As Ling Tuo's remnant spirit annihilated, the black hole began to collapse inward, with starlight from the edges being drawn into the center in large quantities.

Before long, a subtle glimmer of light appeared within the deep, pure black core of the black hole, like a tiny star—which then grew larger and brighter until it became a fist-sized, dazzling star!

Immediately afterward, this star exploded, and endless starlight surged out, merging with the black hole to form a celestial body with terrifying suction and overwhelming power!

The celestial body was as if the black hole had put on a starlight coat!

The Tai Yin and star power merged in one step!

In an instant, the originally dominant, fierce, and overbearing solar origin, due to its inherent characteristics, dimmed, and a large amount of solar divine power was absorbed by the new black hole!

The two massive celestial bodies no longer appeared to be engaged in a contest of strength; instead, it was as if the solar origin was firmly affixed and attracted like a magnet!

The voice of the Lord of the Stars echoed from all directions, layered upon layered. "Ling Tuo has been reduced to ashes. No matter what means he left behind, no matter what trump cards you have, nothing can stop me from seizing the solar origin!

"Yuanshi Tianzun, your defeat is inevitable!" Zhang Yuanqing, within the solar origin, did not respond. He unleashed light and heat in a suicidal manner. Even in the face of absolute disadvantage, even as the power of the origin flooded and burst, he continued to burn the soul and body of the Lord of the Stars.

It was as if, before his death, he was determined to tear off a piece of flesh from his enemy!

At the bottom of the mountain god temple, thick, gnarled tree roots hung down, entwining the stone coffin, creating an eerie and sinister atmosphere with a touch of Chinese horror!

The tree demon had not noticed Zhang Yuanqing's arrival at all and remained quietly dormant!

The moment Zhang Yuanqing entered the mountain god temple, the original temple, now the tree demon, was trapped in the illusion he had woven!

Even if the mountain god temple were destroyed, it would not notice anything!

"Da, da," Zhang Yuanqing's footsteps echoed in the empty temple as he approached the stone coffin!

He scanned it with his divine sense and suddenly frowned. There were no mental fluctuations within the coffin. It was as if the Three Dao Mountain Goddess had truly been dead for many years!

Both her body and soul were in a state of "annihilation." How had he awakened her back then?

A hint of doubt arose in Zhang Yuanqing's heart!

He thought of even more details. Yin Yao County Princess stole the Three Dao Mountain Goddess's important coffin heart, but the old hag never woke up. Yet, he had only opened the coffin, and she had awakened?

After a few seconds of silence, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly shook his head and chuckled, "I see."

Given the old hag's current state, if he didn't intervene now, she would likely remain asleep for countless years, oblivious to the passage of time. The newbie Yuanshi Tianzun entering the Spirit Realm Tunnel in a few days would be unable to open the coffin and awaken her. And if the old hag didn't wake up, Yuanshi Tianzun would never achieve a glorious life!

The old hag had indeed been awakened by him, but not by the Yuanshi Tianzun of this reality, but by the Yuanshi Tianzun who traveled through time!

"Interesting. If the Haotian Shangdi class is ever created, that Spirit Realm Walker will definitely be highly sought after. I've even thought of a name for it—'Time Assassin' during the Extraordinary stage!" Zhang Yuanqing muttered!

With that thought, Zhang Yuanqing closed his eyes and, using the method of manipulating emotions, slowly communicated with the Three Dao Mountain Goddess's annihilated primordial spirit!

After a single attempt, the Three Dao Mountain Goddess finally showed a faint mental fluctuation!

Zhang Yuanqing stopped in time. He did not want to awaken the Three Dao Mountain Goddess at this moment. He guided that faint spirit and began to weave a dream!

In the dream, the tall palaces of the Song Dynasty gradually appeared. In the imperial garden, a noble and graceful princess stood beside a man-made pond, scattering fish food into the water, attracting koi to compete for it!

Suddenly, a figure rose from the water—a handsome man in a golden robe!

The princess turned her head and looked around, discovering that the palace maids, eunuchs, and distant guards were oblivious to the sudden appearance of the man!

She frowned and said coldly, "Who are you?"

In the dream, she was clearly powerless, yet she possessed a natural dignity, like an inviolable goddess!

Zhang Yuanqing gazed at that exquisite face, his eyes lingering on her full, sensual lips. Recalling her later stern and aloof demeanor, a thought stirred in his heart, and a cynical smile curled the corners of his mouth: "I am the man you will serve in the future. I am the Lord of All Creation, an extraterrestrial deity—the Supreme Heavenly Emperor of Three Thousand Worlds. I have descended here today to select a concubine, Zhao Youqing. Your looks are acceptable. Start with the concubine selection post!"

His current appearance was one he had conjured at will, neither Demon Monarch nor Yuanshi Tianzun. After all, he couldn't let the old hag discover that she was awakened by the Demon Monarch or Yuanshi Tianzun!

Since it wasn't the appearance of either of his personas, he didn't mind teasing the old hag—she wouldn't be able to tell anyway!

Zhang Yuanqing had long harbored such thoughts, but he had been too weak to act on them before. Later, when his main body became the Lord of the Sun, he naturally wouldn't have such low-level wicked tastes!

But he was a clone—he could do whatever he wanted! The princess's face instantly turned as cold as frost. Just as she was about to summon the palace guards, she heard the golden-robed man in the pond retract his cynical smile and say in a deep voice, "Zhao Youqing, a thousand-year dream is over. The end of days has passed, and the opportunity for eternal life has returned to the world. It is time for you to awaken..."

It is time for you to awaken.

These words echoed continuously in the princess's sea of consciousness, bringing lingering ripples!

Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanqing had already left the dream and quietly departed!

Zhang Yuanqing already had a clear idea of where to go for his third trip to the future!

In this time travel, there were two points in time he absolutely had to return to: one was to take the small sun to complete the solar origin, and the other was to prevent the Lord of the Stars's conspiracy!

He had also considered whether to travel back a hundred years and kill the Lord of the Stars before he had grown!

But after using the digital watch, Zhang Yuanqing discovered that the energy stored in the digital watch was not enough to travel through a hundred years of time!

"The time of your moral values' disappearance is..." He pressed the button and adjusted the time to: December 16, 2023!

During the Killing Instance, Zhang Yuanqing was immediately pulled into the time tunnel, heading towards December 16 of last year in a passage where time could not be perceived!

When he returned to reality, he found himself in the CBD area of Songhai. Sirens blared, and the streets were filled with people fleeing in panic. The sound of gas pipelines exploding came from the shops along the street!

The shopping malls were the hardest hit, with Gu worms and vengeful spirits raging and corpses everywhere!

However, he did not see any figures of evil professions. Compared to the ant-like ordinary people, the number of Spirit Realm Walkers was too small. Most of the chaos was caused by panic, and then by bleeding caused by skills!

This was the time node he had to descend upon. After regaining his memory and realizing that he was the Demon Monarch, Zhang Yuanqing realized that the obsession he had during the Killing Instance was not a true obsession!

After obtaining the complete digital watch tonight and understanding that he could travel through time, he realized that his original obsession was precisely the self who traveled back in time!

Therefore, he had to come here!

In addition to the convergence of the world lines, the more important reason was that this was a conspiracy that had to be prevented. If he could not regain the Merit List, the Lord of the Stars would obtain the fragments of the Compass of Light and open the instance ahead of schedule!

Zhang Yuanqing's body ignited with golden light, leaving reality and entering the Spirit Realm world. Immediately, he saw a huge black moon hanging in the center of the galaxy, continuously devouring the stars!

The Spirit Realm world was as vast as the starry sky. He was within it like a speck of dust, and Ling Tuo did not notice him!

"Heh..." Zhang Yuanqing chuckled, his eyes filled with golden light as he slowly surveyed the Spirit Realm world. Before long, based on his memories from last year, he found the location of the Killing Instance—the World Museum!

With the digital watch and the Golden Crow, it was easy for him to enter the Killing Instance. He seemed to have some kind of authority to enter the Spirit Realm instances at will!

This was both the authority brought by the Golden Crow and the authority of the digital watch!

The former symbolized the highest authority in the Spirit Realm, while the latter symbolized the only existing administrator in the Spirit Realm!

The only existing administrator!

After entering the Killing Instance, Zhang Yuanqing saw the familiar Hall of Gods, seeing Xiahou Aotian, Qingzhu, Alicia, Huang Taiji, Yin Ji, and others lying in the deep darkness, falling asleep!

The evil faction's Bloody Liquid was also sleeping!

He pressed the pause button on the digital watch, and gray-white power covered the surroundings like a tide.

"Wake up, wake up!

..."

Zhang Yuanqing, shrouded in golden light, landed beside "Yuanshi Tianzun," communicating with his drowsy spirit.

"If you don't wake up, your teammates will die!"

"Who are you?"

"I'm here to help you cheat! The Sleeping Dragon Earl knew the script in advance and can collect cultural relics unharmed. The NPCs in the instance have also been bought by the other side. Tsk, tsk, how can you play without cheating these days!"

Zhang Yuanqing spoke to himself as if reliving his life, but with a different identity and a different perspective!

Then, following the "script," he deceived the self of this timeline, telling him that he was the Demon Monarch's obsession. This was both his wicked taste and a way to dispel Yuanshi Tianzun's doubts and prevent him from digging too deep!

The more he knew, the more information the Lord of the Stars would gain!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred.

He warned, "Don't make yourself the center of attention. It won't do you any good!"

After that, he manipulated the "Yuanshi Tianzun" identity and used the power of the Golden Crow to夺回the Merit List from the Lord of the Tai Yin!

Before leaving, he said mysteriously, "Let me give you some guidance... I left something very important in the treasure vault of the Yu Hua Immortal Sect. If you are in dire straits, you can open the treasure. Perhaps there will be a glimmer of hope!

Kid, I don't recommend you explore the Path of Salvation. If you have this thing, publicizing it will lose its trump card value!"

He said this because he didn't want the future self to open the treasure vault of the Yu Hua Immortal Sect in advance. Otherwise, how could he deceive the Star Lord, who had the power to deduce all things?

After leaving these words, he turned into a beam of starlight and disappeared!

Returning to the real world, Zhang Yuanqing once again activated the time travel function. This time it was a random teleport, and he didn't know which time period he would be sent to!

After experiencing the passage of time, Zhang Yuanqing looked at the digital watch in his hand when he returned to reality!

The watch showed the time: August 21, 2022!