One day later.
The Sun once again hung high above the colossal tree, its light cascading across the sky.
Yu Xuan slowly opened his eyes.
He felt groggy.
Not physically tired but ntally... stretched.
His instincts for timing were still sharp.
Because the mont he sat up, Xin Juesheng, the self-proclaid Old Ancestor and Third Human Emperor, was already walking toward him.
’Perfect timing,’ Yu Xuan thought.
Then his mind drifted back.
’...What a strange dream.’
A self-proclaid Sun barged into his dreamscape, accused him of disrespect, forced him into a gacha ga and he ended up obtaining a supre technique.
A very strange supre technique.
Though highly practical.
He coughed lightly.
’I definitely did not create that myself, right?’
He hadn’t suddenly achieved enlightennt and forged such a bizarre thod out of thin air... right?
His expression grew complicated.
’Even if I lose my Young Master position one day... I could definitely beco a Yang Master.’ His lips twitched at that thought.
Jian Chen, standing nearby with his silver hair flowing faintly, observed Yu Xuan’s changing expressions and could not help but wonder.
’What exactly did the Seventh Sun give him...?’
Just then, Xin Juesheng arrived before them.
"The negotiations are done let’s go—"
He paused mid-sentence as his gaze shifted.
Two figures were approaching from the distance.
The air subtly tightened.
"...Now look at this," a deep voice echoed from above.
"Even the Heaven Changing Sword is here."
Space folded inward.
The sky dimd slightly as the Grand Void Emperor descended, every step bending the surrounding fabric of space as though it were cloth beneath his feet.
The title of Grand Void Emperor was not lightly earned.
It belonged only to those who ruled unimaginable vast territories of the Void.
And he was among the first beings ever born within that endless darkness.
Behind him walked another equally terrifying existence.
"For Heaven’s sake... can you first stop copying my appearance?" a calm yet irritated voice said.
Yu Xuan looked.
Then blinked.
Then blinked again.
The being called the Eternal Supre looked deceptively simple, if one ignored the fact that where a head should be, there existed a rotating black hole. A faint crimson glow swirled along its accretion disk, like irritation made visible.
The Grand Void Emperor had adopted a similar form.
Except his singularity lacked the crimson disk.
"...I didn’t know even the Eternal Supre would co," Xin Juesheng said slowly, eyes narrowing.
He had invited the Grand Void Emperor.
The Eternal Supre was not part of the arrangent.
The two powerhouse’s gazes locked.
The air felt heavy.
Unseen pressure radiated outward like invisible tidal waves, causing the landmasses to tremble subtly.
Humans and Eternals were not openly at war.
But their history was... complicated.
In many worlds, the Eternals were the first inhabitants.
Humans ca later.
Yet in nurous realms, Humanity beca destiny’s favored race.
Naturally, resentnt followed.
Their relationship, on a cosmic scale, could best be described as chaotic neutral.
"I truly don’t mind your presence, Eternal Supre," Xin Juesheng said lightly.
"Why do I sense your sincerity is lacking?" the Eternal Supre replied.
Though his tone was steady, inwardly he felt sothing else.
A premonition.
The mortal challenger standing quietly below.
Yu Xuan.
Was sohow tied to the long-term fate of the Eternal Race.
He did not know why.
But beings of their level did not ignore such instincts.
They understood the deeper chanisms of Heaven.
What rises must fall.
But where it falls, and how far.
Beings like them sotis influenced that descent.
And at this mont, turning Humanity into an outright enemy felt... unwise.
Though Humans and Eternals clashed often, they were not irreconcilable enemies.
They could still exist beneath the sa sky.
If losses could be minimized.
The Eternal Supre would prefer that outco.
After all, he was one of the leaders of the Eternal Race.
And he carried a hidden identity known only to a select few.
"I hope you won’t be stingy then," Xin Juesheng snorted.
At their level, arithtic was dangerous.
Sotis 1 1 equaled −11.
Such was the math.
Still.
He did not reject the Eternal Supre’s presence.
His mind spun rapidly.
’So many gathered already... Do I take greater risks and call her as well?’
He had not anticipated this many legendary figures rallying for a single mortal challenger.
And judging by the possibility of them being released from this place.
There would be more uninvited guests soon.
anwhile.
Yu Xuan stood quietly between Jian Chen and The Human Emperor.
Looking at one black hole-headed entity.
Then another.
He silently concluded once again.
’...This is definitely not a mortal trial.’
Because he had never heard of a mortal Black Hole, was there even such a concept?
***
Leaf Number 119
In this realm, nothing was random.
The sky curved in calculated arcs.
The rivers flowed in geotric spirals.
Mountains rose in deliberate symtry.
Every stone, every gust of wind, every flicker of light.
Followed both a visible structure and an invisible blueprint.
This was the Realm of the Architect.
And not just any Architect.
A Pri Architect.
The Architects were an ancient race, rivaling Celestials in the power of Creation.
And a Pri among them was a being beyond asure.
Within a folded pocket-space shaped like an impossibly intricate castle, its towers twisting like spirals of logic, stood Pri Architect Jiyx.
His form was like that of a square being.
And before him floated his latest masterpiece.
A Sentinel.
"Hehe... this finally looks like sothing worthy of the term ’prototype,’" Jiyx muttered, adjusting a floating array of rotating runic rings around the Sentinel.
This had been his long-cherished dream.
After nearly four hundred thousand years of refining the early versions, he had this model.
He had worked toward this creation, refining its structure, modifying its internal pathways, increasing its capacity to withstand that paradox-level forces.
To complete it.
He had even swallowed his pride and requested assistance from a particular fellow he normally avoided.
"Many have arrived here, did you plan a conference or sothing?" a chanical voice interrupted calmly.
Jiyx turned.
Floating behind him was another being.
tallic.
Humanoid.
Precision-engineered joints, glowing optic lenses, articulated limbs of dark alloy.
If Yu Xuan were present, he would have blurted out exactly one thought.
’...That’s a damn robot!’
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