Simulation becomes reality, have I ever looked down upon the eternity?

Chapter 642: Six Thousand Years of Oblivion, an Old Friend Returns!

The Heavenly Emperor was astonished. The sword-wielding youth before him was someone who had ascended again after the decline of the spiritual tide in this realm.

[The Two Realms Mountain existed in ancient times; how could this person possibly defeat the woman in white?]

This human named Xie Guan has only been a Dao cultivator for six thousand years.

He seemed to have just heard the woman in white say, "The Great Yi Enlightened Mysterious Origin Immortal Lord." But in an instant, he forgot it all.

[Blinded by a leaf!]

The sword-wielding youth seemed to see through the Heavenly Emperor's thoughts and calmly said, "I attained enlightenment in the Dharma-ending Age, but manifested my name in the Primordial Era."

"Once you ascend to this place, you will understand that this world is far more terrifying than you can imagine."

"What you call devouring the destiny of this world is nothing more than an ant trying to swallow the heavens in the eyes of true immortals and Buddhas."

The Heavenly Emperor was startled. His mind was already clear and his heart was focused on the Dao. How could the other party have seen through his thoughts in a single glance?

Could it be that this person's realm has truly surpassed the limits of this world?

The legendary ability to read minds, known as "telepathy," only works when one's cultivation level far surpasses that of the other person.

The Heavenly Emperor's mind trembled violently, a flash of inspiration striking like lightning—could it be that his ascension to this realm was not a transcendence of the present, but rather… a journey through countless ages, descending upon the primordial, medieval, or ancient times!

Yes, only in this way can we explain the phrase "its name manifested in ancient times"!

This Kunxu Realm exists outside of ordinary time and space. It stands independently beyond the ages, and every person who ascends from here can break through the order of time and descend to a specific point in the vast expanse of history!

But this earth-shattering thought, barely formed, vanished like smoke.

Even with his clear Dao heart and the Dao Heart Divine Treasury opened eight times, he still couldn't recall a single thing.

Upon hearing this, Xie Guan simply smiled calmly and said nothing more.

He turned to the woman in white, "You are already bound by karma in this world. Why not come with me... for a journey through six thousand years of time?"

The woman in white raised her eyes, her gaze returning to its usual calm and serene state, settling quietly on the sword-wielding youth.

Xie Guan then said, "If you are unwilling..."

【"good."】

Before he could finish speaking, the woman in white answered promptly and decisively.

Her gaze swept over the Centipede Taoist and Xu Ci's group. "May I send them away from this realm first?"

The sword-wielding youth did not answer, but silently raised his head to gaze at the mortal cauldron floating in the void.

The next moment, the cauldron rang out!

The woman in white bowed slightly: "Thank you for your trouble."

With Xie Guan now present, the restart of this world is no longer possible.

[And it seems that the legendary Lord of Kunxu will also return from oblivion.]

She said no more, only looking at Huang Hua and the others, "You will now dissolve your weapons and enter the cycle of reincarnation. In your next life, you will have the opportunity to ascend to immortality."

Without the slightest hesitation, the Centipede Taoist bowed his head and replied, "I will respectfully obey the Ancestral Master's decree."

As soon as he finished speaking, all his cultivation dissipated, and his physical body transformed into starlight, instantly disintegrating on the spot.

[Afterwards, Xu Ci and the others did not hesitate, and successively surrendered to the enemy, calmly facing their deaths.]

Just then, the Void Cauldron resounded once more.

[Several primordial spirits, as if guided, entered the cauldron and thus returned to the cycle of reincarnation.]

The scene before him shook the Heavenly Emperor to his core. Everyone else was being destroyed and entering the cycle of reincarnation; what would become of him?

[In the past, he attempted to seize the destiny of this world and devour the heavens, but he was annihilated by the will of this world long ago. He only managed to survive by relying on the immortal elixir to deceive the heavens.]

Now, with the cycle of cause and effect repeating itself, what awaits him next?

Even the Heavenly Emperor felt a sense of bewilderment when faced with an existence far surpassing his own realm.

[He was, after all, a being born from Kunxu, and always held a deep-seated reverence for the legendary Lord of Kunxu.]

Xie Guan stepped forward again.

The massive cauldron that had manifested in the void trembled violently, and a solid cauldron shadow appeared, enveloping the sword-bearing youth within it.

The woman in white was also gently enveloped by a beam of light from the cauldron, and stood silently within it.

Xie Guan slowly drew his sword from its sheath and gripped it in his hand; this was the first time he had truly wielded a sword.

He turned his head to look at the woman in white, "This is the sword I comprehended after attaining enlightenment."

["Its name—"] ["Forgot the Dao for six thousand years."]

As the words faded, the sword light seemed to reverse time, flowing upwards against the tide of years.

The woman in white's eyes flickered. Although she could traverse this world and exist as an avatar in the past and future, she had never truly reversed the flow of time.

At that moment, Xie Guan unleashed a sword strike.

[A long river then appears—it has no color, no sound, like nothingness itself, flowing silently through all things in the world.]

The crowd seemed to see it but not quite, feeling that the river was omnipresent yet impossible to trace.

If you reach out to touch it, this long river seems to have flowed through your fingers, passed through your soul, yet it also seems to have never existed.

[The River of Time!]

Xie Guan smiled faintly. A phantom sword shadow, carrying the woman in white, swept upstream, plunging into the depths of time.

The sword-wielding youth turned to leave, his gaze sweeping over each and every one of the crowd.

A soft whisper echoed through the heavens and earth for a long time:

"Heaven and earth are the inn of all things; time is the passing guest of a hundred generations."

"Within a hundred years, the Ascension Platform will open, allowing one to ascend to this realm."

The figures of the sword-wielding youth and the woman in white gradually disappeared, and the vast, empty river that stretched across the heavens and earth also faded away, leaving no trace.

By the time everyone came to their senses, the illusory cauldron had vanished without a trace.

The Heavenly Emperor's Treasury slowly closed, and the East Sea remained the eye of the golden storm.

On the ascension platform, everyone remained stunned, their minds still reeling from the earth-shattering events that had just transpired.

From the white-clad woman's world-destroying sword strike, to Xie Guan's arrival six thousand years ago, and now...

The Heavenly Emperor had never imagined, never anticipated, that it would end this way.

Is it truly laughable to devour the fortune of this world?

The crowd was still reeling from the words of the sword-wielding youth as he departed: "Within a hundred years, the Ascension Platform will reopen, allowing the path to heaven to begin once more."

Within a century... the opportunity for ascension may reappear in the mortal realm.

[The Purple Mountain Lord, Ao Ming, and Nine Yang Immortal on the Ascension Platform were all shocked upon hearing this.]

[Within a century, the Ascension Platform will appear.]

~

A sword aura cleaved through space.

The young man carrying a sword stepped out.

Looking at his cousin Xie Yuan, who had now become a destitute beggar in Bianjing.

Five years after the Ascension Platform, in this land six thousand years ago, the Great Qi Dynasty had ceased to exist.

Bianjing was renamed Bianliang.

"Sixth Brother, didn't you yearn for the world of martial arts? Yet you spent your whole life trapped in Bianjing and the Xie family. Now your worldly ties are severed."

"Wealth and status are like fleeting clouds; only spiritual practice will not let us down!"

The sword light took Xie Yuan away.

~

North Pole.

The sword light swirled once more.

The sword-wielding youth reappeared with the woman in white.

"Wutong thought that young master didn't want me anymore!"

~

The young man once again stepped into the void, carrying the three of them as they rode their swords into the air, overlooking the vast landscape that flashed by.

"Kunxu, I await your return!"

"Together we will embark on that great war... that spans millennia."

(End of this chapter)