There is NO ROMANCE, at all.

But I think, the Author seemed about to pair Ning Shu with the School Doctor Uncle (TaiShu) at the beginning. However, after so many chapters and plots forward, this notion has been abandoned. The reason I think so was that Uncle Tai's behavior and style in the first and second meeting with Ning Shu is very, very discordant with his overall setting in the novel beyond.

For example, at the second time of their meeting, Uncle Time actually, BATH Ning Shu's body diligently, and actually enjoy WASHING Ning Shu's hair (though at that time Ning Shu was zombified, but still). Uncle Tai is someone who wouldn't bother to communicate with Ants much less dealings with Ants, so why did he bother to wash Ning Shu's hair? If it was Uncle Tai in the later chapters I think he'll just throw Ning Shu to some water tank or something (LOL). That's why I think, the Author at first wanted to pair Uncle Tai with Ning Shu, however, the plot did not match with the notion, so the romance was abandoned.

However, Uncle Tai is indeed a GOD-like existence, who has lived for perhaps millions of years in the void, and who knew how many billions of years if calculated in small world time. So, romance or chasing love is not something he's capable of. Love is something weak people pursue to complete themselves. Trust and companionship is something strong people need in their life. While for those GOD-like existences, only partnership regarding each other's interest (in a formal way) needed to interact between people. Therefore, I approve of the Author's choice to abandon the romance with Uncle Tai.

Actually, the ending of Ning Shu's relationship with Li Wen can be seen directly right at the arcs when Ning Shu met Li Wen. Their relationship is truly a mirror of what happened between Li Wen and his real younger sister (before later Ning Shu took the task and change the younger sister's fate).

Ning Shu helped Li Wen to stabilize his dynasty, helped the real younger sister to change her fate, and later indirectly helped Li Wen to transcend to the void, giving him chance to see that his own world was just a drop in the ocean (by giving the silver mouse to Li Wen). In exchange, Li Wen treated Ning Shu kindly. When they met, he gave Ning Shu exotic foods she has never tasted in the void. Seeing Ning Shu interested in the energy body, he gave Ning Shu some of it. When he was about to wander, he still informed Ning Shu and gave her again, exotic foods. Later, when he wanted to control the super civilization remnants, knowing Ning Shu coveted the rare energy body, he promised that after he control the place he will share Ning Shu some of it (and he did share quite a big chunk of it).

All in all, Li Wen can be a very good older brother who indulges his younger sister.

Li Wen treated Ning Shu just like he treated his real younger sister. The two women helped him, so he, the Emperor pampered them as well.

However, here lies the difference. Li Wen's real younger sister (before Ning Shu changed her fate) originally was blinded by love, acted irrationally, cross Li Wen's interest, hence Li Wen ruthlessly kicked her out, and let her be tortured and killed by others.

Yes, Li Wen's kindness and indulgence are on the premise that the younger sister (either the real one or Ning Shu) is obedient to him and didn't cross his interest.

Unfortunately, Ning Shu was someone who can bend and stretch. If she's weak, she will be obedient, but once she gains strength, she will brandish her claws and get freed from anyone's control. She's not someone who can pretend to be the obedient little sister who did everything her older brother told her to.

Therefore, the balance of the relationship between Li Wen and Ning Shu fell apart. Li Wen could not control Ning Shu and Ning Shu did not want to be under anyone's control.

The ending of their relationship Is not surprising, though it's quite regrettable.

In my opinion, the closest person to Ning Shu are Fa Tian (of course), earthworm or Tao Yin, and Mo Ming.

Fa Tian and Ning Shu are like siblings but not siblings, parents and child but not quite, friends but is much more closer. As Ning Shu's weapon, Fa Tian knew Ning Shu's days as a bereaved dog under the Organization, understood Ning Shu's world views, and later he himself tasted the feeling of a helpless dog who can't do anything in front of the mighty Uncle Tai and the big organization.

The reason Fa Tian and Ning Shu trusted each other was because both of them had sacrificed and dedicated their lives to each other. Ning Shu died (for the second time) to protect Fa Tian. In return, Fa Tian spent hundreds or thousands (?) of years wandering alone while kept trying to resurrect Ning Shu (though he failed). Later, after her own resurrection, Ning Shu dedicated herself to helping Fa Tian grow up and gain more strength. In the two times, Ning Shu almost died (after a battle with Li Wen and Uncle), Fa Tian also dedicated himself to the verge of exhaustion to heal Ning Shu.

The two of them grow with each other, being weak together, and growing strong together. So it's no wonder that the closest person to Ning Shu is her weapon, Fa Tian.

Next, the reason I think earthworm (Tao Yin) is the next closest person is because, just like Fa Tian, earthworm knows Ning Shu from when Ning Shu was just a Soul who worked under the organization until she later becomes what she is in the end. Earthworms treated Ning Shu the same and see her as a person, rather than her position or status. Similarly, Ning Shu also knew Earthworm from when he was just an ignorant bug who can be crushed easily, until when the earthworm started to become a nanny for the babies Ning Shu dumped on him (lol), and finally until he cultivated his human form. Both of them always regarded each other the same.

There's also actually a tasker, Ning Shu's colleague, The Cheongsam-man (The Incarnation of Time Law) who's quite close to Ning Shu. But, IMO, he's more like a good business partner rather than a pure friend.

Lastly, Mo Ming, also treated Ning Shu as the person with the identity of Ning Shu. He never changed his regard for Ning Shu from start to finish. He's someone with a good EQ. When Ning Shu was just a small tasker, Mo Ming treated her kindly. Even when giving a gift, he gave the most thoughtful gifts sincerely without any motives behind it (unlike Uncle Tai and others who give the gifts inlaid with responsibility and treachery behind, lol).

Even later when he met Ning Shu who's already become a strong Void Cubs, he treated her the same without any superiority or inferiority mixed within. He's someone who knew how to make a good impression on others and how to make friends. If I want to say a good friend, then Mo Ming is the best friend among Ning Shu's acquaintances.

Mo Ming is originally a person Ning Shu met in the task world. Due to his extraordinary temperament and luck, he got recruited by the organization after he died.

Psst, Mo Ming is the only male, who, has once become Ning Shu's husband in the task world, and the only male with a husband identity who is not a scumbag, lol. Ning Shu also acted as a good wife to him (with no kiss or s*xual interc**rse of course). Even though it's Ning Shu's task to marry Mo Ming, but still, Ning Shu's willingness to treat Mo Ming well is a form of her appreciation toward a male, and we know that Ning Shu generally feels indifferent toward males, lol.

Cough, actually, I want to ship him with Ning Shu, lol. Alas, Mo Ming is just a soul body, lol.

Both are tr*sh brothers, LOL. If I can choose I will pick someone else. But if I were to really pick, I will choose Uncle Tai. The reason was that, unlike Li Wen, Uncle Tai actually has more sibling affection toward ZhengQing.

Sure, on the surface Li Wen is more affectionate since he likes to send gifts and take care of his younger sister (both his real ones and Ning Shu the fake one). However, Li Wen is a human Emperor who killed all of his siblings (including his younger sister who had helped him ascend to the throne) just because they were all the stumbling blocks of his career and interest.

On the contrary, Uncle Tai actually has much more patient with the bear children, ZhengQing. Before the start of Law Sea's demise, Uncle has let ZhengQing live whatever he wanted, swaggering around to his heart contents. Meanwhile, Uncle Tai has to take care of the should have been the two of them's responsibility, that is being the guardian of the Law Sea, by himself. The existence of ZhengQing actually just as Ning Shu said, is a burden to the Law Sea. Worse of it, ZhengQing is a bear kid who didn't want to do his responsibility as the guardian. And yet, Uncle Tai did not kill him and let him live wantonly for a long, long time until the Law Sea started to deteriorate.

ZhengQing's imprisonment and torture later was Uncle Tai's way to punish the bear children who had tossed his responsibility away for so many years. In the end, Uncle Tai never let ZhengQing truly die, and even spent a painstaking effort to research a way to resurrect ZhengQing after he died, and compensate him even, lol.

Li Wen is a person who can kill his sibling who has helped him just because they crossed his interest. He is someone with a warm surface but a very poisonous inside.

Meanwhile, Uncle is a sharp and cold surface while actually a very affectionate brother inside, lol. The way he tolerated ZhengQing who live like a prodigal son who only use his parent's money without working, for a long time, until their family started to go bankrupt (the law sea started to rot, lol), is really worthy of applause. His way of showing sibling affection is indeed unconventional, but even Ning Shu sighed and said, "This is LOVE indeed!" LOL

The ending is an open ending.

I won't tell about the specific ending plot because it's already been talked about by others, so I will just talk about some parts that I'm particularly impressed about.

First, JAJAJANG!! of course Uncle Tai and ZhengQing's parting moment!!

Uncle Tai: "I hope you will take care of yourself in the future, meet good people, and spend the rest of your life warmly."

The gecko (ZhengQing) looked at Uncle Tai, "So, you're going to die, right?"

He is aware of Uncle Tai's body condition. Previously, Uncle Tai always wanted to tie him to his body and never leave his body, but now he suddenly entrusted ZhengQing to someone else.

This is obviously a Dying Message, though that's great, He finally doesn't have to live with The Uncle.

But ZhengQing still has to pretend to be concerned about the matter, "Are you going to die by yourself?"

Uncle Tai shook his head, "No."

Gecko (ZhengQing) : "I don't believe it! Unless you scald your jj (dick, lol) with boiling water."

Ning Shu: Oh! ! ! (Subway Grandpa. jpg)

The way these brothers are talking, tsk.. tsk.. tsk

....

But later, when Uncle Tai truly die:

The Gecko (ZhengQing) heard the darkness spreading into the void again (note: this is the sign that Uncle Tai gave up his life and truly die QAQ) and was stunned for a while, then jumped up happily, insisting that the earthworms (Tao Yin) make a table of dishes to celebrate.

Ning Shu was so angry that he slapped him. What was there to celebrate? Thinking of the darkness spreading into the void again, the meal was no longer fragrant, and he still wanted to celebrate?

Although there was no one at the table to celebrate together, the gecko (ZhengQing) ate two more energy bodies to celebrate.

It's just that the energy body is too big, choking in the throat, and the tears are choked out. Even if the energy body has successfully been swallowed, the gecko (ZhengQing) is still crying, and it continues to cry.

Damn! These two brothers, Uncle Tai and ZhengQing are just, uhhhhh! I just can't QAQ

Actually, there are so many characters that were left unattended in the ending. For example, Zhu Jun the skeleton, I really wanted him to meet with PipiShu, lol. The way he interacted with Ning Shu is really like a friend rather than a boss and subordinate. Alas, we were not given any.

There are also the Kelp and the Zombie (I forgot their name) who wanted to try breaking the plane's restriction and travel beyond. What happened with them? Though, considering that later the Law Sea and all the planes within were destroyed all at once when Ning Shu fought with Uncle Tai, I think their end even though they succeeded in traveling into another plane, will be still dead in the midst of the planes' destruction.

All in all, the ending makes me sigh in melancholy. Looking back to the 4000 chapters at the back and the many events happening, it felt like a faraway dream, distant memories. As Ning Shu said, time is the cruelest. As time goes by, those who were gone were easily forgotten. So many people Ning Shu has met, and most of them ended up becoming just a passerby in life.