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A long river, encompassing the entire universe, deep and dark, with countless faint starlight twinkling, stretched to this place, and 100,000 soldiers came treading on the river.

The leader possessed an aura of unparalleled power, unique across all realms. He spoke eloquently:
"Tianpeng led the Heavenly River Navy to receive the order."

After history repeated itself, Marshal Tianpeng Zhu Bajie, who did not die when he fell from the Heavenly Court, also broke through the barriers in the vast expanse of time, just like Sha Wujing, and proved his legend.

At the same time, Zhuo Er led a red-armored army out of the merchant building and shouted:
"The ruler of the Buddhist kingdom on earth, the future Buddha Maitreya..."

"Reincarnated as the crown prince of my human dynasty, he usurped the throne, seized my territory, and ruined my destiny. He deserves to be executed!"

Beside Zhuo Er was Qi Zhengyan, also clad in crimson armor. After obtaining the "Mysterious Embryo Scripture of the Demon Realm," his progress had been remarkably rapid.

Furthermore, Shang Yi suppressed the Demon Emperor's Claw, which prevented Qi Zhengyan from having his cultivation level suppressed due to the Demon Emperor's Claw as in the original story, and he quickly proved himself a legend.

Now, with the help of "Proud Blood Battle Intent", he gathers the will of all living beings to resist demonic thoughts, making his will even purer and further reaching the Creation Realm.

In just a few moments, armies from all eight departments of Heaven arrived at the South Heavenly Gate.

In an instant, one ancient star after another spontaneously appeared in the sky. All the auras of immortals and gods were connected into one under the connection of their respective immortal and divine powers, so that even those below the legendary level were tainted with some characteristics of legendary great powers, and could be omnipresent to a certain extent.

"Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation, activate!"

Xuan Nu gave a soft shout, drew her long sword from her waist, and pointed it at the core of the real world.

Boom!

The sky was filled with twinkling stars; the ancient stars of the celestial realm had transcended time and space to manifest in this place.

After many years, the Zhou Tian Star Array, one of the three great ancient arrays, has reappeared in the world in perfect condition.

With the blessing of the ancient stars of the Zhou Tian, ​​the gods of the Heavenly Court, who were in formation, saw their divine power rise steadily, seemingly inexhaustible. They could use their trump cards, which were originally extremely damaging to their vital energy, without any restrictions. Even if their divine bodies and primordial spirits were damaged, they could be repaired instantly, and even death could be reversed at the same time.

Even more terrifying is that not only are all the celestial gods powerful, but the Mysterious Maiden who presided over the formation also simultaneously obtained the power of all the celestial gods who formed the formation and the power of the ancient stars of the universe. In an instant, she became one of the few super strong people below the other shore, making even normal people with perfected creation turn pale at the mere mention of her name.

Such an astonishing phenomenon even overshadowed the commotion caused by Maitreya's escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

Zhuo'er, equally unwilling to be outdone, led his Crimson Armor Army into the skies above the Realm, shouting:
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The pure fighting spirit and the army's bloodlust soared to the sky, and after forming a military formation, it was no less powerful than the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation set up by the celestial gods.

After endless fighting spirit and blood energy merged into Zhuoer's body, his aura immediately rose and continued to climb, surpassing the Perfect Creation Realm and even surpassing Maitreya, who was struggling to escape the sea of ​​suffering. The Crimson Armor Army completely merged into Zhuoer's body, and Zhuoer appeared in the Real World in the form of the Law of Heaven and Earth.

Jiuxian Mountain.

Guang Chengzi looked at the scenery of the Immortal Realm, then at the illusory Dao Fruit that was taking shape at the current node, shook his head, and sighed.

"Maitreya is doomed."

They usually keep quiet, but they wait until Maitreya is free from suffering before taking action. Isn't the Heavenly Court's intention obvious?

The Great Shang Heavenly Emperor is now the undisputed supreme ruler of all heavens and myriad realms. His will is the ultimate will of Heaven and the choice of destiny.

"Without understanding that person's attitude, Maitreya dared to act like this. Does he really think that by understanding the attitude of other important figures, he can be completely safe?"

Looking at Miroku, who was awakening his past while still unaware of everything, Guangchengzi seemed to be mocking him.

"On the road to the other side, another martyr has been added."

After he sighed, he no longer paid attention to the real world.

Even if Maitreya possessed the Azure Lotus Banner, he could not save His life.

The Time Blade is held by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. Even if the Azure Lotus Treasure Banner is a Buddhist treasure, how could it be stronger than the Time Blade?
A moment.

The Zhou Tian Star Array descended upon the real world, enveloping the river of time and the nascent Dao Fruit that was taking shape.

At the same time, Zhuoer, transformed into the Dharma of Heaven and Earth, drew his bow and nocked an arrow, the crimson arrow carrying endless fighting spirit piercing through the illusory Dao Fruit.

Just as Shang Yi once terrified the world with his Xuan Bird arrow, Zhuo Er's arrow has now equally terrified all beings below the other shore.

Maitreya has fallen!

Amitabha Buddha watched as Maitreya vanished into the river of time, leaving only faint imprints behind. He then cast a deep glance at the Heavenly Court.

Now that things have come to this, how could He not know that Shang Yi had long known that Emperor Fu was being manipulated by Him?

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden was sent out at the exact moment Maitreya was about to escape from the sea of ​​suffering?

"There is no hope in seeking emptiness through reduction; there is no hope of attaining the Dao in this era."

Amitabha Buddha looked at the Taoist elder opposite him and calmly said, "Fellow Daoist, you have deceived me like this. Aren't you afraid that I will repeat everything?"

The oldest one has touched the root of time. If the root of time is destroyed, then all history from the first era to the present will be re-evolved.

If we deliberately intervene further, distorting the fact that each other shore is born, all the current other shores will die.

"It's just a cycle of cause and effect."

The Celestial Venerable of Morality spoke calmly: "If you hadn't acted that way back then, how could this scene have come to this?"

"Furthermore, since you are no match for me at the current juncture, you were no match for me in the past, at the Root of Time. How could you possibly destroy the Root of Time and replay everything from ancient times to the present?"

Maintaining history is easier than changing it. Although the weakening of the Moral Celestial Venerable, the foundation of existence, is slightly greater than that of Amitabha Buddha due to the final calamity, the Moral Celestial Venerable can still suppress Amitabha Buddha before the final calamity fully erupts, making it difficult for this most ancient being to interfere with the outside world.

Gazing upon the Supreme Deity of Morality, Amitabha Buddha remained silent.

Although Maitreya has perished, He has not completely lost hope. As long as He finds another person to be the one to seek emptiness through reduction, it is still possible to compete for the fruit of the path.

Even more decisively, taking advantage of the opportunity presented by the outbreak of the final calamity, with its compounding contradictions and the occurrence of all sorts of incredible events, it is not without hope to forcibly achieve emptiness through reduction. However, that would slow down Amitabha Buddha's attainment of the perfect state of emptiness through reduction, making him later than the Three Pure Ones, and the chance of seizing the power of the epochal cycle would be much smaller than before.

"Cause and effect, cause and effect..."

Amitabha Buddha murmured as he looked towards the Heavenly Court.

The cause of the past has become the effect of today, and the cause of today will become the effect of tomorrow, and so on, endlessly.

Since the Heavenly Court and the Shanglou army have trampled the Buddhist kingdom on earth and dispersed the believers, then they should not be surprised if the Shanglou and the Heavenly Court are destroyed in the future.

……

Commercial building.

Shang Yi seemed to sense the gaze coming from the Blissful World and chuckled softly.

Although we are still no match for Amitabha Buddha, it will be soon.

Once he finishes creating the laws and swallows the Immortal Realm, he will be even closer to the oldest being. If he goes even crazier and devours and assimilates the Jianmu tree that supports all the heavens and myriad realms, coupled with the blessing of the final calamity, it is not impossible for him to briefly enter the ranks of the oldest being.

Among the oldest, Amitabha Buddha is undoubtedly one of the weaker ones.

This can be seen from the fact that the Supreme Lord of Morality is the foundation of existence.

When he was at the same level, who was he afraid of?
……

In the former Peach Garden, the body of the God of Longevity lay buried. Meng Qi and Gu Xiaosang trembled as they looked at the emperor in the distance.

The Heavenly Emperor's obsession?
Has He not vanished to this day?
Just as the two outdoor scenes were filled with excitement, everything suddenly calmed down.

Meng Qi looked at the emperor and asked with a puzzled expression, "Brother Shang..."

"Even now, Master Daode is still blocking Amitabha Buddha's path. However, if this calamity is not the final destruction, and Master Daode seizes the opportunity to attain the Dao fruit in the final calamity, thus transcending it, then in the new era..."

The implication in his words was clear: he believed that Shang Yi would not perish at the end of the era.

It was nothing more than Meng Qi's intuition.

He believed that Brother Shang would not perish. Back then, even the Jade Emperor could reincarnate as the Thunder God, then become Ananda, and finally abandon his good intentions to become a demon Buddha. Meng Qi believed that Brother Shang also had similar means to avoid the Heavenly Emperor's fate.

After a smile, Shang Yi seemed confident and said calmly, "The oldest ones have touched the root of time, but that doesn't mean the differences between the oldest ones are small."

"As I told you before, the manifestation of the Other Shore Beings has changed from a spatial extension to a temporal extension because the myriad worlds cannot contain them. Therefore, the strength of the Other Shore Beings can only be seen by looking back at the vastness of time."

"The Origin of Time can only be said to be the end of the other shore in terms of the extension of time, but it is by no means the end of the other shore's power."

"Becoming the oldest one simply means one thing: it is no longer possible to distinguish the strength of the oldest ones from the distance of time. Theoretically, there are oldest ones who are much, much stronger than the 'normal' oldest ones. However, time also has its origins, and all things have their beginnings, so it is impossible for people to see the difference in strength between the oldest ones in the most direct way."

After hearing this, Meng Qi seemed to be thinking.

Gu Xiaosang laughed and said, "So, Amitabha Buddha isn't considered strong among the oldest beings?"

Of course, even if it's not very powerful, it's still the oldest.

The more powerful the being on the other shore, the more ancient they are. This means that no ancient being can match Amitabha Buddha. Although Amitabha Buddha is also a rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit, not a true Dao Fruit being, he is stronger than a normal rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit. Therefore, he is the most ancient being, not just an ancient being.

The two understood the hidden meaning in Shang Yi's words.

He was confident that he would become the oldest.

If it is the norm for ordinary beings to become ancient beings, then the oldest beings cannot be accumulated over time. Without special methods, ordinary beings will stop at the level of ancient beings and will be unable to further improve their power before attaining the Dao Fruit, making it difficult to accumulate enough 'performance' on the timeline.

"No wonder."

Meng Qi nodded.

In his eyes, Shang Yi might be related to the Dao Venerable, and it seems that he has seen the Dao Venerable after transcending. Therefore, it is acceptable that Shang Yi has a way to become the oldest being.

Leaving aside the naturally born being like Yuanshi Tianzun, even those who attained the other shore through Amitabha Buddha's own efforts could become the oldest beings. This demonstrates that the very few oldest beings have nothing to do with their personal origins. Even those who escaped the sea of ​​suffering later in life can become the oldest beings if they use the right methods.

……

Time goes by.

Commercial building.

Watching the universes gradually head towards destruction under the overwhelming force of the final catastrophe, and even the newly born universes would be destroyed for various reasons, Shang Yi thought to himself, "It's coming soon."

The final tribulation is about to erupt completely, and his magic will soon be complete.

Everything in this era will come to an end on that day.

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Inside the shopping mall, a flurry of excited thoughts stirred up a storm in the depths of Shang Yi's heart.

The symbols of all the Great Dao manifested here, reflecting Shang Yi's sea of ​​mind into a myriad of worlds that were different from both the outside world and his own body. Although it was clearly the world in his heart, it had a real and tangible feel to it.

"It's done."

Shang Yi revealed a look of joy.

After a century of tireless deliberation, the originally envisioned method finally overcame numerous difficulties and obstacles and was successfully put into practice.

Looking at the bustling prosperity and the various forms of decay outside, Shang Yi thought to himself:

"Everything in this world is about to come to an end."

According to his prediction, at most five hundred years later, even if he held on, all the heavens and myriad worlds would collapse, affecting him and causing his demise.

The collapse of the river of time and destiny has led to the destruction of countless futures. No matter what means are used, it is impossible to prolong the lives of all the heavens and myriad worlds. Perhaps those who attain the Dao Fruit realm can, but the final calamity will completely bury all the legends and deeds left behind by the Dao Venerable in the world. Perhaps it will help the Dao Venerable to make new changes in the Dao Fruit realm, so why would he take action to stop the final calamity?

In the current myriad realms, even if those on the other shore could travel back in time, they would not be able to see the figure of the Dao Venerable. They would only see that, without anyone maintaining history, the part related to the Dao Venerable had not collapsed. However, the legend of the Dao Venerable still exists, but people can no longer see Him.

Shang Yi didn't know the situation of the Dao Fruit holders, so he could only guess that it was possible that the Dao Venerable no longer cared about the myriad realms and thus allowed the final tribulation to arrive, or perhaps the Dao Venerable, who occupied all futures, knew that the final tribulation was not the ultimate destruction, so he did not interfere with anything.

Only he, having personally attained enlightenment, could understand the many secrets involved.

Shang Yi walked out of the shopping mall. The last time he left was more than a hundred years ago.

"Although Gu Xiaosang is now an ancient being, she is still a long way from the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit. Unlike in the original timeline, she did not exist in place of Maitreya and became a product of Amitabha Buddha's subtraction of emptiness. Therefore, her progress is inevitably much slower."

While Shang Yi was pondering, he stepped through the Zhuxian Gate and arrived at a giant tree outside the Shang Building that emitted a clear light.

The giant tree defies description in terms of color. Rooted in the void and chaos, each leaf and branch is not like the ancient Fusang tree, which represents the vast universe and the nine netherworlds of immortals. Instead, it is painted in colors such as pitch black, crimson, and azure. Its profound Daoist charm is a condensation of many illusory Daos, containing the secrets of the corresponding Daos.

Jianmu!

Only a true master from the other side can break through the Jianmu tree's instinctive defenses!
The foundation of an era!
Even with their combined strength, the pseudo-Other Shore and the peerless Other Shore level could not affect the Jianmu tree in the slightest.

Standing before the towering Jianmu tree, its top and roots invisible, and looking at the leaves that had withered considerably since their beginnings, Shang Yi sighed softly:
"The Jianmu tree is also withering away..."

The end of an era is closely related to everything in the myriad worlds. Anyone with the ability can deduce this news based on the gradual decline of their own world, even if they do not know the news of the final calamity. Only Jianmu can most directly reflect how many days are left before the myriad worlds collapse.

Shang Yi, standing before Jianmu, still wore his imperial robes and a crown. Although he was no bigger than an ordinary person, he exuded a sense of superiority, as if even Jianmu, which supported the era, was not as tall as him.

After gazing silently for a while, Shang Yi looked towards his hometown, Vacuum.

Although he couldn't see through everything within the Vacuum Homeland, Shang Yi could imagine that at the core of the Vacuum Homeland stood the Six Soul Banner.

"Since the Demon Buddha has fallen prematurely, it's time for me to take his place."

Looking at the perfect, flawless moonlight, Shang Yi thought to himself.

After years of recuperation, the Eternal Mother has recovered from all her injuries and is now waiting for Gu Xiaosang to become an ancient being.

Boom!

A tremendous sound spread, and all the immortals and gods of the Nine Heavens looked up in astonishment at the source of the sound.

It's a commercial building.

The ancient, tall building that used to hang at the top of the celestial realm and could be seen from any level of the celestial realm has moved from its original position.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar, resonant voice reached everyone's ears.

"When final destruction is imminent, sentient beings with aspirations can stay away from destruction and survive the calamity at the end of the era."

Not only the celestial beings and gods of the Heavenly Court, but also the real world and all universes, dimensions, planes—wherever living beings reside—heard Shang Yi's voice at this moment. (End of Chapter)