Chapter 245: Transcendence in This Lifetime (Part 1)

Su Chen opened his eyes.
A familiar scene.
He had returned to the Space of Reversal of Fate.
In this life, he had lived for far too long.
From an ordinary crow to the Undying Nether Emperor who ruled for over ten million years, he had personally destroyed era after era, all in an attempt to transcend this prison.
Yet, he still failed.
“The Void Sea of ​​Time… the Temple of the Main God…”
Su Chen vaguely remembered that when he broke through the barrier between worlds, there seemed to be beings conversing on the other side.
The universe wasn't the only one; the world beyond truly existed.
It seemed… that being beyond the world had come for him.
But he was blocked by the people of the Temple of the Main God.
He, in the end, was just a little short of breaking through to the other side.
Su Chen opened the Book of Reversal of Fate.
In your fifteenth life, you were an ordinary crow. Awakening your memories, you discovered you were no longer human. Many of your former abilities were useless. Fortunately, your comprehension was high enough that you chose to forge a different path. Legend says of the phoenix's rebirth, achieving immortality. You, a mere crow, would eventually surpass the phoenix after countless rebirths!
You began searching for food to ensure your survival. To obtain cultivation resources, you decided to risk your life to steal spiritual rice from a major sect. You were lucky enough to encounter a simple-minded boy, successfully taking the most difficult step on your cultivation path. In a good mood, you decided to guide that boy.
After acquiring sufficient resources, you begin your first Nirvana, which goes smoothly. However, upon awakening, you find yourself being hunted. You choose to temporarily retreat, knowing that fortunes can change. You begin accumulating resources for your second Nirvana. After successfully completing your second Nirvana, you encounter that naive young man being chased again. You help him, as a way of repaying his earlier warning. You then embark on a journey of leveling up and defeating monsters, quickly entering your third Nirvana... You slay the Profound Demon King, break free from the Great Wu Dynasty, establish a Demon Kingdom, intimidate the Demon Emperors of the four directions, and even seize an opportunity, successfully beginning your fourth Nirvana.
Time passed, and you emerged from seclusion. The demon kingdom you founded was destroyed, and the destroyers were none other than the descendants of that foolish boy from before. This fact left you somewhat melancholic. Having experienced countless lifetimes, you had endured so much, yet your heart held little sorrow. You discovered a little fox who was still alive, and decided to take her with you. The path to immortality wasn't so lonely after all. You severed karmic ties; the Qinglan Sect rose and fell because of you. Your actions attracted countless forces and powerful figures, yet no one could subdue you. All those who came to hunt you were annihilated by you.
Your aptitude was not high.
However, the accumulation of lifetimes became your greatest trump card.
Within the ruins of a saint, relying on your Dao heart and comprehension, you gained the foundation of a Saint King, contended with a saint, broke through to the Nirvana Realm, and destroyed a sacred land in a single battle, earning the title of an unparalleled fiend. After hundreds of years of wandering, you accumulated the resources for your fifth Nirvana and began your own.
Your strength has grown even greater. You've overcome the Saint Tribulation, slain Saint Kings, and survived the pursuit of powerful sects in the outer starry sky. You even killed their successors, searched for the legacy of the Emperor of Myriad Laws, and entered the Hall of Myriad Laws. Using resources left behind, you successfully completed your sixth and seventh Nirvanas. Your talent is now on par with any forbidden level cultivator. However, completing the eighth Nirvana is incredibly difficult.
The current Emperor, Yao Tianxin, sensed your presence. Knowing his death was imminent and unable to stop you, he chose to act out of selfish desires. To protect his descendants, he sealed you away. All the heroes of those eras were sealed by Emperor Tianxin. You sensed something was wrong. When you broke the seal, you witnessed darkness and chaos, widespread suffering, and even the new emperors being slaughtered, their blood staining the stars. Those supreme beings bathed in imperial blood had regained some of their former power. You did not choose to become an emperor; instead, you began preparing for your eighth Nirvana.
You chose to conceal your whereabouts, erasing all traces, and began seeking a way to break the deadlock. Finally, you remembered a terrifying being from the past, resurrected in this era, who might be able to help you break the deadlock. What the final outcome would be, you didn't know, but this was the only path you could take.
You passed on your psychic powers to someone else. The Psychic King lived up to your expectations, possessing unparalleled combat power, capable of fighting even a Supreme Being before achieving enlightenment. Although he fell, he gave you hope, and you began to repeatedly refresh the Psychic King's power. Meanwhile, you secretly ambushed and severely injured a Supreme Being, turning him into resources for your eighth Nirvana.
In your eighth Nirvana, you felt unprecedented power. The Psychic King was unwilling to continue being your pawn, but you didn't care. You were about to achieve enlightenment, even attracting the ultimate Ninefold Emperor Tribulation of heaven and earth, killing many Supreme Beings who dared not show themselves, suppressing everything. This era was named after your existence, marking the beginning of the Imperial Era, and all living beings sang praises of your achievements.
Soon, another great emperor was born, ending the era of emperors never meeting. This was a golden age of cultivation, no less prosperous than the ancient era. You were the creator of this golden age, and a new great emperor sought to challenge you and enter the Divine Court. Unfortunately, the gap between emperors was as vast as an chasm; you slew that emperor with a single move. This era was a golden age, yet also an apocalypse. You were simply too powerful, calling yourself the Undying Nether Emperor, suppressing countless great emperors, causing them to die in despair or retreat into forbidden zones.
You discover a problem... You've refined too many beings, preventing the emergence of new emperors in the world. You possess unparalleled power, blocking the path of all beings. You choose to sever your own imperial status, yet you remain stronger than many emperors. You retreat into the forbidden zone of the ancient tomb, comprehending the Bronze Immortal Palace for millions of years. You enter the Bronze Immortal Palace, only to discover that what awaits you is not a transcendent opportunity, but a former supreme emperor, sealed within the Bronze Immortal Palace by a powerful enemy. He wants to devour you, and you want to refine him. A great war erupts, sweeping across the universe and alarming the God Emperor. In this three-way battle, you and the God Emperor join forces to slay the Demon Lord of Tai Cang, and you enter a second nirvana.
Millions of years have passed... The God-King destroyed an era of prosperity, annihilating countless powerful beings, all while awaiting an extraterrestrial visitor seeking the secret of transcendence. Your aura startled you, and you began your pursuit of this secret. You slew the God-King, and from the extraterrestrial visitor, you obtained a profound secret. You chose to accumulate strength, but after millions of years, reaching a point of no return, you began to break through the barriers, embarking on the path of transcendence without hesitation.
You, however, failed. You took half a step forward, but ultimately failed to take that final step, stopping there.
Your life, starting as an ordinary crow, rose to become the Undying Underworld Emperor who suppressed all living beings for an era—an unparalleled legend.
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