Chapter 828: People of the Hometown

A glimmer of light appeared within the Unknown of chaos.

Then, Li Heng only felt himself pass through this glimmer of light; in the blink of an eye, the Heaven and Earth changed, and he appeared within a vast Void, no longer in a chaotic Unknown.

In this Void, there were scattered stars.

But if one looked closely, one would discover that those were not stars, but individual universes, individual Heavens and Earths, individual space-times, symbolizing the Multiverse, the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, and all that exists.

This is...

Li Heng hesitated for a moment and reached out his hand.

But the next moment, the result was blocked.

Before him seemed to stand an invisible barrier of air, separating this shore from the other shore; those stars, and even the entire Void, were actually on the opposite side of Li Heng!

What is going on?

Li Heng frowned, wanting to ask the Great Void will.

But the next moment, he discovered that the Great Void will did not respond; it seemed to have lost contact with him. He hurriedly used his divine sense to sense it, and also discovered that he could no longer contact the Great Void.

However, using Source Power to sense it still maintained a bit of a connection.

If he utilized the principles and coordinates anchored previously, he should be able to cross the infinite distance and return to the Great Void, though doing so in this place would likely consume more Source Power.

Realizing that his situation was temporarily safe, Li Heng re-examined everything before him. The invisible barrier blocked everything, stopping him from moving forward and making it impossible to explore.

Could it be this very invisible barrier that made the Great Void will say his hometown was between existence and non-existence? Did this barrier not only stop him, but also stop the flow of information?

Then what if he used Source Power?

Li Heng thought for a moment and intended to give it a try.

However, before he could act, a lazy voice came from above.

"Person from outside the universe, give up. We have no intention of entering your side, nor will we enter, so even if you find the boundary, it is useless."

Before Li Heng, on the opposite side of this barrier, a lazy Daoist suddenly appeared—unkempt, with an ancient wine gourd hanging from his waist, smiling with a drunken look on his face.

"You can hear me speak?"

Li Heng was surprised.

He had thought this invisible barrier could isolate everything.

"Being at the boundary, one can naturally hear the voices from outside the universe."

The Daoist smiled naturally.

"I see. So, what is the situation on your side?"

Li Heng pondered slightly and asked.

"What situation? Person from outside the universe, what exactly do you want to ask? Or rather, what exactly happened on your side that makes you pin your hopes on this boundary that isolates the inside of the universe from the outside?"

"To be honest, before we enter you and you enter us, everything that happens on both sides is meaningless. What meaning would it have for you to know?"

Zui Daoren shook his head and smiled.

"Enter? How is this term defined?"

Li Heng frowned.

"It seems the person from outside the universe I met this time is truly a muddled fool who understands nothing. So-called 'entering' is, of course, like an actor entering the stage; only then can Causality be produced. If one does not enter the stage, then there is no Causality, and every actor can treat the other as non-existent. Now that you understand, please return."

Zui Daoren took another sip of wine, his tone becoming perfunctory.

"Then how is the stage defined?"

Li Heng continued to ask.

"The stage? Everyone has their own life, so what do you think? It is nothing more than everyone being their own stage. Of course, if a gaze falls upon it, perhaps some stages are very special; could they be called the Main Stage?"

Zui Daoren laughed aloud.

"I see... then I would also like to ask, is there anything on your side called Daluo Heaven, are there the Three Pure Ones, the Four Sovereigns, or perhaps Fan Tian, Shi Po, or the Omniscient and Omnipotent Yahweh?"

Once these words were spoken, Zui Daoren's expression became strange.

"How bizarre. As a person from outside the universe, how could you possibly know about things on our side? Could it be that information from our side has already been mapped to your side? So that's it, so that's it; no wonder the boundary appeared and I was able to see you."

"Could it be that the entering has already begun?"

Zui Daoren was lost in thought, murmuring to himself.

"So you mean there is?"

Seeing this reaction, Li Heng said immediately.

"Correct, there is indeed, and these things you mentioned are not insignificant on our side; they are very important. However, I will not reveal the specific situation. Because the more one knows, the faster both sides will enter each other, which is very disadvantageous for both."

"For example, if both sides cross over into each other, that would be quite bad."

Zui Daoren came back to his senses and answered calmly.

"Cross over into each other?"

Li Heng's expression became subtle.

"Actually, I want to say one thing: if you are talking about crossing over into each other, perhaps it has already begun? After all, your side is my hometown, and I am the one who crossed over."

"You say you are from our side?"

Zui Daoren was slightly astonished.

Li Heng nodded.

"My name is Li Heng. If my Causality has not been erased, I should have come from a blue planet. With this information, you should be able to calculate the Causality, right?"

"Wait a moment, let me calculate."

Zui Daoren began to pinch his fingers and recite incantations.

First calm, then frowning, then puzzled, then astonished.

"I have indeed calculated one thing. In a corner of the infinite Causal Law Net, there is indeed a living being named Li Heng who has permanently disappeared from the Law Net, and did not return to the Law Net through the flow of Causality, the false combination of causal conditions, or any other Cycle."

"This is truly unreasonable, isn't it?"

"That Dharma Net was built by that Venerable; let alone the death of ordinary living beings, even if one were to completely turn into nothingness, in the end, it would still return to the Dharma Net through karmic affinity!"

"But you say you transmigrated into the past? That is even more impossible, right? That living being named Li Heng has already disappeared for a long time, at least several Dao epochs, and I don't know how many present Nodes have been replaced. At that time, we hadn't yet made contact with your side and were in a state of Absolute isolation; how could you have transmigrated into the past?"

Zui Daoren stared fixedly at Li Heng, wanting to see if he could spot a flaw.

Li Heng shrugged his shoulders.

"If you ask me, who should I ask? I don't know either."

"You don't know either?"

Zui Daoren sighed aloud; he couldn't help but look up, not knowing what he was looking at, and only lowered his head after a long while.

"Forget it, forget it. Regardless of where you were from before, you now only have the identity of a person from outside the universe, no exceptions. Nowadays the boundary still exists, and you cannot cross over here, nor can you return to your hometown."

"I really can't cross over?"

Li Heng frowned, indicating that he did not believe in such things.

"Perhaps you can. After all, the boundary has manifested, and you and I have met. Even if what you say is true, that you had already come from our side to the opposite side, if such a situation has occurred, then perhaps the process of entry has already begun, only we haven't noticed it yet."

"But you do not have this ability."

"Looking at your appearance, you should be cultivating our lineage, so I will speak plainly: you haven't even ascended to the Daluo Heaven, so what are you talking about crossing the boundary?"

Zui Daoren shook his head, but he did not notice that another person had appeared beside him.

"Didn't I just come over?"

Li Heng stood beside Zui Daoren and said.