The heavens were falling.
Celestial palaces shattered into cosmic dust. Stars imploded like dying candles in the wind. The light of a million realms dimmed beneath the clash of two unfathomable forces.
At the center of it all stood Lin Tian — wrapped in gold and shadow — facing the blinding immensity of the Supreme Deity, the origin of divine law itself.
Their powers collided again, a shockwave tearing through the Celestial Realm like the roar of a newborn universe.
BOOOOOOM—!
Reality bent, folded, and screamed.
Even the ancient Heavenly Stele cracked, its inscriptions glowing with fear.
A Truth That Shook Creation
Lin Tian's body trembled as the Supreme's words echoed through him:
"The Nexus was not made to grant balance.
It was made to restrain it."
He staggered, his mind racing.
"You're saying… the Nexus isn't a power. It's a seal?"
The Supreme's voice vibrated through everything — galaxies, atoms, and the spaces between.
"Yes. Within creation lies a force that predates the heavens.
A force so absolute that even gods bow before it.
You have awakened that force — Balance unbound."
Lin Tian's heartbeat thundered.
He could feel it — deep inside his soul — the Nexus shifting, struggling, yearning to burst free of his control.
"If this force escapes," the Supreme warned,
"all realms will collapse into equal nothingness.
Pure balance means the end of everything."
Lin Tian clenched his fists.
"Then I'll control it… even if it destroys me."
For the first time, a flicker of uncertainty crossed the Supreme's vast form.
"You are a mortal soul wearing the mask of an immortal.
You cannot contain the primordial balance."
Lin Tian wiped blood from his mouth.
"Watch me."
The War Begins
The Supreme raised its divine blade — a sword of origin energy, every slash rewriting the laws of the cosmos.
With one swing—
SLASH!
—a void storm tore across the heavens, erasing everything in its path.
Lin Tian dodged, moving faster than light, his Nexus aura blazing.
He countered with a punch that merged yin and yang, life and death, creation and destruction.
BOOM—!!
The Supreme staggered back.
A million immortals gasped.
Never in eternity had anyone forced the Supreme to retreat.
The Gods Join the Battlefield
From the scattered ruins of the Celestial Realm, the surviving immortals, divine beasts, and fallen lords rose.
Lord Xuan Dao, bloodied but unbroken, shouted:
"All immortals!
The heavens may fall —
but our future stands with Lin Tian!"
A roar surged through the heavens as billions of beings unleashed their full power at once.
Their combined light shot upward like a celestial tidal wave—
—only to vanish instantly as the Supreme flicked a single finger.
"Insects."
Entire armies evaporated.
Planets turned to dust.
Hope dimmed.
But Lin Tian stood tall, face pale, yet eyes burning with unyielding fire.
"You call them insects…
but even ants can bite a god."
He soared upward, Nexus energy swirling around him like twin galaxies.
Unbinding the Nexus
Lin Tian spread his arms wide.
The Nexus inside him pulsed uncontrollably.
Ding!
[Nexus Authority: 68% → 90% → 100%]
His body cracked with radiant fissures of gold and black.
He screamed — not in pain, but in release — as the full power of the Nexus flooded through him.
The Supreme froze.
"No…
You cannot ascend beyond the seal!"
The sky split open as Lin Tian's aura surged higher and higher.
Black and gold lightning wrapped around him.
His hair grew long, weightless, floating like threads of stardust.
His eyes shone with dual cosmic colors.
He was neither mortal nor immortal.
Neither god nor abyss.
He was Balance Incarnate.
Lin Tian's Final Form
Lin Tian breathed out, and the breath rippled through creation like a warm breeze.
The Supreme trembled for the first time.
"Impossible…
You've become the force I sought to cage."
Lin Tian raised one hand.
The laws of the universe bent around his fingers.
"I am not your enemy.
But I will not let the heavens decide who lives and dies."
He clenched his fist.
The Celestial Realm stabilized.
Time realigned.
The broken stars flickered back to life.
Immortals stared in awe.
Even Lord Xuan Dao whispered:
"He… healed the heavens with a thought…"
The Supreme's Last Strike
The Supreme Deity roared, its form expanding into an ocean of blinding origin energy.
"If you control the Nexus…
then you are the greatest threat to creation!"
It thrust its blade forward — the final strike.
A blow meant to erase Lin Tian from existence.
Lin Tian lifted his hand.
"I choose my own destiny."
Their energies met.
The impact consumed the heavens.
Light and darkness merged, collapsed, and exploded outward—
—until everything went silent.
After the Light Faded
The Celestial Realm was gone.
A new realm stood in its place — calm, harmonious, timeless.
The Supreme was nowhere to be seen.
And Lin Tian…
…stood alone, floating at the center of an endless sky.
His aura no longer raged.
It glowed softly — balanced, perfect, divine.
Ding!
[Final Evolution Complete]
Nexus Realm: True Equilibrium Sovereign
Abilities Unlocked: Origin Rewrite, Creation Balance, Eternal Nexus Heart
Lin Tian looked at his hands.
"So this… is true balance."
Behind him, the immortals slowly knelt, their voices trembling.
"Sovereign…
Savior…
Equal of Heaven…"
But Lin Tian only closed his eyes.
"No.
I am not Heaven's ruler.
I am its guardian."
Far away, in the fading remnants of chaos, a faint whisper echoed:
"The war is not over…
The Origin awakens…"
Lin Tian's eyes snapped open.
The final path was calling.
The last truth awaited.
And the true threat… had yet to reveal itself.