In the darkness where no life could thrive, a single speck of life flickered.

The Void where no light its existence began reforming itself, a being that had long been asleep slowly awoke after eons of sleep.

Time passed and two hands appeared to gather the dissipating light. A heart appeared and then a consciousness able to speak.

"You wish nothing more than to protect those around you and this had been your wish your first family died. The Master you treated your parent was the start of your birth, and the founding of another family became the foundation of your beliefs."

The voice spread its consciousness around the Void, searching for the pieces of the flickering light of Wang Ling's and his very soul.

"You have fulfilled this dream, but, what of the truest and most genuine desire you hold dear? What about that desire that's above power and the desire to protect? Your incessant pursue of power stems from that invisible and unmet desire to protect yourself and the people who wanted to have. You deluded yourself that in opening the chains of your time, you might find the life you were searching for.

"Am I wrong? Let's say that I am, then, why did you open the chains in exchange of your life? Was it to die without recognizing your desire for death? That's right, I know what you wished for. You desired death because you could no longer tolerate your past failures. You threatened the world in order to turn them against you and your false arrogance led to your perpetual demise. But in death, what did you find? You found the desire to live and walk another path, a new life opened for you and in that second life, you died trying to protect the world you tried to destroy, why is that — Wang Ling?"

The flickering soul had been gathered and the soul of a being appeared. The soul was said to have two colors, red for evil and white for the righteous.

However, this soul had three separate and distinct radiant.

The Radiant Golden that pierced the Void's Darkness representing the Soul of True Heavens: The Black that could devour the Void's Darkness, representing the Soul of Grand Hell: and the Chaotic Balance of Light and Darkness that Originated before the Void, representing the Soul of Chaotic Creation.

A swirl of three distinct yet united soul fragments appeared in the Void. This soul melded together and then; Wang Ling's figure appeared.

Opening his eyes, Wang Ling finally saw the visage of the ethereal voice whispering at him from the darkness of his bloodline and through the vacuum for the Void.

The voice echoed in his head, he was thinking hard why his words pierced his heart.

Was he right? Wang Ling did not know, but the voice patiently waited for an answer from the still healing Wang Ling.

"What of my family… are they alive? Are they well?" his first words were not what the voice expected.

He answered Wang Ling nonetheless, "They are well, I cannot see them but through your lineage, I can feel their presence still existing in the vast universe. Despite the changes happening outside the void, they managed to survive… someone strong is protecting them."

"Then that is good." He felt relieved.

"Now that I have answered your question, why not answer mine?" The voice said passively.

"…I… didn't save the world, I save my family living in that world. Your words made me think, and yes, it would seem that I desired death… why? Because I wished to see my teacher beyond this life. I wanted to see my family… in the end, it revolves because of a single truth. Since long before… since when I was left there to die in the falling snow, I can now see that my desires and reason for living had not changed…"

"But you know the Wheel of Reincarnation would have already brought his soul in another life."

"I know, it was but a whimsical desire of my grieving soul… I did not even know what it was that I wanted, let alone what it was my true desires. I know nothing but pain, and with me using my soul as the catalyst to draw in Chaos qi, I doubt I can hope to see my family in another life… voice, or Emperor was it? I know not what you are, or what it is that you represent, but I know that you are alive despite having died for eons, just like that Gray Figure who used me for his end."

"What is that you wish to say?" The voice said as he collected more dissipating soul fragments.

"The Gray Figure used me and the bloodline I gained to strengthen its existence. It granted me its qi and helped me grow so that it would thrive alongside me. That parasite helped itself and played me for a fool, and from what I can see, you have a deep-seethed grudge against him. So, devour my soul, strengthen yourself and kill him for me."

He was simply passing the time, the void is timeless, one could say it was infinity. In this world, the voice was simply questioning Wang Ling to know him more… to know his desires.

The voice listened to Wang Ling and asked him, "Do you not want to see your family? You will disappear from existence once I devour you. If you are to be reincarnated through the Wheel of Reincarnation, you might be able to remember them again once you unlock the qi of creation — Chaos. You said your existence revolves around the desire to have and preserve the family that you have… to throw away your existence is similar to you abandoning them."

Wang Ling laughed, "I — My family — Wang Yue, Wang Hong, Mother, Father, Renhuo, Bai Xue, and many more would die because of the Gray Figure's rise. I have to send someone to them that would help them live through this calamity I have brought to the whole Universe. You say they are well, but the Gray Figure's power is something beyond their capability. There is war outside, right? The Abyssal demons would ravage my family, kill them, and devour them. What makes my sacrifice if they will die in the end? If I can protect them beyond my grave, then that is the end I desire — even if it means I cease to exist."

The Gray Figure laughed as it found the last fragments of Wang Ling's soul.

Wang Ling closed his eyes, and he no longer wished to argue and even try to live. He had the desire, but he knew he was no more than damaged goods now.

He devoured souls in the past and he knew what fate awaited him, but he did not fear such fate. If complete destruction of his existence was the price of saving his family, then Wang Ling would be willing to sacrifice himself. A smile emerged on his face.

While Kiel was smiling, it was then that he felt pulling him, it was the process of absorption occurring… but, it was not him who was being absorbed, but the bearer of the ethereal voice letting Wang Ling absorb him.

"What are you doing!?" Alarmed, Wang Ling asked.

"I am giving you the essence of my existence. However, you will lose everything, even the unbreakable Cosmic Energy Palace and Cosmic Pillars would disappear after your death. I want to give you back everything, but, with "his" revival, the Universe is changing… even cultivation itself is changing I—"

"No, that doesn't matter, why are you reviving me instead of choosing to live yourself?"

Wang Ling wanted to live, but he was at a loss why the voice would willingly give its life to him.

"I am no longer needed in this Universe, because… you're already there."

"…" Wang Ling did not know how to react to his words.

"You were called the successor of the Gray Figure, you said you were used to becoming his conduit for power, yes that is true. But, even I, the Creator of humanoids was used. To live and thrive outside of his cell, he used the Angelic Qi and Hellish Qi as a container where he would be able to exist. After that, it opened after you gained the Chaos Qi, and as I could not say anything for, I was in too deep into the darkness of the void, I could only watch in horror as he manipulated you.

"He thought I chose to retreat from this world, but, in truth, I simply failed. But that did not answer your question, did it? Well, at least not in the way you thought. I am giving you my own soul because, you and I, are now one and the same. You have already become my incarnation, and the proof of you still living in this Void without the help of the Scriptures is proof of this. Only I, and the Mother of Beasts can survive in this Void, for we belong here. You are my incarnation, you're me and I am you, and I am giving you my soul in hopes that the new me would be able to grant this Universe a new kind of hope — I do not know what has become of the Universe by now but I hope you can save it and your family. But to do it, you cannot walk my path and create your own. I was outsmarted, toyed with, and defeated, I hope that you, would be able to do what I couldn't — provide peace… if you can, find the law … add it to yours… and create your own."

Wang Ling could feel his soul regaining his strength. The Radiant Gold, the Overwhelming Darkness, and the Chaotic Gray were swayed by a new color, it the color of a lineage no being in this whole Universe possesses.

It was a soul, beyond everything and anything, it was nothing and everything.

An Azure light overwhelmed the Void, and as Wang Ling gained his full soul, he felt warmth as if someone was embracing him. He opened his eyes and then ripped open the Void and traversed the Universe, finding a suitable host to reforge your body.

Wang Ling was about to return.

But before the Voice disappeared, it said one more thing to Wang Ling, "I wish to return your cultivation, but I have used it to support reality. Worry not, however, for its existence is no longer needed. The world is changing, and when you see Xue again, please, ask her to return… our time has already come past — please take care of her Incarnation."

"I will…"

Wang Ling's soul flew off, his body turning into white light, piercing the void's very darkness and for a brief moment, the Void was filled with light.

Somewhere in the vast universe, the white light pierced through the cosmos. It whizzed through space, cut through the path trodden upon by the people traveling to find power and greatness.

The white light became faster and faster, and only those with strength saw this phenomenon. They disregarded it, thinking it was nothing but a shooting star.

But they were indeed right, this light was a star.

A simple star that would become the light of hope against the darkness threatening to devour the light of life.

This was Wang Ling and after passing through the Universe, he opened his eyes in a very dark place, where the space to move around on was nothing more than a few inches. No, incorrect, the fact was that he couldn't move this body at all.

'Am I imprisoned? What has this body done?'

He thought to himself but soon, the soul of the body merged with his.

No, to be more specific, the soul's memory got devoured by Wang Ling and when he reopened his eyes, he found out a rather… unsettling news — he was already dead.

'That's not good.' Wang Ling was already dead.