The Immortal Empress, Unrivaled Through Eternity

Beneath Li Yunqing's feet, the boundless power of spacetime surged forth, like a rolling, endless river.

He carried her body and swiftly traversed endless time and space.

"Is this the origin of the river of time?"

Looking down at the space-time beneath her feet, she was shaken by her power, transforming it into a surging river.

Like a boundless ocean, a tributary has been carved out by human hands.

Or perhaps, every living being has its own river of time and space.

Whether long or short, thick or small, they roll and converge, forming this omnipresent, pervasive ocean of space and time.

Around her, the vast power of spacetime acted as a curtain, reflecting scene after scene of the world.

Some fight and struggle, some drink and make merry, and some cultivate themselves diligently.

Those are the traces of living beings reflected in time and space.

Just like this boundless, omnipresent, and spacetime power that envelops the original world, it is a recorder of consciousness.

It records everything; in every wave, a world seems to be imprinted, with a long river that never stops flowing.

Suddenly, Li Yunqing paused slightly.

She saw familiar figures appearing in time and space.

Gu Yuan, Gu Dao, Huo Ling'er, Ji Qing, as well as their elder brother Li Shuo, their master Sword Saint, Sword God, and Jiang Yu, Jiang Jing, Xiao Lan, Yuan Qing, and others.

One hundred figures appeared one by one.

They broke through the nine heavens and ten earths, transcended the material world, and stepped into the original world as if they had reached the other shore.

Across endless space and time, it is extremely blurry and illusory, yet clearly visible.

It seems that those relatives and friends have never disappeared, but simply exist in different times and spaces.

"I'm back!"

Looking at the traces in that time and space, Li Yunqing murmured softly.

The voice carried a heavy and melancholy tone, as well as unease and sorrow, just like the vast and boundless expanse of time and space that rolls on and on.

Her gaze swept over the figures.

Watching them fight fearlessly against death, only to fall one by one in the end.

Finally, her gaze pierced through time and space, looking towards the heavens and the earth.

Without that immortal root, there was no more of the so-called battlefield Heavenly Dao, and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were at peace.

But her gaze pierced through heaven and earth, seeing her melancholy, frail father, as well as countless younger generations of the family, full of youthful vigor and ambition.

They also saw figures standing atop the mountain peaks, gazing at the distant sky.

Those were Jiang Yu, Qin Yu, Di Qing, Gu Yuan, Gu Dao... and many of their relatives from the battle to ascend to heaven.

Their eyes were clouded, bearing the marks of time, yet still filled with deep expectation and longing.

Like those who wait for their children, grandchildren, and parents to return, they wait silently.

Fifty thousand years may seem short, but how long must it be in the eyes of those people?

Li Yunqing had not set foot in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and seemed unsure how to face those people.

"I will bring them back!"

She murmured softly, raised her hand, tore through space and time, and fell into the territory where she had first ascended to the original world.

This is the realm of the immortals.

After the destruction of the Undying Royal Court and the disappearance of the Undying Emperor, the world had already fallen into endless chaos.

In fact, not only the Undying Territory, but all three thousand territories of the Origin World were plunged into chaos due to the arrival of the End of Dharma.

Looking across the territory, one sees endless slaughter and bloodshed, with battles erupting at every moment.

Li Yunqing fell silent for a moment.

She may have made a mistake, or perhaps there is no such thing as right or wrong in this world, but she cannot stop.

The world was born and was headed toward destruction, yet it still gave birth to all things in the universe and countless living beings.

Every living being is born and heads toward death, yet they continue to struggle and strive.

These things would be meaningless if viewed from the ends of time and space.

But what is the real meaning? Who can say for sure?

Living beings possess consciousness, emotions, anger, and the seven emotions and six desires, and naturally they have various unspeakable obsessions and beliefs.

The vast world, time, space, and laws, their endless and ceaseless operation and evolution, are just like these endless living beings.

"This is the world!"

"It is colorful because of living beings, and magnificent because of death and destruction."

Li Yunqing sighed inwardly, as if she had gained some insight.

Her figure trembled slightly, and an avatar separated from her body, stepping on the clouds like an immortal, silently watching the changes in the world.

Watching the endless battles and slaughters of living beings, watching them struggle between life and death, destruction and creation.

"Buzz!"

The endless clouds seemed to be disturbed at this moment, and under the pull of some force, they gathered around Li Yunqing.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a pristine white palace.

Li Yunqing sat cross-legged, her gaze unfocused, as if her entire will had merged with this world.

I was lost in thought.

When the end of Dharma arrives, the laws recede, and the traces of the operation of the laws and rules disappear. What remains are the traces of living beings struggling in the cycle of life and death, creation and destruction.

These marks deeply moved Li Yunqing.

It seems like I've returned to the time before I began my spiritual practice, struggling among the masses for the sake of my inner convictions.

She is no different from the millions of ordinary people; the only difference is that she now stands at a very high position.

Yet it still couldn't escape the struggles and obsessions of living beings.

"call……"

After glancing at the seated avatar, Li Yunqing looked up, her gaze piercing through endless time and space to the center of this space-time region.

There seems to be a star there, endlessly revolving.

It stirred up spacetime, creating endless spatial turbulence, isolating all exploration, and appearing ethereal and seemingly nonexistent.

That is where Luan Kong Mountain is located.

It seems to be at the end of time and space, yet it is reflected in the three thousand territories of the original world.

Li Yunqing lowered her eyes, her gaze piercing through time and space, looking towards the three thousand territories of the Origin World.

In every vast and boundless territory, there lies a sacred mountain shrouded in the mists of time and space.

She could even vaguely see that within that sacred mountain, countless peaks stood, densely packed and endless.

It operates constantly, just like the primordial world at this moment.

"Chaotic Sky Mountain!"

Li Yunqing's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot.

But the next moment, her body instantly fell into spacetime, the world's fundamental rules erupted, and she fell straight into the Chaotic Void Mountain deep within spacetime.

In that instant, the so-called power of great destruction and the so-called end times were completely isolated.

It seemed impossible to reach the location of Luan Kong Mountain.

"It really is a star?"

The moment Li Yunqing landed in the Chaotic Sky Mountain, the scenery of the mountain flashed before her eyes as she looked down.

It was a huge star shrouded in endless mist.

Like a solitary tree, it is rooted deep in time and space.

It is covered with vast mountains and rivers, endless ancient trees, and living creatures, like a small world isolated from the original world, standing alone at the end of time and space.

"You're back?"

A familiar voice rang in her ears. Li Yunqing raised her eyes slightly and saw that illusory and blurry figure standing beside her without her noticing.

"Greetings, senior!"

Li Yunqing bowed slowly.

The blurry figure before them was a wisp of the will of that supreme being who had transcended the origin.

They are also the guardians of this chaotic and empty mountain.

It has no name, as if it has long forgotten its name over the endless years, or perhaps it is a wisp of will that needs no name.

"I never expected the great catastrophe of this era to erupt so early."

"It seems that this era is destined to have an extremely terrible calamity."

The blurry figure's gaze seemed to pierce through endless time and space, seeing everything in the primordial world.

The Great Cataclysm erupted ahead of schedule, and the end of Dharma descended. In his eyes, everything seemed to hold no secrets whatsoever.

"A great calamity?"

Li Yunqing frowned slightly. Was the Great Cataclysm not considered a great calamity?

Is the coming of the Dharma-ending Age not considered a great calamity?

What kind of calamity can be called a great calamity?

"Indeed, a great calamity!"

The blurry figure nodded slightly, and said with a hint of melancholy, "Throughout countless ages, there have been countless living beings, and quite a few supreme beings who have transcended the original world."

"But there has never been a trace of it in the original world. Do you know why?"

Li Yunqing shook her head upon hearing this.

But she knew that the words of the blurry figure in front of her were not wrong.

Countless living beings cycle through the universe, and the universe itself cycles through time and space.

Living things die, and the universe also has its end.

Just like the chaotic empty mountains before us, they are also relics of destruction from the last era.

The original world has existed for countless ages, and it is impossible that it has only existed for one era.

However, just as the blurry figure said, those powerful beings who transcended the original world left almost no trace.

It also left behind not much of a legacy.

It's as if, in the instant of transcending the origin, everything about the transcendent ceases to exist, and even the endless space and time cannot leave the slightest trace.

"They have all ascended to the land of eternity!"

"Even their relatives and friends will disappear without a trace."

"But this is not the end!"

The blurry figure sighed and said, "When one attains enlightenment, even one's chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, but one is not a transcendent being and is destined not to reach the eternal realm."

"Therefore, those beings may be hidden in the endless spacetime of this primordial world."

"Spacetime is the most peculiar force in the world."

"Without time and space, there would be no heaven and earth, nor any living beings!"

"Therefore, even the most powerful beings who transcend the origin cannot possibly perceive all of space and time."

Hearing the words of the blurry figure, Li Yunqing's doubts deepened, and she subconsciously asked a question.

"Hidden within endless space and time?"

"Just like this desolate, empty mountain?"

The blurry figure nodded slightly, replying, "Indeed, the so-called great calamity is also related to them!"

"The existence of the original world is untraceable. Throughout the endless ages, there have always been beings with extraordinary talents who have transcended it."

"Within the accumulation of endless years, there will naturally be many transcendent beings."

Hearing the words of the blurry figure, Li Yunqing's eyebrows twitched slightly, but she did not refute them.

This is a fact.

Throughout the vast expanse of time, there have always been those who rise against the tide, step by step reaching the pinnacle, transcending their origins, and stepping into eternity.

"Shouldn't those who transcend all attain eternal life?"

"Why did the Great Cataclysm erupt prematurely, and why did the end of Dharma descend, triggering a major calamity related to them?"