Living in the deep palace

Su Chen felt as if his immortal soul had been thrown into an endless abyss of nothingness, and was being worn away bit by bit!

That kind of pain surpassed any physical torture!

But he still steadfastly held onto his "existence" and his Daoist heart!
I don't know how much time has passed; it might be a moment, or it might be ten thousand years.

"Click"

A very faint cracking sound rang out.

It was that indestructible spear of nothingness, and a tiny crack appeared on its tip!

"impossible"

The will of the "devourer," filled with horror and disbelief, echoed in Su Chen's mind.

It can't understand!
Why is this insignificant "existence" more "solid" than this "nothingness"?

The cracks are multiplying!
finally!
boom--!
The spear that represented "nothingness" shattered completely!
Although Su Chen's immortal soul also suffered great damage, he ultimately managed to protect it!

He conquered nothingness through his existence!
The world before my eyes shattered with a deafening roar.

Su Chen's consciousness returned to that simple courtyard once again.

"Upholding the essence of existence amidst nothingness"

The Lord of the Abyss looked at Su Chen's immortal soul, which, though withered, was becoming increasingly bright, and his eyes were filled with undisguised admiration.

"You've passed the second trial as well."

"Get some rest."

"Because the final trial will be even more difficult."

Enveloped by the gentle power of the Lord of the Abyss, Su Chen's injured immortal soul recovered at an extremely rapid pace, like a seedling bathed in a spring breeze.

His cultivation level at the Taiyi Xuanxian high realm had loosened considerably after the previous two trials and confrontations.

This is not an increase in strength.

It is not so much a feeling, but a step forward in one's realm.

Taiyi Tianji Immortal prioritizes realm comprehension, and Su Chen felt that his trip to the abyss was worthwhile, as this trial alone had been incredibly beneficial to him.

He didn't come to the wrong place.

If you want to reach the realm of Taiyi Celestial Immortal, this is undoubtedly the best place.

soon.

In just a short while, he had recovered to his peak condition. In fact, because of the confrontation just now, his Dao heart had become more resilient and clear.

"Thank you, senior." Su Chen stood up and bowed slightly to the void.

"No need to be polite," the Abyss Lord's voice rang out again. "This is what you deserve. Are you ready? The final trial is about to begin."

Su Chen took a deep breath and nodded: "Junior, I'm ready."

Om-!
The courtyard in front of me disappeared once again.

When Su Chen's vision cleared again, he found himself in a bizarre world full of contradictions and chaos.

He stood on a bustling street.

But then I saw that some of the pedestrians ahead were walking backwards.

Rainwater rose from the ground and flowed into the clouds.

A child, holding a broken sugar figurine, burst into tears. The next moment, the sugar figurine was perfectly intact in his hand, and the child stopped crying and started laughing. But then, without warning, the sugar figurine broke again.

A man knelt on the ground, embracing a cold corpse, overcome with grief. Suddenly, the fatal wound on the corpse healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. She slowly opened her eyes and stared blankly at the man.

The man was overjoyed and held her tightly. But just a few breaths later, the woman suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. The same wound appeared on her body again. With endless longing and confusion, she died in the man's arms once more.

Life and death, gain and loss, past and future.

Everything has been completely overturned here!

"This is...this is..."

Even with Su Chen's strong Dao heart, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine when he saw this bizarre scene that defied all common sense!
"The chain of 'cause and effect' in this universe was completely shattered in a great war that transcended the dimension of time."

The voice of the Lord of the Abyss rang out at just the right moment.

"The cause does not necessarily have the effect."

"The consequences may not necessarily have a cause."

"Everything has fallen into a chaotic paradox of disorder."

"And your final trial will be..."

"In this broken sea of ​​cause and effect... find that initial 'breakpoint'."

"Then"

“Relink it.”

"Let's get this world back on track."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen's heart sank.

Repairing cause and effect?!
This is absolutely unbelievable!

Cause and effect is one of the most fundamental and profound laws in the universe! It is formless and intangible, yet it is omnipresent, maintaining the operation of the entire universe!
Let alone him, even the true supreme god, or even beings of higher levels, would not dare to say that they can easily interfere with cause and effect!
Now, what he needs to do is not just interfere, but repair a causal chain that has long been broken!
The difficulty is simply unimaginable!
"Senior, this..."

“I know this is difficult,” the voice of the Lord of the Abyss interrupted him. “Therefore, this trial will no longer test your Dao heart, nor your strength.”

"It is your most fundamental insight into the 'Great Way'."

"Go, young friend. In this chaos, feel with your heart and observe with your heart."

"When you can see the one and only cause among these countless broken 'effects'"

"Then you are not far from success."

As soon as he finished speaking, the aura of the Lord of the Abyss completely vanished.

Su Chen was left alone, standing in this broken world full of paradoxes and absurdities.

Su Chen took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He knew that complaining and backing down were pointless.

He began to try to understand the "rules" of this world.

He walked down the street, carefully avoiding pedestrians who were walking backwards.

He saw a vendor hand money to a customer before picking up his goods from the stall.

He saw a building first collapse into ruins, and then the bricks and rubble flew up on their own and rebuilt themselves into a perfectly intact structure.

Everything seemed like an absurd drama that had been played in reverse.

"Reversal of cause and effect."

A glimmer of understanding flashed in Su Chen's eyes.

He began to stop using conventional logic to think about the world.

Instead, they tried to "reverse" their own way of thinking.

He stopped trying to find out what "effect" led to what "cause," and instead began to work backward from the countless chaotic "effects" to deduce the possible "cause" behind them. This was an extremely mentally taxing and brain-intensive process!
Su Chen's immortal soul power was being consumed rapidly.

His brain seemed to have become a supercomputer operating at faster-than-light speed, processing an endless, chaotic flow of causal information!

After an unknown amount of time, his face grew paler and paler.

Even his immortal soul began to show signs of instability due to excessive deduction!
He saw two versions of himself appear in front of him.

One of them was that naive and ordinary sweeping boy in the library back then.

The other is the future, the supreme Dao Lord who reigns over the starry sea and wields the power of Taiyi.

They all reached out their hands to him at the same time.

"Come back, ordinariness is the only truth."

"Come here, for strength is the eternal way."

The illusions of the past and the future constantly tempted him, trying to make him lose himself in this fog of cause and effect.

"Hmph! A mere inner demon dares to disturb my Dao heart?!"

Su Chen snorted coldly, and the Taiyi Dao Seed flashed, instantly shattering the two illusions completely!

His Dao heart had long been tempered into an unyielding rock through countless life-and-death trials! How could it be swayed by such a small illusion?!
He continued forward, continued to observe, and continued to deduce!
His footsteps traversed every corner of the city.

His gaze saw through the chaotic fates of countless living beings.

Gradually, gradually...

In his eyes, the world was no longer bizarre and absurd.

Countless invisible, broken, golden threads began to slowly emerge in his field of vision.

Those are the things that have already shattered in this world—

A chain of cause and effect!
And all the threads, no matter how broken or chaotic, ultimately point to the same source!
At the very center of the city, atop a massive clock tower that has long since been reduced to ruins!

There, there is a pitch-black "singularity" that is constantly twisting and rotating, as if connected to an unknown dimension!
That was the initial "breakpoint" that severed all cause and effect in this world!
"found it!"

An unprecedented glint flashed in Su Chen's eyes!
……

……

Having found that twisted, chaotic "breakpoint"—the source of all paradoxes—Su Chen did not immediately take action.

He simply hovered silently before the enormous clock tower, now reduced to ruins, his gaze piercing through layers of mist woven from fragmented time and chaotic cause and effect, staring at the ever-rotating black singularity.

He knew that this was not an "enemy" that could be destroyed by external forces.

It is a "wound" at the level of the laws of this world.

Any form of attack will only make the wound bigger and make the already chaotic cause and effect even more uncontrollable.

"Repairing cause and effect."

The words of the Lord of the Abyss echoed in Su Chen's mind.

"Since it cannot be 'repaired' with external force, it can only be 'guided' with internal force."

"Replace this long-broken chaos with a brand-new, complete, and unbreakable 'chain of cause and effect,' and re-establish the 'rules' for this world!"

A bold, almost insane idea slowly rose in Su Chen's mind.

He slowly sat cross-legged in the void, right in front of the dark singularity.

He closed his eyes, no longer looking at the bizarre, chaotic, and absurd scene not far away.

He withdrew all his divine thoughts that were trying to explore and analyze, and immersed his entire mind in his "past".

He began to "recall".

He arrived in that small Liang Kingdom, and began his life as an ordinary sweeper in a building called the "Library."

He recalled the joy and excitement he felt when he first came into contact with cultivation practices.

He recalled the bewilderment and anticipation he felt when he first condensed the true energy of immortality and embarked on the path to immortality.

He recalled his caution and perseverance when he first stepped out of the library and faced the unpredictable world of cultivation.

Scene after scene, incident after incident, event after event.

From the human world in the palm of your hand, to the vast world of mountains and seas, and then to this boundless and boundless starry sea.

From an insignificant mortal to now, standing at the pinnacle of the universe, overlooking all immortals.

His life, everything he experienced, every choice he made, everyone he met, and every enemy he defeated.

Everything transformed into incredibly clear and profound memories, flowing slowly through his sea of ​​consciousness.

This is a chain of cause and effect that belongs only to Su Chen!

It may not be perfect, and it may be full of hardships and bloodshed.

But it is complete! It is linear! It is indestructible!
It represents an independent will, the complete trajectory from "nothing" to "something", from "weak" to "strong"!

Buzz—! ! ! !

As Su Chen's will became stronger, his invisible "chain of cause and effect" seemed to materialize!

A golden thread, seemingly illusory yet incredibly real, slowly extended from the depths of his Dao heart, radiating an undeniable light of "order"!
"Roar?!"

The pitch-black singularity at the top of the clock tower seemed to sense this "order" force that was completely opposite to it, and it let out a silent, angry roar!
Its spinning speed suddenly increased!
An even more chaotic and immense paradoxical force, like a flood bursting its banks, surged wildly towards Su Chen's Dao Heart!

In an instant, countless illusions appeared before Su Chen's eyes once again!

He saw that Wuxinxian was not dead, but was smiling and waving at him, saying, "My lord, we have succeeded, let's go home."

He saw that Wanmu Daoren was not killed by him, but instead completely devoured him, turning him into nourishment for the Longevity Tree, from which he would never be reborn.

He saw that he had returned to Earth, back to that familiar, bustling world, and everything before was just a bizarre and fantastical dream.

Past, future, reality, illusion.

Everything was completely disrupted at this moment, twisted into a chaotic vortex that could cause even the most powerful immortals to lose their Dao heart!

It attempted to completely assimilate Su Chen's newly formed "Light of Order"! Tearing apart!
however!
Su Chen's Dao heart remained as firm as a rock!
There was not the slightest wavering in his tightly closed eyes!

"A falsehood is ultimately a falsehood!"

My past is already set in stone and cannot be changed!

"My present is right here, and I control it!"

"I will create my own future!"

"You mere inner demons and paradoxes dare to disturb my true nature?!"

"Break it for me!!!"

At this moment, Su Chen's will transformed into a supreme sword that could cut through all illusions and pierce through all fog!

boom--! ! ! !

The "chain of cause and effect" behind him, formed from his own experiences, suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light!

That light was sacred, majestic, and filled with an undeniable "truth"!
In an instant, it pierced through all illusions and paradoxes! Purification!
Su Chen's Dao Heart, far from being damaged in this confrontation with the paradox of the entire world, has instead become even more clear and resolute! (End of Chapter)