The means by which he erased his own emotions were none other than the powers Liens currently possessed—Heaven and Man as One and Sword Heart.

'Heaven and Man as One' granted him control over heaven and earth, much like the will of the Heavenly True Path.

However, because he was too close to heaven and earth themselves, as he influenced them, they also exerted their influence on him.

As for 'Sword Heart,' it allowed him to refine The will of all people, and the only price was to endure the emotional impact transmitted by The will of all people, like countless people whispering in his ear.

These two costs: one would make a person absolutely rational, and the other would make a person go mad.

It was precisely because of these two almost conflicting influences that he found a balance between them, which was his current state of suppressed emotions.

This was his best time, because he didn't need to worry about heaven and earth continuing to erase his emotions, nor did he have to listen to whispers that would drive him to madness.

Theoretically, he could maintain this state indefinitely, perfectly using those two powers without any cost.

However, that was only in theory; any strengthening of the influence of heaven and earth, or any enhancement of 'Sword Heart,' could easily break this delicate balance.

Now, with a large amount of karma weighing on him, the balance was broken, and he was already on the path of self-destruction.

This was also why he was decisively erasing his own emotions now.

Since fate had already provided a solution, this step would happen sooner or later, so any hesitation was meaningless and would only waste time.

By actively disrupting the balance, Liens allowed the two forces of rationality and madness to engulf his own emotions.

To accelerate this process, he continuously used 'Heaven and Man as One' and 'Sword Heart' simultaneously in the instance, which was the state he was in when he intimidated Lucrezia earlier.

Now, he only lacked the last bit of emotion; as long as it was erased, he would enter the anticipated state of 'No Self.'

And 'No Self' was the unchanging Self he had chosen.

After the declaration of 'just the last bit' ended, Liens didn't pause for a moment, taking out the "water of life" and a life gem, and drinking the "water of life" in one gulp.

He used the "water of life" to replenish his upcoming consumption.

He didn't plan to complete this last step in the instance.

After all, in a sense, this was also erasing the last bit of his existence.

So, rather than doing it in the instance, whose upper limit was still unknown, it was more reliable to do it in reality.

This way, even if he failed in the end, he could die directly in reality, and not release an absolutely rational or absolutely mad monster as a result.

As his body was enveloped by rich Life energy, Liens directly entered both 'Heaven and Man as One' and 'Sword Heart' states simultaneously.

The immeasurable information of heaven and earth and the whispers of The will of all people rushed into the depths of his consciousness along with powerful energy, swallowing that last bit of emotion.

At this moment, he felt an unprecedented void; everything seemed to lose its meaning, and neither the immeasurable information nor the myriad whispers could fill that hollow void.

"The situation is more serious than expected."

He had thought he would enter a 'No Self' state without emotions, but he didn't expect an indescribable sense of void to be the first to arrive.

Perhaps this was 'No Self.'

This void was even devouring his memories, because meaningless things should turn into nothingness.

Unimportant passersby in his memory turned into bubbles, unimportant events gradually faded, and people he should have remembered began to blur.

He knew that to resist this void, he needed to find the meaning of his existence.

But this was like him needing to find himself to resist the influence of his own power; he didn't know what meaning could resist the void?

Or did this resistance itself have meaning?

He didn't think too much, because thinking too much was also a meaningless thing.

He began to act according to the plan in his memory; this was not for the pursuit of meaning, but merely a mechanical continuation.

His consciousness wandered through the whispers of The will of all people, sifting out the fragments he needed from the chaotic emotions, and then filling them into his memory, coloring his colorless memories.

In the process, if he encountered a memory void, he would go to the immeasurable information of heaven and earth, find a suitable explanation from it, and incorporate it into his memory.

This was the second step of the 'Self' plan.

If I have no Self, then I will create a Self for myself, constantly tracing back from the current position to the past, little by little depicting 'Self,' and little by little re-understanding myself.

...

"What's going on?"

Balder, who had rushed over after receiving the message, looked at the room in front of him with a solemn expression, then looked at Lucrezia, wanting her to explain the sudden situation to him.

The others were much the same, because Lucrezia had stopped them, not only preventing them from entering to check the situation, but even forbidding them from releasing their spiritual Sense .

At this time, although they had not released their Sense into the room, they could still feel the massive energy fluctuations coming from inside the house.

At the same time, a heavy and familiar pressure was spreading from inside the house.

It was just that this pressure was even heavier than what they had felt before; within the range covered by this pressure, let alone ordinary people, even an average Extraordinary One might not be able to bear it.

Donahue's expression was solemn, but he also felt a bit like crying; this was his home, and an accident happened just after he brought his friend home.

Now he could only pray that the situation wouldn't be too dangerous, otherwise, he really didn't want to see the manor passed down from his ancestors turn into ruins.

"Liens is undergoing an extremely crucial breakthrough; we cannot disturb him at this time."

Lucrezia explained.

At this moment, she had put away her usual faint smile, and the serious expression on her face made this former 'Princess Knight' once again exude the aura of a Valkyrie.

Although the tone in her words was calm, everyone present could feel the surge of magic on her body.

She was using this method to tell the others that if anyone disregarded her obstruction, she would not consider their camaraderie and would directly take action.

"Is it dangerous?"

Balder looked seriously at the room and asked Lucrezia again.

He remembered Liens's final farewell to him not long ago; if this breakthrough wasn't dangerous, Liens wouldn't have said such a farewell.

"I don't know."

Lucrezia shook her head, indicating she didn't know.

This was not a perfunctory answer, but rather she truly didn't know how things would unfold.

As for danger, with fate watching, she really couldn't think of any existence that could interfere with fate's arrangements, except for the other two, but would They care about such a small matter?

And as for it not being dangerous, that wasn't true either; after all, what Liens was doing now was like dancing on the edge of a cliff, and even testing the edge back and forth with one foot.

No, that analogy was still too safe.

It should be like jumping off a cliff, miraculously surviving, and then crawling up from the bottom of the cliff, covered in wounds and with comminuted fractures all over his body.

How could something like this not be dangerous?

Just the difficulty alone meant that most people wouldn't even have the qualifications to try.

"Hmm."

Balder nodded, his expression still solemn, showing no particular thoughts about Lucrezia's response, but then he turned to the others and instructed:

"Two people stay here, the rest of you come with me to defend other positions... Hmm, let's move the other ordinary people in the manor out first, to avoid any accidents."

"I'll stay... I'm not very good at combat, so if I stay here, if Liens needs anything, I can go in and treat him immediately."

Isabelle spoke up, taking on the task of staying behind.

"Hmm."

Balder nodded, and the others did not object; after a brief discussion, they dispersed to their respective defensive positions.

As for the other person staying behind, it was naturally Lucrezia; seeing her attitude, everyone naturally assumed she was definitely staying here.

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