Chapter 436: Stepping onto the Path of Possibilities

"Do you mean for me to get in?"

“…”

At the entrance of the Courtyard, the red-painted heavy truck sat quietly.

Its massive headlights flickered rhythmically, flashing on and off, bright and then dim.

It seemed to be responding to Xu Xi.

"I see, I understand," Xu Xi murmured, momentarily stunned. Driven by curiosity, he climbed into the truck's cab.

He took his seat.

He closed the door.

As Xu Xi observed his surroundings…

The interior of this truck, capable of traversing different worlds, was not particularly strange.

A brand-new steering wheel, a clean and polished dashboard, and slightly soft seats; it was so tidy that not a speck of dirt could be seen.

"Even a new car fresh from the factory wouldn't be this clean, would it?"

Xu Xi extended his index finger.

He lightly brushed the dashboard in front of him.

His fingertip remained clean, without a single grain of dust attached.

Just as Xu Xi was about to explore further, the chassis vibrated, followed by the thunderous roar of an engine. Without anyone at the controls, this steel beast started up on its own.

It began to move forward.

The heavy tires rumbled as they rolled.

It sped up, flying forward, its massive frame charging ahead with unstoppable momentum.

"…It's finally starting."

"…It's been a long time since I've felt this mix of anticipation and nervousness."

Sitting in the driver's seat, Xu Xi watched the scenery outside accelerate and recede, wondering where the end of this journey would be.

[Ding—]

[You have left Earth]

Although the parts of this heavy dayun truck appeared no different from a conventional truck on the outside…

Clearly.

It did not belong to the Realm of the normal.

As the truck's speed grew more ferocious, it gradually exited Earth's atmosphere, transforming into a streak of brilliant light that plunged straight into the vast, boundless depths of the Universe.

Faster and faster, it went.

It moved so quickly that when looking out the window, the sea of stars blurred into a dim, indistinct haze.

[Ding—]

[You have left the Solar System]

In the rushing darkness, nothing could be seen anymore.

Xu Xi tapped on the window and found it incredibly solid. Even though the truck had smashed through several asteroid belts in succession, the glass remained perfectly intact.

"Truly durable."

"No wonder I never saw this truck take even the slightest damage during previous simulations."

Xu Xi muttered to himself.

Gazing at the completely distorted space-time outside the window, he felt the truck's speed was terrifyingly fast.

Whether it was a thousand times the speed of light or ten thousand times…

Neither was enough to describe the truck's current state.

It had become entirely conceptualized, a traveler among the stars. Every minute and every second, its speed underwent an exponential increase.

[Ding—]

[You have left the Milky Way Galaxy]

[Ding—]

[You have left the Virgo Supercluster]

[Ding—]

[You have left the Laniakea Supercluster]

[Ding—]

[You have left the Observable Universe]

Nebulae swirled and gravity collapsed.

Infinite starlight streaked through the darkness like fleeting fireworks, meeting eternal silence before Xu Xi's eyes.

Smashing through.

Exploding through.

After reaching the edge of the Physical Universe…

Xu Xi saw absolute "Nothingness"—a void where nothing existed, a vacuum that even the Big Bang had not yet reached.

The front of the truck smashed through this void.

Carrying Xu Xi, it charged into an even more vast and infinite space-time.

"…As expected, the truck's destination is the Sea of Possibilities."

Immeasurable space-times and infinite possibilities converged and entangled outside of Chaos in the form of white threads, forming a pale sea that stretched beyond the horizon.

Within the surging tides…

Lay the collisions of billions of space-times.

Worlds were born and worlds were destroyed. The truck ignored those terrifying fluctuations, its speed undiminished as it smashed directly through waves of space-time.

It headed straight for the center of the Sea of Possibilities.

Finally.

It stopped before a hazy, glowing, Pure White Path.

This was the end of the truck's journey, and also Xu Xi's starting point.

“Click—”

The door opened, facing the entrance of the Pure White Path, as if inviting him, as if waiting.

Xu Xi understood. He stepped out of the truck and stood at the beginning of the road.

"The restrictions have been lifted."

"Right now, I am not being blocked by anything."

"So, all that's left to do is walk to the end of this road."

A sense of anticipation welled up in his heart.

Along with a hint of nervousness.

Xu Xi watched as the extremely mysterious path stretched far into the distance, shimmering with a hazy light, like a passage in a dream leading to an unknown far side.

He was about to start walking but suddenly stopped.

He turned back to look at the dayun truck that had brought him here.

Under the reflection of the boundless space-time tides, the red paint appeared exceptionally piercing, like crimson blood.

Xu Xi reached out and closed the truck door.

Then.

He walked to the front of the truck.

He gently stroked the front of the steel beast.

As if petting a pet, he thanked it softly: "Thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to come here with my strength alone."

The headlights flashed again.

It was like a silent urge.

"Alright, I'm going now," Xu Xi nodded, turning to step onto the path that belonged to him.

He was curious, yet also maintained a cautious vigilance.

However, Xu Xi soon realized…

His vigilance was unnecessary.

Because on this path, no danger existed. There was only him and the thousands of possibilities derived from him.

The Sea of Space-Time.

Vast and boundless.

Xu Xi walked along the path of light. With every step he took, the "flagstones" paving the road would crack.

Space-time Phantasms that constructed the "flagstones" burst forth.

Within those flickering, ephemeral phantasms, Xu Xi saw himself.

These were the cultivation side possibilities he had once thought about but never acted upon, now manifesting before him.

In the images…

Xu Xi did not choose to save Xu Moli. Instead, he lived alone, venturing through the Cultivation World with his Heavenly Spiritual Root Aptitude.

One gave birth to two, and two gave birth to three.

From this single possibility, even more endings for Xu Xi were derived.

Some saw his path blocked midway.

Some saw him reaching the peak of the Immortal Realm.

Others saw him being instantly refined by someone else.

"I am the Immortal Emperor Xu; I shall suppress all enemies of this era!"

Hearing the bold words he spoke in the Immortal Emperor phantasm, Xu Xi couldn't help but cough.

Saying it himself was one thing.

Watching himself say it was quite another.

At this moment, Xu Xi felt incredibly embarrassed. Fortunately, no one was watching.

"In previous simulations, Mo Li and the others could vaguely observe me and roughly know what was happening."

"But this simulation is a special case. They shouldn't be able to see this."

While lost in thought…

Xu Xi continued to walk forward.

But a new change occurred. Those bursting Space-time Phantasms did not dissipate. Instead, they turned into points of light the size of rice grains.

They spiraled and circled.

After lingering for a moment, under Xu Xi's surprised gaze, they merged directly into his body.

Something incredible happened.

Xu Xi felt a transformation in his strength. His stagnant cultivation Realm fully accepted the possibilities within the Space-time Phantasms, climbing toward an even higher peak.

"Wait."

"Could it be that the rest of the road is all…?!"

Xu Xi was uncertain.

He tried stepping onto the flagstones further ahead.

"All gods have perished, only I remain true. The position of God King is truly as lonely as the snow."

"Since I, Xu Xi, am the Martial Ancestor of the Human Race, I shall eliminate all demons and cleanse the Universe!"

"Flesh is weak; Mechanical Ascension. With my Truth, I shall reshape the Law of the Universe."

"From this day forth, the Endless Netherworld shall take me as its sovereign and shall not arbitrarily disturb the world of the living."