Please be my partner.

Just as Qu Dongchen reached out to grab Long Zizai, he suddenly stopped, forced to concentrate all his attention to deal with the situation as a powerful force locked onto him.

After realizing the source of the danger, Qu Dongchen showed disbelief for the first time.

At this moment, not only was the power of time and space gathered around Mellen, but also a vast and mighty force that spanned the past and the future followed him like a shadow. That was the surging torrent of humanity!

Mellen was entrenched in the heart of the humanitarian torrent, and as he reached out, a world-shattering hand extended from within it, grabbing at Qu Dongchen.

In that instant, a strong sense of alarm surged in Qu Dongchen's heart. He understood that once he was caught by the power of this torrent of humanity, the wishes of all living beings carried within it would inevitably cause him severe damage.

In fact, the wish of all living beings in the torrent of humanity would be even more harmful to Qu Dongchen, because a large part of his strength was related to demonic thoughts, and the wish of all living beings could cleanse those demonic thoughts.

Qu Dongchen roared, "The six desires are transformed into Nirvana, without form or trace!"

As he spoke, Qu Dongchen suddenly vanished without a trace, and the giant human hand grasped nothing.

But of course, Mellen wouldn't let Qu Dongchen dodge this attack so easily. The next moment, the giant hand of humanity exploded, and endless wishes of all living beings swept across the four directions in an instant. Suddenly, shadows appeared in the void, but under the scouring of wishes of all living beings, they could only let out a shrill scream and gradually fade away.

After the attack, a series of afterimages appeared and overlapped, transforming back into Qu Dongchen's appearance. However, he was now noticeably weaker, and his gaze toward Mellen was filled with apprehension.

After a brief silence, Qu Dongchen suddenly said, "You can only use this kind of attack once in a short period of time."

Mellen said noncommittally, "Oh? You might as well give it a try."

Qu Dongchen didn't 'try' it; instead, he looked to the other side.

Long Zizai opened his eyes, his gaze cold and unwavering as he met Qu Dongchen's gaze. At this moment, he had stepped into the realm of time and space, condensed the present moment, and begun his journey to the other shore.

Even though Long Zizai has not yet begun to extend himself into the past and future and obtain the basic power of the other shore, his current position alone is enough to make him unafraid of Qu Dongchen.

At least, Qu Dongchen could no longer easily kill Long Ziyi with a single finger as he had before.

"Fine, fine, fine!" Qu Dongchen laughed in extreme anger: "You spend your days hunting geese, but you never expected..."

Qu Dongchen glanced at Mei Lun and Long Zizai, then turned and left without saying anything more harsh.

Having finally survived this ordeal, Long Zizai breathed a huge sigh of relief. He looked at Mellen and said sincerely, "Brother Mellen, I owe you a debt of gratitude this time!"

Mellen waved his hand slightly and smiled, "We're all brothers in the same sect, and besides, we have the same goal now. Helping you is also helping myself."

Long Zizai said solemnly, "Brother Mei, without you, let alone this opportunity on the other side of the Heavenly Realm, it's questionable whether we could even survive."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Mellen said, "Brother Long, you should hurry up and complete the expansion of the Other Shore. Afterwards, you should also go and meet the other powerful beings of the Other Shore in our camp."

Long Zizai nodded slightly and began to spread outwards from the present moment to the past and future.

Mellen stayed by Long Zizai's side, sensing the extra spacetime node in the connection, and a slow smile appeared on his lips.

In the past, a sect called the Divine Dragon School rose to power and established a formidable reputation in just three hundred years, its fame resounding throughout many worlds.

During the period from its birth to its growth, the Shenlong School gradually formed a stable point in time and space, and formed a perfect closed loop with the future Mellen learning the Shenlong School martial arts and starting her martial arts path.

In other words, without the past glory of the Divine Dragon Stream, there would be no Divine Dragon Stream inheritance in the initial world, and Melon would not have used it as a starting point to begin his journey to the other side.

At the same time, once the spacetime node is formed, it is like a solid fortress, which is difficult for external forces to break through. Mellen can also gain greater support in this spacetime node. With one increase and one decrease, even dealing with two or three powerful beings of the other shore level like Qu Dongchen is no problem in this spacetime node.

This is the journey to the other shore, a road of continuous conquest.

The initial world, now.

An ordinary-looking man stood suspended in mid-air, quietly gazing at the Dragon Tower not far away.

Mellen slowly emerged from the void and smiled, "Senior Brother, you've worked hard."

Zhang Wei looked at Mellen, his eyes filled with emotion, and said, "More than six thousand years, it really has been a long time."

Mellen laughed and said, "For my senior brother, it has been more than six thousand years, but for me, we have only been separated for a short time. Time is linear for you, and can only move forward, but for me, it is an unfolding scroll, and I can see the whole picture at a glance."

"The power of the other shore is truly captivating," Zhang Wei sighed.

Mellen laughed and said, "Our senior brother has now reached the peak of legend and is only one step away from the other shore. He may very well achieve the other shore in the future."

Zhang Wei gave a wry smile and said, "Junior brother, stop trying to fool me. I used to be ignorant and perhaps had some aspirations, but now I know the true difficulty of reaching the other shore. It's not something I can even dream of."

Chapter 688 The End of the Era, the War on the Other Shore

After chatting for a while, Zhang Wei paused and suddenly asked, "Junior Brother, do you know anything about Zuoqiu Yinghuan?"

Zuoqiu Yinghuan, the daughter of Zuoqiu Wudi and the mother of Zuoqiu Shiyu, is also the "Huan'er" mentioned by Li Xunhuan. It was because Zuoqiu Yinghuan was lost in the border area that a series of subsequent events were triggered.

Zhang Wei said with some distress, "I have investigated the border areas before, but their formation is completely random, and in the end, I could only conclude that they are a natural phenomenon."

"As for Zuoqiu Yinghuan, I tried to stop the incident from happening, but I failed. Whenever I try to make a change, the result is always inexplicably guided back to the original trajectory, no matter how many times I try."

"It's normal that we can't change it," Mellen said, "because it involves the arrangements of a powerful being from the other side."

Zhang Wei was shocked and asked, "What? It actually involves powerful beings from the other shore?!"

Mellen nodded and explained, "Just as I brought you back to the past to rebuild the Divine Dragon Stream, Zuoqiu Yinghuan's disappearance was also the starting point of the event. Without this event, there would have been no blackening and awakening of Li Xunhuan, as well as the series of explorations and growth that followed."

"Because this is a crucial time point that was hidden by the powerful beings on the other side, even I don't know what Zuoqiu Yinghuan's current situation is."

"Then Xiao Qi..." Hearing what Mellen said, Zhang Wei could only let out a silent sigh.

Mellen said, "Don't worry, senior brother, this may not be a bad thing. The fact that the seventh senior brother was able to attract such a powerful figure from the other side to make such a plan shows that he has some potential. Perhaps his future achievements will exceed our imagination."

Zhang Wei smiled wryly and said, "Even if it's beyond my imagination, can it still compare to you now?!"

Mellen smiled without saying a word. To be honest, Li Xunhuan is also destined by fate, and with his experience of searching for his wife, he is definitely a protagonist template. It is not impossible for him to achieve the other shore in the future.

But that's a story for another time.

Just as Murren was about to say something more...

"Buzz!~"

The time and space of the outer heavens suddenly began to tremble violently, and the scenery before our eyes suddenly began to overlap.

Zhang Wei seemed to notice something was wrong with Mellen and looked questioning.

However, in Mellen's eyes at this moment, his actions and words were like images playing on an old black and white television set, full of skipped frames and noise, and gradually becoming distorted and bizarre.

In Zhang Wei's eyes, Mellen's body seemed to have been suddenly splashed with different colored blocks, becoming strange, and his figure began to flicker as if it were missing parts.

Mellen immediately realized something was wrong. He waved to Zhang Wei and then dispersed the thought clone.

Meanwhile, at the location of Meron's true form, who is guarding the dragon Zizai.

Mellen looked at Long Zizai, and Long Zizai also stopped spreading and looked at Mellen.

Long Zizai asked with a solemn expression, "What happened? I feel that spacetime is violently turbulent, even interrupting my spread."

Mellen looked toward the future and said in a deep voice, "It seems our enemies don't want to just watch us develop; they've made their move! Let's go; they're already waiting for us at the end of the era."

Long Zizai nodded solemnly. Although his spread was interrupted, he had already embarked on the journey to the other side and still possessed the ability to travel through the river of time to the end of the era.

Upon reaching the end of the epoch, they saw Wudang and several other powerful beings from the other side looking solemnly at the Epoch Dao Fruit.

Originally, the Dao Fruit of the Epoch was not only locked by the Epoch itself, but also protected by the power of various powerful beings from the other shore. They restrained each other, ensuring that no one could break the balance and obtain the Dao Fruit of the Epoch in advance.

But now, there are powerful beings from the other shore, or rather, many powerful beings from the other shore have broken the original tacit agreement and want to trigger the end of the era ahead of time and start the struggle for the Dao Fruit of the era.

Wu Dang sighed, looked at Mellen and Long Zizai, and said, "It seems that your appearance has put enough pressure on the other side, making them dare not let you continue to grow."

After saying that, Wudang glanced back at the powerful being on the other side. The unspoken second half of his sentence was... perhaps, it wasn't just the other side that felt the pressure.

Indeed, this is the case. To the powerful beings beyond the heavens, no one can be trusted, because it is a winner-takes-all game.

This is also true even for the powerful beings on the other side who have pledged allegiance to the two Dao Lords.

Therefore, all the other shores of the Outer Heaven are untrustworthy to each other, as can be seen from the fact that Qu Dongchen came alone after setting a trap.

Certainly, part of the reason is that Qu Dongchen is very confident in his own strength, but the bigger reason is that he is unwilling to share the benefits with other people on the other side.

Just as Mellen gained benefits by killing the chosen one of the Outer Heavens before achieving the other shore, if Qu Dongchen could kill Mellen once, even if not completely, he could still plunder enough benefits.

However, this may not be the case for the disciples of the two sects who are going to the Outer Heaven for training. Their primary goal is to help the two Dao Lords suppress the Heavenly Dao of the Outer Heaven. Under this premise, cooperation and mutual benefit are the best approach.

Originally, according to the extraordinary system of the Outer Heavens, the older the being, the stronger they are. Those who became powerful beings on the other shore the earliest, because they had the advantage of being first, will only become stronger over time.

Now, Mellen has demonstrated his strength and helped Long Zizai embark on his journey to the other shore. If this continues, they will help more disciples of the two sects achieve the other shore and join forces to conquer more time nodes.

In this way, the strength of Mellen and his group will snowball, and if the powerful beings from the other side who attacked first do nothing, they will only watch their advantages slip away.

Rather than doing that, it's better to cut the Gordian knot and not give Mellen and the others any more time to develop.

On this point, whether it is the powerful beings on the other side of the Heavenly Dao or the powerful beings on the other side under the two Dao Lords, they probably have similar thoughts.

A glint flashed in Mellen's eyes as he said softly, "That's a real pity."

Long Zizai looked warily at the powerful beings on his side. He also sensed that something was wrong, but he also knew that now was not the time to worry about such things. So he looked at Melon and asked, "Brother Melon, what should we do now?"

Mellen shook his head and said, "You can't fight city hall. Since most of the powerful beings from the other side have decided to initiate the end of the era ahead of schedule, there's no point in us opposing it. Besides..."

Mellen looked around and said softly, "It's not just us who were caught off guard. The sudden outbreak of war may not necessarily be a bad thing, you never know."

Upon hearing Mellen's pointed remark, Wu Dang and the others remained calm and made no comment.

"Buzz! ~ Boom! ~"

In this short period of time, the turbulence of time and space became increasingly intense, and its influence has spread to all the historical periods of all worlds in the outer heavens.

Of course, ordinary people cannot perceive this. Under such a celestial change, their bodies, souls, and even thoughts are frozen along with time and space.

In this situation, even legendary strongmen are powerless to resist; at most, they can only think a few more times than ordinary people, but the outcome will not change in the slightest.

Only those who transcend time and space, the great beings beyond, can calmly stand at the final moment and welcome destruction or rebirth.

This is the end of the era. Whether it is the past or the future, everything will be destroyed at the same time. When the end of the era is completely over, the outer heavens will usher in a new cycle. At that time, apart from the King of the Era who has obtained the Dao Fruit of the Era, even the great beings of the other shore will need to fall into silence and wait for the arrival of the new era.

"Click!~Click!~Click!~..."

As a series of crisp cracking sounds rang out, large cracks began to appear in the spacetime barrier outside the Epoch Dao Fruit. At the same time, these cracks, like a floodgate being opened, caused time, space, energy, and matter from the Outer Heavens to rapidly pour into the Epoch Dao Fruit.

Normally, this final time barrier represents the ultimate power of the entire Outer Heaven, and even if three or five powerful beings from the other shore joined forces, it would be difficult to break through it.

However, there are more than twenty powerful beings on the other side of this era, and most of them are currently exerting their influence, either openly or secretly, which is why the Dao Fruit of this era is about to mature ahead of schedule.

Seeing this, Mellen no longer hesitated and directly attacked the spacetime barrier, further accelerating the maturation of the Epoch Dao Fruit.

Although Mellen's actions were abrupt, they did not surprise Wu Dang and the others, because in their view, Mellen had no other choice now that things had come to this.

Wudang stopped hiding their true intentions and began to openly attack the time barrier.

Time did not exist at the end of the era, so after an unknown amount of time, a loud 'boom' was heard, and the spacetime barrier completely disappeared, revealing the colorful Tree of the Era before everyone's eyes.

It is said to be the Tree of Epochs, but this is only an abstract concept. Its roots are infinitely branching, spreading to all worlds and all times beyond the heavens, drawing nourishment from them to support the growth of the Epochal Dao Fruit.

The Dao Fruit of the Epoch is located at the center of the Tree of Epochs. It is crystal clear and sparkling, pure and transparent, as if it contains all the colors of the world.

One after another, figures appeared around the Tree of Epochs, each exuding an aura that could suppress heaven and earth; they were all powerful beings from the other shore.

Now that the Epoch Dao Fruit has been produced, no one is making any rash moves, because it takes a certain amount of time to fuse the Epoch Dao Fruit and become the King of the Epoch. Although the time is not long, it is enough for other powerful beings from the other shore to make their move. During the fusion process, the powerful beings from the other shore will become extremely vulnerable, and no one will take such a risk.

Therefore, the birth of an Epoch Dao Fruit usually marks the day when powerful beings from the other shore clash, and only the final victor is qualified to fuse with the Epoch Dao Fruit and truly transcend the outer heavens!

After a brief pause, war broke out immediately, with the first conflict naturally being between factions. In any case, the conflict between the two Dao Lord factions and the Heavenly Dao faction from beyond the heavens was irreconcilable.

The only difference is that the Dao Lord camp is relatively more cohesive, while the Heavenly Dao camp outside the heavens is more like a verbal alliance between some idle powerful beings from the other shore.

Indeed, even though the powerful beings on the other side of the Heavenly Dao camp have all received some favors from the Heavenly Dao to reach their current position, their subordinate relationship is far less close than that of the Dao Lord camp.

In other words, if a powerful figure from the Heavenly Dao faction wanted to betray them, the price they would have to pay wouldn't be as high as one might imagine.

Therefore, even though the number of powerful beings from the Heavenly Dao faction was more than double that of those from the Dao Lord faction, and their quality was generally higher, the battle between the two sides did not show a one-sided situation, but rather was strangely... evenly matched!

Mellen looked at Qu Dongchen, the Six Desires Demon Lord, who was blocking his way, with a somewhat solemn expression.

Despite the fact that Mellen had just fought Qu Dongchen and even suffered a loss in silence, that battle was far from Qu Dongchen's true strength, and Mellen had already used the trump card of Humanitarian Torrent.

The reason Qu Dongchen simply retreated was because his goal had failed, meaning that Long Zizai had already embarked on the journey to the other shore, so there was no need to continue the entanglement. That was all.

Now that the two are facing off, Mellen is naturally at a disadvantage. Fortunately, Qu Dongchen is not in a hurry to end the fight, but instead chooses to fight in an extremely unfriendly manner.

In the midst of his busy schedule, Mellen also took a moment to look at Long Zizai and discovered that his opponent had the same idea, and was even more lenient, as if afraid that Long Zizai would leave the main battlefield and escape to the chaotic outer heaven.

Although doing so would avoid the final battle at the end of the era, it would also lead to getting lost in the outer heavens and making it difficult to return.

Long Zizai's opponents clearly didn't want to let go of such a lazy and easy target.

Just as Mellen looked away, he heard Qu Dongchen's teasing voice: "What a deep brotherhood! You still have time to care about others in this situation?"

Looking at Qu Dongchen, Mellen suddenly laughed, "I'm curious, how exactly do you plan to end this lukewarm battle? You can't just keep fighting until the end of time, can you? Although time is chaotic in the Outer Heavens, the absolute timeline of the Outer Universe Sea is constantly advancing. If I'm not mistaken, your time..."

"It's limited, isn't it?!"

Qu Dongchen's smile remained unchanged as he chuckled, "Oh? It seems you're not entirely clueless after all! Tell me, let me see just how much you know?"