Postscript I: Door God

Milky Way, Solar System, Earth.

About thirty kilometers above the surface, in Earth's stratosphere, an invisible ray of light swiftly drifted through the air, tracing the outline of a doorway.

A slender, fair hand gently pushed open the door, and a figure in white stepped through.

He was a tall, handsome young man with a pair of strange ruby-red eyes.

"Let's break through Level 20 here."

The red-eyed youth, Bai Xiaowen, slowly closed his eyes. Vast waves of energy gathered within him as the surrounding spiritual energy surged toward him.

In a single breath, after one circulation, Bai Xiaowen's aura directly shattered the shackles of Level 20. He completed a leap in his life level as easily as breaking a glass cup.

A Transcendent, a Demigod Level being with a thousand-year lifespan.

"By the standards of the Ancient Huaxia Cultivation Path, I should be... at the Mahayana Stage?"

Bai Xiaowen smiled. He could feel the faint rejection of this Cosmic Space. As time passed, that repulsive force would continue to grow stronger.

Yet layers upon layers of lines appeared in Bai Xiaowen's eyes, forming patterns that resembled doorways.

At that moment, his aura became somewhat ethereal, as though he did not belong to this world. The rejection of Cosmic Space immediately vanished without a trace.

Ordinary Transcendents could not escape the rejection of the Real Universe and could only "Ascend" to the Astral Realm.

Bai Xiaowen was different. He had already gained partial authority over the Origin Stone Slab, so opening a back door for himself was no problem.

However, this brief breakthrough into the Transcendent realm had already caused considerable changes in Earth's spiritual energy environment.

Jinghai Base City, Redfire District.

Li Beihai looked up at the sky. Dark Clouds gathered into a Giant Vortex, and at its center, the ring of blackness resembled a god's eye gazing down at the earth.

A jolt of unease flashed through Li Beihai's heart. "Good grief, could some enormous Space Rift have appeared...?"

Li Beihai was not the only one unsettled. At the same time, leaders from countries around the world convened emergency meetings over the enormous vortex above Huaxia.

However, the Giant Vortex soon dispersed, as though it had merely been an accidental Celestial Phenomenon.

"Whew." Li Beihai let out a breath and cursed, "Which idiot made this mess? Scared the hell out of me."

Spirit Realm, Shaoding Plane, Sea Gazing Cliff.

Xia Feng and Qiao Liqun sat facing each other. Not far from them, a group of high-ranking members from the White Phoenix Territory and Great Xia Territory stood solemnly. Among them were Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, Cecilia, Han Xu, and Zhen Mi, while the others included Great Xia Territory higher-ups such as Guo Baisheng.

Qiao Liqun appeared relaxed, while Xia Feng sat ramrod straight, his back tense.

"How many times do I have to say it? I bear you no ill will..." Qiao Liqun spread his hands. "Although Bai Xiaowen tricked me, I can understand what he was thinking. He didn't want to put me in a difficult position. If I had entered the Central Hub with you, My God might truly have ordered me to fight to the death and force Bai Xiaowen to submit. That would only have sent me to my death for nothing."

Xia Feng shook his head. "I can't believe a single word you say."

It was not that he did not believe him. He could not believe him.

Xia Feng knew that Qiao Liqun excelled at Spirit Suggestion. If Qiao Liqun truly harbored malicious intentions, then the moment Xia Feng believed his first sentence, he would have fallen for his trick. After that, Qiao Liqun could use a series of methods to trap Xia Feng in a Dream Realm, unable to Wake Up.

And at present, the only person in the Great Xia Territory and White Phoenix Territory who could restrain Qiao Liqun was Xia Feng.

Although Li Shuyi and the others had now become High-Tier Evolutionaries, they were still far inferior to Qiao Liqun and Xia Feng, who were Chosen and stood at the Evolutionary Peak.

Qiao Liqun said helplessly, "Hey, Qiao Rui is still a descendant of my elder brother. Would I really be so low as to go after her? Besides, Bai Xiaowen could return at any moment. Why would I make trouble for myself... Urgh!"

Symbols flowed through the air, eventually converging into a doorway. Then a hand pushed it open, and Bai Xiaowen stepped through.

"Oh, Senior Qiao, Big Brother Xia, hello." Bai Xiaowen said with a grin. "I think I heard someone mentioning my name. You missed me that much? I'm so touched."

"You... how did you do that?" Qiao Liqun looked as though he had seen a ghost. "This is Sea Gazing Cliff... I set restrictions here! No, this place itself is a Spirit Realm Plane. You don't have a Resonance Teleportation Array, so how did you get in?"

The White Phoenix Territory possessed a Resonance Teleportation Array directly connected to the Shaoding Plane, but the White Phoenix Territory was currently inside the Shaoding Plane.

Xia Feng also said, "I didn't sense any spatial fluctuations..."

Bai Xiaowen smiled. "It's an understanding of Spatial Nodes, along with the authority to open an Anywhere Door between different Spatial Nodes. The world looks slightly different through my eyes than it does through yours."

In Bai Xiaowen's eyes, the world was made up of infinitely many Spatial Nodes. Wherever he wanted to go, he only needed to directly "connect" to the corresponding Spatial Node.

To put it more simply, if Bai Xiaowen wanted to engage in Space Travel, he only needed to use the authority of the "Anywhere Door" and push open an intangible doorway to arrive directly at his destination, ignoring all restrictions and barriers between realms—including places like the Land of Origin, the Central Hub, and the Astral Realm.

The moment Bai Xiaowen appeared, the crowd from the White Phoenix Territory erupted.

"Xiaowen!"

"Husband!"

"Captain!" *2

"Brother!"

As call after call rang out, Li Shuyi and the others finally let down their guard and rushed toward Bai Xiaowen. They scrambled to touch his hair, face, and arms, terrified that they were only seeing an illusion, terrified that he would vanish.

"Everyone... it's good to see you all. Xiao Jun, you've become an Evolutionist too."

A warm feeling rose in Bai Xiaowen's heart. It was these family members, lovers, and friends who gave meaning to the loneliness he had endured in the Central Hub.

"How incredible... With the authority to travel by opening doors at will, you're effectively a Deity already, aren't you?" Xia Feng said.

A Deity was, in the end, simply a Living Being that possessed authority over a certain domain.

Bai Xiaowen nodded. "In terms of authority, I suppose so. But in terms of life level, I'm still only a Demigod."

Qiao Liqun said enviously, "Once you have authority, you have a divine spark. Would raising your life level be difficult then? Especially for a New Creator like you, who is about to gain control over all authority. Breaking through realms is as easy as breathing."

Xiao Jun asked curiously, "Then what kind of god is Brother?"

Li Shuyi said, "The one who governs death is the God of Death, the one who governs beasts is the Beast God, the one who governs light is the God of Light... Since Xiaowen holds authority over doors, then naturally he is..."

"...the Door God!" everyone said in unison.