072 : The Eye Beyond Infinity.
The moment Lin Tian looked up, the world ceased to exist.
The battlefield, the Forgotten Universe, even the Primordials—all faded.
There was no more space. No more time.
Only the Eye.
It was massive, endless, consuming the very concept of reality. It had no form, no true body—only a presence that stretched across all of existence, its gaze an eternal, unblinking void.
And for the first time…
Lin Tian knew he had found the true peak.
A voice—not a sound, but something deeper, something that existed before language, before thought—spoke directly into his mind.
"You should not be here."
Lin Tian smirked. "People keep telling me that."
The Eye remained motionless, yet its presence pressed down upon him.
"You have devoured what was meant to remain untouched. You have stolen what was never yours. You believe yourself powerful, yet you are nothing before me."
Lin Tian exhaled, rolling his shoulders. "That so?"
The entire void trembled.
"Return to nothing, Devourer."
And in an instant—reality itself turned against him.
The attack did not come as a blast, or a strike, or a wave of energy.
It was everything.
The very laws of reality bent, rewriting themselves in an attempt to erase Lin Tian's existence.
Cause and effect reversed. Time collapsed. The very fabric of existence rejected him, trying to rewrite history so that he had never existed at all.
But Lin Tian?
He grinned.
"Nice try."
His golden eyes burned as he activated the Heart of Devouring.
And instead of resisting the attack—he consumed it.
Reality shuddered.
The laws of existence unraveled in his grasp, their power flowing into him, strengthening him.
For the first time—The One Who Watches hesitated.
"You… resist?"
Lin Tian smirked. "I don't just resist."
He stepped forward, tearing through the collapsing void as if it were nothing.
"I take."
And then—he attacked.
Lin Tian moved faster than light, faster than thought, faster than time itself.
His first strike collided with the infinite void, shaking the very foundation of the multiverse.
A second strike—and the fabric of existence fractured.
A third—and the Eye, for the first time, moved.
It blinked.
And the moment it did, the entire multiverse screamed.
Planets shattered. Stars collapsed. Dimensions folded inward, unable to withstand the sheer force of Lin Tian's will.
The One Who Watches spoke again, but this time—its voice was different.
"You… are beyond what was calculated."
Lin Tian smirked. "And you're weaker than I expected."
The Eye darkened.
And then—it struck back.
Lin Tian barely had time to react before everything shattered.
Not just the space around him.
Not just the universe.
But the very concept of reality itself.
The Eye did not attack with force.
It attacked with erasure.
The moment its power surged, Lin Tian felt it—his very presence beginning to unravel. His body, his memories, his very being—all being rewritten, removed from existence.
For the first time…
Lin Tian felt himself disappearing.
His past, his victories, his battles, his name—all fading.
And in the darkness, a whisper echoed.
"This is the fate of all who defy me."
Lin Tian gritted his teeth.
He had defied gods. Destroyed towers. Devoured the power of Primordials.
And now, this thing thought it could erase him?
His golden eyes flickered.
And then—he did something impossible.
He devoured his own erasure.
The void collapsed inward.
Lin Tian's body reformed, stronger, more complete than before. The very laws of reality he had lost—he took them back.
No.
He rewrote them.
His golden eyes burned brighter than ever, his aura stretching beyond the boundaries of creation itself.
For the first time—he was no longer bound by anything.
Not by rules.
Not by existence.
Not even by the concept of reality itself.
He was beyond a Devourer.
Beyond a God.
Beyond a Primordial.
He was something new.
And The One Who Watches…
Finally knew fear.
The moment Lin Tian devoured his own erasure, the entire structure of existence collapsed around him.
Not just space. Not just time.
Everything.
The fundamental **laws that held together cause and effect, light and darkness, past and future—**all of it crumbled as his golden eyes burned with newfound power.
The One Who Watches, a being that had ruled from beyond the highest heavens, a being that had watched the rise and fall of countless gods, now hovered in silence.
For the first time in eternity—it hesitated.
"You… are impossible," the voice of The One Who Watches trembled. "You should not be able to do this."
Lin Tian exhaled, rolling his shoulders. "And yet, here I am."
The vast, endless eye, once cold and unfeeling, now flickered—uncertain.
Lin Tian took a slow step forward, and the void itself warped beneath his feet. Every movement sent ripples through the shattered multiverse, twisting the fabric of existence itself.
The Watcher's voice deepened.
"You are beyond what was calculated. Beyond what was written."
Lin Tian smirked. "So rewrite your expectations."
Then—he vanished.
And in an instant—he struck.
The entire multiverse screamed as Lin Tian's fist collided with The One Who Watches.
The force of the impact rippled through all of existence, tearing through dimensions, erasing galaxies, rewriting entire timelines in an instant.
But Lin Tian wasn't finished.
Before The One Who Watches could react, he **moved again—**appearing above it, below it, around it, attacking from every direction at once.
Each strike was not just power.
It was absolute control.
Every movement redefined the concept of combat, shifting the very fabric of cause and effect itself.
The Watcher reeled back, its cosmic body twisting, struggling to maintain its form.
"You do not understand what you are doing!" the Watcher's voice shook, resonating through all creation. "If you destroy me, the fabric of reality itself will—"
Lin Tian cut it off with a smirk.
"You think I care about your reality?"
Then—he raised his hand.
And in his grasp, the very concept of existence trembled.
Lin Tian clenched his fist—and the multiverse shattered.
The One Who Watches let out a sound that had never been heard before.
Pain.
It flinched, its massive cosmic eye narrowing as if experiencing something completely alien.
Lin Tian was devouring it.
Not its body.
Not its energy.
But its very concept.
The One Who Watches, the being that had ruled from beyond infinity, was being erased from the fundamental laws of existence.
The Watcher's voice trembled.
"This… is not possible…!"
Lin Tian's smirk widened. "You keep saying that."
The golden glow around his body intensified. His power surged beyond anything the multiverse had ever known. He wasn't just taking power anymore.
He was rewriting the very nature of reality itself.
The Watcher's form flickered, unstable, unraveling.
"You do not know what you are doing!" it bellowed. "If I fall, then the balance—"
Lin Tian laughed. "I am the balance."
And with a final, devastating blow—
He devoured The One Who Watches.
The instant The One Who Watches was consumed, everything stopped.
The broken stars hung motionless. The shattered dimensions froze mid-collapse.
And for the first time since existence had begun—
There was silence.
Lin Tian exhaled, standing amidst the wreckage of the greatest being to ever exist.
And yet—he was still here.
Still standing.
Still breathing.
His golden eyes scanned the void, the endless sea of broken realities, the ruins of existence itself.
Everything… was his now.
He had consumed not just power.
Not just divinity.
But the very concept of control itself.
Lin Tian was no longer just a cultivator.
No longer just a god.
No longer just a Devourer.
He had become something beyond definition.
And then—a voice spoke.
But this time, it wasn't from an enemy.
It was from the multiverse itself.
"Lin Tian."
The voice was not threatening. Not angry.
It simply… was.
"You have consumed the last obstacle. There is no one left to oppose you. No force above you. No law that can restrict you."
Lin Tian remained silent.
"You stand at the peak of everything. You are now the architect of existence itself. The question remains—"
"What will you do now?"
For the first time in his life, Lin Tian did not have an immediate answer.
He had fought for so long. Climbed for so long. Broken every limit, surpassed every challenge.
And now…
He had nothing left to fight.
No one left to defeat.
He was the final ruler of everything.
Lin Tian exhaled. "What do I do now, huh?"
Then—he smirked.
And in the distance, where the last remnants of the void stretched into the unknown…
He saw something new.
A place untouched. A reality not yet shaped.
And in his heart, he knew.
Even at the peak—there was always something more.
Lin Tian turned toward the unknown.
And with a single step—
He walked forward.
Toward the next great unknown.
Because for someone like Lin Tian…
There was no such thing as an ending.
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