[You extended a loving hand, formed from the cosmos, and touched Lillian's snow-white hair.]
"I will bestow upon you essence, I wish to grant you power and eternal union with the Way, I will guide you to become the ultimate."
She trembled with excitement: "Really? Really?"
"Of course it's true." You smiled calmly. "You've been dreaming of that level for many years, haven't you? That final step might be impossible for you to take on your own in your entire life, but I will guide you to reach it!"
The silver-haired, red-eyed girl was moved to tears. It was clear she was deeply excited; her whole body was trembling, and her face was almost distorted, making her appear less human. You felt a slight pang of emotion.
Although she looks only sixteen or seventeen, her actual age is unknown, multiplied by billions, yet she remains stuck below the fully-fledged Universe Lord level. No wonder she lost her composure like this.
At this moment, you feel an overwhelming surge of love and tenderness for her.
Just as you were about to offer a few more words of comfort to calm her down, and then bestow her essence into the future, restoring her state from that future to its true form...
But in the next instant, you lose consciousness.
[It's not just you who's lost consciousness; so have all your countless filial sons and grandsons in the Mystic Crystal Abyss.]
Perhaps this cannot be called a loss of consciousness, but rather death.
[A death that happened in an instant, completely and utterly.]
Only one person survived: the white-haired, red-eyed girl.
She slowly transformed back into her purplish-blue jellyfish form.
Yun Shou: "..."
Then, it excitedly trembled its tentacles, which constantly released massive amounts of annihilation energy, obliterating one gap, ten gaps, until it reached a distance of hundreds of thousands of gaps before stopping, slowly calming its emotions.
[No normal universe lord naturally possesses such power, not even the 27 billionth Eternity's End, nor the 30 billionth-level universe lord who once flashed by in a certain era!]
It is Daojun—Niyin.
It belongs to a Dao Lord.
That supreme Dao Lord has many other names: Ether, All Elements, Source Qi, Energy...
It is the "energy pillar" among the three pillars of the material world.
[It symbolizes vitality, spiritual energy, and celestial energy; it symbolizes the light and heat released by burning flames; it symbolizes tangible and intangible consumables—one of the cornerstones of all things!]
[Void, world, destiny, matter, energy... He is the fifth Dao Lord born since the beginning of time!]
[And Ni Yin, born in the same era as that Dao Lord, came from the infinitely distant past, and was even much older than the Dao Lords who were born later!]
Because of some camaraderie, or more accurately, grudges, it was tricked by the supreme Lord of the Etheric Path. Instead of being killed outright, it was kept by his side to slowly exact its revenge.
[But as time passed, it was the other party who took the initiative to let go, abandoning past grievances, and even bestowing upon it authority, elevating it to the position of Dao Lord.]
The Daoist Master has come to terms with it, but Ni Yin hasn't.
It viewed that as a humiliation, and harbored a deep-seated desire for revenge and rebellion. What humiliated it even more was that, due to the vast difference in power, its resistance was seen as childish sulking.
The Lord of Ether knew it harbored resentment towards him, knew it constantly plotted to kill him—but he didn't care at all, believing it was simply too young, too naive, too immature. Therefore, he didn't eliminate it, but instead kept this former minor enemy.
"Seeing it feels like going back to when the two of you were enemies, doesn't it?"
"Lord Ether: I really like your unruly demeanor, keep it up!"
So, tens of millions of years ago, it learned of your existence and came.
Next, based on various clues and one's own understanding, a conclusion was drawn.
[You, in your slumber, are a candidate for Dao Lord.]
[The material world has all three pillars, the spatial world has all three pillars, but the life world only has two pillars so far... According to the laws and your performance, you must be the third pillar of life!]
[The "Infinite Pillar" symbolizes the infinite evolution and growth of life!]
"Hmm... I feel like this name sounds better than my true self."
"But I'm already used to it."
[Therefore, Ni Yin began to plot to seize this power from you.]
[It was right in part about what it said, that taking action prematurely while you were asleep could have been dangerous.]
Although she saw that you were merely merging with the universe, if she were to alert you prematurely and provoke your hostility... the Dao Lord's methods are completely beyond imagination. Even if you are not yet mature, it might still fall to your hand.
Therefore, after determining that there were no mind-reading principles in the Light Dust Source Soup, it began to recharge this stunted and underdeveloped universe.
[The energy supplied successfully met your needs a billion times greater than they were at the time, allowing you to grow rapidly. Furthermore, there was a backup plan within that energy, which can be converted into annihilation at any time, guaranteeing a swift and decisive kill.]
[Then came everything that had happened to her father's family: she joined the war, defeated the enemy just before your birth, and met you.]
Originally, she wanted to hold back and spend more time with you, to see if you had other ways to protect yourself, and to observe you further before making a decision... But as she grew increasingly agitated, she couldn't resist and acted before you were about to foresee the future and bestow your blessing.
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