Eternity, too, had levels, with distinctions between strength and weakness.
At this moment, he smiled knowingly.
He did not dwell on such matters, because he had already achieved his goal and become eternal in the true sense.
He had transcended reincarnation, becoming truly undying and indestructible.
He would no longer lose his own energy because he created a universe or needed to resurrect one.
In other words, he had already risen above all Cosmic Rules.
He was the rule itself.
Reaching this point was enough.
A mission appeared in his mind.
It was his daily work.
That was, to rearrange the twenty trillion universes under his command.
To refill that absolute void with energy, matter, life, and civilization...
And let them continue this cycle.
In other words, Li Chen had become a player of the cosmic game.
He needed to select new successors from among the universes under his management. Only once a true successor emerged could Li Chen continue leveling up.
And manage even greater domains.
But Li Chen could not directly grant those "Chosen Ones" authority.
He needed to design all kinds of hardships step by step, allowing those Chosen Ones to grow on their own...
Just as he himself had once walked those same paths.
With a thought, Li Chen began carrying out his work. Following the mission's instructions, he arranged for singularities to be reborn in one lifeless, matterless absolute void after another.
Or he could simply revive the universes that had been absorbed.
The first universe Li Chen revived was, of course, Universe No. 1797.
"Set the time to... the Sun Era."
"June 30, 2065."
Li Chen adjusted the scale of time, resetting the time node of the newly reborn Universe No. 1797.
This time node was the day apocalyptic disasters erupted on Earth in