We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

"Li Mengyi?" The ethereal voice paused for a moment upon hearing this name, as if recalling something, before continuing:
"You mean the spacetime entanglement images that the insect once encountered?"

Li Mengyi, in reality, is not human, not divinely favored, not a mythical beast... and not one of the myriad living beings in this world.

It was not a fleeting image of time and space.

The very existence of this world is a miracle.

And the Earth Origin Star is a miracle among miracles in this universe.

The original Earth Star was originally a vast continent spanning several light-years, which was later referred to as the Primordial Continent.

Because of the outward manifestation of the rules, coupled with the density of spacetime, the beings that survived in that era were all extremely powerful.

Furthermore, most living beings were born alongside the birth of the Earthly Star, without fathers or mothers, and were all conceived and born from the rules of heaven and earth and all things in the world.

It can be said that innate deities are everywhere.

However, due to a great war in the past, the original continent was destroyed, and one of the more intact cores became the original form of the Earth Star.

Ninety-nine percent of the innate deities have also died.

Of the surviving deities, a small minority chose to explore the deep space of this gradually expanding universe, while the rest remained on the original Earth Star.

Later, due to the expansion of the universe and the birth of new gods, a communication gap existed between them and the old gods.

Both sides have their own pride and self-esteem. The new gods look down on the conservatives, and the conservatives try to suppress the new gods. It is only natural that a great war will break out between the two sides.

However, the flow of time will naturally never stop.

As time passed, the Earthly Star, once the core location, naturally shrank in size due to the loss of its authority.

In this process, besides the myriad deities, there is also a stage for all living things.

Eras come and go, and in each era there exist races that are like chosen ones of heaven and earth, and naturally many epic tales are born.

As the power of the rules subsided, the gods gradually began to hide behind the scenes, tacitly suppressing any new life that was born.

These epic tales, so moving and inspiring, all feature one or more protagonists whose unwavering will forms an obsession.

If this obsession can move some deities, it can, to some extent, pluck the strings of the rules, eventually evolving into a lingering shadow of time and space.

Just like a movie playing at any time, it will randomly appear in a certain place in this universe every once in a while.

Movies, of course, have an ending, and so do the lingering shadows of time.

Once the illusion of time and space ends, the main characters within it will disappear from the world once more, and the memories of time and space will be corrected from the wrong trajectory to the correct one.

Aside from those who have close contact with the protagonist of the Time Remnant and the gods, all living beings in the world, regardless of whether they have seen the protagonist of the Time Remnant, will forget that they ever existed in this world.

Therefore, it is not because Shen Bailian is special that he is the only one who has not forgotten Li Mengyi.

To be more precise, the protagonist of this time-space remnant is not named Li Mengyi.

Li Mengyi is just a code name used by the other party in this era.

When the other party reappears in this world, it may take the form of other beings, such as ferocious beasts, divine favor, or dragon-slaying warriors.

"However," the ethereal voice paused for a moment before continuing, "if you want to use Li Mengyi to influence Shen Bailian's fighting spirit, it seems impossible."

As a collective consciousness of the Earth Star's universe, Gaia has little actual combat power due to the scattered nature of its authority.

However, controlling a remnant of spacetime is more than enough.

However, the owner of that ethereal voice had a fairly thorough understanding of Shen Bailian's personality.

Simply put, it means being decisive and ruthless.

The boy would refuse anything that was detrimental to him, and if he went too far, he would be killed on the spot.

It's impossible to influence someone using a woman.

"It's impossible to so easily affect Shen Bailian's fighting spirit, but we don't need to," Gaia said softly.
"All we need is a moment of distraction from him. Just a moment is enough for us to use our authority over time and space to change Shen Bailian's destination."

"If Shen Bailian is randomly placed into a low-energy world, no matter how much he acts arrogantly, he will eventually turn into a handful of dust after thousands of years."

"As a high-energy world, Earth Star has a time difference with low-energy worlds; one day in heaven is many years on earth."

"In this way, all we need to do is wait a few years to outlive Shen Bailian and obtain the opportunity for him to break through the rules."

"You've waited hundreds of millions of years, what's a few more years?"

"But," the ethereal voice continued, but compared to before, it now carried a deep worry as it slowly spoke:

"You need to know that Shen Bailian is an exception, an existence that defies common sense."

No one knew what had happened to him in just over six months, enabling him to grow from a mere martial arts apprentice into a martial artist at the Sea Opening Realm.

"And it also possesses many strange talents and abilities."

Clearly, the owner behind that ethereal voice, as well as Gaia, the collective consciousness of the Earth Origin Star universe, regarded the skills on Shen Bailian's panel as talents.

However, upon closer examination, it makes sense.

The ethereal voice continued: "What if that low-energy world can't trap him? Then what should we do?"

"Can't be trapped to death?" Gaia let out a cold laugh, and ripples spread across the Origin Void Sea as He coldly replied:

Whether I'm exhausted or not is none of my business.

"Also, next time when you speak, be careful not to use 'we' but 'yourself'. If you think this method won't work, you can always think of another one."

"Gaia?!" Upon hearing this, the ethereal voice immediately erupted into rage once more, now behaving like a helpless tyrant:
"What do you mean?"

“That’s all I mean. I’ve done everything I can. If you think it’s not working, you can always come up with an effective solution.” Gaia didn’t mince words, replying coldly.
"Don't forget, you couldn't have killed him without me."

Upon hearing this, the ethereal voice grew even more enraged, and turbulent waves surged within the Origin Void Sea.

Outside, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.

"boom!"

"Crack! Kara!!!"

Along with the turmoil in the Yuanxu Sea, in just an instant, the clear sky turned cloudy, and terrifying lightning bolts, like sharp swords piercing the dawn, suddenly streaked across the sky. Each bolt of lightning contained enough energy to power a large city for decades.

The moment the terrifying lightning exploded, it was as if dozens of hydrogen bombs were concentrated and detonated at one point. The terrifying energy fluctuations caused the surrounding space to be slightly distorted.

The instant the lightning struck the sea surface, the seawater underwent evaporation and ionization processes in an instant amidst the terrifying heat, with white mist whistling and spreading out.

The once sunny and peaceful western coast of the Pacific was instantly shrouded in thick darkness, and bright, dazzling lightning illuminated the eyes of every citizen of the Bald Eagle Nation.

Everyone was surprised and puzzled by this unusual phenomenon, but some of the stronger superhumans, priests, and warriors felt a vague unease.

next moment.

Just as the powerful figures from the Bald Eagle Kingdom had predicted, an invisible, supreme pressure suddenly surged from all directions, giving no one a moment to react. By the time the ordinary people vacationing on the West Coast realized what was happening, the surrounding air seemed to have frozen, and even those martial artists at the Transcendent Realm could hardly move an inch.

Let alone ordinary people?

This invisible, supreme pressure caused the surrounding天地元力 (heaven and earth elemental forces) to react violently, spinning and gathering wildly.

This created massive vortex storms, hundreds of meters high, like the roar of nature, demonstrating their irresistible power.

The terrifying energy fluctuations caused the Pacific Ocean to surge with towering waves hundreds of meters high. Fueled by thunder and storms, wave after wave rose like mountains and overturned seas.

Unstoppable!

next moment.

Amidst the utter terror of everyone's gaze, the massive, hundreds-of-meters-high waves surged ever stronger before suddenly crashing down on the west coast.

Like a giant beast opening its blood-red maw, it swallowed up millions of cubic meters of beach on the west coast, and the tens of thousands of citizens of the Bald Eagle Kingdom who were vacationing there naturally disappeared as well.

All of this happened in less than ten seconds.

Upon seeing this, the martial artist at the Opening Sea Realm in the distance was visibly shaken, and then, without looking back, he sped away into the distance.

They struggled with all their might to break free from that terrifying vortex of primordial energy.

Even so, a small number of martial artists at the Opening Sea Realm were directly attracted by the Yuan Power vortex due to their slow reaction time and were then turned into dust.

Faced with the current power of the Earthly Element Star, even a martial artist as strong as the Sea Opening Realm would be...
Regarding everything that happens in the outside world.

Gaia was naturally aware of this, but He paid no attention to it, just as He did at the beginning of the new era, when humanity was on the verge of extinction and He did not take action.

The reason is simple: the human race is merely one of the many living races in the vast universe of Earth Star.

In the vast universe of Earth Star, every day, every hour, one or more races are born or enter into annihilation.

This time, Gaia did not continue to indulge the owner behind that ethereal voice; she simply watched coldly as the other party acted.

Nothing else.

He had made up his mind that this time he would absolutely make the other side submit.

As the great consciousness aggregate of the Earth Element Star Universe, Gaia is closely related to all living things in this world.

As long as this universe does not fall into silence, it will not die or disappear.

But the owner behind that ethereal voice is another matter entirely.

In fact, Gaia did not know who the person behind this ethereal voice was. He only knew that this voice had suddenly appeared in the Origin Void Sea billions of years ago.

As a collective consciousness of the universe, Gaia knew from the moment the first psychic being was born that He had fallen into the shackles of immortality.

To live as long as this universe sounds wonderful, but for Gaia, those billions of years of solitude and loneliness were an unparalleled torment.

However, He was helpless in the face of this.

In this primordial universe, Gaia is omnipresent, yet simultaneously nonexistent, because none of the living beings in this world can see His existence.

Even the most powerful gods could only sense Gaia's presence, but could not see her.

Therefore, when this vivid voice appeared in the Source Void Sea, Gaia regarded it as His friend in an instant.

For billions of years, apart from the sound of the waves of the Origin Void Sea and Gaia's own voice, that ethereal voice was a third party.

Gaia was always free from all attachments, indifferent by nature, and allowed the gods to vie for power.

At that moment, I felt joy for the first time.

This is something Gaia will remember for the rest of his life.

Therefore, in order to help their "friends," Gaia and the master behind that ethereal voice went through several eras and plotted for billions of years, finally waiting for the one who broke through the rules.

As for the mysterious fall of those gods, it was certainly related to the two of them.

Gaia didn't understand why the owner behind that ethereal voice was so enthusiastic about those who broke the rules, to the point that it took more than a billion years.

But He was willing to stay with the other person.

Over a billion years of companionship, the relationship between the two has long since transcended love, kinship, and friendship without anyone realizing it.

But precisely because it was so familiar, Gaia clearly discovered that the ethereal voice had become much stronger than it had been over a billion years ago, as if everything was under its control.

Nowadays, not only is his voice weak, but he also frequently falls into fits of rage...

All of this indicates that the other party's days are numbered.

However, too much time can easily lead to wild thoughts, and Gaia, as a collective consciousness of the Earth Star's universe, was no exception.

His mind is no longer as simple as it was when he was first born.

At the same time, there was considerable dissatisfaction with the fact that the master behind that ethereal voice had been slow to appear, which indicated that the other party did not trust Him!

Over a billion years, such a long period of companionship, yet the other party is even more stubborn than a rock.

Even Gaia has developed a temper.

Today is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Of course, Gaia knows and is certain that the other party will choose to submit, because this is the closest they have ever come to success.

What will happen after the other party succeeds?
Gaia didn't know, nor did he want to know. As long as this universe didn't perish, he wouldn't die. Even if he did die, what difference would it make?
He had long since had enough of this living hell.

For Gaia, the immortality that mortals strive for was nothing short of a most painful curse—the curse of eternal life.

As time passed, the towering waves in the Source Void Sea, just as Gaia had predicted, gradually subsided and eventually returned to calm.

"Alright, we'll do as you say." The owner behind that ethereal voice ultimately had no choice but to give in.

As Gaia had said, he was indeed unable to directly attack Shen Bailian.

Gaia, as the collective consciousness of the Earth Star universe, cannot directly harm any living being in this world, not even an ant.

However, it can be interfered with.

“It is possible,” Gaia said, showing no sign of approval. “But I need you to agree to one condition.”

"What conditions?"

"Agree first, then we'll talk."

The ethereal voice remained silent for a long time, seemingly having anticipated Gaia's intentions, and calmly replied:

"Alright, since you want to know, it's time to tell you now. Of course, you've probably already guessed some of it."

To put it simply, I am Shen Bailian, but Shen Bailian is not me…” (End of Chapter)