Chapter 581: Void Causal Debt

A thought stirred.

He invoked Basic Source Power to fill the gap in the Golden Source Point.

In an instant, the Basic Source Power, which had been as full as a reservoir, began to drop rapidly in level; it soon fell below the warning line and was on the verge of being completely exhausted.

But fortunately, at the moment of total depletion, the water level stopped falling. Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief; having consumed the vast majority of his Basic Source Power, he had finally filled the gap in the Golden Source Point.

He did not delay, beginning to utilize the Golden Source Point. The Source Power further developed the three supreme heavens, causing the Jade Pure Realm Clear Subtle Heaven, the Grand Clarity Realm Dachi Heaven, and the Upper Clarity Realm Lingbao Heaven to all achieve promotion, which indirectly drove the Absolute Infinite Eternal Dao.

At this moment.

Li Heng's strength and status began to skyrocket at an unimaginable speed, breaking free from the Great Void all the way, forcibly using power to rectify the Dao against the causal shackles upon himself, and charging at the realm shackles of the Great Venerable!

Crack!

It was as if something had shattered; the sound rippled through the Void, yet it caused no noise—it was the shattering of the Great Venerable's realm shackles, the greatest sound being silent.

In an instant, Li Heng promoted to Great Venerable, arriving in a brand-new Heaven and Earth!

At this moment, Li Heng felt everything about himself sublimating, even restructuring and optimizing, constantly repairing his foundation; everything was undergoing a transformation.

Only in this way could one be called independent from the Great Void!

Following the intuition in the dark, Li Heng carried out optimization and sublimation at the level of the Great Dao, such as the transposition and reorganization of the Three Heavens and the Three Elements.

He had his Infinite Transformation Body sit in the Jade Pure Realm Clear Subtle Heaven, opening up infinite possibilities with the status of the Cause of All Fruits. He had his Eternal Transformation Body sit in the Grand Clarity Realm Dachi Heaven, ensuring the eternity of existence with the status of the Basis of Existence. He had his Absolute Transformation Body sit in the Upper Clarity Realm Yu Yu Heaven, determining that all possibilities converge into one with the status of the Cause of All Causes!

If the previous Three Elements Transformation Bodies sitting in the Three Heavens had been somewhat casual, with no close connection between the bodies and the three heavens—merely sitting there—then now, a self-consistent Great Dao Cycle had been completed, reaching a state of perfection.

Li Heng only felt that everything was smoother.

The operation of power and the flow of the Great Dao were extremely reasonable and self-consistent, even causing his strength to rise another step, thoroughly stabilizing the Great Venerable foundation he had just attained!

Breaking through the tribulation, Li Heng slowly opened his eyes.

The world before him was more vast, more lofty, and he could better discern the deep essence of the Great Void.

If a Venerable saw the Great Void as a vast sea or a river, only able to see a portion of the water within a certain radius, then a Great Venerable could not only see these, but by virtue of his status of being faintly independent and self-reliant, he could faintly observe the blurred outline of the Great Void, more like a Transcendent, more detached.

Although it was unclear for the moment what use this vision had, Li Heng could clearly feel that the sense of restraint the Great Void placed upon him had lessened significantly. It was as if he could be slightly self-reliant, could earn his own money, and could, to a certain extent, not have to listen to the words of the Great Void—this family, this parent.

Li Heng even had the feeling that with a wave of his hand, he could influence a large area of the Void, add laws to the Great Void, or even alter its fundamentals.

Of course, he knew this was just an illusion.

Perhaps a Great Venerable truly had the ability to do so, but doing such things would certainly require the consent of the Great Void; otherwise, that would be courting death, and in a sense, it could also be considered not having the ability to do so.

Even if a child away from home could earn money and support themselves, as long as their ability did not exceed the family they came from or their parents, they could not escape the influence of that family and would still have to listen to some of the family's words.

Otherwise, insisting on breaking away would only do more harm than good.

It was just like how many people in Reality work for over a decade, yet in the end, they still have to rely on their parents to pay for the majority of a house or car. If they cut ties early, they wouldn't be able to rely on their parents.

However, soon.

Li Heng also felt the pressure coming from the Great Void.

Although he had just forcibly broken free from the causal shackles of the Great Void to advance to Great Venerable, he had not fundamentally repaid the Causal Debt he owed the Great Void, and his current strength could not compare to the Great Void, so the Great Void was now coming to collect the debt again.

But the form it took this time was not causal shackles, but rather a faintly emerging force of repulsion, seemingly warning him that if he did not repay the debt, it would directly expel him from the Great Void and leave him to stay in that inexplicable Ghost Place of Wuqiong Weizhi.

Li Heng's expression was somewhat strange.

Good grief, if you can't pay, you get kicked out, is that it?

Do you have to be so heartless?

Now he wanted to take back his metaphor of the Void being a family. The attitude of this Great Void was directly like a landlord, and he himself was just a pitiful tenant.

And misfortunes never come singly.

Besides the repulsion from the Great Void, there was also the conflict of End Tribulation Karma and End Tribulation Power brought about by opening the Jade Pure Realm Clear Subtle Heaven, which symbolized the Cause of All Fruits.

These powers were scattered throughout the Great Void, so in a sense, they were also repelling and suppressing him just like the Great Void itself; the two forces had essentially merged.

At this moment, he felt nothing but speechlessness.

If it were only the End Tribulation Power and it did not merge with the fundamental repulsive force of the Great Void, it would only be a minor trouble for him now.

With his current realm, plus the status of End Tribulation I Am Supreme in the Upper Clarity Realm Yu Yu Heaven, he could completely ignore this bit of End Tribulation Karma, and could even turn the End Tribulation Karma to his own use.

But that was not possible now.

He had to fundamentally resolve the repulsion of the Great Void.

Li Heng frowned.

To resolve this kind of repulsion, there were only a few methods: either use brute force to create a miracle, or honestly repay the debt. But he had just sensed it and discovered that the Causal Debt he owed was truly vast; if he wanted to repay it, he didn't know how long it would take, and during that time he would continue to be repelled and suppressed, which was not very feasible.

As for using brute force to create a miracle, that was even more out of the question.

He did not have that kind of brute force.

Unless he could make the Great Void less urgent in forcing him to repay the Causal Debt. That way, he would have more room to maneuver, and it wouldn't be impossible to even stage a famous scene where the one in debt is the boss!

Li Heng decided to gamble with the Great Void.

Naturally, with his current strength, he was indeed not qualified to gamble and trade with the entire Great Void, but he possessed Source Power, which was the best Chip!

And at this moment.

The commotion of Li Heng's promotion to Great Venerable finally rippled through the Great Void, traveling along the Time-Space Mother River, influencing an unknown number of eras before and after, and attracting the attention of many Supreme Experts.

There seemed to be some communication between these Supreme Experts; each of them displayed great surprise, as well as strange pity and confusion.

"There is actually an existence that chose to promote?"

"Could it be that they have reached the point of life and death? One must know that promotion to that realm is already a narrow escape from death, and after promotion, one is fundamentally not free..."