CHAPTER 129 — Flight Through the Void
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1. A Voice Older Than Stars Freezes the Abyssal Ancestor
Just as the Abyssal Ancestor reached for Lin Xuan—
just as the Primordial Demigod prepared to seize the universe within the young cultivator—
The heavens shook.
A rift of pure white law split open behind them.
And that voice descended.
Neither loud nor fierce—
Just absolute.
"ABYSSAL CREATURE… YOU OVERSTEP."
The Ancestor froze mid-motion.
His claws stopped inches from Lin's chest.
His golden eyes narrowed, ancient fury flickering within them.
"You—"
The voice cut him off.
"THIS REALM IS NOT WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION."
Even Lin felt the pressure of the words—
a presence so vast and old it felt like the concept of reality was speaking.
Aurora whispered in terrified awe:
> "M–Master… that's not a Saint. Not a Demigod. That… that's a Cosmic Overseer."
Saint Shengyuan trembled inside the universe:
> "No… even higher. Lin Xuan—do not speak. Do not move. That is a being above Sovereignhood."
The Abyssal Ancestor snarled.
"HE CARRIES A NEWBORN WORLD. HE IS MINE."
The cosmic voice responded without emotion:
"THE CHILD IS UNDER MY OBSERVATION."
A moment of silence.
Then, like the grinding of collapsing galaxies:
"TURN BACK OR BE ERASED."
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2. Lin Realizes Something Terrifying
The Abyssal Ancestor—
this unstoppable monster—
this Primordial Demigod—
Took one step backward.
Not out of fear…
but out of acknowledgment.
Because even the Abyssal Ancestor knew this being could destroy him.
Lin's blood ran cold.
If the Abyssal Ancestor fears it, what realm must that entity be?
But the moment's reprieve was brief.
The Overseer's presence faded—
as if such a mighty being could not remain long in a lower world.
The instant the overseer vanished—
The Ancestor ROARED.
"THE MOMENT YOU ARE UNWATCHED, BOY—I WILL DEVOUR YOU."
His claw surged forward—
And the battle resumed as if the cosmic entity had never appeared.
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3. Lin Makes His Choice — He Must Escape or Die
The cosmic Overseer had given him only a momentary shield.
Lin understood:
The Overseer would not interfere again.
Staying meant death—not just for him, but for his entire universe.
The Abyssal Ancestor would hunt him relentlessly.
He had one option.
He raised his arm, universe blazing around him.
"WORLD—OPEN!"
Reality ripped apart.
A wormhole to the void appeared.
Aurora screamed:
> "MASTER, YOU MUST GO! HE WILL NOT STOP!"
Lin seized Bai's unconscious form and plunged into the rupture.
The Abyssal Ancestor snapped:
"RUNNING ONLY EXTENDS YOUR SUFFERING!"
And gave chase.
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4. Void Pursuit — The Abyssal Ancestor Chases Lin Through the Nothingness
Inside the wormhole:
Laws vanished
Gravity melted
Time distorted
Space hummed with lethal turbulence
The Abyssal Ancestor tore through the void after Lin like an abyssal storm given consciousness.
The Saint shouted:
> "LIN XUAN! This place is the pure VOID! One misstep and your universe will collapse!"
Lin gritted his teeth.
"Then I won't misstep!"
But the void didn't care.
A cosmic shockwave blasted outward—
a collapse of nothingness so violent it shredded half the wormhole.
The wave slammed into both pursuer and pursued.
The Abyssal Ancestor cursed:
"IMPUDENT REALM! YOU DARE OBSTRUCT ME!?"
Void tides surged.
Walls of broken dimension folded inward.
Lin braced for death—
Until LUCK gathered around him like golden silk.
A quiet whisper echoed:
> "Turn left, child."
Lin obeyed instinctively.
The void rift beside him split open—
A breach leading to safety.
The Abyssal Ancestor lunged—
But a collapsing dimensional eddy slammed into him, knocking him off course.
His roar shook eternity:
"I WILL FIND YOU, WORM!"
And then—
Everything went black.
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5. Lin Falls Into the Titan Realm
Light burned through the void.
Lin burst from the breach—
—and crashed into a continent-sized stone plain.
Power washed over him.
Pure. Dense. Overwhelming.
He felt:
the laws strengthening his universe
Bai absorbing higher-realm qi in his sleep
Shengyuan's Saint foundations reigniting
Aurora grasping higher constellations instinctively
Saint Shengyuan spoke first.
> "Lin… this place… this is a Higher Realm.
Even a Primordial Abyssal Demigod cannot breach it!"
For the first time since fleeing—
Lin breathed fully.
Safe.
Not saved…
but safe for now.
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6. A Titan Appears — And Shows the Scale of This Realm
The ground shook.
BOOM.
BOOM.
Lin looked up—
And up—
A figure over 50 meters tall approached, skin like star-forged metal, eyes molten with cosmic law.
A Titan Elder.
He knelt slightly, studying Lin like a strange insect.
> "A lower-world mortal… carrying a developing universe?"
He tapped his chin.
> "Interesting. Rare. Dangerous. Bring him in."
Before Lin could react, normal-sized cultivators arrived behind the Titan—humans, elves, dwarves—clearly part of a sect.
Their leader bowed.
"Elder, he must be a void-fall survivor. A refugee from a collapsing world."
The Titan grunted.
> "Then take him to the sect. If he is corrupted, destroy him. If not… he may live."
Lin blinked.
"…Sect?"
The cultivator smiled.
"Welcome, junior brother. You've landed near the territory of the Astral Forge Sect. You're lucky—we're one of the few sects that accept survivors of lower-world collapses."
Lin's heart pounded.
A sect.
A place to grow.
A place to learn.
A place to hide from the Abyssal Ancestor.
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7. The Astral Forge Sect — A Mountain That Touches the Stars
They flew.
Soon Lin saw it—
A mountain floating in mid-air, wrapped in:
astral fire
star-metal
city-sized forges
cosmic arrays
titan-forged portals
Runes pulsed across its entire mass.
It exuded power beyond anything Lin had known.
Lin's voice shook.
"This… is where I'll cultivate?"
The leader nodded.
"Indeed. And since you came through a void collapse, the sect will grant you shelter.
But you must earn your place."
Lin nodded.
He would.
He always did.
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8. Shengyuan Recreates His Solar System
Inside Lin's universe:
Shengyuan knelt.
He spread his Saint laws across the universe's core.
With a shout—
A NEW SUN IGNITED.
Planets formed behind it.
A World Tree sprouted.
Heavenly continents materialized.
His power surged:
Peak Saint → Early Pseudo-Demigod → Mid Pseudo-Demigod.
Shengyuan bowed his head.
> "Master Lin… thank you. This realm has given me a second life."
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9. Lin Steps Through the Gates
The gates of the Astral Forge Sect rose before him—
massive, runic, radiant.
A deep voice intoned:
"WELCOME, NEW DISCIPLE."
Lin stepped forward.
A new world.
A new realm.
A place to grow past the Abyssal Ancestor's reach.
A place where even world-ending threats were merely training drills.
A place where Lin would learn:
astral forging
cosmic law weaving
higher alchemy
universe cultivation
and how to forge weapons strong enough to kill Demigods.
But above him, unseen…
A ripple of cosmic energy lingered—
As if the Overseer who saved him
was still watching.