A thousand tangled thoughts crowded his mind.
Xu Yuan had never forgotten this.
It had all begun because the Universe and the Ancient God wanted to undergo Dimensional Ascension.
Now every condition for the Universe's Dimensional Ascension had been met.
So what was the result?
Before a breath had passed, the will of the Universe answered:
"Dimensional Ascension has never succeeded."
"Why?" Xu Yuan asked.
"Only now have I discovered that Truth requires Life and Death to coexist, complete and unhindered, and ascend together in the end. Only then will it be recognized," the Universe said.
"The Ancient God dropped the ball." Xu Yuan sighed.
"It mutated," the Universe said.
"So there's absolutely no way to ascend now?"
"That appears to be the case."
"Appears?"
"...My power is insufficient, and so is yours. We have no way forward now, only one chance to set things right," the Universe said.
"What chance?" Xu Yuan asked.
The Universe said nothing more.
But a faint glow began to rise from Xu Yuan's body.
The Truth particles had grown active. They circled him, building a vast, boundless power.
Three lines of faintly glowing text appeared before Xu Yuan's eyes:
"Set a new Rule for the Ten Days. It must ensure the Universe can never be defeated."
"Note: You have only one chance."
"Failure to ascend does not necessarily mean you will be reclaimed—if even Truth can do nothing about you, perhaps you can continue to exist."
One chance!
Xu Yuan slowly raised his hand.
Wherever his arm passed, every Dimension appeared before his eyes, thread by thread, like silk woven with exquisite precision.
Time, space, Fate, causality...
Everything was born from nothingness and took shape, awaiting his summons and arrangement.
—He was practically a creator!
"Hey, you evolved countless lives and civilizations. Shouldn't you