Qin Chuan's consciousness returned from his Internal Divine Kingdom.
Only an instant had passed in the outside world.
But he could feel that his Divine Kingdom had changed completely.
The "sun" forged from the Godhead Fragment of Light and the wills of billions of Supplicants now radiated light and heat steadily.
Within his Divine Kingdom, Day and Night had begun to turn, and its laws cycled without end.
The God of Light had become fuel for his growth in the most humiliating way possible.
Qin Chuan opened his eyes and looked around.
The chaos of battle had subsided. Dozens of versions of himself from different timelines floated silently in the Void, every gaze fixed on him.
The connection formed by Myriad Self Unification had grown dangerously unstable after that intense sharing of authority. It could break at any moment.
Spacetime rifts flickered behind them, and the timelines of their respective worlds were calling them back.
It was time to go.
"Well done, Origin Point."
Frost Qin Chuan, whose entire body radiated bone-chilling cold, spoke first. His thought rang through the network.
He glanced at the now nearly perfect cycle within Main World Qin Chuan's Divine Kingdom. A rare hint of approval crossed his cold face.
"The connection's about to break." Another Qin Chuan, a Pure Shadow Construct, began to turn insubstantial.
"We should leave something behind before we go."
One-armed Qin Chuan of World Number 901 patted Main World Qin Chuan on the shoulder with his remaining hand.
The touch was light, but it carried a resolve that would brook no argument.
"We failed, but our paths shouldn't end here."
"You're Origin Point, and the only one of 'us' across all timelines who made it this far."
"Take this."
Frost Qin Chuan wasted no words. He extended a finger and