"I had never understood the Eternal One's other divine abilities, but I had experienced their use of spacetime."
Li Pin spoke.
With Zeroing in tow, he did his best to search for that sensation of "rising."
Yet for some reason, he could no longer find that mysterious feeling.
Like a fish in a river, no matter how it looked around, it could not see the boundless starry sky beyond the river.
"It seems the path of my 'ascent' has truly been severed by that Eternal One."
Li Pin let out a long breath.
"Moreover, if the Eternal One sees only 'cause' and 'effect,' then since he severed my path in advance, I can no longer restore it. Because... from his perspective, he has already seen the 'result' of everything I do. Even if I keep striving, complete the Eternal Dao from other angles, and try again, in the end, I may still inevitably run into the fate of a path that has already been cut off."
It was like two people playing rock-paper-scissors against each other.
The Eternal One was the one who threw his hand second, having already seen the result.
"No matter how I look at it, there seems to be no hope."
Li Pin said.
Was he to stop here?
But immediately afterward, he smiled.
How could that be possible?
He could still breathe.
As long as he could breathe, it was not over.
At once, he mercilessly cut off the negative emotions that kept surging into his mind and steeled himself anew.
Perhaps the road ahead was rugged and difficult.
Perhaps it was filled with hardships and perilous obstacles.
But...
As long as he did not give up, hope would always remain before his eyes.
Buzz! Buzz!
As he pondered, Li Pin sensed the operation of