The long river had reached its end.
Ahead, there was no longer any surging water, nor any dazzling fragments of time streaming past.
There was only a point.
A point that could not be described in words.
It was infinitely small, yet infinitely vast.
It was both "nothing" and "something."
Rules and chaos coexisted here, life and death turned in cycles here, and yin and yang intermingled here.
Everything, every contradiction, was layered together here, then separated apart here.
Li Wei stood at the edge of the point, at the source of the long river.
The road had already reached its end.
Was this... the beginning of the Era?
She instinctively felt a trace of hesitation.
What would she encounter if she took one more step?
Complete annihilation, or a brand-new beginning?
Hum--!
At that moment, immeasurable light spread wantonly.
A lofty, middle-aged Daoist, his bearing transcendent, walked over step by step along a rainbow bridge paved with immeasurable light.
In what was almost the blink of an eye, the Daoist formed from the unity of the Three Pure Ones had already arrived not far behind Li Wei.
He did not choose to attack. Instead, he calmly gazed at Li Wei's back.
"You are a person of the Era, and you possess no Eternal status. The moment you break out of the long river, complete annihilation will be all that awaits you."
His voice was grand and indifferent, without the slightest trace of emotion.
"Little girl, my promise still stands."
"As long as I transcend, the day the new Era begins will also be the day you and all your friends and family 'return.'"
Li Wei slowly turned around.
She looked at the Daoist with a calm expression.
A moment later, her gaze passed over him and turned toward