Chapter 424 The River of Time

“Die!”

The Taiji evolved into thirty-six heavens, the Earth Cauldron separated into seventy-two layers, the body transformed into the Taiji Divine Court.

This scene was enough to shock the world, but no one felt it more profoundly than the Sky Demon!

Because with An Qisheng's actions, his perception of the Emperor's Continent was becoming blurred, like an ordinary person suddenly losing control of their eyes, ears, mouth, nose, fingers, and limbs!

This was unprecedented!

Following the shock came an extreme surge of murderous intent.

Boom!

Space seemed meaningless at this moment.

The moment the Sky Demon's will connected, countless bolts of lightning spanning the galaxy struck the Taiji Divine Court!

Bang!

The heavens shook, the Divine Court trembled, countless palaces within teetered, and even floating islands were incinerated.

Thunder rumbled, lightning blazed, seemingly engulfing everything.

Many people watching from afar felt their bodies tremble, the starry sea had become an ocean of lightning.

Many stars that had existed within had dissipated like smoke.

“Is this the thunder tribulation of Dao attainment…”

A master murmured, his mind shaken.

Even the several King-Sealing masters, including Long Aotian, were silent, not just from shock, but from focusing intently on the thunder tribulation.

There was solemnity, and also a hint of anticipation.

If this Yuan Yang King did not survive the tribulation…

This could not be spoken, but the thought flashing through Long Aotian's mind made him feel uneasy, but only slightly.

This thunder tribulation was extremely fierce, and the Yuan Yang King possessed combat power approaching the Supreme. No one could interrupt his tribulation.

Boom!

The sea of thunder churned, spread, and expanded.

Eventually, even Feng Xinglie and the others could not stand nearby, retreating three times to see the fleeting images within the sea of thunder.

The revolving heavens were severely damaged in the baptism of lightning, the rosy clouds were torn apart, the floating islands collapsed, except for the immortal light-filled palaces.

Everything seemed to be completely destroyed.

But the origin of the heavens remained unharmed, and everything destroyed reappeared in the interweaving of laws, welcoming a new round of lightning baptism.

This scene repeated endlessly.

With a fleeting glimpse, people could see that this scene had cycled countless times, and between destruction and rebirth, a different aura was exuded.

“No! This isn’t tribulation!”

Feng Xinglie's eyes narrowed, the thunder saber he held was a quasi-Emperor weapon refined by the ancient Overlord, containing his legacy.

Many in the world cultivated thunder techniques, but few could compare to him.

After staring for a long time, he finally realized something was wrong.

The ‘Divine Court’ or divine power of the Yuan Yang King was not truly fighting back, but deliberately guiding the lightning to strike.

It seemed, he wanted to use the lightning to temper himself!

“He’s using lightning to refine his body!”

Chu Mengyao raised an eyebrow, also seeing the secret.

Heavenly tribulation was a terror to the ages, the most well-known, feared, and hoped-for calamity for countless aspirants to Dao attainment.

But with the Yuan Yang King’s previous strength, there was no reason to let the lightning accumulate destructive aura. Was he using the tribulation to refine his body?

“He wants to use my hand to temper his divine power?!”

Naturally, the Sky Demon noticed what Chu Mengyao and the others saw even earlier. He roared, his powerful will sweeping through the Taiji Divine Court:

“I have existed for countless eons, I have never seen anything in the world that cannot be destroyed! Spirit, everything perishes, only I endure!”

His will was the strongest in the universe, sweeping endlessly, even the vast thunderclouds could not compare, everything turned to ash in its wake, and even the Taiji Divine Court cracked open.

But after the wave of destruction, a new round of rebirth occurred, the interwoven laws revived in the destruction, and a new Taiji Divine Court was born.

Within the towering Divine Court, among the interwoven laws, the light of An Qisheng’s will flickered, no longer a spark, but like the sun in the sky.

“The flaws in the cultivation world are deep, after thirty million years, it has only evolved from True Form to the ninth realm and eleventh step, the world has existed for billions of years, yet all you can use is still thunder tribulation, heavenly punishment…”

Within the Taiji Divine Court, thousands of gods seemed to appear, bowing to the central palace, amidst the protection of endless laws, An Qisheng’s voice, slightly sighing, echoed throughout the universe:

“Only now do I understand that immortality is the Dao, simply living long is not worth boasting about…”

Mortals seek longevity out of attachment to the past, unwilling to let go of the present.

Cultivators seek immortality out of thirst for the future, hoping for endless progression.

Although both seek survival, their meanings are different.

Otherwise, Pang Wanyang would not have flashed for only tens of thousands of years. Cultivators seek the Dao, not longevity, An Qisheng understood this.

But not everyone understood.

Boom!

The sigh echoed in the starry sea, the void, and the Emperor Continent.

At this time, the Emperor Continent had undergone earth-shattering changes, in the eyes of countless cultivators, either in fear or shock.

The continents scattered outside the four seas were moving, seemingly slowly, but at a speed surpassing any cultivator, as if to reunite into one.

And above the dome of heaven, rosy clouds stretched for thousands of miles, immortal light for billions, divine light hung down like waterfalls, filling every inch of space, the Dao essence was deep.

Imperceptibly, cultivators realized that the spiritual energy of the world was changing, as if an invisible barrier was being peeled away from them.

Upon careful inspection, there seemed to be no change, but the body and mind suddenly felt an unspeakable freedom, liberation, as if shackles that had been borne for countless years had been unlocked.

“Laughable, laughable!”

An Qisheng’s words seemed to provoke the Sky Demon's even deeper rage, its will swept, guiding thousands of thunderbolts straight into the depths of the void:

“You want to defy the heavens, do you understand what the heavens are?!”

Whoosh~

A soft wail echoed from the extreme depths of the void.

Like a god's howl, like a ghost's cry, the heavens and void trembled, a wave of light, indescribable, seemingly existing and not existing, shimmered.

It was not as ostentatious as thunder tribulation, nor as violent as heavenly punishment. The moment it appeared, everyone watching, everyone hearing, throughout the starry sea, within and outside the Emperor Continent, all races and spirits felt a chill in their hearts.

“What is that…”

Feng Xinglie’s heart trembled, focusing intensely, he felt a faint sound of flowing water coming from the void, so subtle that it could not be suppressed even by the thunder and explosions.

Water?

Where did the water come from after the shattered void?

Not only Feng Xinglie, but also Chu Mengyao, Di Mituo, Long Aotian, and many other King-Sealing masters felt a shock in their hearts, filled with doubt.

“What is this?”

In the vast sea of ​​yellow sand, Qi Cang was also raising his eyes and concentrating, divine light flashing in his double pupils, using his pupil technique to observe the beginning and end of this battle.

The double pupils glowed.

After nearly two thousand years of cultivation, although he had not eagerly sought to recover his previous life's fruits, he had cultivated his double pupils to great success, so that even King-Sealing experts could not compare to his eyesight.

Therefore, although he was also watching the battle, he was much farther away.

But at this time, when Feng Xinglie and the others only heard the sound of water, his eyes had already pierced through the void, seeing into the emptiness.

One glance, ten thousand years!

Boom!

Like a thunderbolt exploding in his mind!

Qi Cang staggered back, two lines of blood and tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, but he seemed unaware, his blood-red double pupils still staring at the emptiness:

“This, this is…”

In the emptiness, there was a ‘long river’ surrounded by endless divine light.

The ‘long river’ was seemingly hidden and seemingly visible, seemingly a dream and seemingly an illusion, but it was not a long river in the ordinary sense, because what made up this long river was not water, nor spiritual energy.

But endless and infinite wondrous scenes!

It seemed to be composed of everything that had happened in this world throughout the ages, rolling and flowing, its origin unknown, its end unknown.

Within it, there seemed to contain the past and the future.

But no one could see what the scenes inside were, even Qi Cang, who had cultivated the double pupil technique to its peak, could not see anything at all.

Because even the smallest drop of water in that long river was constantly changing, pulsating, crisscrossing…

All kinds of Dao essences, endless changes, everything, this was a river of time encompassing everything!

“Puff!”

Like a muffled sound of a bubble being crushed, accompanied by two drops of dirty blood falling onto the yellow sand.

“The River of Time, there really is such a river…”

Qi Cang looked up to the sky, falling to the ground, coughing up blood, his expression extremely shocked.

At this time, he could no longer see that long river or anything else, endless darkness enveloped his world.

With just one glance, his double pupils had completely shattered.

This was not because the River of Time contained any divine power, but because it contained too much information, it was too vast and great.

His eyes could not accept the traces of such a great existence.

“Ah! What is this!”

“No! Impossible! The legendary river actually exists?!”

“My eyes! No…”

…

How could it be just Qi Cang?

This battle was earth-shattering, the thunderous heavenly punishment that swept across the starry sea shook half the universe, and countless masters were spying on this battle.

But at this time, anyone, as long as they spied and sensed the ‘long river’ in the depths of the void, their eyes turned black, and those who were strong had their eyes explode.

Those who were slightly weaker exploded completely, their souls extinguished!

Rumble~

The sound of water became louder and louder, and gradually, in addition to the King-Sealing powerhouses and some talented Marquis-Sealing powerhouses, some people heard this sound of water.

“No, this sound of water is wrong…”

Chu Mengyao regretted not bringing the spiritual treasure to peek into the void, but at this time, she felt a burst of palpitations, and an aura of impending disaster suddenly descended, making her feel suppressed.

“Heavens!”

In the shattered starry sea and the drifting fragments of the Qian Mountain Cave Heaven, the Three-Heart Blue Spirit Child suddenly transformed and looked at the aura outside the void.

It was stunned: “The River of Years?! The legendary river containing all the civilization information from ancient times to the future of a great world?!”

It was shocked!

More shocking than any moment in the past.

Every world has a time scale, why, it is not worth it, but in its memory, not every world has a river of time.

Because most universes are destined to be destroyed and cannot give birth to a complete River of Time.

The Witch God Realm has a saying, ‘The River of Years is the immortal biography, the legendary history, the myth of myths’!

Behind a complete River of Years, there will inevitably be an immortal myth that transcends longevity and immortality!

In such a world where even complete longevity species seem to not exist, can an immortal myth be born in the past or in the future?!

“The River of Time?”

The ubiquitous sound of water spread, and An Qisheng's will suddenly vibrated violently, feeling the arrival of a great crisis.

The aura of this River of Time shook his will.

“All things converge into the heavens!”

“The past is the heavens, and the past and the present are also the heavens!”

“You say I don’t understand ‘man’, and you, you never understood ‘heaven’!”

In the Divine Court, the Sky Demon's will, under the **** of countless Dao pattern chains and scorched by the raging fire of will, issued a majestic edict like the sound of heaven:

“In the name of heaven, I issue an edict!”

The vast sound of heaven flowed through the Emperor Continent, swept across the endless void, seemingly omnipresent and seemingly unreachable.

In the Eastern Continent, the Four Seas, the Emperor Continent, and even the many forces in the starry sea, countless life stars, forbidden places, dangerous places, ruins, and evil places, all had the sound of heaven roaring.

Its transmission of sound to the heavens and the earth was like a person’s thought causing their finger to move, its speed was difficult to describe, and it was almost unstoppable.

In this instant, the universe seemed to be alarmed.

This was not ordinary speech, but the edict of ‘Heaven’!

“‘Heaven's’ edict…”

The Eternal Life Sect Master half-sitting in the bronze coffin, the Yang God who traversed the void, the Blood God, the Light King whose eyes were shattered by spying, Yu Du and others spying outside the starry sea tribulation, were all shocked.

This was an unprecedented event!

Countless stars in the universe, wherever there were living beings, all looked up in a daze. The stronger they were, the harder it was to perceive the greatness of this heavenly sound.

The weaker ones looked around in a daze, not knowing where the trembling in their hearts came from.

But regardless of strength, regardless of race, regardless of location… the attention of all races and spirits in the universe was taken away by this heavenly sound!

“What kind of power is this… Yuan Yang King is fighting against such an existence?!”

At this moment, even the King-Sealing masters, including Long Aotian, felt their hearts tremble, feeling a chill from head to toe.

They thought that the Yuan Yang King was already the pinnacle of the world, blocking the path to the Supreme, but they never thought that the one who called himself ‘Sky Demon’ was really transformed by the heavens!

Such a great power, transmitting thoughts throughout the universe, even if the emperors of the past and present were resurrected, they would not be able to do it!

“Years are like the anchor point of the world, you are not the real heaven, shaking the River of Time, the price you pay will not be small…”

Amidst the roaring sound of water, An Qisheng's fire of will swayed, seemingly without panic:

“And you can’t really mobilize the River of Time!”

Boom!

With An Qisheng's thought, the Taiji Divine Court, along with the thirty-six heavens below, suddenly trembled.

Then, it burst out with endless dazzling divine light, filling the heavens and the earth, while isolating most people's perception of the outside world.

Similarly, it also cut off the roar of the heavenly sound.

“External demon! I may not be able to kill you at the level of man, so, I will find ‘man’ at the same level as you to kill you!”

In the flames of will, the Sky Demon danced wildly and roared, causing the sound of water in the emptiness to roll and surge even more, seemingly not only spreading through the universe,

but also resounding through the ages, in the eras where geniuses and Supremes were born:

“Break through this heaven, this Divine Court, and you can obtain longevity, you can obtain the ‘Dao’!”

Boom!

The Sky Demon's will trembled, as if it had paid an unimaginable price, and suddenly fell to a low point in the burning of the fire of will, on the verge of destruction.

And outside,

The earth shook and the sky trembled, the universe boiled!

The aura of the River of Time spread outside the Emperor Continent and every inch of space in the universe.

At this moment, many King and Marquis-level masters had an extremely shocked illusion, feeling that the heavens and the earth, the universe, had become a drop of water in the River of Time!

And this grand edict of heaven was not spoken to them at all, but jumped out of this drop of water and was transmitted to what they could not see or perceive.

In other drops of water!

At this moment, all living beings in the world lost their voices, feeling the greatness and invincibility of the heavens and the earth.

And what made everyone even more terrified and distracted was the content of this edict.

How powerful was the Yuan Yang King?

That the heavens would issue an edict to kill him?!

This was destined to be a question that most people would not get an answer to.

“An edict, to kill Yuan Yang?”

The Eternal Life Sect Master had a strong palpitation, but at the moment when he was about to sit up, he let go of his palm and fell back into the bronze coffin:

“Even the demon transformed by the heavens cannot kill him, I am no longer at my peak, how can I kill him…”

Longevity,

Obtaining the ‘Dao’.

This was what countless practitioners in the past and present pursued, but…

The Eternal Life Sect Master stared for a long time, then suddenly summoned the coffin lid, completely sealing the bronze coffin, locking his five senses, and directly entered the deepest level of suspended animation.

He had concerns, fearing that he, who was already approaching his end, would not be able to resist the temptation of this edict…

“Longevity ah!”

In the starry sea, the Yang God, the Blood God, Yu Du, the Light King, and other King-Sealing powerhouses all had their hearts throbbing.

But looking at the Divine Court bursting out with endless brilliant divine light in the rolling sea of thunder, it was like a basin of cold water being poured down on their heads, extinguishing their wild hopes.

Even the heavens could not kill him, so what could they do?

“The River of Time, the Edict of Heaven, could this be…”

Feng Xinglie listened to the sound of water, and at one moment his pupils suddenly shrank, and an amazing thought came to his mind: ‘Yes, there may be no one in this world who can match Yuan Yang, those who can receive this edict…’

“Could it be…”

Chu Mengyao, Di Mituo, and others were extremely clever, looking at each other from a distance, all looking at the emptiness, faintly sensing its aura, but unable to see it.

The great river.

…

“An edict, longevity…”

This was a cold hall, empty inside and out, with no other life existing within hundreds of thousands or millions of miles.

“Master?”

The youth who was kneeling heard the sigh and could not help but look up, looking at the old man whose face could not be seen on the throne under the shadow:

“You, what did you say?”

“I heard the Heavenly Edict, the call of the future, and saw an invitation to battle from an invincible existence…”

Ancient and desolate words were uttered, and in the shadows, the old man suddenly smiled, the meaning difficult to understand:

“Interesting, interesting ah…”

Crack~

It seemed that lightning had cut through the starry sea, illuminating the space, and in a fleeting glance, it could be seen that there were words on the palace, although a little mottled, but still like dragons and snakes merging:

The Tomb of the Devil Heaven and the Slaying Heaven Sword!

…

“Amitabha, Amitabha.”

In a green lamp ancient temple, rarely visited by humans, an old monk woke up from his slumber, flicked his fingers a few times, and shook his head and muttered:

“Obtaining the ‘Dao,’ obtaining the ‘Dao,’ although you are the heavens, how can you understand the ‘Dao’?”

The old monk whispered a sentence, but still stepped out of the temple.

In front of him was an endless sea, in the yellow sand, countless monks were bowing piously, chanting scriptures, and in the distance, a round sun was slowly setting.

“Amitabha!”

Amidst the vast sound of the Buddha's name.

The old monk clasped his hands together, tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, without sadness but with joy: “The old monk is leaving.”

“Buddha!”

A disciple kowtowed and then looked up, looking at the old monk with tears in his eyes: “May I ask the Buddha, where are you going? When will you return?”

“The old monk does not know when he will return, virtuous men and women do not have to miss me, perhaps there will be a time for reunion!”

The old monk faced the setting sun, his skinny face with a solemn expression:

“In the future life, I will be born!”

…

“Roar~~~”

In the cold starry sky, there was a dragon's roar.

That was an infinitely sacred celestial dragon, its body winding and coiling to an unknown length, its dragon whiskers flicking, capable of cutting off the starry river, its aura violent, seemingly able to crush the starry sea.

At this time, an old man stood on the dragon's head, allowing the celestial dragon to roar and roll, still standing majestically.

“Wanfa! Why did you suppress me?!”

The celestial dragon roared sadly, but knew that it could not avoid today's calamity.

“Evil creature! You have devoured too many stars, and now you ask me why?”

The old man shook his head.

“Hahaha! Devouring too many stars?! It is devouring too many people! Wanfa! The world is cruel, nothing is more so than humans! I eat humans, but are there not more human tribes who eat dragons?!”

The celestial dragon wailed unwillingly, extremely furious:

“Those who keep other races in captivity for the sake of their mouths, have only been humans throughout history, this is the most evil and poisonous in the world! You protect the most evil in the world, what kind of supreme being are you?!”

“You and I have argued many times, there is no meaning in saying it again.”

The old man did not get angry when he heard the words, but sighed, urging the dragon to break through the sky: “Since the heavens have changed, then go to the future to take a look…

That Supreme being foreseen by the Supremes, actually exists…”

…

Roar~~~

The dragon's roar shattered, ten thousand dragons crawling and guarding, extremely respectful and awed:

“We pay our respects, Dragon Ancestor!”

Dragon Ancestor?!

Listening to the dragon's roar that shook the sky.

From a very far distance, grass carp, earthworms, and snakes hidden in barren mountains, ponds, and mud all looked up, flashing with extreme hatred.

They were the dragons!

Those strange-shaped things, pigs, shrimps, snakes, horses, turtles, how could they be considered dragons!

They were furious, but they did not dare to speak, and even dared not reveal their dragon bodies.

Because above the dome of heaven, there was an extremely sacred and majestic silver dragon.

The silver dragon's divine light was even more radiant than the sun, its body sacred and majestic, like a bridge connecting the sky, a pillar supporting the sky.

In the sound of countless dragon roars, it roared into the air, spreading throughout the world, grand and gentle:

“Children, rise!”

Above and below the sky, thousands of dragon species, all trembled when they heard the sound, either saying father or ancestor, but they were all dragon species of the same lineage.

It looked at the ‘dragons’ in the mud, mountains, grass, and trees, its eyes filled with reminiscence.

The dragon freaks who were once regarded as monsters, finally used the most decisive posture to turn the entire dragon race into freaks…

“Hmm?”

At a certain moment, the silver dragon seemed to sense something, a trace of irresistible joy and emotion flashed in its pair of old eyes:

“True Form, you did not deceive me… there really is a heaven-changing one in the future!

Taiji, Taiji…”

…

Buzz~

The Heavenly Edict spread through the void, reaching into the River of Time, spreading among one brilliant era fragment after another.

When most people were still shocked by the Heavenly Edict, they had no idea what kind of changes were about to take place in the world.

Boom!

In a long roar after issuing the edict, the Sky Demon's will was completely submerged and suppressed by the Divine Court.

Countless eyes stared at the dome of heaven, the starry sea, the layers of the universe, and the towering Divine Court, still unable to recover from the shock of the Edict of Heaven.

But they saw the divine light on the layers of heavens surging upwards, until above the Divine Court.

Amidst all kinds of rosy clouds and boundless Dao essence, a slightly ethereal Taoist emerged from nothingness and slowly stepped out from the depths of the Divine Court.

Boom!

With An Qisheng stepping out, the Divine Court completely transformed from illusion to reality, and the thunderous heavenly tribulation that had been shaking the starry sky for a long time completely disappeared.

Only in their ears, there seemed to be the sound of flowing water.

“The River of Time…”

An Qisheng stared into the void, seeming to see the majestic river shrouded in the aura of time, seeming to be able to see the figure stepping forward under the edict's spread and the fluctuations of time and space.

But unexpectedly, his expression was not solemn, and a hint of undisguised faint smile appeared in his sigh:

“It’s not easy to deceive you…”