Lin Xiao suddenly woke up, panting heavily as if his soul had returned to his body after a long journey through the worlds. He found himself lying on a cold, hard ground, but the place was unfamiliar.
Looking around, he saw that he was in the middle of an ancient stone courtyard, surrounded by dilapidated pillars engraved with mysterious symbols that shone with a faint glow. In the air, there was a sense of anticipation—as if the entire world was waiting for his next move.
He slowly reached out his hand… and then he felt it.
Power.
But it wasn't absolute light, nor was it pervasive darkness. It was something else—something he had never felt before. It was as if everything inside him was balanced, as if the universe had reshaped itself to become a part of him.
At that moment, he heard a voice behind him.
"It seems you've escaped the Court of Balance."
He turned around immediately, to find an old man standing at the entrance of the courtyard, wearing a simple gray robe, but his eyes held the knowledge of the ages.
"Who are you?" Lin Xiao asked cautiously, nervous because of the strange energy he felt in the man.
- "I am just a guide… or perhaps a guardian of this place," the man said with a calm smile. "But the most important thing is you, Lin Xiao. You have become something that never existed before."
Lin Xiao's eyes narrowed as he tried to understand the man's words.
- "What do you mean?"
The man raised his hand, and in an instant, the energy gathered in front of him, forming a glowing scale, half light and half dark, but he was leaning towards neither.
- "You broke the rules of this world, and chose a path that had never existed before. Light and darkness had always been two opposing forces, but now… you made them harmonize together. This balance had never been possible until now."
Lin Xiao felt a shiver run through his body. He knew that he had done something unprecedented, but hearing it out loud made it even more realistic.
- "So… what does this mean? What will happen to me now?"
The man laughed, but his laughter was not mocking, but rather filled with knowledge and curiosity.
- "This is what you will discover for yourself. But be careful, Heir of Balance… Now, anyone who seeks to dominate the world, whether from the light or the dark side, will see you as a threat. Because your mere existence breaks their ancient laws."
Lin Xiao felt the weight of those words, but he did not feel afraid. On the contrary, he felt the power burning within him even more.
He smiled confidently and said:
- "Then… send them everything they have. I will show them all that the world is no longer the same."
At that moment, the glowing balance in the air began to fade, while Lin Xiao felt that his journey had entered a whole new phase—a phase in which he would be the center of a change the world had never seen before.