Living in the deep palace

At this moment, Su Chen completely ignited his "soul imprint" that did not belong to this world!
Buzz—! ! ! !

At this moment, Su Chen seemed to have transformed into a "lighthouse"!
That true "river of time," which even the "fourth realm" could not reach, was forcibly anchored by the light of his soul at this moment!
An illusory, endless river filled with "time" and "space" manifested itself outside this illusory dreamscape to the astonishment of everyone present!

"That...that is..."

"The long river of time!!"

The Dragon Emperor of the East Sea was horrified and speechless!

That is a path that even a powerful being like the Heavenly One Ancient Venerable could not find!

Su Chen actually summoned it?!

"No, it's not a summons."

Su Chen shook his head. He could feel that this "Dreamland Star Sea" was as insignificant as a bubble about to burst beside a river in the face of this long river of time.

"But it has always been waiting for my call!"

Su Chen took a step forward.

He reached the "intersection" between the starry sea of ​​dreams and the long river of time.

There, a barely perceptible "space-time rift" that only he could see lay silently across the space.

Those were the traces he left behind when he came.

"Everyone."

Su Chen turned around and looked at the Taiyi Universe behind him, and at the twenty solemn-looking Venerables.

"Dreams should be extinguished."

"Reality has begun."

He stretched out his hand and pointed his fingers like a sword, the Daoist essence of "reincarnation" that combines "life" and "death" condensing at his fingertips.

"This journey will take you to the 'starry sea of ​​future generations'."

"【Reincarnation and Death】—Open the Heavenly Gate!"

Su Chen pointed a finger at the spacetime rift!
There were no earth-shattering explosions.

Click——!
The spatial and temporal barrier that separated dreams from reality was suddenly shattered by Su Chen's finger!

A portal to another time and space is slowly taking shape!
On the other side of the portal, a starry aura, far more magnificent, vast, and real than that of the mythical era, rushed towards us!

"Let's go."

Su Chen never looked back.

He gathered the Taiyi Universe and transformed it into a point of blue light that entered his brow.

Then, he took a step and stepped into that portal to the starry sea of ​​the future!
"Respectfully bidding farewell to Su Zun!!"

The Dragon Emperor of the East Sea, the Ancient Venerable of Heavenly One... twenty "Venerable Ones" bowed in unison!

Immediately, they transformed into twenty streaks of light, following closely behind Su Chen's footsteps, and rushed into that "gateway"!
And in the instant they all left—

boom--! ! !
This mythical era, devoid of the Heavenly Dao, the Supreme Beings, and powerful beings, this "remnant dream" that bears witness to countless ages.

It finally collapsed and was completely annihilated.

It has turned into an inconspicuous wave in the long river of time, vanishing into thin air!

And in that void, the Skeleton Lord, still suppressed by the giant bronze lock, uttered a murmur.

“I will find you.”

"You'll pay the price..."

"Insignificant ants!"

"No one can offend me, the Skeleton Lord, and survive, and you are no exception!"

……

……

The moment they stepped through the portal of time, the bodies of all the "Venerable Ones" trembled in unison!
They have entered the "river of time"!
It is an indescribable feeling of "peeling" and "washing".

It was as if something was washing away some quality from them.

This is not space!

There are no ups and downs, no directions, no stars or the universe. There is only endless, ceaseless flow of "light" and "shadow".

Every ray of light represents a piece of the past that has passed. Every shadow represents an unknown future.

"what!"

The Celestial Venerable of a Hundred Treasures, the "Venerable One" with the most unstable Dao foundation, was the first to let out a suppressed cry of pain!
His body, which had just been repaired by the power of life, showed signs of "flowing backward" under the scouring of this "long river"!

The laws governing him were rapidly fading, as if they were being assimilated by the long river, washing away all traces of his existence!
"Stay calm!!"

The Dragon Emperor of the East Sea let out a deafening dragon roar, unleashing his imperial dragon might in an attempt to resist the scouring force.

However, his proud imperial laws were like a stubborn rock thrown into the river before the "long river of time." Not only did they fail to shake the "river," but they were also washed away by the "river" and made a "crack" sound as they could not bear the weight.

"No! This...this is the 'Forbidden River' for us beings of the Dream Star Sea?!"

For the first time since his resurrection, Tianyi Ancient Venerable's face showed horror.

These twenty individuals at the fourth realm, working together, could overturn an entire era. Yet, in this "river of time," they were as insignificant as twenty ants, each vulnerable to being crushed by a giant wave at any moment.

This is the "River of Time" that even beings at the "Fourth Realm Great Perfection" dare not easily set foot in!
"Don't panic."

At this critical moment, a calm voice rang out in the minds of all of them.

Su Chen stood at the very front, hands behind his back.

He was the only one who was completely unaffected.

The ceaseless flow of "time" was naturally separated by an invisible Daoist aura when it came within three feet of his body.

“I am the 'Ark,' and you shall enter my wings.”

With a thought, Su Chen caused the illusory "Jianmu" tree that had condensed behind him to suddenly extend twenty soft branches, gently enveloping the twenty swaying "Venerable Ones".

hum!
In an instant, the terrifying power of "time," which was enough to "wash away" the Dao Fruit of the Fourth Realm, was completely isolated.

The twenty "venerable ones" all breathed a sigh of relief.

It felt as if I had been pulled back to solid land from the brink of drowning.

They gazed at the figure in blue robes, who had single-handedly protected them all, strolling leisurely across the "Forbidden River," and were filled with nothing but endless awe.

Su Chen ignored the shock behind him.

He was closing his eyes.

He could feel that his soul imprint was resonating with a mysterious and profound direction in the "river of time".

That is the guide home.

"Going downstream..."

Su Chen opened his eyes. He activated the power of Taiyi, transforming it into an invisible boat that carried everyone and drifted away rapidly following the guidance from the darkness!

……

at the same time.

Beyond the long river of time.

An ancient and lifeless void that cannot be defined by "dimensions" or "spacetime"...

This is referred to as the outside of the door.

In the center of this "nothingness", a black lotus platform floats.

On the lotus platform sat a blurry figure, seemingly composed of "ultimate darkness."

He is the "Lord of the Underworld Lotus".

He has been sitting here in silence for far too long. So long that He himself has lost count of how many "epochs" He has witnessed the birth and death of.

His only mission is to destroy or conquer this vast starry sky, turning it into a part of the Ruins Domain. This is also the only way to release the Skeleton Lord.

pity.

Countless eras have passed, and this sea of ​​stars remains unconquered. After all, it is a powerful universe at the fifth realm, and its profound foundation has even drawn his attention.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, the Holy Lord of the Underworld Lotus let out a soft exclamation.

His eyes, which seemed to contain endless "hell," slowly opened and were cast toward a "tributary" of the "river of time."

"'Chen Sheng's' 'dream'... shattered?" "Heh, that piece of trash 'Hai Zun' was sealed for countless epochs, yet he still couldn't escape..."

"Heh, I was ordered to save him, but Chen Sheng's dual star seas are pressing down on him. How can I save him? In all these years, I haven't even broken through the first layer of the dream."

His voice was filled with ancient indifference, as if he were telling a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.

He didn't seem to care whether the Skeleton King was free or not.

In comparison.

He was more concerned about Su Chen, the guy with strange memories in his mind.

"Just a bunch of pathetic creatures trapped in a dream cage."

"We're out of trouble now."

He did not want to pay attention.

However, the next moment.

His gaze suddenly sharpened!
He saw it!

He saw it—the variable that had been forcibly anchored in the long river of time from the “dream”!
"This aura...is...Jianmu?!"

"wrong!"

"And...that...that's...the soul imprint of a transmigrator!!"
"It turns out to be your boy!"

boom--! ! !
An indescribable, terrifying killing intent erupted from the "Lord of the Underworld Lotus"!

This killing intent was so cold, so venomous! So much so that even the ancient "nothingness" twisted and trembled violently under its influence!
"You kid..."

"Finally...it appeared!!!"

The indifferent voice of the Holy Lord of the Underworld Lotus became sharp and... excited at this moment!
"Hehe...hehehehe..."

"Now that you've shown up!"

The Holy Lord of the Underworld Lotus slowly extended a withered palm constructed from "darkness".

"I've been immersed in the river of time for so long..."

"It's time for me... to use the 'nail' buried in 'time'!!"

"After all, he existed for you!"

He clenched his fist suddenly!

"go with!"

"Using 'ten thousand souls' as a sacrifice, and the 'River Styx' as a conduit! Let's utterly annihilate this fifth-realm Taiyi seed!!!"

Rumble——!
That ancient "nothingness" is roaring!

A will filled with "pollution" and "resentment" transcended "dimensions," ignored "laws," and poured fiercely into the "river of time"!
……

Su Chen was piloting the "Jianmu Divine Boat," smoothly traversing the "Torrent of Time."

Suddenly, his brows furrowed sharply.

"Su Zun, what's wrong?!"

Tianyi Ancient Venerable noticed Su Chen's change immediately.

Su Chen did not answer.

He simply raised his head slowly and looked downstream from the torrent.

there.

The once clear waters of time, composed of light and shadow, rapidly became murky at a speed visible to the naked eye!

A cold, evil, rotten, and resentful black water, as black as ink, is flowing upstream from downstream!

Wow!
Where the black water passed.

The river of time itself seems to be wailing!
Those past and future images, which were originally just images, seemed to be imbued with resentment the moment they were polluted by this black water, turning into distorted and painful...ghost faces!
"This...what kind of power is this?!"

"It...it's...polluting the 'river of time'!!"

At this moment, even the Dragon Emperor of the East Sea felt a tremor from the depths of his soul!

"What terrifying resentment!"

"This aura... is even more evil than that skeletal duke!!"

The twenty "venerable ones" were all horrified!

But what terrified them even more was yet to come!
roar--!!!!!!

A terrifying roar, seemingly the culmination of countless "epochs" and the unwillingness of all the "dead," exploded from the depths of the black water!
Next!

The River Styx, formed from that patch of black water, suddenly rose high!
A colossal, terrifying spirit, its entire body constructed of "black silt" and "billions of remnant souls," rose from the River Styx!

Its body seemed to be forcibly pieced together from the bodies of countless gods and demons!

Its eyes are two rotting suns!
On its forehead, a black lotus flower, imbued with the aura of "death" and "depravity," was clearly branded!

"The Fourth Realm...Great Perfection!!"

The Ancient Venerable Tianyi cried out in shock!
This terrifying spirit exuded a pressure that was in no way weaker than his own before he self-destructed; in fact, it was even stronger!
"Form ranks!!"

"'Zhou Tian Xing Dou'! Quickly!!"

Star River Celestial Venerable was the first to react!
The twenty Venerable Ones were about to rush out of the protection of the Jianmu tree and use their strongest battle formation to meet this unprecedented enemy!
"No need."

Su Chen's calm voice rang out again.

He slowly stood up from the bow of the divine ship and stepped out of the protection of the Jianmu tree.

He stood there alone, silently suspended in front of that terrifying spirit.

He was compared to that spirit.

So insignificant that it doesn't even qualify as a speck of dust.

"Su Zun!!"

"No way!!"

"This is not the Dream Star Sea. Without the Ten Forbidden Beasts and the blessing of your Heavenly Dao rank, you may not be his match!"

The Dragon Emperor of the East Sea and the others were horrified!

Upon seeing Su Chen, this ant who dared to provoke it, the terrifying spirit revealed an extremely human-like cruel smile on its giant face composed of "billions of remnant souls".

"die@"

It slowly raised a giant finger that could crush a sea of ​​stars!

Then, it ruthlessly crushed towards Su Chen!
This finger!
It transcends "time"!
The "soul" has been locked!
It intends to crush Su Chen, along with his "soul imprint" that does not belong to this world, into a part of the River Styx!

however.

Faced with this finger strike that could make even a "Fourth Realm Great Perfection" cultivator tremble.

Su Chen's face remained completely expressionless.

He simply looked quietly at the "spirit" and gently shook his head.

"turn out to be……"

"Just a pitiful creature, kept in captivity in the long river of time, who has lost his true self."

He slowly raised one of his fingers.

"It feeds on 'resentment' and takes 'remnants of souls' as its body..."

"You do not know what 'life' is."

"Also, he did not know what 'death' meant."

"You are merely stuck between life and death, an incomplete fourth realm of perfect enlightenment. I will now send you to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss."

Su Chen's fingertips.

A touch of verdant "vitality" quietly emerges.

A point of pitch-black "annihilation" slowly circulates.

"Life" and "death" transformed at his fingertips into a small, yet seemingly containing the ultimate mysteries of all the myriad paths of the heavens... a millstone of reincarnation.

"today."

"I, Su Chen, hereby grant you true peace in the name of 'Reincarnation'!" (End of Chapter)