The heavens did not roar.
They went silent.
Above the Nine Realms, beyond the endless layers of existence, a throne floated in the void, ancient, cracked, forgotten by time itself.
And on that throne…
Sat a young man.
His eyes slowly opened.
The stars dimmed.
He remembered everything.
He remembered creating the Heavenly Dao.
He remembered granting immortality to the first cultivator.
He remembered destroying an entire multiverse out of boredom.
And he remembered something else.
Loneliness.
After ruling eternity itself, after standing at a height no one could comprehend, he had grown tired.
So he did something no supreme being had ever dared to do.
He sealed his omnipotence.
And reincarnated.
In the lowest realm of existence, in a small declining clan, a baby was born.
The Gu Clan.
Weak bloodline.
No powerful backing.
Mocked by neighboring sects.
Perfect.
The baby did not cry.
Instead, spiritual energy within a million miles spiraled violently toward him, then instantly vanished as if swallowed by a black hole.
The Heavenly Dao attempted to record his birth.
It failed.
A name appeared in the clan registry.
Gu Tian.
Five years later.
The elders tested his talent.
Crystal pillars shattered.
Measuring arrays exploded.
The sky darkened.
"Monster…!"
"No… that's not talent."
The Patriarch trembled.
"That's suppression."
Gu Tian stood calmly, hands behind his back, eyes indifferent.
He could feel it.
Even sealed, even reborn, even suppressing 99.999% of his existence…
This realm could not bear him.
He wasn't climbing to the peak.
He started there.
And the world would soon learn,
The peak had returned.