The heavens began from a small hell

On this day, the plateau, which has existed since the earliest times, was suddenly enveloped in a sacred and peaceful golden light.

A wisp of mist appeared out of nowhere, swirling and twisting amidst the brilliant golden light, yet it calmed down the instant the sacred golden light descended, as if the mist's previous acts of rebellion had never existed, or as if history had been rewritten.

One after another, the ancestral coffins, filled with different strange substances, were illuminated by the light and turned into a brilliant gold. From within them came a voice that even the 'Dao' could hardly bear: "Welcome our Lord to the world."

The ancestor's voice could not reach beyond the plateau, and the strange tribe living on the plateau all bowed down and prostrated themselves, shouting "My Lord" with fanatical expressions.

Even the most supreme beings and the highest existences were no exception. The moment the golden light descended, they seemed to lose their true selves and underwent a strange transformation. From then on, "I" was no longer the most important thing, but everything existed for "the Lord".

Even inside the ancestor's coffin, it was the same, only outsiders couldn't see it. The vast world inside the coffin was enough for the ancestor to bow down in reverence.

The next moment, the golden light vanished abruptly, leaving only the eerie cries of the strange race echoing across the desolate ancient plateau.

Although Lin Yang, who had reshaped his personality, no longer ignored the strange race, he chose the most direct and simplest solution, which was the golden light just now.

That was the Great Salvation Technique, the path of salvation that he feared and had never revealed in the world before.

The gap between him and the Ominous Progenitor is now indescribable, so the Ominous Progenitor naturally has no reason to resist.

The only thing that offered any resistance was the will to fight against the high altitude, but the outcome was predictable.

In countless futures, the highland consciousness that should have been his opponent for a long time was converted before he even had a chance to meet him in this life, becoming Lin Yang's eternal servant.

If not for a sliver of humanity remaining in their hearts, it would not only be the strange tribes on the plateau who are being converted at this moment, but the light of conversion would descend upon all worlds, and countless beings, regardless of strength or status, would all become his eternal servants.

The Great Salvation Technique naturally has its limits, but when Lin Yang personally cast it, no one in the Sacred Ruins World, which was restricted by the Copper Coffin Master, could resist his salvation.

The enlightenment of the plateau consciousness, which is unknown to outsiders, is actually Lin Yang's enlightenment from the past to the future. As long as there is even the slightest possibility of success, no matter how low it is, it will inevitably be realized.

"Being invincible is so lonely."

Having crossed the highest peak in the Sacred Ruins world, Lin Yang couldn't help but sigh.

Having encompassed all futures, he wasn't marveling at his invincibility in this world, but rather that he couldn't find anyone on the same level in any future or possibility.

In theory, Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and Chu Feng will die in the battle against the strange race, thus fulfilling certain conditions to advance to the Sacrifice Path.

However, in the world where Lin Yang exists, he would not sit idly by and watch several people die in battle; the consequences of that are self-evident.

Moreover, from that day onward, the strange race became his servants, and he had no reason to continue launching the grand sacrifice.

If he had enslaved the strange race in earlier years, he might have used them to harvest [time]. But the moment he attained the Dao Fruit and occupied all futures...

It could also be said that over those countless, infinitely long years, the 'system' manifested by his talent has undergone countless evolutions and optimizations, and has long since broken free from its dependence on [time].

Actions taken in the past to gain time through others now seem meaningless, but they are not without value.

It is these past footprints that have ultimately shaped him into the person he is today, someone who transcends logic, imagination, and time.

"It's lonely," Lin Yang sighed again.

From an ordinary person's perspective, he had only stood on the sacrificial path for a short time, but he could already understand the mindset of the bronze coffin master who, regardless of his own survival, wanted to try to go further.

That is eternal desolation, the final calamity that all sentient beings must eventually face.

The path of sacrifice requires time to comprehend, but for those who attain the Dao Fruit, the moment they achieve it marks their final end.

If it weren't for the chat group keeping Lin Yang in the unknown and curious, becoming one of his human anchors, the moment he became a Dao Fruit, he would have been almost identical to the true 'Dao'.

Without attachment, without selfishness, without thought, without ego.

The obsession that Daoguo had before will manifest in the optimal solution in the fully occupied future, but that's all. The world will lose a person who rarely interferes with the outside world, yet truly exists.

Lin Yang returned to Earth with mixed feelings.

After some years, a small number of Earthlings 'awakened'. These college graduates shouted, "Are kings and nobles born with special privileges?" They wanted to overthrow the rule of the underworld, waved the banner of freedom, slaughtered their own kind, and mocked those who were the lackeys of the underworld.

This is the first calamity Earth will face in the future, because those people almost bypassed the arrangements of the underworld and shattered Earth's core.

The fate of these people is self-evident: they were suppressed by a group of law enforcers in the underworld, and their relatives and clansmen were all given the eternal punishment of soul refining.

Although the 'Awakened Ones' have university degrees and could become 'World Lords' in remote universes, the law enforcers in that era who were caught up in the underworld were all Immortal Kings. Some Primordial Chaos level Evolvers were like insects in front of the law enforcers.

Not only are they overestimating their abilities, but they are also jumping around and causing trouble.

Many years later, Earth faced its second catastrophe. The 88563569523651st generation descendant of the Empress's brother, due to a jealous rivalry with a descendant of Shi Hao over a male concubine, waged a great war that affected countless worlds, destroyed numerous universes, and ultimately impacted Earth.

After the imperial court's enforcers arrested the two, it sparked a conflict between the ancient family and the ruler, leading to a series of subsequent events.

Then came the third kalpa, the fourth kalpa... and countless kalpas for Earth.

Human nature will eventually change, and many powerful figures who have survived since the Chaotic Ancient Era and the Era of Shrouding the Heavens have died in internal strife for various reasons.

The fact that the strange race does not launch a grand sacrifice does not mean that all worlds have ushered in eternal peace. Peaceful years measured in billions of years are ultimately too short.

Even the Underworld and the Imperial Court have been purged more than once... To be precise, if we extend the timeline indefinitely, both major powers have undergone countless internal purges.

In short, over a sufficiently long period of time, nothing is truly unwavering or eternal; the Way changes with the times, and people's hearts also change with time.

Lin Yang, who occupies the future, actually knows everything and has personally experienced everything. There is no unknown in the Sacred Ruins world for him. This kind of 'omniscience' cannot even actively close off his spiritual senses like he can on the sacrificial path.

Unless, he is no longer a 'Tao Fruit'.

However, once this realm is achieved, one cannot fall from it; once proven, it is eternal. In order to preserve the curiosity that a normal being should have, Lin Yang also constantly adjusts his disguised personality to make him no longer so omniscient, leaving behind the 'one that has escaped'.

(End of this chapter)