"Time."
Li Pin spoke those two words in his heart.
He had always believed in one principle.
Time could prove everything.
Given a long enough span of time, anything could yield an answer.
Perhaps the answer would be somewhat unsatisfactory, but it would ultimately pierce through the fog and provide an explanation.
And at this very moment, he understood another truth as well.
Time could prove everything, and it could wash everything away.
Nothing in this world remained unchanged forever.
Even so-called permanence would change when placed upon a sufficiently long timescale.
No one in this world was immortal.
Nor was anyone in this world eternal.
Even supreme beings, peerless beings, and rulers would struggle to survive the catastrophe of the Ancient Star Realm.
Just as the flourishing, resplendent civilization of cultivation during the Ancient Star Realm era had nearly been wiped out overnight.
Li Pin came to this realization.
And he smiled.
Did all these changes matter to him?
They did not.
What he had sought had always been nothing more than a marker upon his lifeline.
Perhaps...
It was time to transcend even the notion of setting a marker for himself.
Just as no one in this world was immortal and no one was eternal, then...
Let him become the first immortal being, the first...
Eternal One.
"To become an Eternal One, begin with the first step: grasping time."
Then...
Transcend time.
A smile appeared on Li Pin's face.
Then, he turned his gaze toward Li Yunyao.
"Thank you."
He thanked her.
Li Yunyao was somewhat baffled, and even more at a loss.
Li Pin stepped forward and patted her head.
That action made Li Yunyao's body tremble slightly.
That feeling...
If she had still possessed a body of flesh and blood, she would surely have gone completely