When Dongguan stepped onto the stone-paved path, the other road, along with the universe where the Divine Palace stood, turned illusory and vanished.
At that moment, layer upon layer of memories returned to his mind.
"So I chose this place every single time?"
He had passed trial after trial and reached the Divine Palace.
But in fact, he had done so more than once.
He had made this choice far too many times as well.
Yet every time, he had stepped onto this stone-paved path.
He did not know whether he had truly made this choice, whether the effect had established the cause, or whether this really was what he had chosen wholeheartedly. But now, he could only move forward.
The path was neither long nor short, and each paving stone was just large enough for one step.
He deliberately lengthened or shortened his stride, only to discover that each step still landed in the middle of a stone.
There were changes, but everything looked calm on the surface.
Though he could be considered to have comprehended the Space Law, he once again felt how shallow his understanding was.
"Control of Space-Time, a Universe Master? Before a higher-level existence, that really is rather laughable."
The repeated cycles of reincarnation had shown him a more exquisite manipulation of "time." Now, it was space.
He counted as he walked, step by step.
When he reached 10,082, the seemingly endless nothingness before him gradually receded.
There stood an ancient temple, the very one he had first seen.
And the stone statue within the ancient temple had now come alive.
He resembled a yellow-skinned human from Earth. Every feature of his face was flawless, with neither a fraction too much nor a fraction too little.
Yet looking at him, Dongguan felt that he had