Creating the Eternal Realm, All Races Paying Homage: I Am the Sole Exalted One of the Heavens

The news that Lin Chen had slain the seven supreme beings of the myriad realms with a flick of his fingers and swept aside the allied army of gods exploded like chaos thunder through every corner of the heavens and myriad realms within a mere half hour.

From the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm above to the Nine Nether Devil Domain below, as far away as the far shore of the starry sky and as secluded as the forbidden lands of chaos, no faction or being could ignore this news that could overturn the order of countless ages.

Ziwei Heavenly Emperor, Heaven-Devouring Devil Ancestor, Withered Bones Holy King... which of these seven had not stood at the pinnacle of the heavens and lived for millions, even nearly ten million years? They could destroy star domains with a wave and sever long rivers with a flick of their fingers. They were the acknowledged ceiling of all races across the heavens, titans to whom even the Heavenly Dao yielded a measure of respect.

Yet these seven supreme beings had joined forces with thirty-six primordial holy kings, a hundred and eight immortal emperors of the heavens, and over a thousand half-emperors to form the ultimate allied army of the myriad realms, only to prove unworthy of even a moment of Lin Chen's serious attention.

Suppressed with a word, erased with a finger.

Without raising so much as a ripple, they had become dust between heaven and earth, stripped even of the right to reincarnate.

Such strength had long surpassed the category of "powerhouse," transcending the boundaries of "immortal emperor," "supreme being," and "transcendence" to reach a domain unrecorded even in legends of the ages or ancient histories of chaos-the domain of sovereigns.

The starry battlefield had already fallen quiet. Broken Principles coalesced anew, extinguished stars lit up again, and shattered space slowly healed, as though that world-destroying encirclement had never happened.

Only a faint, elusive trace of the Chaos Sovereign's presence lingering in the air silently proved that the supreme being had been there.

Lin Chen stood amid the stars with his hands behind his back, his robes untouched by dust, his expression as calm as before. He released no pressure, yet the entire sea of stars involuntarily submitted, lowering its gaze in obedience.

He raised his eyes, his gaze piercing billions of star domains and seeing through the time and space of countless ages, turning toward the most remote, desolate, and mysterious region at the edge of the heavens and myriad realms-the land where chaos had yet to be cleaved.

There, time did not flow, space had no meaning, living beings did not exist, and Principles did not operate. It was true nothingness, the primordial state before the birth of the universe.

Through a hundred thousand years of sign-ins, he had long since gathered everything needed to cleave heaven and earth and create a world.

The Primordial Creation Pearl, Eternal Realm Heart, Origin of All Spirits, and Sovereign Dao Principles rewarded by the system had long since reached perfection within him. With a single thought, he could create a supreme realm that stood above the heavens and myriad realms, eternally indestructible and impervious to all arts.

"Since I am already invincible, let me leave behind a realm, to endure for eternity."

Lin Chen spoke softly. His voice was not loud, yet it pierced chaos, resounded through the ages, and reached the ears of every powerhouse among all races across the heavens.

As his words fell, he slowly raised his right hand and gently pointed a fingertip.

Hum-!!!

A seemingly feeble golden light, carrying all the foundations of his hundred thousand years of sign-ins and the full authority of the Chaos Sovereign, burst from his fingertip and shot into that uncleaved land of chaos at an indescribable speed.

The next instant.

Boom-!!!

The entire universe of chaos shook violently!

Endless currents of Chaos Qi exploded, primordial nothingness tore apart, and waves of Primordial Qi swept across the eight wilds. A golden light spanning the ages and connecting the heavens erupted!

There was no terrifying presence of destruction, no violent fluctuation of energy, only endless vitality, endless eternity, and endless sanctity spreading wildly through nothingness.

Land rose, rivers surged, mountains towered, the sky hung high, sun and moon revolved, stars arranged themselves, auspicious clouds formed on their own, and Spirit Veins welled up of their own accord...

A realm was born from nothingness!

This realm had no borders, no end, no passage of years, no cycle of life and death, and no calamities or wars.

In this realm, Dao Principles were born of the Sovereign, all arts were ordained by the Sovereign, and heaven and earth existed through the Sovereign.

This realm was neither born nor destroyed, neither defiled nor pure, neither increased nor diminished, enduring for eternity.

Lin Chen's gaze remained calm. With a thought, countless supreme treasures obtained over thousands to a hundred thousand years flew from his body and descended into the newborn realm.

The Chaos Green Lotus rooted itself in the realm's heart, blooming with billions of rays of eternal divine light to stabilize its foundations.

The Divine Tree of Ten Thousand Daos stood at its center, its branches and leaves covering the entire realm and producing endless Spiritual Qi.

The Immortal Spring of Eternal Life flowed across the land, its waters able to revive the dead and regrow flesh on bare bones, granting all spirits everlasting life.

The Sovereign Divine Hall floated in the nine heavens, vast and majestic, the supreme symbol of the Eternal Realm.

The Star Chart of the Heavens hung in the sky, reflecting the myriad realms, controlling time and space, and perceiving past and future.

Countless Innate Spirit Treasures, supreme immortal rarities, and eternal divine objects arranged themselves, becoming the backbone and foundations of this realm.

Lin Chen raised his hand and wrote two characters.

Eternity.

The two characters merged into the realm's heaven and earth, instantly becoming its true name, branded upon the origin of chaos, imperishable through the ages and known throughout the heavens.

The Eternal Realm was complete!

This realm stood above the heavens and myriad realms, the mother realm of the heavens, the origin of all domains, and the ultimate eternity.

This realm had only one master, Lin Chen, and revered Lin Chen alone.

"In my name as the Chaos Sovereign, I establish the Eternal Realm as the foremost realm of the heavens. All races may pay homage, all Daos may bow, and all spirits may return."

"Within the Eternal Realm, there shall be no strife, no slaughter, no suffering, and no tribulations to endure."

"Those who obey me may enter eternity and gain everlasting life; those who defy me shall enter neither eternity nor reincarnation."

Lin Chen's voice became the eternal voice of the Dao, spreading throughout the heavens and myriad realms, resounding through every star domain and entering the heart of every living being.

Wherever the voice of the Dao passed, all races submitted, all Daos kowtowed, and all spirits stood in awe.

The Immortal Realm.

Inside the Hall of Soaring Firmament, the Jade August Great Emperor trembled all over and rolled straight off his dragon throne, prostrating himself on the floor, drenched in cold sweat, without even the courage to raise his head.

"Chaos Sovereign... Eternal Realm... our Immortal Realm is willing to pay homage for all eternity and never rebel!"

The Devil Realm.

Deep within the Devil Palace, the newly appointed Devil Master shook with fear as he led every devil general and soldier in kneeling, his voice trembling. "The entire Devil Realm is willing to obey the Sovereign's commands and serve as slaves for all eternity, never daring harbor disloyalty!"

The Demon Realm.

In the ancestral land of all demons, the demon emperor prostrated himself as all demons cried out together, their voices shaking the starry sky. "The Demon Race wishes to enter the Eternal Realm and serve at the Sovereign's side!"

The Mortal Realm.

Above the ruins of the Azure Cloud Holy Land, the surviving cultivators knelt and kowtowed with tears streaming down their faces. "We had eyes but could not see, and once offended your divine might. We beg the Sovereign's forgiveness! We are willing to enshrine the Sovereign's statue for generations and offer sacrifices for all eternity!"

A primordial forbidden zone.

An innate god-devil who had slumbered for hundreds of millions of years forcibly broke through his seal. His aged body trembled incessantly as he prostrated himself toward the Eternal Realm. "The Innate Devil Race pays respects to the Sovereign! We are willing to offer the forbidden zone's origin and beg to enter eternity!"

The depths of chaos.

A giant chaos dragon that had dwelled there for endless years opened its eyes and lowered its enormous head, releasing a reverent dragon roar. "The Chaos Dragon Race is willing to acknowledge the Sovereign as our master and guard the gates of the Eternal Realm for generations!"

For a time, every race across the heavens, weak or strong, righteous or evil, god or devil, voiced its most devout submission.

They did not fear death, but they feared being barred from eternity.

They did not dread powerful enemies, but they dreaded the Chaos Sovereign.

By creating the Eternal Realm, Lin Chen had given every race across the heavens an ultimate hope-everlasting life.

And that hope depended on a single thought from Lin Chen.

No one dared gamble, and no one could gamble.

Submission was the only choice.

Just as all races across the heavens submitted one after another and voices of homage resounded through chaos.

Above the nine heavens of the Eternal Realm, within the Sovereign Divine Hall.

Lin Chen sat upon the supreme sovereign throne, cast from Chaos Divine Metal and inlaid with billions of eternal divine stones, radiating the supreme majesty of one who alone reigned above all.

The instant he sat down, the system's solemn, grand notification rang in his mind.

"Ding!"

"Host has completed the ultimate creation achievement: creating the Eternal Realm (above the heavens and myriad realms)!"

"Host's cumulative sign-in duration: 100,800 years, setting the system's highest record and breaking the limits of chaos!"

"The system's ultimate reward package has been issued:"

"1. Eternal Sovereign Physique (ultimate perfection): impervious to all arts, commanding the submission of all Daos, eternally indestructible, surpassing all physiques!"

"2. Sovereign-Level Unlimited Sign-In: no location restrictions, no cooldown, sign in with a single thought, no upper limit on rewards!"

"3. Subjugation Mark of All Spirits of the Heavens: all living beings throughout the heavens and myriad realms will automatically be branded with the Sovereign's mark; their life and death can be controlled with a thought!"

"4. Supreme Authority of Chaos: control the origin of chaos, control the workings of the Heavenly Dao, control time, space, and reincarnation, control all existence!"

"5. Ultimate form unlocked: Sole Exalted One of the Heavens: no cultivation realm, no level, no opponents, no enemies, in the truest sense-invincible upon emerging into the world, without an opponent for eternity!"

"System's final judgment: host Lin Chen is the sole sovereign, sole true god, sole supreme being, and sole eternity since the birth of chaos, throughout the time and space of all ages, within the heavens and myriad realms!"

"The system's mission is complete. It will now merge into the host's origin, becoming one with the host, never to part!"

Hum-!!!

The system became a dazzling golden light and merged directly into the depths of Lin Chen's soul, bloodline, Dao foundation, and eternal origin.

From that moment onward, Lin Chen was the system, and the system was Lin Chen.

The power of signing in became his own power.

The power of invincibility became the power of his origin.

The power of eternity became his own Dao.

Lin Chen slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his eyes held neither sun, moon, and stars, nor the Great Dao of time and space, nor all spirits and all things, only an expanse of eternal stillness and depth.

He no longer needed to sign in; he already stood at the pinnacle of signing in.

He no longer needed to cultivate; he had already reached cultivation's end.

He no longer needed to act; he already embodied invincibility.

Everything in the world lay within a single thought of his.

Just then, waves of orderly, devout homage came from beyond the gates of the Eternal Realm.

The envoys of all races across the heavens had arrived!

At their head was the supreme envoy of the Immortal Realm, holding its highest realm-stabilizing treasure-the Haotian Jade Seal. He knelt respectfully. "The envoy of the Immortal Realm, together with its billions of immortal citizens, pays homage to the Chaos Sovereign and respectfully offers the Haotian Jade Seal, begging entry to the Eternal Realm!"

Close behind was the envoy of the Devil Realm, bearing the core of the Devil Realm's origin-the Devil Ancestor Heart Core. He prostrated himself. "The envoy of the Devil Realm, together with the billions of devil spirits of the devil domain, pays homage to the Eternal Sovereign and respectfully offers the Devil Ancestor Heart Core, begging the gift of everlasting life!"

The envoy of the Demon Realm, the envoy of the Dragon Race, the envoy of the Phoenix Race, the envoy of the Primordial God Race, the envoy of the Innate Spirits, the envoys of the myriad sects of the Mortal Realm...

Fully ten thousand envoys from the foremost races and factions of the heavens and myriad realms gathered outside the gates of the Eternal Realm. Without exception, they all prostrated themselves in respectful homage and offered their races' supreme treasures, seeking only Lin Chen's approval and the right to enter the Eternal Realm.

Every treasure they had brought was a supreme treasure that anchored its race's fortune. In the outside world, each could spark bloody wars across the heavens, yet before Lin Chen, they were as insignificant as dust and grass, unworthy of mention.

Seated in the Sovereign Divine Hall, Lin Chen swept an indifferent gaze over them.

"Granted."

One word fell.

The envoys of all races were wild with joy, kowtowing repeatedly, shedding tears of gratitude.

"Thank you, Sovereign! Thank you, Sovereign!"

With a thought from Lin Chen, the gates of the Eternal Realm opened on their own. Endless eternal divine light poured out, enveloping every envoy and carrying them inside.

From then on, all races across the heavens entered eternity.

From then on, the heavens and myriad realms were united as one.

From then on, the universe of chaos knew no more strife.

Having settled the matter of the races' homage, Lin Chen turned his gaze toward a very special place among the heavens and myriad realms.

It was a forgotten small world called the Azure Mystic Minor Realm.

A hundred thousand years ago, when Lin Chen had first transmigrated and bound himself to the system, his first sign-in location had been the Azure Mystic Minor Realm.

Back then, his cultivation had been low, and he could only lie low on a barren mountain in the Azure Mystic Minor Realm, signing in daily and collecting the most basic rewards, accumulating step by step and growing stronger step by step. Only then had he ultimately signed in for a hundred thousand years in the Primordial Forbidden Land and achieved his present invincibility.

It could be said that the Azure Mystic Minor Realm was his place of origin.

"Let's go back and take a look."

Lin Chen spoke softly, and his figure vanished instantly from the Sovereign Divine Hall.

There was no spatial fluctuation, no flow of energy, no distortion of time and space.

A thought, and he arrived.

Azure Mystic Minor Realm, Southern Region, Azure Yang City.

A hundred thousand years had passed, yet this small city remained prosperous, its streets bustling and people coming and going, filled with the warmth of mortal life.

Outside the small city, the once-barren mountain had long since become the most sacred holy land in the Azure Mystic Minor Realm-Mystic Emperor Mountain.

A divine hall had been built on the mountain, enshrining a nameless statue. The statue's features were indistinct, yet it radiated a presence that inspired awe throughout the Azure Mystic Minor Realm.

For a hundred thousand years, no one in the Azure Mystic Minor Realm had known this statue's origins. They knew only that devout worship would bring favorable winds and timely rain, freedom from disaster and hardship, and progress in cultivation.

Over time, this nameless statue had become the foremost faith and foremost true god of the Azure Mystic Minor Realm.

Lin Chen strolled along Mystic Emperor Mountain, looking at the indistinct statue as a faint smile curved his lips.

This statue had come about because, a hundred thousand years earlier, a trace of his presence had inadvertently escaped while he was signing in. The ancestors of the Azure Mystic Minor Realm had sensed it and erected a statue to worship, passing it down to this day.

He raised his hand and gently waved.

Hum!

Light blazed from the statue, its indistinct features instantly becoming clear, taking on Lin Chen's current appearance, robes fluttering, eternal and divine.

"My name is Lin Chen, the origin of Azure Mystic, the Chaos Sovereign."

His voice spread throughout the Azure Mystic Minor Realm.

Every living being in the Azure Mystic Minor Realm, mortal or cultivator, knelt and kowtowed, hailing the Sovereign.

Lin Chen's gaze swept across Azure Yang City. He saw mortals laughing in the streets, youths studying in schoolrooms, cultivators cultivating among mountains and forests, and the most ordinary, warmest bustle of mortal life.

This was the atmosphere he had missed most during his hundred thousand years of signing in.

"The Azure Mystic Minor Realm shall be incorporated as a branch of the Eternal Realm, peaceful for all eternity, prosperous for all eternity, free from disaster for all eternity."

Lin Chen left behind an eternal mark, merging it into the heaven and earth of the Azure Mystic Minor Realm. Then his figure shifted, and he returned to the Eternal Realm.

From that day onward, the Azure Mystic Minor Realm would be eternally free of worry.

Returning to the Sovereign Divine Hall in the Eternal Realm, Lin Chen sat upon his throne, looking down upon the heavens and myriad realms, upon the living beings of all races, and upon the eternal land.

Under his protection, all races lived and worked in peace, enjoying everlasting, undying life.

Under his control, all Daos operated in order, eternally free of chaos.

Beneath his gaze, the heavens were united as one, eternally peaceful.

He raised his hand and gently pointed a fingertip. Above the Eternal Realm, a line of eternally imperishable golden words appeared.

A hundred thousand years of signing in, invincible upon emerging into the world.

My name is Lin Chen, the Sole Exalted One of the Heavens, the sole master of chaos, the sole god of eternity.

The words merged into the eternal Heavenly Dao, becoming a legend unchanging through the ages, the eternal faith of all races across the heavens.

Lin Chen closed his eyes, his mind immersed in eternal tranquility.

A hundred thousand years of lying low, emerging in a single day, sweeping across the heavens, creating eternity, receiving the homage of all races, uniting the myriad realms as one.

He no longer needed to contend, to seize, to fight, or to guard.

Because-

He was already invincible.

He had become eternal.

He had become the one and only.

Across all heavens and myriad worlds, he had no rivals left.

Through the spacetime of all ages, he had no mighty foes left.

Through the ages of chaos, there were no more ripples.

From then on, the years would be tranquil, with peace for all eternity.

From then on, he would never stop signing in, and his invincibility would endure forever.

From then on, the myriad races of all heavens would worship him for all eternity.

Lin Chen, the Chaos Sovereign who had signed in for a hundred thousand years and emerged into the world already invincible, would sit enthroned over all heavens within the Eternal Realm, command the myriad Daos, and look down upon all ages, until eternity's end, until chaos shattered, until everything returned to zero.

And his legend would be passed down forever as long as the Eternal Realm existed, becoming the most exalted, most sacred, most invincible legend in all heavens and myriad worlds.