Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 597 Defying the Heavenly Way, Seeking a Home in Another World (Conclusion)
"So, you two have finally decided to make your move?"

Sensing the aura of time and space laws emanating from the two individuals, Wei Zhong knew their identities without needing to guess.

'If the position of reincarnation weren't vacant, I'm afraid three Dao Ancestors would have come together today.'

Wei Zhong's expression hardened slightly.

The two men before him stroked their beards as they spoke, their expressions differing.

The Time Dao Ancestor Wu Hui had a solemn expression, seemingly harboring hostility towards Wei Zhong's actions.

As for the Space Dao Ancestor Konghen, he smiled, stroking his beard with one hand and putting the other behind his back.

Although his aura was powerful, it wasn't as aggressive as Wu Hui's.

"What do you two mean by this?"

Wu Hui asked in return:

"What do you mean? I would also like to ask you, young friend, why you have disturbed Fellow Daoist Burning Abyss, causing quite a disturbance in the River of Laws?"

Wei Zhong smiled upon hearing this:
"Naturally, it's because of personal grudges. Fen Yuan, who is revered as the Dao Ancestor, actually had the audacity to attack me, a Great Luo Immortal. I've come here to take my revenge."

"Why, do you two seniors refuse?"

This statement occupies a moral high ground. The disturbances in the Immortal Realm are usually resolved by the cultivators under the command of various forces, and it is extremely rare for the Dao Ancestor to take action.

However, Fen Yuan broke the rules by attacking Wei Zhong, which led to a verbal dispute.

Konghen said upon hearing this:

“What you say makes sense, young friend. But you’ve already destroyed two of their projected clones, so why did you chase them into the long river?”

The two men, one with a dark face and the other with a light face, looked like they were performing in a play.

"Hmph, you two are full of righteous words, have you forgotten the small sword of law and the immortal lock in Fen Yuan's hand? We haven't settled accounts with you two for the matter of your subordinates attacking my Heavenly Dao Alliance."

"The Heavenly Alliance has wreaked havoc in the Immortal Realm, and we should certainly fight against them."

"Young friend, you possess great strength and a bright future. Do not be misled by the people of the Heavenly Dao Alliance. Strive to cultivate diligently, and ascend to the position of Dao Ancestor together with us, establishing your own lineage. Wouldn't that be better?"

Konghen tried to persuade him, but Wei Zhong only let out a muffled groan.

The spacetime blockade of the Burning Abyss River has not yet dissipated; this is to guard against Wei Zhong. The attitudes of the two are nowhere near as gentle as Kong Hen described.

"Dao Ancestor, Dao Lineage? What kind of Great Dao do you two think I should seek?"

"The Void of the Cycle of Reincarnation?"

"This……"

Wu Hui and Kong Hen looked at each other in bewilderment. The various forces in the Immortal Realm had varying strengths and weaknesses, and the position of Dao Ancestor naturally had different ranks.

Space, time, and reincarnation are the three supreme realms.

Now that the cycle of reincarnation is empty, the top level of the Dao Ancestors consists of Wu Hui and Kong Hen.

Both covet the position of reincarnation, so how can they tolerate others taking it and then sitting at the same level as them?
"I'm afraid you, young friend, cannot swallow the position of reincarnation. This scoundrel Fen Yuan is cowardly and flees from battle, which is not in line with the demeanor of us Dao Ancestors."

"Why don't you defeat them, young friend, and seize this Burning Abyss River, becoming the new Burning Abyss Dao Ancestor?"

Wei Zhong scoffed:
"How can you two even utter such a weak and insignificant river?"

Wei Zhong looked at the two of them with his eyes, and the power of spacetime flowed around them. Wei Zhong seemed quite envious.

Wu Hui and the other two understood that Wei Zhong coveted their power and were about to speak to intimidate him, but Wei Zhong clapped his hands:

"Although the Burning Abyss River is a bit weak, it's not impossible."

This change in attitude surprised both of them, but they immediately burst into laughter, thinking that Wei Zhong had given in.

"Very well, since you have agreed, we will make the arrangements immediately."

"However, the change of the position of Dao Ancestor is no small matter, and it will probably have to be witnessed by many fellow Daoists."

"Please follow us, young friend..."

The three of them flew away together, thus escaping the Burning Abyss River.

In the middle of the border river, Wen Shao said with an incredulous expression:

"You want to take the position of Dao Ancestor Fen Yuan? Why?"
"Fen Yuan's strength is extremely weak. Back then, Fellow Daoist Hunyuan was the first to attack him. Even if you want to advance to Dao Ancestor, you should choose a stronger path."

"Moreover, since your clone occupies the position of Dao Ancestor, doesn't that limit our potential? What will become of our plans...?"

Wei Zhong, who was sitting cross-legged in front of him, put down his teacup upon hearing this and corrected him:

"It is a homologous entity, not a clone."

"Although Fen Yuan is somewhat weak, this path is the one I can most easily access as a Dao Ancestor."

"Moreover, if I do not agree with the two ancestors of this time and space, my original body may not be able to return."

"As for our plans... Fellow Daoist Wenshao, what do you think is the solution to the predicament in the Immortal Realm?"

Wen Shao replied immediately:

"Naturally, it breaks the rule of the Immortal Palace, leaving opportunities for independent cultivators to advance further."

Wei Zhong shook his head:

"On the long river of immortals, how many Dao Ancestors are there? Breaking their rule is no easy task."

Wen Shao frowned:

"There are too many Dao Ancestors, so just kill them. When there are vacancies, the Immortal Realm cultivators will take their place."

"Then what?

"Later generations took their place, established their own lineage, became the new rulers of the Immortal Palace, and continued to oppress other rogue cultivators."

Wen Shao was speechless for a moment upon hearing this, as if the other party also had no way to deal with the situation.

Wei Zhong slowly stood up:

"War is easy to break out, but it is never the best policy."

"As long as the position of Dao Ancestor remains, the structure of the Immortal Realm will not change."

Wen Shao looked up at Wei Zhong with a strange expression.

"Does Fellow Daoist Wei have a way to erase this Dao Ancestor status?"

Wei Zhong shook his head:

"Erasing is impossible, but changing one or two things is not impossible."

“We cultivators, whether mortal, spiritual, or immortal, are always accompanied by calamities during our cultivation. However, those who reach the level of Dao Ancestor live as long as the heavens and are free from illness and disaster.”

"Fellow Daoist, don't you think this is a bit inappropriate? When one person occupies the position of Dao Ancestor, all the fellow cultivators who are on the Great Luo path are cut off. For every century that the other party occupies, a genius of that century will perish under the Great Luo calamity."

"This is simply too unreasonable."

"Therefore, rather than killing the Dao Ancestor himself, it would be better to let him step down from the position of Dao Ancestor on his own initiative."

……

Within the River of Laws, the arena match between Wei Zhong and Fen Yuan officially began, witnessed by a group of Dao Ancestors.

The cultivators outside the arena were extremely excited, no different from ordinary mortals watching a fight.

Inside the arena, Fen Yuan's face was ashen, and he looked at Wei Zhong in front of him with a gloomy expression.

Especially when his eyes swept beyond the arena and he saw the high and mighty Ancestor of Time and Space, his gloomy expression immediately turned into resentment.

"Fellow Daoist Fen Yuan, please!"

Upon hearing Wei Zhong's invitation, Fen Yuan turned back:

"Young man, do you think that by attacking me today and seizing the position of Dao Ancestor, you can sit in peace in the future?"

"Those two old geezers are just trying to appease you with a little bit of money. They'll surely coerce and manipulate you in the future."

Wei Zhong's expression remained unchanged, a smile playing on his lips:
"I am naturally aware of this matter, so there is no need for Fellow Daoist Fen Yuan to remind me."

The other party, completely unaware of Wei Zhong's thoughts, hurriedly said:

"then you……"

Wei Zhong shook his head and interrupted:

"It's getting late, and the fellow cultivators outside are all waiting."

"please!"

Wei Zhong's palm shone with crimson spiritual light, and the aura of law within it was exactly the same as that of Fen Yuan.

"Very well, very well, you're unrepentant. I'll back down this time and see what you do in the future."

After saying that, the other party took a step back, showing no intention of making a move.

Flames scorched his robes, and a great sun appeared on his chest. Fen Yuan inserted his hand into it and pulled out a ball of black and red flames.

Its color is mottled, red on the outside and black on the inside, and at a glance, it seems to contain an endless abyss.

"The Dao Fruit of Burning Abyss?"

Wei Zhong was stunned, as were the Dao Ancestors watching from the outside.

"Since you desire this Burning Abyss Dao Fruit, then take it. I've been a Dao Ancestor for so many years, yet I haven't reaped many benefits; instead, I've suffered a great deal of humiliation..."

After Fen Yuan finished speaking, his expression gradually shifted from reluctance to relief:
"It's better to leave, it's better to leave..."

He tossed aside the Burning Abyss Dao Fruit, left the arena, transformed into a beam of light, flew away from the River of Laws, and plummeted into the Immortal Realm.

Having lost this Dao Fruit, the other party is no longer a Dao Ancestor, but a genuine Great Luo Golden Immortal, and naturally cannot stay in this long river for long.

Wei Zhong took the Burning Abyss Dao Fruit into his hand and stared at it, somewhat lost in thought.

The sound of silence echoed in my ears:
"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on obtaining the Burning Abyss Dao Fruit!"

Konghen added a message, and the others, realizing what was happening, offered their congratulations:
"Congratulations……"

Wei Zhong showed little joy on his face. He returned the greeting with a cupped hand and then returned to the Burning Abyss Law River under everyone's gaze.

After consuming and refining the Dao Fruit, three days later, the long river trembled, indicating that the new Dao Ancestor of Burning Abyss had ascended to the throne.

When the Daoist Master invited Wei Zhong to taste tea and drink wine, Wei Zhong declined, citing his familiarity with the Daoist hierarchy.

Within the long river, a bright red thatched hut sits upstream.

The thatched roof and earthen walls, black and red in color, appear to be ordinary objects, but in reality, they are all formed by strands of the laws of the Burning Abyss.

Wei Zhong sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and concentrated, his consciousness sinking into his body.

The colorful river flows on, which is the foundation of Wei Zhongren, the immortal being, and the myriad laws he himself forged.

Beside this long river lies the Burning Abyss Dao Fruit, which is closely connected to the Burning Abyss Law River in the outside world.

Wei Zhong hesitated, looking at the two completely different forces, and began to have deep doubts about his own plans.

"Is it really feasible to use one's own cultivation path to manipulate the laws of the immortal realm?"

Consciousness manifested as an illusory body, caressing the two objects, its eyes flickering with uncertain light.

"According to information from the same source, there is indeed a way to resolve this predicament in the Immortal Realm, but..."

Wei Zhongtong's body has been gone for a long time, and the number of worlds he has passed through is more than the number of a palm.

Having gained knowledge and power from these worlds, they now possess sufficient insight into the predicament of the immortal realm.

However, the sixth world gave Wei Zhong a different idea.

That was a vast world on the verge of extinction.

Most of the living beings on it have died, and the River of Laws is in complete chaos. Only the Path of "Calamity" remains, and it is exceptionally powerful.

Wei Zhong drew power from it, greatly strengthening his own path of tribulation.

Its power has even surpassed its own time and space.

In terms of its level, it is probably enough to conquer the long river of tribulation laws in the immortal realm.

"It is no easy task to integrate this calamity into the Immortal Realm and influence the Dao Ancestor level."

"The required power of the laws and the time consumed are both extremely large."

Wei Zhong hesitated, precisely because of this.

"Delay will only lead to unforeseen changes, unless I find another way to conceal it and avoid their gaze. I will proceed slowly, accepting the power from the same source while acting in secret."

Before participating in this battle, Wei Zhong had received the power of the laws from the same source entity.

This includes, but is not limited to, the spacetime laws that defeated Fen Yuan; the laws of calamity are even more powerful, but Wei Zhong has been concealing and hiding them from us.

Now, Wei Zhong has differentiated his life essence, and there are at least eight people with the same origin.

At this moment, the Burning Abyss River is one, the Boundary River is two, and there are six other people in other Great Thousand Worlds.

Fortunately, Wei Zhong's cultivation method of the Mind Wall was unique, preventing him from repeating the mistakes of the Primordial Chaos.

"Six people grow together, one relays the power, and one acts in the shadows. There's no way they'll fall into trouble."

"If the plan fails, I can simply abandon this body and its power. With all eight parts combined, I will still be myself."

"Moreover, the goal is merely to alter the rules of the Immortal Realm, not to completely rewrite them. The power required is not limited to the power of a single realm, and it is still within my capabilities..."

After much deliberation, Wei Zhong finally made up his mind.

With their hands and claws coming together, the River of Myriad Laws came into contact with the Dao Fruit of the Burning Abyss.

The collision of the two caused the Burning Abyss River to fluctuate violently, which in turn affected the Immortal Realm River, causing the Dao Ancestors to show strange expressions.

Wu Hui sensed the temporal energy within this fluctuation and let out a muffled groan:
"Trying to integrate one's own cultivated laws into the Burning Abyss Law River is overestimating one's abilities."

Konghen's eyes narrowed slightly:

"That's not necessarily true. This kid has amazing talent. This time, he might actually be able to conjure up some strange things and completely change the weakness of the Burning Abyss River."

Wu Hui shook his head, and the two continued their conversation without showing any sign of worry.

In their view, the moment Wei Zhong chose the Burning Abyss River, the upper limit was set, and the authority of the two could no longer be touched.

As time went by, things unfolded exactly as the two had predicted.

The Burning Abyss River has become stronger, but only to a limited extent, barely surpassing the general fire element and comparable to the "Yang" River.

But that's all there is to it.

"This child wants to encompass all the laws and paths and forge a new path; it's simply wishful thinking."

The integration of the Myriad Laws River could not be hidden from the Dao Ancestors within it.

However, this power is so weak that it's not worth bothering with.

Upon seeing this, Wei Zhong began to frequently appear on other paths to investigate the missing paths.

This action was interpreted as Wei Zhong wanting to change course because the upper limit of the Burning Abyss was too low.

As expected, only a few hundred thousand years later, Wei Zhong could no longer tolerate the weakness of the "Burning Abyss River".

By combining various paths, a path named "Huangyan" was finally created.

This path combines the characteristics of the Burning Abyss, Fire Path, Yang Element, and Calamity, and in terms of strength, it has surpassed the mid-level "Path of Yang".

This drew the attention of all the Daoist masters.

Even Wu Hui and Kong Hen showed surprise at Wei Zhong's abilities.

However, the strength of "Huangyan" is only at the mid-strong level, not reaching the highest level, let alone touching the three paths of time, space, and reincarnation.

The two were not wary of this; on the contrary, they wanted to see what Wei Zhong could come up with.

Under these circumstances, Wei Zhong received the power of the laws transmitted by the same source body while simultaneously deepening the fusion between his own River of Myriad Laws and the Dao Fruit of "Radiant Annihilation".

As the degree of fusion between the two increases, the "Radiant Annihilation" Dao Fruit becomes more and more dazzling, and the long river of laws behind it becomes stronger and stronger.

The others were surprised, but seeing that Wei Zhong had not made any significant breakthroughs even after a million years, these Dao Ancestors shook their heads and most of them shifted their attention away.

“It’s almost done!” Wei Zhong stood up from in front of Wen Shao, glanced at him, and saw that the latter had already stripped away all the aura of the immortal laws and had completely embarked on the path of human immortals, just like Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong raised his hand and pointed to the Wheel of Reincarnation, saying:
"Since Fellow Daoist Wenshao has already achieved the position of Human Immortal, why not give me this half of the Primordial Treasure?"

The other party glanced at it, grabbed the Reincarnation Disc, and tossed it away:
"If you like it, take it; consider it my way of repaying a debt of gratitude..."

"Thank you very much, Brother Wenshao!"

Wei Zhong put away the Reincarnation Disc and looked up into the depths of the Boundary River, where the aura was close, and it was the same source that was collecting power to return.

"With this one included, that should be about right!"

……

In the long river of immortals, Wei Zhong suddenly opened his eyes. A figure walked into the black and red thatched hut and smiled at Wei Zhong.

He took two steps, and his shadow seemed to merge into Wei Zhong's body as he sat cross-legged.

In an instant, a new power emerged above the River of Myriad Laws and the "Radiant Annihilation" Dao Seed.

It is filled with the aura of calamity, and it shares the same origin as the River of All Laws.

With a leap, the long river of ominous energy merged into the River of Myriad Laws.

It was as if he had taken a powerful tonic; Changhe underwent a transformation, his body expanded, and he grew dragon scales and a dragon head...

Until it transformed into a long dragon, the dragon breathed out the power of the laws, and swallowed the "Huangyan" Dao Seed in one gulp.

The "Huangyan" long river trembled, attracting everyone's attention.

Wei Zhong's figure disappeared from it, heading towards the depths of the river of laws.

Before a long river rift valley, Wei Zhong's figure appeared, his gaze focused on the figure in the valley, and a smile appeared on his face.

The latter seemed to sense something, suddenly looked up, saw Wei Zhong's figure, and his face was full of doubt and vigilance.

"Huang Yan? What brings you here, sir?"

Wei Zhong did not answer, but waved his hand, and the aura of calamity immediately spread throughout the entire River of Calamity.

Although they are from different origins, their auras are remarkably similar. Apart from the Dao Ancestor of Calamity, no one else can detect anything unusual no matter how they observe.

"you……"

This act of "closing the door" instantly made him jump up in anger.

He raised his hand to cast a spell to break the shield, but Wei Zhong pressed down with a palm, and thousands of laws gathered into a seal to cover him.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan Jie, what's the rush? I've come here only to borrow your Dao Seed of Tribulation for a while, and to bestow upon you a fortuitous opportunity."

"Hmph... ill intentions."

The opponent broke free from Wei Zhong's palm seal and continued to flee.

Wei Zhong formed a cage with his palm, temporarily imprisoning it within the spatial cage.

He moved with lightning speed, using a myriad of ingenious techniques to suppress the latter.

When they got close, the two exchanged a hundred different moves.

Taking advantage of the opponent's lapse in concentration, Wei Zhong abandoned his defense and "desperately" imprinted both palms into the latter's body.

Yuan Jie's expression changed, and he also smashed Wei Zhong's chest with a punch.

Just as he was about to withdraw his fist and break free, he found that his fist was being drawn by an inexplicable force and he couldn't break free no matter what he did.

Wei Zhong grinned, and the myriad laws dragon within his body leaped up, flowing into Yuan Jie's body along the other's arm.

The long dragon encircled the latter's Tribulation Dao Fruit, causing his breath to catch in his throat, and the Tribulation Laws around his body to tremble incessantly.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan Jie, have you sensed this power?"

The latter looked surprised and doubtful, broke free again, and instantly pulled his hand back.

Looking down at his transformed hands and even his entire body, his face was filled with disbelief:

"This……"

This myriad-law dragon, having merged the power of Wei Zhong's two originating bodies, has surpassed the level of ordinary high-ranking law ancestors and is even stronger than the current tribulation ancestor Yuan Jie.

That's why the shock on the other person's face just wouldn't disappear.

He couldn't understand where Wei Zhong had found this power.

Wei Zhong rotated his wrist, and the myriad laws dragon within Yuan Jie's body naturally coiled:

"How about it? As long as Fellow Daoist Yuan Jie meets one condition, this power can be given to you."

"With such strength, Fellow Daoist, even if you can't defeat Konghen and Wuhui, you can at least be on par with them and be ranked among them."

Wei Zhong's seductive words reached Yuan Jie's ears, causing him great distress.

The latter hesitated for a long time before finally looking up:

"Please tell me your conditions, fellow Daoist."

Wei Zhong's telepathic message:

"Just..."

After hearing Wei Zhong's explanation, Yuan Jie couldn't help but reply:

"You are crazy!"

The latter looked on in disbelief. How could Wei Zhong dare to cut off his own escape route, and the escape routes of all the Dao Ancestors?

"Fellow Daoist Yuan Jie, would you agree?"

The latter kept shaking his head:
"Impossible. Even if I had ambition, I would never do such a thing."

Wei Zhong's face turned cold upon seeing this:

"If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with alcohol!"

With a clench of the five fingers, the myriad laws of the long dragon immediately tightened around the Dao Fruit of Calamity.

Yuan Jie felt a sharp pain in his chest, clutched his chest, and knelt down.

The commotion along the Huangyan River continued for a long time, and Wu Hui let out a muffled groan:
"This child is indeed peculiar. Could it be that he will truly create a supreme path?"

Konghen continued:

"I don't think so. The Radiant Annihilation Law is strong, but it is too complex. If it continues to be reinforced with the power of other laws, it will eventually lead to a dead end."

"Their trip was extremely unwise."

"Isn't the current turmoil in the long river a sign that the latter is trapped in a predicament?"

Some people below echoed this sentiment, expressing little optimism about Wei Zhong.

However, during the long period of turmoil in the long river, Wei Zhong never appeared, and the Dao Ancestors even worried that he would perish in their own long river.

Completely unaware, an external force had already slowly seeped into the River of Laws of the Immortal Realm through the Great Dao of Tribulation.

Within the long river of calamity,
Wei Zhong saw that the Myriad Laws Dragon had shrunk in size, and most of its body had completely merged into the Tribulation Dao Fruit.

Strangely, despite receiving such a boost of power, the Dao Fruit of Calamity did not grow much larger, and even the entire River of Laws of Calamity did not change much.

All of this can be attributed to Wei Zhong, who simply used the River of Calamity as a substitute.

Yuan Jie disdained Wei Zhong's power, so Wei Zhong had no choice but to scatter all of that power into the River of Laws.

The myriad laws of the dragon connect the myriad paths of the immortal realm, just as Wei Zhong used the myriad laws in the "Time Treasure Record" to establish the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Provinces.

Such a harmonious nature did not arouse much suspicion from the Dao Ancestor.

They simply felt that their own river of laws seemed to have grown stronger.

In the celestial realm, as time goes by, it is in a process of slowly absorbing external forces to strengthen itself.

Wei Zhong simply sped it up a little, which went unnoticed.

"What you have done today will surely be condemned by all cultivators in the Immortal Realm!"

Yuan Jie struggled and cried out, and Wei Zhong smiled upon hearing this:
"Scorn? I removed you old fogies from your positions as Dao Ancestors. Shouldn't the myriad cultivators of the Immortal Realm be grateful to me?"

"..."

Ignoring the latter's words, Wei Zhong focused on the penetration of power.

Day after day, Wei Zhong's power gradually increased from one in a hundred million to one percent of the myriad paths of the immortal realm.

The progress was slow and took a long time, but the day-to-day progress gave Wei Zhong hope.

As the odds rose to one in ten thousand, some astute individuals finally noticed something amiss.

First, there was no return. The opponent traveled forward and escaped to the River of Calamity, where they saw everything that was completely different from what had happened tens of millions of years ago.

Upon seeing Wei Zhong again, he couldn't help but curse aloud:
"So it was you who was behind this."

Just as he was about to kill Wei Zhong, a person suddenly stepped out from behind Wei Zhong. This person was identical to Wei Zhong and carried half of the Reincarnation Disc, the Time Treasure Record, and the Primordial Dao Mirror.

Protecting Wei Zhong, they engaged in battle with Wu Hui.

The two fought fiercely, their power so great that it shocked all the cultivators present.

Wu Hui was even more shocked, not knowing when Wei Zhong had already gained power comparable to his.

Watching the aerial battle, Wei Zhong never stopped what he was doing:
"How can a mere Dao Ancestor of a single realm compare to the true power of the world?"

Wu Hui, despite being the Time Dao Ancestor, possessed great strength, but was merely a member of the Immortal Realm.

Ultimately, it cannot compare to the whole world.

Wei Zhong, on the other hand, was continuously absorbing a vast world that was about to perish, and was already on a completely different level.

Even the weakest homologous entity is enough to fight it to a draw.

Konghen noticed the abnormality and rushed to the scene:

"Young friend, you are doing a good job as the Dao Ancestor, why do you suddenly become strange?"

Wei Zhong did not reply, but another person stepped out from behind him.

"Ugh……"

Konghen sighed and rose up, weapons in hand.

A steady stream of Dao Ancestors arrived, intending to stop Wei Zhong.

However, all of them were blocked by the Wei Zhong homolog.

The Immortal Realm River trembled as Wei Zhong single-handedly withstood all the Dao Ancestors head-on.

Looking back at the Dao Fruit on Yuan Jie's chest, Wei Zhong clapped his hands, stood up, and murmured:
"almost!"

With a raised hand, the myriad laws of the long dragon immediately entered the Dao Fruit.

It emitted a dazzling light, forcing Wei Zhong to close his eyes.

The light shone brightly, spreading throughout the entire River of Calamity, and then, like paint, it soaked the entire Immortal Realm River.

The cultivators stopped their attacks and began to examine themselves, their faces immediately showing confusion and shock.

"Radiant Annihilation!"

Wu Hui roared angrily, but Wei Zhong released the Yuan Jie and absorbed the many beings of the same origin into his own body.

Then he leaped up and struck Wu Hui down with a palm, imprinting him into the long river.

"I'm in a great mood today and have no desire to fight with you. Don't make a fool of yourself."

Raising his head and glaring coldly at the assembled Dao Ancestors, Wei Zhong spoke slowly:
"The Dao Ancestor occupies the position, making it difficult for all cultivators to advance. What's worse, he obstructs cultivators below him from practicing his Dao, which is despicable."

"Today, I, the humble Daoist, have strengthened the Daoist path of the Immortal Realm. From now on, even the Daoist Ancestors will still have to face the great calamity of heaven and earth. This is the Daoist Tribulation."

"If one passes the tribulation, one can succeed as the Dao Ancestor. If one fails, one will be stripped of the Dao Fruit, demoted to the Great Luo realm, and sent back to the Immortal Realm."

The Dao Ancestors were in an uproar, never expecting their good days to be over so soon.

Some people tried to resist like Wu Hui, but they were all slapped back into the river of time by Wei Zhong's palm strikes.

The land was filled with cries of despair. Wei Zhong gave Wu Hui one last warning before turning and leaving.

The latter, situated within the river of time, refuses to give up.

It then sank to the bottom of the long river and began to trace Wei Zhong's past, intending to erase Wei Zhong from the source.

Wei Zhong took a few steps before he noticed something amiss.

"Hmph, you're still up to no good!"

With a wave of his hand, a river of time appeared beside Wei Zhong. Wei Zhong unleashed several streams of life essence, engaging in combat with Wu Hui from different times.

When Wei Zhong advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, the opponent affected the Thunder Spirit's descent to the mortal realm...

When he was about to advance to the Taiyi realm, he was intercepted again. Wei Zhong ordered Yuan to transform into a being of the same origin to block the latter...

After a long period of entanglement, suddenly Wu Hui's gaze went dark.

Wei Zhong appeared in front of his true form and grabbed the latter's head with one hand.

It tried to break free, but suddenly discovered that the laws of time were no longer under its control.

Wei Zhong raised his hand and inserted it into the body, pulling out the Time Dao Fruit along with the flesh and blood.

"you……"

Before Wu Hui could finish speaking, he raised his hand and crushed the latter's body, obliterating its true spirit, and traced back through the river of time to completely erase its existence.

The long river trembled, and blood rain fell from the celestial realm.

Those who practice the laws of time will all experience a response.

"The Time Dao Ancestor is dead?"

"The Time Dao Ancestor is dead!"

"..."

Doubt turned into ecstasy, which meant that the path ahead was clear, and those who had toiled for thousands of years without achieving enlightenment had another chance.

Wei Zhong casually tossed the Time Dao Fruit into the Long River.

"Unable to let go, unable to think clearly, they deserve to die."

Wei Zhong took a step and arrived outside the border of the Nine Provinces.

With a casual pull, he separated the Great Gold from the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and then with a slap, he completely merged the Nine Provinces Realm into the Immortal Realm.

He fiddled with the large golden dragon's whiskers:

"Little one, I wish to leave the Immortal Realm to see the wonders of all worlds. Would you like to come with me?"

Da Jin's mouth trembled:

"Jin'er is willing to follow her master."

Wei Zhong laughed heartily, casually drawing in myriad streams of Qi, kneading them into a ball, and stuffing it into the mouth just as he had fed the Spirit Food Pills before.

"That's good. You'll be well served food while you're with me."

Wei Zhong, with dragons wrapped around his waist and shoulders, stepped into Jiechuan, and Wen Shao was astonished when he saw him.

"I wish to travel to another realm. What are your plans, Brother Wenshao?"

The latter glanced at the Immortal Realm, then examined himself closely:
"I still have some karmic debts to settle, fellow Daoist, please go ahead, I will follow later."

The two bowed and said goodbye. Wei Zhong then ventured deep into the Boundary River and disappeared from the map of the Immortal Realm.

Hand on the golden dragon on the shoulder:

"My homeland is not in the Immortal Realm, so perhaps it is located in some other great world... I wonder what my homeland looks like now that billions of years have passed?"

(End of this chapter)