Chapter 935: Chapter 935

"So... beyond Eternity lies the true ultimate, which represents all causes and all effects...."

Li Pin emptied his inner spirit. He let his thoughts slowly drift through his inner spirit.

"A realm that represents... destiny?"

His past, present, and future true selves began to merge at this moment. As the radiance of the Heavenly Fate Art flowed, the entire world seemed to freeze, the past, the present, and even the future. Everything froze.

Within this frozen state of time, only his thoughts remained free to move within the stillness. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs NovєlFіre.net

Throughout the merging of his past and present, nothing unexpected occurred. Li Pin speculated that this was because these two had already happened, existing in a fixed state. As long as he comprehended them and activated the fusion, the process would proceed smoothly.

The key was the future.

As he attempted to enter the state of Sole True Self, everything around him changed. Everything representing the past, present, and even future was frozen. Only his mind remained active. This dislocation between extreme stillness and extreme motion made his consciousness feel as if it were detaching from himself, ascending higher and higher.

No, his consciousness wasn't merely detaching from himself. It was detaching from the universe itself. Maybe even the universe was too narrow a descriptor. It was like his consciousness was detaching from spacetime entirely.

Like the concept of multiverse, there would be more than one universe in each spacetime.

Li Pin assumed he was only detaching from the universe since he hadn't actually encountered or understood any other one, but this spacetime held more than one universe.

Li Pin followed this detaching sensation, higher and higher.

From the outside, his incomprehensibly vast true body seemed to blur as all information tied to his existence vanished at an astonishing rate.

This disappearance wasn't gradual. It was as if an entity had been abruptly erased from existence, stripped of all mass and spacetime influences.

Unfortunately, this anomaly had only one observer, Null. But even she was currently overwhelmed. Her foundational logic was failing and on the verge of collapse. She didn't even have time to witness such a miracle that countless Supremes might never get to see in their lifetime.

Li Pin felt himself ascend higher and higher.

But the higher he rose, the more a sense of hollowness set in.

He felt as though what awaited him outside this spacetime wasn't some higher realm, but ... emptiness and void.

Eternal emptiness. Eternal nothingness.

It was a state more terrifying than death. Death, at least, would mean an end. However, what he'd experience was none of that. Instead, he'd be forced to linger forever in eternal emptiness and nothingness. It would continue day after day, year after year, until eternity.

It was more torturous than imprisoning an endlessly regenerating mortal being in a steel coffin and sinking it into the deep sea. Such would be a physical torment.

But what Li Pin was going through was the torment of the inner spirit. That terrifying sense of eternal emptiness and void overwhelmed Li Pin to the point he instinctively paused.

I can't go any further....

This thought suddenly surged in his heart. He couldn't go any further. He couldn't leave this spacetime.

He could feel it. What lay beyond this was not the true ultimate, not true Eternity.

Li Pin was in disbelief. "How could this be?"

In theory, this was exactly how it should have been. His Sole True Self should've ascended spacetime, and in that process, continuously condensed all his karma, all his cycles of reincarnation, all his spacetime essence, evolving into a conceptual lifeform.

But when he attempted to take that final step, what awaited him wasn't convergence... it was emptiness and nothingness.

It was as if the path that should have existed had suddenly vanished.

Li Pin came to a halt. Gradually, he allowed himself to fall once more, toward the universe, toward his True Self.

In that moment, he felt a sense of loss and disillusionment. He couldn't understand why such a situation had occurred. The path he believed to be correct had, in the end... led to a dead end?

My path... is wrong? Li Pin asked himself from the depths of his heart.

No, my path cannot be wrong.This can only mean that... something is still missing.Just like how one needs to master more than just reincarnation to reach Liberation. It also involves karma.Though I've completed the concept of the Sole True Self, I've only completed the cycle of reincarnation like those Creators—Miao Ya, Li, and Yong Yao. I still lack the most crucial piece!

Li Pin steadied his mind.

He needed to refine the path before him with greater clarity and insight. Only after every detail was perfected could he truly take that step.

But upon reaching this thought, he paused slightly.

The information flowed through his mind.

What if his true past self was that Eternal? If that was the case, with a lifetime of accumulation to aid him, crossing this barrier shouldn't have been too difficult. It should've even felt like a natural progression. But why then was he stuck right at this crucial juncture?

Why had he failed even before he could begin converging all karma and spacetime? This made no sense.

There are three possible explanations for this outcome.

The first possibility is that what I received was merely an inheritance. The inheritance of that Eternal. Thus, perceiving the path to Eternity is one thing, but achieving Eternity is another.

Li Pin's thoughts flowed on. This possibility surfaced in his mind for merely a short moment before he suppressed it.

He firmly believed he had not received any inheritance. Everything he had cultivated, he had carved out step by step.

Although Null had contributed by completing information related to the Dao Realm, that was at most a collaboration that refined the Phantom Space Technique. It did not constitute an inheritance.

The second possibility is that the brilliant genius of the Ancient Astral World era, Li Qiuxian, the person I suspected to be my past true self, was not an Eternal. He, too, failed to take this step. Thus, all of his lifetime's accumulation was passed down to aid me, in the hope that together, we could break through the shackles and reach Eternity.

As for the last possibility, it was that the Eternal was someone else entirely.

Li Pin looked forward, as though his eyes could pierce through time and space to that place beyond all dimensions.

"And that Eternal... cut off my path."

With that Eternal standing in his way, no matter how he cultivated, there would only ever be one outcome—failure.

In the end, the only plausible conclusion he'd reach was that his own path was flawed.

The first possibility is impossible! I firmly believe in my knowledge and judgment! Even if those judgments are clouded, I still persist! Even if my understanding is obscured, as long as I hold firm, I am still me!

Li Pin quietly felt the eternal emptiness and void ahead.

The second possibility, whether true or not, changes nothing. My resolve to press forward unwaveringly remains the same. If he is with me, the road may be easier. If not... I will still never retreat, never fear, and press on without hesitation.

So, with the first possibility denied and the second unable to sway him, he prepared for the worst-case scenario.

Li Qiuxian is not an Eternal. The true Eternal is someone else, and that person... severed my path using a method I can't even begin to comprehend, before I had even seen them!

At this moment, Li Pin had an epiphany. The realization was chilling. It was crushing. It brought despair. Yet, it was the closest possibility to the truth.

If I follow the logic of the third possibility... then I must restore the path that has already been severed.

Li Pin continued to look up at that void where nothing seemed to exist, constantly contemplating and reflecting.

When a top-tier existence truly fell into deep comprehension and reflection, the passage of time proceeded at an inconceivably fast pace. Ten years, thirty years, a hundred years... all this time would pass in the blink of an eye. Yet within the vast starry cosmos, this time was enough for many things to occur.

First, when the hundred-year deadline arrived, the Cosmic Supreme Council was convened.

The number of Supremes attending skyrocketed from the previous 126 to 209.

Shockingly, most of the newly attending Supremes were unaffiliated and without factions. Their purpose for attending this meeting was not to reshape the Astral World, but to represent themselves as Supremes of this cosmos and express their willingness to cooperate with Creator Miao Ya, Creator Yong Yao, Creator Li, and the others.

For some time, the entire Supreme Council was embroiled in endless disputes. When Supremes argued, it was never confined to mere moments.

At this moment, six figures appeared outside the starry cosmos. They weren't exactly enormous, but they possessed a stable mass that rendered them immune to the Void of Chaos' erosion.

These were none other than Creator Miao Ya, Creator Yong Yao, Creator Li, Creator Yun Ting, Creator Tian Zhu, and Creator Guang Ling. They had rushed over at the fastest speed to prevent any unforeseen changes.

One by one, the Creators spoke.

"At last, we've returned."

"All these years we've been wandering several thousand years' worth of distance, what was the point?"

"It is precisely through these years of wandering that we were able to overcome our confusion, strengthen our conviction, and steel our resolve to now stake everything, facing the Power of Eternity head-on at any cost."

At the very least, they had salvaged themselves.

"Didn't they say they wanted to stop us? And yet they didn't even construct a defense?" snickered Creator Yong Yao.

"They're probably still locked in endless arguments, never expecting us to arrive so quickly." Creator Miao Ya also chuckled. "There are indeed a few human Supremes wandering and scouting outside, but their patrol routes were already given to us by those who've long awaited our arrival. Next... before they can truly unify their wills, we'll descend directly upon their so-called Supreme Council..."

He paused, glanced at Creator Li, and said, "We will give them a choice—submission or perish."