Lin Qianxuan held Peiya's hand, and amidst the flickering light, they returned to the Infinite Realm, departing from cyclic time and space. All past memories and eroded intellect were fully restored.

Her appearance had changed somewhat, but only to become slightly more mature.

"Teacher?" Peiya squinted her eyes, smiling as she spoke.

"If you like," Lin Qianxuan said, looking at her.

"Then it's better to call you Qian," Peiya tightened her grip on Lin Qianxuan's hand and softly said, "I'm sorry, but I'll make it up to you for the rest of my life."

She was apologizing for dragging Lin Qianxuan into her matters.

Although Lin Qianxuan had willingly jumped into this pit himself, she still felt largely responsible.

"I think what we should consider now isn't the blame, but that fellow," Lin Qianxuan said.

He considered this a part of his dark history.

After fishing for so long, he ended up being fished in return.

In the boundless chaos.

Lin Qianxuan and Peiya finally met their adversary.

He also appeared in human form at this moment.

Or rather, his form was shaped based on the observer.

The Dao is formless; in the vastness of time and space, their existence in this realm won't have any fixed posture.

Appearance had lost its meaning.

More so, it was information, it was a concept.

At this moment, they were engaging in a conceptual battle.

Everything around was being rewritten, chaotic rules in turmoil, constantly shifting.

"It seems I've failed," He said.

"May I know your name?" Lin Qianxuan asked.

Being the first Enlightened one he encountered, he thought knowing the other's name would make for a worthwhile memory.

"With your current power, you can't read it?" He said.

With Peiya's assistance, Lin Qianxuan already had the absolute upper hand, and he indeed could read it.

"Ying?"

Lin Qianxuan appeared slightly puzzled, then immediately delved deeper into the information.

"Careful!" Peiya warned.

However, it was too late, Ying's Power of Dao Fruit had already descended.

He had deliberately shown weakness previously, just to seize this moment.

Intangibly, a conceptual force attempted to erase Lin Qianxuan's existence.

This would bring him considerable trouble; theoretically, by the time he resolved this attack, the adversary would have long fled.

But to Lin Qianxuan's surprise, the Sound Talisman rendered this attack ineffective.

Attacks stemming from mystical objects had long been invalidated against him.

From the moment his fate intertwined with Peiya's, the outcome of victory was already decided.

"How can this be?"

Ying found it difficult to comprehend.

As fellow Enlightened ones, even if the Gate of Immeasurable varied in size, the nature of their powers was the same. Under the premise of no reaction from the opponent, it was certain they would fall for it.

But his Power of Dao Fruit was immune to the opponent.

Could it be he had truly "become enlightened"?

"Not yet, but soon," Lin Qianxuan read his consciousness, then said, "You too shall journey through that endless cycle."

With a slight thought, Lin Qianxuan also constructed a cyclic time and space.

Inside, there were no beings, plants, or vegetation; life was barren. There was only his singular existence, stripped of all great power, feeling hunger, pain, loneliness, and solitude, with memories everlasting, heightened senses, but without death.

No punishment could be more terrifying.

Lin Qianxuan defined time, and in an instant, this cyclic time and space had passed billions of years.

In his observation, Ying's intellect had been eroded significantly, and he no longer moved, lying there in a state of heightened perception.

He seemed to understand his future but still felt somewhat unwilling to accept this fate.

"Truly worthy as an Enlightened one," Lin Qianxuan sighed.

If it were any other existence, even a Daluo Golden Immortal, stripped of their power, this billion-year hardship would have completely eroded their intellect.

Yet, this Enlightened one only lost part of his intellect, retaining reason, and even the will to resist.

With a flick of his finger, Lin Qianxuan augmented the cyclic time and space, the formless power writing time and space, once again defining time, turning the swift passage of time into an exaggerated span.

In Lin Qianxuan's observation, his intellect continued to be worn away, little by little, until fully reduced to a state like withered wood, like desolate stone, like an ancient relic drained of essence.

His sea of consciousness dried up, with no nourishment, only able to drip away completely.

Until at a certain moment, he no longer had a self.

In the cyclic time and space, the representation of his existence completely vanished.

This is the death of an Enlightened one.

However, even though the Enlightened one is gone, the Dao Fruit would not be obliterated.

Whoosh~!

A light shot out from the cyclic time and space, unhindered by any material in the chaos, easily traversing the cyclic time and space, even Lin Qianxuan couldn't intercept it with his own Dao Fruit power.

To retrieve it, there was only one way.

That is to understand its nature, to grasp it, or to be chosen by it.

And how could Lin Qianxuan, who had studied mysterious objects for so long, not understand what it was?

"The object that mirrors yin and yang!"

At this moment, it was captured by Lin Qianxuan, or rather, it chose Lin Qianxuan.

In Lin Qianxuan's hand, this Dao Fruit manifested into a tangible form, a two-faced Bronze Mirror.

One side reflects yang, while the other must reflect yin.

By shining it on a certain object, it would exhibit both positive and negative effects, becoming a mystical object.

It could also be used to reflect oneself, adding a positive and a negative buff.

Of course, the negative can be defined.

And it can be interpreted.

The same thing, in different situations, can simultaneously have both positive and negative evaluations.

After putting away the Bronze Mirror, Lin Qianxuan looked at Peiya and said, "Want to visit my world?"

"Of course." Peiya nodded with a smile.

As she answered, Lin Qianxuan was also rewriting reality, defining the simulated future as the true timeline.

From this point on, everything truly changed.

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Earth.

Inside the Dragon Palace.

The seven Daughters of Destiny gathered, creating a lively atmosphere.

It had been several months since Lin Qianxuan brought Peiya back.

The issues of getting along with each other were somewhat troublesome, but he managed them quite smoothly.

He had also mastered that Bronze Mirror, opening the eighth Gate of Immeasurable.

Yet he still hadn't reached the realm of transcendence.

The only thing on his mind now was what the final hurdle could be.

"Xuan~! What are you thinking about?" Peiya asked as she hugged Lin Qianxuan from behind while he was fishing.

As she spoke, her tail quietly slipped into the seams of Lin Qianxuan's clothes.

"Stop it." Lin Qianxuan helplessly held her tail and said, "Today is not the right time."

"I'm not messing around." Peiya licked Lin Qianxuan's ear and said, "I promised to properly make it up to you."

Lin Qianxuan squinted his eyes slightly, about to respond.

"Fox, you snuck a bite without inviting me!!" Jiang Mengli appeared out of nowhere and shouted at Peiya.

Her voice startled the others.

"Qian Xuan, you promised to spend one day each week with me! This week's day hasn't been used yet...." Chen Long'Er stared at Lin Qianxuan and said.

"Little Xuan! It's been a long time since we were intimate; don't neglect the old for the new, favoring one over the other...." Zhang Juan spoke with a charming smile.

"Husband, don't forget us sisters either." Gongsun Ying squinted and approached with Gongsun Yue, saying.

"I'll wait for you in the room...."

Ling'Er was more direct, immediately turning to walk towards the bedroom.

"No, I just wanted to quietly fish today....."

Lin Qianxuan felt lost.

Fortunately, he had the ability to define time, allowing him to handle each person individually. Being a master of time management wasn't difficult.

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Time ticked away, and the world's changes were happening rapidly.

With the companionship of seven Dao companions, Lin Qianxuan's life was quite blissful.

However, the "String of Destiny" never lit up again.

He even once thought that the final challenge would never come.

Until the first day of the new year, Lin Qianxuan went alone to the room where the computer was stored.

Upon turning on the computer, the icon of the "String of Destiny" shone brightly once more.

This time, the golden String of Destiny intertwined, no longer using the computer as a medium; it appeared before him.

Countless golden Strings of Destiny wove into the form of a translucent maiden.

Lin Qianxuan couldn't clearly see her face, or perhaps she had yet to take a fixed appearance.

She reached out her hand towards Lin Qianxuan.

Lin Qianxuan also extended his palm.

In the next moment, she took on form with Lin Qianxuan's observation.

Slim body, golden hair, delicate features.....

"You Xi." She said softly.

This was her name.

When she said her name, Lin Qianxuan also learned her information.

[Daughter of Destiny: You Xi.]

[Connection Level: 1%.]

[Shared Talent: [Game of Life].]

[Sound Talisman: Not acquired.]

[Music Score: Not acquired.]

[Memory: Not acquired.]

[Origin: A being manifested from the Dao Fruit of Destiny in Chaos.]

[Game of Life: Randomly appear in a world within Chaos and acquire an identity. By completing milestones through game actions, you can earn milestone rewards.]

The Dao of Destiny descended into this world in the form of a game.

She is the Dao Fruit itself.

With Lin Qianxuan's observation and cognition, she took form and was able to exist.

"Lin Qianxuan," Lin Qianxuan introduced himself.

"Only one chance." You Xi nodded, then said.

She only offered Lin Qianxuan one chance to pursue her.

"That's enough." Lin Qianxuan declared confidently.

In this regard, he was somewhat confident.

Even though You Xi wasn't an ordinary human, she was nevertheless born from his observation.

Moreover, Lin Qianxuan had conquered even AI girl Ling'Er, so although You Xi was special, Lin Qianxuan still had some certainty.

You Xi looked at Lin Qianxuan, seemingly wanting to explain something, but in the end, she didn't say anything.

She grasped Lin Qianxuan's hand, and in the next moment, they both vanished from the current space-time.

Meanwhile, in a certain Eternal Sand World within Chaos, two children were born.

When Lin Qianxuan struggled to open his eyes, he realized something was amiss.

"So that's what 'only one chance' means?"

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