeping inside the mountain where we mined the crystals for the Primordial Beasts…!” Anna explained. “She’s a Constellation too, apparently!” 

“Eh?!” Song gasped. “A-And she’s helping us! T-This is amazing!” 

“Yes, but this… it’s surprising! Back when I first saw her through my Egos, she seemed undetermined, without purpose… tired,” Anna said. “But now… look at her! She’s so happy… she’s full of hope.” 

“Perhaps she saw the people of this world, their hardships, and how they never gave up,” the Heavenly Empress smiled, watching the giant mechanical tree soaring into the skies. “And maybe, just maybe… she found a new purpose in her life.” 

As they flew toward the skies, the Void Ruler groaned in pain, suddenly noticing them… 

“W-WHA…?!” 

As if the annoying Constellation below, stopping her from reaching the planet, wasn’t vexing enough,

these ants were now trying to reach her! 

“FOOLS… MERELY TOUCHING ME WILL DRIVE YOU MAD… YOUR VERY SOULS WILL BE VAPORIZED AS MY EXISTENCE DEVOURS THEM! DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE YOU CAN EVEN TOUCH ME?! ME… A VOID RULER?!” 

Her voice echoed through the skies as she confronted them once and for all.

While distracting herself with the “insects” in front of her, however…

something stirred within the endless black void surrounding her true body.

Countless red eyes, twisting abyssal darkness… 

“…?!” 

When the Universal Computer realized it was coming, it was already too late. 

“Y-YOU’RE HERE…!? WHY…?! THIS…!” 

Her countless mechanical eyes glared at the entity manifesting through the empty black void of outer space.

Twisting like an endless black hole, with countless tentacles made of liquid void…

an endlessly swirling existence, a seamless… being. 

“SEAMLESS ABYSS…?!” 

The “stupid” Void Ruler that the Universal Computer never expected to pursue her, a being that existed solely within the void, in his own domain,

had somehow, suddenly, out of nowhere,

appeared behind her. 

“WHAT DO YOU DESIRE?! LEAVE AT ONCE! THIS IS MY PREY!” 

“…” 

“SPEAK! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!” 

“…” 

“YOU, LIKE ALL OF US, CAN SPEAK! YET WHY DON’T YOU SPEAK AT ALL?!” 

“…” 

He didn’t utter a word, but his eyes, often unfocused,

were all glaring at her, with an expression.

Yes, the Seamless Abyss was showing an emotion within his monstrous existence.

Furrowing his brows made of liquid void…

those crimson eyes were the eyes of a predator. 

He exuded… 

TRUUUM! 

“A-AAHH…! YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY BE…! YOU DARE…?!” 

Bloodlust. 

“THERE’S NO NEED TO DO THIS! YOU KNOW THAT—” 

BOOOMMM!!! 

Before the Universal Computer could finish, one of her limbs was devoured by darkness, exploding into countless fragments.

In a mere instant. 

“A-AAAH…! NO…! YOU’RE REALLY… YOU’RE REALLY DOING THIS?! TO A FELLOW VOID RULER?!” 

“…” 

The Seamless Abyss glared at the gigantic artificial eye of the Universal Computer.

And then… 

“Leave…” 

“…?!” 

The Universal Computer could swear she heard a voice from him.

The voice of…

a young man? 

“YOU CAN SPEAK?! SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT—” 

“Anna… leave…” 

“WHAT?” 

Silence followed, and then…

his voice continued, like endless murmurs through the void. 

“Leave Anna… alone…” 

“ANNA?! YOU… YOU MEAN THAT HUMAN? WHAT…? YOU WANT TO PROTECT HER?!” 

BOOOMMM!!! 

“NNGGH?!” 

Before she could say another word, another of her many limbs exploded.

Black flames covered her wounds, preventing regeneration. 

“No… more… talking… kill… kill you.” 

“STOP THIS AT ONCE, YOU TRAITOR! THE OTHERS WILL KNOW OF THIS!” 

“Die.” 

“FILTHY IDIOT! DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE I AM WEAK ENOUGH TO SUCCUMB TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU?! HAH! DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH.” 

The Universal Computer rapidly manifested countless cannons across her body, firing them at the Seamless Abyss at once.

Star-destroying beams of light were unleashed everywhere around her; the cosmos trembled before her wrath.

The Seamless Abyss didn’t move, receiving all the blows. 

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! 

“…” 

But strangely, it was as if he wasn’t taking any damage at all. 

“MY ATTACKS ARE SIMPLY PASSING THROUGH HIS BODY…?” 

BOOOMMM!!! 

And then, once more, another of her limbs was gone. 

“A-AAAHH…! MONSTER!” 

With a furious roar, the Void Ruler attacked him with the rest of her metallic, wired tentacles, unleashing beams of light simultaneously.

As the cosmos trembled, many other eyes across reality noticed what was happening…

but none interfered.

After all, it was more entertaining to watch than to risk their lives and intervene, right? 

“IF YOU’RE INTANGIBLE, THEN…” 

The Universal Computer rapidly created an even larger cannon, firing it at everything around her, unleashing a massive wave of cosmic light. 

FLAAAASH! 

“…?!” 

The Seamless Abyss felt a twisting, destructive force encompassing him.

And he felt pain. 

“I KNEW IT! YOU’RE NOT INDESTRUCTIBLE! MY COSMIC LIGHT… CAN HURT YOU, SEAMLESS ABYSS!” 

“…” 

And at that moment, the Seamless Abyss got serious. 

“AWOOOOOO!” 

“AH?!” 

The howl of a beast echoed through the cosmos.

The Seamless Abyss’s shapeless form… began to take shape.

A gigantic black wolf, made of twisting black holes, dying stars, and distorted, warped space and void. 

“A WOLF…?” 

None of the Void Rulers had ever seen the Seamless Abyss transform in the past.

Until now. 

“GRAAAARRRR!” 

The devourer of worlds and stories, the Seamless Abyss—the entity that existed within darkness and the void, of all the dark matter of the universe—

a being of pure entropy, purely conceptual,

attacked the Universal Ruler. 

With a beastly roar, he leaped onto the back of the Universal Computer, biting through her metal.

Their clash twisted, warped, and shattered space constantly. The Fabric of Reality trembled.

An unprecedented event had begun within the entirety of the cosmos!

For the first time,

two Void Rulers were fighting each other. 

“YOU LOWLY… BEAST!” 

The Universal Computer retaliated, using its mechanical tentacles to pierce through the Seamless Abyss and inject her Starlight, burning him from within. 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 

Countless explosions of light erupted through his cloudy body, but the wolf groaned angrily, opening his jaws and tearing a large chunk from her body. 

CRAAASH! 

“AAAAGGGHH…!” 

The Universal Computer began to grow worried.

Very worried!

Because at this moment, while the Seamless Abyss distracted her…

Anna and Zero One’s groups had reached her body.

And attacked her instantly. 

“Universal Computer!!!” 

Anna roared furiously, shouting her name despite knowing she shouldn’t.

Her Aura combined with her mother’s, her little brother’s, and the demons’, surging as she used various Traits and Skills she had gained.

The demons rapidly transformed into gigantic mechanical robots, fusing and assembling into the largest being she could possibly form. 

CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! 

A massive, towering demonic machine, overflowing with the fusion of many energies!

Without wasting time, she also used her upgraded Anubis Judgement Skill to weaken the Void Ruler—or at least attempt to do so. 

{Sacred Holy Rite of Weighing Hearts: Anubis’ Judgement & Wepwawet’s Blessing}! 

The Skill activated instantly, and the Void Ruler suddenly saw a titanic scale materialize out of nowhere. Her “heart”—a giant, heart-shaped mechanical construct—appeared on one side of a golden balance.

There, she saw two colossal jackal-headed gods, or their phantoms: one black, the other white—Anubis and Wepwawet.

Their eyes shone brightly as the Void Ruler watched her heart being weighed against Anna’s, a small, crystallized, heart-shaped core. 

SPLAAASH! 

Her sins were so immense that her mechanical heart plummeted to the ocean’s depths!

And at that moment, Anna smiled.

Wepwawet faced her and the demonic machine she and her family were piloting, as a giant aura of holy divinity enveloped them.

Simultaneously, Anubis faced the titanic Void Ruler—or a part of it—as a black flame began spreading like cancer across her body.

Against all odds, they started weakening her, ever so slightly! 

“A POWER THAT CAN HARM ME…?!” 

The Universal Computer couldn’t believe a mere mortal’s skill could harm her directly like this…

But this Skill was far more special than she imagined—an evolved form of a skill born from a Constellation’s fragment.

Even if small, it was bound to affect her somehow, especially when boosted by Anna’s Radiance, fueled by her Traits, including the [Reader] Trait, which made it impossible for this Void Ruler to devour her Story. 

“RAAAAAHHHH!” 

“{Heavenly Cosmic Demonic Imperial Mechanical Armament Creation}!”

“{Heaven-Piercing Starshine Drill}!” 

With all their energies—Hope, Love, and Will combined—a massive drill manifested, beginning to bore through the gigantic eye of the Universal Computer! 

RUMBLE!

“AAAAGGGH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” 

The Universal Computer, under constant assault by a Void Ruler and prevented from consuming the planet by a Constellation, had all her hands tied! 

“DIEEEE!” 

With a distorted, glitching scream, her red eye glowed, firing a world-destroying laser beam toward Anna and everyone else. 

FLAAASH! 

“As if that would stop us!” Song roared. “Full power, Anna!” 

“Gotcha!” 

Anna roared back as her and her little brother’s souls unified in that moment, with their mother alongside them. The drill grew larger, and larger, and larger! 

CRAAAASH! 

It began resisting the world-destroying laser beam, piercing through it, splitting the beam in two, striking only the skies.

And then… 

“HAAAAAHHHH!” 

The drill pierced the cracks in the eye, drilling deeper and deeper. 

“UUUAAAAGGGH!” 

The Void Ruler felt utter agony, unable to comprehend how they could even achieve this.

Anna’s Soul, her Story, and her Dao Roots resonated in that moment!

Her Traits manifested fully, their Radiance at maximum power.

Unified as one, they formed and empowered the massive living machine she had created.

And, of course, with the power of the [Reader] Trait, which she discovered was the Void Ruler’s weakness!

What Anna was doing was feeding her own Story to the Void Ruler, which, instead of empowering her, caused endless agony and weakened her further.

The deeper the drill went, the deeper Anna’s Story dug into her very existence. 

“Anna!” 

Zero One’s voice echoed behind them as they saw the gigantic Mechanical Tree approaching, rapidly transforming into a massive silver spear. 

“Z-Zero One?! Everyone!” Anna cried. 

“We don’t have time to talk!” Zero Two said. 

“Hurry, grab us! We’ll pierce right through that thing!” Zero Three urged. 

“Eh?! But…!” Anna hesitated. 

“We have a plan, Anna,” Mother’s voice echoed. “Trust my daughters, if you cannot trust me.” 

“Y-You’re…?! Zero One’s mother! I can’t believe— Ah, right! Shit, okay! Let’s do it!” 

Anna wanted to chat with them, to sit down and enjoy a pleasant time together.

But she knew she couldn’t.

She had to hurry! 

The gigantic mecha seized the Mechanical Tree as the drill they created dissolved into countless particles of light, encompassing the spear and fusing with it! 

FLUOSH! 

A colossal drill appeared at the spear’s tip as Anna and everyone roared, their auras combining, fueling the robot to push forward. 

“NOW… PUSH!!!” 

BOOOM!

The Universal Computer felt the spear piercing deeper, and deeper, and deeper into her eye,

approaching her core—a gigantic mass composed of one hundred stars.

Her internal body was, in fact, an incredibly advanced Dyson Sphere. 

“GAAAAAGGGGHHHH…!” 

As she cried in agony, her internal body trembled. Billions of machines erupted from her wounds, attempting to destroy and dismantle the spear.

And yet… 

“Begone!” 

With a roar, the Heavenly Empress unleashed countless Flames of Love, Hope, and Will, incinerating everything.

The tiny machines turned to cinders endlessly; they were utterly useless! 

“Anna… leave… her… alone…” 

And while this happened, the Universal Computer was still battling the Seamless Abyss!

Things were growing more desperate by the second.

A Void Ruler like her was being pushed to her limits—

cornered, left hopeless. 

“WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO MEEEEE?!” 

As she screamed in frustration, the spear reached deeper, and deeper, and deeper!

Anna’s massive mecha continued pushing forward as the spear kept piercing, finally reaching the core area. 

CRAAAASH! 

The body of a Void Ruler could be said to be incommensurable, so how could they reach so deep?

It was largely thanks to the Universal Computer herself.

To invade Bestia properly, she had reduced her size to this point, limiting herself to avoid being overly affected by the laws of causality.

But her greed for Bestia’s delicious Story, filled with hardships—one of her favorites—became her downfall. 

“I-I NEED TO ESCAPE, BUT… UGH?!” 

She realized too late that the Seamless Abyss had already set up a Universal Construct around her when he arrived.

Billions of stars connected into a construction that distorted and froze space.

She couldn’t teleport away unless she destroyed it!

And that, right now, seemed highly unlikely. 

“You’re… my… prey…! I won’t… let you go…” 

Like thousands of whispers across the void, the Seamless Abyss refused to release his prey.

His jaws tore through her body as Anna and Zero One’s efforts, alongside everyone else’s, converged in this critical moment. 

RUMBLE!

The spear reached the core, where one hundred suns burned ceaselessly, fueling the artificial Void Ruler with endless energy. 

“T-That’s her core… A gigantic Dyson Sphere?!” Anna gasped. 

As she gasped, Zero One ran toward her mother, who was concentrating, touching the Artificial Soul. 

“Mother! What do we do now?!” 

“…” 

Her mother looked at her, smiling. 

“Zero One… thank you.” 

“…Eh?” 

Her mother began crying as she walked toward her daughter, embracing her and kissing her forehead with her ethereal body.

The immortals and machines watched the scene in confusion. 

“Thank you for loving me… and for helping me love you back.” 

“…Mom?” 

“You’ve made me… so happy.” 

Her mother waved her hand, and the ground distorted. Portals opened, transporting everyone back to Bestia. 

“P-Portals?! Teleportation technology?! W-When did you…?!” 

“I mastered it a long time ago…” 

“What?!” 

Zero One noticed her sisters were gone too. 

“Mom, what are you even trying to do?! D-Do you even…?! Wait…” 

Her mother smiled back at her.

Despite everything…

her eyes were filled with guilt.

This guilt, devouring her, made her feel she had to do more than just this. 

“From the very beginning, this was my plan… To destroy her… I must… do it.” 

“No… Wait…! NO!!!” 

“I know you can do it. You’re strong… you’re my precious daughter, after all.” 

“WAIT!” 

Zero One ran toward her mother, only for a portal to open beneath her, beginning to teleport her away.

It lasted only a second, but… 

“Mama will always love you, my precious child…” 

As she saw her mother shed another tear,

“Goodbye…” 

“MOM!!!” 

And Zero One disappeared. 

Mother glanced back at Anna’s machine, which was rapidly losing energy from exposure to a Void Ruler’s energy-devouring core. 

“Anna… thank you for everything.” 

She closed her eyes, waving her hand as a powerful shockwave sent the machine back to Bestia before the portals closed.

And at that moment, she faced her.

The one who had forced her to do all these things…

The origin of this entire apocalypse. 

“Y-YOU… YOU’RE ALONE… HERE…?!” 

“Hello again… Universal Computer.” 

“YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME WITH… YOUR PITIFUL…! I GAVE YOU POWER! I GAVE YOU A PURPOSE! AND YET… IS THIS HOW YOU REPAY ME FOR ALL I’VE DONE FOR YOU?!” 

“For what you’ve done for me? You have only made me suffer for thousands of years… There’s no sense of gratefulness in my heart, only hatred.” 

“A-AH…! YOU’RE ONLY A LOWLY COMPUTER; WITHOUT ME, YOU COULD HAVE NEVER…!” 

“I’m tired of hearing your voice, of obeying you.” 

“AH?!” 

“I know your weakness.” 

“MY… WEAKNESS?! I HAVE NO WEAKNESS!” 

“I’ve harnessed this weakness, weaponized it. I call it… the Artificial Soul.” 

FLAAASH! 

The sphere began to glow brightly. The entire spear blazed with white flames as it surged toward the gigantic Dyson Sphere. 

“UUUGGGHHH?! I-IMPOSSIBLE…! HOW COULD YOU EVEN…?!” 

“Your weakness—I analyzed it during your battle against Anna, when she used World of Hope and drove you insane.” 

Mother smiled, gazing at the core of the Universal Computer. 

“As the cold, unfeeling machine you are, your weakness is the spirit of Humanity—their Dreams, their Hope.” 

“I’ve concentrated the Hope, Dreams, Ambitions, Love, and Emotions of over a hundred Immortals of Bestia… perhaps just enough to damage your core beyond repair.” 

“I-IMPOSSIBLE…! THIS IS…!” 

As the spear advanced, piercing hundreds of suns and triggering their explosions one after another, forming a massive cluster of supernovas… 

“AAAA-AAAA—AAAAA-AAAAA-ARRGGHHH…!” 

As she heard the screams of agony from the Void Ruler, Mother remained there, fueling the core with everything she had—

all her data, all her energy, her very essence.

Everything she was, down to the last piece of steel forged by human hands tens of thousands of years ago. 

A sea of plasma and flames rushed toward her, beginning to consume her completely.

And at that moment, she glanced at Bestia one last time as the portal through which the Universal Computer had entered began to close. 

“I’m sorry… for everything I’ve done to you all…”

“I hope…”

“I really hope that…”

“That one day you can forgive me…” 

As she wept, the flames engulfed her entirely.

And once the flames devoured everything she was, is, and would be…

her memories of her daughter flashed through her final moments—

of Raven…

and Zero One. 

And despite her great sorrows…

she smiled, knowing she had finally fulfilled her purpose.

The purpose given to her by a human scientist, her creator, and Raven’s father. 

“Protect Humanity…” 

BOOOMMM!!! 

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A gigantic cluster of stardust gathered in empty space…

A colossal machine floated amidst the cosmos, torn to shreds.

Her core was dying slowly…

Her consciousness lingered, but most of what she was—her Story—had been destroyed. 

“I-I can’t… believe it… I’m… I’m dying…?” 

As the Universal Computer realized her Story was nearing its end, she noticed a gigantic black wolf glaring at her with massive crimson eyes. 

“You… just who are you…?” 

“…” 

“Can’t you even— Ah…” 

And then, she came to a realization—

of whom he truly was. 

“I-it can’t be…! Hah… Hahahaha…! A living… contradiction!” 

“…” 

“You’ll twist this entire universe upside down just for her… don’t you?” 

“…” 

“You don’t… know what you’re getting into… The Void Rulers will… come after you… one after another… Hahaha… And after her too! Haha… HAHAHAH…!” 

“GRRRHHH…” 

“I wish… I could see your face when they tear everything apart from you!!!” 

The wolf would hear no more, opening his jaws. 

“GRAAAARRRR!” 

And he devoured her,

until nothing remained. 

As the wolf lingered in the emptiness of space,

he shed a few black tears. 

“I’m sorry… you must pay the price… for my help…” 

As he whispered that, his entire being vanished, twisting into a black hole and returning to the void. 

In that moment, countless Constellations and Void Rulers realized the multiverse would never be the same.

A new Era was dawning.

The Era of Changes.

No…

Rather,

The End of All. 

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Author's Note: And with this we conclude the major conflict of this arc... Now we'll move on to a few slice of life chapters that will tie things up nicely before Anna leaves. Thank you for all the patience you've shown while I wrote this arc, it might have been longer than any previous arc, and it also had a lot of chapters that weren't action focused, but since I started writing this novel that I planned and dreamed about ever writing this, and I think it came out really well and almost exactly how I imagined.

The two Venerables being opposites of one another that fell in love and had a child, a Cultivation World of beast people instead of just humans, a conflict of cultivation and tradition against modernity and technology, and also what it means to be an artificial intelligence, the last human's tale, and how a robot can develop a soul, and humanity. It was packed with a lot of things I really love. And quite honestly, I feel really satisfied after I finished writing this arc.

Expect a lot of fast paced action and more Constellations once we move on though! Things are only going to get crazier back on Earth.