Lin Chen sat upright on the Eternal Dao Platform, his eyes closed for more than myriad ages.
Primordial purple Qi flowed silently beside him, without a wave or a ripple. The entire Primordial Realm had fallen into utter tranquility because of his presence. For generations, the Creation Clan had stood guard ten thousand miles from the platform, never daring to step across the forbidden boundary. Every hundred years, the whole clan knelt and bowed to the sole supreme sovereign of the myriad worlds with the utmost devotion.
The Void Dao Lord still stood quietly beside the platform, his figure unmoving. He had long since merged completely with the Great Dao of the Void. His lifespan was endless, untouched by the years. His only mission was to guard Lin Chen, quietly await the Supreme One opening his eyes, and preserve this peace unchanged through myriad ages.
Throughout those years, the myriad worlds had remained steady as bedrock.
Within the heavens, cooking smoke curled over the mortal realm, the sounds of the Dao never ceased in the cultivation realm, the divine realm was peaceful and stable, and the imperial realm was orderly; within chaos, ancient beasts slept peacefully and Heavenly Venerables upheld order, with no more conquests or turmoil; in the domains beyond heaven, the realms lived in harmony and venerables taught the Dao, a flourishing spectacle; within the Primordial Realm, the Creation Divine Tree had deep roots and lush leaves, its source flowing ceaselessly, brimming with life.
All of this had been settled by a single thought from Lin Chen.
Though he had not opened his eyes, his divine soul had long since spread through every spacetime, every dimension, and every inch of heaven and earth. The birth and destruction of the myriad worlds, the sorrows and joys of all living beings, and the workings of the myriad Daos were all within his mind, as clear as the lines on his palm.
"Supreme One..."
The Void Dao Lord called softly, his voice almost inaudible. He could sense that Lin Chen's Dao had long since surpassed eternity, surpassed the source, and surpassed every realm that words could describe. His current stillness was neither cultivation nor contemplation, but a return to truth.
A return to his true nature, to boundlessness, to the original form of invincibility.
Just then, Lin Chen's eyes, closed for myriad ages, finally opened slowly.
In that instant, no divine light pierced the heavens, no Great Dao thundered, and no myriad worlds trembled. Not even the slightest breeze stirred. Yet the Void Dao Lord instantly bowed and lowered his head, indescribable reverence and submission surging through his mind.
What sort of eyes were those?
Without sorrow or joy, brightness or darkness, beginning or end, they seemed to encompass the spacetime of myriad ages and hold all the births and destructions of the myriad worlds, yet remained limpid and clear, unstained by a speck of dust.
One glance was eternity.
One thought was heaven and earth.
"You have stood here so long. Thank you for your efforts." Lin Chen spoke in a calm, gentle voice, yet it instantly brought tears to the Void Dao Lord's eyes.
After waiting for myriad ages, he finally heard the Supreme One speak, and all his steadfast vigil had found its resting place.
"It has been no hardship. To stand guard for you is the greatest fortune of my life." The Void Dao Lord spoke respectfully, his body trembling slightly.
Lin Chen raised his hand slightly and lifted him up, his gaze passing beyond the Primordial Realm toward the depths of endless spacetime.
"The myriad worlds are settled, and the myriad Daos are at peace. The road of invincibility seems to have reached its end, but in truth... it has only just begun."
Lin Chen's quiet words shook the Void Dao Lord's heart.
The myriad worlds had become one, the Primordial Realm had pledged its allegiance, and the sources had returned to their origin. The Supreme One was already a unique existence across myriad ages, so why did he say that the road of invincibility had only just begun?
As though seeing through his confusion, Lin Chen said calmly, "The myriad worlds you see are the heavens, chaos, the heavenly domains, the void, and the Primordial Realm. But beyond all of these lie spacetimes of endless possibility, realms yet to be born, and existences beyond comprehension."
"Eternity is not the destination, and invincibility is not the end. The road I walk has never been about ruling the myriad worlds, but about transcending everything."
The Void Dao Lord held his breath and focused, not daring to interrupt, only listening quietly to the Supreme One's Dao.
"I checked in for a hundred thousand years in the mortal realm. From an ordinary mortal, I broke through boundaries step by step and swept aside every enemy, not to become anyone's ruler, but to cast off every restraint, unconfined by heaven and earth, unbound by the Great Dao, and unworn by the years."
"Now, I am invincible throughout the known myriad worlds, but the unknown still lies ahead."
As Lin Chen finished speaking, an extremely faint layer of white light suddenly appeared around him. It was neither dazzling nor overbearing, yet it made the source of the entire Primordial Realm rejoice, the myriad Daos hum softly, and spacetime itself grow gentle.
This was not power, but the essence of the Dao.
It was the Dao accumulated through a hundred thousand years of check-ins: invincible and unmatched, boundless and endless.
"I intend to go beyond spacetime and seek the ultimate realm," Lin Chen said slowly. "I entrust the myriad worlds here to your protection."
The Void Dao Lord immediately fell to his knees, his voice utterly resolute. "I swear to fulfill my mission even at the cost of my life! I will guard the myriad worlds and await your return! Should anything go even slightly amiss, I am willing to have my soul scattered to atone to you!"
He knew that the Supreme One's departure would take him to an ultimate place beyond even the Primordial Realm's reach, where no one knew the road ahead and the years could not be measured.
But he understood even more clearly that no stretch of heaven and earth could ever confine the Supreme One's steps.
Lin Chen nodded slightly and said nothing more. His white robes stirred as he slowly rose from the Eternal Dao Platform.
At that moment, every living being throughout the myriad heavens and worlds, chaos, the heavenly domains, the void, and the Primordial Realm sensed it at once. Involuntarily, they stopped what they were doing and bowed and knelt toward the Primordial Realm.
The common folk of the mortal realm, the cultivators of the cultivation realm, the gods of the divine realm, the great emperors of the imperial realm, the ancient beasts of chaos, the venerables of the heavenly domains, the Creation Clan of the Primordial Realm...
All living beings bowed together, and all Daos resonated as one.
"We respectfully see you off, Supreme One!"
"May your journey be smooth, Supreme One, and your Dao Path limitless!"
"May the Supreme One be eternal, invincible through myriad ages!"
Their voices crossed spacetime and pierced dimensions, gathering into an immensely vast power of faith that surged toward Lin Chen.
His gaze calm, Lin Chen gently waved his hand.
That vast power of faith instantly dispersed, becoming endless vitality and blessings that showered upon every realm and every living being. From then on, the myriad worlds knew no more natural disasters, unexpected calamities, suffering, or regrets.
This was his final gift to the myriad worlds.
With everything done, Lin Chen lingered no longer and took a light step.
There were no spatial fluctuations or storms of power. Like a gentle breeze, his figure slowly merged into the void at the summit of the Primordial Realm. With one step, he transcended the existing spacetime and vanished from the sight and perception of the myriad worlds.
The Void Dao Lord knelt on the platform, gazing in the direction where Lin Chen had vanished, and did not rise for a long time.
The instant Lin Chen stepped beyond the known myriad worlds, the scene before him changed completely.
There was no heaven or earth, no purple Qi, no Great Dao, no living beings-not even the concepts of time and space.
This was the Ultimate Void, the ultimate place beyond all realms, a forbidden domain beyond even the reach of the primordial source.
This place was empty to the extreme, dark to the extreme, and ancient to the extreme.
Yet in Lin Chen's eyes, it was not devoid of everything.
He could see countless unborn spacetimes slumbering, countless unformed realms brewing, countless unopened Great Daos lying dormant, and countless living beings yet to appear waiting.
This was the beginning of everything, and also the end of everything.
"So that is how it is," Lin Chen murmured, a trace of understanding flashing through his eyes.
What he had accumulated through a hundred thousand years of check-ins had never been power, but possibility.
Invincibility was not defeating every enemy, but possessing the possibility of creating everything, changing everything, and transcending everything.
Eternity was not living forever without dying, but being unbound by spacetime, undefined by realms, and unlimited by existence.
At this thought, Lin Chen smiled slightly.
That smile sent ripples through the Ultimate Void.
He slowly raised his right hand and gently tapped with his fingertip.
That touch carried no power, yet contained all the Dao fruits of his hundred thousand years of check-ins, all the accumulated foundations of the myriad worlds united, and the entire essence of eternal invincibility.
Where his fingertip descended.
Boom-!
Indescribable radiance suddenly bloomed!
It was neither light nor darkness, neither Dao nor power, but the opening of heaven.
An entirely new great world, unlike anything that had ever existed and far above the level of the Primordial Realm, slowly came into being at his fingertip.
Within that world were new heavens and earth, new myriad Daos, new living beings, and a new order.
There was no strife, no suffering, no distinction between strong and weak, no distinction between exalted and lowly. Everything arose naturally, and everything moved freely.
This was the great world of freedom Lin Chen had created with a thought.
He did not become this world's ruler, leave any mark, or establish any rules. He merely created it, then turned and continued onward.
To him, creation was not dominion, protection was not restraint, and invincibility was not standing high above others.
It was following his heart and walking freely, without bounds or limits, without beginning or end.
He did not know how many years he had traveled.
Lin Chen walked through one Ultimate Void after another, created one great world of freedom after another, witnessed one entirely new Dao after another, and encountered one existence beyond imagination after another.
His white robes remained purer than snow, and he remained as untroubled as the wind.
He had no opponents, because he had no need to act.
He had no expedition, because wherever his feet fell was his direction.
He had no realm, because he himself defined realms.
He finally understood that true invincibility was not having no one who could rival him, but having no need to face an enemy.
True eternity was not enduring undying through the years, but having a heart free of fetters.
The true Great Dao was not having all Daos pledge allegiance, but having freedom in his own heart.
Within the original myriad worlds.
Epoch after epoch passed, and generation after generation of living beings multiplied and flourished.
Lin Chen's legend was never forgotten. Instead, as the years flowed, it grew more sacred, more far-reaching, and more deeply rooted in people's hearts.
People said that the Supreme One had gone beyond spacetime, to the ultimate place, to the end of everything.
People said that the Supreme One had never left, that his gaze had always watched over the myriad worlds and protected all living beings.
People said that anyone who held reverence in their heart could sense the Supreme One's presence and receive eternal protection.
The Void Dao Lord still guarded the Eternal Dao Platform, day after day, year after year, epoch after epoch.
He always believed that one day, the Supreme One would return.
And Lin Chen had indeed never left.
A single thought of his was the peace of the myriad worlds.
A single breath of his was the harmony of the myriad Daos.
His existence was proof of invincibility.
Within the Ultimate Void.
Lin Chen strolled in white robes, his steps unhurried.
Ahead lay the endless unknown.
Behind him lay the flourishing age he had guarded through myriad ages.
A hundred thousand years of check-ins had tempered his original heart.
Emerging into the world had forged his invincibility.
The heavens became his subjects, yet not a thread of his mortal heart changed.
The myriad worlds pledged allegiance, yet he did not exchange his freedom.
The Primordial Realm bowed its head, yet could scarcely limit his ten-thousand-mile Dao Path.
Eternity without bounds could not stop him from opening heaven with a thought.
Lin Chen raised his head and looked toward the deepest reaches of the Ultimate Void, a faint, calm smile lifting the corners of his mouth.
The road ahead was endless, the years were endless, and the Dao Path was endless.
And he was still that youth who had checked in for a hundred thousand years and emerged into the world invincible.
The road of invincibility would never end.
The heart of eternity was free and without end.