Covering the Heavens: Starting from the First Great Emperor

Chapter 120 River of Souls
An ancient curtain of light was shattered, and a similar rainbow appeared on the horizon, cascading down from the dome.

"Who are you?"

Before a heavenly gate bathed in golden light, a large bell hangs from the ceiling, seemingly capable of intercepting all living beings in the world.

This is a true immortal draped in colorful clouds, holding a long spear in his right hand, with a true dragon circling around him, looking down on the earth like an unparalleled monarch.

In the river, a young man slowly revealed his true form, as if he cared nothing for anything in the world.

"I have come today to ask you for a favor."

The True Immortal was greatly alarmed upon seeing this. He knew from the moment the other party arrived that this must be an extremely powerful being, who must have already reached the level of Immortal King.

But the moment he saw it, the light patterns that resembled the Great Dao made him feel dazed.

This is clearly an invincible being among the Immortal Kings, a powerhouse who is almost above the giants!
The visitor was none other than Xu Yuanming, who had already reached the pinnacle of immortality.

"Senior, please wait a moment, allow me to report to the Heavenly Court, by..."

The immortal had never been so solemn. He stood before the immortal bell and bowed, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Yuanming.

Xu Yuanming lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the True Immortal in front of him, saying, "You can decide this matter yourself. I want a coordinate."

"where?"

"I need the coordinates of the River of Souls."

"..." The True Immortal remained silent for a long while, then opened his mouth hesitantly: "Senior, as the pinnacle of existence in the heavens today, you should know that this..."

It wasn't that he was unwilling to talk about it; it was just that the place was truly terrifying. The Heavenly Court had tried to breach the barrier before, but without exception, they had all failed.

There were countless top experts inside. Although the Heavenly Court had already killed several of them, they had also paid a heavy price.

Xu Yuanming merely glanced at him indifferently.

The True Immortal broke out in a cold sweat, only then realizing that the being before him was not from their Heavenly Court, but a wild supreme expert!
As a Celestial King, he should naturally bow down. The True Immortal's body trembled, a fear that came from the bottom of his heart, the suppression of a lower-level being by a higher-level powerhouse.

Finally, the True Immortal managed to utter the coordinates from between his lips.

After he finished speaking, Xu Yuanming's figure vanished, as if he had never been there at all.

After they came to their senses, a river that pierced through the heavens appeared, rising from the zenith.
Before long, Xu Yuanming arrived at the dried-up Sea of ​​Reincarnation. A cycle of energy ripples was intertwined, and he could vaguely see the end of the great river, where countless corpses drifted. This place seemed to have a hellish dirge, eerie and terrifying.

This is the River of Souls, one of the most important nodes in the heavens, and also the most powerful territory, where countless immortal kings have perished over millions of years.

boom! !

The Chaos River collapsed, becoming a branch within the River of Souls.

A giant claw covered in chaotic runes tore open the earth's veins, and in an instant, the river of time began to flow.

This is a giant with astonishing strength, truly invincible in this realm, and could break into the supreme realm in no time.

“Here I come.”

The giant stepped out from the mainstream of the Soul River and descended with the current. His bronze skin flowed with the primordial patterns from the creation of the world, and every step he took shattered time and space.

"After two hundred thousand years, this day has finally come."

The sound was calm, but after it was uttered, the sound wave was like the Great Dao itself, transforming into tangible chains of law that shattered the surrounding River of Souls.

The next moment, Xu Yuanming's true form appeared precisely in the River of Souls.

His strength was already enough to make him fearless in the world. The strange creatures along the way could not withstand a single move from him and would turn to ashes and perish on the spot in an instant. Three flying swords appeared behind him.

These correspond to the past, present, and future, respectively.

Three wisps of green smoke rose from the sword's edge.

"I never imagined that the one whose fate is most intertwined with mine is not that ordinary Immortal King, and I never expected it would be you, it really is you!"

Xu Yuanming's eyes were icy cold as he looked at the creatures before him, his killing intent soaring to the heavens.

Upon seeing the person before him, the giant's body trembled violently to an unprecedented degree.

Finally, he sighed and lamented.

"One sword severs eternity, one era, one cycle; when the sword falls, no one can stop it, and there is no one in the world who can compare to it."

Xu Yuanming knew who the other person was referring to.

Desolate Emperor Shi Hao.

"My name is Wan Ying!"

The pupils of the Myriad Shadows Immortal King were filled with countless Dao patterns, each one seemingly woven from the myriad Daos of the heavens.

Xu Yuanming sighed.

"It seems that sword strike caused you considerable damage!"

"Hehe... Who would have thought that you, little guy, would be valued so much by 'that person', even willing to fight me at all costs? 'I' am already dead. 'I' am the one who inherited his will and Dao fruit, the being that needs to fill the void."

The blood-red markings between the eyebrows of the Myriad Shadows Immortal King bloomed.

After he finished speaking, an almost unbelievable image was projected into the void.

"My battle with him lasted for an unimaginable amount of time; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was several epochs, but it could also be described as a mere instant."

Xu Yuanming felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy. This was a true adversary, the first truly powerful person he had encountered since reaching the pinnacle of immortality.

Throughout the universe and throughout history, no one would underestimate such a person.

A being born from the power of the Supreme Immortal Emperor—when it comes to origins, how many in the world can compare?
"After I was born, my heart was filled with turmoil and fear. At this moment, I realized that you were my calamity!"

The Great Dao flows within the hair of the Myriad Shadows Immortal King. With each burst of radiance, the world is born and dies, and behind him manifests an unfathomable being. Countless rules of order transform into long blades, and even a single drop of black blood can crush the heavens.

"The one who killed me back then did so because of you, and today I will exact my revenge for that cause!"

Xu Yuanming smiled gently. He formed a sword with his fingers, and the three spiritual worlds unfolded. The sword energy leaping from his fingertips began to rise, each one like a condensed cycle of time.

Ancient times, present, Heavenly Emperor's calendar.

The power of three eras has come together.

It was as if countless civilizations were born and died at the fingertips, ultimately coalescing into a blade of destiny that transcended cause and effect.

"Meeting you in the past was my good fortune. If it weren't for that calamity, I might not have made it this far. But I wonder if you can now close the loop on the 'cause' that nearly cost me my life."

The sea of ​​stars boiled, the universe was overturned, and in the instant the two figures intertwined, time itself trembled.

The light and shadow of the past and future overlap, and an eerie atmosphere engulfs everything like an eternal night, yet there is also a dazzling sword light that cuts through the darkness.

The longsword stained with black blood cleaved the sky, and the Great Dao flowed through the River of Souls, tearing a rift that spanned an entire era in the river of time.

The Myriad Shadows Immortal King roared in fury.

"I will sever your name and my path!" "Back then, you failed to kill me, and today you will suffer the same fate, destined to turn into nothingness and be swept away by the river of history!"

Xu Yuanming's expression was solemn as he continued to draw his sword, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

"Unbelievable! Unbelievable!"

The Immortal King of Myriad Shadows sighed repeatedly, while a look of worry appeared on his face.

A being that is not even an ant has survived the bizarre events and taken possession of them, thus taking a further step forward.

Unheard of, past or present, how could there be such a person?

"What a pity! If it weren't for 'that person,' I would have wiped out your past, present, and future back then. There would be no need for this entanglement!"

The Immortal King of Myriad Shadows lamented that this was a shameful thing, and that no one else had ever done anything like it.

Xu Yuanming said coldly, "It seems you still don't understand!"

"What don't you understand?"

The Immortal King of Myriad Shadows was puzzled; this was the first time he had shown hesitation.

"I don't need anyone to save me, you can't kill me!" Xu Yuanming said coldly.

Upon hearing this, the Immortal King of Myriad Shadows looked at him with a sharp, lightning-like gaze and indifferent expression.

"Since you attacked me, it proves that I am still alive."

In this world, some things are simply unchangeable. Those who try to change the past have all failed, and those who frantically try to interfere with the future have almost all perished.

This is common sense; even if he were the supreme Celestial Emperor, it wouldn't work.

All signs indicate that any living being, no matter how powerful, who tries to go against the grain and alter major events in time and space is courting death!

The supreme being can only be annihilated by the supreme being, but what if Xu Yuanming had died then?

What is the interpretation of the previous 'Xu Yuanming'?
If you are killed by the Supreme Immortal Emperor, you will die without exception. Everything in the past, present, and future will become unknown.

The Immortal King of Myriad Shadows remained silent, but in the end he had no choice but to nod. As an Immortal Emperor, he naturally understood this principle, so he was even more incredulous. He whispered.

“That makes sense. If I hadn’t wanted to kill you, ‘that one’ wouldn’t have come. All that I’ve done has been in vain! Indeed, no living being can overthrow the past or disrupt the future.”

The three sword lights on Xu Yuanming's body vibrated, and with each rotation, they swept out boundless sword light.

In an instant, time was pierced through; the sword of destiny possessed formidable killing power, transcending all paths in its essence of cause and effect.

With a boom, the Six Paths of Reincarnation appeared, the Sword of Destiny for the Future reversed, and symbols of time surged forth like waves.

This is the true meaning of spacetime learned from the Immortal King Wuzhong; however, it has now become Xu Yuanming's law of time.

His current strength is already above that of the Immortal Kings in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths of the Immortal Ancient Era. Only a few in the depths of the Boundary Sea can fight him.

At the end of time and space lies an even more powerful Dao—Destiny!
At this moment, fate and time intertwine, aiming to strip the Immortal King of Myriad Shadows of his years and turn him into withered bones.

At the same time, Xu Yuanming unleashed the power of the Third Secret Realm, his speed surpassing reality. He continuously formed fist seals, and supreme techniques from various eras were being evolved one by one.

when!
The Immortal King of Myriad Shadows roared, and a forbidden artifact appeared—a furnace. The moment it appeared, the flames of the heavens burned everything.

Time Furnace!
The complete Time Furnace, a true supreme artifact, was now being used.

This being who received the reincarnation of the supreme being was highly valued, and even went so far as to find this forbidden object to protect the path.

Xu Yuanming was shaken and quickly retrieved the three swords of destiny from the past, combining them into one and transforming them into the 'Desolate Sword'.

Although the current 'Desolate Sword' is not as powerful as the Time Furnace, only this Emperor Sword, which can sever the ages, can contend with it.

Similarly, even the Immortal King of Myriad Shadows could not fully activate the Time Furnace; the opponent could only use it, but could not activate its true profound meaning.

"Back then, entangled with 'fate' and 'that person,' I couldn't kill you. But now, we're in the same realm, and I have nothing to fear. Who can stop me?"

The Immortal King of Myriad Shadows roared. For over two hundred thousand years, this matter had been constantly churning in his mind, making it unbearable for him.

His ferocious and invincible nature was on full display; he had gone mad and was determined to kill Xu Yuanming here.

The Great Sky Fire began to burn, and Xu Yuanming, holding the Emperor Sword, radiated light. The power of time and space began to flow, banishing the Great Sky Fire.

Immediately after being submerged, Xu Yuanming's hair visibly began to turn white, and his body gradually aged.

The real Time Furnace was too terrifying; Xu Yuanming had to use all his abilities to resist every attack.

After the Time Furnace launched its attack, the Myriad Shadows Immortal King was noticeably weakened.

His strength is not considered strong in the Supreme Realm, inferior to Luo's, while Luo is completely overwhelmed by Chu Feng in the same realm.

Even with Chu Feng's strength, activating the Time Furnace was difficult, and he couldn't unleash his true power, let alone him.

Even so, the slightest trace of the Time Furnace's aura can crush the passage of time.

In comparison, it seems that the Myriad Shadows Immortal King is the one being controlled, while the Time Furnace is the main body.

"Ah……"

Xu Yuanming was smiling. He was not afraid. Having such an opponent in heaven and on earth was exactly what he wanted.

Runes began to emanate from his body, and the five secret realms and the three spiritual worlds glowed together. At this moment, he cleaved open the Great Void.

The attack was neutralized, the cause-and-effect loop was closed, and Xu Yuanming has now regained his youthful state!
At this moment, behind Xu Yuanming was the phantom of the Time Furnace, but it quickly transformed into a pool of lightning, and then into the Emperor Sword.

boom!
Xu Yuanming lived in the human world, and all the laws of nature were applied to him.

The power of destiny has revealed everything in all the heavens and myriad realms.

Chains of order rose from the ground in the river of time, covering the surrounding area in the blink of an eye.

The vast flames of the Time Furnace appeared around Xu Yuanming, and in the blink of an eye, billions of flames burned away the strange substance.

Golden lotuses bloomed around him.

The infinite mysteries emerged, and Xu Yuanming's nine true forms appeared, revealing all the secret techniques he had cultivated, and he activated the "Scripture of Destiny" to transform into a fist imprint!
"kill!"

Xu Yuanming's loud shout shook the entire Soul River, alerting the other strange Immortal Kings who rushed towards the scene.

Before he arrived, this branch of the River of Souls had already been banished by fate.

However, before the Great Fire of the Sky, everything turned into air and ceased to exist.

so horrible!

Xu Yuanming's punch was unprecedented and unparalleled. All the heavenly skills, scriptures, and great principles he had learned manifested. How could one person possibly comprehend so many techniques?

He had already mastered these things and absorbed them into his own right. Now, he had combined them with the supreme truth of destiny and unleashed an unparalleled strike.

(End of this chapter)