Chapter 713: Arriving at the End

"The Zhanchang wouldn't have recruited him, would they? Is the situation over there already so dire that they have to pull people from such an early segment of the river?"

"What a troublesome affair."

The mysterious existence frowned.

That fellow had taken a few of his experimental subjects and had a deep entanglement of Causality with him; he could even be considered his investment. If he were to enter that Zhanchang and be killed by someone else, that would be quite unfortunate.

"Forget it, I'll observe the situation and protect him once."

The mysterious existence shook his head, and a wisp of thought flew out of this Dark Realm, breaking through infinite time-space dimensions, reaching directly into a Greatness civilization whose volume was terrifying to the extreme and occupied an endless multiverse.

"Honghuang-level Task, codename: Hidden Dragon, target..."

At this moment, Li Heng was traveling through time and space.

He finally understood the essence of the Light Gate: it was not about crossing infinite eras, but staying inside the Light Gate to experience infinite eras, and finally arriving at the destination within a single instant of perceived time in the outside world.

This was like a black hole.

If one could ensure their own survival after falling in, it would be possible to traverse the future of the universe and witness the end of the universe. And this Light Gate was something similar to a universe!

No wonder it was said that one needed corresponding cultivation to enter a Light Gate Node.

After all, this was an experience, not a crossing.

If one lacked the corresponding cultivation, even if they weren't crushed by the Terror pressure inside the Light Gate, they would be driven mad by themselves throughout these endless years.

After all, Infinite and Infinite cannot be equated.

"However, the creator of the Light Gate is quite thoughtful."

Li Heng muttered to himself with a smile. He looked at the Wudao Gong artifact spirit beside him; at this moment, the artifact spirit had no response. It remained quietly frozen in place, as if it were in a deep sleep or time had stopped.

He knew very well that this was the influence of the Light Gate, the purpose of which was to keep the living beings who entered the Light Gate in a static state, avoiding the influence of these endless years to the greatest extent.

So that they wouldn't go mad during the process or upon arriving at the destination.

Moreover, the status of this strange static power was quite high; if he hadn't used his Source Power to protect his body just now, he feared he would have been struck by it and frozen here.

Yet even so, under these Terror years.

Even if static, one would be affected to some degree.

If one were to compare this Light Gate and this strange static power to one kind of Infinite, then the distance from here to the end of the Time-Space Mother River was another, higher-level Infinite.

Li Heng looked outside the Light Gate.

He could see era after era flying past his eyes. Even describing it as "one after another" was inappropriate; rather, at every moment, infinite eras were flying past his eyes!

Under these circumstances, all finite numbers and finite words were insufficient to describe the changes before him. Even at the Infinite level, with the Infinite that Li Heng could currently reach, he could only glimpse the fur of the changes within!

"Countless eras flying past my eyes—for ordinary living beings, this is a Great Tribulation, as they cannot withstand so much information, but for me, this is an opportunity."

Li Heng was lost in thought.

He sat cross-legged, not withdrawing the Source Power from his body to let himself fall into a static state, but instead intending to witness these infinite eras with his own eyes, witness the scenery of these eras, and gain enlightenment from them.

The era of fire, the era of water, the era of earth...

All Five Elements were in his eyes.

The era of Yin, the era of Yang, the era of clarity, the era of turbidity... all the opposition and transformation of Yin and Yang, and all things of Dualism, were already within Li Heng's grasp.

Chaos, Causality, Fate, time, space, Emptiness, Hongmeng... Li Heng witnessed too much; it was as if everything was already in his heart, and his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, which contained everything, evolved rapidly.

Even in the end.

He began to come into contact with many Unknown and unknowable eras.

These eras could be described by the dark logic or lack of logic of living beings, filled with chaos and devoid of any shred of Reason or law, but in the end, they were all reflected in Li Heng's eyes.

He had an epiphany and integrated everything he saw and gained.

Finally, he summarized two concepts.

"Unknown" and "Known".

The Known is like an island or land, the Unknown is like the sea or a pool. Everything can be Known, and everything can be Unknown. Although the two are in a relationship of Dualism—opposing and transforming into each other—they also transcend Dualism, involving a deeper meaning within the Dark Realm!

At this moment, his mind ascended directly to a supreme, mysterious realm, reaching the source, the supreme truth of Transcendence, and his aura began to surge rapidly, starting another sublimation, a fundamental transformation.

It is unknown how much time passed.

Li Heng's sublimation and transformation had already ceased.

He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze immersed in Wisdom, containing thunder; lightning flashed, shattering Chaos and Hongmeng, the Great Dao rising and falling, as if infinite eras were being born and perishing, extremely noble!

"I didn't use Source Power, yet I sublimated again? This is a novel experience. Is this an opportunity I stumbled upon by chance, or did someone hand me a gift package?"

Li Heng muttered to himself.

He could feel that his power was far stronger than before.

Although still within the scope of the Hongdao Level and unable to escape the containment of that fellow who pioneered the Hongdao, he had already undergone a second sublimation; he could kill his former self with a casual wave and annihilate multiple eras!

It was just that, according to his perception, it seemed only an instant had passed?

He looked up outside the Light Gate.

Outside the Light Gate, the speed at which those countless eras were flying past had slowed down, just like a subway beginning to decelerate before arriving at a station. From outside the Light Gate, the aura of that end and finality, coming from the end of the Time-Space Mother River, was revealed!

Was he about to arrive? And it had only been an instant?

At least, in his perception, only an instant had passed.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow.

This did not seem to be due to the influence of the Light Gate's static power, but rather that when he had his epiphany just now, his mind went straight into the Dark Realm, completely ignoring the flight of these infinite years?

At this time, the static power of the Light Gate suddenly disappeared, and the frozen Wudao Gong artifact spirit resumed activity, also looking outside the Light Gate, speaking with some sadness.

"Arrived so quickly, in an instant? This speed is even faster than that time with my master. Could it be that this Time-Space Node has evolved?"

It was somewhat teary-eyed, having to return to this Ghost Place again.

It had clearly not been long since it escaped.

"For you, it was indeed an instant."

Li Heng did not mention the matter of the stillness; there was no point in saying it anyway. Besides, he had just tried to sense it, and his Source Power Anchor was still there.

As long as he was willing, he could still return directly.

"I just don't know what happened to that Li Qianjun; he was clearly only a little faster than us, yet his shadow is nowhere to be seen."

Li Heng said, then shook his head.

Forget it, after all, Life and Death each have their own destiny.

"Let's go, let's head out; I am very much looking forward to seeing what kind of Zhanchang this is."

"And... what kind of hunting ground!"

He strode out of the Light Gate, not forgetting his fundamental purpose...