[Who exactly is that guy who looks exactly like me? Or did Zamasu from this world use the Super Dragon Balls to steal my body...?] Lin Chuan couldn't help falling into deep thought. He had to track down this guy who looked exactly like him. He absolutely would not allow this world to repeat the same tragedy as the future timeline.
Just as Lin Chuan's thoughts were drifting, the space suddenly rippled. Immediately afterward, a seven-colored vortex appeared, and Angel Whis emerged from within.
"Long time no see, Lin Chuan." Whis greeted Lin Chuan with a beaming smile.
"Whis?" Seeing Whis arrive, Lin Chuan came back to his senses and stood up to welcome him.
"To get straight to the point, just now, Grand Priest-sama gave me an order to take you to the Palace of Zeno," Whis said, cutting straight to the chase.
"The Grand Priest wants to see me?" Lin Chuan was extremely surprised. Then he recalled what the Grand Priest had said a month ago about the reward for defeating Angel Mojito.
However, this matter probably wasn't as simple as he had imagined.
"Father-sama must have something very important to discuss with you. To be honest, even I don't know what it is. From the birth of the world until now, you, Lin Chuan, are the first human ever summoned by Father-sama." Whis could not hide his astonishment, but he didn't dwell on it too much.
The Grand Priest's thoughts were far beyond what a son like him could fully understand.
"I understand. Please wait a moment. Once I've arranged things for my three children, I'll go with you to the Palace of Zeno," Lin Chuan said after a moment of thought.
"Mm." Whis had no objections and waited where he was.
Soon, Lin Chuan found Future Lin Xue and entrusted little Lin Xue, little Lin An, and little Lin Xin to her.
Only after explaining that he needed to go to the Palace of Zeno did Lin Chuan return to Whis and place his right hand on the Angel's shoulder.
As the Angel's power activated, a sacred, seven-colored beam of light engulfed them both. In an instant, it shot upward from the ground, carrying them toward a higher domain.
...
Beyond the twelve universes.
The supreme and unrivaled Palace of Zeno.
As a ripple spread across the entrance to the Palace of Zeno,
Whis and Lin Chuan arrived.
Upon arriving, Lin Chuan swept his gaze over the surrounding environment.
"A divine domain standing at the very pinnacle of the world... Its sheer scale truly cannot be compared with the Supreme Kai Realm or the God of Destruction's realm..." Lin Chuan gazed around and sighed.
An invisible force permeated the space here. It was not a Law, yet it surpassed one. Every breath brought a completely different sensation.
The moment he arrived, Lin Chuan expanded his divine sense to survey the entirety of the Palace of Zeno.
But what he hadn't expected was that this world seemed boundless, with no end in sight.
The Law Power invisibly permeating the surroundings was something he had never encountered before. Everything here was so fantastical and mysterious.
Just then, a seven-colored vortex appeared before the gates of the Palace of Zeno, and the Grand Priest emerged from it.
"Welcome, Lin Chuan." The Grand Priest stood with his hands behind his back, a mysterious smile on his face.
He appeared kind and approachable, but in Lin Chuan's eyes, some unfathomable, indistinct, and seemingly nonexistent special aura swirled around the Grand Priest's body. It was as though a veil covered him, making him impossible to see through.
[He's exactly the same as when I met him a month ago. Yet the aura he radiates unconsciously alone makes it impossible to even think of resisting him. As the existence at the pinnacle of this world, Grand Priest, what realm have you reached? Even my current self probably doesn't amount to one hundred-millionth of your strength...] Lin Chuan secretly speculated about the Grand Priest's power deep within his heart.
Even his system was unable to detect the Grand Priest's combat power level.
An existence like this had probably long since transcended numerical values in terms of life level, reaching a realm beyond his imagination. One could only say that he truly deserved to be an existence standing at the pinnacle of this world. Aside from Zeno, perhaps only Dragon God Zalama, the creator of the Super Dragon Balls, could compare to him.
"Greetings, Grand Priest-sama." Angel Whis bowed slightly to the Grand Priest.
"Mm, Whis. You're my son, so there's no need for such formalities. Step aside for now. There are some matters I want to discuss with Lin Chuan in private." The Grand Priest's words left both Lin Chuan and Whis stunned for a moment.
What kind of matter could it be that even an Angel wasn't allowed to hear...?
Although Whis was puzzled, he couldn't object and could only obey.
"Yes, Father-sama." After speaking, Whis cast a thoughtful glance at Lin Chuan before disappearing from the Palace of Zeno.
At the enormous entrance to the Palace of Zeno, only Lin Chuan and the Grand Priest remained.
Lin Chuan's gaze met the Grand Priest's.
The atmosphere immediately grew heavy.
"Please follow me." The Grand Priest smiled faintly, easing the awkward atmosphere, then turned to signal for Lin Chuan to follow.
Seeing this, Lin Chuan had many questions in his heart, but he held them back and followed the Grand Priest through the gates into the Palace of Zeno.
Stretching out before them was an endless corridor of deep blue crystal. With every step they took, blue flames ignited in the shadowy tunnels on either side, illuminating the surroundings.
At first, Lin Chuan paid it little mind. But with every step he took, he felt something different stirring within him.
Soon, Lin Chuan understood. The path beneath his feet was not a crystal corridor at all.
It was a Corridor of Laws!
After the two had walked for a while, the Grand Priest suddenly stopped, and Lin Chuan stopped as well.
"We've arrived." As the Grand Priest's words fell, an invisible force surged from the crystal corridor beneath their feet, engulfing them both.
When they appeared again, the surrounding environment had completely changed.
There was nothing around them but boundless chaos. Only ahead of them stood a towering giant tree, its golden light shimmering as it radiated an extremely dense aura of life.
Lin Chuan followed the Grand Priest to the foot of this towering giant tree.
He examined the enormous tree from top to bottom and soon guessed its possible true identity.
"Could this tree be the Universe Tree?" Lin Chuan asked curiously.
"Yes, and no." The Grand Priest spoke enigmatically, silently channeling a mysterious power into the interior of the mysterious tree.
As the Grand Priest's power took effect, the mysterious tree suddenly glowed deep green. Vast amounts of life energy converged, eventually forming a seed that radiated a special divine aura.
"A Universe Seed?" Lin Chuan immediately recognized the Universe Seed. During the Tournament of Power, he had snatched that Universe Seed back from Hearts.
Even now, that Universe Seed was still sitting unused in his small storage world, gathering dust.
After all, he no longer needed the Universe Seed to increase his strength.