Covering the sky: Great Accomplishment Tyrant Body

Chapter 235 Travelers of Time

His body exploded with a bang, then reformed.

Then it exploded and then coalesced again.

The terrifying force of cause and effect shattered his body ten times before he could barely stabilize himself.

"Was that Immortal King killed?" Shi Hao asked curiously.

"No, how could he die so easily!"

“What came here was not his true form, but merely a manifestation of his Dharma body. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to eliminate it so easily,” Xiao Ping’an said.

To be honest, Xiao Ping'an was very happy cultivating in this river of time, and he did not want to be forced to leave this river of time because of the Crimson King.

He was very comfortable practicing in this place, and he was also very comfortable at this point in time.

The thought that attacking the Crimson King might cause fluctuations in the river of time, forcing him to leave this era and return to reality, only to find a suitable time again in the river of time, made him feel somewhat uneasy.

After thinking about it, Xiao Ping'an even considered simply killing the Crimson King completely.

The Crimson King is an Immortal King at the level of a Celestial King giant, and his strength ranks among the top among Celestial King giants.

Back when the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were at war with the alien realm, a powerful Immortal King died at the hands of the Crimson King.

His primordial spirit and physical body were forcibly refined to death by the Crimson King, and then refined away.

For a powerhouse like a Celestial King, defeating them is relatively easy.

If you want to kill them completely, that will be difficult.

The Red King's ability to kill a Celestial King giant is worthy of praise.

That's true, at least in this day and age.

An Lan, Yu Tuo, and Wu Shang are all quite strong, no weaker than the Crimson King.

It is even stronger than the Red King.

This further strengthened Xiao Ping'an's determination to kill the Crimson King completely.

I might as well do this one job here and then go back, and wait until the urn is completely obliterated by the power of cause and effect before making any further moves.

Shi Hao was very curious when he heard that the Crimson King had wanted to kill him long ago.

Shi Hao simply cannot comprehend this kind of combat style at the Immortal King level.

"Can the past, present, and future really be changed at will?" Shi Hao was extremely surprised that the wings had killed his present self in the past.

“Generally speaking, it cannot be easily changed; at least, even a Celestial King doesn’t have the power to change it,” Xiao Ping’an said.

"Generally speaking, those who can be killed are definitely destined to die in the future."

"If one is not destined to die, one will not be killed. Even if one makes a forced move in a different era, the final result will not be that the enemy is killed, but that one will perish."

"The person who can kill you is someone who exists in the same spacetime dimension as you."

"Of course, this might only be limited by strength. If someone's strength transcends all the heavens and myriad realms, then it is possible to kill people from the past and future." Xiao Ping'an thought for a moment, thinking of the sacrificial path and the beings above it, and then added a sentence.

"If the Red King lost a Dharma body, it would only be a great loss of vitality. He would recover quickly after a while."

"But he entered the River of Time, forcibly entering it after triggering a backlash from the power of cause and effect."

"Then the Red King will suffer a great loss."

"As for the injuries he suffered, they could be minor or major, and could last for a long time."

"If he had suffered such severe damage thousands of years ago, he would likely not have fully recovered by now, and might even be in a deep slumber."

"So, after you leave here, you don't have to worry at all that he will attack you again."

"The causal forces involved here are not so easy to resolve."

Xiao Pingan looked at Shi Hao, who seemed a little worried, and patiently explained a few things to him.

"So that's how it is..." Shi Hao was immediately relieved.

The person in front of him was powerful and willing to guide him, which made Shi Hao feel inexplicably at ease.

Moreover, I have a vague feeling that I am somewhat familiar with this person, but I can't remember when I saw him before.

With this person shielding me from the Crimson King's attack, it seems I can now focus on my cultivation.

With such a powerful immortal king keeping an eye on him, Shi Hao was genuinely worried that he would be cursed to death.

After all, I am too weak, and I really can't withstand the Celestial King's covetousness.

Just as Xiao Ping'an was thinking of explaining the Thunder Emperor's Treasure Technique to Shi Hao and then sending him away, a deafening roar suddenly came from the upper reaches of the River of Time.

That was an even more magnificent and terrifying aura.

The murderous aura, like smoke and mist, surged and roared, flowing towards this place like a cascading Milky Way.

The violent fluctuations of the Great Dao were truly terrifying, causing the long river of time to tremble violently and unleash towering waves.

Xiao Ping'an saw that a temple had appeared in the long river of time.

There sat a figure like a stone sculpture, which was none other than the Red King.

This time, it turned out to be the Crimson King in his true form.

Xiao Ping'an was somewhat surprised. Was the Crimson King really courting death?
He actually dared to send his true form into the river of time.

Aren't you worried about being completely destroyed?

Don't you even consider that the person who has the power to kill his Dharma form must be much weaker than him?
After all, that Dharma form can unleash the same power as the original body in a short period of time.

Shi Hao was also shocked.

Is this person really willing to risk everything to kill me?
Would you rather perish than kill yourself?
Shi Hao couldn't understand why this person harbored such malice towards him.

The Crimson King had not yet rushed over from the river of time, but his cold and ruthless gaze was already fixed on this place like a blade.

At this moment, his whole body was engulfed in raging flames, and he was chanting some inexplicable incantation.

In a daze, he seemed to become the center of this long river of time, with the river of time swirling and revolving around his body, like a huge black hole, causing everything to revolve around it while being constantly swallowed up.

Looking at the Crimson King who was fighting desperately, Xiao Ping'an seemed to understand what was going on in a daze.

The fact that the Crimson King's true form dared to come here suggests that he must have something to rely on.

He was even certain that he would not perish here, which is why he entered the river of time.

Thinking of the urn containing his own ashes, Xiao Pingan suddenly wondered if the Crimson King might also have some kind of trump card.

Did he find some precious treasure?

Rumble.

Just then, a chilling aura suddenly emanated from the air.

Xiao Ping'an instantly felt as if his soul and body were about to shatter.

This feeling was as if a great calamity was about to befall them; it was so real.

Suddenly, wisps of pitch-black mist appeared.

The source of the black mist was actually an enormous bone club.

Yes, it looked like the leg bone of a powerful being, emanating an endless stream of dark and eerie substances.

The place where the Crimson King was located turned into a dark place, and even Xiao Ping'an could not see the real scene.

Xiao Ping'an was surprised to discover that the jet-black bone was likely the leg bone of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and moreover, the leg bone of a Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor or a corrupted Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

This is something that doesn't seem to have appeared in the original text.

I don't know how it fell into the hands of the Red King.

Or perhaps the black quasi-immortal emperor leg bone in the original text originally fell into the hands of the Crimson King, but he secretly changed it so that others did not notice, which is why it was not recorded in the original text.

As Xiao Ping'an watched, the Crimson King began to frantically devour the black mist, transforming in the blink of an eye into an enormous demon. Yes, the Crimson King became more ferocious and terrifying than ever before, too ugly to describe using the term Cthulhu; just call him a demon.

The Crimson King's body swelled infinitely, as if it were about to tear a hole in the sky above the river of time.

That enormous body was truly unbelievably huge.

Xiao Ping'an's entire focus was fixed on the black bone.

The Red King is not a threat; the real danger lies with that black bone.

His heart was filled with turmoil, his eyes flashed with light, and his body erupted with endless lightning.

He was enveloped in a terrifying thunderbolt.

He stood up, his demeanor completely different from his calm and composed self just moments before.

Because he genuinely felt threatened by that black bone club.

Upstream in the long river of time, the black fog grows ever thicker, and the aura it exudes becomes increasingly terrifying.

The Crimson King, wielding a black bone club, charged forward along the river of time.

That terrifying aura and pressure had surpassed the Immortal King realm; it was practically the aura of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

Although he didn't have the strength of a quasi-Immortal Emperor, his aura of that level was undeniable.

This aura of world destruction is truly terrifying.

This was the first time Xiao Ping'an had felt the power of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

He dared not be careless, his expression was solemn.

Rumble.

As if his body had been freed from its shackles, an unparalleled power emanated from Xiao Ping'an's body. Shi Hao, whom he was protecting behind him, was also filled with shock.

Unexpectedly, this so-called Thunder Emperor has been holding back his strength.

Is this his true fighting strength?
Young Shi Hao was very envious.

Countless halos of lightning appeared around Xiao Ping'an's body, evolving into one world after another, floating and sinking around his body.

The phantoms of gods and demons inside became more and more solid, and the myriad things in heaven and earth also increased in number.

A mysterious and terrifying aura emanated from it.

Xiao Ping'an continuously drew and formed hand seals, and all the figures that looked exactly like Xiao Ping'an were also forming the same hand seals.

At this point, he was no longer limited to the Thunder Emperor's Treasure Technique.

Time, space, and reincarnation—the three supreme laws are unleashed at full power.

Now that the decisive battle has begun, there is no need to hide anything.

A sword of reincarnation appeared in Xiao Ping'an's hand, and he swung it out, colliding with the figure.

The urn containing ashes was thrown out immediately afterward.

With a deafening roar, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and the long river of time flowed everywhere like an out-of-control flood.

Amidst the waves, scenes of annihilation appeared one after another.

Spacetime is disordered; space itself is disordered.

It took a long time for things to calm down.

Under Xiao Ping'an's all-out attack, which combined millions of techniques into one move, an astonishing power was unleashed.

The wings and the terrifying black bone club disappeared, and everything returned to calm.

Xiao Ping'an was not injured, but he felt an extremely strong force of cause and effect coming towards him.

Even with an urn to help dissolve the ashes, his body still cracked several times, splattering blood everywhere.

He looked like he was seriously injured.

"what happened to you?"

"Are you feeling alright?"

Shi Hao mistakenly believed that he was injured in the battle and did not understand that he was entangled by the power of cause and effect.

"It's nothing, just a little bit of causal power."

"This time, I made a move in the long river of time and completely killed the Crimson King. The impact may be quite significant."

"But you don't need to worry. I will take full responsibility for all the consequences. You can continue with your original cultivation and lifestyle without worrying about attacks from the Crimson King."

After Xiao Ping'an finished speaking, he closed his eyes, as if he had entered a state of enlightenment.

He was carefully trying to understand this force of cause and effect.

This magical power.

He had mastered the laws of time, space, and reincarnation, and had also cultivated the Thunder Emperor's Treasure Technique.

This was the first time Xiao Ping'an had experienced such a magical power of cause and effect.

Because previously, the causal force had been neutralized by the urn.

This time, for some unknown reason, perhaps because so many changes have occurred, the power of cause and effect is exceptionally strong.

Since the ashes couldn't be erased in time, Xiao Ping'an was forced to bear part of the burden.

That black bone stick had been completely worn away by the urn.

Xiao Ping'an had originally been thinking about whether he could forge it into a weapon.

After all, even Xiao Ping'an felt threatened by this bone, which shows how outstanding its quality is. It should be no problem to forge it into a Celestial King weapon.

However, the strong, eerie substance emanating from it seemed to activate something on the urn.

The result was that it crumbled at the slightest touch; the black bone club completely turned to ashes, and the eerie black substance on it was also wiped away.

Xiao Ping'an had originally wanted to see this strange black substance at the quasi-Immortal Emperor level.

As for the Crimson King, under Xiao Ping'an's all-out attack, the urn attacked the Crimson King first and completely obliterated it in an instant.

If it were any other attack method, it would be one thing, but the urn is truly inconceivable and beyond the Red King's imagination.

Therefore, his death was not unjust.

To die from an attack by an urn is a stroke of good luck.

After all, this urn was personally crafted by that supreme being.

After carefully comprehending the power of cause and effect, Xiao Ping'an felt that he had gained a great deal.

I think it's comparable to tens of thousands of years of ascetic practice.

The power of cause and effect is truly wondrous, containing mysterious laws of the Great Dao.

The Crimson King's true form, seemingly starting strong but ending weakly, had actually forced Xiao Ping'an to unleash his full power.

Xiao Ping'an also sensed the unique aura of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

Perhaps this is one of Xiao Ping'an's greatest gains.

In addition, Xiao Ping'an also obtained wisps of dark and strange substances at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level from the urn.

This surprised and delighted him.

He is already immune to the dark and eerie substances at the Celestial King level.

Perhaps these wisps of dark, eerie matter at the quasi-Immortal Emperor level are the key to his immunity to this level of eerie matter.

When their strength increases in the future, they won't be caught off guard when facing a dark powerhouse at the quasi-Immortal Emperor level.

While Xiao Ping'an was comprehending the Dao, Shi Hao stared blankly at the long river of time.

Although he was also cultivating his spiritual path, he still felt that his experiences during this period were truly extraordinary.

I never imagined that I would be hunted down by the Immortal King; no one would believe it if I told them.

Little did he know that there was a so-called imposter Thunder Emperor who was secretly protecting him.

Seeing that the so-called Thunder Emperor had fallen into a state of enlightenment, Shi Hao picked up the wine pot without hesitation and continued drinking.

Countless Dao runes burst forth within his body; the more he drank, the weaker the taste of the wine became.

Because he has already gained a lot of insights, there is less and less new information he can gain from it.

He drank more and more alcohol until he could no longer taste anything new.

He only put down the wine pot after it seemed to have no effect on him anymore.

Then he silently pondered the Dao again, waiting for Xiao Ping'an to wake up.

When Xiao Ping'an woke up, he was also taken aback.

I originally thought this pot of wine contained a lot more than the original text stated.

I can at least get half of it myself.

Unexpectedly, Shi Hao really didn't consider himself an outsider, and actually drank at least 90% of the amount by himself.

It looks like it was ultimately useless, and we drank quite a bit of it; what a waste.

"Shi Hao, Shi Hao, this pot of wine is the result of countless ages of aging, it's not for you to drink alone."

"You almost wiped out the whole group by yourself."

"After drinking so much, is it still effective?" Xiao Pingan couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing Xiao Ping'an's words, Shi Hao showed no shame whatsoever.

On the contrary, he felt that his ability to drink so much alcohol was due to his own superior skill.

He avoided the question.

"Senior, are you aware that a tremendous crisis has emerged in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths? Darkness has begun to invade, just like that incredibly dense black mist that appeared just now, filled with an eerie and deathly aura."

"I hope that you, senior, can return to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and save them." Shi Hao said to Xiao Ping'an with a righteous and awe-inspiring expression.

Xiao Ping'an was not unaware of the current state of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but he felt it was not appropriate for him to intervene.

When I first started using the urn to defy the passage of time, I was still dreaming of dominating the world in the Perfect Era.

But what if we kill him? The resulting massive karmic backlash might change something.

It would be better to silently cultivate oneself in the long river of time with the urn of ashes, fully enjoy the benefits of the times, and in the future, when one advances to a higher level, one will have a greater chance of fighting against those dark and strange forces.

Xiao Pingan looked at Shi Hao, at his sincere and solemn appearance, and finally shook his head.

"Is it possible that you, senior, cannot leave this place?"

"Is there anything I can help you with? Please feel free to ask, senior," Shi Hao said, cupping his hands in greeting.

"You are still too weak. If I can't do it, of course you can't either."

"You just need to continue your cultivation now, and we will meet again in the future," Xiao Ping'an said with a smile, shaking his head.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to help, but that I don't belong to this era. I'm just a passerby in time. You'll understand in the future..."

(End of this chapter)