Chapter 742: Past
"My true self."
Li Pin met the gaze of his past self, which was an incarnation conjured by the Endless Reincarnation Secret Art.
In that instant, their thoughts, consciousness, and very sense of existence seemed to transcend time and space, colliding like two intertwined trajectories.
A brief daze swept over Li Pin. "My past self..."
He had refined the Endless Reincarnation Secret Art countless times, even making it one of the foundational methods of the Phantom Space Technique.
When he unleashed it with all his might for the first time, his thoughts still transcended the boundaries of time and space. It felt as though he had actually seen his past self.
That version of him had lived on the Blue Planet. Scarred by a troubled youth and deeply affected by the fragility of life, he had stepped onto the path of evolution, determined to transcend his limits.
He chose martial arts and pressed on alone, without guidance. Even after breaking his body beyond repair, he refused to stop—continuing forward until he finally died, just before forming his Core.
That version of him was him. And yet, not him.
The difference between them had long surpassed anything that could be measured by degrees.
If one spoke in terms of "fate" and "destiny," then the current Li Pin could easily reshape every aspect of his former self's life—his fortune, his path, his future. He could even bend the will of billions across an entire planet to revolve around his own, building a world with himself at its very center.
There was simply no comparison.