At the entrance of the Archaic Hall, the Ninth Passage radiated a soft, milky-white glow.
The light and sound faded away; the world grew clear and bright, while the Origin Light descending from the highest end of the cosmic starry sky gradually vanished.
"Come in."
That calm yet imposing voice echoed in his ears.
"Supreme?"
"Is this our Human Race’s Supreme Ever-Extinction?"
Andrew Han widened his eyes, took a deep breath, and looked straight ahead.
Before this moment, he did not know the true name of the silver-haired, single-horned elder. Even the fact that a Human Supreme personally guarded the entrance to the Archaic Hall was something Andrew had only learned by chance, during idle conversation with Taichu Howard Gu.
That’s right.
Only a very few among the Human Race were qualified to know this secret.
In this vast cosmos, the number and strength of Supreme-level combatants directly determine the survival of a life race.
Supreme Ever-Extinction...
Andrew Han stared blankly upward.
He did not know why.
His always calm and composed temperament felt a hint of nervousness—for this was a Human Supreme, not someone one could meet just by wishing. For a Hall Primeval to request an audience with a Supreme was no less difficult than an ordinary native lifeform of a planet trying to meet the future emperor of a starry empire face-to-face.
Simply put, almost impossible!
The vast gap in life hierarchy guaranteed an unbridgeable chasm!
Approachable demeanor is just an illusion.
The real truth is the barrier of tiers.
But Andrew Han was no longer a composite Stellar Palace-tier Primeval Genius; he was now Void Rift-tier, and moreover, Humanity’s newly born Eternal King.
"Hmm."
"It seems my prediction was correct."
At this moment, having advanced to Void Rift and assaulted the Eternal King tier, Andrew Han truly possessed the honor to seek an audience with a Supreme.
Yet.
He himself was unaware of this.
At that time, he stood on the bridge admiring the scenery, but those who watched the scene were not only standing on the bridge. The exalted being above the clouds could lower his gaze and survey all the mortal dust below: "Excellent. For a Fate Rebel to break through to Eternal King so swiftly and succeed in one stroke, born among our Human Race... Looking back over the ages, a Fate Rebel evolving at such speed is truly rare."
A faint, elusive smile.
A gaze both scrutinizing and contemplative.
Though Supreme Ever-Extinction’s emotions never showed on his face, seeing this younger Human approach, he nodded in quiet satisfaction.
Step, step.
The black cloth shoes embroidered with small red flowers stepped lightly onto the Passage of the Ninth Wastes, as Andrew Han approached Supreme Ever-Extinction with exceptional reverence.
At the same time.
As Andrew Han traversed this seemingly endless hall passage, he once again felt its vast and boundless aura.
Though the Passage of the Ninth Wastes appeared empty, it actually contained countless mysteries. Even the milky-white membrane lining the inner walls was imprinted with condensed, vast information, shining with a dazzling radiance. A subtle fragrance seemed to permeate the air, and Andrew vaguely sensed a brief chronicle of the Star-Sky Humans rising against adversity entering his heart.
Then, at that very moment—
The entire real, objective world seemed to recede into the distance.
Before his eyes, the enormous rift effortlessly opened by Supreme Ever-Extinction with a mere wave of his hand replaced all other sights.
"What is this?"
In that instant, Andrew Han’s hair stood on end.
A deep, black-hole-like rift in time and space hovered directly ahead, drawing in everything—sight, perception, and even the will and mind of a Void Rift-tier being.