The Heavenly Court issued a decree.
Across all provinces.
Li Tianyuan: Error in Creation.
Capture or execution rewarded with Ascension Merit.
The world turned against him.
Sect masters hunted him.
Old allies betrayed him.
Even his childhood friend accepted a Heavenly token.
But something unexpected happened.
Rumors spread.
"He injured a Heavenly General."
"Heaven bleeds."
Hope.
Dangerous hope.
Escaping pursuit, Li Tianyuan entered the Hidden Void Sea.
Reality fractured there.
Time looped strangely.
Stars floated beneath his feet.
There, he discovered something terrifying.
Countless worlds.
Each connected by golden threads.
All leading upward.
To a massive structure beyond comprehension.
The True Dao Engine.
A mechanism grinding worlds into energy.
Feeding something higher.
The Heavenly Court was merely middle management.
In the Void Sea, he fully awakened Mandate.
He could create a small domain—
Where destiny paused.
Where predictions failed.
Where heavenly decrees lost authority.
But the cost was severe.
Each use cracked his own Dao further.
He was becoming unstable.
Mo Xian warned him:
"If you continue… you may cease to exist."
Li Tianyuan answered calmly:
"Then I will exist loudly."