Above the heavens.
Li Xiang still gazed expressionlessly at the chaos beneath his feet. Yet compared to any moment since he had become the Heavenly Dao, the chaos below was more violent than ever.
What did it feel like to become the Heavenly Dao?
Li Xiang still remembered the day heaven and earth first opened. Only after he broke through the firmament and stood within this chaotic expanse did he truly take command of his own "body." And that "body" was the world beneath the veil of chaos.
The entire universe—all planets and worlds—were each a "person," merely existing in a manner far beyond flesh and blood.
The universe was a jungle. So-called black holes, white holes... things of that sort were, in his eyes, merely somewhat dangerous things within that jungle. Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao before him had already become the strongest existence in this jungle, possessing enough power to face its dangers. As for the other planets and worlds, they had all become "food" to strengthen itself.
The living beings beneath the veil of chaos had likewise become the mightiest existences because of the nourishment he had plundered from other worlds.
Like his former self, they sought to become a new Heavenly Dao and transcend the dimension to which they belonged.
Greed and the pursuit of answers were both original sins. The people of the world came one after another, wave upon wave. Even on weak planets beyond the world, there were those who sought to replace him, to become the strongest "Heavenly Dao" in the jungle of the universe.
"My life..."
Li Xiang sat numbly upon the chaos. Looking down at his hands, he found fresh wounds upon them.
Beneath the chaos, he could even hear Zhang Baijie and the Thirteen Ancient Sages roaring and laughing. These