The young man vanished above the clouds, and Ye Chen followed closely behind, also disappearing.

It seemed they had entered an unknown place, evading everyone's perception, making it impossible to chase.

"That sea of thunder forms a small world by itself, likely a transformation by the Heavenly Dao's supreme means. Even as an epic, I can't fathom it!"

Xiahou Chun stood outside the Canglan Realm, gazing at that sea of thunder with a look of amazement.

Xiahou Chun, having comprehended the epic grand path, naturally knew everything, including the existence of the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao indeed always existed, maintaining the cosmic cycle, stabilizing all realms!

However, the Heavenly Dao is the will of the universe, transcending all beings. Even epics must bow before it!

Xiahou Chun knew the existence of the Heavenly Dao, all epics knew of the Heavenly Dao, but none had ever seen it!

The Heavenly Dao rarely manifests its will; even epics have not seen it.

The Heavenly Dao, it seems, never existed!

Yet at this moment, the Heavenly Dao not only manifests but is also playing with Ye Chen. What is happening?

"If the Heavenly Dao wanted to destroy Ye Chen, it would have done so long ago. Why go to such lengths?"

The power of the Heavenly Dao is indescribable, it is the Primordial Universe, the sum of the strength of innumerable powerful beings across all worlds!

This existence can destroy the world with a thought, mold the heavens and earth with a thought, its power is truly boundless.

Though epics are powerful, they are weak in comparison to the Heavenly Dao!

Furthermore, even if all epics combined, they wouldn't be a match for the Heavenly Dao.

Only by transcending the Saint Realm and overthrowing the epic, achieving true Transcendence, can one be qualified to battle the Heavenly Dao.

However, even achieving Transcendence doesn't guarantee victory over the Heavenly Dao, it merely grants the qualification to battle!

The Heavenly Dao rules the Primordial Universe, the most transcendent, supreme, and terrifying!

Even if Transcendence overthrows everything, it still lives within the universe, under the surveillance of the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, even someone who has achieved Transcendence cannot defeat the Heavenly Dao, only be qualified to battle.

So transcendent is the Heavenly Dao, even if Ye Chen became ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times stronger, as long as he exists in the universe, he could never be a match for the Heavenly Dao!

Thus, Xiahou Chun felt strange. Not only did the Heavenly Dao suddenly manifest, but it was also playing with Ye Chen?

...

This is a Thunder Tao World, as Ye Chen entered, he was immediately shrouded in lightning.

These myriad bolts of lightning were extremely overbearing, with azure lightning obliterating myriad paths, red lightning dissolving all, and black lightning destroying everything...

In such a world, even a Great Saint might face calamity!

However, Ye Chen seemed like a peerless Battle Immortal, with supreme grace, appearing even more transcendent.

He used the Dao of the Celestial Emperor to derive golden thunder, enveloping his body, making the tribulation lightning unable to touch him.

The young man ran within the world, each step producing myriad Divine Thunder, causing the entire world to tremble.

Ye Chen followed closely behind the young man, suddenly feeling that this vast world of thunder seemed to be something the young man casually created...

"Heavenly Dao!" Ye Chen looked at the young man with complex emotions.

Ye Chen had pioneered a new realm, already capable of challenging epics!

Moreover, as a pioneer of a path, he was nearly a founder-like figure, possessing many incredible abilities.

Still, despite being nearly invincible, he did not become complacent.

Contrarily, Ye Chen felt deeply uneasy, even anxious!

Because he sensed a causality, a causality tied to himself!

This very causality allowed Ye Chen to create miracles, pioneering a new realm.

But precisely because of this, Ye Chen felt uneasy, anxious!

Who planted this causality?

Ye Chen could challenge epics, so whoever planted this causality must surpass epics!

But is there such a being in the world?

Beyond epic is Transcendence, but in this era, there is no Transcendence. So who has this capability?

Heavenly Dao!

Ye Chen felt it was the Heavenly Dao that planted the causality in him. But why would the Heavenly Dao do this?

Ye Chen looked at the young man, his thoughts in turmoil. There was much he wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to begin.

"Alright, let's stop here." The young man stopped and turned to Ye Chen.

"Are you the Heavenly Dao?" Ye Chen also halted, looking at the young man and asking.

"Yes, and no," the young man replied.

"What do you mean?" Ye Chen stared at the young man and asked.

"I am merely a wisp of the Heavenly Dao's will, and cannot represent the whole," the young man said.

"I see!" Ye Chen felt a chill in his heart. The young man was indeed the Heavenly Dao, or at least an embodiment of it.

"If you say so, let it be so." The young man nodded, his expression indifferent.

"There seems to be causality on me, did you plant it?" Ye Chen asked.

This was the question Ye Chen cared about most. Without clarity, his mind couldn't be at peace, nor could his Dao heart be steady.

"Causality on you?" The young man looked at Ye Chen, his eyes shining brightly, illuminating the entire world.

"This!" At the moment the young man's gaze lit up, Ye Chen's body tensed, as if facing a great enemy.

The young man appeared harmless, like an ordinary person.

Yet, when his gaze lit up, even the heavens and earth trembled slightly, revealing a profound terror!

When the young man's eyes met Ye Chen's, Ye Chen felt completely exposed, with no place to hide, all flaws laid bare.

Under this gaze, Ye Chen felt he had no secrets, everything about him exposed!

"Indeed, there is causality on you, a familiar power, seemingly belonging to me!"

"But the causality on you is complex, apart from my power, there is another force!"

"This power is strange, special, strong... seemingly not weaker than me!"

"The causality on you is so strange, even I can't see through it!"

The young man opened his divine eyes towards Ye Chen, clearly noticing something.

Yet, he couldn't discern what it was, showing signs of surprise and uncertainty in his tone.

The young man, as an embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, was also in the dark and confused, shocking Ye Chen—what's the situation?

"It seems your fate has been altered by someone!" The young man said abruptly, as if he had made a new discovery.

"What, my fate has been altered?" Ye Chen heard this, feeling a chill down his spine, hairs standing on end.

"Yes!" The young man nodded. "However, the person's technique was so sophisticated that even I cannot trace it, don't know who intervened!"

"Heavens!" Ye Chen thought of numerous possibilities, momentarily unable to accept, because this causality was too significant!

Ye Chen believed the causality was planted by the Heavenly Dao, and speaking with it would provide all the answers.

But with the Heavenly Dao incarnation before him, Ye Chen found no clarity, only deeper confusion!

"You might be a created being!" The young man said suddenly, looking at Ye Chen.

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