074 : A New Dawn, A New Threat.

The moment Lin Tian stepped forward, the universe responded.

Stars ignited in the darkness, spiraling into vast, endless galaxies. Planets formed from the cosmic dust, stretching outward into newly woven realities.

And at the center of it all—Lin Tian stood.

He looked around, feeling the energy pulsing beneath his fingertips. This was no longer the multiverse of the old gods. No longer a prison shaped by ancient laws.

This was his creation.

A universe with no limits.

A reality that obeyed no one but him.

Su Yun, standing at his side, watched in awe. "Lin Tian… it's beautiful."

Lin Tian exhaled, a slow, measured breath. "It's a start."

She turned to him. "So what happens now?"

Lin Tian's golden eyes flickered.

Now?

Now… he builds.

But before he could answer—the universe itself shuddered.

And in the distance, something stirred.

Something old.

Something… new.

And for the first time since transcending existence—Lin Tian was no longer alone.

Lin Tian's gaze sharpened.

Far beyond the newly formed galaxies, past the expanding edges of his creation—a presence emerged.

It was vast, unshaped, undefined.

A force that had no name, no identity.

But Lin Tian felt it.

It was alive.

And it was watching him.

Su Yun shivered, stepping closer. "Lin Tian… what is that?"

Lin Tian didn't respond immediately.

Because the truth was—even he didn't know.

This wasn't an old god. It wasn't a forgotten force from the past.

It was something that had never existed before.

Something that had been born the moment Lin Tian created his universe.

A counterbalance.

A force that, by its very nature, stood in opposition to him.

And as Lin Tian stared into the vast unknown, he realized…

He wasn't just a creator anymore.

Now, he had a rival.

A deep, endless vibration echoed through the cosmos. Not sound. Not energy.

But something deeper.

A presence that pushed against Lin Tian's existence, testing it, probing it.

Lin Tian smirked. "So that's how it is, huh?"

Su Yun frowned. "Lin Tian?"

He turned to her, his golden eyes gleaming. "I just created a new universe, but I didn't make this thing."

Su Yun's expression darkened. "Then where did it come from?"

Lin Tian exhaled, rolling his shoulders. "Looks like when I created something new…"

"The universe created something to balance me."

Su Yun's breath hitched. "You mean…"

Lin Tian nodded. "This thing… whatever it is…" His smirk widened. "It was made to fight me."

And then—it moved.

The presence surged forward, crossing an infinite distance in an instant.

And for the first time—Lin Tian saw it.

It wasn't a being.

It wasn't a god.

It was everything he was not.

A force of absolute void, not destruction, not hunger—but negation.

Where Lin Tian created, this thing erased.

Where Lin Tian shaped, this thing unraveled.

It was the Other Side of Creation.

And it had come for him.

The entity did not speak.

It did not threaten.

It simply acted.

A single pulse of black energy erupted from its form, spreading outward at impossible speed.

Lin Tian's eyes narrowed. "That's not an attack."

Su Yun turned to him. "Then what is it?"

Lin Tian exhaled. "It's rewriting everything I made."

Before their eyes, entire galaxies vanished.

Not destroyed. Not consumed.

Simply… undone.

Lin Tian clenched his fist. "Tch."

He stepped forward—and countered.

With a wave of his hand, golden light surged, restoring the erased galaxies, reshaping reality as fast as it was being unraveled.

The void-being paused.

Then, for the first time—it responded.

And the universe shook.

Lin Tian smirked. "Alright. I get it now."

This wasn't a war of destruction.

Not a fight between light and dark.

This was a clash of creation itself.

A battle between two forces—one that shapes, and one that unravels.

For the first time since ascending, Lin Tian had met his match.

And that…

Was exciting.

Su Yun watched as the two forces collided, reality itself bending between them. "Lin Tian… can you win?"

Lin Tian exhaled, golden energy crackling around him. "I'm not even sure I can end this."

Su Yun frowned. "What do you mean?"

Lin Tian's smirk widened.

"This thing was made the moment I created my universe. It's part of me, whether I like it or not."

His golden aura surged, pushing back against the void-being's endless unraveling.

"This isn't just a fight," Lin Tian said.

"This is the price of being a Creator."

And with that—he launched forward.

Because if this thing wanted a war?

Then Lin Tian was going to show it what happens when you fight a god.

The moment Lin Tian charged forward, the universe reacted.

His presence alone ignited the very fabric of reality, golden energy surging outward, spreading like wildfire.

The void-being did not hesitate.

It moved to meet him, its form shifting between states of pure nothingness, absorbing and unraveling everything in its path.

When they clashed—

The impact shattered the newborn cosmos.

Entire galaxies collapsed into light and darkness, folding inward, warping between existence and erasure.

The shockwave rippled through all of creation, rewriting entire dimensions in an instant.

Su Yun, watching from a distance, felt the overwhelming force of the collision. "This isn't just a fight…" she whispered.

Lin Tian and the void-being weren't just exchanging blows.

They were rewriting reality itself with every attack.

And there was no balance.

Only war.

Lin Tian's fist crashed into the void-being's shifting form, his golden energy colliding against absolute negation.

The result?

A ripple that unmade time itself.

For a single moment, the past, present, and future of his universe ceased to exist.

And then—Lin Tian rewrote it.

With a single thought, he forced reality back into place, restoring what had been undone.

But the void-being?

It did not care.

It did not hesitate.

It did not fear.

It simply continued to erase.

Lin Tian dodged, twisting through the collapsing fragments of space, countering with waves of pure creation, forcing existence back into being faster than it could be consumed.

But even he could feel it.

The balance was too perfect.

For every galaxy he restored, the void-being unraveled another.

For every universe he created, the void-being erased another.

Lin Tian gritted his teeth. "So that's how it is, huh?"

This wasn't just a fight.

It was a perfect stalemate.

An endless cycle of building and undoing.

And unless something changed…

The battle would never end.

Lin Tian took a step back, golden light flickering around him as he studied the void-being.

For the first time, he wasn't trying to destroy it.

He was trying to understand it.

"What are you?" he muttered, golden eyes sharp.

The void-being did not answer.

It did not have words.

It did not have thoughts.

It only had one purpose.

To negate.

To counter.

To oppose him.

Lin Tian exhaled. "So that's it, huh?"

This thing was not an enemy in the traditional sense.

It was not a god.

It was not a force of destruction.

It was simply… balance.

And in that moment, Lin Tian understood.

He had created something truly new.

And because of that—the multiverse had created something to match him.

If he was a force of absolute creation…

Then this thing was absolute negation.

And the two could never exist together.

Unless…

Lin Tian's golden eyes widened.

And for the first time since the battle began—he stopped fighting.

The void-being surged forward, sensing weakness.

It lunged, its formless presence unraveling everything in its path, reaching for Lin Tian—

Only for him to stand completely still.

Su Yun gasped. "Lin Tian!"

But he did not react.

Because for the first time—he wasn't resisting.

He wasn't countering.

He was… accepting.

The void-being collided with him, its negation merging with his existence.

And then—the universe screamed.

The battlefield collapsed inward, twisting into something that had never existed before.

Lin Tian's golden aura mixed with the endless void, no longer fighting, no longer erasing.

And in that moment—

Something new was born.

The cosmos stood still.

Su Yun felt it before she saw it.

A shift.

A change in the very nature of reality.

Lin Tian was no longer just the Creator.

And the void-being was no longer just Negation.

Something greater had emerged.

Lin Tian slowly opened his eyes, and for the first time—they were no longer purely golden.

Now, they shimmered with a balance of light and shadow.

And he understood.

He had just done something impossible.

He had merged the concepts of Creation and Negation into something beyond either.

Something that had never existed before.

Not gods.

Not fate.

Not destruction or hunger.

But something beyond all of it.

Something new.

Lin Tian exhaled, looking at his hands.

For the first time since his journey began—he had no idea what he had just become.

And that…

Was exciting.

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