Chapter 948: Chapter 948

"What... is that monster!?"

The Supremes of the Sky Clan, Divine Race, and Demon Race all looked up at the terrifying giant that covered their entire field of vision, their minds nearly malfunctioning.

What the Supremes prided themselves on most was their mass. By relying on their extreme mastery over matter, energy, time, and space, they had gathered countless matter and spacetime across the universe to forge their massive bodies, so vast that even a single move could affect tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of light-years.

Before such a scale, any attack, divine power, or secret art was meaningless. Even when injured, Supremes could rapidly recover by harvesting matter and spacetime from the universe.

But now, this terrifying entity before them was so vast that even they, who could extend across hundreds of millions of light-years, could not perceive its entirety. The bodies they were so proud of, the invincible foundations they believed let them roam the cosmic sea, were mercilessly crushed into dust.

The moment they saw this monster, the same thought surged in everyone's mind.

Immense! Vast! Majestic!

Only these words could describe the sight before them—a sight so shocking it shattered all their pride. Only these words could capture the majestic aura radiating from this existence.

The impact was so deep it chilled even their souls.

Some Supremes couldn't even restrain their inner spirit fluctuations from leaking outward. Even the powerful light of their true souls could not conceal the disturbance.

As for Supreme Regalheaven, a deafening clangor—like bells and drums—exploded in his mind.

A profound passage involuntarily emerged in his mind.

There is something that is naturally formed, existing before the world was formed.

It has neither sound nor form, existing independently and eternally, circulating endlessly.

It can be addressed as the Mother of all existences.

I inadequately call it Dao, I further name it Great.[1]

"Wasn't it said that it would at least be a thousand years before the monster reached here? If it’s still hindered by the formation we’ve left behind, it would’ve logically taken it tens of thousands of years to arrive. H-how did it... arrive so quickly...?"

The pride that used to be present in Creator Yong Yao's eyes as he faced the Supremes of the starry cosmos was no more. A biting cold wind seemed to sweep through his inner spirit, radiating outward, filling him with bone-deep cold.

Creator Miao Ya and Creator Guang Ling were no exceptions. They had once witnessed this terrifying existence before, but only from an extremely distant vantage point. Their understanding of it was no more than lifeless data extracted from detection equipment—enough to outline its size, but never its majesty.

No matter how exaggerated the numbers on the instruments were, nothing was more shocking than experiencing its immensity firsthand. When it arrived, it was soul-crushing. It brought unending despair.

How were they supposed to fight such a thing?

"How do we even fight this?"

"We... actually dared to think we could go against such a great and terrifying being!?"

"It’s like... mortals fantasizing about cutting down the sun, moon, and stars with their swords! How utterly ridiculous! How laughable!"

Overwhelming despair gripped the Creators’ hearts. Their very inner spirits trembled with incomparable awe.

When they further realized that the source of this awe was the very opponent they had intended to face, that awe devolved into utter despair.

Compared to the others whose minds were nearly frozen from shock, Creator Li suddenly noticed something.

"No, this... this isn't that terrifying existence that traced the marks left behind by the Transcendents of the Astral World Era. I followed it for a long time. Its form wasn't ...."

He jerked his head upward, studying the immense existence too vast even for their senses. His mind involuntarily recalled what Li Pin had said during their battle.

My true body is not here....

When Li Pin had said that his true body wasn’t present, Creator Li had immediately started scouring the surrounding cosmos.

He had wanted to uncover whatever cards Li Pin might have. But as soon as he had extended his senses outward, he discovered that a terrifying presence had already begun influencing the cosmos. Terrified, he had abandoned the fight with Li Pin and dashed out of the cosmos at full speed, arriving directly at the Void of Chaos.

What had greeted him was this immense figure, so massive it extended beyond their senses.

A thought formed in Creator Li’s mind, and he started to probe more carefully. Soon, he grasped a familiar aura from this colossus spanning billions of light-years.

Creator Li was struck as if by lightning, his pupils dilating sharply.

A world-shaking, unbelievable guess suddenly surged into his mind.

He tried desperately to drive it away, but that guess seemed to have taken root in his mind, completely unshakable, transforming into a cruel yet undeniable truth.

"How... could this be...?"

He turned toward Li Pin in utter disbelief.

After a long time processing, the other Creators and Supremes also recovered from the shock that had nearly frozen their thoughts. They noticed Creator Li's abnormal reaction and followed his gaze, turning to Li Pin.

By now, all the Supremes and Creators had detected that faint, familiar aura wafting from that terrifying entity.

That aura carried an inner spirit fluctuation nearly identical to that of Li Pin.

In that instant, an unprecedented terror swept through every corner of their bodies.

The Supremes from the Demon Race and Sky Clan started shaking. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel·fire.net

If this were Li Pin's true body, they could already imagine the kind of fate awaiting them.

Not just the Supremes from the Demon Race and Sky Clan. Even the Supremes of the Human Race couldn't awaken from the soul-shaking scene for a long time.

They could hardly believe what they were witnessing—a single being comparable to the universe itself.

After a long silence, Supreme Genesis stiffly turned his head and looked at Li Pin, who was standing beside him.

"That... that’s you..." he muttered in disbelief.

He wasn't the only one. Every other Supreme's gaze turned toward Li Pin as well.

"That's me." Li Pin gave a slight nod. "This is the Liberation Realm mentioned within the Phantom Space Technique."

He paused, then added, "Over a hundred years ago, I had an insight, so I went into secluded training in the Void of Chaos. By a stroke of fortune, I achieved in full what should have taken a long time to complete in the Liberation realm. Thus..."

He turned his gaze toward the vast figure towering above them like a human looking at ants.

"This scene you are witnessing."

His description wasn't wrong at all. From his true body’s point of view, these Supremes were no bigger than ants.

A Supreme’s actual mass only spanned a few thousand light-years, but they could project their influence across tens or even hundreds of millions of light-years.

It was much like a galaxy. Its central black hole might span only millions of kilometers, but its influence—its gravitational pull—spanned tens or even hundreds of thousands of light-years.

That was what the Supremes were like.

As for Li Pin, his body spanned billions of light-years, but that was with the Void of Chaos hindering the spread of his influence. In an environment like the cosmos, his influence might extend across trillions upon trillions of light-years.

Of course, no universe of such size existed. If Li Pin forcibly entered a universe—even one spanning over a hundred billion light-years in diameter—he would burst it apart by simply existing.

This was the difference between conscious control and lack of it. The starry cosmos, in some sense, was a dead thing. It naturally could not compare to him.

"Liberation! Liberation! Liberation!"

Supreme Genesis kept muttering this word.

He could never have imagined that such a great lifeform could even exist, that life could evolve to eclipse even the universe.

Nor could he have ever imagined that he would one day walk alongside such a being, chat with him.

This was the greatest honor of his life.

The other Supremes, like Supreme Primordial and Supreme Ordainment, felt the same.

Li Pin had already told them that he had broken through to the Liberation Realm, but they hadn’t understood what a Liberator truly was. They could only glean from the Phantom Space Technique that he had become more powerful.

Therefore, when Supreme Regalheaven failed to triumph over Creator Li, they assumed that Li Pin was—by extension—stronger than Regalheaven, and thus named him the strongest of the Human Race.

However, no matter how far their imagination stretched, they could never have imagined that this was Li Pin’s strength.

Was there even anything comparable?

Supreme Regalheaven couldn't help but sigh. "In the eyes of a Liberator, there are likely only two realms of strength—Liberators, and non-Liberators."

He glanced at Li Pin.

He couldn’t help recalling the Creators’ comments on Li Pin.

They had called him arrogant! Presumptuous, even!

But with Li Pin’s true body now on full display, Regalheaven realized that Li Pin was never arrogant—he had been modest, far too modest.

Compared to his achievements, he had been incredibly humble. He was so modest that, even as a true Liberator, he still had the patience to advise some of the Creators and Supremes, trying to get them to change their minds.

But in the end, no one was willing to listen, nor did anyone believe what he had said.

At last, when his true body finally descended, all that was left was to feel the unending despair it brought with it.

"The arrogance of one with power...."

1. An extract from the Tao Te Ching or Classic of the Way and its Virtue. It is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, although the text's authorship and date of composition and compilation are debated. ☜